Chapter Twenty: The Most Disabled

  "Ah——" The gravel hit Guo's face, it didn't hurt much, but she didn't expect Jiuniang to fight back with both hands and mouth. She was shocked, angry and furious, and pounced on Jiuniang, scratching and shouting loudly: "You're a murderous slut, how dare you fight back? I'll skin you alive!"

  Li was injured by Chu Dongyang last night and had to ask Guo to invite a doctor when he got home, who diagnosed it as a dislocation of the joint and reset it for 1 or 2 taels of silver. Fortunately, after resting for a few days, he will be fine.

  Guo's family wasn't trying to take revenge for his mother-in-law this time, but in the afternoon, he heard from San Auntie at the village head that Jiuniang and Yang Jin went up the mountain together and hunted a large wild boar, refusing to bring it back to share with everyone, instead wanting to sell it in town for silver.

  A big wild boar can sell for at least a few taels of silver. If Ninth Girl gets half, it's not a small amount either.

  Guo's mind moved and after dinner he came to Yang's house to wait outside, preparing to ask Jiuniang for money.

  Chu Dongyang that rascal she can't afford to mess with, Jiu Niang that weakling who would fall over in the wind, Guo Shi thinks one finger can take her down.

  Who would have thought that Jiuniang, who used to be unable to retort or fight back, had become so bold tonight and even dared to engage in a physical altercation with her!

  "Now, hand over the silver obediently and I might let you off with a lighter beating. Otherwise, not only will I rob you of your silver, but I'll also beat you until your face is black and blue, so that even your crippled husband won't recognize you!" Guo's wife sat on top of Jiu Niang, her sturdy body pinning Jiu Niang down, her two hands pressing down on Jiu Niang's shoulders, holding her firmly in place.

  "Xiu Mei, quickly let go of Jiu Niang." Yun Niang took one look at the scene and rushed over to pull Guo Shi away: "How can you be like this? Let go!"

  "Sister-in-law, this is our family affair, don't interfere." Guo's wife pushed open Yunniang, saying loudly with a bad tone.

  "Why resort to violence? Can't you just talk it out? You're sisters-in-law..."

  "What a load of nonsense! I am the legitimate wife, married through proper channels, while she is just some cheap thing bought with two taels of silver. She dares to be on equal terms with me?!" Guo Shi spat out loudly and pinched Jiuniang's arm, saying in an ugly tone: "Hand over the silver quickly!"

  "Xiu Mei, if you continue like this, I'll call for help!" Yun Niang stamped her foot and shouted angrily.

  "Shut your stinking mouth! What's it to you? Mind your own business!" Guo was used to being overbearing and bullying, and couldn't stand threatening words, so she glared at Yunniang with a bad temper.

  "You——" Artisan girl got angry and stamped her foot, turning her head and running towards Chu Dongyang's house.

  Guo didn't notice which direction Yunniang ran off in, and thought she had been scared away by his own fierce behavior, so he ran back home with a guilty conscience, and continued to focus on snatching silver from Jiuniang.

  "I'll count to three, if you don't let go of me, you'll bear the consequences!" Jiuniang said coldly, her teeth clenched in pain as Guoshi pressed down on her shoulders.

  My goodness!

  It seems that she used to give people a feeling of being too weak and anyone dared to bully her!

  If she doesn't teach Guo a lesson today, not only will she think she can bully her easily, but next time she'll be even more overbearing and come to bully her again.

  Jiuniang felt a sharp stone and picked it up, starting to count: "One......two......"

  To be honest, Guo suddenly felt a chill run down his spine at this moment.

  For some reason, at this moment, Jiuniang made her feel a kind of inexplicable fear.

  But she has always been overbearing, and often bullied Jiuniang in the past. Deep down, she had a strong unwillingness to admit defeat, so she was not willing to let go of this matter.

  She stuck out her neck and said in a loud voice: "You can count to ten, it's useless! If you don't take out the silver, today you'll be crawling and won't be able to crawl back!"

  The harsh words had barely left his lips when he let out a pained howl.

  ……

  When Chu Dongyang limped over, he thought he would see Jiuniang being beaten badly, but instead saw Guo's wife kneeling on the ground with her hands covering her head, wailing and begging for mercy.

