Chapter 121 There are only two options
Wei Mingxiang was fierce to begin with, and now she talks about the Public Security Bureau all the time.
Cheng Wenli was very fierce at first, but she lost confidence later on.
Because she knew Wei Mingxiang's character, if she was really annoyed, she would do anything.
Cheng Wenli lowered her head and said nothing, but she was very angry and obviously not convinced.
Wei Mingxiang didn't say much to her and just pulled her out.
"Now go back and explain this matter clearly."
"I won't go back, I won't go back even if I die!"
Cheng Wenli grabbed the railing of the bed and refused to go out.
"Cheng Wenli, if you don't come with me today, I will have people from the Public Security Bureau come and take you away."
"I wonder if you want to be obedient, or are you going to force me to go to extremes?"
Wei Mingxiang let go of her hand and left her words there. Cheng Wenli lowered her head and dared not say a word. After a while, she became scared.
"If I go back with you, will you not pursue this matter?"
"Anyway, just come back with me first, and you'd better obey me obediently. If you dare to annoy me, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
Wei Mingxiang crossed her arms across her chest, and Cheng Wenli bit her lower lip and thought again and again, and finally decided to compromise.
"Okay, I'll go with you!"
Cheng Wenli really had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow Wei Mingxiang.
Wei Mingxiang brought Cheng Wenli back to the village, and after she returned, she let her see the situation at home with her own eyes.
"You just kept saying you didn't believe it, but this is the situation at home now. Take a look for yourself."
"If you really stole something from our house, return it immediately, otherwise our family will really have trouble living."
Wei Mingxiang used both reason and emotion to persuade her to voluntarily hand over the remaining items.
Cheng Wenli looked at the empty house in shock. She could tell at a glance that a lot of things were indeed missing from the house.
She opened her mouth and finally closed it.
"But grandma, I really only took five pieces of clothing. I don't know why the other things disappeared."
Cheng Wenli tried to explain, but Wei Mingxiang still wouldn't give in.
"I have already said this much, do you still want to hide it?"
"Cheng Wenli, are you an ungrateful person? Is he really that cruel?"
"You were caught stealing things from home and you refused to admit it."
"Do you really want to kill everyone? Make your whole family eat dirt, or even starve to death?"
Wei Mingxiang was almost furious. She picked up a bamboo stick from the corner and beat Cheng Wenli hard on the body before she could react.
"Grandma, it really wasn't me! It really wasn't me! I really didn't take anything from home!"
Cheng Wenli was beaten so hard that she jumped up and down. She could only keep dodging so that she would get beaten less.
The enraged grandmother was so scary that Cheng Wenli was afraid that she would be beaten to death by accident.
She dodged several times, but finally there was no place to hide and she was completely forced into a corner.
Cheng Wenli squatted on the ground with her hands on her head and her neck shrunk.
Wei Mingxiang was whipping her with the bamboo stick in his hand desperately.
Soon Cheng Wenli couldn't bear the beating anymore.
She kept crying with her head down, and her pitiful appearance was very touching.
But Wei Mingxiang is not a man, and it is impossible for him to be gentle with her.
The more miserable Cheng Wenli cried, the harder she beat her.
This concerns all her property. If she cannot be beaten into submission and made to behave herself, how can she get her money back?
Can the family still live if the money cannot be recovered?
unless……
Wei Mingxiang already had another idea in her mind.
She whipped Cheng Wenli and looked at her with a smile.
If she really refuses to hand over the money, or if she has spent all the money from selling the items.
Then she only had two options.
The first is to send her to the police station to let her experience what it’s like to be in jail and see if she dares to steal again in the future.
The second is to find a family for her and marry her off directly, which would be just enough to earn some money for the bride price and solve the current difficulties of her family.
Wei Mingxiang didn't know how to control the severity of the beatings, and her attacks became more and more violent.
Cheng Wenli was soon unable to bear the beating. She squatted on the ground and cried with tears and snot, opening her mouth and begging for mercy.
"Grandma, I only took 5 pieces of clothing to sell, I really didn't steal those things!"
"Grandma, please stop hitting me. Please spare me. If you continue hitting me, I will really be beaten to death!"
"Grandma, I really didn't take the things. What do you want in exchange for letting me go?"
Cheng Wenli cried louder and louder, and spoke more and more humbly.
Wei Mingxiang paused for a moment, then looked at her coldly.
"You should go to jail if you steal something. Your family has lost so much money, it should be enough to put you in jail for life!"
"But I really didn't steal those things!"
Cheng Wenli wanted to explain, but Wei Mingxiang's cold words blocked all her escape routes.
"Now even the people from the Public Security Bureau have blamed the losses on you."
"I lost several thousand dollars' worth of stuff in total. If you were to bear the responsibility, you would probably have to go to jail for three to five years."
Wei Mingxiang actually doesn’t understand the law. She just said this sentence to intimidate Cheng Wenli.
Cheng Wenli was really scared when she heard that she would be imprisoned for three to five years.
"I'll consider this money as something I owe you. When I start working and earn some money, I'll pay you back in full!"
Cheng Wenli didn't dare to refute anymore and could only pay back the money honestly.
"How much money can you make working in a day? When will you be able to pay me back the money you owe me?"
"Don't you know that your family is in urgent need of money? By the time you finish your work, the grass on your grandfather's grave will be three feet high!"
"If you really don't want to go to jail, then just marry me!"
Wei Mingxiang spoke out her thoughts, and Cheng Wenli trembled in fear.
She was only sixteen years old after the Chinese New Year. Although there were many people in the village who got married at such a young age, she had studied for so many years after all. How could she be willing to end up like this?
If she wanted to get married so early, she wouldn't have to study so hard.
She doesn't like studying and her academic performance is only average. The only reason she has persisted until now is because she wants to change her destiny through studying.
Now she is forced to get married before she even finishes her studies. All her future paths are blocked and she has no future at all.
When Cheng Wenli thought of the terrible consequences, she immediately shook her head and refused.
"If you don't want to get married, then go to jail. Anyway, these are the only two choices now. It's up to you to decide!"
Wei Mingxiang directly gave the choice to Cheng Wenli and let her choose by herself.
"Are these the only two options? Is there no third option?"
There was a tearful tone in Cheng Wenli's voice, and she still hasn't given up.
"No, there are only these two choices, choose quickly!"