Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Separation
In an instant, the whole room was silent.
No one reacted and just stared at the scene in a daze.
They watched as Yu Li picked up the fallen Yu Lao Da like a chicken, and brought him in front of Old Madam Yu and Old Man Yu, then pressed his neck and made him kneel in front of them.
This happened in a flash. Not to mention the others, even Boss Yu himself didn't have time to react before he was forced to his knees.
Seeing the matter-of-fact look on her face, everyone was dumbfounded and speechless.
As if this is the way it should be, and there is no problem with it.
"ah……"
Chen opened her mouth, her expression dull, and uttered an ambiguous sound.
Yu Qin and Yu Jingzong never thought that things would turn out like this, the brother and sister were both stunned with their mouths open.
The one who reacted the fastest was Old Lady Yu.
It was probably because she had been stimulated a lot by Yu Li in the past month or so, which invisibly improved her ability to withstand blows.
Old Mrs. Yu screamed, “Stop, what are you doing?!!”
Because the voice was so shrill and even a little cracked, it was obvious how much of a shock Yu Li's action gave her.
This incident excited her more than the day when Yu Li broke the pillar of the main hall. After all, the person being forced to kneel down was her eldest son, whom she valued the most.
Old Mrs. Yu's voice also broke the silence around them, and Chen, Yu Qin, Yu Jingzong and others finally came to their senses.
"What are you doing?" Chen shouted sternly, "Let me go now, how disgraceful!" She was the daughter of a scholar, knew a few words, and spoke in an elegant manner.
Yuqin angrily accused: "Li Niang, you've gone too far!"
"Let go of my dad!"
Yu Jingzong yelled, jumped up suddenly, and rushed towards Yu Li like an angry calf, trying to knock her down.
Seeing this scene, Yu Qin's eyelids twitched, and she had a bad feeling.
Yu Li's hand was still on the back of Boss Yu's neck, not only forcing him to kneel but also to lower his head. He looked as if he was kneeling and confessing in front of Grandpa Yu and his wife.
Seeing Yu Jingzong rushing towards her, she did not move, but slapped him casually. Yu Jingzong spun several times like a top, and coincidentally bumped into Chen who was about to get up, knocking her backwards.
The mother and son fell into a heap.
"Mom, Jingzong!" Yuqin shouted and hurried over to help them.
Her intuition just now was correct. When she saw Yu Li slapping Yu Jingzong, this scene overlapped with the scene where Yu Li slapped Chen Jicheng.
Chen's mother and son were so dizzy from the fall that they couldn't stand up for a while. Yuqin was not strong enough to help them up. The three of them looked like they were huddled together, looking extremely miserable.
Seeing this scene, the people in the third room felt that the dust had settled.
At this time, they even had the mind to think that even Boss Yu couldn't deal with her. It seemed that the Yu family was really going to change.
Fortunately, they readily returned the two taels of silver, otherwise the one being forced to kneel there would probably be Yu Lao San.
The people in the second room stared at the scene blankly, still without any reaction.
Perhaps, there is no need for them to react.
The three Yu Jin sisters were smart. They knew that when their eldest sister took action, they just had to watch quietly and not cause any trouble for her.
As for Yu Laoer and his wife, they were completely stunned.
Just like what happened on the day Yu Li returned home, the couple was completely unable to react, and no one expected them to have any reaction.
Old Mrs. Yu was originally very angry that Yu Li dared to do this to her eldest son. But when she saw the fate of Chen's mother and son, her angry screams gradually weakened.
Although she didn't want to admit it, she was actually quite afraid of her granddaughter whose temperament had changed drastically.
This fear had accumulated over the past month, especially when she realized that no matter what they did, they couldn't do anything to her.
Yu Li ignored Chen's mother and son and said to Grandpa Yu and his wife, "Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle is kneeling here. Do you have anything to say to him?"
She asked the two elders very simply, but there was actually nothing interesting about it.
But to the two elders, it was a clear threat, asking them to express their stance.
The veins on Old Man Yu's forehead were throbbing. He felt sorry for his son who was forced to kneel there, but he was also afraid that Yu Li would go crazy again and do something terrible.
"You, you let go of the boss first..." Old Man Yu said tremblingly, "He is your uncle, how could you do this?"
