A fierce wife enters the house: She helps up a house full of spineless people.

Old Mrs. Chen felt uneasy under Wang Jinzhu's gaze, but the thought of her status as an elder gave her confidence.

She stiffened her neck and shouted in a shrill voice, "So what if it is? This is a family matter of the Chen family. What right do you, a new bride, have to speak? The eldest son is incompetent, but the second son is promising. What's wrong with him, as the older brother, helping his younger brother out? Selling a girl to help with his dowry is only right and proper!"

"Oh? It's only natural?" Wang Jinzhu sneered. "Chen Shuyan's bride price isn't enough, so why doesn't he sell his sister instead of his cousin? What kind of logic is that?"

She took a step forward, her tall figure blocking Chen Tianfang and his family's path.

"The second wife needs money to marry a new wife, so selling her daughter is perfectly justified. I'll stand here today and see who dares to sell my Tianwei."

"You..." Old Mrs. Chen was speechless, choked by her words.

"And another thing," Wang Jinzhu's gaze turned to the old man Chen who hadn't spoken until now, "you're the head of this family, right? It's true that in a family, those with money contribute money, and those with strength contribute strength. But it seems to me that all the effort and money is being put in by our eldest son's family. And when it's time to enjoy the good life, it all belongs to the second son's family?"

She pointed to Chen Shi and Chen Yuxiang kneeling on the ground, "My parents-in-law go to the fields before dawn and don't return until dark. All the money they earn goes to the public funds year-round. My husband, Chen Tianfang, goes into the mountains every few days. Who eats the best game he brings back, and who pockets the money from selling it?"

"Now look what's happened! The second wife's family wants to get married, but they don't have enough dowry. Instead of trying to earn it themselves or finding a solution, they've set their sights on a fourteen-year-old girl from our first wife's family! Do you think we, the people from the first wife's family, are made of clay and have no temper?"

"Why should we sell our Shujie? Our Shujie is educated and will marry a good man to help her brother. Unlike Tianwei, who can't do anything and is useless at home!"

Upon hearing that Wang Jinzhu wanted to sell her daughter, Chen Xiufen became anxious and started shouting loudly.

"You couldn't bear to sell your own daughter, so you sold her to someone else's. You're truly admirable!"

Wang Jinzhu spoke quickly and urgently, like a machine gun, leaving the elderly Chen couple completely bewildered.

Where had they ever seen a new bride like this?

Let alone the new bride, even the old women in the village who have been married for decades wouldn't dare to speak to them like that!

Chen Yuxiang and Chen Shi, who were kneeling on the ground, were also stunned. They stared blankly at Wang Jinzhu's back, feeling that this newly married daughter-in-law was not quite what they had imagined.

Is the butcher's daughter really that capable? Every word she said made sense, and it brought to the surface all the grievances they had held in for over a decade.

"You troublemaker! You've gone too far! You've only just married into the family and you dare to talk back to your elders!" Old Mrs. Chen was trembling with anger, pointing her finger at Wang Jinzhu's nose and cursing, "Let me tell you, I'm selling this girl today! Nobody can stop me!"

As she spoke, she reached out to pull Chen Tianwei from behind Wang Jinzhu.

Wang Jinzhu's eyes turned cold, and before she could get close, she grabbed her wrist.

"I told you, with me here today, no one is going to lay a finger on my sister-in-law."

Her grip was extremely strong; Old Mrs. Chen felt as if her wrist was being clamped by iron clamps, and she cried out in pain, "Ouch!"

"You...you let go! It hurts so much! You've gone too far! You've really gone too far! Eldest brother, second brother, are you both dead? Watching this old woman bully me!" Old Mrs. Chen's face turned pale with pain, and she began to wail and scream.

Chen Shi looked troubled, wanting to step forward but not daring to.

The second wife, Chen Yang and Chen Xiufen, exchanged a glance and shrank back, not daring to step forward. This new niece-in-law didn't look like someone to be trifled with.

Chen Shuyan frowned and took two steps back with a look of disgust, as if afraid of getting tainted by some bad luck.

Only Chen Tianfang, looking at Wang Jinzhu who stood in front of him like a lioness protecting her cubs, felt a surge of indescribable emotions.

His newlywed wife was completely different from what he had imagined.

She wasn't gentle; in fact, she was a bit fierce.

But she was protecting him and his family.

"Let go!" Old Mrs. Chen was still screaming.

"Alright," Wang Jinzhu released her grip, but her words shocked Old Lady Chen even more. "Today's matter, either let it go, or we'll ask the village chief and clan elders to judge it. I want to ask, in this world, is there any reason to force an elder brother-in-law to sell his daughter to raise money for his nephew's bride price! My father may be a butcher, but he knows a few officials. If that doesn't work, we'll go to the county government and ask the magistrate what he has to say!"

The words "go to the county government" instantly terrified the second wife's family. Not only were they in the wrong, but if people knew that Shuyan had sold his sister for a bride price, it would likely affect his future performance evaluation.

Old Mrs. Chen's face turned pale and then red. She hadn't expected her newlywed granddaughter-in-law to be so difficult to deal with, refusing to listen to either soft or hard approaches, and even daring to use the government to pressure her. It was true that you get what you pay for.

"Who are you trying to scare!" she retorted stubbornly.

"Whether it's a scare tactic or not, you'll find out once you try it." Wang Jinzhu crossed her arms, looking completely fearless.

In the apocalypse, she had even fought the zombie king one-on-one, so why would she be afraid of a shrewish old lady?

The courtyard fell into a stalemate once again.

Seeing that his marriage was about to fall through, Chen Shuyan finally couldn't hold back any longer. He stepped forward and said arrogantly to Wang Jinzhu, "Sister-in-law, what do you, a woman, know? I'm doing this for the future of our Chen family! If I pass the imperial examinations and become a high-ranking official, the entire Chen family will benefit! It's an honor for Tianwei, a mere girl, to contribute to my future!"

Wang Jinzhu looked at him as if he were a fool.

"What do I care about your future? Does your future mean sacrificing my sister-in-law's happiness for life? Have you wasted all your education? Is this how sages teach you to bully your brother and sister-in-law and sell your cousin?"

"You're vulgar!" Chen Shuyan was so angry at her rebuke that his face turned red, and he managed to utter these two words after a long while.

"Yes, I am uncouth. My father was a pig butcher, and my mother sold meat. My whole family is uncouth. But everyone in my family knows that one must have a conscience."

Wang Jinzhu raised her chin, "I'm making this clear today: our main branch won't contribute a single penny of this five taels of silver. Chen Tianwei belongs to our main branch, and no one can even think about taking her!"

After she finished speaking, she pulled up Chen Yuxiang and Chen Tianwei, who were still kneeling on the ground, and said, "Mother, Tianwei, get up, don't kneel. Our family's knees are not so worthless."

Chen Yuxiang was pulled up by her, still somewhat dazed.

Chen Tianwei, the thin little girl, hid behind Wang Jinzhu, peeking out secretly, looking at her sister-in-law, who was still a stranger to her, with a mixture of fear and admiration.

Wang Jinzhu felt a pull from behind. She turned around and saw Chen Tianfang standing up, looking at her gratefully.

"Jinzhu, thank you!" He was tongue-tied and could only say thank you.

Wang Jinzhu grinned at him, revealing a set of white teeth: "It's okay, I'll take care of things from now on."