In early May, Niu Jingtai returned from the construction site and saw that his wife was covered in injuries, but he didn't pay much attention. Then he saw that his elderly mother was also covered in injuries and asked:
"You old hag, what's wrong with my mother? Did you lay a hand on her?"
Before Mrs. Lao could explain, Niu Jingtai kicked her and said:
"How they hit you is none of my business, but you can't fight back! You even hit your mother-in-law?"
Lao said, "I didn't hit her. She falsely accused the Niu family of poisoning their oxen, and that's why she was beaten by the government!"
Niu Jingtai plopped down and said, "That Niu family man, he thinks he's something just because he has a little money! He's still just a sonless, childless wretch."
"Waaah!" Da Tan cried, sobbing, but she couldn't say a word. She just stared at Lao with resentment.
"Mom, what do you want to say?" Niu Jingtai leaned closer and asked.
"Waaaaah, waaaaah"
Da Tan whined for a long time but couldn't come up with anything. Niu Jingtai also got a little impatient and left Da Tan aside.
He looked his wife up and down, noticing her teary eyes after being beaten, and found her rather strange. He then pulled Lao Shi into the house and vented his anger on her.
Lao Feiyan did not resist.
After finishing, Lao Feiyan got dressed and cooked for the family. When Niu Gou'er saw the chicken on the table, he said:
"If you had done this earlier, we wouldn't have hit you!"
The sixth son of the Tan family said, "Father, eldest brother, second brother, fourth brother, should we wait for third brother to come back?"
"No need, let's eat first! What could your third brother possibly be up to? He's just wandering around outside!"
Niu Jinghua said.
"Let's eat first! There's so much chicken, we can't finish it all," Da Niu said.
"Dad, the chicken leg is mine, you're not allowed to eat it!" Niu Gou'er shouted, snatching the chicken leg from Niu Li's hand.
The family scrambled for the chicken on the table like bandits, as if afraid they'd miss out if they weren't quick enough.
Halfway through the meal, Da Tan's third son returned: "Father, why didn't you call me to eat?"
Lao Feiyan was feeding Da Tan chicken soup.
Niu Li said, "But there's still some left!"
After finishing his meal, Niu Jingtai took a toothpick and picked at the meat stuck between his teeth. He then called his two sons over and said:
"It's your turn to eat!"
The chicken has all been eaten.
Niu Jingtai's eldest son, Niu Wudao, said, "Dad, we already ate in the kitchen!"
"You've already eaten?" Niu Jingtai asked, somewhat surprised.
“Mom was worried that my brother and I would go hungry, so she told us to eat first!” Niu Wu said.
Suddenly, Niu Gou'er, who had eaten the most chicken, was the first to cry out: "Dad, Dad, my stomach hurts so much!"
Niu Li said, "Is it possible that they ate something bad?"
Niu Jinghua also clutched his stomach and cried out, "Dad, Big Brother, my stomach hurts too!"
Then, blood began to trickle from the corners of their mouths.
Niu Laosan had only sat down and taken a couple of bites when he was the first to realize what was happening. He quickly got up and scooped several spoonfuls of water into the water vat, saying, "Dad, we've been poisoned!"
At this moment, Niu Jingtai's stomach also started to hurt, and he grabbed Niu Wudao, asking, "How come you're alright?"
Lao Feiyan, holding her two sons, coldly watched them. Niu Jingtai suddenly understood, raised his hand, and prepared to attack again:
"You wretched woman, you dare to poison me!"
Before I could even do anything, my stomach suddenly started to hurt.
Watching Niu Jingtai struggle in pain, Lao Feiyan felt a surge of pleasure, and she gradually began to laugh, "Haha!"
The laughter grew louder and louder, her face contorting into a grotesque grin: "I should have done this five years ago! Hahahaha! Good riddance, good riddance! You're a whole family of beasts! Didn't your mother bully others because she had eight sons?" "I'll make all her sons die! Hahahaha!"
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I am Xiao Er's biological father after all. Please let me go, please let me go! My brother is dead, I will definitely treat you well!" Niu Jinghua crawled to Lao Feiyan's feet and begged.
"Shut up!" Lao Feiyan snapped.
Perhaps Niu San ate the least chicken, so he wasn't too bothered. He rushed to the Niu family's house, where Xiang Shi opened the door and said:
"Aunt Xiang, something bad has happened to my family. My dad and my older brother have been poisoned. Is Brother Niu home? I need to rent his oxcart!"
Hearing that their family had been poisoned, Xiang Jinlan was quite alarmed and quickly said, "Madam, something has happened to the Niu family! We've come to rent your oxcart!"
Soon, the whole village knew about the trouble at Niu Li's house, and the gossipy villagers loved to discuss such rumors.
A woman said, "I just saw them riding in a huge oxcart, and several of them had purplish-black faces. I'm afraid they won't survive!"
"Who did this?"
"Who else could it be? Her daughter-in-law! Didn't you see? There were only Niu Li and Aunt Tan in the car, just the father and his sons!"
"They've been abusing their daughter-in-law for a long time! They just take advantage of having many sons to bully people everywhere, as if we don't have any sons!"
"I think it's possible that Mrs. Lao has someone else outside!"
"Oh no! Oh no! Lao Feiyan has hanged herself!" Niu Xiaocao exclaimed. "Just now, my mother and I were called over by Lao Feiyan's eldest son, Niu Wu. When my mother and I got there, Lao Feiyan had already stopped breathing!"
The villagers love watching excitement the most.
Upon hearing what Niu Xiaocao said, they all rushed to Niu Li's house. Some of the kind-hearted people saw the Niu brothers hugging and crying and said, "What will happen to these two children in the future!"
When Chen Yu arrived, everyone had already untied Lao Feiyan from the white silk. The old clan chief and his granddaughter-in-law, Huang, went to Niu Li's house to handle the matter.
Of the seven brothers Niu Jingtai and Niu Jinghua, six died, Niu Li also died, and the Tan family was also gone.
Eight members of one family died.
It's a strange thing, really.
When Niu Da was driving the ox to take Niu Li's family to Baoning Hall, the ox suddenly became stubborn halfway there and refused to move forward. Niu Da thought that his newly raised ox was quite intelligent.
It wasted half an hour.
When Niu Laosan got off the oxcart and went to Zhao Si's place to rent another cart, Niu Li and the others had already been poisoned.
When Niu Laosan was at Baoningtang, the poison also took effect, but because he only ate two pieces of chicken, the poisoning was not severe.
The old clan head assisted with all the funeral arrangements for the Tan family. Since this incident, Niu Laosan has become much more diligent, telling everyone he meets:
"One should not do bad things, nor should one mistreat one's daughter-in-law! One should not stand idly by when one's own family members are harmed!"
Although the three Niu brothers became much more diligent, because many people in their family had died, no girl dared to marry into the village, so the three uncles and nephews all became live-in sons-in-law in Heishan Village.
The two brothers, Niu Wu and Niu Fu, were temporarily taken care of by their great-grandfather, Niu Fu, and Luo Shi, and their property also went to them.
This matter is finally over.
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