Chapter 17 The Bullied Young Wife

As the female protagonist, Lu Xiangxiang, had been entangled with these shrewish peasant women for several rounds. It was like the “house fighting” part of a period farming novel. With the protagonist’s halo, Lu Xiangxiang naturally emerged victorious. Until later, when Huo Nanchuan truly prospered, he took his whole family and left the small village, finally escaping these petty people. Chi Wan recalled these scenes. When she looked at the three strangers around her, she understood their identities. Sitting aside, leaning on a cane, with a bewildered look, was the old woman who loved to watch the fights in the house and reap the benefits – Huo Granny. The one with the loudest voice, the most fierce appearance, and the most bloated figure was Huo Er’s wife, Sun Guixiang. The other one, who looked three parts like Sun Guixiang and also had a sharp and mean face, was Huo San’s wife, Liu Cuifang, who loved to curry favor.

Over there, Sun Guixiang was still clamoring for Chi Wan to kneel down and apologize to her as an elder. Chi Wan simply sneered, her sharp sarcasm piercing through the air. “Heh, you, where on earth do you have the appearance of an elder? What elder would barge into someone else’s house and cause a ruckus?! What elder would hit a child for no reason?!”

“I don’t think you’re an elder at all, you’re more like a crazy woman who’s gone mad under the big tree at the village head! You’re being unreasonable, making a fuss, and throwing a tantrum!”

“And – have you forgotten that we’ve already split the family? This house, this courtyard, belongs to Huo Nanchuan, it has nothing to do with you! And you’re not welcome to come in!”

Her voice was calm and steady, she didn’t even deliberately raise her voice to sound imposing. But it was precisely Chi Wan’s composure that made her words sound more convincing and impactful. In contrast, Sun Guixiang’s roar was like a villain’s jump!

Sun Guixiang pointed at Chi Wan with her sharp fingernails, “You… you… you…” She was so angry that she couldn’t speak.

Liu Cuifang, who had been relatively quiet, quickly reminded her at this moment, “Second Sister-in-law, the pork, the pork! And the chicken!”

Sun Guixiang, as if she had found an excuse, immediately raised her head like a fighting hen. “Who said… who said we’re here to cause a ruckus!” Sun Guixiang squinted and roared, “If it wasn’t for you youngsters being bad, sneaking around and stealing chickens from our chicken coop! Since Zhang Yue’e can’t teach you, let me, your Second Aunt, teach you a lesson!”

The point of contention in the argument shifted back to the few chicks. Chi Wan frowned, what kind of twisted logic was this?

And at this time, Huo Chuchun, who was huddled in Chi Wan’s arms, tightly protected, suddenly raised her head, her clear and thin voice came out. “Sister-in-law, no, no… it’s not like that…”

“These chicks are ours… they’re ours…”

“Second Aunt and the others rushed in and said they wanted pork… then they saw the chicks in the yard and said we stole them… they wanted to take the chicks away…”

Huo Chuchun’s voice was still trembling with fear, but she was inspired by Chi Wan’s courage, and the expression on her fair little face was stubborn. Her words were clear and coherent, she explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

Chi Wan now understood everything. She was right, they were being unreasonable! They were twisting black into white. Zhang Yue’e’s personality was not one to bully and fight, so she had been suppressed by these two sisters-in-law all along, not to mention the biased Huo Granny. They had stolen things from their house countless times, so Sun Guixiang and Li Cuifang were so brazen.

But today, they had met their match.

Chi Wan curled her lips, revealing a faint mocking arc. She asked coldly, “You say these chicks are from your chicken coop, do you have any proof?”

Sun Guixiang was used to getting her way, she answered without thinking, “What proof do we need?! The chicks are in my hands, they’re mine!”

Li Cuifang also chimed in, “Look at your poor family, you can’t even afford to eat, where would you get chickens from? You must have stolen them!”

It was truly a case of “adding charges to make things worse”.

Faced with the two women’s aggressive questioning, Chi Wan remained calm. She retorted, “You have no evidence, but I do! I can prove that these chicks are ours, not yours! And we didn’t steal them!”

Sun Guixiang scoffed, “What? Are you going to make a few noises and these chicks will listen to you?”

This was exactly what Chi Wan wanted to hear. She could indeed make these chicks listen to her!

Chi Wan didn’t say anything, but walked directly towards Sun Guixiang and Li Cuifang.

“Sister-in-law!” Huo Chuchun was worried, clutching Chi Wan’s clothes and refusing to let go, afraid that she would be hurt again.

Chi Wan patted her hand, indicating that it was okay, and gave Zhang Yue’e a reassuring look.

She walked forward and approached the chicken cage that had been snatched away. Chi Wan silently touched the jade bracelet on her wrist, then gently waved her hand.

Then, a magical scene happened. The chicks, which had been in the cage, suddenly started to stir, one by one, flapping their small wings and chirping towards Chi Wan, as if they really recognized their owner was Chi Wan.

Li Cuifang was startled, her hand shook, and the chicken cage fell to the ground. As soon as the cage landed, the chicks jumped out of it. They circled around Chi Wan’s feet, chirping incessantly.

Then Chi Wan waved her hand to the left, the chicks walked to the left; she waved her hand to the right, the chicks all walked to the right.

This scene… stunned everyone around. They couldn’t believe that a bunch of livestock could actually understand human words.

Chi Wan understood in her heart, these chicks were brought out from the Spirit Treasure Space, of course they would listen to her, the owner of the Spirit Treasure Space!

At this time, in the Huo family, not only the people in the courtyard, but also because of the sound of the argument, a group of villagers who had come to watch the show were gathered outside the courtyard wall. The whispers of discussion came from all sides.

