Chapter 98 Dogs Bite Dogs
None of the three family members—the mother and her two children—stood up for Lin Dahai, nor did anyone feel sorry for him.
Zhang Cui waited with amusement for Lin Dahai to return from Liu Mei's mother's house after asking for the things.
Although Liu Mei's family is now mostly composed of women, they can all be quite troublesome.
Zhang Cui went to get her bicycle back, and it took her four or five trips to finally get it back.
Lin Shuhong, that ungrateful wretch, gave the bicycle to Liu Mei's family without permission. When Zhang Cui first visited Liu Mei's family, she was scolded and driven away by the Liu family.
On her second trip, she invited her older sister Zhang Lan and several of her brothers to go with her.
This time, Liu Mei's family dared not be so aggressive. Under their threat to call the police, Liu Mei's family reluctantly told them the whereabouts of the bicycle.
Zhang Cui was so angry that she laughed.
The bicycle, which Liu Mei bought for 165 yuan, was sold by her family for a mere 100 yuan.
Zhang Cui forcefully led her people and rode the bicycle away from the buyer's yard without any regard for the situation. The buyer reported the incident to the police station. After some arguing, Zhang Cui, as the one who paid for the bicycle, naturally had the right to take it back.
The buyer's losses can only be borne by Liu Mei's family.
Old Lady Liu could only cry and wail as she returned the hundred yuan.
Liu Mei's family hated Zhang Cui with a passion, and Lin Dahai was sure to suffer the same fate when he went to the countryside.
Zhang Cui felt that sending Lin Dahai to the countryside was a way to make use of his resources.
Lin Dahai rushed to the countryside during his rest time on the second day.
Lin Dahai was determined to get things done so he could get back and claim credit with Zhang Cui. He knocked on the courtyard door with a gloomy face.
When Liu Laoniang opened the door and saw Lin Dahai, her face immediately fell, and the lines around her mouth deepened.
What are you doing here?!
Thinking about the lost one hundred yuan, Old Lady Liu still complained to Lin Dahai without any reason, as if she and Lin Dahai were in the same boat and Zhang Cui was their common enemy.
"Your second wife is a real jerk. Why did she take the bicycle that Shuhong gave us? It's outrageous! You're a grown man, and you just let that wicked woman cause trouble?"
Lin Dahai, eager to go home and eat and live, said: "You're the worst kind of person! My family paid for that place, why can't she take it? Who do you think you are? Your whole family is rotten to the core, they've all been arrested and sent to reform schools by the police, and you still have the nerve to curse others like this, you really don't know your place!"
"Stop talking nonsense and bring out all the belongings that Lin Shuhong brought."
Old Lady Liu's large, droopy eyes flashed with intense dissatisfaction.
She frantically grabbed Lin Dahai's hair and tore at his clothes, spitting everywhere: "What kind of in-laws are you? Those things belong to my family, why do you want them back?"
"Get out of here! You're not welcome in my house!"
“You have ruined my daughter and several men in my family, and now you come to our door asking for things. This is outrageous! I, this old woman, will fight you to the death.”
Lin Dahai's face was scratched and bleeding. In the past, he was the one who hit others. Apart from being beaten by the ungrateful Song Lubai, the fierce Zhang Lan, and his own wife Zhang Cui, he, Lin Dahai, had never been beaten by other women.
Lin Dahai was furious. He thought to himself, "How dare I let a country shrew bully me today?"
Lin Dahai rolled up his sleeves and started fighting with Old Lady Liu.
Old Lady Liu had given birth to many children, which had taken a toll on her health. Being quite old, her constitution was not as robust as Lin Dahai's, and she soon succumbed, sitting on the ground panting heavily.
Old Lady Liu was defeated, and the other women of the Liu family, along with the young men of the Liu family from the neighboring courtyard, who were not very old, joined the battle after hearing the commotion.
Lin Dahai was outnumbered, and even with his strong physique, he couldn't withstand the onslaught of so many people.
Soon his face was covered with nail marks and fist marks, and his stomach and legs had been hit many times.
Once she had recovered, Old Lady Liu stood up and cheered from the sidelines: "Beat him hard! Beat this bastard to death and avenge your grandfather and father!"
In the end, Lin Dahai could only cover his head and hide.
Old Lady Liu was overjoyed.
The Liu family has many children and grandchildren. Even though many of the men have been arrested, they are not easily bullied by outsiders.
Lin Dahai, who was fed by the city's grain rations, was much more knowledgeable than the Liu family. "You can hit me as hard as you want. I'll go to the police station in a bit, and you'll just have to wait to be arrested by the police. Then you'll be able to reunite with the men of your Liu family."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Liu family members stopped what they were doing.
At this moment, the crazed Old Lady Liu stretched out her neck like a dumb goose whose neck had been choked.
Old Lady Liu's small eyes, hidden beneath her drooping eyelids, darted around in fear.
At this moment, Old Lady Liu was filled with unease.
Seeing Lin Dahai in such a disheveled state, Old Lady Liu's earlier smugness vanished without a trace.
If they were also arrested, the Liu family would be finished.
Old Lady Liu collapsed to the ground, wailing and crying, "I don't want to live anymore! This old woman can't go on living! You're going to wipe out our entire Liu family!"
Lin Dahai was so angry his nose almost twisted out of shape.
He was the one who got beaten just now, and this old woman is turning around and blaming him. It's outrageous!
Lin Dahai put his hands on his hips and said, "My Lin family can't afford a daughter-in-law like Liu Mei. When she married into our family, all you prepared for Liu Mei was a teapot and an enamel basin. Everything else was provided by us. You have to bring out everything that Lin Shuhong sent. I know everything that's in her house, so don't try to fool me."
“I’m going to call the village’s donkey cart now, you guys hurry up and move your things. If you haven’t finished moving by the time I get back, we’ll see you at the police station. Besides beating me, you’ll also be charged with theft.”
Before the Liu family could refute or shout, Lin Dahai added, "These things originally belonged to my family. If you don't return them, it's theft! If you want to reason things out, let's go to the police station and have a proper discussion."
The Liu family is now most afraid of the police.
My family members were taken away by the police and exiled to the border region, where they never came back.
Last time Zhang Cui came to ask for her bicycle back, her family had to deal with the police again, lost 100 yuan, and were also criticized and educated.
The Liu family would never dare to provoke the police again.
Lin Dahai felt a little relieved when he saw how easily they were frightened and how cowardly they were.
After discussing it in the courtyard, the Liu family decided to honestly return all the items.
Old Lady Liu walked hesitantly to Lin Dahai and said, "My dear in-law, we're still family, how can you be so cruel?"
Lin Dahai sneered, then pulled at his wound, gasping in pain.
He said with a long face, "Who is your in-law? Don't call me that. I don't have a daughter-in-law like Liu Mei, who is a disgrace, nor a son like Lin Shuhong, who is an ingrate. Don't try to claim kinship with me. Return the things to me, and from now on, our two families will never have anything to do with each other again."
"To be related to people like you by marriage is shameful enough!"
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