"…" Eldest Hu's head was spinning. He stood there, dizzy and dumbfounded, his mouth agape, unsure of what to say.
The surrounding crowd, however, erupted. "What? Xinghua was actually sold by Hu Laosan and Hu Laoer's families, working together? Good heavens! What kind of relatives are they? They're rotten to the core!"
"Haul all of them off to labor reform, men and women alike! It's what they deserve!"
"Xinghua is such a good girl—gentle as a lamb, sensible, and capable. She worked hard every single day. Who did she ever bother? They should all be arrested. Forget labor reform! Just shoot them! Shoot them all!"
"So many families in the village wanted Xinghua as a daughter-in-law. Well, so much for that! Now she's never coming back!"
