Chapter 129: Ruthless Strike Without Worries

  But the more she endured, the more fiercely Tian Guihua beat her. Niu Xiaohua had grievances but nowhere to express them, and she couldn't possibly show the wounds on her body to Niu Laogen, especially in those places that were hard to mention.

  Tian Guihua was also ruthless, only at her leg 0 or waist 0 body, or back, caught the place that made her unhappy, it was a fierce pinch. Niu Xiaohua hadn't been beaten for a long time, and her delicate body couldn't bear it, she was in so much pain that she wanted to cry out for her parents, but still didn't make a sound, only begging: "....Mom, mom... don't pinch anymore..."

  It hurts so much, it really hurts.

  Niú Xiǎohuā's tears fell pitter-patter, and she shrank into a pitiful ball.

  Tian Guihua vented her anger and then scolded: "Are you proud of yourself?! You're a shameless thing, once you entered the Zhong family's door, you even abandoned your own mother! Have you had a good time for over a month now?! Ah?! You've forgotten about your mother too, I told you to do something and you ignored it, your sister-in-law spoke to you and you didn't listen. Ungrateful thing, when eating, why did you only invite your father and not me?! Are you trying to avoid having me come here?! Hmm?! Watch me not beat you to death, no matter how arrogant you are, remember that I'm the one who gave birth to you! You think you can shake me off and live a happy life on your own? Dream on! Even if you're in the Zhong family, I'll make sure you won't have peace..."

  Niú Xiǎohuā's tears fell pitter-patter, her heart was both wronged and sorrowful and desperate. She had thought that as long as she left home, her days would be much better, but unexpectedly... her own mother didn't want to let her go at all! For a moment, she felt so heartbroken that she even thought of dying, tears streaming down like they were worthless, suddenly having a taste of utter despair.

  Just because she is her own mother, just because she gave birth to her and raised her, must she be trapped for the rest of her life?!

  I'm really tired.

  "You useless thing, I'm telling you, hand over the recipe within a month or you'll be sorry. Hmph, just you wait..." Tian Guihua glared at her with malice and envy, eyeing her new clothes, hairpin, shoes, and brand-new bed, as well as the large cabinet. She rummaged through the bed for a while, gazing at the fluffy new quilt, feeling a pang of intense jealousy in her heart. Not finding any silver, she began to search through her cabinet again.

  Niú Xiǎohuā's heart was as dead as ashes, her eyes were swollen from crying. Seeing her rummaging through her own things like a bandit made her even more heartbroken. But the words of restraint that came to her lips couldn't be uttered at all.

  Tian Guihua rummaged through the cabinet for a while, and in a small cloth bag, she found more than two taels of loose silver and some silver coins. Suddenly, she gritted her teeth and angrily said: "You dead girl, you still won't say that all these were bought by you! Twenty taels of silver, exactly twenty taels, where did you use them?! How come there's only this much left?!"

  Niu Xiaohua didn't utter a word and wouldn't even lift her head, these were the monthly allowance sent by Tuniu and the money she earned from embroidery, unexpectedly...

  Tian Guihua cursed with a dirty mouth, but had already put the silver money in her pocket, her eyes turned red as she stared at her hairpin, and finally didn't dare to really pull it out and take it away. She endured for a moment, then scolded a few more sentences to vent her anger, and angrily said: "I'll say it again, you have one month to hand over the prescription to me, no matter what method you use... Did you hear?"

  Seeing Niu Xiaohua as still as a dead person, Tian Guihua hated it even more, but she didn't make another move.

  Actually, Tian Guihua has been thinking about how to coax her into coming over for more than a month now. Her anger had been suppressed but it only accumulated and deepened the hatred. Today, it all burst out, she couldn't control herself, just wanting to vent her frustrations first. Tian Guihua was always strong-willed, especially in the Niu family where she hadn't been able to be strong since marrying in. So she was even more unbearable, having been forced to suppress her anger for over a month, how could she still bear it? She just wanted to vent her frustrations first.

  So, the bully beat up Niu Xiaohua, took a few more silver coins, and still not satisfied, threatened him again before leaving.

