Chapter 314: Bringing the Fight to Their Door

Sister Qin is already thirteen, the age to discuss marriage. If she gets saddled with the reputation of cursing her elders, which family would dare to marry her?

"No, this matter can’t be left to Sister Qin to handle, I’ll go talk to Old Three’s wife." Ms. Zhang opened the door to the main room and said to Mo Dayong’s wife, "Old Three’s wife, children don’t know how to speak properly, don’t take it to heart. Sister Qin respects her elders the most."

Seeing Ms. Zhang come out, Mo Dayong’s wife immediately burst into tears and pleaded, "Sister-in-law Kui Zi, help, save us... sob sob, if you don’t lend us money, not only will dad-in-law not make it, but even our Dongyue will be sold off... Mom-in-law said if we can’t borrow money, they’ll sell Dongyue to pay for dad-in-law’s medical treatment."

"What? Dongyue is so young, and Aunt is planning to sell her off, how could her heart be so cruel?" Ms. Zhang was also shocked by what she heard and looked at Mo Dayong’s wife, feeling very troubled and wondering whether to lend her money or not.

Mo Qinzi, seeing her mother wavering, became anxious, "What business do we have with that old devout woman selling off her own granddaughter? Mother, don’t listen to her, don’t be fooled by her."

"Sob sob sob... Sister Qin, how could Aunt deceive you, our family really is waiting for the Silver Coin to save lives, please, do us a favor and lend us some money. Not much, just five taels." Mo Dayong’s wife didn’t dare to ask for eight taels; eight taels of Silver were too much, if she mentioned borrowing eight taels, Mo Qinzi would definitely explode.

"Five taels? Why don’t you just rob us!" Mo Qinzi couldn’t hold back her tears, pointing at Mo Dayong’s wife and said, "Mother, look at them! That’s their true colors, five taels of Silver, this isn’t borrowing at all, they’re clearly coming to loot us!"

Unable to hold back any longer, Mo Qinzi grabbed the carrying pole in her hand and swung it towards Mo Dayong’s wife.

Bang bang bang!

Mo Qinzi struck with great force, causing Mo Dayong’s wife to scream incessantly, dodging the carrying pole while crying out, "Sister Qin, please, have mercy and lend some Silver for dad-in-law’s treatment, he really can’t hold on much longer, sob sob sob..."

Mo Qinzi ignored Mo Dayong’s wife, beating and cursing as she went, "Shameless wretches, a family that only thinks about sucking the blood of their relatives, have you no shame? You still expect us to lend money for Old Mo’s treatment - what treatment? He should just die of his illness!"

"So you want money, is that it? Fine, when that old thing dies, my family will definitely come to offer our condolences!"

Mo Dayong’s wife loathed Mo Qinzi to death. This damned girl was really fearless, not caring about her reputation, just determined to confront them at all costs.

Seeing that Mo Dayong’s wife wouldn’t leave, Mo Qinzi hardened her heart and swung the carrying pole towards Mo Xiangxi.

Mo Xiangxi was Aunt Three’s son. Hitting him, Aunt Three would definitely be heartbroken.

"Ow, Mother, save me!" Mo Xiangxi got hit and immediately ducked behind his own mother, shouting at Mo Qinzi, "You damned girl, you dare to hit me, my father will not let you off."

Thump!

Mo Qinzi’s carrying pole came down hard, hitting the hand with which Mo Xiangxi was pointing at her, causing him to howl in pain, "You won’t let me off? Fine, come on then, I’ll risk it all today. If your father dares to come, I’ll dare to hit!"

Mo Qinzi, crazed, continued to beat Mo Xiangxi until he could no longer take it and ran towards his house.

He was also spiteful, knowing that reputation was very important for young women, so he started running and yelling, "Murder! Mo Qinzi is murdering someone!"

Mo Dayong’s wife saw this, quickly picked up Mo Dongyue, and followed. As for Mo Xiangbei, who was the son of Mo Dakui, he was none of her concern; she wouldn’t care even if he died.

