Chapter 6

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However, the gap between an adult and a child is too great, especially when it comes to a woman who is even stronger than a man, compared to a boy under nine years old who has been chronically underfed.

Black Goroh remained silent, only pounding rain-like punches onto Lady Hou's face. Although he beat her until her hair was disheveled and her face bruised, it ultimately caused no serious harm. The moment she regained her composure, she pushed both hands forward, hitting Goroh's stomach and flipping him over, causing him to hit the back of his head on the ground and faint.

Just as Lady Hou was about to get up, she saw Chen Sanlang, his eyes bloodshot, holding a brick used for building a stove, standing in front of her with a cold gaze.

"Stop it..." Lady Hou screamed.

"Stop your sister! Why don't you stop!" Chen Sanlang shouted, then raised the brick and smashed it down on Lady Hou's face. Although it was a clay brick, hitting her face would definitely turn it into a big sauce pot.

Lady Hou instinctively raised her arms to block, and the brick fell, shattering with a loud bang, leaving her arms completely numb. Chen Sanlang threw the broken brick and began to kick her wildly. Although he wasn't as strong as Goroh, he knew where it hurt the most—each kick was aimed at Lady Hou's soft abdomen!

"Ahh, ahh..." Lady Hou was beaten to the point of unbearable pain, rolling on the ground and screaming in agony, which could be heard by the villagers. In fact, Chen Sanlang's roar had already alarmed the workers, who put down their chopsticks and rushed over. From a distance, they saw a teenager kicking a sack of flour... but as they got closer, they realized it wasn't a sack of flour, but their boss, Lady Hou of the Chen family!

"Stop it!" Although they all despised Lady Hou, they couldn't just stand by. The workers shouted and ran over.

Chen Sanlang looked up at them, his face expressionless, and with a leap, he put all his strength into his knee, smashing it into Lady Hou's back. There was a bone-chilling crack, and Lady Hou's inhuman scream echoed as she fainted.

In the next moment, Chen Sanlang was tackled to the ground by the workers and tightly restrained. He struggled to lift his head and shouted hoarsely, "Let me see them, let me see them..." The workers looked at each other, and finally, Uncle Lu said, "What's to be afraid of? He's just a kid, he can't run away."

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Sichuan is known for its green mountains and clear waters, providing the Shu people with an incredibly favorable living environment. The Shu people, with their love for this land, have built their ideal homes. On the Chengdu Plain, the harmony between humans and nature is evident everywhere, and walking through it feels like strolling through a beautiful ink painting.

Stone Bay Village, located outside Qingshen County, is just a small corner of this magnificent landscape, but it adds no less to the overall beauty. Nestled between green mountains and clear waters, the village is built according to the terrain, with houses layered and hidden under nearly a thousand ancient banyan trees.

The buildings in the village are mostly small green-tiled roofs, with a 'wooden穿dou' structure, two-story stilt houses, and bamboo-woven mud walls plastered with white lime. The alleys formed by the white lime walls are lined with clean stone paths, all telling the story of Stone Bay Village's prosperity and comfort.

The leading household in the village is a small but elegant quadrangle courtyard, with stone-carved column bases, white walls, and black tiles, and intricately carved wooden windows and doors inside. This was once the envied Chen family, but that was in the past. Now, when people pass by the Chen family, hearing the cries of pain from inside, they all say, "Serves her right!"

"Ouch, it hurts so much..." The cries of pain naturally came from Lady Hou, who was lying in bed, wrapped like a mummy. She was carried back horizontally, and when the doctor examined her, he found that both her arms were fractured and three of her ribs were broken... The old doctor, who had treated the villagers for a lifetime, said she was very lucky not to have injured her internal organs, otherwise, she would have been in a life-threatening situation, and she wouldn't have the strength to scream so loudly.

As for the other injuries, Chen Sanlang's strength was too small to cause significant harm.

Although she escaped death, the pain was still unbearable. Her arms were set in splints, and she was instructed to stay in bed for a month. Even lying still, each breath tugged at her broken ribs, causing unbearable pain. Despite this, her mouth didn't stop. She first cursed Chen Sanlang, then expanded to the entire family of her younger brother-in-law, and finally cursed the Chen family's eight generations of ancestors.

This made Chen Xishi, the eldest son of the Chen family, who had been sitting with a worried look, finally unable to hold back and said, "I've always told you, don't be too extreme in everything, or you'll suffer the consequences. You never listen, and now look what happened..."

"You, you scoundrel, ouch..." Hearing her husband say this, Lady Hou immediately glared and said, "You encouraged me to be the bad guy, and now you're acting all innocent. Wait until I get better, and I'll deal with you!"

