Chapter 112

The captain was so angry that he didn’t even want to speak and just left.

“Humph,” Feng Shuwen scoffed, “What a person! So old, yet still has such a bad temper.  She doesn’t even let people tell the truth.  So what if she’s rich?  Jealousy?”

Speaking of jealousy, she felt so irritated whenever she saw Xia Yunxuan.  A country bumpkin, how could she steal the richest educated youth from their group?

Xia Yunxuan was busy distributing farm tools, completely oblivious to the crazy woman’s muttering.

After finishing the distribution, she locked the door and went home, continuing her translation work.  That was money!

She needed to save more money for her future baby, so he could be born into a wealthy family and wouldn’t have to resort to illegal activities for money.

Xia Yunxuan was unaware that the fields were about to become chaotic again.  The reason was that Xia Yun’ge had stolen two eggs from Li’s wife.  When Li’s wife found out, she gave Xia Yun’ge a beating.

She beat and cursed Xia Yun’ge, calling her a lazy glutton who never worked but only knew how to eat.  Why hadn’t she eaten herself to death, the little vixen?

Xia Yun’ge couldn’t take it anymore and fought back.  She hadn’t eaten properly in a while, and she was tormented by Er Laizi at night.  She was no match for Li’s wife.

Some people tried to intervene but were scolded by Li’s wife. “This kind of daughter-in-law dares to steal from the family.  As her mother-in-law, I can’t even discipline her?  If that’s the case, then take her back and raise her.  I can’t raise her anymore.”

Yun Guilan watched from afar, unable to help.  She couldn’t believe how her daughter’s life had turned out.

Seeing Yun Guilan not coming to help, Li’s wife beat Xia Yun’ge even harder, spewing out more insults.  Xia Yun’ge now hated her parents and the Li family, but most of all, she hated Xia Yunxuan, the little vixen.

She was sure that Xia Yunxuan had exposed her and Er Laizi’s affair, and that she had done it on purpose, leaving her no way out.

“Good, very good.  If no one wants me to live, then no one will live,” Xia Yun’ge thought viciously.  She would give Li’s wife a package of rat poison and that disgusting Er Laizi, who tormented her every night, she would make him impotent.

Meanwhile, in the fields, Gu Beihuai worked alongside Xiao Yichen.  “Boss, do you think Li’s wife will make Xia Yun’ge fight back?”

Xiao Yichen replied, “Second brother, I think you’ve got too much free time.  What they do is none of your business.  You just like watching the drama, right?  Get back to work and stop minding other people’s business.”

“As long as they don’t do anything to harm Xuanxuan, let them fight.  The more vicious, the better.  We’ll just watch the show.”

Xiao Yichen thought about taking some of Xuanxuan’s melon seeds for the occasion.  He was ready to enjoy the show.

Gu Beihuai gave a thumbs-up.  “Boss, you’re awesome.  You’re really bad.  I just want to ask, does your wife know how bad you are?”

“If my wife dumps you, what will you do?  You’re always showing off your love in front of me.  Haven’t you heard the saying, ‘Showing off your love leads to a quick death’?  Gu Beihuai quickly got back to work, keeping his distance from Xiao Yichen, afraid of getting beaten up.

Xiao Yichen was itching to punch the idiot again.

Wang Hehua, the accountant’s wife, and Wen Chuyun, the secretary’s wife, were working and gossiping.  “Xia Yun’ge’s life is so miserable.  She gets beaten and scolded by Li’s wife every day.  I heard she’s not allowed to eat at the table and has to eat their leftovers.  And at night, she has to serve her husband.”

Wen Chuyun said, “Why are you feeling sorry for her?  Let me tell you, don’t be soft-hearted towards people like her.  They’re a perfect match, like two pigs getting married.”

Wang Hehua laughed.  “Is it really okay to say that?  You don’t want Li’s wife to hear you and come after you, right?”

Wen Chuyun replied, “She dares?  Don’t think she can bully me just because she’s old.  If I were afraid of her, I’d write my name backwards.”

“Hehua, your daughter, Xiaohua, is a good Girl.  Why don’t we become in-laws?  Let her marry my son.  Don’t worry, I’m not a bad mother-in-law like Li’s wife.  I’ll treat her like my own daughter.”

“Look, your daughter is the village’s record keeper, and my son works hard every day.  Where can you find such a good guy?”

Wang Hehua said, “I can’t make that decision.  I need to talk to my husband and Xiaohua.  If my daughter doesn’t want to, then it’s no use.”

Wen Chuyun said, “Okay, but you have to put in a good word for my Wen Ze.  If it works out, it’s a win-win situation.  We live close by and know each other well, so you don’t have to worry about your daughter being mistreated.”

Here, they were discussing their daughters’ marriages, while at the Xia family, Xia Dabao, with his broken arms and inability to speak, was now a cripple.

However, his temper had become very bad.  He would smash things around the house, making their already poor situation even worse.  He even smashed their bed with his left hand.

He’s wife, He’s wife, was also very ill, barely clinging to life.  Old man Xia only fed her some rice soup to keep her alive.

Gao Meihua didn’t care about her mother-in-law.  Now she knew she had to work, because without work, they wouldn’t have food.  Her son was useless, and her daughter was also useless.  Who else could she rely on?

She blamed it all on Xia Yunxuan, that little vixen.  Was she possessed by a water ghost?  Ever since she jumped into the river and didn’t die, she had changed, and her family was suffering because of her.

She was an ungrateful wretch.  They had raised her for so long, and if they had known, they wouldn’t have agreed to her father-in-law’s decision to raise her.

They had gained nothing and their family was suffering because of her.  It was her father-in-law’s fault.  They already had children, why did they have to adopt a wild child?

Speaking of Old man Xia, he was now very relaxed.  He had saved dozens of yuan for his old age, and as for food, he had several sons, and each of them would give him some, so he wouldn’t run out.

He didn’t even think about repaying the 20 yuan.  He was an old man, they couldn’t beat him up.  His sons would eventually repay it.

He had a good plan, but he didn’t know if his sons would do as he expected.

The Xia family’s problems didn’t end there.  Xia Guohua sometimes skipped work and went to town to gamble.  He had already lost a couple of hundred yuan and had borrowed money from the gambling house at a high interest rate.  If he didn’t pay it back, the consequences would be dire, but the Xia family didn’t know about it yet.