Meng Tao narrowed her eyes slightly. She hated this disgusting man so much. On the day of eating sticky grass stewed chicken, Wang Shuifeng asked him to go to the small dark room where Meng Taohua slept, and he went straight there with such a vulgar smile. Before she could find a chance to beat him up, he came to her door first.

In the novel, Shi Datou was obedient and submissive to Wang Shuifeng and her daughter. He abused and beat Meng Taohua mostly because he followed the instigation of Wang Shuifeng and her daughter. After marrying Meng Taohua, he moved into this courtyard. Although he was a son-in-law, he would yell at and scold Meng Taohua at every turn, as if this was his Shi family's courtyard house. At that time, he must have been as arrogant as he is now, right?

Now he actually dares to step into this yard, seeking death!

Over in the wing room, several male educated youth heard the unusual noise and walked out of their rooms. They were shocked to see Shi Datou holding a sharp hatchet. Before they could react, Meng Tao had already put on her shoes and walked out of the main room. Qian Xiaoyun behind her exclaimed, "Taohua, don't go! He has a knife!"

Meng Tao strode up to Shi Datou and asked, "What do you want to do, you cripple?"

Shi Datou paused, his eyes rolling. He probably didn't have the courage to really kill anyone, he just wanted to shock Meng Tao, but Meng Tao despised him and called him a "dead cripple". He immediately got angry and raised the hatchet in his hand: "I'm going to kill you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Tao raised her foot and kicked him in the stomach, directly kicking Shi Datou away. He fell out of the yard with the knife and fell into the mud outside. He struggled with his back facing the sky and couldn't get up, and he couldn't even make a sound.

The educated youth were stunned. They knew Meng Taohua was strong, but they didn't expect her to be such a strong woman who could kick a man weighing over 100 pounds away with one kick.

Meng Tao's next move made them continue to be stunned, unable to move for a short time: Meng Tao quickly grabbed a stick used for carrying firewood, the kind with sharp ends leaning against the courtyard wall, ran out of the courtyard door and hit Shi Datou on the mud ground hard, then raised the stick and stabbed him directly with the sharp end, not afraid that Shi Datou would die! Although Shi Datou was lame, his body was flexible when he fell to the ground. He twisted his body desperately to avoid it, but he could not avoid it three, four, five, six or countless times after dodging once or twice. He was stabbed and screamed like a ghost. He didn't care about other places, but just covered his crotch with his hands, screaming like a pig being slaughtered: "Ah... Meng Taohua, you vicious woman! You want me to have no children or grandchildren..."

The educated youths were worried about someone getting killed, so they ran out to pull Meng Tao away. But when they saw her thrusting the stick towards that person, as if she would not stop until she had defeated Shi Datou, their scalps went numb. The male educated youths inexplicably felt a chill in their crotch, and they subconsciously squeezed their legs together! Meng Tao caught a glimpse of villagers running over, and Bao Shunfeng also came. Only then did she stop and kicked Shi Datou hard a few times, cursing: "Do you think Meng Taohua is so weak that you can be bullied? You are blind! I used to treat the Tian family as my own family, so I tolerated them. I didn't do it even though you could have beaten me. But you didn't know what was good for you! Now I have nothing to do with you, and you still dare to provoke me and come to kill me with a knife? Shi Datou, you are dead just for this! Even if I kill you, it's just excessive self-defense!"

Shi Datou was holding a hatchet and cursing all the way to Meng's house. The children saw him and ran to the brigade headquarters to report. So Bao Shunfeng arrived quickly, followed by a group of villagers. When they saw Shi Datou's miserable appearance, they were all stunned.

They did not sympathize with Shi Datou, but were surprised at Meng Tao's bravery. They finally realized that the wild boar in the mountains was not caught by chance.

Bao Shunfeng snatched the stick from Meng Tao's hand and said in a low voice, "That's enough! Even if I kill him without paying with my life, what good is that?"

After that, he raised his voice and shouted at Shi Datou: "You came to our village, holding a knife and committing murder. We have all the evidence. Report to the police immediately. You can go to court and go to jail!"

Shi Datou cried, "No! I don't want to go to jail! My wife is pregnant... I have to protect her, I don't want to go to jail!"

"If you knew this, why did you come here to kill people? Taohua is a woman and has never been to your village. What grudge does she have against you?"

"My aunt and my wife said that Meng Taohua harmed my wife and her unborn son... I just came here to teach Taohua a lesson, but who knew she was so powerful..."

Everyone laughed.

Meng Tao said, "I left the Tian family, and we are strangers now. We should live our own lives without interfering with each other. Why would you harm your wife? I'm afraid your aunt and your wife can't bear to see me living comfortably and are jealous, right? I told you to come and kill me, and you came. You carried a knife, kicked down my door, broke into my yard, and without saying a word, you raised your knife and chopped me on the head. If the educated youth were not here, I would not be as strong as you, and I would have been killed by you, wouldn't I? If you do something bad, you must accept the punishment. No doubt, report to the police immediately and make him go to jail!"

Some women in the village also came over. After hearing what Meng Tao said, they were all furious and started to curse: "That's right! Let him go to jail! How can he look down on us women? And he dared to come to our house with a knife and fight and kill. If it were me, I would grab an axe and chop this bastard to death first!"

"He's a lame, black-hearted guy who keeps coming to our village and always sneaking glances at us girls and wives. It's obvious he's not a good guy, a bad guy! Catch him now!"

"If Taohua is home alone and can't beat him, then she will suffer at his hands. Why keep such a bad guy around? Catch him and lock him up!"

"Putting him in jail will only waste food, so just shoot him!"

"I agree. He should be shot for murder and hooliganism!"

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Shi Datou cried, "I didn't kill anyone, I didn't do anything rude... I won't go to jail!"

Bao Shunfeng and the militia captain who arrived later questioned Meng Tao and the educated youth, took away the hatchet that Shi Datou had used to commit the crime, and then carried Shi Datou to the brigade headquarters, waiting to be sent to the police station.

The rain that had stopped for the whole morning began to drizzle again. The onlookers soon dispersed. The men and children went to the brigade headquarters to continue watching the fun. Some of the women went home to do housework, while others accepted Meng Tao's invitation to come in and sit down. They watched them sew quilts while they talked about the bad things that had happened to the Tian family, scolding the mother and daughter of the Tian family for being evil-minded and for instructing Shi Datou to harm Taohua. Now that Shi Datou had been arrested, the mother and daughter would not have a good ending.

Several male educated youth returned to the room. Four of them had been playing cards before, and they continued to play. Zhao Ming was also in the room preparing for class, so it was convenient for everyone to talk. Anyway, the curriculum of the literacy class was very simple, so they could do several things at the same time.

Sun Yutang was obviously absent-minded and kept playing the wrong cards. Xu Guoliang kicked him twice: "What are you doing? Pay attention, or you'll drag me down again!"

Qian Liang chuckled: "This kid is thinking about love, you are dead again in this round!"

(End of this chapter)