However, her outburst brought out the pent-up anger that Yang Chuxia had been suppressing for days.
Without saying another word, Yang Chuxia took off her shoe and rushed to the stove, not giving Ms. Liu a chance to react. She slapped Ms.Liuâs face twice with the sole of her shoe.
Afterward, she put her shoe back on, and casually wiped the hand that had held the shoe on Ms. Liuâs body. Then she said slowly, "If you ever spout crap like that again, Iâll truly beat you to death. Why donât you go pick up firewood if weâre out? Are you dead? You and your husband are both so fat, and yet you have the nerve to call others pigs that only know how to eat. Do you feel guilty for saying that?"
Ms. Liu was stunned by the shoe slaps and didnât react for a moment. Hearing Yang Chuxiaâs words, she suddenly felt her cheeks burning in pain. She burst into tears and ran to the courtyard, crying out for her parents and husband.
"I canât take it anymore, I canât live like this! A younger generation dares to hit me, how can I go on living?" Ms. Liuâs screams were loud, and the entire Yang family inside the house came out one after the other.
Yang Daâan was the first to see Ms. Liuâs swollen cheeks. He gasped and subconsciously touched his own face, as if he was the one who had been hit.
"Canât you ever stop making a fuss? Donât you find it annoying?" Old Lady Hua also came out. Seeing her daughter-in-lawâs swollen cheeks and then glancing at Yang Chuxia standing near the kitchen door, she knew that Ms. Liu must have been slapped for being loose-lipped.
This little wretch sure hits hard.
"My god, Iâve been beaten by that little wretch Yang Chuxia, and you donât even ask about the severity of my injuries, but instead scold me? Oh, heavens, my husband, I canât go on like this."
"If you canât live like this, then get lost! Canât our Old Yang Family find another daughter-in-law?" Old Lady Hua was usually very kind to her daughters-in-law, except for Ms. Wang. But that was based on their obedience. Now seeing Ms. Liu crying and making a fuss, and even talking back to her, Old Lady Hua was displeased.
This eldest daughter-in-law was becoming more and more disrespectful. She really thought Old Lady Hua didnât dare to scold that wretch, huh? It was bad enough to always feel suffocated, and now this gossipy woman had to add fuel to the fire, nearly driving Old Lady Hua mad.
"Mother, donât you see that it was Yang Chuxia, that wretched girl, who hit me?" Ms. Liu sounded somewhat incredulous. What had gotten into her mother-in-law these days? Why was she suddenly so lenient with the Third family? Wasnât this going against her usual self?
Seeing Ms. Liu still yammering, Old Lady Hua rolled her eyes and bellowed, "My eyes arenât blind, and my ears arenât deaf!"
"Mother, even if Xiaxia was in the wrong, a young girl like her shouldnât hit her elders." Yang Daâan couldnât stand watching his wife being wronged while his mother didnât side with them, so he spoke up.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, Old Lady Hua picked up a fallen branch from the ground and started to furiously swat Ms. Liu with it. It seemed as if all the resentment towards Yang Chuxia was unleashed on Ms. Liuâs body.
"Help, help! Father, mother, husband..."
Old Lady Huaâs strength was great, and she chased Ms. Liu all over the yard while hitting her.
Seeing this, Yang Chuxia smirked and thought, beat her, beat her harder, itâs not like sheâll really get hurt with her thick skin.
Unable to bear it any longer, Ms. Wang rushed forward to intervene, but was pulled back into the kitchen by Yang Chuxia.