Yu Li said: "Didn't he say to kneel down? So he knelt down himself, what's wrong with that?"
Of course not!
Everyone present was shouting in their hearts, he was clearly asking you to kneel, you didn’t force him to kneel, so what is this?
How could a younger generation force an elder to kneel down? Even though Boss Yu was kneeling before the old couple, he was forced to kneel by others.
While they were talking, Boss Yu had already begun to struggle.
But the hand pressing on the back of his neck didn't move at all. No matter how he struggled, it was useless and he couldn't move it at all.
Boss Yu's face gradually became flushed, but his noble character as a scholar prevented him from shouting and yelling. He could only grit his teeth and struggle in vain, trying to let go of the hand that was pressing on him.
Yu Li held down Boss Yu and refused to let go.
There was no expression on her face, not even the slightest hint of reluctance, as if she was just holding down a giant turtle, and no matter how the turtle struggled it was useless.
How much strength does this require?
Old Mrs. Yu was almost crying, and kept asking, "What do you want to let the boss go?"
Mr. Yu’s expression was also very ugly.
How could he remain indifferent when he saw his eldest son, whom he was proud of, being treated like this by her?
Yu Li blinked, his eyes shifted between Mr. Yu and Mrs. Yu, and he said slowly: "Didn't he want to kneel? I asked him to kneel, why should I let him go?"
This is a determination to make Boss Yu kneel down!
Instantly, everyone present understood what she meant.
Old Master Yu's heart sank, and he suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and he felt a little afraid of her.
Yu Laosan looked at his eldest brother who was forced to kneel there in a miserable state. Although he knew it was wrong, he still felt a subtle sense of schadenfreude.
He said in his heart, Boss, it turns out you can be so embarrassed sometimes!
Don't you usually claim to be a scholar, very noble, and look down on these peasants who work in the fields for a living?
But now, you are forced to kneel there like a dog.
Even when I was in the most embarrassing situation, I only had to pay back two taels of silver.
Yu Laosan felt that he would rather return the two taels of silver than be forced to kneel there like a dead dog.
Chen, who had already climbed up from the ground, had disheveled hair and screamed, "Yu Li, what are you doing? Why don't you let go of your uncle? This is really outrageous!"
She couldn't believe what she saw.
Li Niang, the submissive girl, actually did such a terrible thing.
In her mind, the scene before her was too horrific and simply unheard of. How could a niece force her elders to kneel?
Chen couldn't accept it at all.
Yu Jingzong couldn't accept it either. He yelled, picked up a stick from the corner, and hit Yu Li with it: "I'm going to beat you to death, you bitch!"
Although Yu Jingzong was only ten years old, he ate well and had a strong and sturdy body. The boy was quite strong. If the stick came through the wind and hit him, it would definitely be painful.
The Yu Jin sisters screamed subconsciously.
When the stick was about to fall, Yu Li reached out and caught it steadily.
Yu Jingzong was stunned for a moment, but before he could react, the stick in his hand was pulled away by a terrible force, and then the stick swept towards him.
"ah--"
Yu Jingzong screamed and flew backwards, smashing heavily towards Chen and Yu Qin, mother and daughter.
The mother and daughter were knocked to the ground by him and used as Yu Jingzong's meat cushion, screaming in pain.
Old Mrs. Yu finally couldn't help it and screamed, "Stop, stop, stop!"
Yu Li turned to look at her.
When she met her eyes, Mrs. Yu felt a chill in her heart and could not help but take a step back. But when she saw Boss Yu kneeling there and the Chen mother and her two sons lying in a heap, she finally could not help crying.
"Li Niang, please let your uncle go!" Old Mrs. Yu cried, "We were wrong, we shouldn't have..."
She didn't say anything.
Yu Li said nothing, his hand still firmly pressing on the back of Boss Yu's neck, and his gaze turned to Old Man Yu.
Old Master Yu looked at her in fear, his voice unsteady, "What are you going to do?"
This was the first time that, as the patriarch of the Yu family, Old Man Yu finally showed fear, fear of his granddaughter.
Yu Laosan and others could see the fear on his face, and they were all stunned.
So the old man can be afraid too?
He is the most senior person in the Yu family and always has the final say. No one has ever made him compromise. He is indeed biased towards the eldest wife in an open and honest manner, and he can also suppress other dissatisfied people and make them work like slaves, contribute to the family, and support the eldest wife's studies.
