"Chen Chen, get out here right now! I'm going to tear you to pieces today!"
Chen Langniang, along with more than a dozen women, blocked the entrance to Old Shen's house and began to hurl insults at the family.
Among them was Chen's sister-in-law from her maternal family.
Niu and Lü were working in the courtyard and came out quickly. When they saw that it was their mother-in-law's family, they quickly greeted them: "Auntie, Auntie, you've arrived. Mother is inside. Please come in and have some tea."
"No need for tea, I have something to discuss with your mother today."
Niu and Lü were somewhat bewildered. These two aunts looked furious. Had their mother done something to offend her family?
“Ms. Chen, you heartless and rotten woman, stop cowering like a turtle and get out here right now.”
When Chen Langniang saw that Chen Shi did not come out for a long time, she shouted again.
Niu and Lü were even more puzzled now, and they looked at their two aunts.
The two aunts looked grim: "You should let your mother come out. She has to bear the consequences of the trouble she caused."
Niu said, "Mother is resting in the room, she's probably asleep. I'll go and wake her up."
Chen was dozing off at the time and did not hear the shouts outside. When she heard from Niu that her family had come, she hurriedly woke up.
Her mother died early, and she was raised by her two sisters-in-law, where she suffered a lot of torment. As a result, she would tremble with fear at the mere mention of her sisters-in-law's names.
She only slowly emerged from the shadows after marrying Old Man Shen.
She slowly came out of the house, wondering what her two sisters-in-law wanted to see her about. This was the first time they had come to visit her since she got married.
Was it because her matchmaking of Chen Lang pleased her two sisters-in-law that they came to visit her?
She knew that Chen Lang's uncle was the village head of Chenjia Village. By currying favor with that family, even her own family benefited. Sure enough, her family's opinion of her changed immediately after they received the benefits.
Thinking it over, Chen straightened her posture again.
"My two sisters-in-law, you've arrived! Come in quickly."
Seeing Chen come out, her two sisters-in-law exchanged a glance, seeing anger in each other's eyes. They grabbed Chen's hair and slapped her face repeatedly.
"You bastard, shameless scoundrel! At your age, you have no shame and dare to do such a despicable thing. We'll tear you apart today."
Chen didn't dare to move, letting her two sisters-in-law beat her, repeatedly begging for mercy: "Sisters-in-law, spare my life, sisters-in-law, spare my life."
She was still in a daze. She hadn't done anything wrong, so why were her two sisters-in-law so angry?
The two women beat and cursed her: "Why did you give Langge'er the idea to tie up Chengzi's daughter? How could such a filial child like Chencheng have such a heartless mother like you?"
"I'm doing this for their own good."
"You dare talk back? I'll beat you to death, you filthy, rotten-hearted bastard."
Chen's two sisters-in-law went all out. They hated Chen so much. It was one thing for her to do bad things, but she also implicated her own family and offended Chen Lang's whole family. How could they possibly live in the village after that?
Before long, Chen's head swelled up like a pig's head.
Chen's screams startled the neighbors, who all came out upon hearing the noise.
Although the villagers disliked Chen, they were naturally inclined to side with their own village when someone from another village bullied them. Several people stepped forward and pulled Chen and the two women apart.
"Who are you? Why are you here beating people up?"
Chen's two sisters-in-law had no choice but to stop and explain to the people of Shangqing Village:
“We are her sisters-in-law from her maternal family. Our own sister is being unreasonable, so we are just here to teach her a lesson.”
Seeing that Chen's two sisters-in-law had stopped, Chen Langniang stepped forward, grabbed Chen, and asked:
“Chen Chen, why did you instigate our Lang Ge’er to kidnap Shen Cheng’s daughter? If it weren’t for your advice, Lang Ge’er wouldn’t have been… thrown into prison, and now he’s in grave danger.”
“If our Lang Ge’er doesn’t survive, you can forget about surviving either.”
Chen Langniang chased after Chen Shi like a madwoman and beat her again. The people of Shangqing Village heard what she said and stopped protecting Chen Shi.
It turned out that Chen had done something outrageous again, actually having Shen Cheng's two daughters kidnapped.
You keep your own granddaughter and refuse to sell her, but you deliberately swindle Shen Cheng. What kind of person is she? Killing his mother wasn't enough, you even wanted to ruin all his children. You're a truly vicious woman.
Everyone in Shangqing Village felt ashamed that such a disaster had occurred.
The Chen family deserves to be punished.
Chen was already injured, and Chen Langniang was young. Chen was soon beaten until she had no strength left and lay on the ground, barely breathing.
Niu and Lü stood far away, not daring to breathe, afraid of being implicated.
Old Man Shen, Shen Dazhuang, and Shen Wan were originally working in the fields, but after breaking off their relationship with Shen Cheng, no one was doing the work. Old Man Shen couldn't just watch the weeds grow wild, so he ordered Shen Dazhuang and Shen Wan, who had returned from vacation, to come with him to do farm work in the fields.
After working in the fields all morning, the three of them were sore and aching, and they all complained in their hearts that Shen Cheng was heartless.
As soon as they entered the village, villagers reminded them that something had happened at home, and the three of them rushed home.
They heard Chen's howling from afar, and the three of them panicked and ran forward.
The sight before them startled Shen Dazhuang and Shen Wan. Was this their mother?
The woman lying on the ground was wearing her mother's clothes, but her face was so swollen that it was unrecognizable.
But Chen's howling confirmed to them that this was their mother.
They helped Chen up, asking with concern, "Mother, Mother, what happened?"
Upon hearing that her two sons had returned and that she had someone to back her up, Chen immediately began to wail, "You must avenge your mother! I almost lost my life!"
They called their wives over and asked, "What exactly happened?"
Niu and Lü recounted the whole story in detail. Upon hearing it, Shen Dazhuang and Shen Wan's pent-up anger immediately flared up: "It's Shen Cheng again. I'm going to kill him."
When the villagers of Shangqing Village heard this, they thought, "This is really a family. They are the ones who did something wrong and had people come to their door, but they are blaming Shen Cheng for it."
Chen's two sisters-in-law stepped forward and said, "You two are really something. You are just like the sons raised by your mother, that rotten woman. I think we should sever ties from today onwards, so that you won't cause any more trouble and implicate us."
They turned to Chen Lang's mother and the village's principal wife, who was also Chen Lang's aunt, and said:
“Our family has absolutely no connection with the Shen family now. You can decide how to settle accounts with them.”
Shen Dazhuang and Shen Wan, still unaware of their mistake, hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Aunts, what are you saying? This is all caused by that bastard Shen Cheng. We'll arrest him right now and make him kneel down and apologize to you all."
Before they had taken two steps, their two aunts stepped forward and slapped them both, glaring at them and saying:
"You're hopeless. You're facing imminent disaster and you don't even realize it. If you want to die, don't drag us down with you."
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