Before even having lunch, Uncle Zhao brought up the matter of Zhao Xiaolian's inheritance distribution, saying, "...As the daughter of the Zhao family, Xiaolian was raised by the Zhao family. Even though she is gone now, she should still support her parents. A portion of the family property she left behind belongs to our Zhao family."
A year ago, Zhao Dajia's uncle moved back to Changhe County with his wife and children and opened a snack shop in the west of the city. The business was doing quite well. In the past, he was afraid that Zhao Xiaolian would take advantage of the Zhao family, so he was in a hurry to sever ties.
Later, when she saw that they had opened a clothing store in the county town, which they had bought themselves, she got the idea to come over and try to restore their relationship. But by then, Zhao Xiaolian had already changed her mind, and Yan Xin wouldn't pay any attention to them.
Yan Xin humiliated them several times, and the two sides had a big fight. After several arguments, they seemed to have given up and did not come over for a long time.
I never expected that they would be so restless right after Zhao Xiaolian's burial. The bodies of her sister and daughter are barely cold, and they already want to seize her family property. It's truly disgusting.
Lin Xiazhu remained expressionless, and her heart was equally calm. She didn't say a word, and when Lin Chacha tried to retort, she glared at her and shut her mouth.
She listened to the Zhao family, a dozen or so adults and children, making a racket. When they had finished shouting and all looked at her, she coldly swept her gaze over them.
"Have you finished speaking? Now it's my turn to speak. Right now, take your children and your red envelopes and get out of my house."
The red envelope was only twenty yuan. It wasn't that Lin Xiazhu thought it was too little; these days, twenty yuan is a common amount. However, for the maternal family to give such a small amount was considered disrespectful. If the Zhao family were poor and had a good relationship with them, then it would be fine.
But the other party is a well-off family with a bad relationship with Zhao Xiaolian and the Lin family, which makes people very angry. If they can refrain from mentioning the property robbery today, Lin Xiazhu can entertain them.
But Zhao Xiaolian's mother was buried yesterday, and these people came to cause trouble. Do they think she's dead?
The room was deathly silent. For a moment, no one spoke. They all stared at Lin Xiazhu, wishing they could pierce a hole in her with their eyes.
The first to make a scene was Zhao's mother, Zhao Xiaolian's mother. The old lady slammed her hand on the table and almost jumped off her chair.
The voice was sharp and piercing, "You bastard, my daughter wasted her life giving birth to you! Is this how you treat your uncle and aunt and us? You have no respect for us elders, you..."
Lin Xiazhu frowned, stood up, glanced at everyone, and said in a voice louder than Mrs. Zhao, "Since you know I don't care about you anymore, what are you still doing here? Hurry up and leave."
"You're so insolent and outrageous! Now that your mother's gone, you think no one will discipline you? Fine, today I'll represent your mother and teach you how to behave."
Grandma Zhao was furious and looked around as if looking for a suitable weapon. Aunt Zhao immediately handed her a wooden stick from the side.
"Mom, here's a stick, use this to hit her."
"Yes, she needs to be taught a lesson. Without her parents' supervision, she's arrogant and doesn't know her place. Today, our family will teach her a lesson on behalf of her parents." Several of Zhao's uncles shouted that they wanted to teach Lin Xiazhu a lesson. They dared to stop them from dividing the property, and they would beat her to a pulp.
Lin Taozi turned pale with fright, but stubbornly spread her arms to block Lin Xiazhu and refused to leave. Lin Chacha, who had already gone to the kitchen to work, immediately rushed in with fire tongs when she heard the commotion.
He roared, "Anyone who dares to touch my older sister, I'll fight them to the death!"
Lin Xiaoxue stood quite far away, almost at the back door, looking ready to run away at any moment, but still shouted in a bluff:
"Don't bully us too much, Zhao family. Do you think we Lin family have no one left? My uncle and the others will be here soon. We Lin family have plenty of men."
Lin Shanfu and his two sons make up three men. There are other members of the Lin family, but they won't be coming today. However, there are Zhang Yu and his group, all of whom are young and strong. Why would they be afraid of these few ugly and deformed people from the Zhao family?
Lin Xiaoxue wasn't worried about Lin Xiazhu, the strongwoman, at all. What she was worried about was the furniture and the family's property, even though all of these things were now in her eldest sister's hands and she had no share in them.
But she still needs her older sister to support her. In a few years, she will be taking the college entrance exam, and her tuition and living expenses will all depend on her older sister's financial assistance. If she can't protect the family property, what will she be doing?
"Big sister, second sister, you hold them off for now, I'm going to get reinforcements." With that, Lin Xiaoxue darted out the back door and ran away.
Uncle Zhao said, "We can't let her go find someone. This is a family matter. Why should others interfere?" He was actually afraid that if the Lin family came, it would affect their ability to seize the property.
"Stop talking nonsense. Today, you either get out of here right now, or we'll fight. If you lose, you'd better behave yourselves and stay clear-headed in the future. Don't try to mess with my house again, or I'll beat you every time I see you. I'll beat you to death."
Lin Xiazhu hadn't gotten physical in a long time. In the past few years, she had been staying in the county town, except for occasionally moving goods, and usually just studying at school. Today, someone happened to be delivering goods to her door, so she took the opportunity to stretch her muscles.
Unfortunately, the Zhao family was all talk and no action; they were utterly useless. Before Lin Xiazhu could even get a chance to fight, Zhao Dajiu and his brothers were all knocked down with a single punch.
"Ouch, my back! My spine is broken!" Uncle Zhao cried out as he lay on the ground.
Uncle Zhao lay on the ground, clutching his chest and wailing, "I...I can't breathe, it hurts, it hurts here."
Uncle Zhao rolled on the ground clutching his leg, crying, "My leg, my leg is broken, my leg is broken!"
"Damn it, what did you do to your uncles? Did you want to kill them? Are you even human? You're so young, yet you're so cruel!" Grandma Zhao stomped her feet and cried loudly.
The three aunts were crying and wailing, wanting to rush up and tear her apart, but they were afraid of Lin Xiazhu's strength. Even their men couldn't withstand a punch from her, so the three of them would probably be killed with one punch.
"Ouch, this is too much! I'll fight you to the death!" Aunt Zhao thought she was being clever, avoiding a direct confrontation with Lin Xiazhu and instead lunging at Lin Chacha.
"Snap." Lin Chacha grabbed her shoulder and squeezed it so hard that her entire arm drooped down.
"You think I'm a pushover, easy to bully? You've got the wrong idea. Even if I'm not as strong as my older sister, I'm not someone anyone can bully." Lin Chacha was furious; she hated it most when people looked down on her.
In less than ten minutes, all of the Zhao family members except for Zhao's maternal grandparents and a few children lay down, crying and wailing as they rolled around, attracting the attention of the neighbors.
"Everyone come quick! Murder! This heartless bastard doesn't even recognize his own grandmother and uncles. His mother was just buried and he attacked us. Everyone, please judge this..." Seeing so many people gathered at the door, Grandma Zhao started crying pitifully, like a thief crying "stop thief!"
"What's going on? This is too much! The owner's wife was just buried yesterday, and this is the scene today. It's outrageous."
"Who knows? It was just making a racket, and then they started fighting not long after."
The onlookers were talking amongst themselves, though it was unclear who they were blaming. Perhaps they were just there for the spectacle and to chat, but no one really cared what had actually happened.
After all, even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes. The Lin family now has no adults and only four daughters left, making them vulnerable to being bullied. However, the current situation is that the Zhao family members have been beaten so badly that they cannot get up, while the four daughters of the Lin family are completely unharmed.
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