Transmigrated as the Villain Boss's Mother

Xu Zhu grabbed a teacup from the table beside the bed and smashed it at Wang Chunhua. Those were the original owner's parents, not hers, Xu Zhu's mother. She didn't care whether they lived or died. Xu Zhu wasn't one to suffer in silence; whoever hit her son would get their head smashed.

Wang Chunhua couldn't dodge in time and was hit on the head, but Xu Zhu was too weak to do anything, so her head wasn't broken or bleeding, just swollen. Wang Chunhua was furious and shameless, so she ran to the yard. It was quite impressive that she could run so fast at her age. She sat on the ground, slapping her thighs with both hands, and wailed loudly.

"What a tragedy! How could I have given birth to such a heartless little hussy like you? I was only doing this for your own good. Your husband is dead in battle, and you're still waiting for him. I told you to remarry, and you even threw a bowl at me. I don't know what I did wrong to you, Da Ya, Da Ya."

Her howl was heard by everyone in the neighborhood. Farmers never lacked time in the evenings; after dinner, they would sit in their small courtyards, fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans, cracking melon seeds, chatting about the Li family in the east village, and laughing about the Zhang family in the west.

Wang Chunhua's shout successfully summoned the neighbors. The courtyard gate had been opened at some point, and a group of people stood outside whispering among themselves. A couple of particularly curious individuals stood inside the courtyard.

Upon seeing the visitors, Wang Chunhua shouted even more fervently, but all her efforts were in vain. "My life is miserable! I've never had a good day since I married that man. Now that I've given birth to a daughter, she doesn't treat me like her own mother!"

Xu Zhu rolled her eyes. "Ha, are you even human? It's utterly shameless. Anyone can act."

"Oh, Mother, please stop pressuring us. All I want is for my husband to come back. We've only been married for less than a month, and he was called up to the army. How do you know he won't come back?"

Xu Zhu pinched her thigh; ouch, it really hurt. She blinked, her eyes welling up with tears.

"Mom, I know my third brother needs to get married, but you can't sell us off, can you? I've been sick these past few days and haven't been able to get out of bed. I just recovered, and then you came to our house and told me to remarry. Does your head still hurt, Mom? How could you be so careless and bump into the corner of the table?"

As Xu Zhu spoke, he burst into tears. The neighbors could understand what was going on in Xu Zhu's incoherent words.

This Wang family member wanted to sell her daughter and grandson and use the money to find a wife for her son.

Moreover, he forced his daughter to bang her head against the wall without even looking at her.

He bumped his head himself and then blamed it on his daughter.

Aunt Zheng and Wang Chunhua had always been at odds. Speaking loudly in the crowd, she said, "Pah! That Wang Chunhua is a real scoundrel! I heard that when your daughter was at her parents' house, Wang Chunhua treated her like dirt every day. Everyone knows your daughter is the most obedient and honest. She wouldn't dare lay a hand on you. Don't talk nonsense, you're putting on quite a show! Tsk tsk!"

"Grandma, hit me, just don't separate me from Mom. As long as we're not separated, I won't cry even if you hit my face. Waaah, waaah!"

Li Baobao had somehow run out and started crying in front of Wang Chunhua. She even deliberately showed her swollen cheek.

Others will see.

Son, you promised you wouldn't cry, right?

Children are always easy to pity, and with the handprint on the baby's face, what wouldn't everyone know? Some aunties and older women couldn't bear to see this.

"Wang Chunhua, a married daughter is like water spilled from a bowl; what business is it of yours to interfere?"

"Yeah, stop playing the victim. Look what you've done to the kid!"

Some of the men looked at the delicate and frail Xu Zhu and felt sorry for her. "Aunt Wang, look at yourself and then look at Xu Zhu. How could she possibly hit you? You're a widow and her child, so please don't bully her anymore."

Wang Chunhua was furious when she heard this, and then she started cursing at those who sided with Xu Zhu.

Xu Zhu glanced at him and thought, "With this trashy fighting ability, he thinks he can fight me? Hmph!"

When the neighbors heard Wang Chunhua start cursing, several other women, not to be outdone, also began to curse, creating a chaotic scene.

"What are you all doing?" a deep, dignified voice rang out.

"Li Zheng Hao"

"Village head, you've arrived."

As Xu Jiacun walked by with a cane, the villagers consciously made way for him.

"How is this going?"

A quick-thinking young man immediately went up to him and told him what had just happened.

"Xu Qiang's family, this is nonsense, utter nonsense!" The village head was so angry that he slammed his cane on the ground. He had heard that Xu Zhu had hit his head against a wall because Wang Chunhua forced his maid to remarry, and now he was causing all this trouble.

“You have broken the law of Qi. Do you know that you can report this to the authorities?”

Wang Chunhua panicked immediately, "Village head, how could my own daughter have broken the law?"

"Article 112 of the Tenth Chapter of the Great Qi Law states that anyone who privately buys or sells the families of soldiers shall be imprisoned or exiled, depending on the severity of the circumstances," the village head said calmly.

"I didn't do it, village head, I'm innocent!" Wang Chunhua thought to herself that she couldn't admit it, otherwise things would be terrible.

"Grandpa Village Head, Grandma wants to sell me and Mom," Li Baobao said in her childish voice. After saying that, she hid behind her mother, not daring to look at Wang Chunhua's face.

The village head found someone to take Wang Chunhua home. It was getting late, and the crowd gradually dispersed.

Xu Zhu closed the courtyard gate, turned around and looked at Li Baobao, whose clothes were tattered and her little face was red from the cold.

"Come on, let Mommy help you change your clothes." Xu Zhu wrapped Li Baobao's little hand in her big hand. If she weren't too weak right now, she would definitely hug her precious little darling.

When Xu Zhu entered the house, she found it to be truly... indescribable. A bed, a dining table, a trunk—that was all their belongings. Xu Zhu actually admired the mother and daughter; their husbands were gone, and the wife's family was exploiting them, yet they had managed to survive for four years.

"Li Baobao, sit on the bed first, Mom will get you some clothes." Xu Zhu had already officially stepped into the role of a mother.

After changing Li Baobao's clothes, Xu Zhu prepared to cook, since the two of them hadn't eaten all afternoon.

Xu Zhu went to the main room (where the kitchen was located) and was on the verge of tears. "Damn it," he thought, "I really don't want to curse, but I can't help it." There was nothing there—just a small jar of salt, and the oil jar was empty. Even mice wouldn't bother with the rice jar. There were only two hard, dry steamed buns sitting obediently in the pot.

Xu Zhu turned and went into the sleeping room. He pulled the box open with all his might, then took down a brick from the right corner of the wall, knelt there, and bent over to reach for something.

Watching her mother's efficient movements, Li Baobao noticed that her mother seemed a little different. She was much nicer to him now than before; her mother used to be indifferent to him. Li Baobao suddenly thought of her mother now, "like a frog sticking its bottom up."

Xu Zhu fumbled around for a while before finally pulling out a crumpled, faded purse. He opened it and exclaimed, "Wow, not bad! The original owner wasn't too stupid; she even hid two taels of silver!"

"Baby, sit on the bed and be good, Mommy will make you some food."

Xu Zhu turned and left briskly, not noticing Li Baobao sitting upright with her little hands on her knees, looking very well-behaved. Her two big, watery eyes blinked like a puppy's, absolutely adorable.