"You brat!"
Grandma Shen was hit squarely and landed on her bottom with a thud. Her tailbone, which hadn't fully recovered from the fall, was now in even more pain, and she howled in agony.
Shen Lingling didn't care about that. She had always been a fiery temper. Although the Shen family had many children, her mother only had her as her daughter.
So what if she knocked her grandma down? Didn't you see that these people were about to drown her mother?
The adults were surprised that the child had such strength and thought that Grandma Shen was making a mountain out of a molehill.
Seeing that no one was stopping her, Chen Lingling became even more enthusiastic.
With a running start and a roar, she charged towards her biological father, Shen Dongsheng.
"ah!!!"
A scream echoed through the air above the Shen family compound, and all the villagers who were out working in the fields heard it.
Not to mention the villagers in the fields who were curiously walking towards the Shen family's house, the neighbors who were watching all gasped in surprise.
The men present immediately put their hands in front of them, vowing to protect their little brothers with their lives.
Before you could see, Shen Dongsheng, the eldest son of the Shen family, was in so much pain that he was grimacing and collapsed to the ground.
Shen Lingling really knows how to pick a place!
Shen Lingling looked at her father's miserable state with a smug expression. That spot must be the fatal spot that Brother Hu had mentioned.
They learned that from Tiger's black and white TV yesterday!
Village Chief Shen felt pain just looking at her, and quickly pulled Shen Lingling to Fu Wan's side.
"Look at the mess this has made! Are you only satisfied when someone dies?"
Old Mrs. Shen started crying and wailing on the ground.
"This is outrageous! The daughter-in-law beats her mother-in-law, and now the granddaughter is beating her mother-in-law and her own father! Is there no justice in this world?!"
"Old man, you shouldn't have left so early, leaving us, a widow and her children, to be bullied!"
Having been neighbors for most of her life, Aunt Wang knew exactly what Old Lady Shen was up to. She spat out a mouthful of phlegm, utterly disgusted.
"Xu Cuihua, stop acting! You're so uncultured, don't you even know what it means to be an orphan and a widow? You have three sons and a daughter, what are you wailing about being an orphan and a widow!"
Even if Old Mrs. Shen knew she was using the wrong word, she would never admit it.
Having come this far, Old Mrs. Shen no longer cared about saving face or saving face.
She thrashed about on the ground, her face covered in snot and tears, and her cries grew even louder.
"You heartless bastard, what words I use have nothing to do with you, you old coffin! Mind your own business!"
"Alright!" Village Chief Shen's head was throbbing from the noise. The shrill howl was like an electric drill, which made him even more impatient.
"Dongsheng's wife, you tell me, what exactly is going on here!"
The victim is Fu Wan, and Village Chief Shen can still distinguish between them.
Fu Wan had been preparing for a long time, and finally it was her turn to perform.
Her eyes were red and swollen, and she choked back tears as she said, "Uncles and aunts, please judge for me. I found a fish on the beach today and was thinking of cleaning it to make a dish for dinner."
Who knew that as soon as my mother-in-law came into the house, she said there was a pearl inside the fish and insisted that I take one out.
At this point, her expression turned even more bitter.
“Where can I find pearls? If I don’t find any, my mother-in-law beats me. My face and body are covered in bruises.”
I was unconscious for a while before I woke up. As soon as I woke up, I heard that something had happened to my family. I thought about taking Lingling back to see them.
Who knew my mother-in-law would act like she was possessed, insisting I produce the pearls before she'd let me go back, or she'd make me get a divorce.
"We're all old fishermen, we've spent our whole lives dealing with the sea, where would we find pearls in a fish's belly?"
My father is dead, and my brother is paralyzed in bed. I just want to go back to my parents' home to visit.
At this point, Fu Wan could no longer hold back her tears and burst into sobs.
Although it was acting, she cried genuinely, releasing all the hardships she had endured in her past life searching for her daughter and the pain of losing her family.
"This is truly heartless! People are going home for a funeral and they get beaten up!"
"Who says otherwise? This Xu Cuihua is probably blinded by money. There aren't any pearls in the belly of this fish!"
"That's right, the way those three men held Fu Wan down just now, they probably wanted to kill her!"
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Shen could not bear it any longer and struggled to get up to tear at Fu Wan.
"You little bitch, I may be old, but I'm not blind. You swallowed such a beautiful pearl!"
"Spit it out! Spit it out!"
Fu Wan wiped away her tears and said with genuine grievance, "Where would I have any pearls? Eating pearls would kill me! I'm perfectly fine, I didn't eat any pearls at all!"
Village Chief Shen finally figured out what had happened. It turned out that Old Lady Shen was obsessed with money and had gone mad, causing trouble for her daughter-in-law.
He winked at Granny Wang, who immediately stepped forward and pulled Granny Shen away.
"Xu Cuihua, I'm not trying to be mean, but if you're living a good life, don't bother with all this unnecessary stuff."
Fu Wan's father hasn't even passed his seventh-day mourning period yet, aren't you afraid he'll come to you tonight to argue with you?
Rural people are particularly fond of these ethereal and mysterious beliefs about ghosts and gods.
After being told off by Aunt Wang, Old Lady Shen lost much of her momentum. In addition, Old Lady Wang's hands, which were used to farm work, held her arms tightly, so she couldn't move at all.
Seeing that Old Lady Shen was subdued, Village Chief Shen then spoke to Fu Wan with a gentle smile: "Dongsheng's wife, how do you want to handle this matter? How do you want compensation?"
Without hesitation, Fu Wan declared firmly, "I want a divorce!"
"divorce?"
"Fu girl, this won't do! Where are you going to find such an honest man who's good at farm work after you get divorced!"
"Yes, yes, Shen Dongsheng is a great worker, if nothing else."
Fu Wan knew the villagers meant well, and there was no need to keep it a secret for the Shen family now that things had come to this point.
"Shen Dongsheng is very capable at working outside, but he doesn't do any housework at home."
I have to work in the fields, and when I get back, I have to cook for the whole family and wash their clothes. In terms of work, I'm more capable than him.
He was honest, but he was cowardly and blindly filial. He wouldn't dare to go against his mother's wishes. When his mother asked him to push me into the water, he didn't hesitate at all.
If I stay in this house, I'm afraid that one day his mother will take a dislike to me and want to kill me, and he will not hesitate to take out a knife!
I, Fu Wan, would never dare to have a man like that!
The surrounding villagers were stunned, especially those who hadn't seen Shen Dongsheng press Fu Wan down into the water.
Pushing his wife into the water like that, Shen Dongsheng must have a brain full of cow dung!
Village Chief Shen thought the same way, so he didn't try to persuade him any further.
“Dongsheng’s family… Fu Wan, tell me your conditions. I am not only the village chief of this village, but also Shen Dongsheng’s uncle. His father is not here, so I can make this decision.”
Fu Wan didn't say much.
“I’m taking my daughter with me. From now on, my daughter will have nothing to do with the Shen family, and I don’t want their child support.”
But given my injuries, the Shen family wants to compensate me three hundred yuan for medical expenses.
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