"What a misfortune for our family!" Although Old Lady Liu's hands were tied, her legs were not. She stomped her feet forcefully, as if she wanted to sit on the ground and slap her thighs.

Old Liu looked at Liu Lu with a face full of resentment.

"That's your own son! How dare you lay a hand on him?"

“He will be your support in the future. Who will take care of you in your old age? You can’t just rely on our Bao’er.”

Liu Lu glanced at the two old men with disdain.

"You two old folks, you've spoiled your good kid. With his pathetic state, you expect him to take care of you in your old age? You might as well expect yourselves to support yourselves."

"You jinx, you killed my son, and now you dare to beat my grandson. There's no justice in this world! Our Liu family has fed you, clothed you, and provided for this little money-loser you gave birth to. You heartless bastard."

Old Mrs. Liu cried and wailed, recounting how the Liu family had raised Liu Lu and the little girl.

"Hmph, supporting us? It's clearly just me and that little girl supporting your whole family."

In my memory, all the chores in the house, inside and out, from top to bottom, whether it was farm work, housework, or feeding the chickens and ducks, were done by the original owner and the little maid.

In rural areas, there is a lot of land, and other families live together as a single household. Several elderly farmers went to work in the fields.

The Liu family helped him go to work in the fields.

The old couple are not even 50 years old this year. They rely entirely on the original owner to farm, doing the hardest work and eating the least food. Liu Lu has finally come to understand them.

People who have lost their conscience are not like them; they simply have no heart at all.

“Go out and ask around in this village. Everyone knows that your Liu family is like Zhou Bapi, a notorious exploiter. Apart from me and this girl, everyone else in your family is well-fed and clothed. The villagers look down on our family.”

After hearing these words, the elderly couple lowered their heads. Indeed, ever since Liu Lu married into their Liu family, they had basically made their daughter-in-law do all the work.

Today, Liu Lu suddenly exposed their secret, and the two of them couldn't help but feel embarrassed and annoyed at being called out.

Old Mrs. Liu raised her head and said angrily, "Since ancient times, it has been a matter of course for a daughter-in-law to be filial to her parents-in-law. Which daughter-in-law doesn't do chores? Why are you so precious? I haven't even said anything about how you caused my son's death."

“You haven’t said it yet, but you’ve been saying it all the time. It’s one thing for me to be filial to my parents-in-law, but it’s another thing to be forced to do chores. You’re not seventy or eighty years old. Go and see other well-off families. Which of them are your age and just lying at home doing nothing?”

Seeing Liu Lu's powerful output, a hint of fear flashed in Old Man Liu's eyes. He looked at Liu Lu helplessly and said, "We can talk about the work slowly. First, let me and your mother go."

Seeing that the two old guys had calmed down, Liu Lu was no longer afraid that they would fight back. She went over and untied the ropes binding their hands.

"We're here, we're here, we've arrived at Old Liu's house. Kick open his door for me."

A noisy commotion came from outside.

The people inside the house disregarded their family conflicts and went outside. They saw a large group of people arriving at the gate, followed by many onlookers from the village.

"What's going on with you guys? What are you doing here?" Old Liu asked loudly, pretending to be the head of the household, while rubbing his wrist, which was still quite sore from being tied up for so long.

"Oh my god, your daughter-in-law, that bastard Tiandao, threw my precious baby into the river. I'm here today to demand justice."

“My poor Baogen’er, he’s so young and you threw him into the river in this cold weather, and now his little face is all frozen purple. If you don’t pay me back for his medical bills today, your family will never have a peaceful life.”

Baogen's mother plopped down at the front door, slapping her thigh and crying out in a disheveled state.

"That's really going too far. How can you, a grown adult, be so heartless to hurt such a small child with his own skills?"

"Oh dear, this is truly heartless."

"Although Bao-ge is a little devil who bullies other kids every day, a few slaps are fine, but throwing him into the river is a bit too much, isn't it?"

"Could Old Liu's wife do such a thing? She's usually so quiet and only knows how to work. I'm afraid she's been wronged."

"No way, my son saw it with his own eyes and said that it was Old Liu's wife who threw Zhang Baogen into the river."

The surrounding villagers were gossiping, and Liu Lu rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache.

Before things at home could be sorted out, this group of people came to our house again. It seems we need to get rid of them first before we can settle things at home.

Thinking of this, Liu Lu first patted the little girl who was nervously clutching her clothes.

Then he stepped forward, crossed his arms, and stood in front of Zhang Baogen's mother.

"Sister Zhang, you're good at crying and wailing, can you explain to everyone why I threw this precious root into the water?"

The baby's mother paused for a moment while crying, then pretended not to hear and continued wailing.

Liu Lu glanced at her and suddenly shouted loudly.

She shouted in a strong voice, "My poor girl! Does everyone know that my girl is always bullied by Zhang Baogen in the village? Today, we were washing clothes by the river, and that little bastard Zhang Baogen pushed my girl into the river. Putting aside whether he did it on purpose or not, Baogen's mother, Sister Zhang, was right there watching. Instead of saying that the child was wrong, she was quite happy."

"Why is it that only your Baogen's life matters, while our girl deserves to be bullied and pushed into the river?"

"Dear uncles and aunties, as you all know, I've worked hard and never complained over the years. I've never laid a hand on anyone or even raised my voice. But my daughter almost died in the river. She's my lifeblood, what am I supposed to do?"

"My poor girl, she was already unlucky to be born from my belly. And now she's being bullied like this, almost to death. What can't I do? If they bully us, then let them taste what they're made of!"

"The Zhang family still has the nerve to come knocking on our door. They're trying to force us to our deaths."

Everyone looked at the little girl's pale and thin appearance, and then thought of Zhang Baogen's burly figure. For a moment, there was complete silence, except for Baogen's mother who was still crying and shouting at the top of her lungs.

"It's good that Sister Zhang came this time. I was also thinking of asking you for the money for my girl's medical treatment. After all, this matter was caused by your Baogen, and you even came to our door like this. I think we should go and have a good talk with the village chief about this."

Our village can't keep letting honest people like us get bullied.

The baby's mother's crying stopped abruptly.

Originally, I just wanted to extort some money from them, since I heard that the Liu family was a bit timid.

So he brought his brothers and sisters to the village, hoping to get some money from them, but little did he know that Liu Lu wanted to report this to the village chief.

This won't do. Not only is his family in the wrong, but Baogen is perfectly fine. He went out to play when she left.

If this gets discovered, the whole family will be too ashamed to show their faces in public.

Before Baogen's mother could say anything, a voice rang out: "What right do you want me to judge? You tell me."

The mother turned around stiffly and glanced back, wishing she could roll her eyes and faint.

I don't know who was so irresponsible as to have already invited the village chief over.