After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 168, Episode 0175: The Li Dazhu Family Feud Over Division (Part 1)

The story of Luo Hui's family had been circulating among the villagers for several days, until...
What?

It's somewhat related to Luo Hui and his group.

—The Li family is having a dispute over dividing their assets.

The incident escalated significantly; the four daughters-in-law were fighting each other, and even the pots and pans in the kitchen were smashed.

It was dinnertime, and the onlookers, each with a bowl and some carrying a grain bun, stood at a distance from their house, watching.

Lin Yuexi had just returned from the county. It was a bit late, so she deliberately chose a shortcut. Unexpectedly, she ran into a commotion and was dragged aside by Aunt Zheng and a few others, forced to join in and watch the drama unfold.

Li Dazhu's courtyard was only surrounded by a fence, unlike Li Qiaomei's courtyard, which had a mud brick wall more than two meters high, so that people could see what was happening in the courtyard from a great distance.

However, this shouldn't be a reason for everyone to stay away and watch the drama unfold.

Lin Yuexi turned around in confusion. "I'm staring at Aunt Zheng who just grabbed me!"

Aunt Zheng miraculously understood her meaning instantly and explained in a low voice, "Old Lady Hua is always unreasonable. She'll bite anyone she catches. Getting close to her will only bring trouble."

An older woman who didn't know her well chimed in, "You don't know because you live far away, but I live right across from her. If you run into her on the street, you'd better avoid her."

Is it that serious?

Would they kick every passing dog?

Knowing that Lin Yuexi didn't recognize anyone, Aunt Zheng leaned closer and quietly introduced the woman's identity.

She is Aunt Zheng's eldest cousin-in-law, surnamed Niu, and most people in the village call her Old Lady Niu.

Because of a disagreement with her family after her husband's death, Old Lady Niu moved with her son to the edge of the village, which was almost a village away from their old house.

Unexpectedly, not long after she moved here, the Hua family, who she disliked the most, chose the opposite plot of land and became her neighbors.

Old Mrs. Niu said with a bitter face, "I've been bothered to death by them all these years. There's not a single day without them causing trouble."

Aunt Zheng leaned closer to Lin Yuexi again, "Grandma Hua and my sister-in-law married into our village in the same year. They didn't have much of a relationship at first. My sister-in-law didn't even know who Grandma Hua was back then."

But unexpectedly, Old Lady Hua had a serious mental illness; she kept comparing herself to Old Lady Niu, who had married into the family in the same year.

Grandma Niu became pregnant a month after getting married, and gave birth to a boy; however, Grandma Hua got pregnant more than half a year after getting married, and her first child was a girl.

“If you think Old Lady Hua is just jealous of my sister-in-law, that’s one thing. We’ve seen people like that before. But she’s been spreading rumors that my sister-in-law stole her child. Once she even went to my sister-in-law’s place to try and take the child away.”

She felt she had lost, and suddenly became obsessed with it; she insisted that she had given birth to a boy and that her sister-in-law had switched the two children.

That's not wrong, the two babies were born about six months apart.

Not long after, Old Lady Hua's eldest daughter 'died of illness'. From then on, Old Lady Hua would see Old Lady Niu as if she were an enemy every time she saw her. Sometimes she would even go crazy and say that Old Lady Niu had harmed her daughter.

At that time, there was still a war going on. Grandma Niu's husband, Grandma Zheng's older cousin, was a soldier on the battlefield.

Unfortunately, he sacrificed his life.

He has never seen his son in person.

The news of Old Lady Niu's husband's sacrifice was not immediately relayed back, but was delayed for nearly four years for some reason.

By the time the news reached the village, Old Lady Hua had already given birth to Li Dagen. Having given birth to Li Dagen, Old Lady Hua felt that she could finally stand tall in front of Old Lady Niu, and she seemed more normal in her daily life.

But after the news of her husband's sacrifice came back, she became abnormal again.

She felt she could have more children, while Old Lady Niu would only have one son unless she remarried, and in that respect, Old Lady Niu was no match for her.

This wasn't just Aunt Zheng guessing what Grandma Hua was thinking; Grandma Hua had actually said those words to Grandma Niu herself.

"You think you're so great just because you had a son? I have a son too, and I have a man, but you don't have a man anymore. I can still have more children. Unless you remarry, what do you have to compare with me?"

Grandma Hua looked down on remarried women. If Grandma Niu really remarried, she would be even happier. Grandma Niu would never be able to compare with her in this lifetime.

Aunt Zheng patted Old Lady Niu, who looked gloomy but didn't stop her from continuing, comforting her. She smacked her lips, clicked her tongue twice, and then continued:
"Grandma Hua is very fertile, one after another. Every time she gives birth, she comes to my sister-in-law to brag. Several times she came to show off before she even finished her postpartum confinement. No matter what my sister-in-law says, she thinks my sister-in-law is jealous of her."

There's no way to reason with her; she only believes what she thinks.

Old Mrs. Niu took a bite of the mixed flour pancake with resentment, as if she were chewing on some enemy, and mumbled, "She lives such a miserable life that everyone hates her, what am I jealous of her for?"

If you pay attention to her, you'll be hanging around her every day; if you ignore her, you'll still be hanging around her every day.

Aunt Zheng suppressed a laugh and turned her head away.

I do feel sorry for her sister-in-law, but I also can't help but laugh.

It's incredibly unlucky to run into someone like that.

The two even lived across from each other for twenty or thirty years!

To be honest, Lin Yuexi admired Old Lady Niu quite a bit.

If it were her, with someone with a serious mental illness constantly hanging around her, she could make that person truly insane in no time. How could she tolerate it for decades?!

Aunt Zheng nudged Old Lady Niu, "What's going on over there?"

She arrived a step earlier than Lin Yuexi, and like Lin Yuexi, she knew nothing.

Grandma Niu got really excited watching Grandma Hua's antics, quickly chewing and swallowing what was in her mouth. "It was Wu Gen's daughter-in-law who started this whole thing today."

The layout of Grandma Hua's house: one main room, one room on each side, three rooms on the left wing, and two rooms on the right wing.

The house was already quite large, with eight rooms in total: one for Li Dazhu and his wife, one for each of the five brothers, and one kitchen.

Unfortunately, their family never separated, and generation after generation, all five members had children and even grandchildren, so naturally, the house became somewhat insufficient.

Not long ago, Li Wugen had a falling out with the old couple. Old Lady Niu overheard that Li Wugen suspected that his wife's previous miscarriages were related to Old Lady Hua.

Grandma Niu: "It was very late then, and I was too lazy to get up, so I didn't hear very clearly. I only heard Chunlan from next door the next day that Wugen had moved out with his wife overnight and moved to a dilapidated house at the north end of the village."

There is a row of dilapidated houses on the north side of the village. They were built specifically for elderly people in the village who had no children. They have been vacant for more than ten years, so no one has taken care of them, and they are all in a dilapidated state.

If there were no other choice, who would go and live in a house that leaks wind and rain?
Grandma Niu gestured towards the opposite side, "After Wu Gen moved away, the others started eyeing Wu Gen's house, and they kept trying to sell it every few days."

None of them even considered that Li Wugen would come back.

“Da Gen’s wife felt that since she had many children and they were still the eldest son’s wife, the house should be given to her; Er Gen’s wife felt that she had given birth to twin boys and was a hero, so the house should be divided among the second son’s wife; the third and fourth son’s wives also had their own reasons.”