After Wang rebuked Zhang Dazui, the other villagers wisely dispersed, gossiping behind his back.
Wang knew they were gossiping about how her family couldn't have a son, but no matter how fierce she was, she couldn't shut everyone up!
Wang was heartbroken. Although Zhang Dazui had been chased away, her words kept echoing in Wang's ears.
Wang was also worried that her son Dongsheng would not return, and that the old family line would have no successor if it came down to her!
Zhaodi and Yindi knew Wang's temper, and seeing that his expression was not right, they did not dare to say anything and just kept their heads down and worked.
Jiedi was straightforward, and she was also quite angry at Zhang Dazui. While digging the ground with a small hoe, she said, "Grandma Zhang is too awful. Including my little sister, we have seven children in our family. How come there is no one to carry on the family line? I think any of us sisters are better than her stupid son!"
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Zhao Di quickly gave Jie Di a look, signaling her to shut up, but it was too late. Upon hearing this, Wang Shi said with a sob in her voice, "A married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl. Dong Sheng's father, I've let down your Tang family!"
The more Wang thought about it, the more heartbroken she became. She wanted to burst into tears, but she was afraid that the villagers nearby would hear, so she had to endure it.
Just then, Zhang Dazui came running over from this side again, howling like a banshee. This time, he was being chased and beaten by his husband, Tang Yongshou.
Holding a tattered straw sandal in his hand, Tang Yongshou angrily cursed, "You spendthrift woman, you can't even cook a meal properly! You've ruined the porridge! You want my son and me to starve!"
“Honey, it’s really not my fault. It was when Sister-in-law Shi Wang tried to chop me with a hoe that I spilled the porridge.”
Upon hearing that it was Widow Wang who had caused him to spill his lunch, Tang Yongshou stopped chasing after his wife and glared fiercely at Wang and the others.
He questioned Wang Shi in an extremely angry tone: "Sister-in-law Wang, you and my good-for-nothing wife don't get along usually, but I haven't bothered you."
"No matter what, you can't just spill my porridge! You know how precious food is these days. Even if you can't afford it yourself, you shouldn't waste my food. Now that things have come to this, you'd better compensate me with two bowls of thick porridge, and we'll call it even. Otherwise, I'm not finished with you!"
Wang was already feeling wronged, and this guy was deliberately drawing the blame onto her. She couldn't hold back any longer, so she threw down the hoe, put her hands on her hips, and started yelling:
"Tang Yongshou, why don't you just rob us? You're bullying us orphans and widows! Your wife cursed my son for no reason, and I haven't even come to settle accounts with you yet, and you're already trying to extort money from me. What, you want to hit someone? Come on, hit me here! If anything happens to me today, you'd better raise my seven granddaughters properly!"
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After Wang finished speaking, she leaned closer, waiting for Tang Yongshou to hit her!
Upon seeing this, Zhao Di and her two sisters immediately cried out, "Someone's hitting her! Someone's hitting her! Someone's hitting my grandma!"
The shout brought back a crowd that had just dispersed, and people flocked back from all directions. In the countryside, where there's not much entertainment, the general public is always a vital force.
Seeing that many people had arrived, Wang simply sat down on the ground and began to wail and scream:
"Fellow villagers, you can judge this for me! I'm just a widow, struggling to make a living from the soil with my three granddaughters. She comes here cursing my son for no reason, and now she's brought her husband, Tang Yongshou, to demand that I return their porridge. This is a case of the kind being bullied and the good being ridden. I'll risk my life to get revenge today!"
Zhang Dazui is a woman who never holds her tongue and has offended almost everyone in the village. Now that Wang Shi is crying so miserably, everyone says that Tang Yongshou doesn't know how to behave.
"This whole family is lazy and good-for-nothing. They can't possibly extort money from Widow Wang. She has so many children and no man in the family. They're really despicable!"
"That's right. Look at their situation. They probably don't even have thick porridge to drink. They might just have two bowls of water in their basket. They're just looking for trouble because they think Widow Wang's family is easy to bully since she doesn't have a man!"
"Exactly, that's incredibly heartless!"
Everyone was talking at once, and without exception, all five gun barrels were pointed at Tang Yongshou and Zhang Dazui.
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Zhang Dazui was a brainless fool. He grabbed Wang Shi and started tearing at her, yelling, "Widow Wang, how could you slander me like this!"
Wang was no pushover either. On the surface, she let Zhang Dazui tear at her, but her hands were never idle. She kept pinching Zhang Dazui's body with all her might!
Zhang Dazui cried out in pain. Taking advantage of the chaos, Wang Shi tore off her wooden hairpin, leaving her disheveled and pitiful.
The villagers couldn't stand it and quickly pulled open Zhang Da's mouth.
At this moment, the village head, Tang Yongnian, was summoned by Liu. Seeing Wang's disheveled appearance, he was furious.
He looked at Tang Yongshou with a stern expression and scolded, "You're already so old, how come you can't even control your own wife? You're getting worse and worse as you get older. You're lazy and good-for-nothing, and now you're trying to extort money from Sister-in-law Wang!"
Tang Yongshou panicked and hurriedly explained, "Village head, don't be fooled by Widow Wang. I didn't even touch her. What my wife has in her basket is really porridge. You can see there are still grains of rice in it."
Tang Yongnian glared at Tang Yongshou, then personally helped Wang Shi up and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you alright? I'm so sorry you had to suffer like this!"
Wang quickly withdrew her hand and said righteously, "Lord of the village, it's rare that I've disturbed your presence today. I'm not an unreasonable person. I'll make this clear to you today: if anyone dares to bully us orphans and widows again, I'll risk my life to make sure they get away with it!"
The village head awkwardly rubbed his hands and said, "We're all neighbors, so we should help you out. I'll take care of Yongshou and his wife later."
"It's almost spring planting season, and your daughter-in-law just gave birth and can't work in the fields. It's really tough on you. Otherwise, I would have asked my two sons to come and help you!"
Tang Yongnian didn't mean any harm, but Wang felt uncomfortable hearing it. If it weren't for Tang Yongnian's protectiveness, Tang Dongsheng shouldn't have gone on that trip last time.
Wang said irritably, "There's no need to trouble the village head. Others help with collecting money, but your family does it? Are you trying to kill us? Everyone, please disperse!"
After Wang finished speaking, she picked up the hoe and took her three granddaughters back home!
Wang wanted to use today's incident to give a good warning to those who were eyeing her business, so they would stop causing trouble and she could focus on her career in peace.
Unfortunately, there were some clueless people around. Liu Shi completely ignored everything and hurriedly followed, saying, "Sister-in-law Wang, Tang Yongshou and his wife are really scoundrels. I was afraid you would suffer, so I quickly called the village head!"
Wang said calmly, "Thank you for your trouble, Auntie!"
Liu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Wang, don't be angry when I tell you this, but this family really can't function without a man. Everyone will want to take advantage of you. With the chaos outside, Dongsheng's situation is really hard to predict."
The wealthy man in town, Mr. Qian, said that if you agree to that, he'll give you one tael of silver every month. With that money, you could support not just seven girls, but ten!
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