novelbin Chapter 544: The Great Hair-Pulling Battle
Chapter 544: The Great Hair-Pulling Battle
"Yu Sanniang, you wicked woman, I’ve exposed your secret, haven’t I? Just wait, soon I’ll spread the word around the ten-mile radius about what your daughter has done. You know very well whose child your grandson is. Maybe you even found the rascal yourself."
Mrs. Jia knew that Mrs. Yu was counting on Xu Zaohua’s son to get him out, so she deliberately stabbed her in the heart.
Mrs. Yu was so furious she could almost die.
If these words reached the Zheng Family, Zaohua would be doomed.
Originally, when Zaohua was pregnant, there were already such rumors among the Zheng Family’s servants, but her daughter’s thunderous methods drove away the steward and persuaded the elders of the Zheng Family, allowing her to safely give birth to the "posthumous child."
Mrs. Yu slapped Mrs. Jia across the ear.
Mrs. Jia, in a fit of anger, lifted her leg and kicked Mrs. Yu.
Mrs. Yu stumbled from the kick, and Mrs. Jia seized the opportunity to grab Mrs. Yu’s hair, freeing a hand to scratch at her face.
Old Madam Gu quickly got up from the ground and encouraged Mrs. Jia: "Scratch her to death. Always dressing up so coquettishly, Xu Zaohua learned from her, ruining our Ruinian."
Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Yu were entangled together.
Both were almost evenly matched in their fighting ability, making it difficult to determine a winner.
"Stop fighting, stop fighting."
The old mansion had gone to Pingchuan County to help at Wu Ji, and Yao Jia needed to study, so Mrs. Wei left some food and placed Yao Jia at Uncle Gu’s house.
Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu, upon learning that Mr. Gu’s family had returned from Pingchuan, took Yao Jia back home.
From a distance, they heard cries and curses.
Seeing the two women tangled up in the yard, Old Madam Gu encouraged them, and quickly ordered people to separate them.
The onlookers snapped out of their bystander mood and went up to separate Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Yu.
It wasn’t that they only focused on the excitement and didn’t intervene, but they did not want to get involved with Gu Youtian and Xu Jin’s families, fearing being blackmailed.
It was only because of the good relations that Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu opened their mouths did they bother to separate the two.
At this time, Village Head Liu Tieshan and Xu Jin’s family’s two sons heard the news and rushed over.
Xu Dabao saw Mrs. Yu with her hair in a mess like a chicken coop and angrily rushed towards Mrs. Jia, waving his fist: "How dare you hit my mother."
"Dabao, what are you doing?" Liu Tieshan shouted angrily.
The onlookers also clicked their tongues disapprovingly.
In the countryside, if women fight, no matter who wins or loses, or who provoked first, it’s accepted as a woman’s issue, and men can’t participate or side with their own wives, mothers, or sisters against other women.
If Xu Dabao were to throw that punch, it would break this unwritten rule and not be tolerated by the village.
This is also why even when Mrs. Jia and Mrs. Yu were fighting fiercely, Mr. Gu, Gu Youtian, and Gu Fengnian didn’t dare to intervene, for fear of being accused that three men laid hands on Mrs. Yu.
Xu Dabao sheepishly lowered his fist, saying: "She’s the one who hit my mother to this extent."
Gu Fengnian stood up and said: "Your mother also hit my mother."
Xu Dabao glared hard at Gu Fengnian.
Liu Tieshan said: "Alright, alright, everyone say less."
Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Jia stared each other down like two fighting chickens, ready to tear into each other again at any moment.
Liu Tieshan stood between them, telling Xu Dabao to take Mrs. Yu home.
"Say one more word and I’ll tear your mouth apart." Mrs. Yu staggered as she walked out, threatening Mrs. Jia.
Xu Dabao said to Mrs. Yu: "Why say so much? Hurry home and get ready for my wedding."
As Xu Dabao finished speaking, he glanced at Gu Xiaoxue, who was shrinking behind Mrs. Wei.
Gu Xiaoxue shivered in fear from Xu Dabao’s gaze.