Yu Li said: "Grandpa, I didn't want to do anything."
Although she said that, she still held the person down and refused to let go.
Boss Yu was forced to kneel there with his head lowered. The blood began to flow backwards, he felt dizzy, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.
He claimed to be a scholar, and he wore a scholar's shirt. The fabric was soft and fitted closely to the body, so when he sweated, it was extremely obvious, and the sweat stuck to his body.
Everyone could see how miserable he was.
Old Master Yu stared at her for a long while, and finally understood something, with a dejected look on his face.
He said, "Mother Li, you misunderstood. Actually, I asked you to come back this time because I wanted to talk to you about the division of the family while your uncle was here."
Split up the family? ! !
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present subconsciously held their breath.
Even Chen, who was dizzy from the fall, woke up instantly and felt something was wrong.
Mr. Yu didn't care what they thought and continued, "Let your uncle go first, and let's talk about the division of the family."
Yu Li looked at him, "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Grandpa Yu said affirmatively.
"Old man!" Old Mrs. Yu screamed, "We can't divide it!"
She had thought about splitting up the family before, but when the old man really said the word "split up", she was unwilling to do so.
Old Master Yu ignored her and continued looking at Yu Li.
After looking at him for a moment, Yu Li finally let go of his hand.
The moment she let go, Boss Yu fell directly to the ground like a dead dog, covered in sweat.
Yu Laosan looked at him and felt a surge of satisfaction in his heart.
Mrs. Yu went over to help her eldest son with a distressed look on her face, and asked anxiously, "Big brother, how are you? Are you okay?"
Boss Yu looked up at her, then closed his eyes and fainted.
"Boss!" Old Mrs. Yu was terrified.
"Husband!"
Chen was also terrified. She ignored the pain in her body and rushed over to him, hugging him and crying, "My husband, please don't get into any trouble. If anything happens to you, I will definitely go to the county government to sue you!"
When the words "sued the officials" came out, everyone present was startled.
Especially the people from the second house, their faces changed drastically, and the three Yu Jin sisters turned pale with fright.
If my aunt really goes to the authorities to file a complaint, then my eldest sister...
Yu Qin and Yu Jingzong glared at Yu Li with hatred and echoed, "Mother, we must report her to the authorities for disrespecting her elders and let the county magistrate beat her with a stick."
"Throw her in jail!"
"Disrespecting your elders will lead to jail!"
"I have to ride in a prison van and be smashed into pieces like vegetable leaves!"
The brother and sister talked to each other, trying to scare Yu Li.
How could they know what the crime of disobeying elders was? They had read some related scripts in the county and listened to operas with Miss Yang, so they made up the story on the spur of the moment.
Yu Li didn't even look at them. She said calmly, "Sure, when you sue the officials, I will break Yu Jingde and Yu Jingli's hands and feet first." When Chen and Old Man Yu's faces changed drastically, she added, "You know, I have the ability to do this."
Having said this, she finally became impatient and felt that these people jumping around made her very annoyed.
So she said irritably: "Forget it, since we're already at loggerheads, why don't I break both of your legs first!"
As she said this, she picked up the stick that she had snatched from Yu Jingzong and was about to hit the legs of Yu Lao Da who was lying unconscious on the ground.
"stop!"
Mr. Yu’s voice broke.
He rushed over with an agility that was inconsistent with his age and stood in front of Boss Yu.
Yu Li paused with the stick in his hand.
She said calmly, "Grandpa, please move aside. I won't hit you! I will break my uncle's legs first, and then go to the county town and break Yu Jingde and Yu Jingli's legs."
“No!”
The unconscious Boss Yu opened his eyes instantly, and for the first time, a look of fear appeared in his eyes.
He said to Old Man Yu: "Dad, let's split up the family, and split up quickly!"
Just now, the old man tried to appease Yu Li by dividing the family property. Naturally, he heard it and was afraid that Yu Li would really break his legs and then go to the county town to break the legs of his two sons.
Even if Yu Li was arrested and sentenced by the government afterwards, he and his two sons would be ruined.
His two sons were going to take the imperial examinations, to become a scholar and a juren, and to become officials in the future.
Boss Yu didn't dare to joke about the future of his two sons.
