There was snow on the road and the bullock cart was not going fast. Yu Zhi looked at the familiar mountain road and forest, and felt a lot of emotion in her heart. With gratitude and pride, she would make sure there would be no regrets and pain in her new life.
Wang Xinfeng went to the county town to pick up her daughter-in-law and everyone in the Gubai Village knew it.
Although she won the fight with Wu Yueju yesterday, she still felt aggrieved.
She had heard a lot of rumors before, but she didn’t take them seriously and didn’t bother to care at all. But this time, when the rumors were about Yu Zhi’s cheating and running away, she had to take it seriously.
Wang Xinfeng knew that no matter how many fights she fought or how many she won, it was not as convincing as Yu Zhi returning to Gubai Village and appearing in front of everyone.
Therefore, since yesterday, she spread the word throughout the village that her daughter-in-law was coming back so that those gossipers could slap themselves in the face. Not everyone could make up rumors about her daughter-in-law.
As they were about to enter the village, Wang Xinfeng told Yu Zhi, “Zhizhi, don’t pay attention to what those slutty women are saying, okay? I’m here for you. I won’t let you suffer any injustice. If anyone dares to bully you, I’ll tear their skin apart.”
Yu Zhi already knew what they would say. It was nothing more than her running away, abandoning her husband and children, and maybe cheating on him.
In her previous life, Cui Xue came to see her every day during her imprisonment and told her what happened after she left.
Cui Xue said that she had spread the rumors in the whole Gubai Village that she cheated on Sang Dazhuang and gave birth to two bastards whose biological father was unknown, and that she ran away to live a good life with a wild man.
She became a slut and a bitch despised by everyone in the Gubai Village.
Yu Zhi was heartbroken at that time. These words could not hurt her, but they made Sang Dazhuang, Wang Xinfeng, and the two children feel pain. These pains were brought to them by her.
The two children were already resentful of her. Moreover, after hearing these rumors, they must have been very angry and sad.
Plus, Wang Xinfeng and Sang Dazhuang, who loved and cared for her, would be so sad and disappointed if they believed those rumors and felt that she had betrayed them.
The two children did not look very much like Sang Dazhuang, and Yu Zhi could not explain and prove herself.
She could not go back at that time and it had been several years since the incident, so everything she did was in vain.
Yu Zhi put away her anger and smiled. “Hmm, I’ll listen to Mom.”
While driving the bullock cart, Old Man Li stretched his ears to listen to the conversation of the family behind him.
On the way, it was mostly Wang Xinfeng who talked to Yu Zhi, and YuZhi occasionally responded, obedient and well-behaved, which was completely different from the arrogant Yu Zhi who looked down on everyone and looked at everyone with resentment, anger, and indifference.
In particular, when Yu Zhi called Wang Xinfeng ‘Mom’. This was really a big news and Old Man Li couldn’t wait to go back and talk to everyone.
Has the daughter-in-law of the Sang family really changed for the better?
Wang Xinfeng pulled out a bamboo stick from somewhere and hit Old Man Li’s dog-skin hat. “Do you have a hand in your asshole and are so tired that you can’t even sit still? If we got into an accident, I would really break your head.”
Old Man Li was hit so hard that he drank a mouthful of cold air and sat down obediently, not daring to eavesdrop again.
Once winter came, most of the work in the fields had stopped. Villagers stayed at home to hibernate, tend to their private plots, or go to chop wood.
Today, the weather was good and there was something exciting to watch. People of all ages gathered at the entrance of the village regardless of the cold wind, preparing to hold a welcome party for Yu Zhi’s family.
Cui Xue was also in the crowd, followed by Deng Mazi who stared at her with obscene eyes, so her face sank.
Thinking of what that little bitch, Sang Ye, and that old bitch, Wang Xinfeng, did to her yesterday, her face became uglier.
Seeing Yu Zhi’s family coming back, she put away the jealousy and resentment in her eyes, and replaced them with grievance and worry, then she pushed through the crowd and ran over happily.
Sang Ye poked Sang Shen. “Oh, it’s coming, it’s coming, look.”
Sang Shen dodged a little, secretly bared his teeth and clenched his fists. His sister couldn’t take it anymore.
He lifted his head and looked at Cui Xue. There’s no hurry. The one at home will leave soon, so there is plenty of time to tidy this one up.
Cui Xue still wanted to take the college entrance examination and then go back to the city. Hmph! Keep dreaming then. You’ve disturbed my family’s peace for ten years, at least I should take ten years from you to pay it back.
Wang Xinfeng also saw Cui Xue and secretly glanced at Yu Zhi, feeling a little guilty.
Sang Dazhuang’s big mouth was also tightly pursed and his heart was tormented. He was afraid that the few happy days in the county would shatter like a dream.
He didn’t dare to look at Yu Zhi, his big hand clenched into a fist, and he resisted the urge to strangle Cui Xue.
