Seeing Old Madam Xiao and Xiao Yan get beaten up just now, Li felt really relieved!
Ignoring the dark faces of Old Mrs. Xiao and her daughter, he turned around and first thanked the women who had just beaten Old Mrs. Xiao.
"Thank you so much to the aunties and grandmas for speaking up for me and Peach Blossom. Otherwise, I would have been so frustrated and unable to express my grievances!"
The women, having suffered no loss and even gained something in return, immediately said nonchalantly...
"What's the big deal? We've all seen your character, and we've watched Peach Blossom grow up. She's sensible and hardworking. There's no better child than her!"
Don't worry, we may not be good at much else, but we can certainly speak the truth!
"Now that you're here, no one can wrong you!"
After hearing this, Li thanked the women again before speaking.
"Village chief, everyone has heard about what happened!"
Yesterday, Xiao Damei brought her child to my house for dinner. At the table, Tao Hua's grandmother, her aunt, and her second aunt asked us, Tao Hua, to serve the food.
Xiao Damei's mother and the others ate in a hurry, which made her aunt and second aunt anxious. They urged Taohua a few times. Seeing that my daughter was too busy, I helped her serve the food to them.
But my daughter's hand trembled from being scolded by her aunt, and she spilled food on Xiao Damei. Xiao Damei stood up and slapped my daughter several times, then kicked her a long way away. My daughter hit the wall and never got up again! Waaaaah…
As her mother, I wanted to go and get her, but I couldn't make it in time, sob sob...
When I came to my senses and looked, my daughter's head was covered in blood, and she was unconscious. I thought my daughter was dead, which is why I impulsively attacked Xiao Damei...
I know that a family should live in harmony, respect and love each other, but Xiao Damei is too much of a bully, sob sob sob..."
As Li spoke of this, thinking of her daughter who was still in danger, she cried uncontrollably. The people around her were indignant and pointed at Xiao Damei.
Xiao Damei's face burned with embarrassment at being pointed at, and she pointed at Li Shi in an annoyed tone.
"That wretched girl is alright! Li, why are you crying like this! Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me?!"
"Xiao Damei, try pointing at her again, and I'll break your paws, you believe me!"
Xiao Dayong shouted angrily.
"Village chief, did you see that? This is how Xiao Dayong and his wife treat me and his father! Shouldn't they be beaten?"
Xiao Dayong, are you even human? Your father and I are the ones who gave birth to you and raised you. Da Mei is your own sister. She's the one who raised you when you were little. What's wrong with hitting that brat once?
You treat us like this because of some brat?
You ungrateful wretch!
"Enough! She may have been lying to me, but when she got married, I worked for a whole year to prepare her dowry. In the village, apart from the landlord's daughter, her dowry was the best!"
When she gave birth, Li brought her six chickens and 100 catties of millet, which Li, Song, and Bai couldn't bear to eat!
Every year, he would ask me to help him with planting and harvesting. This has been going on for years. Even if I didn't have time to do my own work, I never let him interfere with his work, just so that he wouldn't be mistreated in his husband's family!
I've already repaid the favors she showed me over the past two years!
But what about her? Has she ever shown me, or her sister-in-law, even a shred of respect? Has she ever bossed her sister-in-law around, or even properly called her "sister-in-law"?
He treated Tao Hua like a little servant!
Not just Xiao Damei, but all of you are too!
With red eyes, Xiao Dayong pointed around, from Old Man Xiao and Old Mrs. Xiao to Xie Yujiao and Xiao Yan, not missing a single one.
"It's true that you gave birth to me and raised me, but I've been doing most of the housework since I was fourteen. I married Li Shi when I was sixteen, and the housework was almost entirely done by the two of us. We not only raised you, but also Xiao Yan, and the fourth wife. Now we have to support our fourth wife!"
So be it! As long as the family can be harmonious, we'll accept any hardship or fatigue!
But you! You're nothing but man-eating wolves! Ungrateful wretches!
They don't treat me, Xiao Dayong, like a human being! They don't treat my whole family like human beings!
Since I can't be a dutiful son to you no matter what, fine! From now on, I'm not going to care anymore!
You like Xiao Yuanhang, right? Then go with Xiao Yuanhang, and I'll give you 500 catties of grain every year to live on, just like Xiao Yuanhang!
If you're sick or in trouble, I'll cover your medical expenses, but don't bother me with anything else!
And the fourth brother is already married! As his older brother, I've long since fulfilled my responsibilities. From now on, we'll all go our separate ways!
Xiao Dayong initially sounded resentful, but his voice became somewhat desolate towards the end!
Everyone sighed upon hearing this, some whispering...
"Dayong's life is going to go on forever if he keeps going like this! It's better that they broke up!"
"That's right, Old Xiao has poured all his money into Lao Si and Xiao Yan. It seems like Song Ge and Bai Ge should be getting married by now, but there's still no sign of them!"
"Of course! We can't let one person's studies delay the whole family's progress!"
Seeing that the winds were blowing in favor of Zhao Dayong and Li Shi, Old Mrs. Xiao became anxious.
"Xiao Dayong! You wretched child! This is unfilial! You're going to make your mother die of anger!"
"Shut up! Let's talk about Xiao Damei hitting someone first. Xiao Damei, do you agree with what your sister-in-law said?"
Li was telling the truth; she didn't embellish the story because she hated Xiao Damei. Besides, many people witnessed the scene yesterday, leaving her no choice but to admit it. She could only grit her teeth and mutter under her breath.
"I admit it, but I didn't expect that brat to be so easily beaten!"
"Even now, they still refuse to repent!"
Xiao Zhengde asked her twice if she had anything to say, just to see her attitude. If she had sincerely admitted her mistake and apologized, and then gone to see that girl, she wouldn't be so angry!
They're absolutely stubborn!
"Guards! Xiao Damei has cruelly beaten her own relatives. Her behavior is heinous. According to clan rules, she shall be given thirty strokes of the cane as a warning to others!"
You all need to remember this: any family where siblings kill each other will be severely punished!
Our Xiao family will not condone such evil practices!
Upon hearing that she was about to be hit again, Xiao Damei immediately screamed.
"That brat isn't dead! Why is he hitting me!"
But she had already said everything she needed to say, so no one cared about her anymore. Immediately, several young men came over and dragged her away to be beaten with a board!
Xiao Damei was both angry and scared, and wouldn't let go of her man.
"Yang Tiezhu! I'm your Yang family's daughter-in-law, are you just going to watch me get beaten? Don't you have any shame left in the Yang family?!"
Her husband frowned upon hearing this.
"Master Xiao, Xiao Damei has already married into my Yang family, so if she makes a mistake, it is naturally up to my Yang family to discipline her!"
It wasn't appropriate for you to beat her with a board in the Xiao family ancestral hall!
"Are you taking advantage of the fact that my Yang family has no one left?"
Seeing that the man surnamed Yang spoke rudely, Xiao Zhengde showed no mercy and said coldly...
“You’re right. Then I’ll go to your Yangjia Village and talk to your clan leader about it.”
"Your Yang family's daughter-in-law caused a scene in our Xiao family, and almost beat my Xiao family's daughter to death. I want to ask you, what explanation does your Yang family head have for our Xiao family?"
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