The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 566 - 564: Smashing the Door

Chapter 566: Chapter 564: Smashing the Door

Upon first hearing that someone from the Sun Family had come, her heart skipped a beat. It was only after hearing that Sun Daming had died that she let out a sigh of relief, and then, when hearing that her elder sister-in-law was nearly tortured to death by her mother-in-law and had no other choice, she came to ask the Wang Family for help.

Lady Lin worried that her father-in-law had lost his senses again, and would agree to go without saying anything.

Fortunately, the younger sister-in-law stayed calm and asked about Sun Mutou’s intentions before agreeing.

Why did she insist on discussing the division of the family while on the carriage, making her points so clear? It was to make sure Sun Mutou outside heard them, not to think about dumping the elder sister-in-law on the Wang Family because no one would take care of her!

Who was she doing this for? Wasn’t it for the Wang Family? If they really brought back such an ancestor, who could tolerate it?

She put herself in the role of the villain, and it would have been fine if they weren’t grateful to her, but to look at her with that kind of eyes? Truly ungrateful!

Compared to that, the younger sister-in-law understood her and knew she was acting for the Wang Family’s good.

Lady Lin instantly shed much of the dissatisfaction she once held towards Wang Yongzhu.

With such an eerie atmosphere, they finally reached Sun Family Village.

The arrival of such an unfamiliar carriage in Sun Family Village immediately attracted a lot of onlookers.

Especially when they saw who was sitting on the shaft - wasn’t that Sun Mutou? And next to him, Wang Yongfu, some recognized right away, weren’t these the relatives from the mother’s side of Sun’s eldest daughter-in-law?

The neighbors to the left and right of the Sun Family exchanged glances, recognizing the unmistakable situation in play. It seemed like the Sun Family had gone too far in mistreating Sun’s eldest daughter-in-law, and Sun Mutou, distressed for his mother, had gone back to his maternal home for reinforcements.

The two neighboring houses were close by, and they had all heard and seen the shenanigans Old Lady Sun had made these past few days, tormenting her eldest daughter-in-law.

Everyone was saying privately that Old Lady Sun was too ruthless. Although the eldest daughter-in-law might have been confused, she was a genuinely honest person. Yet, she couldn’t even be tolerated, and while her eldest son hadn’t even been dead for fifty days, the eldest daughter-in-law was tortured to the point of losing her human form, nearly losing her life.

Now, look, the maternal family of the daughter-in-law has been informed and sent people, haven’t they?

When Sun Daming had died, the Yang Family didn’t come. Only then did people start gossiping until those with inside information spoke out.

The shameful acts the Sun Family had done at the Wang Family, and how they were disowned and driven out by Wang Laozhu himself, were vividly spread, and suddenly it was like a pot boiling over.

Everyone felt that the Sun Family was simply out of their minds to have alienated such a well-off Yue Family and then to offend them.

Even causing the relationship to be cut, when the Sun Family had been neighbors for so many years, who didn’t know whom?

Wang Yongzhen, as a daughter-in-law like that, was welcomed by everyone. But if anyone had a daughter like Wang Yongzhen, that would be truly bad luck.

The Wang Family had been supporting them for twenty years, how did they suddenly come to their senses?

Naturally, the Wang Family members didn’t know how the outsiders felt. Once they arrived at the gates of the Sun Family, the horse carriage came to a stop.

After lifting the carriage curtain, the Wang Family members got off the carriage one by one, standing in front of it without moving.

The onlookers found it strange - what were the Wang Family members waiting for?

Only when Wang Yongzhu finally jumped down from the carriage and saw that the Sun Family’s main gate was closed, did she let out a cold laugh, "Smash it open for me!"

With Wang Yongzhu’s order, the Wang Family brothers rushed forward, wielding hoes and shovels, and started pounding at the door.

The door was quite sturdy, as several blows failed to break it open.

Song Chongjin stepped forward slowly, "Step aside."

