Chapter 212 The house-smashing is in progress...

"Help! Someone's going to kill me! Help! Help!"

Grandma An cried for help desperately!

But where would anyone come to rescue her?

Everyone used to think the Song family were cowards, but every time the Song family came, they were always scolded into silence!

Making decisions for your daughter? Ha...

Is this a joke?

But this time it's different!

Soon, An Jia's cries and pleas for mercy attracted a large crowd.

"Wow...isn't this the An family's in-laws?"

"Yeah, tsk... Look how badly they're being beaten, they must have been bullied terribly!"

"That's right! I wonder how much suffering this eldest daughter of the Song family has endured in the An family!"

"That's right, I've heard about the Song family. They're all honest people! They couldn't be more upright. They don't even dare to breathe loudly in the village. Although they have many sons, they're never the kind of family that bullies others. They're incredibly kind! They're even a bit cowardly!"

"Tsk... Look at how crazy she is today. It seems that the eldest daughter of the Song family has suffered quite a lot of grievances at the An family."

You guys don't know, the An family is a real scoundrel.

"Did you bully them too much?"

"That's too cruel! I'm telling you, none of you are to tell anyone else!"

I heard that the An family's son wants to sell his newborn child, saying he doesn't like girls! A buyer has already been agreed upon!

"Oh dear, what a scoundrel!"

"Really?" The neighbor's eyes widened.

Even though every family is going through a tough time, surely they're not so poor that they have to sell their children?

Even though she's a girl, everyone still prefers boys to girls!

But surely they wouldn't sell their child? That's their own flesh and blood, don't they feel any heartache?

"Of course it's true! I saw it with my own eyes!"

The eldest son of the Song family was so frightened that he ran back to his mother's house, and the An family's son chased after him. I saw it all clearly, and he was cursing as he chased!

They say it's a money-losing item, worthless! We should sell it to get money!

They even said they'd already paid! Tell me, are they even human?

"Huh? That's going too far!"

"My God, the An family is really inhuman. No wonder the Song family is like this."

"They're insane! Yes, they can drive an honest man crazy. It's clear that the An family is a real scoundrel. They'll get their comeuppance sooner or later."

Speaking of which, did those winking, eyebrow-raising neighbor ladies notice? Isn't this karma? Look what the Song family did to the An family!

The water vat in the yard has been smashed into pieces, and the water inside has been spilled all over the yard!

None of the pots and pans in the kitchen were intact, and as for the windows, even the door was smashed.

It seems that settling down this winter won't be easy.

When Old Lady An saw the tragic scene in the yard...

They cried out to heaven and earth, "You Song family are inhuman! You're bullying our An family because we have fewer sons!"

"You have to pay me back! Look what you've done to my house!"

The Song brothers looked at Huang Ying with some confusion.

Huang Ying clapped her hands, tossed her hair, and walked arrogantly to Old Madam An's side, giving her a playful kick.

"Ouch, that hurts."

Grandma An cried out in pain.

Huang Ying sneered: "What is this? How did you treat my eldest sister? Did you really think my eldest sister had no one behind her and no powerful backers?"

Let me tell you, the Song family is my eldest sister's backer today!

I'll just ask you one question today: are you still selling the child?

Old Mrs. An was used to bullying the Song family. She thought this was just an accident and shouted, "Who do you think you are? Huh? That child belongs to the An family. You're just a newlywed wife."

Do you really think you're in charge?

ah?

"I'll sell her, she's my granddaughter!"

"Ha...you old hag, you really won't give up until you're completely cornered! And let me tell you, I'm the one in charge of the Song family now!"

My word is law! Got it?

You better remember my name, Huang Ying!

Let me be blunt with you: we're here today to smash up your place and teach you a lesson!

Got it?

I'm taking my eldest sister's children with me today! They didn't eat or drink well at your house!

We need to take it back to nourish our bodies!

You can come pick me up in a month!

Otherwise... I'll smash your house again! You can try! After you bring them back, you'd better take good care of them!

My older sister bore children for your family, that's a great achievement! If you don't serve her well, I'll beat your son every time I see him!

