Everyone saw Sun Lijuan herself say it like this, naturally they couldn't interfere. Since she doesn't mind being beaten, let her be.
Sun Lijuan just endured like this, all the way until the autumn of the following year.
That day was just like any other, Zhou Jinzhu wanted to gamble after he finished eating, the family was already desperately poor, Zhou Jinzhu said he wanted to sell the house to pay off debts. Sun Chan agreed.
"All right. I'll pack up."
Zhou Jinzhu was somewhat surprised, no fuss, no tears, so calm?
Sun Lijuan laughed, "I trust you'll certainly win today, then we'll live well."
Only then did Zhou Jinzhu become happy. Sun Lijuan took the only few remaining eggs at home and made egg pancakes for him to eat. Of course, Zhou Jinzhu wouldn't be considerate enough to leave some for her. She's his wife, as long as she's not starving, that's fine.
As Sun Lijuan watched Zhou Jinzhu walk outside, she smiled and leaned against the door frame, watching Zhou Jinzhu. He reached the door and suddenly collapsed to the ground; the mouse poison worked well.
Zhou Jinzhu clutched his chest and looked at his wife, Sun Lijuan's smile was radiant and she was truly delighted.
"You... you murdered your husband!"
He started to cough, foaming at the mouth, his body convulsing as he collapsed on the ground, he wanted to get out, but he couldn't muster any strength in his legs.
Sun Lijuan walked over quickly and decisively shut the door. The sunlight was blinding, Zhou Jinzhu felt absolute despair.
"Are you going to kill me?"
Sun Lijuan didn't respond, instead she dragged him inside expressionlessly.
"Let go of me! What are you doing! Save me, I won't beat you anymore, I'm begging you, take me to the hospital!"
Sun Lijuan remained silent, picked up an axe, and swung it down forcefully, chopping at his left wrist.
"This is retribution for Sun Chan!"
Crunch! The axe struck his wrist bone, blood sprayed instantly, and he let out a pig-like scream.
Sun Lijuan had a few drops of blood on her face too but remained expressionless, continuing the assault, "This is my payback to you."
"Argh!" he shrieked a few more times before falling silent.
Sun Lijuan kept chopping, mumbling to herself, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry to you..."
The neighbors heard it, but it was a daily occurrence here, they were used to it, who wouldn't know such things happened.
Only when they discovered the neighbor's house on fire, realizing something serious had occurred, but it was too late.
Sun Lijuan poured rapeseed oil in the house, set everything ablaze, the flames roared on the beams, rescue was utterly impossible.
Sun Lijuan sat on the bed, eyes closed, hardly conscious from the smoke, blood pooled on the ground, Zhou Jinzhu was already chopped into eight or nine pieces, long gone.
She felt comfortable, never so comfortable before, a good sleep, but she wondered about the other side, hehe.
When everyone together extinguished the fire and rushed in, they only saw two corpses, causing someone to vomit instantly.
It was truly tragic, not a complete corpse! Yet Sun Lijuan lay clothed on the bed, covered in blood, with a faint smile on her face.
When Zhao Xiuxia's maternal family found out, they all talked with a dismissive attitude.
"This woman shouldn't have come back! What did she come back for? Just to cause us trouble!"
Another wife said, "Exactly? There's nothing left here, what to stay for? Want to claim our family's stuff? What a dream. Just lazy and greedy to be with such kind!"
"Enough, let's stop talking. It's not related to us, let's cook!"
The Zhao Family cooked using a big vat. Even though village water was now accessible, well water tasted good, so water from the well was used for cooking. The men fetched it using a pulley, women from several households came to get water.
Their meals were similar, with mushrooms harvesting now, each household planned to make stewed chicken with mushrooms today.
Later, one household suggested, "Let's take turns cooking, I'll make a pot, and you can help yourselves, then tomorrow it's your turn. It'll save me some trouble."
The other wives were happy, certainly glad to have two days off.
So the eldest sister-in-law cooked a large basin of food, divided into portions, waiting for everyone to return from watching the commotion, it was mealtime. The Zhao family gathered enjoying mushroom stewed chicken, gossiping about Sun Lijuan's death, spitting as they talked, but without a hint of sympathy, only mocking her unawareness.
After dinner, when the men prepared to go out for a stroll and play cards, problems arose. One by one, they clutched their stomachs in pain, furrowing their brows, then the children started to suffer, collapsing on the ground, the wives felt heartache too.
Then someone felt something at their throat and coughed up blood. Everyone was terrified.
Previously, Sun Lijuan had bought rat poison, spent all her money buying plenty, only keeping a small packet for her husband, the rest she poisoned their water vat with, such lethal water could kill ten cows easily.
You won't give me money, nor will you live well!
Soon, the Zhao Family all fainted on the ground. When the neighbors noticed something wrong and saw how they looked, they cried out in fright, quickly sending them to the hospital!
However, the hospital was too far, and by the time they arrived, it was too late.
Only two young girls who ate less survived due to weak digestion and being discriminated against by their parents who preferred sons, preventing them from eating.
Another wife, one who usually suffered a lot, while others ate she served tea and poured wine, monitored strictly by her mother-in-law not to eat.
So she sneaked some soup while tidying up the dishes and also lived. The rest all died!
Over thirty people of the Zhao family died, Zhao Xiuxia's brothers' households were wiped out, showing Lijuan's ruthlessness and combat capability, far surpassing Sun Chan in many ways!
Sun Chan only found out a week later, reading the news in a newspaper, she was shocked, dropped her chopsticks.
"How could she dare!"
"Indeed, how could she dare?" Gu Junming smiled faintly, "Lucky she wasn't stepping on your head, if she had oppressed us, we'd probably be doomed by her."
Yang Yun was ruthless too but narrowed and foolish, unlike Sun Lijuan, who was calm and enduring. Sun Lijuan with Zhou Jinzhu endured severe abuse, without a penny, rarely going out, yet she secretly saved a portion of money, unknowingly stockpiled poison, removing Zhou Jinzhu's guard.
Moreover, after killing Zhou Jinzhu, she wiped out Zhao Xiuxia's family, that's quite impressive.