She spoke very loudly, especially since she guessed from the dog's words that Jiang Jiuniang had rested, and she wished she could go somewhere and get a megaphone to shout it out.

Jiang Jiuniang had been awake for a while, and after listening to Li Shi talk outside for a long time, she rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.

This Li family member is truly a dark chapter in the Sun family's history; having such a relative is the most distressing thing in the Sun family's life.

The reason Ms. Sun asked her sons to treat their wives well, and why she and Mr. Lu took good care of their three daughters-in-law, was mainly because she had a difficult childhood. After coming to the Lu family, she had the opportunity to be in charge, so she made the same demands of her children.

Sun's family was an extremely patriarchal family, and Sun suffered a lot from a young age. Especially after her eldest brother got married, her sister-in-law Li, who also married into the family, was a difficult person to describe. Sun suffered a lot of torment from Li in the years before she got married.

After she got married, Li would still come over every few days, asking her to support her family. She gave in a few times at first, but later she found that Li was becoming increasingly insatiable and demanding more and more. Sun couldn't bear it any longer and beat Li up, which caused a falling out between them, and they stopped seeing each other.

In the years following the natural disasters, every household was short of water. Only the Sun family's well still had water. Sun had no choice but to go back to her parents' home to get some water, but her family kicked her out, saying that she, a woman, dared not drink water and that the water should be left for the Sun family's descendants.

Completely disheartened, Sun decided to flee the famine and no longer cared about the fate of the Sun family.

I never expected that the Li family members would still be alive.

Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years!

When Old Man Lu came back to relocate the graves, it was a grand affair, and the Sun family must have known about it. Judging from Li's tone, she probably didn't get any benefits.

Thinking that Li had bullied the original owner and Ms. Sun a lot in the past, she got up, dressed, and went out. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Li standing at her door, waving her hand as if she was about to knock.

"I was wondering who was barking outside, but it turns out to be my aunt! What a rare guest!"

Jiang Jiuniang pushed her away with obvious disgust, then went out the door herself. She closed the door behind her as if guarding against a thief, so as to prevent Li Shi from taking the opportunity to enter.

Li's face instantly darkened: "You little bitch, who are you calling a dog barking!"

Jiang Jiuniang walked towards the kitchen as if she hadn't heard her, and poked her head out to ask Gou'er, "Son, what are we having for dinner tonight?"

The dog immediately replied, "It's the wild vegetables that Mother picked this morning, and I made them into pancakes!"

"Wow, that's amazing! No wonder it smells so good!"

Seeing the mother and son talking as if no one else was around and completely disregarding her, Li felt greatly humiliated. She took a few steps forward and tried to grab Jiang Jiuniang's sleeve, but Jiang Jiuniang easily dodged her.

Li said displeasedly, "I'm talking to you! Are you deaf?"

Jiang Jiuniang looked completely innocent: "No, Aunt was talking to that little slut, wasn't I?"

Li: ...

Jiang Jiuniang laughed and said, "I didn't expect that after so many years, Auntie is still so unpresentable. You look so shrewish and poor, and you've aged so much. Sigh, it's really pitiful! Thinking about my mother, she's not much younger than you, Auntie, but she looks only about forty years old now, so young and beautiful. Tsk tsk tsk, the difference between people... Oh, by the way, Auntie, is it because your pampered grandsons didn't take good care of you? Look at you, you've become so haggard!"

Jiang Jiuniang knew how to hit a nerve; with just a few simple words, she successfully made Li want to pull her hair.

"Little... what nonsense are you spouting? Believe me or not..."

As she spoke, she raised her hand.

Anyway, Lu Baichuan isn't here. It's just a pregnant woman and a little kid. She can take on both of them. Let's see if they dare to stab her in the heart again!

She had been through so much hardship over the years that she was practically half-dead. She almost died on the way to escape famine. If it weren't for her using some tricks, she would be gone by now!

As a result, the third son's wife deliberately mocked her, as if she really thought she was something special just because she was doing well now?

She was annoyed by that bright and alluring face, so she decided to just scratch it until it was all bruised!

"Alright, alright, stop beating around the bush. Our two families have long since severed ties, so let's not talk about these irrelevant things. I won't lend you money, and I certainly won't give you any benefits. Just get out of here, or I'll slap you later."

Having reached her current status, Jiang Jiuniang no longer needs to be as careful when dealing with the worst people as she did at the beginning. Now, she can slap whoever she doesn't like, which is convenient and satisfying.

"How dare you speak to your elders like that! Fine, fine, I've seen your family for what they are. You've become rich and now you don't want us poor relatives anymore! You want to get rid of us? Give me twenty, no, fifty taels of silver, and I won't come looking for you again!"

As she spoke, she confidently extended her hand.

Jiang Jiuniang slapped her without hesitation and shouted, "Dog, get me a broom! I'll beat this shameless old woman until she shits herself!"

The dog, watching from the side, felt extremely relieved and immediately went to find a broom!

"You! You!"

Li's eyes widened in disbelief that Jiang Jiuniang would dare to treat her like this.

She raised her hand to retaliate, but Jiang Jiuniang deliberately brought her face closer and said, "Come on, hit me here. Let me think about what the consequences are for beating up a first-rank imperial lady. Is it the extermination of three or nine generations of her family?"

"First-class?"

Li didn't understand these ranks very well, but anything related to the imperial court was definitely not a good thing, and Jiang Jiuniang dared to put her face so openly, so there must be some basis for it.

The Lu family has actually prospered so much? Even He Jiuniang, a poor and destitute woman, has gained the favor of the imperial court?

"He Jiuniang, you just wait!"

She couldn't help but make a harsh remark, but Jiang Jiuniang waved her hand dismissively: "Do as you please. Oh, by the way, I'm no longer surnamed He, but Jiang. Remember to call me Jiang Jiuniang when we meet in the future. Of course, you can also call me General's Wife or Madam Lu, I don't mind either way."

The General's Wife?

Lu Baichuan actually became a general!

Li was shocked and her face was full of disbelief. How could Lu Baichuan, with his mediocre skills, become a general?

At this moment, Gou'er brought out a broom. Jiang Jiuniang was too lazy to do it herself, so she directly ordered her son, "Get this old woman out of here, don't make my Lu family's floor dirty."

The dog had long disliked the old woman, and now that it had received its mother's order, it felt no pressure and swung the broom at Li's legs.

Li had thought that Gou'er wouldn't dare to lay a hand on her, but she didn't expect him to actually dare to hit her.

"You little beast... Ah!"

Before she could even open her mouth, Jiang Jiuniang picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it into her mouth, instantly knocking out her two front teeth and leaving only a mouthful of blood.