The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure-Chapter 62 - Doing too many wrongs leads to retribution!
62: Chapter 62: Doing too many wrongs leads to retribution!
62 -62: Doing too many wrongs leads to retribution!
I was just worrying about not having a chance to scold her to relieve my anger, and here she was, delivering herself to my doorstep.
“You shameless slut, flirting with men like a profligate, you think you can compete with me in fierceness?
What are you even worth?
Whoring around with men before marriage, bearing a bastard child, you lowlife!
Our Wang Family must have run into eight generations of bad luck to have your deadbeat father clinging on, insisting on marrying into our family.
Had I known you were such an indecent, promiscuous tramp, I would never have agreed to it!”
“You think I was willing to be related to a family with such a shady reputation as yours?
Destroying the marriage contract was the best choice.
Our Old Wang Family is a respected peasant household; we cannot afford to be associated with a family where both the mother and daughter lack virtue!
I feel soiled even standing here in the Li Family’s house for a moment longer; I’ll have to wash the soles of my shoes when I get back!
Thinking you could soar to greatness by clinging to the He Family?
Pah, a wild hen is still a wild hen, thinking it can lay eggs just by roosting in a hollow tree.
Playing the big shot in front of me?
If you know what’s good for you, shut your trap and get lost, or I’ll slap you to death with my bare hands!”
Though Li Jinzhi was always feisty, she was still an unmarried girl from the village.
Usually, even the most ill-mannered married woman would restrain herself when speaking to a young maiden.
Now, with Old Granny Zhang going all out, Li Jinzhi couldn’t hold her face.
Her complexion turned from red to white; she was trembling all over and was about to faint from anger.
He Dawei felt heartbroken.
His own wife being infuriated like this, he immediately stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Li Jinzhi, shouting, “Where did this crazy old hag come from, spewing such nonsense?
Can’t even take a good look at yourself in the mirror.
Your son, nothing but a base peasant, thinks he is worthy of marrying Jinzhi?
If you have any sense, take the twenty taels of silver our family gave you—”
“Slap—” A slap landed squarely on He Dawei’s face.
After delivering the slap, Old Granny Zhang stood akimbo and started cursing, “What kind of godforsaken son, who wasn’t taught by his father or raised by his mother, would run around seducing other men’s wives and daughters, you wretched thing deserving of a thousand cuts?
Why don’t you take a good look at yourself?
You black-hearted, rotten-gutted little beast who consorted with that cheap Li Jinzhi ages ago and even scammed my family out of half string money!
My son should have hit you harder back then.
For a beast like you without any morals or humanity, breaking a leg was letting you off easy!
Don’t be smug; God is watching everything you do.
Otherwise, why would the He Family only bear sons for ten generations?
It’s retribution for all the bad deeds you’ve done!
Bringing a slut like that home will only curse the He Family to die out at your hands!”
It’s one thing to insult someone, but to curse the He Family to die out was a slap to the face!
He Dawei’s mother and two sisters couldn’t sit still any longer.
“This old hag is so unreasonable.
You’ve already taken the silver, and the marriage contract has been burnt.
you have no connection with the Li Family anymore; we don’t owe anything to the Wang Family either.
Why say such nasty things?
And to curse our He Family to have no descendants?
What a wicked old witch, it’s your Wang Family that will have no descendants!”
Upon hearing this, Lady Lin erupted in anger.
Damn it, cursing the Wang Family to have no descendants was like cursing her own three sons!
Unable to hold back, she didn’t bother arguing with the women of the He Family.
She went straight for Eldest Sister He and her thick hair, landing a slap, “Talking nonsense!
May your He Family have no descendants for ten or eight generations; our Wang Family is flourishing!
Dare curse my sons, I’ll make sure you regret it today!”
Second Sister He tried to help, but Lady Jiang held her back.
Lady Jiang, as gentle as she was, was infuriated when it came to her children.
Although she wasn’t as strong as Lady Lin, Second Sister He had just finished her month after giving birth and was still weak, so they were evenly matched.
Old Granny Zhang and He Dawei’s biological mother were swearing and fighting; one pulled hair, the other poked noses; one scratched faces, the other choked necks…
Wang Yongzhu didn’t know what to do; she had never been involved in such village women’s brawls in either of her lifetimes, alright?
