Killing someone means paying with your life. Regardless of whether others would intervene or not, Lu Huaian's two brothers would not let him do this. After the two of them worked together to grab the kitchen knife, Xiao Si pounced on Ding Pingshun, and Lu Junzhou followed suit. His small size allowed him to bite Ding Pingshun's arm.

Lu Huaian and his brother used their hands and feet to beat Ding Pingshun up, making him cry for his parents and kowtow to admit his mistakes.

Only when things got to this point did he realize that he was in big trouble, but the mistake had already been made and it was too late to regret!

That wasn't the end. After Sanniang's mother and two sisters came rushing over crying, the three of them pounced on him and scratched and clawed him. The injured ear from yesterday was scratched to pieces by them again. When Chang asked him what happened when he went home last night, he lied and said he was bitten by a mad dog and covered up the matter.

At this moment, he was still delusionally hoping that getting beaten up and suffering some physical pain would allow him to continue covering up the matter and keep his job.

But how can such a serious matter as human life be covered up?

Dingjia Village.

Ding Gui got up, opened his eyes, got dressed, and went to the fifth room. Seeing Lu in the main room, he asked, "Aunt Wu, did Uncle Wu come home tonight?"

Yesterday, he and Feng Qingzi came back from the back mountain. Feng Qingzi had promised to teach him martial arts, but halfway through, he said he had to go to town for a walk and run some errands. He didn't return until 11:55 PM. He was obsessed with learning martial arts and had asked about it no less than ten times yesterday.

"Damn it! Don't ask me again, it's annoying." Lu said unhappily.

She was furious. Last night after dinner, Fang, the second wife, had been the first to clamor for a family division, even inviting the village head and the clan leader. Liu and Gao, who had both been embroiled in a fight the previous day, had quickly united behind Fang, supporting the division.

But the eldest son disagreed, arguing that dividing the family property while their parents were still alive was unfilial. The second son remained silent, considered abstaining from voting. This was when the opinions of the third and fifth sons became crucial. As a result, the third son also abstained, leaving the decisive vote to the Lu family, representing the fifth branch.

The fifth brother was not here. The opinion of the village head and the clan leader was that there were four married families in their family, and the sixth brother, who was not married, was counted as one family with his parents. His parents' opinion was the opinion of the sixth brother. Old Dingtou and Meng naturally disagreed with the division of the family. Together with the eldest brother's vote, there were three votes against the division of the family.

There were also three votes in favor of dividing the family.

The three sisters-in-law above each had one vote. The head of the village and the clan leader did not want to get involved in their family's troubles, so they did not wait for the fifth sister and let Lu cast the decisive vote as a representative.

Mrs. Lu knew that the fifth child always followed his parents' advice. Moreover, the fifth child often did not come home, and dividing the family would only harm her family. She made the decision without weighing the pros and cons and stood on the side of her parents. Afterwards, she was scolded by Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Gao together.

Fang glared at her as if she wanted to skin her alive.

Who had she offended? She was still fuming with frustration, and she'd thought about it all over again before bed. She couldn't figure out why Lao Wu had changed his ways, no matter how hard she tried. She just thought he'd become a bad person. They say nine out of ten people gamble and end up hooking up with prostitutes, and she suspected he'd been visiting brothels quite a bit lately.

When she woke up early, she saw that Lao Wu had not returned all night. She thought that he had gone to gamble or to visit prostitutes. She was already feeling annoyed, and then Ding Gui came to ask her again. How could she be angry?

"I'll go to the village entrance to wait for my fifth uncle." After finishing his breakfast, Ding Gui wiped his mouth, put on a big cotton hat, and ran to the village entrance.

He waited in the cold wind for more than half an hour, but Feng Qingzi didn't show up. Instead, a large group of people came. Leading the group was Ding Pingshun, who was dressed in mourning, and Lu Junzhou, who was also dressed in mourning.

Ding Pingshun was desperately trying to die. He was tied up, and Lu Huaian was dragging him like an animal with a thick hemp rope. In the middle of the procession were the bodies of Sanniang and her son, carried by several men on door panels, preparing to take them to Ding Pingshun's home to be buried and forced to pay for the burial and compensation.

The idea came from Lu Huaian's mother. Lu Huaian also had bruises on his face and neck, which were caused by scratches from Sanniang's mother and two sisters.

The three of them, mother, daughter and little four, followed, crying all the way.

As they neared the village entrance, Ding Pingshun suddenly turned and knelt, kowtowed repeatedly, and tearfully pleaded that he was willing to pay for the burial of Sanniang and her son, and would also pay compensation, even if it meant spending all his family's wealth. He only begged them not to carry Sanniang and her son's bodies into the village. If the border guard brought two bodies into the village these days, everyone in the village would spit on him and drown him.

Lu Huaian kicked him on the shoulder and gritted his teeth, "You f*cking know it's almost the New Year? I've lost my wife and son, and you're still thinking about having a good New Year?"

Sanniang's mother howled loudly, rushed over and pressed him down, beating him up again. Her two sisters also rushed over crying.

"Well done, hit him hard, beat him to death!" Ding Gui jumped up and cheered. Ding Sheng rode Dabao's carriage to and from school every day. In his eyes, Ding Sheng was in the same group as Dabao and Ma Xiaomai. Including Ding Sheng's family, they were all his enemies and deserved to die!

He shouted a few times and ran home to tell his grandmother and mother the news. Anyone who doesn't watch the fun is a fool.

When Chang received the letter, she was chatting and laughing with Tian, ​​discussing going to the town together to collect New Year's goods after the winery was closed. Unexpectedly, disaster struck and she was completely stunned.

When Jian Ning heard the news, she gasped. When she came to her senses and was about to rush over to take a look, she was stopped by Mr. Ding San.

When Mr. Ding San was sending Dabao and the others to school, he heard about Sanniang and her son. He'd inquired about the whole story, but he wasn't one for gossip, so he didn't mention it when he returned. He stopped Jian Ning and told her what he'd learned, then advised, "At this critical juncture, you and Lao Si shouldn't meet them for now. Take your time. Seeing you two might make them even more angry. The village head and clan leader are here, so don't worry. I'll go check on them first."

"No, I have to go for such a big thing. Thank you for your kindness, they won't bother me. If they did, they would just bring the person to me."

"My dear." Ding Youtian stopped her when he saw her about to leave, saying, "Be careful. Lu Huaian might not blame you. Maybe his family and Sanniang's family won't blame you."

"I know. Don't feel burdened. You are not wrong in this matter. If there is any fault, it is me." Jane Ning's tears burst out. She underestimated the feudal ethics and thus deeply realized that in a feudal society, she could not change and reverse everyone's ideas in a short period of time with her own strength.

But that day, Sanniang and her child were in critical condition, and she couldn't complete the surgery alone. If Ding Youtian hadn't possessed an extraordinary memory, accurately delivering the necessary equipment to Sanniang and her child immediately, buying them time, they would have died that day.

Unexpectedly, Sanniang escaped the ordeal of childbirth, but could not escape the evil feudal dogma, and ultimately could not escape death. Jian Ning was filled with grief.