The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 45 Abandoning You to Feed the Wild Dogs
"Peach Blossom."

"Peach Blossom Girl".

"Don't go crazy."

Xu Si was so frightened that his face turned ashen.

Gu Taohua was furious. Old Lady Yan was bullying her mother because she didn't have a father, and Xu Si joined in the bullying.

Does she not exist?

Could it be that she's lost so much weight these past few days that she's become invisible?
Even Xu Si, that skinny monkey, doesn't take her seriously anymore.

Enraged, Gu Taohua pressed Xu Si against the edge of the car.

"Who's your sister? Don't shout like that, or I'll throw you down there."

"There are some stray dogs ahead, I'll just leave you here to feed them."

Gu Taohua's roar made the people in the car tremble, and even the old man Xu, who was driving, lashed out of control with his whip.

"Peach Blossom, Peach Blossom, my dear niece! Listen to your aunt, stop right now!" Granny Yan was terrified when she saw a stray dog ​​darting out from the roadside, and she flailed her arms wildly.

The peach blossoms in the valley remained unmoved.

"Grandpa, stop the car! Stop the car!" Xu Si shouted frantically to Grandpa Xu.

The mournful sound lingered in the air, sounding particularly piercing.

Grandpa Xu wanted to stop, but the car was going downhill and was heading uncontrollably downhill.

Xu Si's hair flew wildly in the wind and almost got caught in the wheels of a car.

Xu Si never expected Gu Taohua to be so crazy and so strong.

Granny Yan turned pale and pleaded with Tong Huaqiong, "Sister Tong, Sister Tong, you can't joke like that, people will die! Please make Peach Blossom stop!"

Tong Huaqiong said sarcastically, "You can't even control your mouth when it's on your body, let alone Peach Blossom, who isn't on me, how can I control her?"

Granny Yan was so angry that she gritted her teeth to powder.

"Are you all just going to watch like this?" Granny Yan looked at the other people in the car.

The others turned their heads away slightly.

One of the young women, clutching the handkerchief tightly in her hand, had a smile on her lips, a fleeting sense of pleasure passing through her heart.

The young woman's name was Liu Qiaoyun. She had just married into Qinghewan last year. Not long after the wedding, she went back to her parents' home to visit relatives and returned home late. Zhao Si blocked her at the village entrance. If Gu Taohua hadn't passed by and scolded Xu Si a couple of times, she would definitely have been groped by Xu Si.

This is why, no matter how domineering and arrogant Gu Taohua was in the village, she couldn't bring herself to dislike her.

A few days ago, when she was on her way home by car, she clearly saw Xu Si deliberately bump into Chen Sufeng's buttocks. She wanted to speak up, but she didn't dare to at the time.

"Aunt Tong, I was wrong. I... I shouldn't have punched you."

"Peach Blossom, Peach Blossom, I beg you to let me go."

Xu Si's hands danced in the air, creating afterimages.

The oxcart rushed down the slope and onto the smooth road.

"Weren't you so capable? Why are you begging for mercy now?"

"I'll let you off this time, but don't try to bully me a second time."

Gu Taohua grabbed Xu Si's hair and slammed him onto the car.

Xu Si felt as if he had just walked on the brink of death, and collapsed into the car, panting heavily.

Granny Yan squatted down and hugged Xu Si, sobbing uncontrollably.

Xu Si hated Tong Huaqiong and her son Gu Taohua to the core, especially Gu Taohua.

This caused him such great humiliation.

Granny Yan also hated Tong Huaqiong to the core. Her son was invincible in the village, but he couldn't do anything about Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua.

Liu Qiaoyun gently sat down next to Gu Taohua, handed her a handkerchief and said, "Taohua, you must be tired. Wipe your sweat."

Gu Taohua didn't stand on ceremony and took the handkerchief to wipe her hands. Getting Xu Si's hand on them was just too unlucky; she had to clean them off.

The other passengers on the bus looked at Gu Taohua differently. No matter what, Gu Taohua was teaching Xu Si a lesson on behalf of all the young women and wives in the village.

Xu Si deserved it!

"Damn it, I told you to stop the car, but you didn't. Were you just going to stand there and watch?"

