Yijia Village.

Having dealt with the enemy and received a large sum of compensation, Xia Chunmei slept soundly and woke up refreshed in the morning.

But there are even more refreshing ones.

Because Shi Zhenxiang arrived, she went straight to Xia Changjiang's house.

"What are you doing here?" Xia Xiumei sensed something was wrong when she saw Shi Zhenxiang, and her tone was very unpleasant.

Shi Zhenxiang glared at Xia Xiumei and scolded her, "How dare you speak to your elders like that, you ill-mannered brat!"

Xia Xiumei was furious and opened her mouth to curse, but she was worried about damaging her reputation.

Where is your mother?

My mother isn't home.

Where's your dad?

"My parents aren't home." Xia Xiumei didn't want Shi Zhenxiang to come in. Her mother wasn't home, but her father was. She could guess why Shi Zhenxiang had come, so she didn't want her to go in.

"He wasn't home this early in the morning, but that's okay, I'll go in and wait."

Shi Zhenxiang pushed Xia Xiumei aside and sat down on a chair in the main room. "Hurry up and cook me four, five, six or seven eggs. I haven't had breakfast and I've walked so far. I'm starving."

Upon hearing this, Xia Xiumei immediately flew into a rage and exclaimed, "So many eggs! Aren't you afraid of being stuffed to death?!"

"You brat, what did you say? You actually cursed me! Believe me or not, I'll go out right now and tell everyone about all the ugly things your mother has been up to!"

At this moment, Xia Changjiang came out of the room and looked at Shi Zhenxiang with a gloomy expression.

"Hey, Changjiang, you're home. That brat just said you weren't home. Does that mean she doesn't welcome me? You know I have a bad temper, especially with my mouth. What if I say something bad?"

A threat! A blatant threat!

Xia Changjiang was furious.

Shi Zhenxiang continued, "I didn't come all this way just to eat a few eggs from your house. Your uncle hasn't been feeling well lately, and I wanted to borrow some money to take him to see some doctors."

Upon hearing that Shi Zhenxiang was asking for money again, Xia Xiumei was so angry she almost jumped up. This was the third time Shi Zhenxiang had come to ask for money.

"You want money, right? Come with me." Xia Changjiang said calmly.

Xia Xiumei panicked when she heard Xia Changjiang offer money: "Dad..."

Seeing that Xia Xiumei was about to stop her, Shi Zhenxiang rushed over without saying a word and started grabbing and pinching: "What, you brat, you still don't want to tell me? You dare not tell me, and I'll tell you all about your family's dirty thoughts!"

At this moment, Shi Zhenxiang was unaware that the villagers already knew what Xia Changjiang and his family were thinking.

"Didn't you need the money? Come in and get it." Xia Changjiang urged, "The money is under the bed, take it yourself. I'm not feeling well and can't bend over."

"Don't worry, Changjiang, I'll keep my mouth shut once I get the money. If you ask me, you're the most straightforward clan leader, unlike Chen Sanhua, who whine and beg for money for ages."

Shi Zhenxiang followed Xia Changjiang into the house without any suspicion, and even thought Xia Changjiang was a straightforward person.

As soon as Shi Zhenxiang lay down, Xia Changjiang picked up a carrying pole from the corner and slammed it down on her with all his might: "You son of a bitch! You dare to extort me! You dare to threaten me!"

"Ahhh..." Shi Zhenxiang screamed repeatedly.

Hearing the screams, Xia Xiumei rushed in to help, straddled Shi Zhenxiang, and covered her mouth to prevent her from shouting for help.

Xia Changjiang was furious when he thought about how he had suffered such a great loss at Xia Chunmei's hands.

Just then, Shi Zhenxiang came to extort money again, and Xia Changjiang beat her harder and harder, as if he wanted to vent all his anger and resentment on Shi Zhenxiang.

Since their reputation is already ruined, they don't mind getting it even worse.

As a result, without paying attention, a carrying pole hit Shi Zhenxiang's leg, breaking it. Shi Zhenxiang fainted on the spot from the pain.

But Xia Changjiang didn't stop; he continued to beat Shi Zhenxiang relentlessly with a carrying pole...

When Chen Sanhua returned, she was shocked to see Xia Changjiang, who had gone mad.

"Old man, stop hitting him! If you keep going, someone will die! Xiumei, hurry up and stop your father!"

