Ms. Wen retorted, "Don't try to act tough with me because of my age. My daughter said to bring the household registration documents to pick up the person. What? You can't produce them, can you?"

"Everyone, tell me, my daughter has already told his family that the baby is registered under my Xu family's name. They can't produce any documents, but they still want the baby. Is that reasonable?"

"You think I don't know? You want the baby back just to see her for a couple of years. She's old enough to get married, and you want to collect a dowry."

Wen spoke bluntly, and the villagers who were watching the spectacle started to jeer.

"Really? I've seen the Shi family come here several times, just to get this granddaughter. They shouldn't be that kind of people."

"You can know a person's face but not their heart. Last time, this old woman even called her own granddaughter a worthless piece of trash."

"Wow, what mother-in-law doesn't scold people?"

Some spoke up for the Xu family, while others spoke up for the Shi family.

Ding felt angry when she thought about the one or two taels of silver she had lost.

"You must give me that girl today, or we won't leave."

Ding pulled Ding Guihua into the Xu family's courtyard. After looking around and finding no stools, she plopped down on the ground.

Xu Qing finally understood the saying that people do laugh when they are speechless.

"You're not leaving, huh? Then I won't be polite."

Shuiqing went into the kitchen, bought a bottle of ketchup from the mall, and squeezed it into her mouth.

Then he grabbed a knife and rushed out of the kitchen.

"Your Shi family has gone too far; I'll fight you to the death."

Ding Guihua felt a little scared as she watched Xu Qing rush towards them with a kitchen knife.

Ding calmly pressed down Ding Guihua, who was trying to get up: "What are you afraid of? Does she dare to cut me?"

Xu Qing rushed halfway, deliberately fell to the ground, and spat out a mouthful of tomato sauce.

With eyes wide with fury, Madam Wen rushed to Xu Qing's side, her hands trembling as she helped her up: "My daughter!"

Xu Qing squeezed Wen Shi's hand, signaling her not to worry.

Ms. Wen was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and angrily rebuked Ms. Ding: "You two, don't run away! If anything happens to my daughter today, I'll make you pay with your lives!"

"Doctor, please go get a doctor! My daughter is vomiting blood."

Ding was already stunned. How could he suddenly vomit blood?

Xu Qing weakly clutched her chest and said in a barely audible voice, "Just because I gave birth to a daughter as my second child, you beat me so badly that I bled profusely."

They want to divorce me? I accept it.

Now that I've returned to my parents' home, they still treat me like this! I'll haunt you even after I die!

The general public knew that Xu Qing had been dismissed and sent home, but they never expected there to be such a story behind it.

Families with daughters condemned Ding, saying, "She's gone too far! She's worse than a pig or a dog!"

"We can't marry our daughter off to Shijia Village in the future."

"Yes, yes, if you encounter a mother-in-law like that, wouldn't that be like sending your daughter into a fire pit?"

Two lines of tears streamed down Wen's face: "It's all my husband's fault for dying so young. If my husband were still alive, we wouldn't be bullied like this."

"Fellow villagers, help me catch these two! If anything happens to my daughter, they are the murderers!"

Since it involved lives, the villagers of Xujia Village united and surrounded Ding Shi and Ding Guihua.

Ding Guihua finally panicked and shouted, "It was all my mother-in-law's fault for making Xu Qing angry, it has nothing to do with me!"

Ding pinched Ding Guihua's arm: "Isn't this all because of your bad idea? If it weren't for you, why would I be causing trouble for them?"

After saying that, before all the villagers had gathered, Ding rushed out of the crowd, leaving Ding Guihua sitting alone in the same spot.

"Mother, wait for me!"

Ding Guihua also rushed out.

Xu Qing looked like he was about to die at any moment, but he forced himself to thank the villagers who helped him.

This prompted the villagers to curse the Shi family again.

After the crowd dispersed, Xu Qing licked all the ketchup off his lips.

Hmm, it tastes good, sweet and sour. I can fry some fries tonight, they'd be amazing with ketchup.

Wen asked curiously, "What is this? It scared me to death at first."

Xu Qing took out the tomato sauce, asked Wen Shi to open her mouth, and squeezed some in.

Ms. Wen nodded as she ate, saying, "What's this made of? It tastes pretty good."

Xu Qing was a little confused: "Tomatoes."

What is a tomato?

Xu Qing had a flash of inspiration; perhaps tomatoes hadn't been introduced to China yet at this time.

Couldn't they use tomatoes to make things and sell them in town?

There's no need to worry about others competing with her for business, and tomatoes are very cheap in the mall, only two cents a pound.

Xu Qing searched her mind: tomato beef brisket, scrambled eggs with tomatoes...

No, they can only set up a small stall in town; these vegetables aren't suitable.

"Honey, what's a tomato?"

After receiving no response for a while, Ms. Wen asked again.

Xu Qing bought a pound of tomatoes from the mall and gave one to Wen Shi: "This is a tomato, Mother, try one."

"This fruit is delicious."

Wen praised the food repeatedly.

"Mom, can we sell this in town from now on?"

"Sure, nobody around here has ever seen this before, it's sure to sell well. How about I try it tomorrow?"

Upon hearing that she could make money again, Wen became excited, and the anger she felt when the Shi family came knocking on her door dissipated.

"Let me think about it some more, Mom. This stuff can be used to cook. We can make it into a dish and take it to town without worrying about being discovered."

Madam Wen praised, "My daughter is so thoughtful. I'll listen to whatever you say."

"Mother! How is my little sister?"

Xu Gong rushed in like a whirlwind, his eyes red and swollen: "What did the doctor say?"

After setting the trap, they dug for wild vegetables for a while. When they reached the foot of the mountain, the villagers told them to go back quickly, saying that their little sister had been angered by the Shi family and had vomited blood, and looked like she was about to die.

Xu Jian, carrying Xu Beibei, didn't dare to run too fast. Xu Baobao was too small to run fast either, so he ran back first to check the situation.

"Brother, I'm fine."

Xu Gong said anxiously, "How can you be alright? They said you vomited blood."

"Go back to bed and lie down. I'm going to settle accounts with them right now."

Wen pulled back the impetuous second son and said irritably, "I think you're cursing your sister. I already said everything's fine."

"We lied to her, otherwise that old hag would have kept bothering us, it was so annoying."

Xu Gong then carefully examined Xu Qing and saw that her complexion was rosy and she did not seem to be in any danger, which put him at ease.

Xu Qing said with a smile, "They thought I was going to be so angry that they wouldn't dare to cause trouble for a while."

Xu Gong was furious. They wouldn't let him have a moment's peace every day. He decided to teach them a lesson tonight. Did they really think the Xu family had no one left?

He didn't show it on his face, only saying, "It's good that you're alright. My older brother and the others don't know yet, they must be worried. I'll go and tell them."

After saying that, Xu Gong ran out like the wind again.

Xu Qing went to the kitchen to cook. For lunch, she made scrambled eggs with tomatoes for her family.

Wen helped out.

After running home without stopping, Ms. Ding returned home.

He patted his chest, secretly relieved that he had run fast.

Seeing that Ding Guihua had also returned, he snorted coldly, turned around and went into the house, locking her out.

The Shi family has their own lawsuit.

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