Hua Rujin held the kitchen knife tightly in her hand, and had been paying careful attention to Hu Nanxi, Meng Yutang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Suddenly she heard the sound of footsteps everywhere, and soon there were several figures, large and small, gathering towards the house.
Just when he saw the figure coming in clearly, he saw Meng Yutang grabbing a young child who rushed to enter the room, pushing him in front and cautiously approaching him:
"Rujin, if not for anything else, you should also think about your younger brothers and sisters. They are still young, and Muyang is the only male heir of your sixth family. He is your hope for the future. Your father is away on business this time.
We've lost money again. If you don't go back to Dou's house, how will your younger brothers and sisters be able to support you? Mu Yang still has to study and read. Do you want him to become an illiterate country man in the future?"
Seeing the little Douding who came forward, blinking at her with dark eyes and a limp in her steps, Hua Rujin immediately remembered that this was the child of the original owner's parents when they were out on business three years ago.
A pair of twin siblings, the eldest is called You En, and the one in front of you is called Mu Yang.
It is said that this little Douding was lame when he was born.
The original owner was willing to stay in the Dou family precisely because of these newly born siblings.
If she hadn't noticed the evil intentions of the Dou family and his son and been forced to lose their way out, she would still be willing to stay in that dirty place as a widow.
When Hu Nanxi saw her grandson coming in, her frightened eyes immediately showed a hint of joy, and she quickly gestured: "Mu Yang, what did grandma tell you before?"
Hua Muyang scratched his little head, stared at the kitchen knife in Hua Rujin's hand, and replied tremblingly: "Sister, my mother is dead, she was beaten to death by her grandmother."
Immediately, he burst into tears and burst into tears.
"You...you worthless little cripple."
Hu Nanxi's face turned black with anger.
When did you teach him this?
She knew that this damn girl loved her two little ones, and she wanted her grandson to persuade her sister to return to Dou's house, but the condition was that her grandson should be sent to the school.
I didn't expect this little fool to be so disappointing.
Angrily, Hu Nanxi was about to step forward to beat Xiao Douding when Hua Rujin picked up the kitchen knife and pointed it at her. Hu Nanxi's fierce eyes scared her and she immediately stepped back.
While the two siblings were looking at each other, Meng Yutang was not idle either. She quickly winked at her husband-in-law Hua Junxu who came in, and prepared to go up together to snatch the kitchen knife from her niece's hand.
But before she could get close, Hua Rujin's eyes were sharp and her hands were quick. She grabbed the small bean sprouts with one hand, held the kitchen knife with the other and swung it towards Meng Yutang's head.
"Ouch..."
There was only a flash of cold light, and Meng Yutang's high-raised bun spread out in all directions, and a few strands of chopped hair fell to the ground.
"You crazy girl."
Meng Yutang was so frightened that he sat down on the ground with his hair standing on end and trembling, crawling back in panic while combing his messy hair.
"Rujin, that's your second aunt."
Seeing that his wife was being bullied, Hua Junxu only dared to criticize her angrily.
"Bah, you're still the county school's disciplinarian. It's really insulting to gentlemen."
Hua Rujin cursed fiercely, holding the kitchen knife and spinning it in her hand. The sharp and elegant shadow of the knife was so dazzling that everyone was dumbfounded.
As a gold medal lawyer in the 21st century, although she has been extremely busy litigating lawsuits for people all day long over the years, in order to prevent people from retaliating, she has never lost her self-defense skills and has already developed a good ability.
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It's no problem to deal with this bunch of bastards from the Hua family.
Facing Meng Yutang who was still in shock, Hua Rujin sneered casually: "If you dare to take another half step forward, you will cut off more than just a few strands of black hair. If you want to rush to bury Sanlang Dou, I will do it now."
Fulfill you."
The children who came from the second room looked at the anger in their cousin's eyes. She was no longer the same little girl who could only cry and beg for mercy in the evening. It was as if she had become a completely different person.
The kitchen knife in his hand was even more playful, and he felt fear for a moment.
Even if he saw his mother being bullied, he would not dare to come forward and ask for justice.
Several people looked at each other pitifully, and then calmly helped their mother back out the door:
For the current plan, the best way is to let the Dou family take care of the people themselves.
"Listen, I will take care of the Dou family's affairs. If anyone still wants to covet the Dou family's money and the chastity arch to embarrass our family of five, then I will send you to be chaste and martyrdom first."
Hua Rujin glared fiercely at Hu Nanxi who was huddled by the couch, thinking about the unconscious mother of the original owner, and then led Xiao Muyang straight out of the house.
She remembered that in the evening, in order to protect the original owner, Cai was beaten to a bloody head by Hu Nanxi and several young men from the second room and passed out. She was afraid that the injuries were serious.
