Wang Shi’s son Zhang Dahu brought Liu Meifeng and their little son to the new house, intending to occupy the property under the guise of taking care of their mother.
“Let go, let go quickly; I’m about to be shaken apart!” Wang Shi pushed her little grandson away.
“No, you’re my grandma; this house is for me! I want to live in the big house, I want to eat good food! I want to eat good food!”
“Zhang Dahu, Liu Meifeng, all of you get out! Make it clear, this isn’t the Zhang family!
This is Feng Yiyi’s property; the deeds are all in her name! Get out now!”
Liu Meifeng started wailing loudly, “Mom! How can you not understand your son and daughter-in-law’s filial piety?
You’re old; we’ll let you enjoy your twilight years, serve you, and support you in old age. Why don’t you agree?”
“You… you… Don’t think I don’t know your crooked intentions; you just want to occupy Yiyi’s house!”
Wang Shi pointed at Liu Meifeng with one finger, not knowing what to scold them for.
“This early in the morning, are you looking for death? Crying and wailing in my house—what’s the matter? Did I go too easy on you last time?”
Feng Yiyi came out again with a thick wooden stick.
“Yiyi, last time it was your aunt’s fault; it was all because your aunt was possessed.
Don’t hold it against your aunt; this time I’m here to serve your grandma!”
“Oh, filial piety is a good thing. This is the Feng family; take Grandma and go serve her! I won’t stop you!”
“Grandma, they’re taking you away. Let’s pack up and go with them to their house!” Feng Yiyi winked at Grandma.
Wang Shi understood, “Granddaughter, since you don’t want me, and we have no relation, I’ll go back to my eldest son’s house to live out my days.”
“No, I don’t agree, I don’t agree! Why should you go to my house!” Liu Meifeng retorted.
“That’s right, Grandma can’t go to my house! That’s our house; why should she go!” Wang Shi’s little grandson Liangzi shouted.
Zhang Dahu softened his tone, “Mom, my place is small; there’s no room for you. This place is big!”
Feng Yiyi lost her patience, “What are you lot? If you want to be filial, go back and be filial; don’t pretend here!
Oh, the whole family comes to my house to be filial, but you won’t let her go to yours—what kind of filial children are you!
This is the Feng family; the master here is me, Feng Yiyi. Get out!”
With that, she raised the wooden stick and hit Liu Meifeng.
“Ow, it hurts so much!” Liu Meifeng, sitting on the ground, took a solid blow to the shoulder!
“You wicked girl, how dare you hit your aunt! I’ll beat you to death!”
Zhang Dahu grabbed a nearby iron shovel and swung it at Feng Yiyi.
Feng Yiyi dodged, and with a backhand strike, hit Zhang Dahu’s leg.
“Ah! You little bitch!”
“Still cursing!”
Then Feng Yiyi struck twice more like beating a rabid dog, and Zhang Dahu yelled twice, collapsing to the ground.
Liu Meifeng picked up a brick and swung it at Feng Yiyi, who was bending down.
Feng Yiyi leaped aside, dodging it!
The brick hit Zhang Dahu’s leg squarely.
“Ah! You damned woman, how dare you hit me! I’ll divorce you!”
Hearing “divorce,” Liu Meifeng froze on the spot.
In this era, a woman being divorced was a great humiliation; even her natal family couldn’t hold their heads up, and villagers looked down on her.
Even if she got sick and wanted a doctor, people thought treating a divorced woman would ruin their reputation.
“Liangzi’s dad, I didn’t mean it; it’s this little bitch—I was hitting her, and she dodged, so it hit you!”
Liu Meifeng wiped her tears and sobbed.
She shifted all her anger to Feng Yiyi.
“Feng Yiyi, you little bitch, why did you dodge when I hit you?
If you hadn’t dodged, how would I have hit Liangzi’s dad!”
Liu Meifeng grabbed the stick and swung at Feng Yiyi again.
This action successfully ignited Feng Yiyi’s fury.
“I’ve seen shameless people, but never one this shameless. Bullying me at my door—don’t blame me for being rude!”
Zhang Dahu was furious, cursing: “You wasteful dead woman, I said not to come, but you insisted. Now my leg is broken.”
“Liangzi, help dad go back!”
His son was obedient this time, helping the fallen Zhang Dahu limp out of the yard…
Feng Yiyi’s house was on the village entrance road, so early in the morning, people going out of the village passed by.
Lin Widow blinked her big eyes: “Listen, is that Liu Meifeng crying? Why is Zhang Dahu divorcing her?”
“Let’s go see!”
“Go!”
They saw Zhang Dahu limping out of Feng Yiyi’s house in a sorry state.
Feng Yiyi glanced at Grandma; Wang Shi was gasping for breath, sitting on the ground.
Feng Yiyi picked up the stick and swung at Liu Meifeng, “Liu Meifeng, last time you sold me off; I wasn’t strong enough then, but now I’m recovered.
Come, let me practice a set of dog-beating stick technique on you. The dog-beating stick is specially for beating dogs.
With that, she swung the stick in her hand and chanted: ‘This move is stick beats dog leg.
This move is rabid dog pounces.’
Feng Yiyi aimed at Liu Meifeng’s thick buttocks and struck.
Fast as lightning, one strike down, then another.
Liu Meifeng uncontrollably lunged forward, her mouth making intimate contact with the ground.
Then people saw Liu Meifeng with a mouth full of blood, two front teeth on the ground…
“Liu Meifeng, still want to bully me? I said, Feng Yiyi isn’t someone you can mess with. Remember that? This time you lost two teeth; next time it might be your head!”
“I remember, I won’t provoke you again. You’re not human; you’re a devil!” With that, Liu Meifeng crawled and ran away.
Feng Yiyi threw the stick aside and helped Wang Shi up, “Grandma, people like this deserve a beating. Don’t be sad!”
Wang Shi couldn’t hold back her tears, “I raised that son for nothing; they came to take your house.
Yiyi, if they come again, beat them hard.”
After watching the fun, when they saw Liu Meifeng come out, Lin Widow shouted: “Liu Meifeng, why are you running? Didn’t you say last time you’d sell Feng Yiyi to a brothel?”
Liu Meifeng glared at her, “Lin Widow, don’t stir up trouble.” The words came out with a lisp.
“Haha! Who would’ve thought she’d have this day!” Another woman said.
After Feng Yiyi helped Wang Shi inside, “Grandma, I need to buy two strong maids to guard the house.
I can’t be home all the time; if they come, you can’t handle them.”
“Yiyi, if they dare come again, even if I risk this old life, I won’t let them take a single brick or tile.” Wang Shi said angrily.