Chapter 316: The Scuffle of the Jia Family Widow

A tragic scene of mother and son harming each other.

It forcibly turned into a wheel battle.

After Bangeng finished beating Qin Huairu,

Jia Zhangshi made a move.

Being a former mother-in-law, she also ran into all sorts of things where Qin Huairu stabbed her in the back; just thinking that the work the Jia family earned with their lives might end up surnamed An.

The fire in her heart.

It goes without saying.

Jia Zhangshi's weight speaks for itself—a body over two hundred jin, arguably the fattest in the siheyuan; Qin Huairu is completely not her match.

Earlier, she was knocked to the ground by Bangeng's headbutt, then took more than ten punches from him, her body aching badly.

This result caused Qin Huairu to lose the initiative; in her fight against Jia Zhangshi, she was constantly on the defensive, taking more blows and landing fewer.

"You shameless daughter-in-law, I'll beat you to death—that's the Jia family's work. In the future, Bangeng will take over the Jia family's door and the work of marrying a wife; if he doesn't return it to the Jia family, I won't let this rest."

Jia Zhangshi, cursing with foul words in her mouth, rode on Qin Huairu's body, using her hands like a palm fan, fiercely slapping at Qin Huairu's cheeks.

She had no other thought.

She just wanted to slap Qin Huairu's face until it swelled, turning it into a pig's head.

In Jia Zhangshi's impression,

The reason Jia Dongxu suffered Yi Zhonghai's poisoning, and why after his death he still couldn't rest in peace, moreover being repeatedly cuckolded by Qin Huairu.

The root of it all is Qin Huairu's beautiful face, that of a vixen.

Without this face,

who would still value you as Qin Huairu?

Damn it, the Yagangchang's pretty widow.

An Jiahe also married Qin Huairu solely because of her beautiful face.

Originally I thought An Jiahe was weak and feeble, an easy target; if Qin Huairu remarried An Jiahe, it would be like the Jia family gaining a diligent ox and horse.

Little did they know.

Jia Zhangshi got everything wrong.

She also overestimated herself.

An Jiahe turned out to be someone who flips faces and denies people, not at all grateful for Jia Zhangshi's favor in marrying Qin Huairu to him; he outright annulled the super luxurious widow package of 'one plus four' that Jia Zhangshi had set up, obeyed Qin Huairu's every word, didn't keep Jia Zhangshi in his heart, and didn't regard Bangeng and Xiao Dang as his own children; during this time he ignored Bangeng and Xiao Dang, causing Jia Zhangshi to still have to earn money to support her grandchildren.

As someone who loves to eat and loathes work,

Jia Zhangshi has suffering she cannot speak of.

Her original scheme turned into being schemed against; she realized she seemed to have fallen into Qin Huairu's or An Jiahe's plot, and the point of agreeing to Qin Huairu's remarriage was to let herself return to the days of a parasite, clothed and fed.

As a result of a series of changes, she had to take work from the street, earn money to support Bangeng and Xiao Dang.

The depression in her heart, the suppressed anger, the resentment from being ignored—all burst out at once, and she launched a fierce fist attack at Qin Huairu.

It carries a hint of 'pointing at the mulberry while cursing the locust.'

By beating Qin Huairu and pressuring An Jiahe, she merely wanted to express the idea that 'without me, Jia Zhangshi, you, An Jiahe, could enjoy that deluxe super widow package of one plus four.'

Ungrateful and treacherous.

Bastard.

"Pa-pa-pa!"

Three big slaps landed on Qin Huairu's face.

The onlookers.

They were all dumbfounded.

Just how much Jia Zhangshi must hate Qin Huairu, she put out her sucking‑milk strength, and three slaps turned Qin Huairu's face into an unbalanced cosmetic monster.

She got hit.

She felt the pain.

Anyone who isn't stupid knows to fight back.

Although Qin Huairu couldn't move under Jia Zhangshi's pig‑like weight, her hands were completely freed, turning into five fiery claws that she thrust at Jia Zhangshi, teeth bared and claws waving.

Just one thought.

You, Jia Zhangshi, want to destroy my peerless looks—I must retaliate somehow.

This is tit for tat.

Nobody owes anybody.

You slap.

I grab.

Either way, it's the face that suffers.

Both sides evened out.

