Liang Fenglan quickly tried to push him away, but the other person’s movements were too fast, too ruthless, and too precise.
Half a bowl of the bitter medicine still ended up in my mouth.
Startled, she jumped up and down, forcefully gagging herself to expel some of the medicine before regaining her composure.
“Xu Zhizhi, what are you doing? Didn’t you beg me to buy this medicine for you?”
Xu Zhizhi looked at the person in front of her with disdain and sneered twice.
“I’ve changed my mind. I’m keeping this child, and nobody’s going to touch him!”
Knowing what would happen next, Xu Zhizhi couldn’t possibly abandon her handsome military officer husband to marry an abusive man.
As for stepmother Liang Fenglan, this bowl of medicine was just the beginning.
Liang Fenglan cried out twice, as if about to lash out.
“You little bitch, if I don’t teach you a lesson today, you’ll think I’m easy to bully, won’t you? Liang An, come in quickly, your mother is about to be poisoned to death…”
Mr. Xu hadn’t come home from get off work yet; only his son and he were at home. Were the two of them afraid of being no match for a pregnant young woman?
Xu Zhizhi calmly picked up the broken porcelain bowl from the ground, and without saying a word, just looked at Liang Fenglan.
Liang Fenglan glared at Xu Zhizhi with her beady eyes, wishing she could tear her apart.
“Xu Zhizhi, don’t be so unreasonable. I’ve already accepted the factory accountant’s betrothal gifts. Today, you have to beat this child whether you want to or not.”
“Also, hand over the funeral allowance for that dead husband you received. You’ll have plenty to eat and drink after you marry him, so you won’t need any money. It’ll be perfect for your brother to use to get married.”
You damn little brother.
Liang An is Liang Fenglan’s son from her first marriage; they have no blood relation whatsoever.
She could actually ask to use Li Wenzhu’s funeral expenses to find a wife for Liang An!
How can they be so shameless?
Xu Zhizhi refused outright, “No.”
Liang Fenglan instantly exploded, “Do you even understand the current situation? You’re a widow. If it weren’t for your family taking you in, you would starve to death on the streets. Your money is your family’s money.”
As the old saying goes, a woman listens to her father at home, listens to her husband after marriage, and if her husband dies, she still has to listen to her father when she gets home.
What’s a little money to her own father? He’d even take her life if he wanted it.
Xu Zhizhi is just too lucky. She was always protected by her mother and never suffered. Now she deserves to be taught a lesson.
Xu Zhizhi scoffed coldly.
What do you want to do?
Liang Fenglan rolled up her sleeves and rushed towards Xu Zhizhi in a few steps. However, before she could raise her hand to slap her, she felt a cold sensation on her neck, and the stinging pain froze her in place.
Immediately afterwards, her hands were pinned down by a pair of iron clamps. Liang Fenglan turned around to look at Xu Zhizhi in disbelief.
“What do you think you’re doing? I’m the wife your father married into the family after going through all the proper betrothal rites! You dare hit me? You’ll be struck by lightning!”
As he spoke, he also started howling outside.
“Liang An, you idiot, get your ass in here right now! Your mother’s about to be beaten to death…”
Xu Zhizhi impatiently picked at her ear, then grabbed a piece of cloth and stuffed it into Liang Fenglan’s mouth.
At that moment, the door was opened.
A dull-witted man peeked out from under the door. “Mom, if I come in, Xu Zhizhi will hit me.”
Liang Fenglan was Xu’s mother’s childhood friend.
She and Liang An had known each other since childhood. When Xu’s mother was still alive, she raised Xu Zhizhi to be innocent and romantic, but also domineering and arrogant.
As for his younger brother Liang An, who was powerless to even kill a chicken, he could bully him whenever he wanted.
Therefore, Liang An was afraid of Xu Zhizhi from the bottom of his heart.
“You useless thing, why aren’t you getting in here?” Liang Fenglan roared.
Only then did Liang An see the situation inside the house clearly. He quickly found the Moutai in the house, took a sip, and, mustering his courage, rushed in, pointing his finger at Xu Zhizhi and cursing loudly.
“Xu, Xu Zhizhi, wait until Dad comes back and see if he doesn’t punish you. Let my mom go right now.”