The father, Hua Junnian, took his young daughter to the city to see a doctor and has yet to return. He may have been delayed.
Thinking of this, she watched the family in the second room at the door warily, and quickly quickened her pace, heading towards the westmost inner room.
Not far away, I heard a murmur like a fly buzzing:
"This evil, unfilial daughter has the same virtues as her shameless mother. She does not abide by women's ethics and is willing to become a little slut."
Then his voice became even lower: "Quick, go and invite people from the Dou family to come immediately."
Knowing that the couple in the house wanted to ask for help, Hua Rujin ignored them and continued to move forward.
As he walked, he unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and smiled evilly in the darkness. He immediately relaxed his vigilance and did not go back to stop him. Instead, he walked into the west house without hesitation.
But I already had a rough idea of how to get out of trouble.
The old woman of the Hua family didn't care about the life and death of the original owner. For the sake of money and the reputation of the Hua family, if she learned that Erlang of the Dou family was really frivolous towards the original owner, she would be more determined to let herself be buried for Dou Yuanqian.
Therefore, this time she wanted to cause trouble for not only the Hua family, but also the Dou family, and even the government did not dare to settle the matter easily, and had to take the initiative to accept the case.
After making up her mind, she slowly opened the ajar door and saw that inside the old wooden house, the oil lamp beside the lampstand was almost burned out, and the dim light illuminated half of her delicate profile.
Looking at the woman lying on the simple couch inside, Hua Rujin was about to step forward when she heard a slight cough.
"Aniang."
Seeing his mother wake up, Hua Muyang wiped the snot and tears from her face, limped forward excitedly and rushed forward with little steps.
Cai Baiwei sat up from the bed with difficulty, turned her head and saw the living flowers Rujin at the door. She burst into tears of joy. She reached out to catch her son and called out with sobs: "Rujin."
Looking at the frail figure on the bed, her body was dirty and covered with blood, and there were several bruises on her forehead. Thinking back to her flower-like appearance in the past, it was really shocking that she had been trampled into this state.
pity.
"Sister, you... don't worry, grandma, I'm fine."
Hua Rujin imitated the original owner's tone and comforted her, then secretly hid the kitchen knife in her waist and walked up immediately.
Cai Baiwei stared at the blood that had solidified on her forehead. She felt distressed and reached out to touch it gently: "Does it still hurt?"
Staring quietly at the stretched-out hand covered with scratches and abrasions, Hua Rujin felt a little sour in her heart: "It doesn't hurt."
As someone who grew up in an orphanage, this was the first time in her life that she had been treated with such gentle care.
I really don’t know how such a gentle, virtuous and heavenly-looking woman could marry such a cowardly and incompetent person as the original owner’s father.
Just because Hua Junnian brought his wife back when he was away on business, she has not been favored by Hu Nanxi's bitter mother-in-law for so many years.
"It's all my fault that grandma is useless."
Cai Baiwei wiped the wet corners of her eyes sadly, thinking that the Dou family would definitely come back to ask for someone else, and the despair in her heart was completely written on her face.
Hua Rujin wanted to comfort her a few more words, but before she could say anything, she saw the lights in the room trembling, and then a black shadow flashed past the window.
"Uncle, it's not that we won't send the person to you. It's because that bitch has changed her mind and doesn't want to go down to accompany you. Every injustice has its own debtor, so don't come to scare us. If you want to find it, just look for you. That's not the case.
What a beautiful lady."
Outside, the noise started again.
Hua Rujin looked back and saw that in the dim room, Cai Baiwei and Hua Muyang's mother and son were pale with fear and cuddled tightly together.
"Young master of the Dou family, my daughter married into your Dou family and you passed away without fulfilling any of your responsibilities as husband and wife. She had never known you but she mourned for you for three years without any regrets. Now that the mourning period has passed, please
Don't bother with her anymore."
Cai Baiwei stared at the air and begged with all her heart and soul.
Hua Rujin felt frightened as she listened to the commotion around her.
But then I thought: Auntie, I am a ghost. How can ghosts be afraid of ghosts?
He hissed softly at Cai's mother and son, then grabbed the knife handle in his belt and rushed out of the door:
"A loser who dares not even show his face when he is alive but still relies on his haunting tricks to make trouble. He must be in the same category as his brother Dou Erlang."
Hua Rujin muttered to herself, looking around at the few faint lights and shadows printed on the window paper, and then turned to the dark courtyard, trying hard to search for prey.
After a while, the noise gradually subsided, and the courtyard became extremely quiet. Only the cool breeze and the heat of summer surged secretly in the strange little courtyard.
She stopped to listen and take a closer look, and suddenly there was a faint and strange fragrance of rosemary in the undercurrent of the wind.