The second sister snorted coldly, but her heart was filled with more worry. She gripped her older sister's hand tightly: "Big sister, do you think Mother will soften her heart?"
“I don’t want her to continue being our father! She’s idle at home all day, doing nothing, and still ordering us around.”
Hearing her younger sister's uneasy voice, the eldest brother patted her shoulder: "Oh, don't worry, Mom hates her too! Think about it, she was with another woman not long ago, and they even had a child together. How could Mom possibly forgive her?"
The second son thought it made sense.
The two of them sat quietly in the courtyard, listening to Han Xiaochuan's tearful accusations outside.
He didn't know how long he cried or talked, but the door remained closed.
Not far behind him, some people curiously peeked out. Some older women, who had some free time, simply gathered around him, whispering among themselves.
"Oh dear, isn't Han Xiaochuan supposed to be tough? When he was fighting with Liu Dajiao back then, I thought he was really stubborn."
"Heh, he's just a lazy, good-for-nothing wretch! Without Liu Dajiao, he'll just starve to death!"
"Who says otherwise? Actually, I think Liu Dajiao is quite good. Look at her, she's not short, and she's very fertile. Although her feet are a bit big, she's strong. I'm even thinking of asking her to have another one!"
The woman's eyes darted around, and a woman beside her tugged at her hand: "Look at what you're saying. Even if Liu Dajiao is a good person, she has two daughters. These days, everyone's struggling financially, and nobody wants someone with two children!"
The woman laughed: "What's the big deal! Look how hard Liu Dajiao works, supporting the three of them is no problem at all. Besides, what's wrong with a girl? We can raise her for a few years until she's fifteen, then marry her off directly, and we can even get a dowry!"
Everyone agreed. The most important person was Liu Dajiao; she was capable of supporting herself and her daughter, even without a man.
These words vaguely reached Han Xiaochuan's ears, and he immediately flew into a rage. He turned around and glared fiercely at the crowd: "Are you all out of your minds? Those are my women and children! I'm not even dead yet, and you bunch of old hags dare to covet my women!"
The women who had been whispering just moments before suddenly changed their expressions.
One of them was naturally quite feisty, and upon hearing this, she couldn't stand it!
In a few quick steps, it ran up to Han Xiaochuan, raised its paw, and slapped him hard across the face!
"You...you bitch! How dare you hit me!"
Han Xiaochuan was also furious that this person dared to attack him without saying a word. He jumped up from the ground and raised his hand to hit the woman.
That woman was no pushover either. Seeing Han Xiaochuan's hand about to strike, she nimbly dodged to the side, not forgetting to turn her head and look at the group of people not far away: "Didn't you hear what he just said about us? Come over here and teach this thing a lesson!"
The women's eyes lit up, and they didn't care about anything else. In no time, five or six women surrounded Han Xiaochuan and had a friendly sparring match!
Han Xiaochuan was already rather thin, and he wasn't as strong as an average woman when it came to working in the fields. In addition, Liu Dajiao had been spoiling him for the past few years, so he did little work and wasn't very strong.
Dealing with one woman was already a bit of a struggle, let alone five or six. In no time at all, they were being beaten until they were screaming in pain.
The two little girls in the courtyard stared intently at the outside, both peering through the crack in the door as they watched Han Xiaochuan being beaten. Their eyes sparkled; it was the first time they had ever seen Han Xiaochuan being beaten so thoroughly...
Serves him right, he's a bad person!
Han Xiaochuan was beaten outside and howled in pain. He quickly began to beg for mercy, but the women would not let him go.
Anyway, it's not like he'll kill anyone. This kind of trash should be taught a lesson. Liu Dajiao is just too good-natured.
He doesn't even consider who he's been living off all these years, yet he dares to cheat on his wife, especially with a woman like Han Juhua.
What are you doing?
When Liu Dajiao returned, she saw a commotion at the gate of her yard. She looked at the group of people gathered together with surprise, feeling that she was not particularly familiar with them.
"Ah, Big Foot, you're back?"
An auntie smiled awkwardly, but she did stop, and the others stopped as well.
"Big-Footed Girl, this guy just..."
Just as the woman was about to explain, Han Xiaochuan finally came back to life. The moment he saw Liu Dajiao, he was so excited that he almost cried: "Liu Dajiao, you're finally out! I've been calling you the whole time, why didn't you answer me!"
Liu Dajiao...this person is mentally ill!
"Han Xiaochuan, you're really funny. Didn't you see that Liu Dajiao's door is still closed?"
Just then, the two little ones who had been peering through the gate at the commotion hurriedly opened it and ran out, shouting, "Mom, you're finally back!"
Han Xiaochuan looked at his two daughters who had just run out, then at the exhausted Liu Dajiao, and then looked down at himself. He was covered in dirt and aches all over. He didn't know how many times those women had hit him.
But the key issue is that he's been calling for ages, and Liu Dajiao still hasn't been home.
"You, you just came back from outside?"
Han Xiaochuan asked in disbelief, thinking about how he had just put on a tearful performance outside for so long, and the result...
"Yes, that's right. I have two daughters to take care of. If I don't go out to work, what will we eat? Will we starve?"
Liu Dajiao looked at Han Xiaochuan with sarcasm. In just a few days, this man had become like this.
It seems she was too easy to talk to before; I shouldn't have spoiled her.
"I..." Han Xiaochuan felt that Liu Dajiao was mocking him, but he had no evidence.
His gaze shifted from Liu Dajiao and fell upon the two little girls hiding behind her.
"Were you two at home the whole time?" Han Xiaochuan's eyes were unreadable, and his voice trembled as he asked this question.
Liu Dajiao snorted coldly: "Those two are still so young. Instead of waiting at home, are they going to come up the hill with me? Heh, Han Xiaochuan, you're really something. We've already parted ways, why are you still meddling in my family's affairs? Get out of here!"
As Liu Dajiao spoke, she pushed Han Xiaochuan. Han Xiaochuan glared fiercely at his two daughters: "You two heartless ingrates! Your mother wasn't even home, why didn't you come out and tell me?"
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