Chapter 160 I went to visit my aunt and found her being bullied.
This scene was witnessed by Wang Yuqing, who had just stepped into the courtyard.
She was instantly filled with anger, rushed into the house, and shouted angrily, "What are you doing? My sister-in-law is your daughter-in-law, how can you treat her like this?"
Jia Shan and Jia Min were startled by Wang Yuqing's sudden appearance, and Sun Guizhi was also stunned.
Wang Yuqing snatched the chair from Jia Shan's hand and threw it at her feet. She then walked over to Ji Zhenzhu, helped her sit down, and placed the bags and packages on the ground beside her. She asked worriedly, "Auntie, how are you? Are you alright?"
Ji Zhenzhu shook her head with tears streaming down her face, somewhat shocked by Wang Yuqing's arrival. Her voice trembled as she asked, "Yuqing, why...why are you here?"
Wang Yuqing was furious. She turned around and glared at Jia Shan, Jia Min, and Sun Guizhi: "If I hadn't come, you would probably have been beaten to death by this pack of jackals. I've seen ruthless people, but I've never seen anyone this ruthless."
She reached out and tightly grasped Ji Zhenzhu's trembling hand. Despite it being the middle of summer, her hands were icy cold. She gestured with her eyes for her not to be afraid.
Ji Zhenzhu could no longer hold back her tears. She felt both regret and shame. She never expected that her sister-in-law would witness her being beaten, and she felt even more embarrassed.
Sun Guizhi was the first to come to her senses, and curled her lip in disdain: "Why are you crying? What, do you feel wronged? Trying to play the victim in front of your family and complain?"
Wang Yuqing suddenly shouted, "Shut your dog mouth!"
Sun Guizhi was stunned by the shout.
Standing to the side, Jia Shan also came to his senses, his eyes filled with disdain: "You're the Wang Yuqing who went back to the man's house without getting a marriage certificate, and who's always hitting or cursing this person or that person? You're not welcome at our doorstep."
Sun Guizhi stood up with her arms crossed: "I thought the rumors were exaggerated, but I didn't expect it to be true at all. I heard that you even dared to hit your own uncle-in-law, and you just cursed at me. It's not an exaggeration at all. With this attitude, do you want to hit us too?"
Jia Min had almost finished eating. His eyes lingered on Wang Yuqing, and he thought to himself, "I never imagined that my skinny wife would have such a beautiful sister-in-law. How wonderful it would be if I could marry her."
Hearing her in-laws disrespect her and speak ill of Wang Yuqing like that, Ji Zhenzhu looked at her with guilt, and for a moment she choked up, not knowing what to say.
Wang Yuqing ignored them at first, but then she remembered vaguely hearing outside that they often beat Ji Zhenzhu.
Her attention was focused on Ji Zhenzhu, noticing that she had a cloth wrapped around her neck and long sleeves on her hands despite the hot weather.
I couldn't help but recall the last time we met, she covered her neck and tugged at her sleeve. I didn't think much of it then, but now I can probably guess why.
She reached out and tore off a tattered cloth around Ji Zhenzhu's neck, revealing a deep purple pinch mark, as if pinched by hand or strangled by a rope, indicating that a great deal of force had been used.
Ji Zhenzhu quickly continued to wrap herself in the cloth, trying to cover herself up.
Wang Yuqing forcibly rolled up her sleeves again, revealing large and small patches of scars on her two thin arms. Looking further up, her arms and shoulders were covered in bruises, purples, and yellows...
Under Wang Yuqing's careful observation, she also saw that Ji Zhenzhu's left ear had been cut open and had already scabbed over, which shocked her.
Wang Yuqing's heart clenched. She couldn't imagine what kind of abuse this frail woman had suffered, especially her ear, which had been cut open. How painful that must have been!
How could this person do such a thing?
If she continued the examination, she estimated there were countless other injuries all over his body, which she couldn't bear to look at.
Ji Zhenzhu quickly lowered her sleeves and revealed a gentle smile: "I'm fine, I'm not in pain, it's all because of me..." She secretly glanced at Jia Shan, Sun Guizhi and Jia Min and said, "I just hurt myself by accident."
The three people behind them all made the same expression and hummed at the same time.
