Inside the Li family's house.
Li Chuanzong was holding a hemp rope and repeatedly whipping Sun Shi.
Li Daniu, on the other hand, was pulled aside by Liang Yaozu and watched the terrible beating of Sun Shi, but she was unable to go forward to help.
"No! Please stop hitting my mother! Let me go! Don't hit my mother!"
Li Daniu's voice was extremely pitiful, but neither Li Chuanzong, who was hitting her, nor Liang Yaozu, who was pulling her away, showed any emotion on their faces.
A cruel smile even crept onto Liang Yaozu's face.
"Who told you to be so useless? I spent so much money buying you rouge so you could seduce Liang Dazhu, but you came back empty-handed. You deserve to be punished!"
Li Daniu's face was filled with pain: "I made a mistake in this matter. If you want to hit someone, hit me. My mother is weak. Please, please stop torturing her!"
Liang Yaozu laughed: "Hit you? Why would I hit you? If I hurt you, how would you seduce Liang Dazhu? Besides, it would probably be more painful for you to hit your mother than to hit yourself."
Liang Yaozu roughly grabbed Li Daniu's head and took a few steps closer to the beaten Sun Shi.
"Watch closely! This is the consequence of your disobedience and failure to seduce Liang Dazhu and obtain the braised food recipe! If there's a next time, your mother will suffer an even more severe beating!"
In the past few days, Li Chuanzong also learned of Liang Yaozu's plan to send Li Daniu to seduce Liang Dazhu.
As Li Daniu's father, he not only didn't think the plan was bad at all, but on the contrary, he strongly supported it.
I think that scholars are indeed scholars; their minds are so sharp that they can come up with such a brilliant idea.
He even had a vague feeling that his father was right; he was far inferior to his nephew Liang Yaozu and should listen to him wholeheartedly.
This nephew might just be a lucky star sent to him by heaven out of pity for his childlessness!
Now, upon hearing Liang Yaozu's words, he whipped the rope in his hand with a crackling sound in order to support him, completely disregarding the life or death of his own wife.
After being beaten and miscarrying, Ms. Sun was very weak and unable to fight back, and could only keep groaning in pain.
"It hurts—it hurts so much—please stop hitting me, I know I was wrong, please stop hitting me, waaaaah..."
Accompanied by Li Daniu's piercing pleas, the entire Li family home resembled a living hell, chilling and disgusting to behold.
San Shun listened for only a short while before he couldn't take it anymore. He rushed home and told Wan Shu everything he had heard.
Wan Shu had just started stewing the pork bones and trotters. She was tired of eating simple braised dishes and especially missed the taste of modern hot pot.
So today, when the kids weren't looking, she bought a small piece of hot pot base from her spatial storage and added it in.
She took a small bite, and the pork bones and trotters with the hot pot broth were even more fragrant and flavorful, with a slightly numbing and spicy taste. Combined with the rich fat, it was so delicious that it made her lick her fingers.
The thought of having her dream hot pot-flavored stew tonight had put her in a good mood, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.
Upon hearing Sam-soon's description, the corners of his mouth immediately fell silent.
She had already guessed it beforehand. Given Li Daniu's personality, it was unlikely that she would actively use seduction to trick her into giving up the braised food recipe. She must have been forced by her family.
But she never expected that the Li family, and Liang Yaozu, could be so disgusting as to use the method of abusing Li Danu's mother to coerce Li Danu.
“Mother, Li Chuanzong and Liang Yaozu are absolutely despicable! They beat Da Niu’s mother like this, she’ll be beaten to death sooner or later! Should we call the village head to go and take a look?”
No matter how clever San Shun is, he is still just a fourteen-year-old child. He thinks simply, but Wan Shu understands perfectly well.
Unlike modern society, the Great Sheng Dynasty did not have laws against domestic violence to protect women.
Nowadays, women are more like appendages to men. Once they marry a man, even if they are beaten to death, no one can do anything about it.
Even if you report it to the authorities, they will say it's someone else's family matter and they have no right to interfere.
If the government can't interfere, what right does a village head have to meddle?
Wan Shu explained the intricacies of the situation to San Shun, and then let out a helpless sigh.
“The Li family has a lot of grudges with the village head and our family. If we take the village head to handle this matter, not only will we be unable to protect Sun Shi and Danu, but we might also anger the Li family and subject them to even more terrible beatings.”
Sam-soon was furious: "So, are we just supposed to watch as Da-niu's mother gets beaten to death?!"
“Mother doesn’t want to see this happen either, but…” Wan Shu sighed helplessly, “If they don’t think about resisting, it might really happen. Sam-soon, reality is always cruel.”
San Shun immediately deflated, still feeling a little reluctant: "Then why don't we secretly go and help Sister Danu? She's so pitiful."
Wan Shu still shook her head: "Unless they come to their senses and start to resist, no matter how much we help, it will only be a drop in the ocean, and we might even end up getting ourselves involved."
Wan Shu is not a heartless person, but she is not simply a kind-hearted person either.
If Sun and Da Niu could realize their mistake and start trying to resist the Li family, or come directly to her for help...
Without harming her own interests, she will definitely do her best to help.
The problem now is that the mother and her six daughters clearly haven't realized this yet.
In order to protect her own interests, she could only stand by and watch.
Seeing that Sam-soon was soft-hearted, she couldn't help but offer a word of advice.
“San Shun, no matter how pitiful Sun Shi and Danu are, you can’t let your guard down around them, otherwise we might be the ones to suffer in the end. The Li family and Liang Yaozu are too insidious, we have to be on guard.”
Sam-soon was a smart kid, and after this reminder, he quickly understood.
"Mother, I understand! I won't let the Li family lower their guard just because I feel sorry for Sister Danu and the others!"
Not only San Shun, but Wan Shu also reminded herself that she must be wary of the Li family and find a way to get rid of the Li family and Liang Yaozu as soon as possible.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to settle down if she always lived in the same village with such treacherous people.
Before she could figure out how to completely eliminate the Li family and Liang Yaozu, another top priority occurred.
That is—the autumn harvest!
As time goes by, the rice in the paddy fields begins to ripen, and the originally shriveled rice ears become heavy, bending the rice stalks.
Qingshui Village, and even the entire Sishui Town, has entered the busy autumn harvest season!
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