Chapter 361: The Vicious Old Woman

When Zhu Shijing brought An Rui and Chen Runze back with firewood, their hair wet by the drizzle outside, they saw that the place where they were resting was surrounded by a group of people, and they could hear the sound of his aunt arguing with someone from inside.

"Oh my, someone is being beaten, someone is being beaten," the old woman yelled at the top of her lungs, "So many of you are bullying an old woman like me, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Then came the shrill voice of a young woman.

"That's right. You guys are relying on your numbers to bully my mother-in-law. We won't let it go unless you give us enough compensation."

"You, you are dreaming." Zhu's voice trembled with anger.

The three men hurriedly threw down the wet firewood in their arms. Someone heard the noise and saw them coming back, so he made way for them.

"What's going on?" Zhu Shijing saw his aunt's face turned red with anger, her eyes narrowed slightly with a dangerous light flashing, and he asked in a cold tone.

Chen Runze also walked to his mother and sister, joined his father and Doctor Su and others, and stood in front of the mother and daughter to protect them.

An Rui didn't say anything, but he recognized this family. He looked at the man who beat the woman with contempt. He felt that this family did not seem to be good people.

After listening to what his little cousin Chen Runzhi said, Zhu Shijing's face became even uglier, but after several years of training in officialdom, he quickly suppressed the displeasure on his face and raised the corners of his mouth, but the smile was a little cold.

"Others saw us buying food on the road in case we missed our lodging station, so they knew to prepare some.

"You are such a smart person, you don't buy food for yourself, but now you want to ask others for it. If others don't give it to you, you will throw a tantrum and act like a scoundrel, right?!"

"Don't say such harsh words." The man who held the woman glared at Zhu Shijing and the others and said.

This person is the old woman’s eldest son. He was spoiled by his mother since he was a child. He is as unreasonable and bad-tempered as his mother.

"Mother-in-law, let's go back quickly." Song Lingshuang persuaded softly.

"You are a jinx, a vixen." The old woman cursed, "I knew you and our family were not on the same page."

"Don't forget, if it weren't for the kindness of the old woman, no family would marry an orphan like you who brought bad luck to your parents."

"Mother-in-law, the food they brought may only be enough for themselves. Let's go back and think of another way." Song Lingshuang ignored the pain in her body and stretched out her hand to help the old woman up, but was slapped away.

"Stay away from me, old woman. It is because of you, a jinx with a hard fate, that the master died and my family was exiled to suffer."

After the old woman finished speaking, she looked at her eldest daughter-in-law, whom she disliked, with a cold gaze, then turned sideways to look at Zhu Shijing, who had an extraordinary appearance.

A sinister and cunning look flashed across her wrinkled old face, and she howled at her eldest son, "Son! Could it be that your fickle wife has fallen for another man? Otherwise, why would she be so anxious to take her away and speak for others?"

"That's right! Big brother!" The old woman's second daughter-in-law stared at Song Lingshuang's face jealously and angrily, and said provocatively.

Her skin became increasingly rough due to being imprisoned and exiled, while this bitch, although looking a little haggard, had a kind of fragile beauty. How could she not be angry and jealous?

"Pa." The woman received a loud slap in the face, and her face instantly turned red.

The man raised his hand and slapped his wife Song Lingshuang, staring at her fiercely: "It turns out that it is you who brought ruin to our family and made us suffer.

You bitch, you still dare to flirt with other women, I will beat you to death."

"Brother~" The man's second brother wanted to step forward to dissuade him, but when he met his eldest brother's fierce eyes, he retreated silently.

Song Lingshuang was used to such things. When she got married, her father-in-law had not yet passed the imperial examination.

At that time, the Ding family was already very poor because they had been supporting scholars for many years. Otherwise, they would not have proposed to her, an orphan whose wealth had been taken away by her uncle and who was forced to live in her uncle's house, which was unpopular.

If people say she has a bad fate, then less than three years after she got married, her father-in-law, who was almost 40 years old, passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. Why don't they say it was her good luck?

It’s not that Song Lingshuang doesn’t want to argue, but she knows that her husband and mother-in-law are unreasonable, and saying more to them would just be a waste of words.

Seeing that the not-so-bright family had forgotten that they were here to act like scoundrels and beg for things.

He began to habitually make things difficult for the young wife, and after slapping her, the man had no intention of stopping.

Under the instigation of the old woman and his brother's wife, he started to punch and kick Song Lingshuang, who had been pushed to the ground by him.

Zhu Shijing frowned and held back his aunt and little cousin who were about to step forward to help reason with the situation.

Zhu Shijing, who saw through people's nature, said helplessly: "This family is unreasonable. If you go there, you will only bring more trouble to that young wife.

Even if we stop her temporarily, we can't save her completely."

Moreover, Zhu Shijing had just keenly discovered that the old woman looked at him with a slightly calculating look, if his guess was correct.

Now, whether it is him or any other man here, if they dare to go up to help, they will probably be accused by the old woman as her daughter-in-law's adulterer.

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And then extort money and property from them.

Zhu Shijing had been managing his family's shop since he was young, so he had a thorough understanding of people and things. Mrs. Ding's little calculations could not escape his sharp eyes at all.

Because soon what he guessed came true.

Although the people around her sympathized with Song Lingshuang for meeting the wrong person, it was ultimately someone else's family affair. Although some people tried to persuade her, no one stepped forward to help.

Just when Zhu Shijing, An Rui and others saw that the man was about to hit Song Lingshuang, they couldn't stand it anymore and were about to take action.

Wei Yaoxin, who has a heart that sympathizes with women, felt his love for beauty pounding when he discovered Song Lingshuang's beauty.

Impulsively, he grabbed the man's wrist and yelled, "Stop it."

Even Wei Yuejiao and Wei Pozi, who were standing next to him and had also received help from him, couldn't help but twitch their lips at his action.

A man like this, who doesn't know what's going on in his mind.

During the past half month or so since he helped me, Wei Yaoxin has been speaking words of great righteousness.

But he leaned over and pretended to hold Wei Yuejiao's white and tender little hand intentionally or unintentionally. No one could fail to see that he wanted to get something in return for his help.

When Mrs. Ding saw Wei Yaoxin standing up for her daughter-in-law, a light of success finally appeared in her eyes.

The family had a scholar, and when there was no money to support him, Mrs. Ding would often ask for money from each family in the village. She had experience in what kind of people would lend money and what kind of people would not.

After Zhu Shijing and the others came back, she discovered that the man looked at their family with cold eyes, as if he was looking at dead people.

While she was frightened, she also knew that she would definitely not get anything from them.

That's why she later targeted her eldest daughter-in-law.

(End of this chapter)