I'll beat you to death!
"You're so young and you're not learning anything good. Is your brain full of shit?"
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
Liu Yingying showed no mercy when she struck, causing Zhu Jiawang to howl in pain.
He tried to run, but Liu Yingying held his clothes tightly, and no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't escape.
"Liu Niang, please stop hitting me! I know I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!"
Zhu Zhaodi and Zhu Jiafu, who were standing nearby, were worried that Zhu Jiawang would really be beaten to death today. Although they were somewhat afraid of Liu Niang's current fighting power, they couldn't care less and stepped forward to hug her legs and beg for mercy.
"My brother already knows he was wrong, Aunt Liu, please stop! If you keep hitting him, Jiawang will die!"
Liu Yingying glanced down at the two little brats, then threw down the door bolt with a bang.
Zhao Di and Jia Fu both breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next second, Liu Yingying grabbed Zhu Jiawang's ear and scolded him with a stern face, "Listen to me, I don't care how many dirty and filthy thoughts you had in your head before, but from now on, if you keep talking like this, I'll beat you to death every time you say it, you understand?"
"I know! I know! I'll never do it again, Liu Niang!" Zhu Jiawang promised her repeatedly, enduring the pain.
Liu Yingying then let go of his hand, walked to the tree stump in the yard and sat down. She glanced at the three children who were completely intimidated by her, sighed and began to give them a heartfelt lecture.
“I know that since your father left, this family’s life has taken a turn for the worse. I used to be too weak and failed to protect you, causing you a lot of suffering. I also harbor a lot of resentment in my heart!”
Upon hearing this, the Zhu brothers lowered their heads with reddened eyes.
Clearly, Liu Yingying had guessed what they were thinking.
Only Zhao Di shook her head vigorously; "No, Aunt Liu, I know you are also a person with a hard life. When Father was alive, he didn't even say a few words to you. But after you married into the family, you have always taken good care of us siblings. We were still ignorant and often made you angry... We should be thanking you for taking care of us all these years, so how could we blame you?"
Liu Yingying didn't speak, but thought to herself, "Fortunately, Zhu Xiucai's daughter still has some conscience."
“But I’ve figured it out now. Now that your father is gone, there’s no one to protect us four in Peach Blossom Village. If we want to survive, we have to be strong and independent.”
Upon hearing this, the three children looked up at her in surprise.
Zhao Di said, "But after Father died, our family's few acres of land were forcibly seized by Second Uncle and Third Uncle. Without land, we can't grow food, and we'll starve to death sooner or later!"
In this famine and drought, even those with farmland may not be able to harvest anything in the fall, let alone a family like theirs.
Liu Yingying's eyes suddenly lit up; "Since it's land left by your father, it's yours. What right do others have to forcibly take it away?"
"But...Liu Niang, we are an orphan and a widow. Will our second and third uncles return our land?"
The three children looked up at her with blank expressions.
Liu Yingying narrowed her long, narrow eyes. "I have my own ways of making them spit out what they ate in the first place!"
As she spoke, she stood up and instructed Zhao Di, "Take the rabbit and eggs to the kitchen and help me cook."
"Oh well!"
Zhao Di quickly followed.
Before taking office as a county official, Liu Yingying had also been sent down to the countryside to serve as a village cadre for a period of time. That village was a well-known impoverished village in the area.
But even the poorest family in the village was considered wealthy compared to Zhu Xiucai's family.
The kitchen in front of me (which can barely be called a kitchen) is just a space enclosed by a few wooden planks, with a stove in the middle that is already dilapidated and barely enough to start a fire and cook.
There is a cupboard against the wall on the left, which was part of the dowry of Zhu Xiucai's first wife.
When Liu Yingying married into the family, her family only asked Zhu Xiucai for betrothal gifts, but did not provide any dowry. Because of this, she was particularly disliked by the Zhu family.
Liu Yingying quickly finished processing the rabbit, only to find that there was no oil at all in the house.
I should have redeemed a bottle of cooking oil earlier, but now I've used up all my points.
But this didn't stump her. Liu Yingying cut off the fatty meat from the rabbit and put it in a pot to render some oil, just enough to stir-fry for today's dinner.
But then she discovered a new problem.
There isn't a single grain of rice left in the house.
"Sigh!" Liu Yingying sighed softly as she stood in front of the empty rice jar.
“Aunt Liu, actually… we originally had half a pound of coarse rice at home, but when you went to Liu Family Village, Second Aunt came by and said that Father borrowed ten copper coins from her family before going to the capital, and seeing that we couldn’t pay it back, she took that little bit of rice away…”
Zhao Di became more and more aggrieved as she spoke, and her eyes reddened.
Since their father passed away, everyone in Peach Blossom Village can bully them...
"Bang!" Liu Yingying slammed the kitchen knife in her hand onto the cutting board, glanced at Zhao Di, and said, "What are you crying for? Do you think crying will make them give you back what they took?"
Zhao Di: "...Then...what should we do?"
Liu Yingying took a deep breath, picked up the kitchen knife, and walked out.
Zhao Di quickly caught up; "Liu Niang, where are you going?"
"Take back what belongs to us!"
When the Zhu brothers, who were guarding the courtyard, saw her come out with a knife, they thought she had gone mad again and was going to kill them. Terrified, they scrambled out of the courtyard and fled.
But Liu Yingying walked quickly ahead of them, heading towards the Zhu family's old house, without even glancing at the two brothers.
"Liu Niang, wait for me!" Zhao Di, afraid that she would be bullied, also chased after her.
Seeing this scene.
Zhu Jiawang: ...
Zhu Jiafu: ...
After the two brothers came to their senses, Zhu Jiafu looked at his older brother, swallowed hard, and asked, "Brother, should we go and take a look too?"
Zhu Jiawang narrowed his eyes and nodded; "Let's go, follow us!"
After Liu Yingying caught Ma Qiumei having an affair with Su Daqiang in the cornfield today, Ma Qiumei has been feeling uneasy ever since.
Although Su Daqiang assured her confidently that he had a way to shut Liu Yingying up.
But her eyelids kept twitching all afternoon.
Just then, a loud roar from Liu Yingying suddenly came from outside the door.
"Zhu Lao Er, you better get out here right now!"
Upon hearing this sound, Ma Qiumei's body suddenly trembled, her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately had an ominous premonition.
Could it be that Liu Yingying, that bitch, is just unhappy with her own life and has come here specifically to spread rumors about her affair with Su Daqiang?
If she really spreads that news, wouldn't I be finished?
no!
We need to shut this bitch's mouth and stop her from talking nonsense!
Ma Qiumei then walked to the front door feeling guilty, and immediately saw Liu Yingying holding a rusty kitchen knife. She frowned in displeasure.
"Liu, what do you mean by this?"
"You're going to start climbing on the roof and tearing the tiles off because your mother-in-law hasn't scolded you for three days?"
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