"The Zhou family's young ladies, come out! Stop hiding in the house pretending to be dead!"

That day, Lin Xue was tidying up the room when she heard vicious shouts and curses coming from outside the yard.

"Who would come to my doorstep and yell insults in the middle of the day for no reason?"

"If you don't want your mouth, just cut it off now and donate it to someone in need!"

Hearing the commotion outside the courtyard, Lin Xue knew that the visitors were up to no good.

She's not the original owner of this body; she won't let anyone bully her.

Although the original owner sold all the Zhou family's children and was selfish and vicious by nature.

However, she has never actively harmed the villagers, and although the original owner later became like that, at least it hasn't happened yet.

She was just staying at home peacefully, and yet someone came to her door to hurl insults at her. How could she possibly tolerate that?

Lin Xue tossed the rag aside and strode out.

"You little whore, what are you saying with your foul mouth?"

"Don't you know my status in the village? How dare you insult me, a filthy woman who brings misfortune to men?"

Upon hearing Lin Xue's words, Wang Cuihua immediately flew into a rage. She jumped three feet high and hopped towards Lin Xue.

"Ha!"

"You've come here to insult me, and you expect me not to talk back? What kind of unfair contract is this? Even the emperor wouldn't dare to be so domineering!"

Lin Xue was not afraid at all. As she walked out the door, she grabbed the head of a large broom that was leaning against the door and started hitting the woman all over.

"Oh dear, someone come quick! That widow from the Zhou family, who's cursed to kill her husbands, is hitting someone!"

"Help! Someone, you have to stand up for me!"

"This scoundrel hit someone!"

Seeing that she was no match for Lin Xue and had been hit twice more, Wang Cuihua immediately turned and retreated, shouting loudly as she ran, which attracted the attention of her neighbors.

Lin Xue's house was some distance from the other houses, but the commotion was so loud that even people far away noticed something was wrong. At that moment, a group of people were walking towards her house.

"Young widow, how dare you bully people? Don't you have any respect for the law?"

Another old lady came over and started berating Lin Xue without asking any questions.

"Old widow, look who I've bullied! I'm in my own yard, I can do whatever I want. Look who I've come to bully?"

Lin Xue didn't tolerate the other party's attitude; she responded to whatever expression the other party gave her.

"You...you..."

"You have absolutely no respect for your elders..."

The woman didn't expect to be rebuffed after just one sentence.

Moreover, her husband is still alive, yet the other party insulted her as an old widow. Isn't that cursing her old man to die?

"Disrespectful to elders?"

"What you're saying is ridiculous. My parents-in-law have been dead for who knows how many years. Whom should I respect?"

“Before I married into the Zhou family, when my husband was still young, my parents-in-law had already passed away.”

"The reason why the Zhou family children have grown up is because my husband raised them with great care and love. I have never heard of any elder in the Zhou family ever helping out!"

"What's wrong?"

"Just anyone can shamelessly impersonate my elders? Are you taking advantage of my ignorance?!"

Lin Xue immediately launched into a tirade, her frail appearance belying her sharp and menacing demeanor, her gaze almost piercing.

Anyone who made eye contact with Lin Xue felt a chill run down their spine.

It's like suddenly being plunged into the dead of winter in the middle of summer; that feeling is truly terrifying.

These people are just taking advantage of her, a widow struggling to make a living with her husband's younger brother and sister-in-law, and want to bully her, a weak and vulnerable woman.

Their plan backfired.

Lin Xue didn't think the villagers in a village where women could be easily drowned were any kind of people to be trifled with.

If it were a kind village, she would naturally have a way of getting along with them. But now that she has encountered such bullying villagers, Lin Xue is naturally a hundred times more wicked than them.

If they hadn't bothered her, that would have been fine, but since they've provoked her, she'd make them suffer.

"You little whore, how long have you been married into our village, and you dare to be so disrespectful to your elders? I'll teach you a lesson today!"

The speaker was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. Looking at his full beard and the lewd gleam in his eyes, Lin Xue felt a wave of disgust.

"Come on, do you think I'm afraid of you just because you outnumber me?"

"Don't you even bother to find out who I am? Since you dare to bully me, none of us will get away with this today!"

After Lin Xue finished speaking, she picked up the head of a large broom and started hitting the onlookers in front of her.

Regardless of whether the other person is an adult or a child, an elderly person or someone holding a baby, they all get a good beating.

Those with good eyesight had already run far away. As for those who were still watching from the sidelines, they were clearly just looking for a good show.

Since they dared to come looking for trouble with her, she was definitely going to fight back.

These onlookers aren't good people either; they've been criticizing Lin Xue all this time without even asking about the cause or what happened.

"Someone's been killed! The young widow from the Zhou family has killed someone! Go find the village chief right now..."

I don't know who shouted it, but the people who were watching from afar quietly left, probably to go and find the village chief to resolve the issue.

So what if the village chief comes? So what if the clan chief comes?

After these few days of investigation, Lin Xue has learned that the rule of law in the Dayun Dynasty is not perfect. Village affairs are usually resolved by the village chief and clan chief, and rarely do they go to the government.

Just like in the previous life, when the original owner had an affair, the villagers didn't even think about reporting it to the authorities. Instead, they simply stuffed the original owner into a pig cage and threw him into the river to drown.

Even in this day and age, the village chief still wields considerable power.

But so what? If the village chief wants to bully her, he'll still get beaten up.

Lin Xue didn't need to rely on spiritual power or talismans; she could suppress the entire village directly with her martial prowess.

Anyway, these people don't dare to cause trouble for the government and get beaten up. If they do get beaten up, they'll just be left with nothing!

Sure enough, an old man was soon invited over by the villagers.

When Wang Cuihua and her group of old friends saw the village chief arrive, they immediately straightened their backs and glared angrily at Lin Xue.

"Zhou Tianli's son, how could you fight with people from the village? Don't you have any respect for your elders, village rules, or the law?"

The village chief immediately launched into a barrage of interrogations upon arrival, which prompted Lin Xue to sneer.

"Old man, are you the village chief of this village?"

"I ask you, how did you become the village chief? You condone your villagers bullying orphans and widows, bullying young women who have just lost their husbands, and you led the entire village to attack my house. Are you trying to force my family of six to our deaths?"