Their fighting styles differed—Jia Zhangshi swung her left and right hands to slap Qin Huairu with big palms, while Qin Huairu split her hands to attack two spots: her right hand became an eagle's claw, grabbing at Jia Zhangshi's face, her left hand turned into a hook, scratching at Jia Zhangshi's hair.

A classic case of striking after the opponent's move.

Grabbing the hair made Jia Zhangshi feel pain, temporarily losing her ability to move; scratching the face added several bloody gashes to her chubby cheeks.

The two instantly tangled together.

In the crowd,

who.

shouted out.

"Qin Huairu, show some mercy—that's your mother‑in‑law. Although Jia Zhangshi is wrong in a thousand ways, she is, after all, Jia Dongxu's mother. Since Jia Dongxu is gone, even if you divorce and remarry, you still have to look after Jia Zhangshi. That principle is crystal clear, and you're also wrong. Besides, if the Jia family hadn't taken you from Qin Village into the city, could you have become a Yagangchang worker? You're now cleaning toilets, and that's still a Yagangchang toilet—its nature differs from your rural outhouse."

A typical troublemaker who loves to watch the chaos and doesn't mind making a big deal out of it.

After finishing his remarks about Qin Huairu.

Then he started talking about Jia Zhangshi.

Long line with quotes. Let's translate.

Jia Zhangshi, you too—no matter what Qin Huairu says, she is still your former daughter‑in‑law, the woman you called mother for years; everyone can see that clearly. You keep insisting that Qin Huairu married into your Jia family and enjoyed your family's good fortune. But from the neighbors' point of view, it's actually your Jia family that has been blessed by Qin Huairu: since the day she married in, she has been running your household, doing all the chores, and now that Dong Xu is gone, she is the one keeping the family afloat—even supporting them in Hukou.

Jia Zhangshi, you too—no matter what Qin Huairu says, she is still your former daughter‑in‑law, the woman you called mother for years; everyone can see that clearly. You keep insisting that Qin Huairu married into your Jia family and enjoyed your family's good fortune. But from the neighbors' point of view, it's actually your Jia family that has been blessed by Qin Huairu: since the day she married in, she has been running your household, doing all the chores, and now that Dong Xu is gone, she is the one keeping the family afloat—even supporting them in Hukou.

We'll translate: "Jia Zhangshi, you too, no matter how Qin Huairu puts it, she is also your former daughter-in-law; you called her mother for several years, the neighbors see it clearly, you keep saying Qin Huairu married into your Jia family, enjoying your Jia family's blessings. But in our neighbors' eyes, Qin Huairu marrying into your Jia family is your Jia family enjoying Qin Huairu's blessings; since the wedding day, she has been taking care of your Jia family's household chores, Dong Xu is gone, and it's Qin Huairu who is supporting the family at Hukou."

Going back and forth, stirring things up.

He worried that the Jia family's mother‑in‑law and daughter‑in‑law wouldn't fight fiercely enough.

Lately Qin Huairu has been backed into a corner with nowhere to turn, yet you refuse to give her the money; that money isn't even yours—it's the support funds Yi Zhonghai gave to Huaihua, and Qin Huairu is the one raising Huaihua, so what right do you have to take it?

Jia Zhangshi felt like dying.

What's there to be afraid of?

But instead, what turns up?

It's clearly pouring oil on the fire, yet there are indeed people who answer the call.

Who?

An Jiahe.

When some people brought up that money, An Jiahe's heart suddenly stirred.

The matter involving Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu.

He had heard from the neighbors in the courtyard and, more or less, grasped a bit of the truth.

In An Jiahe's view.

A woman like Qin Huairu exemplifies a lack of wifely virtue and deserves to be drowned in a pig basket.

Fortunately this occurred before he married her; if after marriage Qin Huairu continued to be so wanton and unrestrained, An Jiahe would teach her what wifely virtue means.

That's a story for another time.

The urgent matter now is to get the money in hand.

Without money, you can't get anything done.

"Mom." An Jiahe, following the condition he had settled with Jia Zhangshi before Qin Huairu remarried, called Jia Zhangshi "Mom": "It's not that I, An Jiahe, am ungrateful; it's simply that the fact is a fact: this child Huaihua bears the surname Yi, not Jia; the support money that Yi Zhonghai provides for Huaihua must be turned over to Huairu; if you don't hand it over, once it gets out, the one who loses face will be your Jia Family."