“You damned girl, what kind of look is that? Your Old Zhao family really has such wonderful manners, huh? Just look at how uncultured you are! And you call yourselves a scholarly farming family? Aren’t you ashamed if word gets out—”
Yang Huahua was speaking so passionately that spit was practically flying everywhere. The more she talked, the more convinced she became that she was right, and a smug expression even appeared on her face.
Then suddenly, Zhao Shiyu opened her mouth and shouted at the top of her lungs:
“Help! Someone help! Yang Huahua is trying to rob me! Somebody come quick—!”
“Uh…”
Yang Huahua was instantly choked by this completely shameless move.
Not only did she stop talking on the spot, she even hiccupped from being caught off guard. Her entire face was filled with blank confusion, clearly unable to process this sudden turn of events.
The young girl’s voice was sharp and piercing to begin with, and Zhao Shiyu was shouting with all her strength. The sound carried especially far.
Not only did the nearby neighbors hear her, but probably half of Zhao Family Village heard it too.
People immediately poured out of their homes and rushed over.
Whether the shouting was true or false didn’t matter.
There was a show to watch.
Naturally, this also included Zhao Yingzhang’s family.
Old Madam Zhao was already advanced in age. She had spent the entire morning working in the fields and was exhausted, so she stayed home to rest in the afternoon instead of going back out.
Now that she heard such a commotion outside, of course she had to come out and see what was happening.
Especially since the shouting voice sounded oddly familiar.
The moment Yang Huahua saw people being drawn over, she became both alarmed and furious. Raising her hand, she swung a huge slap toward Zhao Shiyu’s head.
Zhao Shiyu quickly dodged aside. At the same time, she secretly rubbed her eyes a few times, then grabbed the basket behind her as though protecting it tightly.
“Yang Huahua, I call you Aunt Yang out of respect, and this is how shameless you are? How dare you try to steal my things?
“You act like a tyrant in your own home, bullying your parents-in-law and your two sisters-in-law—that’s your family’s business, and I can’t interfere. But how can you see that I’m young and come rob me? Do you really think our family is easy to bully?”
“You little bitch, what nonsense are you spouting?! Who’s stealing your things?! See if I don’t beat you to death for talking nonsense, you rotten girl—!”
Her first slap had missed, throwing her off balance for a second. Combined with Zhao Shiyu’s earlier provocation, Yang Huahua’s anger was already surging upward.
Now Zhao Shiyu’s words were like pouring oil onto a fire, pushing directly against her rage.
As she cursed, she raised her hand again and slapped toward Zhao Shiyu’s face.
Zhao Shiyu hurriedly ducked low to dodge. The wind from the slap swept right over the hair bun on top of her head.
So close.
That slap had almost landed directly on her face.
Right afterward, she spotted her grandmother, Zhao Qianshi, among the crowd running over. Immediately, while continuing to dodge Yang Huahua, she shouted toward her:
“Grandma, hurry over! The third daughter-in-law from the Yang family is trying to steal our wild chicken!”
“What?!”
The moment Old Madam Zhao heard that, she exploded.
That shameless third daughter-in-law from Zhao Laoshuan’s family was already bad enough for trying to steal from them—but she was actually trying to steal a wild chicken?!
How could anyone tolerate that?
Even with their family considered relatively well-off, they only ate meat once every month or two.
And this shameless Yang Huahua actually wanted to rob their wild chicken right out in the open!
That was meat!
Old Madam Zhao was so furious that she completely forgot to wonder where the wild chicken had come from. Cursing nonstop, she charged straight at Yang Huahua.
“Zhao Laoshuan’s family really has wonderful manners! They bring a daughter-in-law into the house and don’t even bother teaching her properly! We’re all from the same village, yet you dare openly rob people in broad daylight? Stop right there! If you don’t stop, we’ll go straight to the village chief and the headman to settle this! I refuse to believe there’s no justice left!”
The moment Old Madam Zhao rushed up to her, she immediately reached for Yang Huahua’s hair.
Yang Huahua no longer had time to care about Zhao Shiyu. She quickly protected her own hair with one hand while grabbing Old Madam Zhao’s hair with the other.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Zhao Shiyu slipped behind Yang Huahua.
At some point, a small branch had somehow appeared in her hand.
The instant Yang Huahua and Old Madam Zhao both grabbed each other’s hair, Zhao Shiyu suddenly thrust forward with all her strength, stabbing the branch toward the spot she could reach behind Yang Huahua.
There was no helping it.
She was too young and too short. Even if she wanted to pull Yang Huahua’s hair, she couldn’t reach.
So she could only attack the areas within range.
“Aiyooo! Mother of heaven!”
Yang Huahua let out a miserable scream and instinctively released Old Madam Zhao’s hair, covering her backside instead.
Old Madam Zhao seized the chance to slap her hard across the face.
“If your elders can’t discipline you properly, then let this old woman teach you a lesson! Let me show you what respecting the elderly and caring for the young means, so you stop embarrassing Zhao Family Village!”
Even Zhao Shiyu herself was startled by Yang Huahua’s scream. She subconsciously let go of the branch.
Then everyone saw Yang Huahua hopping around wildly with both hands covering her butt.
“Aiyo! Aiyo! It hurts to death!”
Everyone: “…”
Zhao Shiyu also felt somewhat awkward.
At the time, she hadn’t thought much about it. But now, seeing Yang Huahua like this, she suddenly felt deeply embarrassed.
Especially because so many people were gathered around.
Someone definitely saw her sneak attack from behind.
Ahhh…
Her reputation!
At first, Old Madam Zhao hadn’t understood what had happened either. But once she saw Yang Huahua hopping in circles, and Yang Huahua’s back turned toward her, she immediately saw the current situation.
Her eyes widened in shock.
Damn.
What kind of technique was this?!
The surrounding crowd also fell into a strange silence.
But right after that—
The entire crowd burst into roaring laughter.
Some people even started teasing her.
“Mrs. Zhao Yang, are you performing some kind of spirit dance for us? I’ve only ever seen people wave things in their hands while dancing—I’ve never seen anyone dance with something stuck in their backside before! This old man’s horizons have really been broadened today! Hahahaha—!”
As the man spoke, he couldn’t hold back his laughter anymore.
His words instantly caused the surrounding laughter to grow even louder.
But Yang Huahua had no mood to care about what anyone was saying.
After spinning around twice, she finally remembered to turn around and check what had happened behind her.
The moment she turned, she instantly understood everything.
For some reason, her chubby pale face immediately flushed red all the way to her ears.
She hurriedly shook her skirt while hopping in place a few times. Forget arguing with Old Madam Zhao—she immediately bolted home like smoke.
Only…
The way she ran looked especially awkward.
Actually, if Yang Huahua hadn’t instinctively reacted with a conditioned muscle response the moment she felt pain, this whole scene wouldn’t have become such a spectacle.
Once Yang Huahua fled, everyone’s attention shifted entirely onto Zhao Shiyu, completely ignoring Old Madam Zhao.
What Zhao Shiyu had just done had utterly shattered everyone’s understanding of village women fighting.
Most people still hadn’t recovered from the shock.
When rural women fought, it was usually just pulling hair, scratching faces and necks, or slapping each other. The sneakier ones might pinch or claw.
But nobody had ever seen someone use this move before.
Zhao Shiyu’s attack…
Now that was something fresh.