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"Hao'er..." Chen Donghua wanted to stop Qiao Tinghao from continuing, but how could Qiao Tinghao, a man from the military, tolerate others bullying his mother?

Qiao Tinghao continued to stare coldly at the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was named Chen Dashi, and he was Chen Donghua's older brother. The middle-aged woman was her sister-in-law, Miao.

"Chen Donghua, these are the good children you've raised. Not only do they talk back to their elders, they even dare to hit them," Chen Dashi said again in a harsh voice, his tone full of anger and dissatisfaction.

Qiao Tinghao stepped forward again, staring at the man with a cold and resolute gaze, and said, word by word, "Apologize to...my...mother." His voice was icy and piercing, as if it could penetrate one's soul.

Chen Dashi was startled by the coldness in Qiao Tinghao's eyes, and his heart skipped a beat. But he still refused to admit his mistake and continued to stubbornly say, "I'm your uncle, how dare you talk to me like that?"

Qiao Tinghao's eyes grew even colder, and he said again in a cold voice, "I don't care who you are if you disrespect my mother!" His words carried an undeniable authority that made him impossible to ignore.

Chen Donghua initially wanted to stop Qiao Tinghao, but Ruan Mumu pulled her back. Ruan Mumu gently shook her head, indicating that Qiao Tinghao should handle the matter. Chen Donghua sighed helplessly and could only stand silently to the side, watching everything unfold before her.

"Cough cough cough..." Suddenly, a violent coughing sound came from afar, breaking the tranquility. Everyone turned to look and saw the elderly man trembling, spitting out a mouthful of bright red blood, before collapsing weakly to the ground.

"Old man..." the woman next to the old man screamed in terror, her voice filled with fear and helplessness.

Hearing the noise, Chen Donghua rushed towards the two elderly people, her eyes filled with anxiety and worry. "Dad, what's wrong?"

Ruan Mumu quickly followed, her heart pounding in her throat. She called out nervously, "Grandpa..."

Upon seeing this, some of the onlookers immediately brought over two stools and handed them to Chen Donghua, saying with concern, "Xiaojun's mother, please let your parents sit down first."

Chen Donghua nodded gratefully. She and Ruan Mumu carefully helped the old man up and slowly helped him sit on the stool.

"Xiaojun's mother, let me take a look at the situation first..." Doctor Liu hurriedly came over, his expression serious and his tone steady. He grasped the old woman's wrist and began to carefully take her pulse.

Chen Donghua held the old man's other hand tightly, tears streaming down her face. She asked anxiously, "Dr. Liu, please take a look at my father and see what's wrong!"

Ruan Mumu stood aside and comforted her, "Mother, don't worry. Doctor Liu is a highly skilled doctor. With him here, Grandpa will definitely be fine."

Miao, who had just been throwing a tantrum on the ground, quickly stood up, walked to Chen Dashi's side, and said coolly, "That old bastard, he should just die and be done with it."

Chen Dashi smiled obsequiously and said, "Whatever you say is right, my wife."

Those nearby overheard the couple's conversation and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

"What an unfilial son! He actually curses his own father."

"A woman as wicked as that, whoever marries her is doomed."

"If my wife cursed my parents like that, I would beat her to death."

"Is this even a man? His own wife says such outrageous things, and he even laughs and says it's right."

……

Qiao Tinghao was furious to see the couple still laughing, so he stepped forward and slapped them both twice.

"You little brat..." Chen Dashi had been beaten several times by a teenager today, and he couldn't help but curse viciously.

Qiao Tinghao raised his hand again, as if to strike again.

Looking at this child who would slap someone at the slightest provocation, Chen Dashi didn't dare to underestimate him at all, so he could only shut his mouth in embarrassment.

Seeing that she couldn't help, Chen Donglan quietly moved closer to her parents and asked in a low voice, "Father, Mother, why are you here?"

“Lan’er, we didn’t want to come at first, but your sister-in-law said that it’s your sister Hua’er’s family’s wedding today, so she asked us to come along. I thought you haven’t been back for more than half a year, so we came to see you and the children…” Chen Donglan’s mother, Ding, explained the reason for coming to Jinwan Village today. Chen Donglan’s father, Chen Ping, nodded in agreement.

