Although she was unwilling, seeing Xiao Zhengde's dark face, Xiao Damei reluctantly gave in.
"I didn't mean to. I'll just stop hitting her in the future!"
Upon hearing this, Li immediately objected, her face turning red with anger.
"Xiao Damei, you're not human!"
My daughter is your own niece, and now you've beaten her so badly she's barely hanging on in bed! You don't even ask about my daughter's injuries, and you just casually say you won't hit her again and that's it?
You stay with my daughter!
Li became increasingly agitated as she spoke, almost wanting to slap Xiao Damei twice more, but Xiao Dayong stopped her.
"Wife of the child! Now that we're at the ancestral hall, I believe the village chief will give us justice!"
Xiao Zhengde also coughed lightly at the opportune moment.
"Li, please calm down. Right and wrong will be judged clearly today in front of the entire village!"
After saying that, he continued to ask Xiao Damei.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
Xiao Damei said disdainfully
"I've already apologized, what more do you want from me! As an aunt, am I supposed to go and fight back for that brat?!"
"That's right, village chief. Peach Blossom didn't do anything wrong, but we two old folks have been tormented by those two unfilial bastards, Xiao Dayong and Li Shi!"
Last night, those two good-for-nothings came home and chopped up the door! They even smashed my cabinet!
Oh my God! How could I have given birth to such an unfilial child!
And that wicked woman, Li, actually ate all the food herself!
They took all of my eggs and millet and ate them! My wife and I have been starving since then, without a drop of water!
Who has such an unfilial son? He deserves to be struck by lightning!
Village chief, you have to do something about us! Otherwise, we won't be able to survive!
Grandma Xiao seized the opportunity to start complaining.
Someone couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up.
"Old woman Xiao, don't just blame the children with your words. If you women hadn't treated Li's mother and her children like dirt, this wouldn't have happened. Everyone's eyes are sharp enough to see this. It's not like you can just say whatever you want!"
"Exactly! So what if Tao Hua found a wealthy husband? Is it really necessary to treat her sister-in-law and niece like maids?"
No matter what, she's still your sister-in-law; an elder sister-in-law is like a mother!
Everyone in the street knows that Peach Blossom makes her sister-in-law do the laundry and cook!
You probably think the clothes aren't clean enough!
You're complaining about the food again, aren't you? Someone like your peach blossom would have been slapped across the face long ago if she were in our house!
"No manners at all!"
"That's right!"
Peach Blossom is just a little girl, and you all—one a grandmother, one an aunt, and two other aunts—what kind of things are you doing!
You expect people to serve you by washing your face and feeding you, and to massage your shoulders and back. You're all from the countryside, why are you so pampered?
And Da Mei too! Every time you bring your family to your parents' house for a free meal, that girl Tao Hua not only comes to serve you tea and water, but she hits you without warning! Don't you have any humanity at all?!
You have humanity!
You guys have some humanity, treating your maid like royalty! If you're so kind, haven't you made your maid do your share of laundry and cooking too? What are you pretending to be a good person for?!
When Xiao Damei saw someone pointing at her and cursing, she immediately cursed back!
Xiao Yan and Xie Yujiao were scolded until their faces turned red, but one was pregnant and the other was not yet married, so they didn't dare to talk back!
But Old Mrs. Xiao wouldn't allow it! She was sitting on the ground, slapping her thighs and jumping up and down, but now that her face had been ripped off, she jumped up and reached out to scratch the women who were talking!
"I told you not to talk so much!"
A bunch of gossipy creatures, why don't we have the God of Death come and catch you all to have your tongues pulled out!
What happens to my family is none of your business! You owe me something!
My daughter is lucky to have found a husband because my fourth son is capable. We were born to be ladies and grandmothers!
"Your daughter is so pathetic! Even if you offered her up as a concubine, nobody would want her!"
Old Mrs. Xiao had been throwing tantrums her whole life, and her insults were particularly sharp and mean. In the past, although her insults were harsh, she would at most call people lazy women, gossipy women, or poor wretches. But this time, she insulted someone's daughter so harshly that the women's eyes turned red with anger. They no longer cared whether they were in the ancestral hall or not!
Several people grabbed Old Mrs. Xiao and gave her a good beating!
"You have a foul mouth, insulting my daughter! What kind of good thing is your daughter! She's just someone who serves as a stepmother to spoiled young masters!"
Whether it can stand firm or not is still uncertain!
"With your daughter's lazy, greedy, and mean-spirited nature, she might get dumped any day now! What's with all the arrogance!"
When Xiao Yan heard these women dare to curse her, she stopped pretending to be shy, rolled up her sleeves and went up to them. She grabbed the man who had just cursed her and said he would be divorced sooner or later and slapped him across the face!
The women's families were right next to her. They had long disliked Xiao Yan. Since she dared to make a scene in this setting, they wouldn't tolerate her anymore. Several more women grabbed Xiao Yan's hair and started beating her!
Some people slapped her face, some pinched her flesh, and they argued all the while.
"How can you be so insensible!"
Daring to lay a hand on an elder!
"You're wrong, and I can't even criticize you! I think you've been spoiled rotten by your parents; you're becoming more and more like a scoundrel!"
Regardless of whether Xiao Yan was human or not, after being handled by them, she was indeed no longer human! Her face was bruised and swollen, her hair was disheveled, and she looked like a madwoman!
Grandma Xiao was no better off; she was even worse off than her daughter, with several bloody marks on her face from who-knows-who had smeared them on her!
A loud, guttural howl followed!
"Alright! What kind of behavior is this, all this roughhousing and fighting!"
Give them all to my assistant!
Village chief Xiao Zhengde has finally spoken!
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