HLnovel Chapter 190 The Xie family was completely wiped out
Chapter 190 The Xie family was completely wiped out
Recently, the Liu family has been busy weeding in the fields. Shen Shi hasn't visited her eldest son-in-law's house in Xiejiazhuang for a while, so she and her husband are unaware of what happened at their eldest daughter's and son-in-law's house.
The elderly couple rushed to Xiejiazhuang to inquire about their eldest daughter's whereabouts, only to find that everyone in Xiejiazhuang was talking about their son-in-law.
Shen shamelessly pulled aside an aunt and inquired about the matter. She learned that her eldest son-in-law had done those shameful and despicable things and had been punished so badly that he could no longer have sex. Their daughter had long been abandoned by her eldest son-in-law. She was thunderstruck!
The eldest daughter was virtuous, capable, obedient, and sensible. She never raised her voice to anyone. After a few years in the Xie family, she gave birth to two sons. Unexpectedly, the eldest daughter had done nothing wrong, yet she was divorced by her husband for no reason.
Shen let out a wail, her eyes blazing with rage. She gritted her teeth and cursed, "Beast! He's an absolute beast! My Cai'er is so good, and he actually cheated on me with a young widow! Isn't he afraid she'll bring him bad luck and kill him? No wonder he lay motionless on the oxcart, not even saying a word to his mother-in-law! That son of a bitch..."
The aunt recognized her as Xie Laifu's mother-in-law and then realized that Shen looked familiar; she was the one who came to freeload from time to time. She was immediately annoyed.
Of all people to gossip about, she had to gossip about Xie Laifu's mother-in-law. Now look what's happened! Xie Laifu's mother-in-law is definitely going to come and make a scene. Cui Shi has always been fierce and difficult to deal with. If she had known that it was Cui Shi who leaked the information, she would have definitely skinned her alive.
She exclaimed in shock, "Um, just pretend you've never seen me. I didn't say those things. My pigs are hungry, and I have to hurry home to feed them."
After saying that, she took off running home.
Shen was furious. She turned around and saw her husband's dark face. She said angrily, "Let's go to the Xie family. We have to get an explanation."
She stormed off to the Xie family's house.
"The person is gone, what's your rush for an explanation? Hurry up and find Cai'er first." Old Liu was also quite angry. Seeing that his wife wouldn't listen to his advice and headed straight for the Xie family, he frowned and had no choice but to follow. "Didn't our in-laws say they were going to bring Fu to see the doctor? If we go now, he might not even come back."
"Hmph, I don't care if they're home or not. Today I must get an explanation. My daughter married into the family without making a single mistake. How dare they divorce my daughter? I'll make them pay!"
The couple hurried to the Xie family's house, where the gate was ajar and only the two children were home.
Clearly, the elderly Xie couple hadn't returned from taking their son to see the doctor.
The two children heard the creaking of the courtyard gate and thought their grandparents and father had returned. But when they came out to check, they found that it wasn't them.
Little Xie was the first to run over and hug his grandmother's leg, exclaiming, "Grandma, why did you come with Grandpa?"
Xie Dapang, who was standing to the side, was already five years old. He understood that his grandmother often came to his house to freeload. His grandmother often said that his grandmother was thin-skinned and petty. He felt ashamed to have such a low-class grandmother, so he hated her very much.
As for his maternal grandfather, he was not close to him either.
So he casually called out "Grandpa".
In the past, Madam Shen would have said something to her eldest grandson, but today she was angry and didn't care whether her eldest grandson called her or not.
She snorted coldly and asked, "You're all at home, but where's your mother? Where did she go?"
The two brothers exchanged a glance, and said somewhat guiltily, "N-no... I don't know."
"Your mother is gone, and you don't even know where she went? She's your own mother, and you didn't even follow her when she left?" Madam Shen was furious, cursing her two ungrateful brats inwardly. They had been constantly provoked by Madam Cui.
Old Liu's chest heaved with rage. His trembling finger pointed at his two grandsons, and he roared, "You two, go out and find her right now! Go to the places she frequents. If you can't find her, see how I deal with you two heartless little brats!"
The second child was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he squatted down on the ground and started crying loudly.
The eldest son was also stunned by his grandfather's angry roar. He said fearfully, "Grandpa, my mother has been gone for several days. I really don't know where she went. Grandma stopped us and said that if we went with Mother, she would let us starve to death outside and never let us go home. My brother and I were scared, so we didn't go with Mother. I thought Mother would go back to your house, so..."
He dared not continue, because his maternal grandparents had come to the house looking for someone, which proved that his mother had not returned to her parents' home.
Actually, their mother loved the two brothers very much, but in the family, the grandparents and father were the ones who made the decisions. He wanted to go with his mother, but he didn't dare.
He was afraid that if he left home with his mother, his grandparents and father would never let him come back.
Enraged, Old Liu grabbed a stool from the yard, rushed into the kitchen, and smashed both pots in the Xie family's kitchen in a few swift movements.
Seeing that her husband was about to continue smashing other things, Shen took a deep breath and immediately stepped forward to stop him.
"Dad, stop smashing things! Let's go back to Liu Family Village right now and call all our relatives, men, women, and children. Let's take all the Xie family's valuables. We won't return them until they find our Cai'er and compensate us. Let's see if they dare to lie to us and say that our Cai'er ran away on her own."
Old Liu thought about it and realized that what his wife said made sense. Anyway, if they went out to look for their eldest daughter now, they wouldn't be able to find her for a while. It was clearly the Xie family who were inhuman. Their eldest son-in-law, that beast, had an affair with someone else and didn't want their daughter anymore, so he wrote a letter of divorce and kicked her out of the house. Why should only the Liu family be anxious?
The Xie family must be taught a lesson!
So the old couple glared at their two grandsons, turned around and stormed back to Liujia Village. They called their two sons and daughters-in-law, as well as their third uncle and sixth uncle. They gave each of the closer neighbors an egg, and even borrowed an oxcart for a few copper coins. The group of people went to Xiejia Village and went to the Xie family's door.
The two grandsons were so frightened that they huddled in a corner of the yard, not daring to cry out loud.
"Move it! Everyone move it together, move it all! Don't leave them even a single firewood stick!" Shen directed the crowd, leading the two pigs out of the pigsty and tying them to the oxcart, then catching all the chickens in the yard, and taking everything from the beds, cabinets, quilts, tables, pots and pans in the kitchen, and farm tools in the yard...
In an instant, the Xie family, who were relatively well-off, were completely ransacked, leaving not even a chamber pot behind.
Xie Dapang was terrified. Everything in the house was gone, and he and his brother would surely starve to death if they stayed behind. He mustered his courage and begged Shen Shi with a sob in his voice, "Grandma, can my brother and I go back with you to find our mother?"
"What the hell?" Shen's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief. "You two heartless ingrates want to come back with us? When your mother was kicked out by your grandparents and father, those three beasts, you two didn't go with her. Now you want to come with us? Are you two still dreaming?"