Naturally, Yu Zhi also saw Cui Xue and the corners of her lips rose. It’s good to be alive. Only by being alive can I send my enemies to hell.
She took a deep breath, hid the endless hatred, and replaced it with grief and pain.
Before the bullock cart stopped, she jumped off. Wang Xinfeng and Sang Dazhuang were shocked. Seeing her running toward Cui Xue, their hearts felt like they had fallen into an ice cellar and frozen to death.
People in Gubai Village were used to this scene. The daughter-in-law of the Sang family would only smile and be enthusiastic about Cui Xue.
It was just that they didn’t expect that the daughter-in-law of the Sang family would really came back. But looking at the sadness on her face, they guessed she wouldn’t stay for long and would leave.
Tsk, let’s see how Wang Xinfeng still has the face to say good things about her good daughter-in-law.
Wang Xinfeng also said that the daughter-in-law was much better now and would live a good life with their family. But as they looked at her action of running away impatiently, there seemed to be no intention to live a peaceful life in the village, so Wang Xinfeng was just bragging.
The current scene was what everyone had expected. It seemed like there was nothing else for them to see. It was so cold and everyone was ready to go back.
However, something unexpected happened. Yu Zhi picked up the bamboo broom that had been used to clean the barn on the roadside and hit Cui Xue in the face.
While hitting her, she complained in grief and anger, “Why? Why do you treat me like this? I take care of you as my own sister and share all the good things with you. When I just came to Gubai Village, I didn’t know anyone so I treated you as my only relative and relied on you. So why do you treat me like this?”
“Ah!!! Zhizhi, what are you doing? Stop it, stop it quickly.” Cui Xue was beaten so hard that she screamed uncontrollably. Every time she opened her mouth, the broom with shit would pass through her mouth. Cui Xue was going mad.
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She couldn’t figure out why Yu Zhi went crazy. If it wasn’t for maintaining her image, she would have torn this bitch apart.
Yu Zhi cried and seemed to have not heard Cui Xue’s plea at all. Yu Zhi beat her harder and harder and the broom wouldn’t miss hitting her face. “Don’t you know what you did, huh, Cui Xue? You were afraid that I would be admitted to the university, so you deliberately gave me that bun with poisonous grass. You also found those thugs to kidnap me! That’s why I am asking you, why?
“Are you jealous of me? Are you jealous that I look better than you? Live a more comfortable life than you? Study better than you? Have better luck than you? You are afraid that I will always step on you, so you use those dirty tricks on me, right?
“Cui Xue, how can you be so cruel? Ten years! We have been together for ten years. I didn’t eat or use anything by myself and shared them all with you. You are so cruel that you want to kill me and destroy me. How can you be so vicious? Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?”
All of these were not fabricated by Yu Zhi. Anyway, Cui Xue had accused her of a lot of hideous things in her previous life.
Cui Xue said that she was just the daughter of a traitor. Why should she be loved by a man and her mother-in-law? Why does a village woman who married a countryman have such a seductive face?
Yu Zhi should be humble, but she lived better than anyone else.
Cui Xue was not convinced and helped her cousin to harm her.
Such a ridiculous reason, but it was the truth.
Yu Zhi looked at the change in Cui Xue’s expression and felt very happy. She looked panicked so it was good.
Cui Xue was indeed panicked. She didn’t know why Yu Zhi knew what she was thinking.
She thought that it was just a coincidence but she was not sure. Yu Zhi was as stupid as a pig and knew nothing at all.
Everyone was stunned. They couldn’t believe that Yu Zhi was still the same daughter-in-law of the Sang family, who claimed to be noble and untainted by the world because this fierce and ruthless aura was something that should be inherited from the Sang family.
The people in the Sang family were also stunned. Their hearts, which had been frozen just now became hot. They couldn’t understand why Yu Zhi was like this, but it didn’t stop them from being happy.
It was rare for Sang Ye not to roll her eyes at Yu Zhi and Sang Shen’s calm eyes were all shining brightly.
Sang Dazhuang’s clenched fists also loosened, but his thick palms were already bloody.
Wang Xinfeng’s eyes rolled, she slapped her thigh and shouted, “Oh my god, Zhizhi, you are not well yet, so don’t get angry. She is just an ungrateful person, it’s not worth it.”
Yu Zhi shook weakly and the big broom hit Cui Xue fiercely again. “I can’t figure it out and my heart is filled with anxiety. My best friend actually wants to kill me and destroy my innocence. These days in the hospital, I couldn’t eat and sit still, just waiting for her to explain to me, telling me that everything was just a misunderstanding.
“But she didn’t come, she didn’t even show her face! I understand now, she is jealous of me and hates me! She wants my life! What a vicious heart! I feel so uncomfortable, my heart aches… Anyone can do this to me, but how can she?
