Wang Jincai screamed in pain from the beating, but he still insisted on finishing what he wanted to say. Xia and Wang Sanni also cried and screamed.

Everyone was furious. Zhao Wu kicked the door open and roared, "You've already killed two people in my family, and you're still fighting? Beat his grandma's bastard!"

A group of young men rushed in first, dragged Wang Dagu, who was beating Wang Jincai, aside and beat him up.

A few older women came in. Old Mrs. Xu and another woman helped Wang Jincai wipe the blood from his nose, while the others went to beat the young woman who was causing trouble.

Wang Dagu and that young woman have aroused public outrage.

Before, when Mrs. Wang beat Mrs. Xia and Old Man Wang beat Mrs. Wang, the villagers, no matter how disgusted they were, didn't intervene. They thought that fights between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, or husband and wife, were family matters. And since the Wang family was murdered, the villagers felt very sympathetic towards the three orphans and widows. When they heard that it was the young woman who instigated Wang Dagu to beat his son and sister to death when he failed to seize the family property, they stopped and stepped in to help.

Zhao Wu didn't make a move. He and Xu Li were watching from the sidelines. Wang Dagu deserved a beating, but he couldn't kill anyone.

The other unmarried ladies didn't dare go in, so Xu Lanyin didn't dare go in either, and stood at the door looking in. She was afraid of fighting, and even more afraid of such bloody scenes, but now she felt that the fight was well-deserved, and that Wang Dagu and the young woman really deserved it.

Seeing that the beating was almost over, Xu Lizheng shouted, "Alright, stop it."

Wang Dagu was beaten until his head was bleeding, and the young woman was beaten until her hair was disheveled and her face was bruised and swollen, and she kept crying.

Xu Lizheng lectured Wang Dagu for a while, telling him not to follow his parents' example and not to cause another death. He also talked about how sensible Wang Jincai and Wang Sanni were now, and how pitiful Xia was...

Wang Dagu was extremely unconvinced and kept retorting, saying that Wang Jincai was sensible and that he was his father, and that if he dared to disobey him, he would be unfilial. He earned the family property, so he could do whatever he wanted with it, and a son had no right to interfere with his father. He also said that he would go to the county government tomorrow to sue the people of Xiaozao Village for gang fighting and helping his son seize his property...

Wang Dagu had been beaten by Old Man Wang since he was a child. Seeing his young wife being constantly molested, he resented Old Man Wang's disrespect for his elders and was also angry at his young wife for causing trouble. He didn't want to stay at home anymore and went out to explore the world as a teenager. Old Man Wang had been dead for a month, and Wang Dagu resented Old Woman Wang's indifference to him and didn't want to care about her anymore. He wanted to sell the house and land here and take Wang Jincai and Wang Sanni to the neighboring province where he was doing business. As for that stupid woman Xia, she was left to fend for herself.

He had taken Wang Sanni with him because he had listened to his wife's advice, saying that she was in her prime and beautiful, and would make a good match. But not only did this idiot boy refuse to go with him, he also sided with that idiot Wang Jincai and refused to hand over the deeds to the house and land. He searched the house and couldn't find them.

Zhao Wu said, "This family wasn't just earned by you, but also by your father. Mrs. Wang is still alive. We can all testify that she passed all the property to Wang Jincai and didn't let Wang Jincai go with you. If you don't agree, go to the prison and ask her for clarification. Although she was sentenced to renounce her relationship with your father, she is still your biological mother. If you don't listen to her, you will be extremely unfilial. If you want to leave Xiaozao Village, do it quickly. If you don't leave and continue to beat people up, be careful that someone will put a sack on you and beat you half to death."

He thought that if Wang Jincai and his men continued to stay at the Wang family, he was afraid that someone would die in the Wang family again, so he said to the poor family with many children and grandchildren, "Wang Jincai and his mother will temporarily live in your house."

The family knew that the Wang family was rich and had land, and that Wang Jincai and his mother would definitely not live there for free, so they quickly agreed.

Another poorer family with many daughters took the initiative to invite Wang Sanni to live with them, and Wang Sanni nodded in agreement.

An old lady in her seventies pointed at the young woman and said, "I don't care how long Dagu stays in the village. He is from Xiaozao Village after all. But this young woman must leave tomorrow. How can a young woman bully an older woman and her son like this? No one in our village will tolerate this."

This old lady is the oldest person in Xiaozao Village and the mother of Fifth Grandpa. She is respected by almost all villagers.

Several older and stronger women echoed this sentiment, saying, "If she doesn't leave, we'll beat her until she leaves."

It was not right to drive Wang Dagu away, but everyone was willing to drive that young woman away.

The crowd gradually dispersed, and Wang Jincai, Xia Shi, and Wang Sanni were also helped away by the two families. The Wang family finally calmed down.

The next morning, Zhao Wushang said to Xu Lanyin in front of the yamen, "They said that the reward silver will be distributed today. Let your sister save the money to buy a house. The previous silver cannot be used, but the money I earn can be used."

He knew Xu Lanyin wanted to buy a house in the county town and wanted to help him. Zhao's murder case was a serious criminal case, and he had made great contributions, so he thought he would receive a large reward.

But because Xiaozao Village is under the jurisdiction of Captain He, Captain He is likely to be punished.

Xu Lanyin smiled and said, "There's no rush to buy a house. I don't have any burden, why are you still worried about it?"

Seeing the tall and thin figure disappear in the faint morning light, Xu Lan felt a warm feeling in her heart. The big boy was more caring than her own brother.

That morning, Wang Dagu called in a few people from town and had them sell everything they could from the Wang family's yard, even the two young pigs and a dozen chickens in the backyard. Wang Dagu was distressed that the crops weren't ripe yet, and he hadn't received so much rent. He thought he'd find a way to get it back later...

He was selling things from his home without anyone noticing, so many villagers gathered on the side road and cursed him, but he lowered his head and pretended not to hear. The buyers, because they were getting a good deal, also turned a deaf ear to them.

In the afternoon, Wang Dagu took his wife and son away in an ox cart.

Wang Jincai and the other two returned home, and even though they were penniless, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Dagu had taken all the cash in the house. Wang Sanni didn't dare touch the money Wang Pozi had mentioned, so she discussed with Wang Jincai about selling an acre of land to buy some necessities for the family and some candy to thank the villagers who had helped her, especially Zhao Wu, Xu Lizheng, and Fifth Grandpa's mother, who wanted to be rewarded handsomely.

Wang Jincai agreed and said, "I'm useless. Not only did I fail to protect the family property, I also ruined an acre of land. When I grow up, I want to do business and do better than that man and expand the family business. I can't let grandma survive, but I will rebuild her grave in the future."

But he didn't mention rebuilding Wang Laohan's grave. In his heart, he still hated Wang Laohan.

Xia understood these words and started crying while hugging her son. Wang Sanni also came over and hugged them and cried together.

After crying, they discussed selling the land. There were only two families in the village who could easily buy land: Xu Lizheng's family and Xu Lanyin's family.