The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 521 - 519 Get Out

Chapter 521: Chapter 519 Get Out

Wang Yongzhu said coldly, "We really don’t want to make a fuss, but people are bullying us right inside our own home. How can we tolerate that? I just want to ask one question, where did you hear that my mother treated my elder sister as if she weren’t human, wearing her down every day before she became a door attendant, and even more so with a black heart after she became one?"

Old Lady Sun’s eyes swiveled, and she didn’t want to say.

With a forceful grip from Wang Yongzhu, Old Lady Sun couldn’t bear the pain and shrieked, confessing everything, "Isn’t it obvious? Which stepmother in the world is kind? Your elder sister married into our family with a dowry of only six pieces. Isn’t it because the stepmother is harsh? Besides, with your elder sister’s plain face that can’t take center stage, if it weren’t for the stepmother spoiling her, what else could it be? Plus, I always say at home that your mother is a stepmother, harsh to your elder sister, and your elder sister doesn’t utter a word in defense. If the stepmother really treated her well, wouldn’t she have argued back?"

Upon hearing this, not only did Wang Yongzhu’s expression change, but Old Granny Zhang also turned pale with anger.

Even Lady Lin and Lady Jiang were displeased; some old ladies who knew a bit about the Wang Family’s internals shook their heads and backed off, no longer trying to mediate.

Having gotten her answer, Wang Yongzhu let out a cold laugh, looking at Old Lady Sun, "You think you can clear yourself by shifting the blame onto my elder sister? You’ve got the wrong idea! When your Sun Family wanted to marry into our Wang Family, didn’t you do your homework? Didn’t you insist on marrying her because you found out that my elder sister was raised by my grandma personally, had a gentle nature, and came with a generous dowry?"

"Did my mother embezzle my elder sister’s dowry, or fail to send her gifts during the holidays to help her maintain face? Even when she was bullied by your Sun Family, didn’t she still rely on the brothers my mother gave birth to for support? My mother hasn’t done a single thing to wrong my elder sister in her life!"

"On the contrary, it’s your Sun Family, full of malice. My elder sister had been married for less than three months, and you, Old Lady Sun, swindled her dowry, coaxing her to spend her money to support her younger brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, sinking it all into your Sun Family’s bottomless pit. Your Sun Family has no shame, using the dowry of the elder daughter-in-law to find wives for your sons and marry off your daughters. After spending it all, you coaxed my elder sister to come back crying poor for money. You’ve done all sorts of reprehensible deeds! And you still have the face to say my mother heartlessly wears her down? Isn’t it you, this wicked granny, who are truly heartless?"

"If my mother had really been cruel to my elder sister, she would not have given a penny of dowry, nor would she have let my brothers support my elder sister, leaving her to fend for herself!"

Wang Yongzhu finished speaking and pushed Granny Sun away with a shove.

Turning around, she stormed into the main house, "Wang Yongzhen, have you no conscience? Do you just stand by and let your mother-in-law slander mine like this every day? Get out here now!"

Wang Yongzhen tumbled out of the house, looking at the scene before her: her mother-in-law nearly fainting, and her sister’s furious face. She collapsed onto the ground, wishing she could just pass out.

Trembling, she began to speak, "Little sister... little sister, I... I..."

Wang Yongzhu’s expression grew even colder, "Wang Yongzhen, you truly have no conscience! Now, in front of everyone, tell me, has our mother since coming to the Wang Family ever scolded you? Abused you? Denied you food?"

Wang Yongzhen shook her head, her body trembling, her face a mess of snot and tears, utterly abject.

"Has my mother ever meddled in your marriage?"

Again, she shook her head.

"Has my mother ever withheld your dowry?"

She shook her head.

"After you were married, did my mother not send gifts during festivals and holidays? Or did my father ever give you anything on the sly that she tried to stop even once?" When she asked this question, Wang Yongzhu’s gaze was cold as she looked at Wang Laozhu.

Wang Laozhu had never before seen such a fearsome sight as his little daughter now looking like Yama Raja herself. He thought back to her incredible strength and fiery temper, and his back was suddenly soaked with sweat.

He shook his head repeatedly, "Your mother never interfered with me giving things to your older sister!"

At the same time, he scolded his oldest daughter Wang Yongzhen, "You foolish girl! In what way has your mother not been good to you? A birth mother could do no more! Not to mention she gave birth to four younger brothers for you. Without those four brothers backing you, do you think you could survive in the Sun Family? Your mother-in-law has slandered her so much; if you had any regard for me, your father, your mother, or your siblings, you should stand up and clear her name!"

"Instead, you’ve been held in the grasp of that wicked Old Lady Sun, not daring to speak up? You truly are the perfect wife for the Sun Family! I might as well not have had a daughter at all!"

Wang Laozhu was getting frantic too, for his little daughter seemed to be truly enraged. Without a satisfactory explanation today, she might not let things go so easily.

Even worse was that his oldest daughter remained oblivious. Instead of acting submissive and trying to smooth things over with kind words at a time like this, she leaned toward her in-laws, which was like adding fuel to the fire, wasn’t it?

With no other choice, he as her father had to start scolding her first, to let his little daughter and Lady Jiang vent some of their frustration. If the scolding could wake the older daughter up, perhaps it would even be for the best.

Wang Yongzhen, scolded fiercely by Wang Laozhu, looked distracted, muttering through her tears, "Father, little sister, that’s not what I meant..."

Wang Yongzhu was in no way moved by Wang Yongzhen’s tears, and said coldly, "What have you to cry about, older sister? It is our mother who should be crying right now! The one who has been misunderstood and slandered is our mother. She is too strong-willed to show weakness before others and would not cry unjustly to gain sympathy, hence she is wronged by those who weep at the drop of a hat without offering any real explanation!"

"If you truly cared, you would drag those gossip-mongers from the Sun Family to us, one by one, to apologize to our mother! Otherwise, what good do a few tears do, thinking that will settle the matter?"

Meanwhile, Old Lady Sun, after being pushed and staggered by Wang Yongzhu, finally steadied herself. She was accustomed to being a shrewish person and had never been treated this way. She was about to pounce forward, cursing dirtily, "The world’s turned upside down, daring to push me! If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you’ll think you can nest in my head—"

Wang Yongzhu didn’t even turn her head. With a stretch of her hand, she deftly snatched the kitchen knife from the hands of the woman who was so engrossed in the spectacle that she had forgotten to chop vegetables. With a skillful chop, she split the chopping board in two.

Then she slowly drew the knife and step by step approached Granny Sun...

To the side, Shitou’s Wife, feeling ignored, let out a scream and rushed out of the courtyard, "Shitou, Shitou, someone come quick, there’s gonna be a murder—"

Being pregnant, the women who came to help didn’t dare stop her forcefully, and she managed to run out, her cries fading as she went.

Wang Laozhu gulped nervously, trying to find his words, "Daughter, you see, maybe you could put down the knife in your hand?"

How worried he felt inside! Had his little daughter truly lost her temper? In the past, she had only kicked or punched, but today, she had picked up a knife. There better not be a life lost over this!

Wang Yongzhu sneered and said to Granny Sun, "Dear in-law, why don’t we see if your hand is faster, or if my knife is?"