"Dad, can we have someone else deliver the fish today?"
Fu Yu: ...
Seeing her father's puzzled expression, Fu Xin Ci quickly explained, "Dad, you don't want to deal with that young daughter-in-law from the He family, do you? She's as stubborn as a rolling stone."
Fu Yu answered without thinking, "No." He also felt a headache whenever he saw that woman.
"Then Dad should let Uncle Cheng deliver the fish for you. Grandfather Song and the others will understand."
Fu Yu thought his daughter was right and agreed without hesitation.
Meng Qi Cheng drove the donkey cart to the school to deliver the fish. When he returned, he told his family, "That young daughter-in-law from the He family was making a huge scene at the school, insisting that Uncle Song send their whole family to our place."
"Aren't the He's elders taking care of it?"
"No, they just stood by and watched. Later, soldiers from the Thousand Household Office couldn't stand it anymore and shouted: If you want to stay, stay. If you don't, get out. You have to follow the rules of Eagle Beak Cliff. If you make another sound, I'll drag you out."
"Did that woman behave then?"
"She seemed a bit defiant, but she finally quieted down after the old man of the family yelled at her."
"Also, Uncle Song was so angry he was gasping for air sitting on the ground. Er Lang, seeing his grandfather so upset, wanted to beat that prodigal son, but everyone stopped him."
"Heh, what kind of person is she."
"Really, that woman is quite..." For a moment, Meng Qi Cheng didn't know what word to use to describe her. Finally, he muttered a few words under his breath: "She's too damn ill-mannered."
Tian Shi, upon hearing this, frowned and tugged at his sleeve, reminding him, "What are you talking about?"
"Wife, you didn't see that kind of stubborn person. I genuinely don't know what words can describe her actions."
After hearing Meng Qi Cheng's description, Fu Yu shook his head and sighed. He then didn't forget to remind Meng Qi Cheng and Han Zhi to guard the entrance.
Meng Qi Cheng immediately promised Fu Yu, "Brother Yu, don't worry, we will absolutely not let them in." There was a sentence Meng Qi Cheng didn't say: letting them in would be asking for death.
The He family was also in a state of gloom. Old Man He, thinking about the eighteen taels of silver he hadn't received yet, told his young daughter-in-law to quiet down.
Hu Shi was still arguing, "Haven't I always been like this? No one said anything at home or on the road. Why can't I speak up in Liaodong?"
"You know this is Liaodong, and it's their territory. Our family is truly unfortunate, to have married such a person."
Old Man He squatted on the ground, half-jokingly and half-seriously, hugging his head and pretending to cry.
He truly regretted it. If he had known the situation would turn out this way, he wouldn't have let Hu Shi oppress his daughter and her family.
"Dad, Dad."
Seeing their father crying buckets on the ground, the two sons were also terrified and quickly rushed to help him up.
"No one needs to pull me up. Marrying such a daughter-in-law has brought our family eight lifetimes of misfortune."
Old Man He wailed and, seizing the opportunity, sat on the ground. His posture completely stunned the family.
"Old man, old man, don't scare me."
"Ah, it's all my fault, all my fault." Old Man He thought that in Liaodong, besides the Fang family, they had no other support. But now, the Fang family probably hated them to death. "Ah, it's all my fault."
Seeing her husband crying so sadly, Old Woman He's emotions seemed to become genuine, not feigned. She got up and lunged at Hu Shi.
"You slut, ever since you married into this family, it's been nothing but trouble. You're always causing a scene, even daring to order around your in-laws. If I don't beat you to death today, you'll be flying sky-high."
Seeing her mother-in-law lunging at her like a madwoman, Hu Shi was a bit stunned. But her personality had never allowed her to back down from a fight, no matter who it was. If you wanted to hit her, it was impossible.
What happened next stunned everyone who witnessed it. No one expected that Hu Shi would dare to fight her mother-in-law.
Relying on her youth and strength, Hu Shi quickly gained the upper hand.
Old Woman He was furious. In her half-century of life, she had never seen a daughter-in-law dare to fight back against her mother-in-law. She wanted to wail loudly, to say she couldn't live anymore.
But then she thought, how could she let this little slut get away with it? She yelled to her eldest daughter-in-law to come and help.
"Eldest daughter-in-law, are you dead? Hurry up and come help me."
Qin Shi had been eager to join in for a while. Now that she heard her mother-in-law calling her, she was as delighted as if she had snatched a bun, and rushed forward.
She had long been fed up with Hu Shi ordering her around. Now she had a chance.
Today, she was acting on her mother-in-law's orders to beat someone, so even if she beat Hu Shi to death, it would be none of her business.
Qin Shi made up her mind and attacked Hu Shi mercilessly.
She secretly grumbled in her heart, "You want to order around me and the kids every day? You want to snatch my son's food? You want to treat my daughter as a servant every day? Today, I'll beat you to death."
Qin Shi grew angrier as she thought about it, and her blows became more vicious. Although Hu Shi was young, in the past few months, she had been getting others to do her work.
The result of thinking she was precious was that she couldn't compare to those who worked every day.
Under Qin Shi's full assault of grabbing and scratching, Hu Shi quickly lost and had no strength to fight back.
Qin Shi, however, grew more courageous. She grabbed Hu Shi's hair with her right hand and delivered a barrage of slaps with her left.
Hu Shi's head buzzed from the blows, and it took her a while to recover.
It was only when He Er Lang saw his wife getting the worst of it that he reacted and rushed forward, rescuing Hu Shi.
Qin Shi was still unsatisfied and wanted to fight again, but she was stopped by several soldiers who had been watching the commotion by the doorway.
"If you want to fight, fight to your heart's content outside the territory of Eagle Beak Cliff. Even if heads are smashed into dog brains, I won't stop you. But within the territory of Eagle Beak Cliff, you must listen to me. Otherwise, I'll drag your whole family out and be done with it."
Looking at the stern-faced soldiers with murderous eyes, Qin Shi immediately backed down.
Old Woman He was even worse than her eldest daughter-in-law. She shrank her neck and retreated to her old man's side.
Only Hu Shi, beaten to a pulp, remained half-kneeling on the ground, unable to get up.
However, no one present sympathized with her. No one knew what the He family was thinking, but the others from Qingzhou couldn't stand the sight of her.
She was too much of a troublemaker. She had only been there for half a day, and everyone already wished they could stuff her mouth shut and throw her out.
Now that she was being beaten, everyone watched with amusement, and finally, someone spat on the ground, muttering, "Bah!" and adding, "Serves you right."
Hu Shi was truly a failure as a person. She had just arrived in Liaodong, and before nightfall, she had offended everyone.
He Er Lang looked at his wife, her face disfigured by his own mother and sister-in-law, and felt unhappy. He resented his eldest sister-in-law for being too brutal.