"I remembered everyone who bullied us," Xiaofeng suddenly said, his eyes reddening as he glanced at the people around him. Although he was only four years old, his words made people flinch, "As long as we don’t die, we will certainly remember what you did..."
The women who had been making snide remarks with Lin Yue’e and the others couldn’t help but shrink their necks.
"Yes, I will remember too," Sanni laughed coldly, "As long as we live, we won’t forget!"
Despite his reluctance, Wang Sheng knew that he wouldn’t gain any advantage today, so he hurriedly dragged his son and daughter-in-law away in a sorry state.
Yang Ruxin sighed as she watched the Wang Family leave, then turned to Yang Anshi, "Old Madam Yang, it’s time to divide the family property, right? You’ve given us the pension money, haven’t you?" At this moment, she didn’t even want to call her grandmother.
Yang Anshi opened her mouth but said nothing.
"Do you really feel so uncomfortable that you can’t sleep or eat unless you trade me for silver?" Yang Ruxin felt too exhausted to mock, "But you’re going to be disappointed. Only I have a say in my marriage. You all should just go wherever it’s cool and stay there..."
"Dani, according to tradition, the parents’ command and the matchmaker’s words..." Yang Baihe suddenly said timidly.
"Tradition my ass," Yang Ruxin burst out, "People have always had to have some shame, but where is yours? I’m telling you, if you dare to meddle in my family’s affairs again, do you believe I won’t slash your face?"
Yang Baihe cried out in alarm, retreating two steps while clutching her face, "You..." She relied on her beauty to marry into a wealthy family; how could she allow it to be ruined?
Yang Ruxin satisfactorily curled the corners of her mouth.
"Make way, make way, the village chief is coming." Just then, someone outside announced.
The onlookers quickly cleared a path.
"What in the world is this commotion about every day?" Right at that moment, Yang Mancang walked in with his hands behind his back, "Do you not want to live peaceful days?"
A silence fell over the crowd.
"Auntie, what’s the fuss about today?" Yang Mancang couldn’t understand Yang Anshi’s rationale.
"Village Chief, it’s not that we want to cause a fuss," Yang Anshi, still shaken from earlier, had calmed down a bit, knowing that with so many people around, Yang Dani wouldn’t dare to lay hands on her. She hurriedly stood up and said, "It’s just that I have no choice..." She kept observing Yang Ruxin’s expression while speaking; although she felt Yang Ruxin was unlikely to act, she couldn’t be sure—what if the girl went mad? Then she would be the one to suffer.
Yang Mancang was taken aback for a moment. He wasn’t used to Yang Anshi speaking in such an aggrieved tone—he was more accustomed to her spit-flying curses and sky-pointing wails.
"Yes, Village Chief," Feng Caie hastily agreed, "We really had no choice. With the eldest brother gone and the eldest sister-in-law weak, Dani has always been willful. We have tried to intervene, but it didn’t matter much before since she had a verbal marriage arrangement with Guan Qingshu. But now, after breaking it off with the Guan Family, unexpectedly, she’s involved with the second son of the Gu Family..." She sighed, "She might be happy this way, but it will affect the marriage prospects of the other Yang Family girls... We really meant well this time, but she took no heed and even raised her hand against her elders..." She quickly tucked her head behind Yang Anshi and tugged at her mother-in-law’s clothes.