"Tiefu, how much money did you spend on that slut?" Uncle Niu demanded.
Brother Niu kept his head down and didn't say a word, while Sister-in-law Niu gritted her teeth. Even at this point, he was still protecting that slut and didn't care about her son. Her heart was completely chilled.
She could accept her husband cheating on her, and she could endure his occasional scolding and even being left alone in an empty house, but she could not accept her husband's indifference towards their son, who didn't even care about his own son's life or death. What could she possibly rely on with such a heartless man?
Uncle Niu remained calm and shouted at Second Brother Niu, "Slap him fifty times across the face, then pull down his pants and let everyone see what's hanging in his crotch! For a piece of trash, he doesn't even care about the life or death of his own son! Our Niu family doesn't have such an unfaithful, unfilial, heartless, and unjust beast!"
All the villagers gasped. Pulling down someone's pants in public was the most severe way to punish a dissolute son of the family, and it was rare for a patriarch to do it. After all, people had to save face for others. It seemed that the Niu family was really in a life-or-death situation this time, and they didn't even care about their reputation anymore.
Although Brother Niu was taciturn, he was extremely skilled with his hands. As soon as Uncle Niu finished speaking, Brother Niu let out a miserable howl. The crisp sound of the slaps was pleasant to hear. Moreover, Brother Niu was an honest man, and he used all his strength with every slap, not daring to hold back a bit.
"Ouch...you're going to kill me...Dad...Mom...you're going to kill me...ouch..."
Brother Niu screamed even more pitifully, his square face turning into a big pig's head, with several bloody teeth on the ground. This was only ten slaps; after fifty slaps, Brother Niu would probably have only a few teeth left in his mouth.
"Don't hit me...my face...my teeth are gone...oh...Mom...my son is going to be beaten to death..."
Brother Niu screamed like a pig being slaughtered, his face covered in blood. He looked pitiful, but no one sympathized with him. He deserved it!
Wang Guilan watched with a chill running down her spine, her body trembling uncontrollably, her heart sinking lower and lower. The Niu family was serious; they were beating their own people to death. What mercy could they possibly show to a widow from another family like her?
Her face can't withstand fifty slaps, and if her pants were pulled down in public, how could she open her shop and do business?
Although she was in the sex trade, she still had her pride. She couldn't bring herself to do something as shameful as exposing her buttocks in public. Every time Brother Niu howled, Wang Guilan's heart trembled, and she broke out in a cold sweat. She also resented her lovers for being heartless and ungrateful, with not one of them willing to step forward and help her.
"Where are the village chief and secretary? Why aren't they out here to uphold justice? Someone's going to die!" Wang Guilan screamed in terror.
"He's so drunk, even a knife wouldn't wake him up," the hooligan replied.
Wang Guilan's heart sank instantly. The Niu family had planned this all along, getting the village chief and secretary drunk before causing trouble at her house. Without the village chief and secretary keeping things in check, no one in the village would dare to go against the Niu family. She was going to be in big trouble today.
Making her spit out that money would hurt more than cutting her flesh with a knife. That was her hard-earned money, every penny of which she earned by sleeping with Niu Tiefu. Even going to a brothel in the city would cost money. It was a fair transaction, one buying and one selling. Why should she return the money?
After fifty slaps, Brother Niu lay weakly on the ground, his face covered in cuts and bruises, with several more bloody teeth on the ground. Brother Niu, with a cold face, reached out to pull at his belt, but Brother Niu held on tightly, looking at his younger brother pleadingly, hoping he would show mercy.
But at this point, Brother Niu wouldn't acknowledge anyone, not even the Emperor himself; all he wanted was to save his son. His own elder brother, who had swallowed the money meant to save his son's life, was now his enemy.
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