“Those chicks really listen to her…”

“It seems like those chicks are really theirs…”

“What’s wrong with Sun Guixiang and Li Cuifang? Are they trying to steal chickens?”

“How many times have they done this? The Huo family has been taken advantage of by them so many times…”

The pointing and whispering voices were directed at Sun Guixiang and Li Cuifang, making everyone hear them clearly.

“See? My chickens can understand what I say!” Chi Wan said to Sun Guixiang and Li Cuifang, then she said to the chicks, “Go to the backyard.”

Just like that, a group of chicks huddled together, wagging their chicken butts left and right, walked towards the backyard in unison.

Sun Guixiang and Li Cuifang were completely caught off guard, they could only watch helplessly as the chicks escaped, too late to catch them!

The two women’s faces turned black in an instant. Sun Guixiang, who had been fierce all her life, had never been so humiliated. Her lips trembled, but she was still unwilling to give up.

“Forget about the chickens for now… what about the pork!” She seemed to have found another handle on Chi Wan, her voice immediately became loud, “You’re so proud of buying five pounds of pork at the production brigade! You… heh, you can afford to buy five pounds of pork at once! You must have cheated the old lady out of her money!”

Sun Guixiang spoke with conviction, her tone was firm, so she even brought the 80-year-old woman to the scene to intimidate her. It was clear that she wouldn’t give up until she got the pork!

Chi Wan had been arguing with this kind of person for so long, the anger in her heart was gradually unable to suppress. She said angrily, “Pork is exchanged with meat tickets, your family! And the old lady! She can’t have five meat tickets!”

“Since you’re so curious, then I’ll tell you word for word, listen carefully!”

“That five pounds of pork! It was exchanged with my work points at the production brigade. It’s ours, it has nothing to do with you!”

These words, Chi Wan not only wanted to say to Sun Guixiang and Li Cuifang, but also to the other villagers around. Their family was clean and honest, they didn’t steal, they didn’t rob, they didn’t take advantage of anyone!

Under this sharp sarcasm, the pointing and whispering towards Sun Guixiang intensified, making her face turn red and white, she gritted her teeth, but she was still unwilling to give up.

“Impossible! Impossible! I don’t believe you can save up so many meat tickets!”

“Where’s the pork! Where did you hide the pork?!”

“The old lady is raised by our family, the pork bought with her money is ours!”

At this time, Sun Guixiang didn’t want the pork, she wanted the flesh and blood of Huo Nanchuan’s family. She had lost face in front of Chi Wan, was pointed at and whispered about, but didn’t get anything in return. So she simply went all out. She was a shrew who cursed and made a fuss, and even resorted to violence. She wanted to grab it!

The bamboo stick in Sun Guixiang’s hand had never been put down, she thought that she was tall and strong, and she could take on two Chi Wans. A frail and delicate female intellectual, what could she do to resist? She could hit Chi Wan once, she could hit her twice. She would make sure that this woman wouldn’t dare to be disrespectful to her again!

Sun Guixiang thought so, and raised her thick arm again, wanting to vent her anger on Chi Wan.

But this time, the situation was different. Chi Wan had already protected Huo Chuchun behind her, with her current abilities, let alone dealing with one Sun Guixiang, even if Sun Guixiang and Liu Cuifang ganged up on her, they wouldn’t be her match.

She narrowed her long, narrow eyes. She had already planned all the ways to fight back in her mind. She would make sure that Sun Guixiang wouldn’t get anything in return, and she would lose her money and her soldiers.

The moment Sun Guixiang approached, Chi Wan instantly retaliated. Her body was slender, agile, and her movements were swift and sharp, and she knew the human body’s acupoints. For example, the soft ribs on the side of the waist, if touched, the lower body would become weak… For example, the soft cartilage below the elbow, if pressed hard, the whole arm would feel like an electric shock, painful and numb…

Chi Wan curled her lips slightly, confidently making her move. She pressed hard on those two acupoints on Sun Guixiang’s body!

It was almost in the blink of an eye. The people around couldn’t see what happened, they only vaguely saw that Chi Wan and Sun Guixiang had made contact for a moment.

However – Sun Guixiang stood there, motionless. The bamboo stick she was holding fell to the ground instantly, and she suddenly wailed, “Ah… my hand! Aaaaah… I… I can’t move!”

Sun Guixiang not only groaned miserably, her whole face was tightly wrinkled, showing a look of pain. Her body and limbs were as if they were out of control.

Chi Wan, on the other hand, was unscathed, and even prepared for a second attack in her heart. She wouldn’t let them get away with what they did to Zhang Yue’e and Huo Chuchun!

Just as she was thinking – Chi Wan suddenly saw a tall figure in the distance, rushing towards them. It was Huo Nanchuan.

Chi Wan had enhanced eyesight because of her Spirit Power, so she could see clearly from such a distance. She saw the tense and worried expression on Huo Nanchuan’s face, and his tightly furrowed brow.

In her mind, a flash of inspiration. Chi Wan had an idea.

She retracted her prepared second attack, and instead, she wailed miserably, “She’s hitting me! She’s hitting me!”

“Aaaaah… someone is hitting me!”

“Aaaaah…”

Chi Wan cried as she ran around the courtyard, as if she was trying to avoid Sun Guixiang’s pursuit. Her voice was soft and sweet, she deliberately added some trembling crying sounds, just listening to it made people’s hearts shrink. Coupled with her fair and delicate appearance, she was clearly a little wife who had been bullied.

Chi Wan cried as she “escaped”, and then she bumped into a familiar chest –