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

Chapter 683 escalates into a massive free-for-all.
The second brother of the He family was so angry that he jumped up and down on the spot. There were usually discussions about his mother and uncle in the village, but those were all in private.

No one said anything to his face, and since he enjoyed his uncle's favoritism towards his cousin, he automatically filtered out the gossip.

Being publicly attacked like this is already extremely embarrassing.

He impulsively decided to attack Gao.

The gray-haired woman was his aunt, an elder, so he wouldn't dare hit her. But wouldn't he dare hit his cousin's wife?
Gao's husband, the fifth brother of the He family, was not happy. He was already angry that his second cousin had taken advantage of the He family, so he went up and gave the second brother of the He family a sweeping kick.

He's second cousin landed spectacularly on the ground with a cry of pain, his back almost breaking.

When Qian, the wife of He's second brother, saw her husband lying on the ground groaning, she was furious and slapped Gao across the face.

Qian was used to doing rough work and had plenty of strength in her hands. Gao's face immediately turned purple and swollen, like she had opened a soy sauce shop.

Gao was spun around on the ground after being slapped before she stood still. Staring at the stars on her forehead, she howled and raised her long fingernails to scratch at Qian.

A bloody gash instantly appeared on Qian's face.

Qian grabbed Gao's hair, but she was stronger than Gao, and Gao quickly lost the fight.

The two wives started fighting. Seeing that his wife was at a disadvantage, He's fifth brother went up and held Qian's hand down so that Gao could hit her.

Meanwhile, He's second cousin, clutching his back, quietly got up. Taking advantage of the chaos in which He's fifth cousin joined the fight between Gao and Qian, he grabbed a stool and smashed it at He's fifth cousin. He's fifth cousin howled and touched his head, finding that his head was bleeding from the blow.

The fifth brother of the He family raised his leg and kicked the second cousin of the He family in the crotch, causing the second cousin to bend over.

Qian abandoned Gao and grabbed He's fifth brother with both hands, which fluttered like moths, and started hitting him.

Seeing her son and daughter-in-law fighting with the son and daughter-in-law of her mortal enemy, the silver-haired woman felt a tightness in her chest with anger. She was even more heartbroken that her son had been kicked. Ignoring everything else, the old lady snatched the cane from He's eldest uncle and started yelling as she swung it at He's fifth brother and Gao Shi.

Before they knew it, they were hit so hard they were scrambling to their feet.

The gray-haired woman couldn't stand it anymore, so she took off her shoes and joined the fray, slapping the silver-haired woman's face with the sole of her shoe.

"Bitch."

"Adulteress".

"xxxx"

The two old ladies were fighting.

One used a shoe sole, the other used a cane.

One slapped the other across the face, the other jumped on the other's back. They didn't stop hurling insults at each other either; one was spewing genitalia at the other, the other, amidst the cursing, was digging up the other's ancestral grave.

The couple's son and daughter-in-law were also fighting.

The two families started a huge brawl.

Tong Huaqiong and the others were dumbfounded.

The rest of the He family looked on with expressions of anticipation, as if they were watching a good show.

Uncle He's cane was gone, so he stood up and shouted at the six people fighting to stop.

The two families were so enraged that they couldn't hear Uncle He's angry shouts at all.

The old man stroked his beard and angrily said to his nephews and nieces, "Go and pull them apart!"

The clan members and their nephews were embarrassed, and not one of them stepped forward to break up the fight.

Let them fight. The fiercer the fight, the faster these two will be eliminated.

Seeing that no one stepped forward, and watching his nephew—no, his illegitimate son—being beaten by his fifth brother, Uncle He shouted at his legitimate son, his eldest cousin, "Are you just going to stand by and watch your own brother suffer?"

Tong Huaqiong and the Hong family members twitched at the corners of their mouths.

Uncle He was probably so angry that he misspoke, calling his cousin his own brother.

He's eldest cousin originally wanted to go up and break up the fight, but he felt very uncomfortable hearing about his own brother.

But he dared not disobey his father.

Zhang stopped her husband from breaking up the fight.

"Why are you going?"

"What does it have to do with you that the two families are fighting?" "Your father put such a big label on your mother, and instead of throwing that adulterous woman and her unfilial son into jail, you want to help her. I think you've lost your mind."

No wonder my father-in-law always favors my second cousin's family; it turns out they are father and son.

They came to Qinghewan to seek personal gain, but instead of gaining anything, they proved the father-in-law and nephew's father-son relationship.

Zhang was so angry she wanted to grind her teeth.

It's possible that the house and land in the family will end up belonging to He's second cousin.

Thinking of this, she wished that He's fifth brother and Gao would beat He's second cousin's family to a pulp or even kill them.

Soon, the fifth brother and his wife gained the upper hand, and the couple dominated the second cousin of the He family.

The silver-haired woman's cane was also taken away by the gray-haired woman.

"Zhu Zi," Uncle He called out to Zhu Zi.

Zhu Zi, who was still in shock at discovering that his great-grandfather was his own grandfather, was brought back to his senses by his grandfather's urgent call.

"Your grandma and your parents were beaten, and you just stood by and watched?"

Zhu Zi rushed over and shoved the gray-haired woman hard, freeing his grandmother from her grasp.

My grandmother's silvery-white hair had a patch of skin pulled off.

Zhu Zi had just come of age and was at the height of his strength. He snatched the cane from the gray-haired woman and swung it desperately at the He family's fifth brother and his wife.

He's fifth brother and Gao were chased into the courtyard.

Just as the fighting was in full swing, Village Chief Liu led a group of constables into the He family's gate.

Village Chief Liu's eyes widened.

Tong Huaqiong told him that people from He Chao's hometown were going to cause trouble at his house, and told him to report it to the authorities in advance. When he arrived, he found himself in a chaotic scene.

He was confused. Shouldn't the He family be targeting the Hong family when they came to seize the property and cause trouble? Why were these strangers fighting amongst themselves?

Zhu Zi chased He Jia Wu Ge and Gao Shi all over the yard with a stick.

He's second cousin and his wife, Qian, ambushed He's fifth cousin and his wife from the front.

Seeing this, the gray-haired woman grabbed the silver-haired woman, and the two old women continued to fight.

The courtyard echoed with a chorus of calls.

The yamen runners were furious. Didn't they see that the yamen runners were wearing their uniforms?

Village Chief Liu shouted angrily, "Stop hitting him!"

"Stop right there, all of you."

The bailiffs snatched the stick from Zhu Zi's hand.

"If they hit you again, arrest them all."

Zhang, the bailiff who frequently came to the village on official business, exuded an imposing aura without being angry. The silver-haired woman and the others shrank back and dared not continue to attack him.

"Your Honor, please grant me justice! This vile woman has slandered my innocence with baseless accusations. Waaah, I can't live anymore!"

The silver-haired woman thought that her son had started the fight, and she was afraid that her family would suffer if the officials questioned her. So, she recklessly shifted the blame onto her family.

The gray-haired woman was furious and jumped up and down, saying, "Stop trying to make yourself look good. What innocence do you have? You and your brother-in-law are in bed together, and I can't even say anything about it?"

Village Chief Liu and his yamen runners' lips twitched.

Such a big melon.

Ignoring their dispute, the constable asked, "What are you doing at Manager He's house?"

The yamen runners came this time mainly because they received a report from Village Chief Liu that someone had impersonated He Chao's family member and gone to He Chao's house to seize his property.

He Chao, a hero who had rendered meritorious service to the imperial court, was still at the border when his wife was taken away and bullied. If word got out, Magistrate Liu would lose face.

So they sent a team of yamen runners to support the Hong family.