The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Grandma Du was so shocked she didn't know what to say, so she simply turned her anger towards Du Mingxian, who was standing to the side, "You little bitch, we asked you to come back and persuade those two lunatics from your maternal family, and what did you do? You just stood there, without any sense of propriety. Didn't you see them smashing things?"

Du Mingxian didn't move, but a cool glance from her made Old Madam Du stiffen and feel a chill run down her spine. She seemed to have forgotten that she couldn't move because this girl had hit her.

They invited the village chief and clan head to demand justice, but they had no injuries, and even the doctor came to check on them and found nothing wrong.

There were no visible injuries, but the spot where I was hit was sore and painful even without pressing it.

"You...you're a monster." As soon as Old Lady Du uttered these words, Xu Tingting stepped forward and slapped Old Lady Du twice. "One minute you're a little bitch, the next you're a monster."

“My cousin is a little bitch, and you’re some old bitch? My cousin is a monster, and you’re some old monster? You dare to bully my cousin like this in front of us. Who knows how you’ve bullied people before? Let me tell you, now that we’ve finally found her, you dare to bully her again and see what happens.”

Old Mrs. Du was suppressed and dared not speak.

Xu Yulan spoke up, "How dare you, a junior, lay a hand on your elders?"

It wasn't that I felt sorry for the mother-in-law, but rather that I wanted to put the Du family in a weaker position and let everyone see how bullying the Xu family was.

Xu Tingting burst into laughter, "Attack an elder? What kind of elder is she? None of you Du family members treat my cousin like a human being. One minute you call her a little bitch, the next you call her an old monster. Why should I treat her like an elder?"

"You're such a joke, woman. If you care so much about your mother, why don't you come over and take a beating for her? All you do is talk the talk, what's the point of your empty concern?"

As she spoke, she moved closer, a malicious smile on her face. "Or do you want to try being beaten by a junior like me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand to hit her, but Xu Yulan stepped back and raised her arm to cover her face, saying in a panic, "No, no, I didn't mean to take the hit for her."

Xu Tingting laughed and turned to look at Old Lady Du. "See? Your eldest daughter-in-law is no good. She's not even willing to take a couple of slaps for you. Oh dear, she's made me angry. I'm going to add two more slaps."

He then slapped Old Lady Du twice more.

Seeing that it was about time, Xu Dazhuang finally spoke up, "Tingting, that's enough. It's not a year of famine or disorder. Everything is decided by force."

Xu Tingting knew when to stop. "Alright, Dad, actually I quite like the taste of human flesh during famine years..." she said, glancing at the Du family members.

She deliberately lowered her voice when she said the last sentence, making sure that only a few members of the Du family who were close to her in the courtyard could hear it.

When the Du family members heard Xu Tingting mention eating human flesh, they were all quite frightened.

Just then, someone called out from the doorway, "The village chief and the Du family patriarch have arrived."

Kaoshan Village is a village with many surnames, but it also has a major surname, such as Du.

Therefore, the village chief manages everyone and also intervenes in all matters. The Du family patriarch only manages matters concerning the Du family. Some matters are handled by the Du family patriarch, while others require the village chief and patriarch to work together.

There are other clan leaders in the village, and if there is a conflict between different surnames, the clan leader of that surname will mediate.

The village chief was younger, around forty, while the clan chief was much older, walking with a hunched back and gray hair. Du Mingcheng followed behind them.

As the two approached, many people began to recount the story.

Upon entering the Du family courtyard, the clan head spoke first, "Since they are in-laws, why have things turned out like this? How are You Tian and his wife supposed to live from now on?"

Xu Tingting spoke first, "How can we live like this? My aunt was almost beaten to death by them. How can we live like this? The girls of our Xu family will not tolerate this."

"Tingting, shut up." Xu Dazhuang pretended to scold, then bowed slightly to the two of them. "I am Xu Dazhuang, my daughter is just being ignorant."

With Xu Dazhuang scolding them first and then apologizing, the village chief and clan chief could only swallow their anger. Who could argue with a child?

Seeing that the two men did not respond, Xu Dazhuang sighed and said, "You two may know a little about my sister's background. We got separated from her when we were fleeing famine, and we have never given up searching for her all these years."

"We searched many places and many years before finally finding her. I was just a child back then, and my daughter is now all grown up. My mother has been bedridden since she was young, all because she misses her daughter."

"We were overjoyed when we found out about my sister, but when we arrived at the Du family home, we discovered... that my sister was living a miserable life."

“The Du family are inhuman. They beat my sister so badly she was unrecognizable.”

Chief Du stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "It's normal for couples to have some friction in their daily lives."

"What's normal? I'll go and carry Auntie out, you can all see." Xu Tingting turned and walked towards the woodshed, and Du Mingxian quickly followed after her.

In the woodshed, Du Mingxian was truly on the verge of death.

With Du Mingxian's example as a deterrent, the Du family did not dare to hit anyone again. However, Xu Yulan was unwilling to serve them. In the two days before the beating, she had brought them food and served them.

But the more I thought about it, the more something felt off.

Du Mingxian is already married, so it's impossible for her to come back so easily. Besides, Du Mingxian won't know. She can bring Zhou Shi into the house again in a couple of days.

Xu Yulan had a good plan: to torture Zhou Shi for a few days first, and after getting revenge, send her into the house. That way, even if Du Mingxian came back, she wouldn't find anything, and she could vent her anger.

Unfortunately, he was locked up for a day and a night, and that's how it ended.

Zhou was already injured, and after a day and a night without food or water, she didn't need to pretend to be sick; she looked like she was barely breathing.

"Mother!" Du Mingxian cried out anxiously.

Upon hearing her daughter's voice, Zhou hurriedly grabbed her hand and shook her head, saying, "It's alright, I'm fine."

Seeing Zhou's chapped lips, Du Mingxian guessed, "They've been abusing you?"

"No, they've just locked me up here."

Du Mingxian was so angry she wanted to kill the entire Du family. Xu Tingting then spoke up, "When my father and I arrived, my aunt was already unconscious. She was hungry, so I cooked her some porridge in the kitchen, and she felt a little better afterward."

As if reminding Du Mingxian, she said, "My father is angry and wants my aunt to divorce and return home, but my aunt is unwilling, saying that it will ruin her reputation and make it difficult for me to find a husband in the future, and my cousin will also have a hard time in her husband's family."

Du Mingxian was so angry she didn't know what to say. Xu Tingting looked at Zhou Shi seriously and said, "Aunt, even if I never get married, I don't want you to live like this. You don't need to worry about my cousin either. With her maternal family supporting her, she will have a good life in her husband's family."