The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 126: Magic Showdown

"You can’t stop talking about widows and loose women. If you want to be a widow or a loose woman, just say it outright, don’t beat around the bush. If I were Old Man Xu, I’d sleep with one eye open at night, wondering when my wife is going to poison me."

Tong Huaqiong became more energized as she continued to curse.

Her loud voice echoed across the nearby wheat fields, where many people were resting after a hard day’s work. Upon hearing the commotion, they gathered around to watch.

Life in the countryside is meager; only during festivals do they enjoy big dramas. After a long day’s work, who wouldn’t want to watch a free spectacle?

Especially now, with the much-disliked Yan Pozi getting verbally thrashed by Tong Huaqiong, everyone watched with glee, secretly cheering Tong on in their hearts.

They wished the two of them would get physical and pull each other’s hair.

Yan Pozi often gossiped about Tong Huaqiong behind her back, which Tong was well aware of.

She didn’t care about this village woman. As the saying goes, comparing an eagle to a sparrow only results in the eagle losing.

Let her talk; it didn’t prevent Tong Huaqiong from becoming the lead shopkeeper of Qinghe Bay.

But if a sparrow dares to insult the eagle face-to-face, without the eagle cutting off its wings, it wouldn’t be worthy of the skies it has soared through.

Since Yan Pozi liked talking about widows and loose women, Tong Huaqiong decided to counter with her own magic, turning Yan Pozi into a potential widow candidate yearning for an illicit affair.

Yan Pozi’s face turned ashen in anger.

In the past, when she would throw fits and curse in the village, she always came out on top, slut-shaming other families’ daughters.

Now, it was her turn to be humiliated by Tong Huaqiong.

She could barely hold it together.

"Tong Widow, what nonsense are you spewing? You’re the one longing for men; you’re the loose woman." Yan Pozi spat back after holding it in for a long time.

Ever since Tong Dajiao became a widow, Yan Pozi never missed a chance to provoke her, accusing her of wanting men, leaving Tong Dajiao seething with rage and feeling inferior, unsure of how to retaliate against Yan Pozi.

Tong Huaqiong, however, was not Tong Dajiao. She had no sensitivity about her widow status and was unfazed about wanting men, so it was impossible for Yan Pozi to use ’widow’ and ’loose woman’ to gain an upper hand. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Tong Huaqiong clapped her hands and jumped three feet high, continuing the verbal battle: "Do I break your family’s rules if I want men? What business is it of yours if I want men? It’s not like I’m planning to steal your husband. Is that why you badmouth me behind my back daily? You think I’m going to steal your husband? Have you even looked at your husband? Do I want him because he’s old or because he doesn’t bathe? You’re just a big monkey guarding another monkey, worried someone will steal him from you. Since you’re so afraid of someone stealing your man, you should lock his pants with a padlock. You and your son are so used to sneaking around, you think everyone’s like you, fond of sneaking around too, right?"

Tong Huaqiong’s incisive words delighted the crowd, who burst into laughter.

Tong Widow insulted not only Yan Pozi but also Xu Si.

Based on Tong Huaqiong’s words, this mother and son duo should solve their own issues and not ruin the reputation of the virtuous girls in Qinghe Bay.

Furious with humiliation, Yan Pozi wanted to scratch Tong Huaqiong’s face.

Oh, what a character Tong Widow was, standing there provocatively dressed, taunting her.

Every word she spat was like a dagger to her lungs.

Previously, when they were on the ox cart and her sons weren’t around, Tong Huaqiong had the upper hand. But now, even in the village, she was being beaten down by Tong Huaqiong, leaving her humiliated.

If Yan Pozi were to face defeat twice at the hands of Tong Huaqiong, how could she continue living in the village?

This would be an embarrassment to her four sons.

Not only did Yan Pozi think this way, but her four sons thought the same.

Seeing their mother losing to Tong Widow and Tong criticising their whole family from father to son was unbearable.

The Xu family had dominated Qinghe Bay for many years; who were they afraid of?

"Tong Widow, how dare you insult my mother? Say one more thing, I dare you!" Xu Da, shirtless, swaggered over with his three brothers to the riverbank, pointing a sickle at Tong Huaqiong.

