Chapter 68: Looking for Trouble

On the way back, Yun Linhai was earnestly lecturing Yun Jiao.

Fighting doesn’t solve any problems, he said, especially since she was still young and could easily get hurt...

When they reached her grandmother’s house, they suddenly saw her uncle, grandfather, mother, and aunt all fighting with a group of people.

Yun Linhai let out a roar. The man who had just said fighting solved nothing charged into the fray.

"Which sons of bitches dare to hit my wife and father-in-law!"

Yun Jiao spotted some familiar faces in the crowd—Liu Tian, who had stolen her big snake, and Liu Chunfeng, who had taken her little rabbits!

So, they had brought their family here to get even.

Her grandmother was off to the side, slapping her thighs in frustration.

"Stop fighting, stop fighting! Liu Dayong, you pack of bastards! You didn’t raise your own kids right, letting them steal from others, and now you have the nerve to come to our door and start a fight! People need face like trees need bark, but you people are truly shameless! Why did heaven let inhuman things like you be reborn as people..."

Grandma Shen’s attempt to break up the fight was loaded with personal attacks.

But the other family also had an unreasonable old woman.

"Pah! Your wretched girl beat my grandson and granddaughter like this! Oh, my poor grandson! He went into the mountains perfectly fine and came back beaten black and blue! Who did he ever provoke to deserve this? If anything happens to them, this old woman won’t go on living..."

Liu Chunfeng pointed at Yun Jiao. "Grandma, she’s the one who hit my brother and me!"

The old woman scrambled up from the ground. "You little hussy! So young, yet your heart is so vicious. If the Shen family can’t discipline you, then this old woman will do it for them."

Grandma Shen yanked Yun Jiao behind her. "Who do you think you’re going to discipline? Look at the character of your own grandson and granddaughter before you talk about disciplining anyone else! What, was your whole family reincarnated from thieves?

Is it because you’ve never had anything good in your lives that you have to steal and rob things from other people’s baskets? With sticky fingers like yours, it’s only a matter of time before you’re all thrown in jail!"

"Who are you calling a thief?!"

"I’m talking about you, you shameless old hag!"

The two old women began to scuffle, and Yun Jiao stamped her feet as she watched.

She hated that she couldn’t use her hands right now.

But that was fine. She still had her feet and her mouth.

The two old women were evenly matched. Deep down, they were both wary of their old bones, so they mostly just cursed at each other without really fighting. Their flailing arms and legs never made contact.

Liu Chunfeng was timidly trying to help her mother.

She was the type who wanted to help but was afraid of getting hit herself.

Yun Jiao rushed over and kicked her right in the back of the knee.

THUD! Liu Chunfeng fell to her knees.

Just then, Shen Yunlian gave the woman she was fighting a hard shove, sending her toppling right on top of Liu Chunfeng.

"AHHH!!!"

"Mom, get off me! You’re crushing me!"

Liu Chunfeng’s mother struggled to get up, but Yun Jiao kicked her back down.

"Ouch! You little bitch, just wait until I get up..."

With her hair in a mess, Shen Yunlian straddled the woman, raised her hand, and delivered a series of sharp slaps to her face. SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!

"Who are you calling a little bitch? You’re the bitch! You shameless old bitch! You fat, ugly, dead pig of a bitch..."

Yun Jiao’s eyes sparkled. ’So Mom is this good at cursing, too.’

Of course, she didn’t stay idle. The woman was stronger, after all—her build made that obvious.

Whenever Yun Jiao saw her trying to get up, she would kick her again, playing a support role for her mother.

She also helped her aunt, giving the woman she was fighting a swift kick.

She was very strong, possessing strength nearly equal to that of a grown man. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to lift such a heavy wooden post.

Her only disadvantage was her height. Her short legs could only reach the adults’ shins.

But that was still enough to cause them plenty of pain.

The commotion soon attracted neighbors from around Grandma Shen’s house.

Regardless of who was right or wrong, upon seeing the Liu family, they knew they had to help their own villagers first.

The men and women of the Liu family were soon restrained, but they still struggled, eager to keep fighting.

The old Liu woman was still shouting that she would report them to the police.

Grandma Shen was not to be outdone.

"Go on, call the police if you have the guts! If you don’t, this old woman will! I’ve never seen such arrogant robbers! Everyone, come and judge for yourselves! Our village’s children were lucky enough to find a litter of rabbits and catch a snake in the mountains.

These shameless people from Big Valley took advantage of the kids while they were getting a honeycomb and stole the rabbits and the snake! Our kids went to get their things back, which led to a conflict and a bit of a fight.

But then these shameless people had the audacity to come to our door to cause trouble! Do you really think the people of Shen Family Village are easy to bully? It’s true what they say about your village—the adults are thieves and unreasonable, and the kids just follow their example. Pah!"

"You’re full of it! Those rabbits and that snake are wild things from the mountains! What right do you have to claim they’re yours? I could just as easily say my grandson caught them! What, are you people from this village trying to use your numbers to bully an old woman like me? Come on, hit me if you’ve got the guts!"

With that, the old woman sat right down on the ground and started to throw a tantrum.

Shen Xiuyuan, his face still swollen, spoke up. "We’re the ones who caught those rabbits! If you say your grandson caught them, then have him tell us where the rabbit hole is!"

Liu Tian’s eyes immediately darted about guiltily.

Shen Xiuyuan pressed him, "Go on, say it! You can’t, can you? Because you have no idea!"

Someone in the crowd slapped their thigh and exclaimed, "My son told us about this when he got back, too! He said those kids from Big Valley beat him up trying to steal the rabbits! So it was you! We, the ones who were robbed, haven’t even come to you to settle the score, and yet you have the nerve to show up at our door!"

The woman looked around, then grabbed a large broom that was leaning against Grandma Shen’s wall—one used for sweeping up chicken droppings—and started swinging it at their faces.

"You shameless bastards! I haven’t even settled my score with you yet!"

The broom was still caked with chicken poop. Shen Yunlian, quick-eyed and swift-handed, snatched up Yun Jiao and jumped back.

The others around them also scrambled to get out of the way.

Mrs. Liu, still sitting on the ground, was the first to suffer. She was splattered with chicken poop all over her face and body.

Yun Jiao’s eyes were exceptionally bright. ’If her hands weren’t injured, she would definitely be clapping and cheering.’

Mrs. Liu’s two tall, sturdy sons rushed forward to help, only to be unceremoniously smacked by the fierce woman’s broom as well.

Instantly, the Liu family was covered in the lingering stench of chicken droppings.

"You... You people!"

After landing her blows, the woman ran off, not sticking around for a prolonged fight.

"Go ahead and report it to the police if you dare! I’ll be waiting! Your kids left my kid’s face covered in injuries. If you have the guts, let’s settle this properly!"

Aunt Shen, holding Yun Xiaowu and her own son, started crying, snot and tears streaming down her face.

"Look at this! Look what they’ve done to our children! I’m their own mother, and I can barely recognize their faces!"

Everyone looked at the two kids. It was a miserable sight. Truly miserable.

"And my kid, too! Mine was also beaten! Look at this swollen arm!"

Shen Xiuyuan’s other friends began arriving one after another with their parents in tow.

The scene instantly turned into a competition of who was more miserable.

Liu Tian was so angry he nearly coughed up blood.

’Heavens above, he had been wronged!’

"They were obviously stung by bees! You yourself just said they went to get a honeycomb!"