Wang Yuqing didn't reply to Ji Zhenzhu. She just turned to look at Jia Min with sharp and cold eyes: "It's better for me to go home with the man without getting a marriage certificate than for you to marry a daughter-in-law without giving a penny. I beat and scold them all day long. Those are all beasts. Beasts don't do human things, so of course they have to be beaten and scolded."
She asked deliberately, "Don't you think so?"
These words were loaded with meaning, and all three members of the Jia family understood them.
Jia Shan spoke first: "As expected, birds of a feather flock together. One is shrewish and disrespectful to elders, and the other is lazy, greedy, and useless. They both look like they'll get beaten up!"
Sun Guizhi drawled, "That's right. What's the meaning of you coming here now? To back her up? We're not afraid of you... If you think this barren hen is having a hard time, then you should help her out a bit."
Her eyes darted to the large and small bags next to Wang Yuqing, as if she wanted to peek inside to see what good stuff was inside: "Didn't you recently become the captain of some kind of food supply team? Selling snails, I heard you've made a fortune. You seem to care about her quite a bit, so why don't you give her some money and meat every month? To make her life a little easier?"
Jia Min rubbed his hands together, stood on tiptoe, and looked at the bicycle at the gate of the yard: "How about you buy me a 28-inch bicycle? I've always wanted one. I'll treat her better from now on, and I promise I won't hit her."
That was stupid, so stupid that Sun Guizhi nudged him with her elbow. But nobody knew that her family had beaten Ji Zhenzhu. Ji Zhenzhu was timid and didn't dare tell anyone; otherwise, why would she always keep herself so tightly wrapped up?
Others would only gossip: "The Jia family is truly cursed. They're quite well-off, so why did they marry a woman who can't have children? How will they continue the family line?"
Wang Yuqing sneered: "What kind of feed do you three usually eat? Your skin is so thick that even mosquitoes can't get in during the hot summer. No wonder you're so wicked, because you have the nerve to back you up."
Sun Guizhi's eyes widened immediately, her face turning ashen: "You have absolutely no manners! How dare you insult us old folks? Don't think that just because you're Ji Zhenzhu's sister-in-law, we won't dare to slap you."
Jia Min, standing nearby, kicked a chair in anger: "Ji Zhenzhu, look at who your family is! Coming to our house and making a scene!"
Seeing that her fierce father-in-law was about to get angry, Ji Zhenzhu quickly got up and pulled Wang Yuqing behind her, speaking weakly, "Dad, don't be angry. If you're angry at me, she's just feeling sorry for me. She probably came to pick up the clothes from last time."
She hurriedly pulled Wang Yuqing, saying, "The clothes are all ready, but I haven't had time to bring them to you. Come back to my room with me and I'll get them for you so you can go home sooner."
Sun Guizhi blocked her way, her face fierce: "What do you mean? She pities you? Are you implying that you're living a miserable life in our Jia family? And what clothes did you give her? Are they hers? We used our needles, our thread, our buttons. Why should she take them back? She's still my sister-in-law. She didn't contribute a single penny to your wedding. How dare she take them back?"
Ji Zhenzhu whispered, "Mom, how can you say that? Didn't I just say that the cloth was bought for her by my brother when he came to propose marriage? I'm an aunt, after all, it's only right that I make her a dress. Besides, the buttons and thread don't cost more than a few cents."
Jia Shan roared from the side, "What? You've gotten a lot more arrogant just because you have your family backing you?"
Ji Zhenzhu was startled and stammered, "No...no..."
Jia Shan didn't even bother to look at Ji Zhenzhu, but he did glance at Wang Yuqing a few more times. Although he had heard from outside that she was a woman who could fight and curse, and was shrewish and ruthless, he didn't take her seriously until he saw it with his own eyes.
Besides, he was Ji Zhenzhu's father-in-law after all. So what? Did she dare to lay a hand on him? Even if she did, could she beat him?
Thinking about it this way, Jia Shan became much tougher and said, "You don't even dare to fart loudly, so don't talk from the side. You should use that time to think about why you can't lay an egg. And you, Wang Yuqing, right? This is our family matter. To put it nicely, you are her family member. To put it bluntly, you are an outsider in the Ji family. Don't meddle so much."
He revealed a fierce expression: "Otherwise, I'll fight them both at once."
Wang Yuqing shoved Ji Zhenzhu's hand away, grabbed a chair from beside her feet, and smashed it at Jia Min, yelling angrily, "Go to hell, you old bastard!"
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