In short, my older sister has suffered, and your son will have to pay double the price!

"Let me tell you, my brothers from the Song family have awakened!"

From today onwards, I will be the support for my eldest sister, and the support for my nephews and nieces.

If any of you are blind and cause trouble again...

"You'll all be in my care."

An Caihe thought he could still control Song Yingying, so he pointed at her and said, "Xiao Ying, come here!"

They didn't even bother to help me up.

Upon hearing the order, he instinctively wanted to step forward, remembering Huang Ying's words.

Yes, if I can't stand up for myself, then my girls will be in danger, so I must stand up for myself from today onwards.

Feeling apprehensive, he instinctively looked at Huang Ying!

Huang Ying nodded firmly to her.

Song Yingying clenched her fists and looked coldly at An Caihe: "I think you weren't hit hard enough. Stand up yourself, I'm not going to help you up!"

Although her voice wasn't particularly firm or loud, for Song Yingying, it was already an unprecedented act of defiance.

An Caihe stared at Song Yingying in shock. He never imagined that his wife would one day rebel against him.

"Song Yingying...you motherfucker..."

Before he could finish speaking, Huang Ying stepped forward and slapped him hard across the face.

An Caihe tried to fight back, but Song Chengxue and Song Chengqian held him down tightly.

This gives Huang Ying a chance to teach him a lesson.

Huang Yin raised an eyebrow. Her own man and younger brother, though lacking in assertiveness!

But be obedient!

He then kicked her twice more, saying, "An Caihe, I'm here today to support my older sister and avenge her."

I'm returning all the punches you threw at her!

How you treat my older sister is how we'll treat you in the future!

You were kind and polite to my older sister, so we will treat you as an honored guest.

If you scold my older sister harshly, then we'll curse you out.

"You beat and kicked my older sister, so sorry, you're our enemy now. We can only see you once, and we'll beat you up once. Understand?"

An Caihe then realized that the Song family was serious; they were really going to do it!

Actually, when he first married Song Yingying, he didn't dare to do anything to her, after all, there were so many brothers in the Song family!

His current attitude towards Song Yingying is merely the result of repeated tests. Now that the Song family has awakened, would he still dare? Of course not.

He opened his mouth and looked at Song Yingying, then suddenly his attitude changed drastically.

With a wronged expression on his face, he said, "Wife, I'm really in so much pain. Please tell my brothers to stop hitting me. It hurts too much. I can't take it anymore. If they keep hitting me, they'll kill me."

Song Yingying first pursed her lips and said, "Then are you still selling children?"

An Caihe glanced at the Song family brothers!

Selling the child? He'd rather sell himself right now!

If he dared to sell his child, he truly believed that the woman in front of him—Huang Ying—would definitely instruct the Song family to sell his child as well.

He quickly and decisively shook his head and said, "I'm not selling! I'm not selling! I definitely won't sell!"

That's my own daughter, how could I bear to sell her?

I was just trying to scare you; I was talking nonsense.

Huang Ying let out a cold laugh. Only Song Yingying was so naive as to believe it! Song Yingying pursed her lips and said, "Fine, you say you won't sell the child anymore, then I won't get a divorce!"

Huang Ying was speechless when she heard this. What a scumbag!

Are you staying to celebrate the New Year?

Then Song Yingying looked at the other children and called out, "Zhaodi, Laidi, Xiaobao, come with Mommy to stay at Grandma's house for a few days!"

Zhao Di, Lai Di, and even Xiao Bao all ran to their mother's side.

Grandma An shouted loudly, "No, you can't take my grandson and granddaughter away! You can't take them away!"

Huang Ying pointed at her and shouted sternly, "Say that again?"

Grandma An was so frightened that she shrank into a ball and dared not say another word.

As Huang Ying reached the door, something suddenly occurred to her.

He turned back and squatted down next to An Caihe. An Caihe was so frightened that he crawled back a few steps on the ground and asked tremblingly, "You...you...what do you want to do?"

Huang Ying smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, my sister is, after all, a woman who married out of the family, and she married into your An family."

