The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 544 - 542

Chapter 544: 542

Old Lady Sun, Sun Shitou, and Shitou’s Wife heard the commotion and all ran out.

As soon as Sun Shitou saw what was happening, he lifted his fists, ready to charge over.

Jindou and Jinhu grabbed him, their faces smiling but not their eyes, and looked at Sun Shitou, "What are you trying to do?"

Sun Shitou swung his fists, "Let go, or I’ll make you brothers regret it——"

Jindou and Jinhu had tolerated the Sun Family for a long time already. Seeing Sun Shitou, a grown man, intending to take sides in the children’s fight, was ridiculous.

On Wang Family’s turf, to be so insolent, did they really think the Wang Family was afraid of them?

Anyway, most of the guests had almost all left, and those remaining were in the back courtyard, which was separated by another courtyard, so they couldn’t hear what was going on.

The brothers exchanged a look, then pounced on him—one grabbing his head and the other his waist—and dragged Sun Shitou out.

Old Lady Sun saw things were going badly, "Oh my, what are you doing? We came with good intentions to help you warm the house, why are you beating someone up? Eldest Brother, Second Brother, stop drinking that yellow broth and come out here right now——"

Sun Daming and Sun Laoer enjoyed their liquor, and since this drink was undiluted, they were a bit tipsy and slow to respond, just opening their mouths to say, "Ah~Mother, what did you say?"

Meanwhile, Lady Lin was already brawling with Sun Laoer’s Wife.

Lady Lin was tall and robust, naturally strong, while Sun Laoer’s Wife was lean and no match for her. With a single slap, Lady Lin knocked Sun Laoer’s Wife unconscious, "What are you even worth? Nothing but Sun Family’s Second Child’s wife. What business do you have with our Wang Family? Coming here to freeload is bad enough, but after stuffing yourself full, you don’t shut your damn mouth, and you don’t take your brats and get lost, what are you staring at? Do you think you’re fit to gaze upon this courtyard? Can you even touch these doors and windows? Don’t pee and look in the mirror—you think you’re worthy?"

Shitou’s Wife, who was pregnant, saw her man being dragged away by the Wang Family Brothers, and despite being worried about him, she couldn’t concern herself with what was happening here anymore and, lifting her skirt, chased after him.

The three brothers Wang Yongfu heard the commotion on the women’s side, peeked out, then shrank their heads back in, blocking the doorway to prevent the Sun Family brothers from coming out.

Wang Laozhu had truly lost affection for his eldest daughter. Since all the guests had left and face had been lost, he might as well make a clean break and didn’t feel the need to keep up appearances with forced smiles.

Seeing the Sun Family being beaten by his daughters-in-law and grandsons gave him a weird, inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

Wang Yongzhen saw that Jindou and Jinhoo dragged out her Shitou, and she became anxious at once.

She knew that going out would be useless, so she just clung to Wang Laozhu, pleading, "Father, father, Shitou was dragged away by Jindou and the others. Please speak up for him, Shitou is their legitimate cousin after all, how could they lay hands on him?"

Wang Laozhu sighed, sat down on the stool wearily, and looked at Wang Yongzhen for a long time before speaking, "My dear daughter, I believe I have not failed you in this life. Your mother died early, and the one thing she couldn’t let go of was you. She held my hand, asking me to take more care of you, to cherish you more! I remembered your mother’s words; in this house, besides Eldest Brother, you are the one I cherish the most."

"Before you left home, I was afraid your stepmother might be unkind to you, so I had you raised in front of your grandmother. When it came to choosing a husband, I allowed you to select from two families; you chose the Sun family yourself! Your dowry was the most generous among your generation in the Wang family! You were married off in a grand manner. Normally, once daughters are married off, the duties of parents are fulfilled. Whether you are alive or dead, you become a member of your husband’s family."

"After you married into the Sun family, you received the dowry that Old Lady Sun coaxed from us, yet you kept coming back every few days to ask for more. Did I ever say anything? Out of guilt for not finding you a better in-law’s family, I treated you even more generously and pushed your brothers to stand up for you. When your mother took your sister to your place for a celebration, and it turned into such a mess, did I ever blame you? When the Wang family and the Sun family stopped communicating, and you couldn’t hold out any longer without support, you secretly came back to ask me for help, to be reconnected with the family, and I agreed."

"Whose parents would do so much? But what about you? Whenever there’s trouble, you come back to your parents’ home crying, lamenting about poverty, about being mistreated! When times were good, I never thought of enjoying the fruits of your happiness. Even when I had a stroke, your first reaction upon seeing me was not to care about my health but to blame me, afraid that I, your parent, would be a burden to you! Still, you have a bit of conscience, sneaking back to drop off a bag of food, two hundred Large Coins."

"Later, when the Wang family had better days, you and your son-in-law came back to borrow money. Your sister, seeing you had at least some conscience left, gave you Five Taels of Silver and a piece of cloth—wasn’t that generous of her? If one raises a dog for decades, it ought to become familiar, right? I don’t expect gratitude, but you should at least not disregard everything for the sake of your husband’s family, should you?"

"For a big matter like building a house, you shamelessly brought your in-laws to take advantage of our family, yet I endured! Who else would tolerate it, if not the father who raised you? I couldn’t just watch you starve, could I? But today! Today is a good day for the Wang family, a big day! If you had any consideration for your father, any thought for your family, you should not have brought the Sun family here today!"

"Why did you bring them? To slap your father’s face! To slap your brothers’ faces! To slap the Wang family’s face! You made everyone in Qilidun aware that even though the Wang family’s days are better, and we’ve built a large house, the Wang family’s eldest daughter is no good, dragging down the Wang family to the level of a shameless family like the Sun family! Others might still show respect to the Wang family, but you, as the eldest daughter, seem determined to make us lose face!"

"Are you satisfied now? You’ve turned a warm house into a disaster, are you satisfied?" By the end, Wang Laozhu stood up, kicked aside the stool in front of him, and pointed at Wang Yongzhen’s nose to ask.

"You’ve stripped the Wang family of its dignity, letting everyone see a family connection that the Wang family can’t show in public, and to be plagued by such shameless in-laws that a good day turned into a farce! You must be satisfied now, right? How much do you hate the Wang family, your own father, to wish to embarrass us this way?"

This was the first time Wang Laozhu berated Wang Yongzhen in such a furious and severe manner. In that instant, everyone stopped what they were doing, not daring to make a sound.

Even Chutou and Zhentou dared not cry anymore; they both stood gaping at the scene.

Wang Yongzhen felt as though her skin had been peeled away layer by layer by her own father, right in front of both her maternal and paternal families.

Trembling, she suddenly knelt down, unable to utter a word.

After Wang Laozhu had finished venting his anger, he looked at Wang Yongzhen indifferently, "From today onwards, the Wang family doesn’t acknowledge you as a daughter! I will pretend I never had you, as if I had raised a dog for all these years! I also don’t recognize the Sun family as in-laws! Starting from today, if I see a member of the Sun family at my door, they will be beaten every time I see them!"