After Su Niang crippled one of Li Wangcai's hands, he couldn't butcher pigs anymore. Seeing Su Niang making money running a gambling house, Li Wangcai was happy all day, living off her. Li Chenshi no longer showed any displeasure when she saw Su Niang, and she kept telling people that it was a blessing from his family's ancestors that he was able to marry such a good wife like Su Niang.
Although Su Niang ignored the mother and son, she did not abuse them. Apart from not allowing them to get within three feet of her, she also provided them with delicious food and wine every day.
Li Wangcai and Li Chenshi lived a life of luxury, feeling like they were living in heaven. Unfortunately, their luck was bad. After only a year, Li Wangcai, drunk, fell headfirst into a river and drowned. Upon hearing the news, Li Chenshi, overcome by rage, followed suit.
After Su Niang finished her funeral for the two men, she did not remarry and lived by running a gambling house.
Su Niang hired a few strong men to watch the gambling house to see if anyone dared to cheat. The owners of gambling houses hated cheating gamblers the most. Once they were caught, they would be beaten and thrown out.
However, there are only a few people who cheat in the Fugui Casino in a year, because Su Niang has a pair of sharp eyes. Even if the big men patrolling the place can't see it, Su Niang can find out all the people who are cheating in the Fugui Casino. After a few times, the Fugui Casino became the most well-behaved casino for gamblers.
In the back hall, Hu Sanniang was sitting on a large armchair with her hands resting on the armrests. She looked imposing and had the demeanor of a mountain king.
There were two men fanning Hu Sanniang standing behind her, a man kneeling in front of her massaging her legs, and another man sitting on a small stool at Hu Sanniang's feet, gently peeling a grape in his hand and putting it into Hu Sanniang's mouth.
These men were all around twenty years old. They all did their work with their heads bowed and their faces looked extremely well-behaved, just like the maids in a landlord's house.
Hu Sanniang took a bite of the grapes, frowned, and slapped the man peeling the grapes in the face with a "slap" sound. She said coldly: "It's sour."
In fact, the grapes in Su Niang's mouth were not sour. Su Niang just didn't like the man's pair of restless eyes.
"Yes." The man lowered his eyes and responded hesitantly, then continued his work of peeling grapes with his face half swollen.
It's a mess, a mess! All the ethics and moral principles are messed up!
Every time the village head came to Su Niang's house, he felt really disgusted when he saw Su Niang's behavior.
In the past three years, the village head of Xiushui Village felt that he was about to pull out all his gray hair. The head of Xiushui Village never thought that in just three years, Su Niang would bring such a disaster to Xiushui Village. If he had known earlier, why did he bring people to chase Su Niang back?
The village head begged for the Nth time: "Suniang, please leave Xiushui Village quickly and give us a way out!"
"What? Are you scared? That's not what you said back then." Su Niang ignored the headman's pleading and didn't even glance at him.
"Suniang, we agreed yesterday that the entire village would buy out your property and kneel before you. How could you go back on your word and enrich yourself?" the village head pleaded earnestly with Suniang. To buy out Suiang's property, the village head had solicited every last ounce of his relatives and friends before finally finding a wealthy individual willing to lend them the money. Suiang's property wasn't much, but it wasn't too little either; it was certainly worth several thousand taels of silver.
The village chief was completely helpless. If he allowed Su Niang to continue "playing around" in Xiushui Village, within six months, all of Xiushui Village's wealth would belong to this woman. He, the village chief, might even have to sell himself into slavery to offset his debt to Su Niang. The male "maidens" in Su Niang's family were used to pay off the debt. The male "maiden" peeling grapes that Su Niang had just slapped was the village chief's nephew.
The headman himself doesn't gamble, but he has several sons who do. If they continue to gamble, the headman's family fortune will be drained.
A little woman brought about such earth-shaking changes in their Xiushui Village. The village head didn't know whether to scold the gamblers or to feel sad that he shouldn't have chased Su Niang back to the village.
Su Niang looked at the head of the village coldly and said nothing.
Suniang was well aware of the village head's intentions. He believed that after Suniang left, Xiushui Village would return to the state it was in a few years ago, a state where men were the masters of the household.
Su Niang knew the village head's hopes were doomed to fail. The villagers of Xiushui had already unleashed the vicious wolf within them: greed. As long as these people harbored greed, Fugui Gambling House would continue to thrive. Even if Su Niang didn't become the owner, someone else would take over.
The women of Xiushui Village have been able to hold their heads high in recent years. Under the tyranny of Su Niang, no man dares to force his wife to do anything she doesn't want to do. Under the leadership of Su Niang, Xiushui Village established a "Women's Federation" to specifically punish men who beat their wives.
Suniang specially selected several women with excellent martial arts skills and taught them some boxing and kicking skills. These women have become the backbone of the federation. It can be said that even if Suniang left Xiushui Village at this time, Xiushui Village would not be able to return to the situation of male dominance and female inferiority a few years ago.
Ethics and moral principles? Whenever the village head mentioned these words, Su Niang wanted to sneer.
Back then, Su Niang sincerely wanted to leave this place, to seek the calling of the mountains. Surrounded by the village chief and his men, Su Niang's fury is understandable. Su Niang suppressed her murderous urges, deciding to teach the men of Xiushui Village a lesson they would never forget through this "gentle" approach.
Over the years, Su Niang hadn't murdered or used coercion. She simply opened a gambling parlor, allowing the men of Xiushui Village to slide into the abyss of greed. As for Li Wangcai and his son, Su Niang never raised a finger against them. In this world, what's more terrifying than a fist is a life of comfort and indulgence. Li Wangcai and his son had brought their own downfall. Su Niang learned this truth from their lives.
Zhao Yunxiang felt so exhausted these days. More exhausted than ever before.
Zhao Yunxiang felt tired.
Her husband Zhou Zhixin led the troops to the front line and did not call home for several months. Zhao Yunxiang knew that the war on the front line must be dangerous, otherwise Zhou Zhixin, who was so family-oriented, would not even call home.
If Zhou Zhixin were at home, Zhao Yunxiang wouldn't be under so much pressure. The hospital had issued a critical illness notice today. Zhou Yuanyuan had been in a coma for over ninety days. Director Hao sought Zhao Yunxiang's opinion on whether to continue treatment or allow Zhou Yuanyuan to return home to "recover."
Of course, this "cultivation" is just a nicer way of saying it. To put it another way, it means going home and waiting to die.
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