Land Officer Yang earnestly advised, "You cannot act in the future, understand?"
Yang Chuxia did not respond to Land Officer Yang but instead countered, "Uncle, if I hadn’t beaten her today, would I have just let her talk freely? She can say such dirty words to incite discord in someone’s family, it’s only right for me to beat her."
"I am the Land Officer of Yangshu Village, and it is my duty to handle these disputes between families," said Land Officer Yang.
"Uncle, what can you do to handle this situation? Scold her or fine her some silver? Scolding her will have no effect, and fining silver is clearly impossible. Since that’s the case, it’s better for me to teach her a lesson so she knows who she’s messing with." She paused before continuing, "I won’t lie to you, I’ve wanted to teach her a lesson for a long time. If not for Uncle Li’s face, I would have slapped her long ago. But you were right about what you said today. It’s not that I only feel better after beating her. There are other ways to make her even more miserable - I’m just afraid she won’t be able to bear it."
"What are you thinking of doing?" Seeing the vicious look on her face, Land Officer Yang couldn’t help but ask.
"Nothing much, from now on, I won’t accept any products from the Li family. They can sell wherever they want, what do you think?"
"You ungrateful girl, aren’t you pushing people to a dead end?" Land Officer Yang was speechless. It would be an exaggeration to say that the entire Yangshu Village depended on the Ye and Yang families for a living. But the wealth gap between their families didn’t seem too big.
Now, the entire Yangshu Village relied on growing white sweet potatoes, green beans, and working part-time jobs at Yang Chuxia’s house, among other things, for extra income. Without the Ye and Yang families, daily life wouldn’t be a problem, but there would be much less surplus money.
If she didn’t accept anything from the Li family, they would have to look for opportunities elsewhere. It’s not that they couldn’t find opportunities elsewhere, but it certainly wouldn’t be as profitable as staying in the village.
Uncle, what do you think we should do? I can overlook the fact that she’s trying to stir up bad feelings between Brother An and me, but she also had bad things to say about Brother An. Beating her was even too light of a punishment, let alone the fact that I gave her medical expenses. Considering what she’s been plotting, one day if I get too angry with her, I’ll do just that."
At the end of it all, Land Officer Yang was also helpless and didn’t know what to say.
That’s because he realized that, given Xiaxia’s temperament, this beating was, in fact, quite light.
At the Li residence, Auntie Li was naturally resentful that she had been beaten by Yang Chuxia. As Land Officer Yang had said, Auntie Li had spoken harsh words and didn’t harbor any good intentions, but she couldn’t be beaten just like that.
Auntie Li’s younger son, who was also short-tempered, saw his mother beaten and wanted to go out and confront Yang Chuxia, but was stopped by Uncle Li and Anshun.
However, it was Li Chun who couldn’t stand his recklessness and scoffed, "Let him go, let him go, I want to see in the end who beats who. Do you think our family is in the right in this matter? If not for the mother-in-law’s rude mouth, why would others beat her? Why didn’t Ms.Luo get beaten? Why didn’t Li Junior get beaten? They were also with mother-in-law. You’d better cause a scene, and in the end, if there’s anything good, they won’t involve our family. I’ll watch and laugh then."
Li Chun’s words were harsh, but they were effective. Anshun’s younger brother was stopped instantly, but his eyes were fixed on Li Chun.
"Why are you staring at me? Did I say something wrong? You can see the trend in our village these days. Everyone can see who dares to offend the Ye and Yang families? Which family isn’t trying to please them? But mother-in-law is daring to not only not cozy up to them, but also pick a fight with them. Do you think you are Ms.Luo?"