The children they had all took the surname An.

So, are you going to pay for your sister's living expenses?

An Caihe stammered, "What...what living expenses?"

Huang Ying patted An Caihe on the shoulder: "Brother-in-law, that's not very considerate. Doesn't it cost money for your sister and the children to eat at home?"

Don't clothes cost money?

Look at the children dressed in tattered clothes. Don't they need new clothes?

The children are all so thin, don't they need extra nutrition?

Are you, as the father, just going to stand by and do nothing? Are you really that irresponsible?

Upon hearing this, An Caihe quickly patted his pockets and finally pulled out 5 yuan, which he handed to Huang Ying.

Huang Ying glanced at the 5 yuan bill with disdain: "Brother-in-law, you don't have much standing in the family."

An Caihe quickly looked to Old Lady An for help. Old Lady An definitely didn't want to pay, so Huang Ying grabbed An Caihe by the collar and threatened Old Lady An, "Either give me 20 yuan, or I'll beat your son to death today. You choose!"

An Caihe was afraid that Huang Ying was serious, so he quickly shouted, "Mom, what are you waiting for?"

"Hurry up, do you really want to see your son die?"

Reluctantly, Grandma An took out 20 yuan from her pocket and handed it to Huang Ying!

Huang Ying snatched it away, glanced at them, and laughed!

Then he took the Song family and several children and left.

Along the way, several children chattered around Song Yiyi, telling her how much they missed their mother.

Song Yingying looked at Huang Ying gratefully and said, "Sister-in-law, thank you so much. If it weren't for you today, I really don't know if I would have been able to bring the child back."

Then he called out, "Zhaodi, come on, quickly thank your aunt!"

One sentence made Huang Ying's face darken.

Song Yingying, unsure of what she had done wrong, stammered, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

One sentence caused the entire Song family to turn around and look at Huang Ying.

Huang Ying touched her nose and said helplessly, "Sister, shouldn't we change the child's name?"

Song Yingying looked at Huang Ying blankly: "Why?"

Huang Ying sighed deeply and asked, "Have you chosen a name for the youngest baby?"

Song Yingying thought for a moment and said, "Her eldest and second eldest sisters are called Zhaodi Laidi, so how about calling him Pandi?"

Huang Ying immediately exclaimed, "Ah!"

Everyone stared at her...

Right under everyone's noses, Huang Ying stomped her feet on the ground a few times in anger!

Song Chengxue rushed over and looked at Huang Ying with concern: "Wife, what's wrong? Do you have bugs on you?"

Huang Ying angrily slapped Song Chengxue: "There are bugs? What bugs? What kind of bugs are there? You guys are making me so angry!"

Everyone shuddered, especially Song Yingying!

Although she didn't understand, she instinctively knew that she had angered her younger brother and sister-in-law!

But when she thought about it, she realized that she had only exchanged a few words with her younger brother and sister-in-law, so how could she have angered them?

Huang Ying looked at Song Yingying with exasperation and said, "Why is your name Song Yingying? Why can't you be called Song Pandi?"

That's because your parents-in-law cherish you and consider you a treasure.

Is that right?

Why can others treasure your treasures, but you can't treasure your own children?

What's with this "hoping for a younger brother to come and recruit a younger sister" nonsense? Doesn't this already have a younger brother? What younger brother is coming?

You treat your own child so badly, yet you blame others for selling your child?

I'm telling you this now, something I was too embarrassed to say before, but I'm telling you now. It's because you can't stand up for yourself that the An family bullies you, and then they bully your child. They look down on your child, which means they look down on you.

"Now they're selling your child, tomorrow they'll be selling you!"

Song Yingying was so frightened that she took two steps back, her face showing a wronged expression.

Huang Ying rebuked him directly: "What are you complaining about? What are you complaining about?"

Your family has already stood up for you, so why are you feeling wronged?

I'm telling you, if you dare to cry today, you can go back to your in-laws' house.

Song Yingying forcefully held back her tears.

He didn't dare say anything and kept his head down.

Huang Ying earnestly said, "Elder sister, every child is a treasure to us."