Mrs. Yu snorted coldly, her face filled with bitterness and malice.
Alright, in a few days, when Gu Xiaoxue marries into the Xu Family as a daughter-in-law, I will torment her to death.
She’s not only going to pay her brother’s debt but also her mother’s.
Xu Dabao spoke loudly, so many of the onlooking villagers heard about Xu Dabao’s upcoming wedding.
Before this, no one had heard of Xu Dabao’s marriage plans, not even an engagement.
In the countryside, getting married is a big deal for anyone.
Although the Xu family has declined in the village, they are still one of the wealthy households in the village, so they wouldn’t handle their son’s marriage so discreetly.
Chun Ni’s grandmother, Mrs. Luo, asked: "Dabao, you’re getting married? Which family’s girl are you talking about?"
Xu Dabao said: "You’ll find out in a few days."
Aunt Qin sneered: "Acting all mysterious, don’t know who is unlucky enough to fall into your trap."
Xu Dabao glared fiercely at Aunt Qin.
Aunt Qin glared back; she no longer feared the Xu family.
Her son, working for Tong Dajiao, has become a buyer for Taohua Dessert; her daughter-in-law is resting at home due to pregnancy. Tong Dajiao said that Qiao Yun could come back to work after giving birth if she wanted. Her family is now well-off, and with Tong Dajiao as a big support, she doesn’t fear the Xu family.
After Xu Dabao and Mrs. Yu left, the villagers continued to discuss which girl Xu Dabao was going to marry, while Mr. Gu and others listened with dark expressions.
Liu Tieshan waved to shoo people away.
"The cornfield leaves won’t pull themselves, right?"
"The grass in the bean field won’t weed itself, right?"
"Kids won’t cook their meals for the school session, right?"
"Go mind your business, you watch all the dramas, eat all the melons, aren’t you afraid you’ll get a stomachache?"
He scolded and chased the villagers away.
"Village head, look at this, that bastard Xu Jin ruined my family, how is anyone supposed to live like this?" Old Madam Gu clutched Liu Tieshan’s hand, weeping loudly.
Liu Tieshan was fed up.
Handling both families’ affairs these past few days had taken a toll on him.
"Fix it up and live there, what else can you do?" Liu Tieshan said, knowing he certainly wouldn’t organize people to repair the courtyard.
"The house hasn’t been burned down, the courtyard hasn’t been dug up; find people to repair it and manage to live there. As for food... I’ll send you a bag of grain later; I can’t do more than that, Mr. Gu, maybe gather some help from your clan."
"And if worst comes to worst, you can pick corn from your five-acre field to eat."
After finishing, Liu Tieshan made an excuse to leave in a hurry.
If he didn’t leave, he’d be stuck having to deal with it.
After all, Mr. Gu and Old Madam Gu wouldn’t starve; Tong Huaqiong was still sending grain as per their prior agreement.
Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu pulled long faces, directing their gazes at Gu Ruinian, almost wishing their eyes could bore two bloody holes through him.
Such a disgraceful fool.
Yao Jiasong let go of Aunt Gu’s hand and ran to Mrs. Wei’s side.
After the earlier commotion, Mrs. Wei had lost most of her joy at seeing her son.
Uncle Gu faced Mr. Gu and said: "Just now, Dabao mentioned getting married in a few days. Brother, tell me the truth, what did Xu Jin talk to you about privately that day? Did he ask you to marry Xiaoxue off as a settlement to Xu Dabao?"
In Uncle Gu’s questioning, Mr. Gu had no choice but to nod.
Uncle Gu shouted: "Did you agree?"
Mr. Gu said: "I haven’t given the Xu Family a definite answer. But there’s no other way, Youtian has split from Wu Ren, the house has been destroyed like this, everything needs money, where can we find five hundred taels of silver to repay the Xu Family?"
Meaning he agreed.
Aunt Gu stared at Gu Ruinian: "Having your sister pay off your debts for the trouble you’ve caused, aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
Gu Ruinian maintained a wooden expression, secretly disdainful in his heart.
In this era, women weren’t treated as humans, which wasn’t caused by him.