"From now on, it's best not to get involved in Da Shi's family's affairs. You've seen it yourselves; how good can someone who even curses his own parents be?" Chen Donglan admonished the two elders.

"Understood," the two elderly people nodded in agreement.

"Aunt Donglan, what happened to my grandfather?" Ruan Xiaojun and Ruan Xiaohai had just heard about what happened outside and rushed over. When Ruan Xiaojun saw Chen Donglan, he quickly asked about the situation.

"Your grandfather just vomited blood, and Dr. Liu is examining him right now!" Chen Donglan replied succinctly.

"Third brother, what's going on here?" Ruan Xiaojun came to Qiao Tinghao's side, looked at his uncle and aunt, and asked in confusion, because there were clear handprints on their faces.

"Xiaojun! Is this your brother? Look at him! He even dares to hit his uncle and aunt..." Chen Dashi accused the villain first.

“Uncle, my third brother is very sensible. If he hit you, it must be because you said something you shouldn’t have, or did something that really angered him,” Ruan Xiaohai said firmly. Then, he changed the subject and asked, “What’s wrong with Grandpa? Why didn’t you go and check on him?”

Chen Dashi thought that his nephew would teach the brat a lesson when he arrived, but to his surprise, the nephew didn't even ask and immediately assumed that Chen Dashi was the one in the wrong.

"Big brother, second brother, this guy called Grandpa and Grandma 'old hags'!" Qiao Tinghao slapped Chen Dashi across the face, making him feel utterly ashamed.

"Uncle, Aunt, you're both so old, don't you watch your words? If your cousins ​​curse you like that in the future..." Ruan Xiaojun hadn't finished speaking.

Miao shouted, "You little brat, you actually cursed us! I'll beat you to death!" As she spoke, she took off her shoes and tried to step forward to hit Ruan Xiaojun.

Qiao Tinghao stood in front of Miao Shi and said fiercely, "If you dare to cause trouble in my house again, I'll beat you so badly that your parents won't recognize you."

"Are you going to beat me so badly that nobody will recognize my parents?" Three figures squeezed through the crowd, the eldest of whom shouted angrily.

The visitors were Chen Dashi's three sons: the eldest, Chen Hai, was twenty years old; the second, Chen Jiang, was eighteen years old; and the youngest, Chen He, was fourteen years old.

The one who just spoke was the eldest brother, Chen Hai.

In the morning, their parents took their grandparents to see a doctor in town. However, they heard from their second uncle's younger brother that they had come to Jinwan Village to find their aunt, so they came looking for her. Their grandparents had been sick for more than two years, and they came to ask their aunt to take care of them. Otherwise, with these two medicine-laden people at home, their lives would be difficult.

Because his family was poor, Chen Hai didn't get married until he was almost twenty, and he was still a little lame. His second and third sons were of marriageable age, but no one wanted to marry into their family.

“Cousin, it was Uncle and Aunt who said things they shouldn’t have,” Ruan Xiaohai said.

"If you want to keep those two old geezers, then keep them in your family. With such a big house you've built, you certainly won't lack their food." Miao Shi started speaking without restraint again.

“Mother, our family has raised my grandparents for so many years, we should at least ask my aunt to give us some money,” Chen Jiang chimed in. “It should be at least ten taels of silver.”

Chen Jiang thought to himself that if he could get ten taels of silver, he should be able to get a wife.

“Not enough, at least twenty taels,” Chen Hai interjected. After all, he felt he was of marriageable age, and his aunt’s family shouldn’t be short of money.

"If I gave you a hundred taels, would you dare take it? Would you even be able to take it?" Ruan Mumu heard the conversation from afar and was immediately enraged, rushing over in a hurry.

“If you dare to give, we dare to take,” the three brothers, Chen Hai, Chen He, and Chen Jiang, said in unison.

The surrounding villagers were astonished to witness such shameless behavior from this family, and they began to whisper among themselves.

"Ugly as you are, dreaming too much," Ruan Mumu mocked.

The three brothers, who had been mocked by Ruan Mumu, became enraged and stepped forward to hit her.

Nourished by the spiritual spring water, Ruan Mumu's body was no longer as frail as before. When she saw the three brothers rushing forward to hit her, she took the initiative, grabbing Chen Jiang's wrist and twisting it forcefully.