This sort of violent skirmish that erupts from a single word was something she couldn’t handle!
She tried to help Old Granny Zhang, jabbing her hands helplessly at the fray, but couldn’t get a finger in.
But seeing Old Granny Zhang holding her own and considering He Dawei’s mother was getting the worst of it, she simply stepped aside to avoid holding Granny Zhang back.
The He Family Brother-in-Law, seeing the commotion, was itching to join the fray.
Wang Yongzhu, with her large frame, stepped forward to block the way, and Jindou and Jinhoo, two youths eager to jump into the action, stood by her side.
The two brothers-in-law, after sizing them up and contemplating the difference in physique, didn’t dare to make a move after all.
On the other side, Wang Yongping had already pinned He Dawei to the ground and was giving him friction burns.
The room echoed with He Dawei’s howls of pain, along with Li Jinzhi’s shrill screams.
The He Family Brother-in-Law and He Laoshuan were busy trying to join in to help, but were blocked by Wang Yongfu, Jindou, and Jinhoo.
Wang Yongfu, a villager from the countryside, bustled about in the fields every day, his body full of strength.
Even Jindou and Jinhu, who had toughened up from childhood, were renowned in the village as excellent fighters in brawls.
The two brothers-in-law from the He Family were neither businessmen nor errand runners.
In front of Wang Yongfu, they were just like little chicks, hardly worth mentioning.
Just Jindou and Jinhu alone could hold off both of them and, while blocking them, skillfully bumped into the He Family Brother-in-Law a few times.
They bumped him until his eyes rolled back.
Li Dagui was dumbfounded.
In the blink of an eye, how had it all turned into such a mess?
He hurriedly called his two sons over to help separate the fighters.
Wang Yongping had bloodshot eyes; who could pull him away?
When he tried to intervene, Wang Yongping kicked him far away, and it took him a long while to regain his senses.
On the women’s side, the situation was even more chaotic.
With the daughter of the Wang Family anchoring the scene, the second daughter-in-law couldn’t get through at all.
Out of desperation, she could only stomp her foot and, after a long time, caught her breath, clutching her chest and thinking of going outside to call for help.
Inside the Li Family’s courtyard, the noise was intense with men shouting, women crying, and curses flying.
People outside itched with curiosity upon hearing the commotion.
Just then, as the courtyard door opened and Li Dagui had yet to find help, a crowd surged in.
What they saw in the main hall of the Li Family was a battle of severe brutality.
He Dawei was being pummeled punch after punch by Wang Yongping, his face swollen beyond recognition, and even his cries of pain had weakened.
Li Jinzhi, holding her belly, shrank to one side, her screams piercing.
Wang Yongfu and his two sons did nothing other than block the He Family Brother-in-Law and He Laoshuan from rescuing He Dawei, leaving them to watch helplessly as their son and brother-in-law were beaten to continuous cries of agony.
He Laoshuan felt so much heartache he almost passed out, but he was absolutely unable to break through the human wall.
As for the women’s side, it was even more sensational.
Old Granny Zhang and He Dawei’s mother were rolling on the ground together; Old Granny Zhang’s fingers were dug into He Dawei’s mother’s nostrils, leaving deep bloody scratches on her face.
He Dawei’s mother, not to be outdone, clutched Granny Zhang’s hair with both hands and bit down hard on her tiger’s mouth without letting go.
As for the two sisters of the He Family, they were no match in strength.
Eldest Sister He was knocked out by two slaps from Lady Lin, who now sat astride her, hitting her with the sole of a shoe until her mouth was swollen.
Second Sister He, on the other hand, was evenly matched with Lady Jiang.
One slapped a cheek; the other kicked the stomach.
Neither could gain the upper hand.
Occasionally when Lady Jiang was at a disadvantage, Wang Yongzhu would step in with a few kicks, tipping the balance in their favor.
The onlookers clucked their tongues in amazement, having not seen such enthralling drama in a long time.
It wasn’t until Li Dagui had shouted for quite a while that the men and daughters-in-law of the Li Family, hesitantly at first, stepped forward to finally separate everyone.
They had entered the Li Family’s gate neat and tidy, but now everyone was bruised and swollen, bearing wounds on their faces.
Even Wang Yongzhu, despite being a bystander, ended up with two kicks to her leg.
They hurt terribly.
