That's it, Xi Pandi took off his leather-soled shoes and started slapping Ma Wangcai across the face.
With a combination of left and right hands, after a dozen or so slaps, Ma Wangcai's face was swollen like a pig's head.
Xi Pandi had been dreaming of this day for too long. Holding the shoes in her hand, she looked them over from left to right, feeling as if something was still missing.
"Yeah, you're just using that mouth to trick me into marrying you. I think it's better not to."
After putting on his shoes, he lowered his sleeves, wrapped his hands with the wide sleeves, and with a forceful punch, Ma Wangcai let out a scream.
He then vomited a mouthful of blood, along with several front teeth.
Xi Pan's younger brother was excited, "This looks much better now."
As she spoke, she turned around and picked up a wooden stick as thick as a baby's arm from a corner of the Ma family home. This was something that Old Lady Ma used to hit her with whenever she had nothing to do.
Holding a stick, he grinned wickedly. Ma Wangcai struggled in terror; he didn't want to be beaten.
Xi Pandi's first blow was aimed at Ma Wangcai's leg.
A sharp crack echoed as his leg bone broke. Ma Wangcai's screams of agony pierced the sky.
Old Mrs. Ma, who had been blocking the women from entering the house, was now too preoccupied to stop them.
She went straight for Ma Wangcai, yelling, "You wretched Xi Pandi, I'll fight you to the death!"
Seeing that Ma Wangcai had lost his fighting ability, the group of thugs quickly released Ma Wangcai's hands, leaving him lying on the ground groaning in pain.
Xi Pandi didn't even look up; she swung the stick at the sound.
The blow landed squarely on Old Lady Ma's chest, causing her to scream in pain and fall backward.
Even after falling down, he didn't forget to curse.
"You little bitch who deserves to be struck by lightning, beating your mother-in-law, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning and dying a horrible death?"
Xi Pandi picked up the stick and started hitting Old Lady Ma again.
"If you're struck by lightning, it'll be your whole family, you inhuman creatures."
You're usually so tough, always chasing me around with this stick.
Today, I'll let you taste what it's like to get beaten up.
Your whole family is a bunch of thieves and prostitutes; no one is as despicable as your family.
Your eldest son is your brother-in-law's child, am I right?
Your son is following suit; the eldest son sleeps with his younger brother's wife, and the second son sleeps with his sister-in-law.
Your precious daughter and her cousin have been sleeping together in the reed marshes for ages, and she might even be pregnant by now.
Tell me, is there a single good person in your family?
And your niece from your maternal family, she's already pregnant with someone else's bastard child, do you still think it's Ma Wangcai's?
Let me tell you, Ma Wangcai is a castrated good-for-nothing. If he could get a woman pregnant, pigs would fly.
You're bullying me like this just because I know about your family's messy affairs. You keep an eye on me every day, preventing me from going back to my parents' home, afraid I'll tell everyone.
"You shameless family! Marrying into your family is the greatest disgrace of my life!"
After Xi Pandi unleashed her fury, everyone in the Ma family turned ashen-faced, feeling utterly defeated. They had lost all face and dignity.
That's why they say you shouldn't bully honest people. If you bully them too much, they can become ruthless and reckless.
This family was constantly on guard against Xi Pandi, but she kept the secret all along. Now, because of that promiscuous woman, the whole family's reputation is ruined.
Everyone was shocked by Xi Pandi's explosive news.
The Ma family is just too chaotic.
The village chief now looks at the Ma family as if they were something dirty.
He called out to those old women.
"Ma Quan, your family is really in complete chaos."
Now stop worrying this old man. Hurry up and bring out all of Xi's dowry. Take off what she's wearing and discount it.
"Mother of Xi, did you bring a dowry list?"
The matchmaker nodded, indicating that she had naturally brought it.
Then he began to read out each item one by one.
Seeing that her family's fortunes were waning and she had lost face, Old Lady Ma knew she had to protect her money.
"No, that Xi family member is extremely disrespectful. She beat her mother-in-law and must pay compensation. As for her dowry, she didn't bring any with her at all."
Besides, so what if she brought a dowry? Once she marries into the Ma family, she belongs to the Ma family, so naturally, her dowry also belongs to the Ma family.
"What inventory? I disagree."
Xi Pandi grabbed the stick and struck Ma Wangcai again, causing Ma Wangcai to scream in pain.
"I want a divorce." Her words shocked everyone.
Wang Huaijing almost burst out laughing.
This Xi family member is truly a remarkable person.
He coughed lightly and said...
“Mrs. Xi, divorcing her husband is definitely not an option. According to the laws of our Divine Dragon Kingdom, at most she can get a divorce and take back all her dowry.”
If the party at fault is in the husband's family, they can appropriately request some compensation.
Xi Pandi pondered for a moment and said,
"I want a divorce. Not only do I want my dowry to be accounted for, but also the yield of the fertile land I brought with me as part of my dowry."
I don't want to let these ungrateful wretches get away with it.
And then there's the Ma family's marriage fraud; Ma Wangcai is a congenital eunuch. Yet they insisted on marrying a complete man; his family must have known.
"Their family wasted my time back then, and now my son will have to work four years later to support his mother. They should compensate me."
Wang Huaijing nodded and then began to negotiate with Ma Quan, the head of the Ma family.
Finally, under the supervision of the village chief and a group of villagers, and under the threat of the 40 "thugs," the Ma family settled the debt with money, converting the dowry they had taken from Xi Shi into silver.
The yield from those 10 mu of fertile land was also calculated and given to Xi Pandi in silver.
Because the Ma family had committed marriage fraud first and then divorced his wife to marry another, they could be sent to the authorities for punishment. In the end, they gave Xi Pandi an additional 10 taels of silver.
In the presence of the village chief and a group of villagers, Xi Pandi received the divorce papers.
Once she's registered with the authorities, she'll no longer be considered a member of the Ma family, but a free woman.
Considering that Yuan Cheng, the village chief, was not bad, Xi Pandi sold her 10 mu of land to the village chief at a fair price.
The village chief was overjoyed. In a little while, the harvest would be ready, which was a great deal.
And so, the group returned to town in a grand procession.
Xi Pandi asked Wang Huaijing,
"Scholar Wang, if I go to the county government to sue Ma Wangcai today, what do you think will happen to him?"
Wang Huaijing thought about it carefully.
"Well, at most he'll get twenty lashes."
It depends on whether they submit the marriage certificate to the county government. If not, they won't receive the twenty strokes of the cane.
Besides, didn't you break his legs today?
Once you're in the county government office, you might even have to pay for his leg injury treatment, which is really not worth it.
Xi Pan's younger brother was startled; his eyes widened in surprise.
"This is so unreasonable! Why should men not be punished when they make mistakes?"
Wang Huaijing also expressed his helplessness.
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