  "I knew it... Sister-in-law wouldn't be bullied so easily." Leng Su said in a low voice beside Chu Dongyang.

  This woman was pressed against her neck with a sword by him, still without changing her face, and even dared to fight back with him. Can anyone bully her?

  Chu big brother, this woman, she's no ordinary woman!

  Chu Dongyang pressed his forehead with one hand, walked over with a long stick, stretched out his hand to pull Jiuniang, and said in a low voice: "Jiuniang, come back with me."

  "Big brother, save me! This woman is crazy, she's going to beat me to death!" As soon as Guo heard Chu Dongyang's words, she rushed over and tried to grab onto his leg, but was blocked by Chu Dongyang using a long stick. She could only roll around on the ground wailing.

  In the dim light of night, it was impossible to see what expression Dong Yang had on his face at this moment, but one could hear from his cold and stern voice that he was suppressing his anger.

  "She won't kill you." Chu Dongyang said: "At most, you'll be crippled!"

  "Waaah... you're going to die a thousand deaths..." Mrs. Guo wailed and cursed.

  Jiuniang gave Chu Dongyang a sideways glance, then threw the stone in her hand to the ground and clapped her hands, looking at Guoshi: "New grudges and old hatreds are added together, let's settle them tonight. I also made it clear to you just now that if you don't let go, you'll have to bear the consequences yourself. So, even if you're beaten and bruised, I won't give you half a cent for medical expenses. And in the future, if you dare to come looking for trouble again, I'll beat you every time I see you!"

  "Hum! How dare you!" These words Guo now only dares to shout in her heart.

  "Jiuniang, are you alright?" Yunniang rushed over and grabbed Jiuniang's hand, asking anxiously.

  "Don't worry, Auntie, I'm fine." Jiuniang smiled at Yunniang and said, "Auntie, you should go back and rest now, I'll head back too."

  "Jiuniang..." Jiuniang took two steps, her arm was pulled by Chu Dongyang, she turned back to look at him and pointed to the half bag of rice on the ground, saying: "Can you help me get the rice back? I'm a bit tired, can't carry it anymore."

  My goodness, my shoulders were pressed by Guo's family until they hurt to death. Now both hands have no strength, let alone 50 kilograms of rice, even 10 kilograms she can't carry.

  Jiuniang finished speaking and didn't wait for Chudongyang to respond. She shrugged her shoulders, gritted her teeth with a painful expression, and turned away.

  Chu Dongyang looked at the small figure in the night and suddenly felt a sourness in his heart.

  This family is entirely relying on this woman's small shoulders to hold it up, he is really useless!

  "Take the rice back." Chu Dongyang composed himself, dropped a sentence and followed Jiuniang with a limp. After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and said, "You sleep in my room tonight."

  The hand holding the rice bag paused in surprise and asked, "Where is Big Brother Chu sleeping tonight?"

  That old house is spacious, but very dilapidated. There are only two rooms that can be inhabited. Chu Da Ge and the woman sleep in separate rooms. Now that he has given up his room to himself, where will Chu Da Ge sleep?

  Chu Dongyang's lips moved slightly, but he didn't make a sound. A glimmer of unclear meaning flashed in his eyes as he continued walking forward.

  Jiuniang fetched a large basin of hot water, washed her body, and then returned to her room to rest.

  This morning I walked to the town, this afternoon I went up the mountain to hunt, and tonight I even had a fight with someone... Jiuniang really felt that her small body was severely overdrawn today.

  She rubbed her sore shoulders with her hand and suddenly heard a knock at the door.

  "Who?" Jiuniang asked, lying on the bed.

  "It's me, open the door!" Chu Dongyang's voice came through.

  "Anything wrong? I'm going to rest." Jiuniang really didn't even have the strength to get out of bed.

  "I've brought you medicine wine, open the door first and talk later." Chu Dongyang said persistently.

  "......Oh." Alright, if I rub some medicinal wine on my shoulders and massage them a bit, maybe they won't be so sore by tomorrow morning.

  Jiuniang bit her teeth and crawled out of bed to open the door, originally intending to take the medicine wine and close the door, but unexpectedly Chudongyang did not hand over the medicine wine, instead directly stepping into the room.