Whether it's a boy or a girl, we want others to respect us, so let's start by changing the names of our three children.

Song Yingying obediently nodded.

He asked, "Then what do you suggest changing, sister-in-law? I... I don't have much education."

I'll listen to you.

Huang Ying looked at the other members of the Song family, and they all nodded in agreement.

Huang Ying said helplessly, "Did I marry the wrong person? I want to be in charge of the household. I don't want to raise a bunch of children."

The Song family members were like orphans, waiting for him to make all the decisions.

Sigh, it's painful yet pleasurable...

Huang Ying thought for a long time on the way, but couldn't come up with a good name!

So he returned to Hongqi Village, waved to the Song family, and said, "You go back first, I'm going to the village chief's house."

The Song family knew that she had gone to find Zhou Ye, the village chief's daughter-in-law, so they didn't say anything and obediently went back!

The children were tired after walking for so long.

"Zhou Ye, is Zhou Ye home? Xiao Ye... I'm here..." The gruff shouts from outside almost made Zhou Ye choke on his water.

I recognized Huang Ying's voice immediately. Didn't Huang Ying say she was going to smash up An's house today? She's already back.

When I went outside, I saw Huang Ying standing arrogantly at the door, hands on her hips, with an expression that said, "I'm the coolest."

Zhou Ye chuckled and asked, "How are you? Are you hurt?"

Huang Ying said with a smile, "I'm not injured. Today we've swept all before us and returned victorious."

Then came a burst of hearty laughter.

"Since you've been so successful, what brings you here? You're not just here to show off, are you?" Zhou Ye said to Huang Ying with a smile.

Huang Ying suddenly hugged Zhou Ye and started to plead, "Xiao Ye, please help me! Xiao Ye, please do me a favor, will you promise me first?"

Zhou was speechless: "What kind of help do you want? Just tell me first."

Huang Ying pleaded, "No, you have to promise me first."

Zhou smiled helplessly: "Okay, I promise you! So, what is it?"

Huang Ying chuckled and said, "Oh, Xiao Ye is the best. I knew Xiao Ye was the best."

"My eldest sister brought some children back, and I want to change the names of her three daughters."

But as you know, my cultural knowledge is limited. The only names I can come up with are Xiao Hong, Xiao Lian, Hong Mei, La Mei, Xiao Ju, etc. I think they're too ordinary!

Can you help me think of something?

I thought it was something serious!

So that's how it is...

Suddenly I remembered how difficult things had been for the eldest sister of the Song family before, so what should I do?

Zhou also thought of a few names. He tried saying, "How about this? Hmm... It's relaxing, pleasing to the eye, and joyful."

How about we name it An Shuxin? An Shuchang? An Shule?

Zhou also felt that children's names didn't necessarily have to be powerful or imposing; as long as they were easy to pronounce and made people happy, that was enough.

Upon hearing this, Huang Ying clapped her hands happily: "This name is great, this name is wonderful, it sounds nice and is auspicious!"

How did you come up with that name? It sounds like you're a cultured person; it's fantastic!

Zhou also smiled and said, "I'm glad you like it. Go back now, don't waste any more time!"

The Song family just won a battle and are probably very excited. Without you, their source of reassurance, they won't know what to do!

Huang Ying agreed, so she waved with a smile and said goodbye to Zhou Ye before returning to the Song family.

Huang Ying walked and walked along the road...

Just as I was about to reach my doorstep, I suddenly stopped.

Is someone behind me?

Who is it? Huang Ying's heart trembled... It's the dead of winter, and it's really creepy!

He whirled around and shouted, "Who's there?"

But there was no one there. She took two steps forward, but then heard a faint sound behind her again. She was so frightened that her hair stood on end.

"Who is it? Show yourself!"

Let me tell you, I have a lot of brothers in the Song family. Be careful, or I might catch you and beat you to death!

Get out here right now! We're almost at our doorstep!

"Even if I shout, you can't escape!"

Following Huang Ying's several threats...

She heard... the soft sound of footsteps on a branch.

Under her somewhat panicked gaze, a figure slowly emerged from behind a low wall.