They were his two most outstanding sons, and his dream of passing the imperial examination rested on them.
Even if there was the slightest possibility, he didn't dare to try it.
It can be said that Yu Li has a firm grasp on Boss Yu’s weak spot.
For him, the imperial examinations for his eldest and second sons came first, and he could give in for this, and everything else had to come after that.
What Yu Li was doing now had already frightened him, so he didn't dare to judge the truthfulness of her words.
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Seeing Boss Yu suddenly wake up, everyone was slow to react, and then they heard him say that he wanted to split the family business.
For a moment, they didn't bother to guess whether Boss Yu was really fainted or just pretending, they all stared at Old Man Yu.
Dividing the family is a big deal and no one takes it lightly.
Old Master Yu nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, let's split up."
Like Boss Yu, he also placed his hopes of changing the Yu family's fortune on his two grandsons and would not allow them to suffer any harm.
Yu Li's threat also hit his weak spot.
Unlike them, Yu Li has no weaknesses at all.
Threaten her with the people from the second wife?
What threat was there to the people of the second house? They were already living a miserable life with no future to speak of. It could be said that the barefoot were not afraid of the ones wearing shoes.
When Mr. Yu and Mr. Yu agreed to split the family, the split of the Yu family became a foregone conclusion.
Yu Li threw the stick away and threw it out of the window.
She said, "Okay, I won't break Yu Jingde and Yu Jingli's legs for now. But if you go to the authorities to file a complaint, or go to the clan leader or the village head, I will break their legs first, and then I will turn myself in. I will have no complaints whether it is the clan's punishment or the government's verdict."
After that, she kindly asked them, "What do you think?"
Of course not!
The lips of Grandpa Yu and his son, Boss Yu, were trembling, and they were unable to speak.
This is a threat.
"Although I will go to jail or receive other punishments, I still have two cousins with broken legs to keep me company. It's not a loss, right?" Yu Li continued to ask them kindly.
Everyone: “…” Of course you didn’t lose anything, only the eldest wife lost a lot!
Chen was also speechless. She covered her chest with her hands and could hardly breathe.
How could there be such vicious people in this world?
She would rather accept the punishment and break Jingde and Jingli's legs, even though they hadn't provoked her.
It was because of what Yu Li said that the people present understood that she was serious.
As long as they went to complain to the officials, or find the clan leader or the village head, she would break Yu Jingde and the others' legs first, so that they would never have the chance to take the imperial examinations in their lives.
At worst, they would all die together, and she wouldn't lose out.
Old Master Yu shivered for a while before speaking, "Don't worry, this won't happen, no one will report it to the authorities!"
As the head of the family, once he makes a decision, others naturally cannot go against his wishes.
Boss Yu lowered his head and said nothing.
Old Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Chen's eyes turned red, but Yu Qin and Yu Jingzong dared not say anything.
Yu Li was finally satisfied and asked, "When will we split up?"
Mr. Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "Tomorrow, tomorrow morning, please ask the village head and clan leader to come over and let them preside over the division of the family."
"Okay!" Yu Li said in a talkative manner, "I'll come over tomorrow morning, too."
Hearing this, Mr. Yu moved his mouth but said nothing.
What was there to say? She came whenever she wanted, and they had no way to stop her. With her watching over them, they couldn't be partial in the division of the family. If they were, who knows what she would do next.
Grandpa Yu now understood that his granddaughter was inherently insane.
She was barefoot and afraid of nothing, not even of being sued by the authorities. Nothing could control her at all. Instead, she was the one who had a strong control over them.
If they didn't obey her, Yu Jingde and Yu Jingli might have their legs broken by her one day.
Unless they are sure that they can suppress her severely and ensure that she has no power to resist, they will be able to completely break off with her.
But now they have no ability to suppress her.
How can they suppress a living person with such terrifying strength?
At this moment, Old Man Yu even thought that it would be great if Jingde and Jingli had achievements in their careers, or were officials appointed by the imperial court.
In this case, why should we be afraid of her?
No matter how strong she is or how good she is at fighting, she is just one person. Can she really go against the government?
So for now they can only go along with her.
It won’t be too late to deal with her when the two grandsons have achieved fame and are able to suppress her.
As Mr. Yu thought about it, a thick shadow filled his eyes.
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