Chapter 75: Zhang Li’s Family is Beating the Daughter-in-Law Again

Zhou Shufen awkwardly nodded again, “I don’t have any problem here; it’s just that you… you need to discuss it with Aunt Liu and the others. They have to agree.”

Wang hurriedly nodded, “You’re right. I’ll talk to them tonight.”

…

Zhang Li went halfway to pick up his mother and sister. After picking them up, he sent his sister back first and then quietly said to his mother, “Mom, this is going to work out. That girl has a fair and ample figure; she looks like she can bear children, she should be able to give birth to a son.”

“Really? Oh, that’s great!” Aunt Liu was overjoyed, clasping her hands together and looking up at the sky, praying continuously, “Now I can face your father.”

Zhang Li was also very happy and added, “But she said we need to show our sincerity.”

“What sincerity?”

“We definitely have to get a divorce first.”

“That’s a given. Your wife can’t have children, and we’ve already spent six years with her. We owe her that. We can use this reason to get a divorce; it’s reasonable anywhere.”

“That’s true, but that troublesome woman isn’t willing.”

“Of course, she wouldn’t want to. She can’t have children, and if she gets divorced, no one will want her. It would be strange if she agreed.”

“She even said I should adopt a daughter to raise, specifically her cousin’s daughter.”

“Pah! Why should our family raise someone else’s daughter? Once she’s grown, she’ll just get married off. It’s not even our own child; who knows if her family will even take her back? Wouldn’t we be working hard for nothing and end up with nothing?”

“Exactly! I think the same way and scolded her for it.”

“Good job scolding her; it’s too lenient. I think she’s asking for a beating, coming up with such a rotten idea.”

“Mom is right. So what do we do now? She doesn’t want a divorce.”

Aunt Liu gritted her teeth and said, “Don’t worry about this. I’ll handle it. I’ll make her agree to the divorce.”

Aunt Liu rushed back, and at that moment, Wang was cooking. She went up, grabbed Wang by the hair, and dragged her out of the house, continuing to drag her toward the village.

Wang’s screams echoed throughout the village.

Everyone was already used to it and simply remarked, “Aunt Liu’s family is beating the daughter-in-law again.”

Those who loved to watch the commotion had already gone to see.

The cries also reached Zhang Yuanxiu’s house, and Lin Bingwei frowned slightly.

Li Yurong complained, “Isn’t hitting people illegal?”

Gu Siyun was still a bit confused, “It sounds like an adult is crying, not like someone is disciplining a child.”

Li Yurong said, “Of course it’s not about hitting a child. What family would hit their own kids so hard?”

“Huh? Then what’s going on?”

Li Yurong replied, “It’s Aunt Liu’s family beating the daughter-in-law.”

“Huh? Beating the wife?”

“It doesn’t necessarily mean Zhang Li is the one doing it; it could be his mother.”

“So, it’s the mother-in-law beating the daughter-in-law?”

Li Yurong nodded.

Gu Siyun had never encountered such a situation in her life, and she was both shocked and curious, “Why would she beat her daughter-in-law?”

“Her daughter-in-law can’t have children. She’s been married for six years, seen many doctors, and taken a lot of medicine, but nothing has worked.”

“That… even if she can’t have children, she shouldn’t be beaten. Hitting people is illegal.”

Hearing those cries, she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing, so she directly went toward the village.

Li Yurong and Lin Bingwei were worried that she would get into trouble for meddling, so they followed her.

In fact, Lin Bingwei had once intervened when she first heard about the daughter-in-law being beaten and crying out in despair. She had advised Wang to either resist or get a divorce.

However, Wang had refused, saying she couldn’t have children and owed them.

They were in a bad mood, so it was only natural for them to take it out on her.

As for divorce? That was even more impossible.

She said that if she divorced, she would never marry again in this lifetime and would end up lonely.

After hearing this, Lin Bingwei didn’t say anything more. If that’s how they felt, what could she say?

She put aside her desire to help and respected their fate.

This time it was Gu Siyun who wanted to go, so she could only follow.

When they arrived at the village’s largest drying area, Aunt Liu was rolling up her sleeves and slapping Wang repeatedly. As if that wasn’t enough, she was also pulling her hair, leaving clumps of Wang’s hair scattered on the ground. She kicked Wang, causing her to roll on the ground while continuously begging for mercy and screaming.

Even so, Wang didn’t escape, nor did she fight back.

Zhang Li and Xiaoqin stood coldly in the crowd, watching their mother beat their wife and sister-in-law.

The people around them were used to this scene.

There were also kind-hearted people trying to advise her.

“Aunt Liu, let it go. I think she knows she was wrong.”

“Yeah, if you beat her too much, you’ll still have to take care of her.”

“Pah! What do you mean let it go? This shameless woman even dared to suggest my son adopt her cousin’s daughter, wanting my family to raise someone else’s girl. What is she thinking? It’s bad enough she can’t have children; she wants to cut off my family line. This is so malicious; I’ll beat her to death, and she deserves it.”

“Hey, if you really beat her to death, you’ll go to jail.”

Aunt Liu said, “That would be worth it. At my age, I still haven’t held a grandchild. I’d feel guilty towards my husband if I died without facing him. It’s better to just beat this hen that can’t lay eggs to death. If she dies, it saves my son from marrying a woman who can’t bear children.”

After saying that, she grabbed a stick from under someone’s eaves and continued to beat Wang with it.

“I’ll beat you to death, you star of misfortune! You want to raise someone else’s daughter and refuse to get divorced, wanting my family to be childless? Let me tell you, not a chance! I’ll beat you to death today; I’ll pay with my life for you.”

Seeing her using a stick, everyone realized she was really trying to kill her, and they all began to advise her, but no one dared to step forward.

They were afraid of being implicated.

“Stop it!”

At that moment, Gu Siyun rushed up, pushing Aunt Liu aside and sternly saying, “Hitting someone is against the law.”

Aunt Liu was taken aback.

Isn’t this Lin Bingwei’s… could it be her mother?

“I’m hitting my own daughter-in-law; what does it have to do with you? Step aside.”

Gu Siyun stood her ground, blocking her.

Aunt Liu shouted, “Zhang Li, come over here and beat this shameless girl to death; it’ll be on my account.”

Zhang Li rolled up his sleeves and was about to go.

Gu Siyun protected Wang, saying, “If you dare to move an inch, I’ll call the police.”

Zhang Li didn’t care about that at all. He coldly said, “Do whatever you want. I don’t believe the police will intervene in a mother-in-law teaching her daughter-in-law a lesson; a man disciplining a woman is fine.”

After saying that, he roughly pulled Gu Siyun aside and pushed her to the ground.

Gu Siyun, wearing small high heels, twisted her ankle when she fell and couldn’t even stand up.

Aunt Liu smugly said, “See? This is the consequence of meddling.”

Lin Bingwei and Li Yurong saw that things were not good and rushed up.

Li Yurong went to help Gu Siyun, while Lin Bingwei directly used a grappling move to pin Zhang Li to the ground, making him cry out in pain.

“Let go, let go! What are you doing?”

Lin Bingwei sneered, “Feeling pain now? Zhang Li, I’ve been fed up with you for a long time.”