Yan Pozi straightened her back, her four sons were there to back her. She clapped her hands, ready to jump in and curse.

"Those who don’t know might think your mother is the Queen Mother, too sacred to be insulted. What, are you going to dump your father and find the Jade Emperor to be her new lover? Why don’t you ask if the Jade Emperor would agree?"

"Your mother birthed you bunch of rotten children, always up to no good. Even if I don’t expose your misdeeds, everyone can see them."

Tong Huaqiong wasn’t afraid of Xu Da in the slightest, jumping right into the cursing.

If she could handle Tong Dajiao’s lot, then dealing with Xu’s brood was nothing.

"Brother, don’t show Tong Widow any mercy." Xu Si had never forgotten the humility he faced on the ox cart and was waiting for a chance to settle the score with Tong Huaqiong. Now, with all his brothers present, they saw it as the perfect time for revenge.

The four brothers together, the Gu family surely couldn’t withstand them.

Although Gu Taohua was strong, she was still just a girl. Gu Jingzhe was a bookworm who couldn’t even hold a sickle, a weakling. Gu Dahan was so honest he couldn’t even fart, leaving only Gu Dashu able to fight.

The four brothers, two could handle Gu Taohua, and two could handle Gu Dashu, a breeze to take them down.

Quickly, Xu Si’s confidence was shattered.

Gu Taohua rushed forward, snatching Xu Da’s sickle, then pinned him on the ground, sitting on top of him.

Xu Da was nearly crushed to death.

Attack the leader first, that’s what Tong Huaqiong taught, and Gu Taohua learned well.

Since Mr. Gu’s recent passing, Yan Pozi had taken advantage of the Gu family’s loss of their head of household. During spring planting, she encroached two feet onto the Gu family’s land by the river, resulting in a face-off between Tong Dajiao and Yan Pozi.

Back then, Gu Jingzhe was in school; Gu Dashu was at the Tong house helping his uncle. Gu Dahan was honest, leaving only Gu Taohua to support Tong Dajiao in the scuffle.

In the end, they couldn’t outfight Yan Pozi and her four sons. Right there on the riverbank, Tong Dajiao backed down.

Seeking the village chief for mediation, the chief, being a Xu family member, naturally sided with Yan Pozi.

Gu Taohua was still holding onto that grudge.

Having beaten Xu Si on the ox cart, she would equally handle Xu Da now.

When Xu Er and Xu San saw their brother pinned by Gu Taohua, they tried to pull her off.

Gu Jingzhe took hold of a sickle and pressed it against Yan Pozi’s throat.

"If you touch my sister, I’ll slice your mother’s throat," Gu Jingzhe said.

Tong Huaqiong sighed and massaged her forehead, marvelling at Gu Jingzhe’s cunning grip on the Xu family’s four brothers’ weakness.

At this moment, Gu Dashu and Gu Dahan ran over with sickles.

Chen Sufen and Liu Yueer followed behind, rolling up their sleeves, ready to join the fight.

Gu Dashu threw a punch, knocking Xu Er to the ground, and cursed: "A bunch of men fighting my sister, aren’t you ashamed? Have the guts to come at us brothers instead."

As Xu San and Xu Si advanced, Gu Dahan blocked them off.

Despite Gu Dahan’s honesty, his towering frame meant he was the strongest in the village, and even together, Xu San and Xu Si weren’t sure they could overcome him.

Under Gu Dahan’s imposing presence, Xu San and Xu Si froze.

Yan Pozi hadn’t even fully unleashed her street brawl skills when her family of rotten bamboo was overturned by the Gu family’s own bunch.

"Jingzhe, put down the knife; it’s no joke," Yan Pozi was nearly fainting with fear.

With a sickle hanging on her neck, Yan Pozi was terrified. She hadn’t expected the only scholar in the village, typically seen as timid, Gu Jingzhe, to be the most ruthless of them all.

Spectators from the village saw Tong Huaqiong and the others were serious. Entertained as they were by the scene, they didn’t wish for any real bloodshed in their village, so they urged Gu Jingzhe to put down the sickle and advised Gu Taohua to get up and not crush anyone to death.