Chapter 408 - Storm
Chapter 408: Storm
Ye Lulu did not regret expressing her attitude. After the merchant left, she said to everyone, “If any guest wants to leave, you can do so now.”
The hall was silent for a moment, but no one got up. Perhaps they did not want to waste the money they had spent, or perhaps they felt that this had nothing to do with them and did not want to argue.
Ye Lulu was not worried. She turned around and repeated her initial words to Guan Chibei.
Guan Chibei scooped up the second son, who almost climbed off the table because he was too active. He nodded at her and said, “I’ll find the beggars in the city to spread the news. I only need a few copper coins.”
It was not difficult to spread the news.
The beggars did not want much money, so this could be done with just a few copper coins. Guan Chibei went out to the streets and gave the beggars ten copper coins each. He told them details about the Kind Doctor’s family.
The young beggars nodded happily and immediately got up to spread the word. In less than two hours, the details of the Kind Doctor’s family spread in Yuan City.
At the same time, the commotion caused by the Kind Doctor affected the families in the alley. This was because the Kind Doctor was despised and hated by the entire Yuan City. He was scolded until even the families in the alley were afraid.
There were also people from Yuan City who could not help but feel intense anger. They ran to the door of the Kind Doctor’s house to curse, causing some families next door to be implicated and scolded.
Some people in the alleys could not help but tell people about the situation of the Kind Doctor they knew.
“Oh, what has this got to do with us? It’s not only Lu Shan’s fault. His wife was too mean. She tortured the children. I reckon that she forced Lu Shan to do such things. We neighbors couldn’t do anything about it. Did you think we didn’t try to persuade her? Lu Shan’s wife was very powerful. She beat all of us back and didn’t let us interfere!”
“If you want to scold, scold the Lu family. Don’t implicate us. Who dares to care about Lu Shan’s wife? We didn’t want this either. We didn’t know that Lu Shan would do such a thing. We’re also panicking.”
“Don’t you know… what’s going on with the Lu family? Lu Shan’s wife despised him for being a Kind Doctor. She said that he took home too little money… She was unhappy and unsatisfied, so she tortured her two children.”
“You didn’t expect this, did you? The mother forced her children to eat sand while the Kind Doctor was away! She even hit and scolded them so often that the children were bruised.”
“She even kicked the children and deliberately hit them in front of Lu Shan for him to see!”
“That Miao woman even broke her daughter’s legs! I’m not speaking up for Lu Shan but If I were him, I would have been driven crazy to see those things.”
“Don’t scold the children either. Lu Shan’s children are the most miserable. They were tortured by their mother. Now that their parents are no longer around, they’re very pitiful. Now that they don’t have parents, the most tragic people are Lu Shan’s children. Everyone, don’t implicate them again.”
The things the neighbors in the alley said about Lu Shan’s family, in addition to the words spread by the young beggars, gradually became known in Yuan City.
The commoners’ attitudes softened. After all, no matter how angry they were, after hearing what Madam Miao had done to the children, everyone seemed to sympathize with them.
Who could stand this?
Furthermore, the children were indeed the most pitiful. Everyone had children. No matter how much everyone hated the Kind Doctor, they would pity his children.