"Ah... my hand..." Chen Jiang howled.

As soon as the three Chen brothers made a move, Qiao Tinghao quickly raised his leg and kicked Chen Hai in the stomach, causing another series of ghostly howls.

Chen He, being younger, hadn't made a move yet, but seeing his older brothers screaming in pain, he ran straight to Chen Dashi and his wife's back.

The villagers felt a surge of satisfaction when they saw the two Chen brothers being beaten, and shouted, "Good for them! They deserve to be taught a lesson!"

Seeing Chen He's cowardly behavior, he sneered, "Go for it! Why are you hiding behind your parents? If you're a man, step forward and fight!"

"Chen Donghua, get over here! Your child has hurt my child!" Chen Dashi shouted, seeing the villagers making a fuss and hearing the wailing of his two precious sons. His wife had already pinched his arm ten times over.

The villagers' laughter grew even louder.

Hearing her elder brother's roar, Chen Donghua asked a villager to help her support Old Man Chen as she hurried over. "Brother, why did you call me?"

"Look what your children have done! They've broken Jiang'er's hand. Hurry up and pay up, I need to take them to see a doctor." Chen Dashi was used to speaking harshly to his sister, and even now that all five members of his family had fallen to this state, his arrogance remained undiminished.

"It was definitely your son who started it. You think you can just make me pay up?" Chen Donghua's face darkened immediately upon hearing this. She stared intently at Chen Dashi and his family, as if trying to bore holes into their faces.

"If your family doesn't pay compensation today, I'll take it to your village chief..." Chen Dashi shouted angrily, but before he could finish speaking, a dignified voice rang out.

"What are you going to sue? You've come all this way to cause trouble, and now you want to accuse someone first after failing to beat them up?" The village chief stepped out from the crowd. They had been sitting in the main hall and hadn't come out because they thought it was a family matter and wouldn't get involved. Who would have thought it would escalate to the point of a fight? So they came out to mediate, only to see Chen's third son rushing forward to hit Ruan Mumu from afar.

“Who are you? This is a family matter for the Chen family,” Miao retorted defiantly.

"This is our village chief," a kind villager pointed out.

Upon hearing that this was the village chief, Miao slapped her thigh and sat down on the ground, starting her tantrum again: "Village chief! You must stand up for us! This little bitch broke her cousin's hand!"

“Your elderly relative is sick over there, and you haven’t even gone to visit them once. Instead, you’re causing trouble here. Aren’t you just trying to extort money?” a villager shouted.

"Village chief, kick these people out immediately. Don't let them cause trouble in our village," another villager shouted.

The village chief looked at Miao and her children, his eyes filled with warning. "Don't even think about causing trouble in our village."

Miao felt a little uneasy under the village chief's gaze, but she still tried to remain calm and said, "How are we making a fuss? It was clearly Ruan Mumu who hit someone first!"

The village chief frowned and said in a serious tone, "I saw what happened just now. Your kids tried to hit Mumu, and he was just fighting back."

Upon hearing the village chief's words, Miao's face turned extremely ugly, and her previous arrogant demeanor vanished instantly.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly stood up, stopped her antics, and pointed at Chen Donghua, saying fiercely, "You can refuse to pay compensation, but you'll have to support those two old hags from now on."

Chen Donghua's heart tightened upon hearing these words.

But she didn't respond immediately. She just silently looked at the two old people's thin bodies in the distance, her eyes full of heartache.

She knew all too well how much the two elderly people had sacrificed for the family, only to be treated this way.

Chen Donghua looked at her children, opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something.

Just then, Ruan Mumu spoke first: "Mother, we can raise her."

Her voice was firm and powerful, as if giving Chen Donghua a strong sense of strength.

Ruan Xiaojun quickly added his support: "Yes, Mom, it's good that Grandpa and Grandma can come and stay with us, so you won't have to worry about them anymore."

Chen Donghua looked at her sensible children and was moved to tears.

She knew that no matter how great the difficulties, as long as the family was united, they would be able to overcome them.

In the end, Chen Donghua decided to respect her parents' wishes. If they were willing to stay with the Ruan family, she would do her best to take good care of them.

So she said to Miao, "I'll ask my parents' opinion first. It would be best if they were willing to stay."

After saying that, she turned and walked towards the two elderly people.