Then he kicked fiercely, and the two wooden doors fell to the ground with a bang, kicking up a cloud of dust a person high.

Before the dust had settled, the Wang Family members were in no hurry to go inside. Instead, they heard Old Lady Sun’s piercing curses from inside, "Who’s the cursed soul who has damaged my front door?"

Then she charged out of the house, facing the Wang Family members outside who were holding hoes, shovels, and sticks; her voice trembled, "What... what do you all want to do?"

Wang Yongzhu slowly walked to the front, stared at Old Lady Sun for a while, and then said, "You’ll know soon enough what we want to do!"

With a wave of his hand, "Smash whatever you see in the house! Just make sure not to hurt anyone!"

How difficult could that be? The Wang Family Brothers’ pent-up malice over the years, along with the recent frustration from their own family’s near-split because of the Sun Family and this eldest sister, was now all being unleashed upon the Sun Family.

Without a word, they charged in with heads down, kicked open the doors, and started smashing anything they saw.

Old Lady Sun tried to stop them, but how could she possibly stop a group of Wang men, fierce as wolves and tigers?

She immediately sat down on the ground in a panic, slapping her legs as she burst into wails, "Someone come quickly—bandits and robbers have invaded my home!"

The onlookers, although they were all part of the Sun clan, had endless grievances with Old Lady Sun. Hearing her cries, they all felt a sense of satisfaction.

Some even laughed, "Great Ming’s mother, isn’t this your distinguished relative? Why don’t you go into the house and entertain them?"

"Isn’t that right, Great Ming’s mother? Out with the old, in with the new. Maybe your in-laws think the furniture in your home is too shabby and are smashing them so you can get new ones—"

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The onlookers all burst into laughter.

Wang Yongzhu had Mutou lead the way into Wang Yongzhen’s room, only to see that the room was empty and cold. In such frigid weather, not even the kang bed had been heated.

A person was wrapped up in a patched-up quilt on the bed.

Sun Mutou hurried over and first checked for breathing. It was weak, but she was still alive, and tears instantly rolled down his face.

Wang Yongzhu couldn’t bear to see Sun Mutou like that. She pulled him back and went forward to check; Wang Yongzhen’s face was pale. When she pulled her hand out from the quilt and saw it was cyanotic and her body was still shaking.

These were symptoms of fever-induced convulsions.

Wang Yongzhu quickly ordered, "Whose room is the warmest?"

Sun Mutou sniffled, "Granny’s room."

"Wrap your mother in the quilt and carry her to your granny’s room," Wang Yongzhu instructed.

Sun Mutou didn’t dare delay, quickly wrapped Wang Yongzhen in the quilt, and walked towards Old Lady Sun’s room.

At this moment, the house was in complete disarray.

Sun Shitou and his wife, Sun Laoer, as well as Sun Laoer’s wife, and several children, were all startled awake, watching the Wang family burst in, saying nothing, just smashing anything upon sight.

Sun Shitou and Sun Laoer tried to intervene but were effortlessly subdued by Song Chongjin, who pinned one under each foot, leaving them immovable and forced to watch as their home was wrecked to shambles.

Sun Shitou’s wife tried to step forward, but Liu Xiaoqiao took off the bow and arrow from her back and aimed at her, "Don’t move, or with just a slip of my hand—"

Sun Shitou’s wife didn’t dare to move; she shrank back into a corner, wishing she could disappear.

Sun Laoer’s wife was directly grabbed by Lady Lin by the hair and dragged to the side.

Sun Chutou and Sun Zhentou, seeing the situation, ran scared and hid inside the house.

Sun Mutou, holding Wang Yongzhen, arrived in Old Lady Sun’s room, placed her on the kang, and covered her with Old Lady Sun’s quilt.

Only then did Wang Yongzhen’s shivering become less severe.

Wang Yongzhu pondered; in this day and age, with such a high fever, if it wasn’t brought down quickly, it could truly be life-threatening, and it might even burn the person into an imbecile.