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Wang shook off her husband Liu Laogen's hand, almost causing the rough, old bones of him to stumble.

"Wang, what do you want to do?"

Come home with me!

Isn't it embarrassing enough?

Liu Laogen almost tripped and fell, but he still remembered to remind his wife.

Wang stood with her hands on her hips, chin held high, her voice louder than the sound of slaughtering a pig in the village: "Yes, Liu Daniu is not my biological son!"

I've been married into the Liu family for three years and haven't gotten pregnant. My mother-in-law points her finger at me every day and berates me as a hen that can't lay eggs!

What can I do?

That winter, I went to the market and saw a two-year-old baby standing in front of a steamed bun shop crying. No one cared or asked about him, so I took him home and told everyone that he was my child.

That's how it is, you brat, are you satisfied now?

"If you can't get pregnant, you'll take someone else's child away?"

You really have a vicious mind!

Just as she expected!

Sure enough, I got pregnant the following year!

So what?

Even though he's not my biological son, I've raised him for over twenty years!

He should fulfill his filial duty to me. He would give his life for me, let alone a piece of pork!

"Peach girl, you little brat, what can you possibly do to me?"

Wang had a look on her face that said, "What are you going to do to me?"

The courtyard erupted in a buzz of excitement.

Tao'er stood behind the chopping board, a barely perceptible smile playing on her lips.

She didn't expect Wang to admit it so quickly; she had been thinking that if Wang didn't admit it, she would have a backup plan!

However, now that Wang herself has said it, it has saved her a lot of trouble.

"Oh, Peach Girl is telling the truth!"

Someone in the crowd muttered to themselves.

"No wonder I've always seen Wang Shi beat and scold Da Niu since he was a child. It turns out he wasn't born from her own belly."

"That's right. That winter, Da Niu had a high fever and almost didn't make it. He was only seven years old. He knelt in the snow all night. Luckily, Da Niu was lucky and didn't die!"

No wonder Wang was tormenting him so much.

Even when it comes to marriage, there are village rules that the eldest son cannot marry, and the younger sons cannot marry either.

I'm afraid even Wang's wife wouldn't let Da Niu marry her.

"This big bull doesn't look like its brothers either; it turns out it's not the same breed."

"This is going to be interesting!"

"Hahaha……"

Liu Daniu walked out from behind the crowd, supported by his wife.

Hearing Wang say those words herself, he trembled violently, as if all his muscles and bones had been removed.

Although he had known in his heart for a long time because his daughter had mentioned it, he still felt quite sad at this moment.

He staggered to Wang's side, his eyes instantly reddening.

"Mother, this is the last time I will call you that."

His voice was like shattered pottery shards.

"When I was five years old, you made me kneel in the yard that winter and said I was disobedient."

It snowed heavily that day. I knelt until midnight, and eventually burned to the point of unconsciousness.

My second brother couldn't bear to watch, so he dragged me back into the house, saying, "You said you'd die, so you didn't waste food."

Wang rolled her eyes: "Then he's not dead."

"I can't eat with my younger siblings. They've finished eating, and then I get the leftovers."

That year during Chinese New Year, there was stewed meat on the table. I was so tempted that I secretly picked up a piece.

You hit my hand with chopsticks, and it swelled up for three days.

Liu Daniu's shoulders trembled violently.

"I started working in the fields when I was eight years old, and when I was ten, I went to work as a cowherd and farmhand for a landlord."

My younger siblings don't have to do any chores at home.

So it turns out it wasn't that you didn't like me, but that I wasn't your biological child, which is why you...

"Even a dog I keep will guard the house, so why would I keep you to do chores?"

What's there to be upset about?

Wang interrupted him, sneered, "Did I say something wrong?"

If I hadn't carried you back, you would have frozen to death on the street!

Now you're trying to settle accounts with me?

I gave you your life!

Liu Daniu felt as if he had been punched in the face, staggering back two steps before being supported by his wife behind him.

Zhang Su'e was so angry that she gritted her teeth and wished she could go up and slap that old woman.

"From now on, I sever all ties with you; we have nothing to do with each other anymore!"

Liu Daniu said coldly.

Liu Laogen stood to the side, his face ashen, and his body swayed.

He originally thought that if his third and fourth brothers couldn't be relied on in the future, he could still rely on his eldest brother for old age, since his eldest brother had always been filial.

He never expected that Wang would reveal this matter in public!

They don't feel guilty at all, acting as if it's perfectly normal!

This is it, the eldest son's family is completely ruined.

He let out a muffled sound in his throat, a trickle of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, and nearly collapsed.

A villager nearby helped him up in time.

Tao sneered: "Serves you right for spitting blood!"

She then glanced at her father and noticed that he didn't look well either.

He gestured for his elder brother to step forward and help Liu Laogen up, saying, "Brother, help Mom and Dad to sit on the stone bench over there, so they won't get their eyes dirty from this filth."

Liu Tiezhu quickly did as instructed.

Liu Laogen stood there, feeling extremely uncomfortable, as if he had lost all face he had accumulated over the years.

Tao'er turned around, her smile vanishing completely, replaced by a layer of chilling frost.

She walked around the wooden planks and stepped forward. Her voice was soft, but it silenced the entire courtyard: "Grandpa, from now on, my parents have nothing to do with your Liu family."

If you dare to come looking for trouble again, don't blame me for being impolite...

She paused for a moment, her gaze sweeping over Wang Shi and Liu Laogen in turn.

"If you dare to come to my house to cause trouble again, I will send you to the yamen and accuse you of stealing and abusing children."

You just take away a two-year-old child like that?

This is human trafficking, which can result in imprisonment at best and exile to the Northwest at worst.

"Your whole family, every single one of you, is not going anywhere."

The courtyard became so quiet that you could hear the whistling of the wind whistling through the eaves.

Old Master Liu's face was deathly pale, and his hand, which was holding a cane, was trembling uncontrollably.

He had been a village head when he was young, so he knew the seriousness of such matters.

Stealing someone else's child to raise is a serious crime under the law.

Wang had already brought Da Niu back then, so he could only go along with the mistake!

I never thought the truth would eventually come out. Sigh...

If it really escalates to the authorities...

"Brother, go and invite Grandpa Chen, the village head, over. We want to sever ties with the Liu family."

"Second brother, go and call everyone from the Liu family here."

"Qingge, you keep watch over them. If anyone dares to cause trouble, deal with them immediately!"

Tao'er gave a series of instructions.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Village Head Chen arrived, and the Liu family also came.

Within fifteen minutes of arriving, they had already learned the whole story. At this point, they wished they could just drown Wang Shi. What a fool who was good for nothing and good for making things worse.

Even Liu Jiaojiao thought her mother was incredibly stupid this time!

Now that her older brother's family is at the height of their power, instead of trying to improve their relationship, she's dug up her brother's past.

"Peach Girl, the letter of severance of ties has been written; all we need to do is press our fingerprints on it!"

Chen Shuigen never expected that this girl would have such courage and find out so quickly that Liu Daniu was not a child of the Liu family.

Back then, he only had a suspicion, but he never expected it to be true.

"Peach Girl..."

Liu Tianbao spoke tremulously, "We're all family..."

"Your father has been with the Liu family for so many years. Even if there's no blood relation, there's still affection. Why sever ties?"

"Who's your family?"

Tao'er coldly interrupted him, "For more than twenty years, the whole village has witnessed the kind of life my father lived in your family."

Mistreatment of an adopted son is another serious crime.

If you don't want to go to jail, settle this matter in front of the village head today.

If you refuse to sign this letter of severance, then we'll go to the yamen (government office) and reason with them.