Xu Zhizhi doesn’t like being pointed at.
“Take your hand away.”
Liang An, drunk and intoxicated, was fearless. “So what if I pointed at you again? Xu Zhizhi, let me tell you, I’ve disliked you for a long time. Today, I’m going to teach you a lesson on behalf of Dad…”
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Zhizhi delivered a flying kick, sending the porcelain on the ground flying into Liang An’s hand, cutting his finger and causing blood to drip onto the ground.
Liang An’s gaze fell upon the bright red on the ground, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground, still trying to explain before he died.
“I…I’m afraid of blood…”
Xu Zhizhi glanced at the fallen behemoth and chuckled. Old Xu was still counting on this son to take care of him in his old age.
Ah, better to hope for a piece of char siu.
Xu Zhizhi kicked Liang An on the ground to confirm that he had indeed passed out before turning back to deal with Liang Fenglan.
Liang Fenglan felt like her neck was about to be snapped by this brat, and her son had fainted from fright.
She gasped for breath, trying to use her hand to poke Xu Zhizhi’s stomach, attacking her most vulnerable spot.
Anyway, this little brat is going to die!
However, before he could make a move, Xu Zhizhi punched him in the waist.
“Aunt Liang, my mother taught me self-defense techniques since I was little. Don’t try anything funny with me, or I’ll teach you a lesson today.”
Liang Fenglan gasped in pain, realizing that Xu Zhizhi was telling the truth.
Although Xu’s mother only gave birth to one child, she raised her like a treasure and taught Xu Zhizhi martial arts from a young age.
So don’t let Xu Zhizhi’s delicate appearance fool you, she’s stronger than most men.
Thinking of Xu’s mother, who was as strong as a bear, Liang Fenglan suddenly lost her arrogance.
Xu Zhizhi looked at Liang Fenglan, who had quieted down, with satisfaction. She chuckled to herself, thinking, “Look, people always bully the weak and fear the strong.”
She only threatened her a little, and Liang Fenglan immediately deflated.
The original owner was clearly well raised by Xu’s mother, but she was as naive as a pig and believed Liang Fenglan’s lies. Luckily, she was smart enough not to fall for it!
His gaze fell on Liang Fenglan’s wrist, recalling the previous plot.
Xu Zhizhi raised an eyebrow.
“I remember my mom used to have a pair of gold earrings and a gold bracelet. When Xu Changgui married you, they were melted down, and he made a new gold bracelet for you. This is mine, and you should give it back to me now.”
Liang Fenglan was now genuinely afraid of this shrew, so she took off the gold bracelet from her wrist and returned it to Xu Zhizhi.
“I definitely won’t get married. You figure out how to talk to that accountant yourself.”
After Xu Zhizhi finished speaking, she released Liang Fenglan.
“roll!”
He kicked Liang An on the ground again.
Liang An felt as if his back was about to be trampled apart by iron hooves. He was ashamed and full of hatred, but he couldn’t beat Xu Zhizhi. He got up, wiped his face, and left the house, clutching his still bleeding fingers.
Once the room quieted down, Xu Zhizhi couldn’t wait to examine the delicate gold bracelet in her hand.
I remember in the book, after the female protagonist Zhou Tian got married, she went to Liang Fenglan’s house to exchange the bracelet for two hundred yuan.
Not long after Zhou Tian returned to the camp with Li Wenzhu, she started a small business and everything went smoothly for her.
Therefore, Xu Zhizhi believes that there must be something strange about this.
In the instant she was pondering, the gold bracelet on her wrist suddenly slipped onto her arm by itself, transforming into a circle of red thread.
“This is outrageous! Gold turned into red thread?”
But the surprise was yet to come; as she touched the red line, a huge warehouse appeared before her.
The house was fully stocked with everything: rice, millet, peanuts, steamed buns, and not only food but also fabrics and daily necessities.
Besides these, she even found a whole box of hard currency, gold coins, in the corner! A whole box full.
These foods seemed to be in a giant icebox, they were icy to the touch, yet the space somehow kept them fresh?
Overwhelmed by this huge surprise, Xu Zhizhi washed an apple and began to enjoy it with relish.
With these, she was no longer afraid, no matter how barren the Northeast was.
I have to find the child’s father.