The families hearing this result found it unbelievable.
Third Grandma said, "Is the Mo Family crazy? Letting He Dacai off so easily, won't he cling to their family in the future?"
"Exactly." Mrs. Chen pounded cinnamon with a stone mortar as she spoke, "Just twenty lashes, and carried out by the He Family Members, how hard could the blows be? I reckon not even breaking the skin, just a few days in bed will be fine."
After speaking, she looked up at Gu Yumei, who was crushing bay leaf powder, and said, "You were complaining about being cooped up at home and wanted to wander around the village, saying you wanted to make friends with the village girls to help the family. Are you still going out? This village isn't like our hometown, it's quite dangerous."
They had only been here for a little over ten days and were not yet familiar with the people in the village. Making contacts was something the adults should do; there was no need for a grown girl like Gu Yumei to do it.