"Sister Qin, Sister Qin come back!" Ms. Zhang panicked and hurriedly followed.

Mo Kui immediately addressed Mo Xiangming, "Hurry and go to the village chief’s house, invite Village Chief He over here."

After speaking, fearing that his wife and daughter would be bullied, he grabbed a piece of firewood and rushed to Elder Mo’s house like the wind.

Mo Xiangming took a shortcut and ran to Village Chief He’s house to find Village Chief He.

The disturbance caused by Mo Qinzi was so loud that many people heard the noise, and they all ran out of their houses. By the time Mo Qinzi got to Elder Mo’s house, about thirty people were following her to watch the excitement.

"What’s happening? What’s the trouble with the Mo Family this time?" a villager asked.

Someone who lived near Mo Qinzi’s house quickly replied, "It’s Elder Mo’s Family again. They came to borrow money from Mo Kui’s family and ended up being beaten out of the house by Mo Qinzi."

It’s strange when it comes to the Mo Family, like the Chang Family who also fled famine here, but those families have all started their workshops while the Mo Family is still borrowing money to get by, shamelessly at that.

Elder Mo’s Family was at home, waiting for Mo Dayong’s wife to borrow the silver. Old Mrs. Mo was sitting cross-legged, saying, "Once Third Granddaughter-in-law borrows the silver, let’s buy two chickens from the village to nourish ourselves. It’s been almost two months without meat, our stomachs are so empty it burns."

Mo Dakui’s wife eagerly flattered, "Mother is so good to us, always thinking of giving us meat to eat. Brother Nan, aren’t you going to thank your grandma? She loves her grandsons the most."

Mo Xiangnan knew how to handle things and immediately started massaging Old Mrs. Mo’s back, laughing, "Grandma, you work hard, your grandson—"

Before he could finish, Mo Xiangxi shouted as he burst into the main room, "Grandpa, Grandma, help me! Mo Qin has gone crazy."

After speaking, he quickly turned around and slammed the door shut, terrified that Mo Qin would burst in and beat him.

Hearing this, Old Mrs. Mo looked at Mo Xiangxi and saw his body covered with wounds. She was so distressed that she cried out, "Oh, my poor grandson, who is the heartless brute that hit you? Tell Grandma, and I’ll hit them back for you!"

Mo Qin had already reached Elder Mo’s house, and through the door, she heard Old Mrs. Mo’s words. She immediately roared, "I’m the one who hit him. You bloodsuckers, you don’t work, you just come to our house to swindle money. How many times has my dad lent money to your family? Have you paid it back?"

After shouting, Mo Qin turned to the villagers who had come to watch the commotion, knelt down, and cried, "Please, uncles and aunties, help our family. We can’t live on because of Elder Uncle’s family pressing us!"

Then, she told them the story of how Mo Dayong’s wife took three children to her house to borrow five taels of silver.

"That’s the money my mother and I earned, we had just collected it, and it wasn’t even warm yet when they set their sights on it, bringing the kids to borrow money, and they want to borrow five taels at a time, is this borrowing? They’re eating the flesh off my family!"

Hearing Mo Qin’s words, the villagers cursed Elder Mo’s household: "Elder Mo’s family is full of able-bodied people, can’t they make it through the day without sucking the blood of relatives? Such a shameless act."

Elder Mo trembled with anger upon hearing the words outside, pointing at Old Mrs. Mo, he ordered, "Go outside and cry that the old man has been so angered by her that he vomited blood and fainted."

"Yes, I’ll go now." Old Mrs. Mo opened the door of the main room, ran into the courtyard, and cried out, "Fellow villagers, you must stand up for my family. Just now, Elder Mo was so angry because of Mo Qin that he vomited blood and passed out."

Mo Kui and Ms. Zhang arrived only to hear these words, which turned their faces pale. Hastily, he said, "Aunt, you can’t speak carelessly like that."

If the rumor spread that a younger member of the family had caused an elder to vomit blood, Sister Qin’s reputation would be ruined for life.