Grandma Gu slapped her thigh and started crying and making a scene at Grandpa Gu.
Old Gu, who was standing to the side, finally stirred and said in a deep voice, "Then am I not your grandfather either?"
Gu Lili snorted coldly, "My father and this old lady have no blood relation whatsoever. We can understand how she treats us, but my father is your own son. How could you let your second wife take my father's pension and let my mother starve to death? Does someone like you deserve to be our father?"
The reason why Old Man Gu was so biased was because Gu Shan's mother died early, and he later married Old Lady Gu.
He was constantly being influenced by her pillow talk, so he almost never paid attention to Gu Shan's room.
"I think you need a good beating. It's perfect timing since your mother died. Today, I, your grandfather, will teach you a lesson!" Old Gu said angrily, his beard bristling.
Old Man Gu and Old Mrs. Gu pressed Gu Lili closer and closer, wanting to teach her a good lesson.
Gu Erniu struggled to break free from Gu Chuan's hold, trying to help Gu Lili, but was still pinned down and unable to move.
Seeing that the two men were closing in, Gu Lili had nowhere left to retreat and decided to fight them head-on.
"Old man Gu, what are you doing? Are you trying to kill someone?" A cold voice came from outside the house.
Everyone looked outside, and Li Baozhu walked in with his three sons and his wife.
"Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle!" Gu Huanhuan and Gu Sigou ran towards them, crying.
Upon seeing the newcomer, Gu Chuan quickly stood up, no longer daring to press down on Gu Erniu.
Taking advantage of the moment he got up, Gu Erniu punched Gu Chuan hard in the eye and then ran towards his three uncles.
"Are you asking for it, you little brat!" Gu Chuan cried out in pain and chased after Gu Erniu. But when he saw the three Li brothers glaring at him, he stopped abruptly, not daring to go any further.
Gu Lili couldn't help but tear up again, her eyes red as she looked at her maternal grandparents and uncle.
Grandma Li, looking at Gu Lili who resembled her own daughter by seven or eight points, couldn't help but burst into tears. She rushed over, hugged Gu Lili tightly, and cried uncontrollably.
"My poor child, you have suffered so much."
Grandma Li heard at the market today that the Wang family wanted to buy a girl from Gu Village who had starved to death for a ghost marriage, so she, being nosy, went over to listen.
This was quite a shock. Gossips said that her father died on the battlefield and her mother had just died in the winter. Wasn't that her own granddaughter?
Old Mrs. Li didn't even have time to sell the grain; she rushed home and took her husband and three sons with her to Gu Village.
Lijiacun is more than 20 li away from Guzhuang, and we finally made it there after rushing for a long time.
But as soon as he entered, before he could even be surprised to see Gu Lili standing alive, he saw four children being bullied by this group of heartless people, and he was immediately heartbroken.
Gu Lili and her grandmother hugged each other and cried, while the three children huddled behind the three Li brothers, sobbing.
"I wonder what brings you here today, my dear in-laws?" Old Gu broke the ice first.
It was fine if he didn't speak, but as soon as he did, Old Mrs. Li let go of Gu Lili, jumped up, pointed at Old Mr. Gu, and started cursing.
"You heartless bastard! My daughter married into your family and you bullied her to death. Now you want to kill her children too?"
The Li family had no idea that Li Xihua had starved to death, nor did they know that the Gu family elders had taken all of Gu Shan's compensation money.
They assumed that their daughter had died because she couldn't bear the shock of losing her husband.
However, she always knew that the old lady of the Gu family, her stepmother, was not someone to be trifled with.
Li Xihua was strong-willed and never complained to her parents; she always spoke well of them.
Before leaving, he instructed his four children not to tell the Li family about this, lest it cause them further grief.
Furthermore, the Li family had no relatives in Guzhuang, so they were unaware of these matters.
Old Gu was so embarrassed that he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
However, Old Mrs. Gu, standing to the side, looked completely unconcerned. "What do you mean we bullied your daughter to death? It was clearly your daughter who gave us all of Gu Shan's compensation money herself. We didn't force her!"
"What did you say! Say it again!" Old Mrs. Li exclaimed, and the eyes of the Li family members beside her widened in surprise.
Before Old Man Gu could stop her, Old Mrs. Gu rolled her eyes at Old Mrs. Li and repeated herself.
"Smack!"
A loud slap echoed throughout the thatched hut.
"I knew it! How could my daughter have died out of the blue? You kicked the children out and took all the compensation money. You have no conscience!"
At the time, Li Xihua told the old lady that half of the pension was given to the elderly couple, which was considered as Gu Shan fulfilling his filial duty, and that this was only human nature.
Although they were only allocated one acre of wasteland, they had enough money to buy a few more acres of land and still have some money left over.
Therefore, Mrs. Li did not say anything at the time.
When Gu Lili's three uncles heard what the old lady Gu said, their eyes turned red, and they grabbed Gu Chuan and started beating him.
Old Mrs. Li also pinned Old Mrs. Gu down, and Old Mr. Li punched Old Mrs. Gu in the face.
Gu Lili then seized the opportunity to grab Gu Ershen's hair and beat her up.
The room instantly descended into chaos.
The crying and shouting attracted the neighbors.
The villagers secretly rejoiced at the sight of the second branch of the Gu family being beaten.
The second branch of the Gu family should have been beaten up long ago.
Finally, fearing that someone might die, the village officials spoke up and ordered the men to separate the people.
Grandma Gu and Aunt Gu were beaten so badly that they sat on the ground, wailing and howling.
Old Gu and Gu Chuan were also bruised and battered.
"Village head, you must stand up for our family! People from Lijia Village have come to Guzhuang to kill people!" Old Mrs. Gu cried, tears streaming down her face.
"Alright! What are you howling about! Why would someone hit you for no reason? It's because you've always been too ruthless!" Gu Lizheng shouted.
Everyone in the village knew that the second branch of the Gu family had taken Gu Shan's pension money, but unfortunately, when Gu Lizheng came to Li Xihua to stand up for them, Li Xihua refused.
Since none of the parties involved said a word, even as an outsider, it was not appropriate for me, as the village head, to interfere in the matter.
Grandma Gu was choked and dared not utter another sound, because she caught a glimpse of Grandma Li staring at her with bloodshot eyes.
She was afraid that the old lady Li would rush up and beat her up again in the next second.
The village head cleared his throat and said, "I've heard about what happened today. Old man Gu, tell me, you've lived most of your life, and you still manage to do something like this. Aren't you afraid of being talked about behind your back?"
Old Gu felt ashamed. Not only had he been beaten, but at his age, he had also been scolded by so many people in the village.
As for the village head's mention of selling Gu Lili, he felt it was perfectly reasonable.
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