Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 419 - 390: Escalating Conflicts

Mrs. Lu saw that Mrs. Xun was mocking her and refused to be outdone, immediately retorting, "Oh, who is this? It’s the mother of Qi Tongsheng! Well, look at me, your son is already on the path of the low-life, not worthy of being called a Tongsheng anymore!"

Ever since Qi Shanhe started working at the gambling house, he was considered on the path of the low-life. Although his title of Tongsheng wouldn’t be taken away, people subconsciously stopped calling him Tongsheng Master.

Mrs. Xun initially wanted to laugh at Mrs. Lu, but didn’t expect Mrs. Lu to counter-mock her. However, who was Mrs. Xun? Could she endure such humiliation? No!

"Ha, no matter what path my son takes, he now lives in a big house in the city, drinks fine wine, and his later wife is twenty years younger, both young and pretty, and even gave me a grandson.

Let me tell you, those who passed the exams and became Juren might not live as well as my son. Their reputation might sound nice, that’s all.

Some are even worse off, with sons who can’t get a good name or earn money, now that’s truly pitiful!"

Mrs. Lu clicked her tongue twice, sarcastically saying, "Even if your son has a better life in the city, aren’t you still alone, cooped up in the village? Why haven’t I seen your son bring you to live in a big city house and drink fine wine?

Your family forced Mrs. Xing to her death, and Little Sui’er went missing and hasn’t been found till now. I wonder if you and your daughter-in-law have nightmares at night?

If you ask me, that Mrs. Xing was tortured when alive and even in death, she was a cowardly ghost. Why didn’t she drag the ones who forced her to death away at midnight!"

Mrs. Xun was immediately enraged by Mrs. Lu’s words, rushed forward, and grabbed Mrs. Lu’s hair, and the two instantly started brawling.

The people around, some rushed forward trying to pull them apart, while others stood at a distance, laughing and watching the chaos.

"Let go of my hair!"

"You let go first!"

Finally, it was the Village Chief Qi’s wife who mediated between them, and only then did the two stop fighting.

However, when they separated, both of them had several scratches on their faces and their hair was pulled into a mess, like bird nests.

When Jiang Dingcai heard his wife was beaten, he rushed over. By the time he arrived, the two women had already stopped fighting, but Jiang Dingcai still went up and kicked Mrs. Xun.

The kick landed right on Mrs. Xun’s shinbone, causing her to fall backward to the ground.

"Oh, my leg, my leg is broken!"

"Old Mrs. Li, please help and go tell Dalian, tell my son-in-law Sun Fengshou, that I’ve been bullied by the old Jiang Family!" Mrs. Xun sat on the ground, clutching her injured leg, wailing.

The Village Chief’s wife didn’t expect, having just separated the two women, that Jiang Dingcai would come and stir up more trouble, immediately giving her a headache.

"It’s over, things have turned big, Manxi, quickly go call your father-in-law over!"

Sun Manxi had come with her mother-in-law to a wedding party, but didn’t expect to see Mrs. Xun and Mrs. Lu brawling on the road. Her mother-in-law thought that as the wife of the Village Chief, they shouldn’t just stand by and watch the fun, so she rushed forward to break up the fight.

But who knew, just when one wave subsided, another would rise. As soon as they separated the two shrews, Jiang Dingcai escalated the conflict.

This was beyond her ability to manage!

Sun Manxi stuttered, "Mother, my father is probably busy right now!"

The wedding of Jiang Haiqiu and Sun Manxia had invited her father-in-law to be the officiant, and her father-in-law should currently be organizing the wedding ceremony!

The Village Chief’s wife suddenly remembered her husband must be busy, this was, after all, the auspicious time for the wedding ceremony.

"Jiang Dingcai, why did you hit someone? When did you, a grown man, start meddling in old women’s affairs?

Mrs. Xun’s son has a gambling house with a dozen bouncers. You’ve broken her leg; even you won’t be able to escape?"

Jiang Dingcai, seeing someone had attacked his wife, momentarily lost to anger, now seeing Mrs. Xun clutching her leg, wailing on the ground, he realized he had brought great trouble upon himself.

However, as the man he was, backing down in front of so many people was not an option for Jiang Dingcai.

"She dared to hit my wife. Look at my wife’s face, scratched all over, no good spot left. I only kicked her once, and that was letting her off easy.

Does she think my wife is like her daughter-in-law who jumped into the river to commit suicide, easily bullied, huh, her dog eyes must be blind!"

Although the previous kick had been forceful, for just one kick, Mrs. Xun’s leg shouldn’t be broken, right?

Thinking along these lines, Jiang Dingcai became more convinced that Mrs. Xun wasn’t getting up on purpose, was faking a serious injury to extort money from his family.

Mrs. Xun truly couldn’t get up, if she could, she would rise to confront Jiang Dingcai, but the pain in her shin was excruciating, turning her face pale.

"Jiang boy, you wait, you wait until I tell my Shanhe about this, see if my Shanhe doesn’t kill you!" Mrs. Xun started to threaten.

"Pah, you really think the gambling house is your son’s place, huh? Your son is just a dice roller at Zhao Family Gambling House, you think I’m scared of him?" Jiang Dingcai said, his voice lacking confidence.

Coincidentally, some time ago, while selling eggs in Luocheng, he saw Qi Shanhe leading a group of bouncers to chase a gambling debt, forcing a debtor who couldn’t repay from their home to the market and ended up breaking their leg.

Although he didn’t owe Zhao Family Gambling House money, Qi Shanhe had been working there for nearly two years, no doubt forming ties with those bouncers.

He feared if Qi Shanhe gave the word, those bouncers would follow him for revenge for his mother!

Old Mrs. Li ran to Sun Fengshou’s home but only managed to call Sun Fengshou over; Qi Dalian absolutely refused to get involved in Mrs. Xun’s affairs. Since Mrs. Xing died and Little Sui’er went missing, Qi Dalian completely severed relations with her mother and brother, no interactions at all!

Sun Fengshou didn’t initially want to intervene either, but feared being labeled as cold-blooded and heartless by the villagers if he didn’t.

When Sun Fengshou arrived, Village Chief Qi’s wife was trying to help Mrs. Xun up from the ground, but Mrs. Xun’s leg hurt too badly, rendering her incapable, making it clear it wasn’t an act. Village Chief Qi’s wife began cursing loudly, "Jiang Dingcai, look at your black-hearted strike, you’ve struck heavy!"

Jiang Dingcai, bracing himself, said, "I didn’t even exert force; she’s just faking it.

I’ll tell you, faking it won’t get you anywhere, I won’t give a single penny."

Village Chief Qi’s wife usually couldn’t stand her sister-in-law either, but faced with the rascal Jiang Dingcai, she chose to side with Mrs. Xun.

"You’ve hurt someone and expect to get away scot-free, where in the world is there such a thing as a free beating, wait for compensation!"

"Hey, everyone sees it, the Village Chief’s family is siding with their sister-in-law, helping her extort money!" Mrs. Lu shouted loudly,

"My husband Dingcai just gave her a light kick, and they want to extort money from us? Don’t even think about it!

We have no money, just our lives!"