Chapter 87

Everyone had asked what they wanted to ask and knew they couldn't keep blocking them, so they all retreated to the side, and the ox cart continued forward.

But they hadn't gone far when someone said: "Just watch, the Liu family might have some trouble now."

"The family has already separated, what trouble?"

"Are you stupid? The Shanliang family is back. They will know about those rumors about Chuxue sooner or later. Can they not settle the score with the first branch?"

"To be honest, that woman Ge Xiulan is truly vicious. After all, she's her own niece, how could she have the nerve to spread those words?"

"Indeed."

"But you can't blame others. Chuxue herself isn't striving, and she doesn't let people talk about it."

"How can you say that?"

"Did I say something wrong? If it's hidden and not said, whoever marries such a daughter-in-law in the future will be miserable. If you ask me, everyone should be grateful to Xiulan."

"That's simply twisted logic. She can treat her own niece like that, how can she be good to others? I think she's deliberately being bad. She has a daughter herself, how can her heart be so bad?"

The Liu family of three naturally heard some of what they said.

Mother Liu jumped off the ox cart and ran straight to the Liu house. Chuxue didn't stop her.

For the past half month, their meals had been good, and with the nourishment of the space's spring water, Mother Liu's body was well-conditioned, so she wouldn't be at a disadvantage when facing Ge Xiulan.

Most importantly, they needed this excuse to make a clean break with the old Liu family.

Soon, Mother Liu entered the house, walked into the courtyard with an angry face, and went straight to the room of the old Liu couple.

But she came up empty-handed; there was no one in the room.

She turned around, found a stick of moderate thickness in the courtyard, and walked out with the stick.

At this time, the ox cart also arrived. Chuxue was afraid Mother Liu would suffer, so she quickly helped Father Liu into the house: "Dad, you rest at home, I'll go out and see."

Father Liu was anxious, but his leg: "Xue, go quickly, protect your mom."

Old Quan came in carrying two small sacks: "Your luggage."

Chuxue said thank you and rushed out.

On the way into the house, she had whispered her decision to Father Liu.

Although Father Liu's face was very ugly, he didn't say anything to oppose it, which in Chuxue's view meant he agreed.

When Chuxue chased after her, Mother Liu had already found Ge Xiulan and was hitting her with the stick: "Ge Xiulan, how can you be so poisonous? How did our second branch provoke you all these years that you want to harm Chuxue like this?"

Because Ge Xiulan was unprepared, she took several hits: "Zhao Lamei, are you crazy?"

Mother Liu had no intention of stopping: "I am crazy, driven crazy by you people. Chuxue is your own niece, and you just open your mouth and want to ruin her reputation. You are truly not a person. You have a daughter too. If I treated your daughter like this, you would be crazy too."

Ge Xiulan had thought of everything, but she didn't expect that the usually good-natured Zhao Lamei would directly hit people with a stick: "It's killing someone, oh my god, Liu Shangang, are you a dead person? Don't you know to come over and pull this crazy woman away?"

Liu Shangang wanted to intervene, but men and women should keep their distance, and this was his own sister-in-law. If something happened, he would be criticized to death.

In a hurry, he shouted at Mother Liu in anger: "Zhao Lamei, stop it! How dare you hit someone in broad daylight? Is there no law?"

The village party secretary, who had rushed over after hearing the commotion, shouted at the women watching the fun: "Why aren't you going up to pull them apart?"

In just this short while, Ge Xiulan hadn't gained any advantage; Mother Liu had truly used force.

Even though Ge Xiulan kept dodging, she was still hit by several sticks, making her wince in pain: "Secretary Uncle, you must uphold justice for me. This Zhao Lamei came up with a stick and hit people. So many people are watching, they can all testify for me."

Actually, without asking, the secretary knew why Zhao Lamei did this: "Shanliang's wife, you tell me."

Mother Liu pointed at Ge Xiulan: "Ask her what she did?"

Chuxue walked to Mother Liu's side: "Secretary Grandpa, you must have heard the rumors in the village, right?"

As soon as these words came out, a flash of unnaturalness crossed the secretary's face. As the secretary, he indeed had responsibility for this matter. He should have stopped it when the rumors first started, but he didn't pay much attention at the time, not expecting it to spread so out of control.

Before he could explain, he heard Chuxue continue: "Maybe for you, my reputation is none of your business, but for me and our parents, this is an irreconcilable hatred."

Then she looked at Ge Xiulan: "Aunt, I heard those rumors came from your mouth. What do you mean by I didn't return home for a night? Explain it to me? If you can't give me a reason, don't blame me for sending you to the bureau."

She said this loudly, with a cold expression, and it was clear she wasn't joking, which made Ge Xiulan panic. But things were already like this, and she had no choice but to ruin the reputation of this dead girl: "I didn't lie, it's a fact that you didn't go home that night."