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Chapter 459: 459 I Didn't Say I Was Going to Marry Her
Chapter 459: Chapter 459 I Didn’t Say I Was Going to Marry Her
Earlier this morning, when Zhu Hongyun from the Zhang family insisted on having the sour plum soup made by Qiao Xiaomai, he had raised this issue explicitly.
Qiao Xiaomai never consented to marriage, and it was not right for these people to harass her with such presumptuousness.
So what about Lady Zhang?
She had been punished just this morning, but by noon she kicked it up a notch.
She didn’t just want the sour plum soup, she wanted rice now!
She wanted rice!
His daughter-in-law, Tong Tiehu, took it upon herself to run to someone else’s house to ask for food!
This was humiliating!
Besides being shameful, this act had an even more abhorrent nature to it.
Brashly intruding into people’s homes to demand food – what kind of behavior was that?
That’s nothing short of bully exploiting their power!
This was outright presuming that Qiao Xiaomai wouldn’t fight back!
“Let me remind you, Qiao Xiaomai never agreed to marry Sanlang. Keep this point straight in your mind. You barged into their home asking for things just because you are the village chief’s daughter-in-law. When did you turn into a bandit? Xingda, hit her!”
“Hit her hard! Let’s see if she dares to do it again!”
Tong Xingda ringed with fury, placed the pottery jar on the ox cart, strode over to Lady Zhang, grabbed the collar of her dress, and slapped her hard, “You damn woman, even dared to ask for food, I’ll teach you a lesson for disgracing me, I’ll teach you a lesson for disgracing me!”
As his hand bashed down, there followed a loud “smack, smack, smack” sound. He did not hold anything back. After seven or eight slaps, Zhang’s cheeks swelled instantly, with bloody trail appearing at the corners of her mouth.
Tong Xingda, still unsatisfied, lifted his foot and kicked her in the back hard. Shouting simultaneously, “you stupid woman, you’ve made me lose all my face! Next time you dare to show off your status, I’ll teach you a lesson you won’t forget!”
Tong Xingda was truly furious.
He was not as foolish as Lady Zhang. Regarding the value of Qiao Xiaomai, he had a clear understanding even before the esteemed emperor’s visit.
After the emperor’s visit, this understanding became even clearer.
This girl, Qiao Xiaomai, must be on his side.
However, his family was not average, having once been wealthy and affluent, so there was no need to overly fawn upon Qiao Xiaomai. The current situation was just fine – both parties equal.
But what about Lady Zhang?
Lady Zhang actually ran to Qiao Xiaomai to ask for rice!
She worked hard to prepare the meal, just put it on the table and it was demanded by someone else. If that person was Tong Sanlang, it would have been okay, but it was Lady Zhang.
Tong Xingda did not believe that Qiao Xiaomai respected Lady Zhang much – she was a person who dared to hack at her own body with a knife and cut off relations with her grandmother.
Such a person should be treated equally and handled with good words and respectful attitude.
He gently pointed this out to Lady Zhang this morning.
But this was how Lady Zhang responded to his advice.
She deserved to be beaten!
She deserved to be beaten to death!
If this stupid woman scared Qiao Xiaomai off from marrying Tong Sanlang, then it would be a significant loss for the Tong family!
Tong Xingda gritted his teeth as Lady Zhang was beaten until she was rolling around screaming on the ground.
Everyone was terrified, standing still, hardly daring to move.
Just at that moment, Tong Sanlang came back.
He finished his share of work early. As Tong Tiehu didn’t allow him to help anyone else, he decided to stroll around nearby using his light kung fu skills.
Qiao Xiaomai’s place was quite near to here.
Who knew that the moment he came back, he would witness such a brutal scene.
He rushed forward to stop it, “Father! What are you doing?!”
“I’m making her remember. Look at her, she dared to run to Qiao’s house and ask Xiaomai for food!” Tong Xingda pointed angrily at the food boxes on the ox cart.
Tong Sanlang “…”
After he overcame his surprise, he stepped forward to stop Tong Xingda, “Mother, I have never said that I wanted to marry Miss Qiao, and Miss Qiao has also never said that she wants to marry me. You are to stop bothering her at her house from now on.”