Three burly men rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward.

"Smack!"

A resounding slap sent Liu Xiuqin sprawling to the ground, her face instantly swelling and blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.

"Ah! Murder! Help!"

Liu Xiuqin screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

Just as Li Guodong raised his broom, a burly man kicked him in the crotch, causing him to scream in pain and fall to his knees.

The croton soup from this morning hadn't been completely drained yet, and this kick caused quite a stir.

"Pfft!"

Another stream of runny poop gushed out.

"Holy crap! That old dog pooped in his pants, that's disgusting!"

The burly men were so disgusted that they backed away.

Scarface frowned in disgust, grabbed Li Guodong by the collar, and slapped him twice across the face: "You old bastard! Trying to cause trouble in front of us? You're asking for it!"

"You can't even hold your own shit, yet you dare to yell at us?"

"You think I'm being too nice to you?"

On the other side, Liu Xiuqin's hair was grabbed by a burly man, who dragged her out like a dead dog: "You old hag! Try howling again? I'll knock all your teeth out!"

"Spare us! We'll leave right now! We'll leave right now!"

Li Guodong finally chickened out, clutching his crotch and begging for mercy.

"Too late!" Scarface kicked him out the door: "Go sleep under a bridge!"

Liu Xiuqin was thrown into a mud pit outside the courtyard, and her carefully combed hair was pulled out so that it looked like a chicken coop.

His face was covered in bruises, and his newly made cotton-padded jacket was torn, revealing the yellowed cotton inside.

"That damned Du Jianshan!" she wailed, slapping her thigh. "You're trying to kill your own mother!"

Li Guodong lay sprawled in the mud, his crotch wet and cold. As he watched the courtyard gate slam shut with a bang, he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood!

He was so angry that he vomited blood!

The villagers watching from afar pointed and whispered:

"Serves them right! They always bully others!"

"Du Jianshan is such an honest kid, but they've driven him to the point where he doesn't even want his home anymore!"

"Karma! It really is karma!"

A cold wind howled, and it started to rain.

Li Guodong wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then suddenly turned and glared at Liu Xiuqin: "They're all your good sons!"

"My son?" Liu Xiuqin scrambled out of the mud puddle, rotten vegetable leaves still clinging to her hair. "Li Guodong, have you no shame? Every time Fuqiang has gotten into trouble over the years, it's because you spoiled him!"

"Bullshit!"

Li Guodong spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm: "If you hadn't been so biased, would Du Jianshan have become estranged from us? Now look what's happened, that little beast has run off with all our wealth!"

The raindrops pattered down, and Liu Xiuqin suddenly sneered: "Now you know you're blaming me? Why didn't you say anything when you were withholding Jianshan's rations to buy leather shoes for Fuqiang?"

"Stop bringing up the past!" Li Guodong limped over and suddenly grabbed her collar: "If you don't get back to Fuqiang within three days, I'm divorcing you!"

Liu Xiuqin's eyes rolled back as she was being strangled: "You...you dare!"

"You'll see if I dare!" Li Guodong grinned maliciously as he leaned closer. "Let me tell you the truth, I've already found my next target! Widow Wang on the east street and Aunt Zhang at the west end are both waiting for me!"

Liu Xiuqin's eyes widened in disbelief: "You...you're having an affair?"

"You old hag, all faded and yellow-faced..." Li Guodong ripped open her clothes with a "rip": "No house, no money, why would I stay with you!"

"Smack!"

Liu Xiuqin slapped him across the face: "Li Guodong, you're not human! You've taken advantage of me and now you want to run away?"

Li Guodong retaliated with a punch: "You bitch, you dare hit me? I'll kill you!"

The two rolled around in the mud, pulling each other's hair and choking each other like two mad dogs.

"I'll fight you to the death!" Liu Xiuqin bit his ear: "I've been a slave to you two all these years, and this is how you treat me?"

Li Guodong howled in pain, grabbed half a brick, and smashed it over her head, yelling, "Go to hell!"

The brick grazed Liu Xiuqin's forehead, and blood gushed out.

The neighbors, who were watching the commotion, started chattering away:

"Wow! They're really going all out!"

"Serves them right! Neither of them is any good!"

"What sins did Du Jianshan commit to deserve such a mother..."

Liu Xiuqin touched her hand and found it covered in blood. Suddenly, she lunged at him like a madwoman, yelling, "Li Guodong, I'll fuck your ancestors!"

"Snap!"

She bit down on Li Guodong's wrist, tearing off a chunk of flesh.

"Ah!" Li Guodong screamed and kicked her away: "You crazy woman!"

Liu Xiuqin spat out the blood and flesh in her mouth, stood up with disheveled hair, and said: "Divorce, is that it? Fine! First, settle the score for all the money you've spent on my ex-husband's alimony over the years!"