"Jinyin’er, you shameless old hag, come out here for me!

I’ve worked hard to raise these chickens, and you, you glutton of a woman, just eat them as you please.

Eating several at once, do you think I’m just decoration, and you can bully me as you like?"

At the doorway of the Old Mu Family’s kitchen, Old Mrs. Mu stomped her feet as she spewed nasty words recklessly at Mrs. Jin.

It was as if Mrs. Jin wasn’t her daughter-in-law but rather her sworn enemy!

Mrs. Lin, who had just been beaten by Old Mrs. Mu, felt quite relieved.

"Mom, I said this has nothing to do with our second house! It’s all the sister-in-law. The chicken bones on the kitchen floor are just from the three chickens you lost. The chickens in the house were eaten by the sister-in-law!"

Mrs. Lin’s words only added fuel to the fire of Old Mrs. Mu’s anger.

"Mrs. Jin, let’s see how I’ll deal with you today!"

...

At that time, Mrs. Jin was in the middle of a beauty sleep.

But Old Mrs. Mu’s pig-slaughtering voice and shrew-like cursing still managed to wake her up from her dreams.

Mrs. Jin reluctantly crawled out of bed, and before she could leave the room, her two daughters, Mu Dandan and Mu Yingying, burst in.

The two girls looked panicked, completely different from their usual bold and arrogant demeanor of a few days ago.

Mu Dandan said, "Mom, something bad happened. Grandma... Grandma said you stole and ate her chickens, and she’s cursing you in the yard!"

Mu Yingying also said, "Mom, you better hurry to town and fetch dad back. I’m afraid grandma will bully you!"

"Hmph, I wondered why someone was wailing so early in the morning, turns out it’s that old witch again!

If you want to falsely accuse me, at least find a better excuse, using chicken theft is such a low blow!"

Mrs. Jin snorted coldly, full of disdain towards Old Mrs. Mu!

"Mom, you don’t know. This time it’s different. Grandma found plenty of chicken bones under our kitchen table and said you ate them last night!" Mu Dandan said.

"What? Under our table?" Mrs. Jin looked confused.

"Yes, Mom, I saw it, right under our table! And my aunt, she’s been whispering there, stirring up grandma’s anger!"

Mu Yingying told her mother, Mrs. Jin, everything she saw.

Mrs. Jin was also enraged, "It’s this woman again. Ever since the gold bracelet incident, she’s held a grudge against me. This time she came up with such a dirty trick, I won’t let it slide!"

Once dressed, Mrs. Jin rushed out.

As soon as she reached the front yard, Mrs. Jin spoke defiantly, "Mom, coming to my yard so early to curse, what’s that supposed to mean?"

"What do I mean? I’m asking what you mean by stealing four of my chickens at once?" Old Mrs. Mu squeezed out a few words from her nostrils, her gaze sharp as knives sweeping across Mrs. Jin’s face.

"Mom, it wasn’t me! Not to mention, how could I, a woman, eat four chickens at once. Even if I could, I’d never do such a sneaky thing!

Moreover, my husband is a County Magistrate, even if I were stupid I know not to do something that would damage his reputation!"

Mrs. Jin brought up Mu Dade, not just to intimidate Old Mrs. Mu, but also to make Mrs. Lin aware that her husband is an official, which Mrs. Lin could never match in her lifetime!

"Sister-in-law, those chicken bones lay in your room. This isn’t something you can clarify just with a few words!" Mrs. Lin retorted defiantly.

"I, Lin Xiaozao, though never made much money, at least admit when I do wrong and get caught!"

"Mrs. Lin, watch your language. What do you mean by doing wrong and then not admitting when caught?" Mrs. Jin asked sharply.

"I’ll say it to whoever replies!" Mrs. Lin replied with hands on hips.

"You... you...!" Mrs. Jin was infuriated by Mrs. Lin’s shameless words!

She steadied herself and finally spat out, "Mrs. Lin, with your audacity, it’s no wonder Da De won’t let you go to the county, even if he allowed, I wouldn’t let you go!

People like you have no gratitude, only know how to stir trouble, you’ll pay for it sooner or later!"

Mrs. Jin’s words had been hidden in her heart for a long time!

Mrs. Lin had always wanted to follow her to the county, but she was unwilling, not only herself but the entire big house was opposed!

For the sake of so-called family affection over the years, she hadn’t shredded things with Mrs. Lin.

Now that matters had come to this, they were no longer reserved or concealed! 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"So, you admit you deliberately set up the fake bracelet, so I and Fifth couldn’t follow to the county?" Mrs. Lin asked.

"Lin Xiaozao, you still don’t get it, that was your own doing; if you hadn’t started with bad intentions, how would you mistakenly take the fake bracelet from my dressing table?"

Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Jin, one word after another, neither willing to step back!

Both fully showed what they excelled at.

Mrs. Lin shouted and played rogue!

Mrs. Jin used her superiority to mock Mrs. Lin, overtly and covertly.

Even Old Mrs. Mu was cast aside, it wasn’t clear who first made a move.

Anyway, within moments, the two women were entangled in a brawl.

Pulled hair, fingered places, all sorts of dirty and destructive moves were used.

While Mrs. Jin never seemed as busy as Mrs. Lin, her life was lived without the need for such efforts!

Therefore, her fighting power should logically fall short of Mrs. Lin.

But her mind was sharper than Mrs. Lin’s, she knew where to hit Mrs. Lin to incapacity.

Gradually, Mrs. Jin, a frail woman with no strength to tie up a chicken, instead won over Lin’s formidable black woman.

The big house yard of the Old Mu Family was already packed full of onlookers.

Once the outcome of this fight spread, everyone in Er Gui Village knew Mrs. Lin lost a fight to a pampered Mrs. Jin.

Of course, the gentle image of Mrs. Jin, carefully maintained until then, was utterly shattered.

And at this very moment, the real instigator Mu Shuangshuang was on the ridge, teaching a few village women how to pick snails in the fields and ditches.

Each woman held a wooden bucket, their expressions were curious.

Whenever someone picked a snail, a woman would ask, "Shuangshuang, you say these things, a penny a pound, you’re not kidding us? This thing has way too thick a shell!"

The women were temporarily unaware that Mu Shuangshuang intended to sell the snails to a restaurant to make a dish, and to them, what Mu Shuangshuang made them do seemed trivially insignificant.

Perhaps, Mu Shuangshuang was just joking!

Mu Shuangshuang stopped what she was doing, and assured the women, "Don’t worry everyone, I mean what I say!"