“She has not had an easy life these years so I gave her food, money, and all kinds of help. I take care of her as my only relative, so why did she do this to me? Why?!”
Under the sorrowful accusation, Yu Zhi did not hold back at all and hit Cui Xue’s face harder and harder. Her face which was originally pretty was no longer recognizable, and the important thing was that the smell of shit was rampant, making her head dizzy.
The crowd watching the excitement originally thought that Yu Zhi changed too suddenly and was too cruel, but after hearing those words, they felt it was natural. If someone else treated them like this, they would be so angry that they would tear them apart.
This drama scene of sisters turning against each other was quite interesting.
Cui Xue was so angry that she almost died. She roared deep inside her heart. Her inner self told her to endure it, so she had to endure it. “Zhizhi, no, I didn’t. Listen to my explanation. I wanted to see you, but you know that I am of a lowly status so I dare not go.
“I don’t know what happened to that bun. I bought it in the commune. Thinking that the exam would be hard, so I bought two, we each had one. The bun I ate was fine, but yours was poisoned. I don’t know why it happened. If I had known that, I would have never let you eat it even if I die.
“You fainted in the examination room and I was so anxious. No one else was paying attention to me. I had no choice but to go outside to find someone. I didn’t know that those people outside were thugs. Zhizhi, did someone say something to you that made you misunderstand me?
“You treat me as a good sister and so do I. We are both alone here, so we rely on each other. Don’t you know how good I have been to you for so many years? But with just a few words from outsiders, you misunderstood me like this, do you know how sad I am now?”
Cui Xue hid from Yu Zhi’s broom and loudly expressed her feelings, with tears and sobs, which was no less infectious than Yu Zhi’s grief and indignation.
But her words were all about trying to blame Wang Xinfeng and Sang Dazhuang. Before, Yu Zhi would have believed that it was the Sang family who was behind the scenes.
In the past, Cui Xue encouraged Yu Zhi to have a nasty relationship with the Sang family, making the family restless.
Yu Zhi gritted her teeth and slapped the broom twice before slowly retracting her strength.
She looked at Cui Xue with disbelief and doubt. “Really? Is it really just a misunderstanding? You are not jealous of me? You don’t hate me? You are not afraid that I will always step on you so that you can’t turn over in your life and live like my shadow?
“I have always been better than you in everything, better in luck, life, and study, and I am more beautiful than you. If you are jealous of me, I won’t blame you, but you can’t hurt me.”
Cui Xue gritted her teeth. This shameless bitch! How are you better than me? You bitch! Bitch! Then, she smiled bitterly. “You are my sister, how could I hurt you? Zhizhi, you really misunderstood me.”
Yu Zhi staggered back two steps in surprise, her hands were weak, and she didn’t hold the broom firmly so she fell.
Her little face was pale, she covered her forehead and cried faintly, and then she reached out to Sang Dazhuang. “Dazhuang, help me.”
Sang Dazhuang took Yu Zhi in his arms with a gloomy face, turned around, and ran back to the commune.
Yuzhi pinched him weakly and said, “I’m fine, just a little dizzy. Little Xue, I’m sorry, I misunderstood you. You know I take the college entrance examination very seriously, but I was so angry because I might fail after eating that bun you gave me. Then later, you found some thugs to kidnap me. I was really angry for a while and acted like this.
“Little Xue, you are so nice so you will definitely not blame me, right? I misunderstood you this time and I won’t do it again in the future.”
Without waiting for Cui Xue to reply, Yu Zhi’s head tilted and she fainted in Sang Dazhuang’s arms.
Sang Dazhuang’s eyes were about to pop out. He was so anxious that he wanted to run back to the commune again.
Wang Xinfeng was so disappointed that she slapped her stupid son on the head. “What are you doing standing there? Hurry up and take Zhizhi back. Oh my god, she is not well yet and has fainted again. What should I do? Hurry up, you idiot! If she freezes to death, I will skin you alive!”
Sang Dazhuang’s mind was blank and he ran home.
Sang Shen knitted his eyebrows and followed closely.
Sang Ye looked at Cui Xue, whose face was swollen like a pig and covered with feces and urine, and was in a good mood.
She whistled in a vulgar way, carried the bags, and went home happily.
The others looked at each other and left one after another.
They didn’t dare to care about Cui Xue. She was just like Yu Zhi when she was acting like a demon. She looked down on them, the peasants.
In the past, several young men from the village had taken a fancy to Cui Xue and wanted to show their affection, but they were looked down upon and ridiculed sarcastically, which made them angry and doubted their lives. She turned around and ran to the commune to report these young men for being hooligans.
This was a fatal matter so no one dared to approach Cui Xue from then on.
Young men, young girls, and young wives all stayed away from her. People like Cui Xue were not worthy of being approached by these peasants.
The crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only Deng Mazi.