Xia Changjiang finally realized what was happening, and he collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon, in a very bad state.

"Mother, what should we do?" Xia Xiumei was also scared at this moment.

"Go find a doctor to take a look at your father first."

Xia Xiumei didn't want to go out; if she did, people would definitely point fingers and gossip.

"Let your sister-in-law go instead." After saying that, Xia Xiumei remembered that Zeng had gone to town to find Xia Donglai.

There was no other way but for Xia Xiumei to make the trip herself.

Xia Xiumei covered herself up tightly, afraid of being recognized and gossiped about.

But since they all live in the same place, no matter how well they cover themselves up, you can still recognize them by their body shape and posture in broad daylight.

"Oh, Xiumei, you know how to cover your face now? I thought you were shameless."

"Exactly, why are shameless people still covering up?"

"Why would you go see some random guy with your face covered?"

...

On the way, she encountered several women who mocked and ridiculed her. Xia Xiumei dared not argue back, and she cried in anger.

Chen Sanhua helped Xia Changjiang to bed and then used an embroidery needle to wake Shi Zhenxiang.

Shi Zhenxiang was terrified. The first thing she said when she opened her eyes and saw Chen Sanhua was to beg for mercy: "Sanhua, I will never dare to do it again. Please don't kill me. Don't hit me. I'll leave right now. I'll leave right now!"

Shi Zhenxiang's retreat had been interrupted, and she couldn't walk at all, but her strong will to survive made her temporarily forget the pain, prompting her to crawl out quickly.

Chen Sanhua knew this matter was far from over, that the Fan family would definitely cause a scene and spread those rumors, but now it was unavoidable.

Because of what the couple did, now her brother-in-law and sister-in-law both dislike them, and their already strained relationship has become even worse.

If the Fan family comes, can they handle it since there are only a few of them in the family?

Chen Sanhua was restless and decided that the best of the thirty-six stratagems was to flee...

"Chunmei, save me, save me..." Xia Chunmei had just gotten up when she saw Shi Zhenxiang crawling over.

"Oh, isn't this your great-aunt? What happened to you?" Xia Chunmei squatted down in front of her, looking at the miserable Shi Zhenxiang, feeling quite displeased.

"Chunmei, Xia Changjiang is going to beat me to death, please save me, save me, waaaah..." Shi Zhenxiang grabbed Xia Chunmei's trouser leg, her face covered in tears.

"Grandma, you must be joking. Murder will cost you your head."

Seeing Xia Chunmei's disbelieving look, Shi Zhenxiang was extremely anxious: "Chunmei, what I said is true. Xia Changjiang has gone mad. He wants to beat me to death. My body hurts so much. My leg is broken. My leg is really broken. Please save me. Please save me."

“If he really wants to kill you, I dare not save you. What if he kills me too? I still have three younger sisters to support.”

"Chunmei, I was wrong. I shouldn't have listened to Chen Sanhua and kidnapped you to sell. I really know I was wrong. I promise I'll change. Please save me. Please take me back. I'll give you money, I'll give you fifty, oh no, I'll give you a hundred coins. Please save me, save me..."

Shi Zhenxiang was truly terrified and kept pleading for help.

Xia Chunmei had no intention of helping her. Xia Changjiang and his wife were certainly no good, but Shi Zhenxiang was no better either. They both owed the original owner a life!

However, Shi Zhenxiang doesn't have long to live. Her appearance suggests that she has at most two months left to live, and her future days will not be easy.

"I don't have the ability to help you. You can go find other people and raise the price a bit. Maybe someone will be willing to raise the price for your Fanjiagou."

Upon hearing this, Shi Zhenxiang quickly endured the pain and crawled to find others, eventually reaching Qiu's house.

Shi Zhenxiang had learned her lesson. She was worried that if others knew that Xia Changjiang had beaten her, they wouldn't help her anymore. So she didn't tell the truth. She only said that she had encountered bandits who had robbed her of her money and beaten her. She was willing to pay Qiu Shi one hundred coins to send her back to Fanjiagou.

Qiu felt sorry for Shi Zhenxiang. When she heard that there was money to be made, she quickly had her sons Xia Tianji and Xia Tusheng carry Shi Zhenxiang back to Fanjiagou.

Xia Chunmei watched as Shi Zhenxiang was carried away, and she was looking forward to a good show between the Fan family and the Xia Changjiang family.