After regaining her composure, Granny Yan began to berate Grandpa Xu.

Xu Si is Xu Daye's nephew, and Granny Yan felt that since Xu Daye wasn't on Xu Si's side, he should have kicked Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua off the bus.

Old Master Xu, still fuming from Granny Yan's accusations, turned around and said, "Who started this trouble first thing in the morning? First, you were the one who provoked Granny Da Shu with your foul mouth, and then your son, thinking he's a young man, tried to get rough with her. You two are in the wrong no matter where you go. I can't possibly join you in bullying this widow and her child, can I?"

Grandpa Xu got angrier and angrier as he talked.

Xu Si is almost a nephew of his, and he's not the clan leader, so what business is it of his?

Besides, these are people who paid to ride in his car; he wouldn't kick them out.

Do you think that widow Tong is someone to be trifled with? I'm afraid that the moment he tries to chase her away, she'll be lying under his car wheel, clapping her hands and beating up his ancestors, and then she'll accuse him of bullying an orphan and a widow.

Even if they were to be rushed, it should be Xu Si and Granny Yan who got off. This mother and son often take advantage of being family members to ride without paying, so I didn't give them any money today.

No matter what, Widow Tong still gave him the fare for four people.

“Sister-in-law, I’m going to say something you won’t like to hear. Xu Si doesn’t work or do business, so what’s he doing following me to town all day? And he’s always causing trouble. I think it’s all because of you, his mother, who spoils him. Give me the fare for the past few days when we get off the bus.”

Grandpa Xu had long been dissatisfied with Xu Si riding in his car these days. Whenever Xu Si got in, young women and wives were too afraid to get in.

Xu Si was being unruly in the car. Not every girl is as docile as Gu Taohua, and if something happens, Xu Si will be implicated.

Everyone else on the bus understood what Grandpa Xu meant, and their contempt for Granny Yan and Xu Si grew even stronger.

After this battle, the people on the bus were no longer afraid to come into contact with Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua.

"Sister Tong, what made you decide to start a business?" an older woman asked.

“Ever since my husband passed away, I’ve had to support my family,” Tong Huaqiong said with a smile.

The old woman's eyes were filled with disbelief. Ever since Chen Sufeng entered the Gu family, Tong Dajiao had been enjoying a life of leisure, never setting foot in the house or the fields. Now, she had actually changed her ways and started doing business.

Even an iron tree can bloom.

"That's true. Your son passed the preliminary examination, and his future studies will cost a lot of money. You'll have to find a way to make money," an old man sighed.

The old man was poked as soon as he finished speaking.

Don't bring up Gu Jingzhe's schooling to provoke Widow Tong. Matchmaker Wang has already spread the word that Gu Jingzhe is going to sell his niece to pay for her education.

Aren't you subtly mocking Widow Tong when you say that?

Tong Huaqiong seemed oblivious to everyone's subtle movements and calmly said, "Hey, I'm just earning some pocket money. I'm not letting my son Jingzhe go to school anymore; we're too poor to afford it."

When Tong Huaqiong said this, everyone was astonished.

"Didn't Matchmaker Wang say..." The old woman hesitated, wanting to ask Tong Huaqiong about the rumors about Gu Jingzhe that had been circulating these past few days.

“Aunt Qian, that rumor is definitely false. Don’t you know what kind of person Wang the matchmaker is? She can turn white into black. Man’er is perfectly fine at home, and Jingzhe was even going to the fields with a hoe yesterday.”

Because of her strong bias towards Gu Taohua, Liu Qiaoyun took the initiative to refute the rumors about the Gu family.

"No wonder Jingzhe has been in the village these past few days; turns out she's not going to school anymore."

"It's a pity, they're all already at the level of child prodigy."

“I noticed that Su-Fen looks quite well these past few days.”

Grandpa Xu's oxcart arrived at Yanguan Town amidst the murmurs of the crowd.

Amid the discussions, people's attitudes toward Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua changed, and some even helped carry the baskets and hampers full of pastries off the bus.

Tong Huaqiong thanked them and, together with Gu Taohua, carried baskets on their backs and walked quickly toward the mansion of Master Huang on the east side of town.

(End of this chapter)