"What will it take for you to let me go?"
With her last breath, Yang's mother roared, her voice filled with despair.
Yang Dongmei's eyes darted around, and she stopped what she was doing.
After staring at Yang's mother on the ground for a while, Yang's mother felt uneasy under her gaze.
"Pay my eldest son thirty yuan for medical expenses and promise never to come to our Gujia Village again. Otherwise, I will beat you every time I see you."
"I don't have money, but I promise I'll never come to your Gujia Village again, okay?"
"No, you have to pay me compensation. Who told you to hit my son?"
Yang Dongmei spoke with great conviction.
"Are you robbing me?! I only hit you a few times, and you're trying to extort thirty yuan from me?"
"You're the one who came to rob our house, aren't you? What? You're allowed to rob my family and my people, but I'm not allowed to take your money? Bah—what a load of rubbish!"
"Stop talking nonsense, hand over the money!"
"Give me the money!" Gu Xilan chimed in, extending the broom in her hand towards Yang's mother once more.
Yang's mother trembled all over, clearly terrified of being beaten, and it had become a conditioned reflex in her body.
Gu Xilan didn't care about her reaction; whatever her mother said went.
If they want Yang's mother to pay compensation, then Yang's mother has to pay compensation.
Jiang Jinxiu and Gu Xichen originally only wanted to observe from a distance, but they were afraid that Yang Dongmei might actually beat someone to death, which would be troublesome.
They quickened their pace and walked to Yang Dongmei's side.
Fortunately, they had only taken a few steps when Yang Dongmei stopped what she was doing.
Jiang Jinxiu was somewhat surprised to hear what she said.
Her mother-in-law is something else.
Yang Dongmei extended her palm upwards towards her mother.
Yang's mother stared blankly at Yang Dongmei's outstretched hand and stopped crying.
She looked up at Yang Dongmei, but out of the corner of her eye she saw Gu Xichen and Jiang Jinxiu approaching.
His body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Yang Dongmei also saw Gu Xichen and the others.
She smiled at them and said, "Third brother, third brother's wife, what brings you out here too? Wait for me a moment, I'll be right there."
After saying that, she looked at Yang's mother and said, "Stop dawdling and hurry up."
With trembling hands, Yang's mother reached into her underwear and rummaged around for a while before finally pulling out a wad of messy banknotes.
The moment Jiang Jinxiu reached into Gu Xichen's underwear, she immediately covered his eyes.
People nowadays seem to prefer hiding their money in their underwear.
Yang's mother could only move one hand, and she had to reach into the tuck several times before she finally managed to get all the money out.
She placed the money on the ground and counted it; there were 211 cents.
It consists of loose bills of one cent, two cents, one mao, two mao, etc., with the largest denomination being one dollar.
She could even fit all those bulging banknotes into her underwear.
Jiang Jinxiu thought about it and...
Yang Dongmei didn't have many concerns and took all the money directly.
"Hmph—you have the nerve to count such a small amount of money for so long."
Yang Dongmei said with dissatisfaction.
In fact, this amount of money is already a large sum for many people nowadays.
However, it still falls short of the thirty she had told Yang's mother.
She knew that Yang's mother didn't have any other money to spare.
But she really didn't want to have any more entanglement with them, so she had no choice but to give up: "I'll let you go this time, but if I ever see you again, you're dead."
After saying that, she acted like a victorious general, calling out to Gu Xichen, Jiang Jinxiu, and Gu Xilan to go home together.
Little Black followed obediently and happily behind.
When everyone saw Yang Dongmei return, they greeted her, but Yang Dongmei acted as if nothing had happened and greeted them back.
Gu Dahai also knew that the matter would be settled just like that.
So he called everyone back to continue working.
Only the Gu family members remain in the Gu family courtyard.
Yang Dongmei looked at Gu Laoda: "Laoda, here, this is the medical fee she gave you."
"Mother—" Gu Laoda wanted to refuse, but Yang Dongmei knew exactly what her son was thinking. She simply stuffed the money into his hand. "Just take it. What are you dawdling about, you grown man? I'll find you someone better later. Don't think about that woman anymore."
Yang Dongmei was afraid that her mentally challenged son still couldn't let go of Yang Zhaodi.
You should know that he was very stubborn back then, and even though it meant going against her wishes, he was determined to marry Yang Zhaodi.
"Mother, don't worry, I won't think about her anymore. Mother, I don't want to marry again."
"If you're going to marry, the children are still so young, and you're still young too. You need someone to help you. But this time, you need to choose carefully."
After saying that, she stopped looking at Gu Laoda, turned around, bent down, and hugged Gu Mingzhen and Gu Mingzhu with both hands.
"Were your two babies scared?"
Yang Dongmei felt sorry for her two granddaughters, who had such a mother, uncle, and grandmother.
Especially Mingzhen, she has encountered too many things this year. It seems that she will have to keep them by her side often until she finds them a stepmother.
"Grandma, when my third aunt hadn't come back yet, Dad protected us and got beaten by Grandma. Those uncles kept pulling and tugging at us. We were so scared. But when my third aunt and my little aunt came back, we weren't scared anymore."
"Yes, yes, Third Aunt is so amazing. She beat them all up by herself."
"Yes, yes, Third Aunt is the best."
The two little girls' innocent words dispelled the gloom and made everyone laugh.
"Am I not amazing?" Gu Xilan said with a smile, stroking the two little girls' heads.
"No one is as good as Third Aunt!" the two girls said in unison.
Gu Xilan was somewhat unconvinced, but she had to admit that her third sister-in-law looked really handsome today.
At that moment, she seemed to see her third brother.
The third brother and his wife are equally formidable.
Suddenly, she walked up to Jiang Jinxiu with eyes full of admiration, clenched her right fist, placed her left hand on top of her right hand, raised it to her chest, blinked, and looked at Jiang Jinxiu with a face full of adoration.
"Third Sister-in-law, will you teach me kung fu? I want to be as good as you."
Gu Mingzhen and Gu Mingzhu also ran over, each grabbing one of Jiang Jinxiu's hands and shaking it, saying, "Third Aunt, I want to learn too, I want to become amazing too."
Jiang Jinhua walked over at this moment: "I'm pretty good too, didn't you all see? Do you want to learn from me? I can teach you."
Jiang Jinhua's words drew everyone's attention to him.
The group shook their heads as they recalled the scene of him hitting someone.
Gu Xilan directly contradicted him, saying, "You're not as good as Third Sister-in-law. I need to learn from the best. You can't do it."
Jiang Jinhua wanted to argue, but the others were too lazy to pay him any attention.
All his words got stuck in his throat.
"Third sister-in-law (aunt), aren't you the best?"
"Third Aunt, please, I want to become stronger, I want to protect Father."
A young yet determined voice rang out in the courtyard.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Gu Mingzhen; this girl was so sensible.
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