"Damn it, you think you're so tough, always running over here to beat me up."
"What's it to you if I beat my own wife? A daughter who marries out is like water spilled from a bucket. She, Qin Kaiyun, married into my Liu family, so she's my Liu family's woman."
"I'll beat her however I want, it's none of anyone's business."
In a dilapidated adobe house in Liu Family Village, Liu Yanchang arrogantly looked at Qin Youtian, who was being held down by two young men, and slapped him directly.
At this moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration.
Ever since he, Liu Yanchang, had been beaten up several times by the Qin family, he had become a laughingstock in the entire Liu Family Village.
Everyone he met mocked him as a henpecked coward, making him unable to show his face in the village.
Today, he finally found an opportunity.
Today, he would beat Qin Youtian severely, letting the villagers see that he, Liu Yanchang, was not a coward and was not to be trifled with.
"Liu Yanchang, if you have the guts, fight me one on one."
"You think I won't kill you, you bastard? How dare you hit my sister, I'll kill you."
Qin Youtian spat out a mouthful of blood. Liu Yanchang, unable to dodge, was sprayed directly in the face. Even though Qin Youtian was beaten black and blue and covered in wounds, he didn't show any sign of surrender.
This scumbag, who had beaten his sister so badly, would have fought this bastard to the death if Liu Yanchang didn't have so many people with him.
"Still talking tough when you're about to die."
"Do you believe I'll kill you?"
Liu Yanchang, already a bit drunk, was now covered in Qin Youtian's spit. He became furious and grabbed the wine bottle on the table, smashing it down on Qin Youtian's head. Sudan Novel Network
"Bang!"
The wine bottle shattered, and blood immediately flowed down Qin Youtian's face.
"Speak! Do you admit defeat?"
"If you don't, I'll kill you."
Liu Yanchang's face contorted with ferocity. Looking at Qin Youtian, who was covered in blood, he was no longer afraid. Instead, he was becoming frantic.
"Old Liu, you've had your fun, don't actually kill anyone. It's the New Year, and we brothers want to spend it at home."
The two young men holding Qin Youtian down remained unmoved by the scene. However, a bald man sitting at the table, drinking, put down his chopsticks and advised.
"What's the matter? We brothers have helped you vent your anger, you know the rules."
"That thing I mentioned last time?"
Seeing that Liu Yanchang had stopped, the bald man inwardly sneered at this coward.
But the more cowardly this bastard was, the better. Otherwise, how would he have a chance to target him?
"Brother Wang, the price you offered is too low. When I married that woman, the bride price was thirty yuan. She's been eating and drinking my money all these years, at least costing me dozens of yuan."
"Add some more, fifty yuan. Fifty yuan, and when that woman comes back, you can take her. My Liu Yanchang has good taste. If she hadn't made me unhappy a few days ago and swollen her face, she'd be absolutely beautiful."
Liu Yanchang looked at the bald man and suddenly showed a fawning smile.
He had seen how ruthless this bald man was.
"I hate it the most when people haggle with me."
However, Liu Yanchang hadn't expected that as soon as he finished speaking, the bald man would suddenly stand up.
With just one glare from him, cold sweat broke out on Liu Yanchang's forehead, and his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Liu Yanchang, you bastard, if you dare to sell my sister, I'll kill you."
But just as Liu Yanchang was trembling in fear, Qin Youtian, upon hearing this scumbag discussing selling his third sister, was filled with murderous rage.
"Slap."
But the moment Qin Youtian finished speaking, the bald man directly punched him in the mouth.
Blood splattered everywhere.
Then the bald man grabbed a rag from the side and stuffed it into Qin Youtian's mouth.
He then grabbed Qin Youtian by the neck, lifting him up with one hand. Qin Youtian struggled desperately, his feet kicking wildly.
Veins bulged on his forehead, and his face turned red. After nearly half a minute, the bald man finally threw Qin Youtian to the ground.
Qin Youtian, with all his might, pulled out the rag stuffed in his mouth. He didn't even feel the loose teeth that came out with it, just desperately gasping for breath.
He had just brushed past death. The fear of being on the brink of death left him utterly without strength.
Liu Yanchang looked at his brother-in-law, who had always stubbornly refused to yield in front of him, now rendered immobile by the bald man's single move. He was instantly stunned.
"Brother Wang, thirty, just thirty. My daughter is fifteen. I'll sell her together, both of them, just as you said."
Liu Yanchang dared not look at the bald man's eyes. His drunken stupor had been completely shaken off.
He didn't know why he had suddenly become deranged enough to sell his wife and daughter for a few dozen yuan. But he dared not go back on his word. He could find another wife and have more children.
If he dared to say no today, he feared he would lose his life. Forty-five yuan was not a small sum, Liu Yanchang could only comfort himself like this.
"I like people who keep their word. Go, hurry up and bring your wife and child back."
"You couldn't even keep an eye on them during a quick trip to the latrine. If you can't bring them back, don't blame me for turning hostile."
The bald man patted Liu Yanchang's shoulder and whispered in his ear.
His voice was gentle, but to Liu Yanchang, it sounded like a death knell.
"I'll go now, I'll go now..."
Liu Yanchang's legs were trembling. At this moment, Chen Yang and the others rushed to his house.
"Liu Yanchang, you bastard, get out here."
Qin Ligong, carrying a shoulder pole, rushed into the house. The bald man frowned upon hearing the commotion and slapped Liu Yanchang across the face.
"Useless, can't even get things done."
"You let them escape, and now you're causing trouble."
Even though he saw Qin Ligong charging in aggressively, he remained completely unperturbed. He winked, and the two young men who had been holding Qin Youtian moved to stand behind him.
"Youtian, Youtian!"
As soon as Qin Ligong entered the house, he saw Qin Youtian lying on the ground, covered in blood. The man, nearly fifty years old, instantly had his eyes redden.
"I'll fight you all to the death."
Qin Ligong swung his shoulder pole towards the bald man standing in front of him, aiming for his head. But to his surprise, the bald man easily caught the pole with his hand.
Although Qin Ligong was older, he had worked in the fields every day for half his life. His strength was considerable. The bald man held the pole, and Qin Ligong couldn't move it at all.
"Old man, go cool off somewhere. You've got half your life buried in the soil, don't cause trouble here."
The bald man flicked the hand holding the pole, and Qin Ligong staggered backward. If not for Chen Yang, who had followed them in, catching him, Qin Ligong would have fallen to the ground.
"Whoa, quite a few people have shown up."
"What, you all really think I'm a pushover?"
The bald man looked at Chen Yang and the group who had rushed in. Six or seven people, it wasn't a small turnout. However, even so, the bald man remained unfazed, as if still full of confidence.