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"You're talking nonsense!" Shen Man shouted angrily. "This is my home, you have no right to live here!"

Hearing the commotion, Madam Ma was afraid that her two precious grandsons would be bullied, and she happened to overhear Shen Man's words when she came over.

She said arrogantly, "This house belongs to my daughter, so it's ours too. What's wrong with us living here? You little wild girl, don't be stubborn!"

Shen Man was filled with rage. She decided she could no longer tolerate it and would settle this matter at the banquet today.

She straightened her back and said firmly, "I will not let you succeed!"

"Oh, you're pretty tough!" Mrs. Ma sneered. "I'll see what you can do!"

After saying that, she reached out to push Shen Man, but Shen Man grabbed her wrist and bit her hard.

"You brat, how dare you bite me!" Madam Ma's eyes widened. "I'll beat you to death today!"

"So what if I bite you?" Shen Man said fearlessly. "This house was built with money earned by my mother and me. I will never let you take it over!"

As she spoke, she sat down on the ground and burst into tears.

Her cries quickly reached Lanxiang's ears, and Lanxiang hurriedly put down her bowl and chopsticks to check on the situation.

"Man'er, what's wrong? Who bullied you?"

Lanxiang saw Shen Man sitting on the ground, crying miserably, and felt heartbroken. She pulled her up and hugged her.

"Mother, they...they want to take over our home..." Shen Man said, choking back tears.

"Man'er, don't be afraid. This house belongs to us, mother and daughter. No one can take it away. Be good, stop crying!" Lanxiang wiped away her tears with her sleeve and comforted her softly.

Seeing that Lanxiang only had eyes for Shen Man and didn't even glance at her, Madam Ma was so angry that she trembled all over, her chest heaving rapidly, and her eyes widened as if they were about to spit fire.

She stomped her foot hard, mimicking Shen Man, and sat down on the ground with a thud. She pounded the ground with her hands and wailed at the top of her lungs, "Heavens above, why am I so unlucky to have raised such an unfilial daughter who helps outsiders bully her own mother!"

Seeing that Lanxiang didn't react, she cried and pounded her chest with her fists, repeatedly muttering, "Lanxiang, how could you do this to me? I raised you with so much care, and you're so unfilial, only thinking about your own comfortable life and ignoring us old folks..."

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Lanxiang was a little angry when she saw Madam Ma acting like this. She tried to help her up, but Madam Ma slapped her hand hard.

"Stop pretending. If you want me to get up, then let us stay here!"

"No way!" Lanxiang refused without even thinking.

She knew that Ma was a strong and domineering person, and if she stayed here, neither she nor Shen Man would have a good life.

"Hmph, if that's how it is, then don't blame me for not giving you face!"

After Ma finished speaking, she started wailing again, this time even louder than before, finally attracting all the villagers who had come to eat the feast.

"What's going on?" the villagers asked one after another.

"I heard that Lanxiang's mother wants to take over this house and move in!" a villager sitting nearby explained.

"This is too much! The mother and daughter worked so hard to build this house, and she just comes here to take advantage of it."

"Exactly, they're not from our Xiaoyao Village, so why should they live in our village?"

"I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone this shameless!"

Ma originally intended to lure the villagers over and then use filial piety to suppress Lanxiang and force her to submit.

To her surprise, the villagers immediately began to criticize her, and not a single one spoke up for her.

Hearing the villagers' comments, Ma's face turned even uglier. She knew she was in the wrong, but she still refused to give up the house.

"This house originally belonged to my daughter, so why can't I live here? If any of you dare to kick me out, I'll make you pay! Lanxiang, you damned girl, are you mute? Say something!"

Ma started acting like a rogue and yelled at Lanxiang.

"If you're staying here for a day or two, that's fine, but if you want to stay indefinitely, that's definitely not an option!" Seeing her mother's attitude, Lanxiang was even less inclined to let her stay.

"Lanxiang is right!" someone in the crowd shouted.

Seeing this, Ma pointed at the man and cursed, "Who do you think you are? What business is it of yours!"

"How can you be so unreasonable?" someone immediately chimed in. "This house was built by Lanxiang and her daughter. What right do you have to take it over?"

“That’s right, if you keep causing trouble, we’ll report you to the authorities!” someone else said.

Seeing that everyone was siding with Lanxiang, Ma knew she wouldn't get the better of Lanxiang today, so she threw herself on the ground and started throwing a tantrum, crying and cursing Lanxiang for being unfilial.

Lanxiang trembled with anger and said to Madam Ma, "Do you still remember what you said when I was kicked out of the Zhao family three years ago and came back to my parents' home for help?"

"Back then, you said I was like water spilled from a cup, and told me never to go back. You even said that when you died, you wouldn't expect me to burn paper money for you... Now that you see I'm doing well, you want to take advantage of me. What kind of logic is that!"

Lanxiang became more and more excited as she spoke, and her voice grew louder and louder.

"You brat, you remember such a small thing so clearly. How come you don't remember any of the kindness your father and I showed you by raising you from a young age?"

Ma felt no remorse for what she had done and continued to yell at Lanxiang.

Ding Dagen and the others, whether out of fear of losing face in front of so many people or because they felt that Ma was justified, did not stand up to persuade her.

At this moment, the village head also rushed over upon hearing the news. After understanding what had happened, he pointed at Madam Ma and said, "Lanxiang's mother, we are all parents, but I have never seen anyone as heartless as you."

"What were you doing when Lanxiang was kicked out of the Zhao family and wanted to drown herself? What were you doing when she and Man'er had no food or water for the first two years? Now that she's built a new house, you want to come and take it over? That's outrageous!"

"This is my family matter, and it's none of your business to interfere!"

"The village head is right!" someone in the crowd shouted.

"Exactly! What kind of parents are these!"

"Lanxiang has had a tough time raising her child all these years. You, as her family, have gone too far!"

.......

The villagers started criticizing the Ma couple and Lanxiang's brother and sister-in-law, and their expressions grew increasingly grim.

"Alright, alright!" Ding Dagen finally couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward. "Stop talking, let's go!"

"You can leave if you want, I will never leave!" Madam Ma stood up and said forcefully.