Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw An Dafu and his wife walking confidently and proudly with their four sons in front of Yang Cui.
"Uncle, Aunt," Yang Cui called out.
An Dafu launched into a tirade: "Are you stupid? You've been bullied to the point of no return, and you didn't even come to Anjia Village to ask for help? Do you think your uncle and your brothers are dead?"
Aunt Wen, hands on her hips, rushed up to Chen Lili: "It's you, you piece of trash, who bullied my Xiao Cui because you outnumbered her! Eggs and fish, ptooey! Aren't you afraid of choking on them! You want to fight? Come on! The An family is ready to fight!"
Chen Lili retorted, "You An family members are really something, coming to our Ji'an Village to cause trouble. Who's afraid of a fight?"
As Chen Lili spoke, she rolled up her sleeves, looking like she was ready to get to work.
To put it mildly, this was just a squabble between two children, but to put it more seriously, it was actually a conflict between Yang Cui and the Lin clan, which is why the Lin clan members dared not speak up to mediate.
However, some other people of different surnames spoke up and offered a few words of advice: "It's quite normal for two children to fight and bicker... Both of them should take a step back."
Chen Lili shouted, "Retreat? On what grounds should we retreat?"
Wen retorted, "Exactly! Why should we back down? Do you think Xiao Cui's family is all dead and we have no one to back us up?"
Being protected like this warmed Yang Cui's heart.
She walked over to Madam Wen and said with a smile, "Aunt, fighting with this kind of person will only dirty your hands. Although I am a woman, I will not stand for it if others try to bully me."
Immediately afterwards, Yang Cui said loudly, "As long as the Lin family isn't afraid of losing face, we can make a scene. Let the outside world see how the clansmen of this top scholar bully the weak! I want to see which blind man would marry his daughter into this family, and which blind man would dare to marry a daughter of the Lin family!"
It was just a squabble between two children, and normally parents shouldn't interfere. But Chen Lili wouldn't let it go. Yang Cui knew that Chen Lili was doing this to please Fan Shi, so Yang Cui couldn't back down, otherwise she wouldn't be able to live a good life in the future, and everyone would take advantage of her.
"Why does something so big have to be made so big and ugly?"
"Lili, let it go! It's perfectly normal for kids to argue."
"Yeah, let's forget about it!"
When their own interests were involved, the Lin clan members couldn't stand it anymore and didn't want to eat melons anymore.
Chief Lin rushed over, angrily saying, "Yang Cui, what nonsense are you talking about? We made an agreement yesterday!"
"What did we agree on? Yesterday we only severed ties and divided our property!"
"you……"
"Clan Chief Lin, if you don't want me to go around telling everyone about Lin Shikang's misdeeds, then keep your clansmen in check. Don't think I don't know you're watching from the sidelines. It's best if you keep your distance from me, otherwise I won't be able to control my mouth!"
Chief Lin was furious, glaring at Yang Cui for a long time without saying a word. Finally, he angrily scolded Chen Lili: "Get back now! You're making a fool of yourself!"
The farce finally came to an end.
Seeing the drastic change in Yang Cui, Wen smiled and said, "You should have been this tough a long time ago! We heard you jumped into the river. That bastard Lin Shikang is going to marry someone else. What's the situation now? What did you mean by severing ties earlier?"
"It means that I have divorced Lin Shikang and severed all ties with him. We will have no further connection. The government has also stamped the documents. From now on, Daya will go to them, and Erya and Sanya will stay with me. The house and the vegetable garden behind it will also be mine. I have the land deeds and house deeds in my hands now. They are all official deeds."
Madam Wen cursed angrily: "That son of a bitch Lin Shikang, without the Yang family he wouldn't be where he is today! He abandoned his wife after he became rich, I curse him to have sons who are born without a fart..."
"Aunt, that's enough! Stop scolding us, Er Ya and San Ya are still here!"
Wen then shut up angrily.
An Dafu then asked, "So what are your plans for the future? Have they given you any money as compensation?"
"It was given to me, but it was stolen last night."
"What?" An Dafu and his wife exclaimed in shock, "How much is missing?"
Yang Cui looked distressed: "It's all gone, thirty taels."
"Thirty...thirty taels!" The couple's voices were so loud they almost blew the roof off.
Wen slammed his fist on the table and stood up: "Damn the Lin family, they must have stolen it back in the middle of the night!"
Yang Cui said, "It's too late to say anything now. Luckily, we have a fish. I'll cook it for everyone this afternoon."
An Dafu scolded with a dark face: "Eating fish? How can you still eat at a time like this!"
"How can I not eat? I've gotten rid of that ingrate Lin Shikang, and my wicked mother-in-law is no longer picking on me. Life is so much better now, I should be celebrating."
Seeing his niece's carefree and jovial demeanor, An Dafu was furious!
Fearing that An Dafu would lose his temper, Yang Cui immediately tried to appease him, saying, "Uncle, don't be angry! I'm really living a good life now. Without Lin Shikang, I can even eat fish. I never had this kind of life before! Let that Lin Shikang go and harm others!"
“But what if you, a woman, are bullied in the village? How will you make a living?” An Dafu looked at Yang Cui with great heartache. “You girl… sigh, such a large sum of money, you really… and you’re even eating fish, how can you eat that! That’s thirty taels! Thirty taels!”
Thirty taels of silver—money that ordinary people couldn't earn in a lifetime—and just like that, it was gone. An Dafu and the Wen family felt like banging their heads against the wall when they heard that.
"It's too late to say anything now," Yang Cui said. "Luckily, the three of us are alright."
An Dafu instructed, "You three should make sure to close the doors and windows when you sleep at night, and be more careful. Don't be as honest and docile as before."
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