"Alright, alright, I won't say anything." Chen Xishi shrank his neck and said, "But what should we do now? We're all family, we can't really take this to court, can we?"

"I must report it to the authorities, I wish I could kill that little brat!" Lady Hou said fiercely, "He almost killed me, I can't let him off!"

"Report it to the authorities?" Chen Xishi sighed, "The eldest son is about to take the exam, we shouldn't complicate things."

"What's to be afraid of? I'm the victim!" Lady Hou hissed, "Carry me to the county office, and when the magistrate sees my condition, he'll definitely give that little brat a severe punishment!"

"Foolish." Chen Xishi shook his head, "Your appearance is indeed pitiful, but the culprit is a ten-year-old child. The magistrate will definitely investigate the circumstances!"

"Investigate, so what? As an aunt, can't I discipline my nephew?" Lady Hou said nonchalantly.

"You know you're an aunt." Chen Xishi frowned, "But have you ever treated your nephews like this? If this gets out, what face will the Chen family have left?" People are always slow to realize their reputation, and Chen Xishi didn't know that his actions this spring had already disgraced the old Chen family. He still thought his reputation was good.

"Chen Xiaoyi, you're too shameless!" Hearing him push the responsibility onto her, Lady Hou wouldn't back down. She howled, "Did you disagree with me when I wanted to separate the family? Or did you not know that I chased those three kids to the charcoal yard?!"

"I..." Chen Xishi's face turned red, "I thought it was just for show, I didn't expect it to go this far."

"How did I go too far? Which eye of yours saw me go too far?" Lady Hou wouldn't let up.

"If you didn't go too far, how could a ten-year-old child..." Chen Xishi looked at Lady Hou's condition and didn't finish the sentence.

Lady Hou understood and wouldn't back down, howling, "Why did I have such bad luck, marrying a man who is smooth on both sides! You only use me as a toilet, and then you complain about the smell and stay away!"

Seeing her flailing, it was clear that she was only hurt and not seriously injured.

If it weren't for Chen Sanlang using all his strength to break her ribs, Chen Xishi would have definitely gotten up to fight her.

Even though she couldn't get up, her foul language was relentless, and Chen Xishi couldn't handle it, quickly begging for mercy, "Alright, alright, if you want to report it, we'll report it!"

"That's more like it..." Lady Hou gradually stopped cursing.

"But you must think carefully. Even if the magistrate legally punishes Sanlang, the county will definitely have a bad opinion of us. When the eldest son takes the exam and we separate the family, it will all be decided by the county!" Chen Xishi emphasized.

Lady Hou finally listened, moaning in pain while thinking. After much consideration, this seemed to be a lose-lose situation. But the anger in her heart wouldn't let her give up, and she said fiercely, "I absolutely can't let them off!"

"Of course not." Chen Xishi knew she was wavering and pressed on, "You must understand that as long as we don't report it, we have the upper hand."

"How so?" Lady Hou asked, wide-eyed.

"Assaulting an elder is a serious crime. For such a heinous act, regardless of the circumstances, the culprit will be exiled and forced into military service." Chen Xishi, stroking his mustache, said coldly, "When the second son returns, we can use this to force him to divide the family according to our wishes!" Ultimately, he wasn't interested in avenging Lady Hou; he even thought it was good that she got a beating. What he was interested in was getting all the family property!

"Is that so..." As they say, 'not of the same family, not in the same door,' Lady Hou was also a person who valued money over life. Hearing her husband's words, she stopped demanding to report it and focused on plotting to seize the family property. She couldn't help but worry, "What if the younger brother-in-law doesn't care about the little brat?"

"You think he's like you..." Chen Xishi glanced at her and said coldly, "He won't do that."

"Hard to say, when it comes to money, even relatives become strangers," Lady Hou said, projecting her own thoughts onto others, "The younger brother-in-law is so poor, can he let go?"

"Then we'll go all out and take it to court!" Chen Xishi said coldly, "If he doesn't want to let go of the property, he'll have to let go of his son!"

Chen Xishi's resentment towards his second brother was no less than his wife's. From his earliest memories, his parents' attention was focused on his second brother, while he, the eldest son, was treated as dispensable. This made him feel deeply unfair and suppressed for many years. Now that both parents were gone, it was his time to take revenge on his second brother, which is why he incited Lady Hou to cause trouble. He didn't expect this foolish woman to actually fight with a child and be beaten so badly.

But this was for the best, finally, he could make his second brother taste the bitter wine he had brewed.

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As mentioned yesterday, I had something to do today, so I came back late. I quickly posted this, and I'll add an extra chapter tomorrow.

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