It was... Snow White!

Huang Ying hadn't spoken to Bai Xue for a long time.

Since Bai Xue and Zhou Ye had their falling out, her presence at the educated youth settlement has diminished considerably. Bai Xue's personality is no longer as lively and adorable as before; instead, she is unusually cold and aloof.

Perhaps this is her true nature.

She doesn't even interact with anyone! She hardly ever talks to anyone! She lives a solitary life!

Bai Xue just stared at her coldly, her eyes empty, as if nothing existed in them.

Huang Ying asked, "Why are you following me?"

Bai Xue suddenly threatened, "Huang Ying, you have your own life."

Don't go looking for Zhou Ye again.

Huang Ying laughed in anger. Pointing at Bai Xue, she scolded, "It's true that you and Zhou Ye had a good relationship before, but this is the result of your own actions!"

You cut up someone's wedding dress when they got married. What were you thinking? Did you think we didn't know?

Zhou Ye has been so good to you; the house you're living in now was paid for by him. How can you still have the nerve to live there?

What you eat and drink, dare you say? Isn't all of that thanks to Zhou Ye?

Why are you still clinging to them now? You've already wronged them; who knows what else you've done behind their back?

Upon hearing this, Bai Xue paused, a sad expression appearing on her face.

"Huang Ying, I know exactly who you are!"

You're only on good terms with Zhou because you think he has some use to you.

She's not your type. Stay away from her from now on, and don't even think about taking advantage of her again!

Huang Ying sneered, "Bai Xue, who do you think you are? Do you really think you have the right to say such things?"

Do you think I'm afraid of you?

Yes, Zhou Ye and I are on good terms now.

Isn't friendship just a relationship of using and being used?

Besides, what did I do to Xiao Ye? If you're so unhappy, go talk to Zhou Ye!

Go ahead and go find him, see if Zhou will even acknowledge you.”

Bai Xue angrily pointed a stick at Huang Ying, whom she considered not to be a pure person.

He's not exactly a kind person!

Huang Ying is not worthy of standing by Zhou Ye's side, nor is she worthy of being Zhou Ye's friend.

Huang Ying flung away the wooden stick pointing at her and said, "Bai Xue, do you know how much we used to envy your relationship with Zhou Ye?"

We all know Zhou Ye's personality; she doesn't easily give her true feelings to someone, and you were the first and only friend of hers back then!

But how did you treat Zhou Ye? Do you think Zhou Ye will forgive you?

You and Zhou are strangers now, but I am not, so please don't meddle in other people's business.

You don't deserve it!

To Zhou Ye now, you are the stranger, understand?

Huang Ying's words were sharp and ruthless!

Bai Xue's eyes were red, and she felt extremely sad. She threw down the stick, turned around, and left!

Huang Ying watched her retreating figure and snorted.

Actually, they were all shocked when Bai Xue did that. They thought of everyone else, but they never thought of Bai Xue.

Looking at Bai Xue now, she must regret it.

But so what? Zhou Ke wouldn't easily forgive someone who betrayed him. However, Huang Ying also kept a warning to herself.

Zhou Ye's future may hold great promise, while she may be drifting further and further away from him.

But now she genuinely considers Zhou Ye a friend.

That's all...

I don't want to think about these boring things anymore!

Now that the eldest sister's business is settled, the next step is to discuss going hunting in the mountains with the Song brothers tomorrow.

The back mountain was dangerous, but on the eve of winter when it was about to snow, the Song brothers went up the mountain together to hunt.

This is the last step before the Lunar New Year.

The Song family had many brothers, so although they had plenty of grain, they certainly didn't lack meat!

This is something Huang Ying only learned after marrying into the Song family. Every winter, several of the Song brothers would go hunting in the mountains.

They wouldn't hand over the game they hunted to the village; they would either sell it on the black market for money or keep the meat for their family to eat.

The Song family's house is quite far from the other courtyards in the village, so if they are careful when eating meat, the smell won't waft out.

This is why the Song family, despite having many brothers, never went hungry. Looks like I'll have to prepare more food tonight…