Chapter 5 Teaching Wang Xiuzhi a Lesson (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
The little one, barely reaching Wang Jing's waist, already knew how to protect her.
Wang Jing felt a mix of emotions; she was actually less courageous than a child.
Xu Qingmo's head was still wrapped in bandages, and Wang Jing felt both heartache and self-blame.
"Momo, come to Mom's side." Wang Jing decided to be brave this time; she should protect Xu Qingmo.
Xu Qingmo really wanted to call out "Mom," but the word just wouldn't come out. In the end, she decided not to force herself to say it.
The village chief was quickly summoned. On the way, he overheard some things from the villagers and gradually learned about the situation.
"The village chief is here!" someone shouted from the crowd.
When the village chief pushed open the door and entered the house, Wang Xiuzhi, as if seeing a lifeline, rushed to the village chief to complain.
“Village chief, you’ve finally arrived! Wang Jing and her daughter have been eating and drinking at our house for years, and now they’ve brought a soldier here to sever ties with us. They even stole all the valuables from our house before they left. You have to do something about them.”
Wang Xiuzhi deliberately fostered a relationship between Wang Jing and Shen Jiang that was not ordinary.
They were out all night last night, and by this morning, Wang Xiuzhi had already spread the news throughout most of the village.
Xu Yuanlong had a sour face, not only because he lost money gambling, but also because the villagers were laughing at him for being cuckolded by a woman.
The village chief noticed Shen Jiang. He had previously received a letter of introduction from Shen Jiang, the regimental commander, a soldier who had contributed to the country. Shen Jiang was someone that a small village chief like him could not afford to offend.
He never expected to be involved in this matter. He had intended to favor Wang Xiuzhi's family, but now he couldn't do so.
The village chief looked at Shen Jiang and asked politely, "Commander Shen, how do you plan to resolve this matter?"
The village chief's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and the villagers who were watching could hear it clearly.
They immediately felt a deep respect for Shen Jiang.
Wang Xiuzhi hadn't realized the gravity of the situation. Relying on the fact that the village chief was related to her family and that this was Xujia Village's territory, she wasn't afraid at all.
"I came to Xujia Village this time to visit my comrade-in-arms. You should resolve the matter in Xujia Village properly, without showing favoritism, and in a fair and just manner. I'll be watching from the sidelines." Shen Jiang's words put a lot more pressure on the village chief.
He must resolve this matter properly.
"Alright, alright." The village chief had someone bring a chair for Shen Jiang to sit on, but Shen Jiang remained standing and did not accept the other party's offer of goodwill.
Wang Xiuzhi sensed something was wrong and asked, "Village chief, are you trying to curry favor..."
"Shut up!" The village chief glared at Wang Xiuzhi. "Think before you speak, or your words will ruin you."
Wang Xiuzhi was speechless and felt unhappy, so she turned around and took her anger out on Wang Jing.
"You little slut, hand over everything you stole!" Wang Xiuzhi yelled.
Wang Jing was inspired by Xu Qingmo's courage and decisiveness. She couldn't back down. She looked up and met Wang Xiuzhi's eyes, and retorted, "I'm not afraid of you just because I don't usually argue with you."
"What do you mean by that?" This was the first time Wang Xiuzhi had ever heard Wang Jing speak to her so forcefully, and she was a little unaccustomed to it.
“Everyone knows what kind of person Xu Yuanlong is and what his abilities are. You know very well what kind of life your family has been living since I came to your house, and what kind of life you were living before. If I hadn’t come along, you might still be starving, and even Xu Hai might not have been able to get a wife.”
Wang Jing no longer chose to remain silent.
Wang Xiuzhi felt as if she had been slapped several times, her cheeks burning.
“My son is capable and talented, so of course he got married based on his own abilities. Stop trying to make yourself look good. If it weren’t for my son Yuanlong, you would still be working in the production team earning work points.” Wang Xiuzhi spat.
Wang Jing continued, "I'm a young lady from Shanghai. I've never suffered much hardship growing up. The only place I've ever suffered was in your family. You tricked me out of all my money and good things, which is why your family is living such a good life now. I'm just taking back what's rightfully mine. How is that patting myself on the back?"
Wang Jing pressed on relentlessly, completely abandoning her previous weak and cowardly demeanor.
Wang Xiuzhi felt a little guilty when asked, but she didn't want to be laughed at by the villagers.
Enraged, Wang Xiuzhi shouted, "What do you mean 'everything'? Ever since you married into this family, everything you have belongs to this family!"
Xu Qingmo couldn't stand it anymore; Wang Xiuzhi hadn't learned her lesson yet.
"Old woman, what benefits have you brought into this family since you married in?" Xu Qingmo questioned.
Xu Qingmo had a dream that gave her a fairly good understanding of what happened in this era.
Ever since Wang Xiuzhi married into the Xu family, she would always take good things back to her parents' home.
Even more than ten years ago, after Wang Xiuzhi's husband fell off a cliff and died while chopping firewood on the mountain, Wang Xiuzhi still brought back good things to her parents' home.
The mother and her three children lived a very frugal life, but their lives improved dramatically after Wang Jing married into the family.
While others struggle to get enough to eat from wild vegetables, their family eats white flour steamed buns until they're stuffed, and they can even have a meat meal on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
All of this was brought about by Wang Jing.
Wang Xiuzhi feared that such a good woman would marry into their family and eventually trample them underfoot, so she secretly encouraged Xu Yuanlong to beat Wang Jing, insisting that he beat her into submission so that she would obey their family for life.
If the original owner hadn't been accidentally killed by Xu Yuanlong, Wang Jing wouldn't have developed the will to resist.
"You little brat, how dare you talk to your grandma like that? Is this how your mother always raises you? Women from big cities still don't know how to raise children. It seems I have to step in and teach them a lesson."
Wang Xiuzhi was about to hit someone with a broom, but remembering what happened last night, she immediately switched to the iron pipe next to her.
The moment her hand touched the iron pipe, the cloth bandaging her palm was burned through, leaving a hole. She was too frightened to touch it again.
Wang Xiuzhi then realized that what happened last night was not a coincidence.
That little brat, I don't know what skills she used, to make things spontaneously combust.
Wang Xiuzhi suddenly realized a possibility: the kitchen fire must have been related to Xu Qingmo.
Xu Qingmo stared coldly at Wang Xiuzhi and retorted, "Your parents didn't raise you well either. It seems I'll have to help your parents teach you a lesson so you'll know what it means to follow your husband wherever he goes. Once you've entered this family, you can't take things out of the house."
Xu Qingmo, dragging a broom taller than herself, caught up with Wang Xiuzhi with her short legs.
Before Wang Xiuzhi could react, her legs were struck hard by the broom.
The broom that hit her legs felt like two burning balls of fire, so hot that she fell to the ground, rubbing her legs back and forth with her hands.
The air seemed to be filled with the aroma of charred meat.
Xu Qingmo was still not satisfied, so she dragged the broom and swung it at Wang Xiuzhi's back.
Wang Xiuzhi rolled half a circle on the ground in fear, her eyes filled with terror as she looked at Xu Qingmo.
"No, no, no... I'll take whatever you want, I won't fight you for it."
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