  Before leaving, she even spat and scolded: "You little thing with uneven hair, I'm telling you, if you don't listen to me again, I have plenty of ways to deal with you. Don't think that just because you have a father and the Zhong family backing you, you can do whatever you want?! Hmph, let's see who's tougher...

  Then he spat and walked away.

  Niú Xiǎo Huā fell to the ground, the house was turned upside down, her heart was in pain, anger, anxiety and despair, and her body was unbearably burning with pain.

  Tian Guihua patted her skirt and walked out of the house, with a hint of annoyance still on the corner of her mouth, and her eyes were even more slanted, scanning He Axiu: "Sister, I'm teaching my daughter, you don't need to intervene!"

  He Qiu felt angry at this time, for so many days, she had always treated Niu Xiaohua as her own daughter, but today she was blocked by these three women and forced to let Tian Guilai in. She could only regret not closing the big door of the yard today, if only she had listened to Tuni, it wouldn't have ended up like this.

  She was also worried that Niu Xiaohua didn't know what kind of scolding she had received, and her heart was anxious. She angrily said: "Tian Guifang, you're too bullying! Is this how a mother should be?! She's your own daughter after all, how can you treat her like this?!"

  Tian Guihua coldly snorted and said: "My daughter, don't need you to teach me how to teach her... I'm telling you, it's better for you to mind your own business. If you must find Old Geng to bother me again, I'll vent all my anger on that dead girl's body. I am her mother, and she will never be able to shake me off for the rest of her life..."

  "You..." He Qiu's face turned bright red, her heart racing with anger, but she couldn't find the words to argue back, for she was never one for quarreling.

  Tian Guihua hummed coldly, her eyes reddening as she glanced at the courtyard. Although reluctant and jealous, she didn't dare stay long, fearing that Niu Laogen would discover her presence. So, with a sideways glance, she fiercely glared at He Ashu before leading her three daughters-in-law away with an air of superiority.

  As they left the Zhong family's courtyard, looking at the shiny red wooden door, Niu Wangshi said with envy: "Look at this house, it's really magnificent, even the government official's residence doesn't have such grandeur..."

  In this remote mountainous area, even if there are big landlords, they don't show off their wealth like this. Most of them bury their silver coins deep in the ground.

  Tian Guihua gave her a slanted glance, saying disdainfully: "...... What's with your red eyes? Has my son wronged you that much? Are you jealous to this extent?"

  Niú Wáng shì yī lèng, rěn zhe nù yì, qiáng xiào dào: "niáng shuō de nǎ lǐ huà, wǒ zhè bú shì dān xīn ma?! Xiǎo Huā dā yīng le méi yǒu?!"

  Translation:

  Niu Wang was taken aback, suppressing his anger and forcing a smile: "What are you talking about, Mother? I'm worried, aren't I?! Has Xiao Hua agreed or not?!"

  Tian Guihua turned back with a humph and spat, saying: "Damn the Zhong family, this time, even if this dead girl doesn't agree, she has to agree. She's still someone who came out of my belly, thinking she can escape from my palm? She's dreaming..."

  She could only hate that she had only found a few more silver coins, thinking of the twenty taels left with just this little, she deeply resented it but still endured.

  No matter what, the key is to have a good plan. With a good plan, even such a large courtyard can be built. However, that dead girl is still doing her embroidery work. Next time I come, I'll have to search for more silver money again, how can we let the Zhong family people take advantage of us...

  Tian Guihua walked away, and He Ashu immediately walked into the house, looking at the messy room and Cow Xiaohua with puffy eyes, anxiously rushing over to say: "Poor little girl, your mother scolded you, what did she do?! Did she hit you?!"

  Niú Xiǎo Huā's eyes turned red, and she threw herself onto her mother's body. A glimmer of hope rose in her heart as she wailed: "Mother, why wasn't I born into your belly? She took all my money away... Waaahhh..."

  Niú Xiǎo Huā cried so hard that she hiccuped, now that she had found someone to rely on, she was even more heartbroken and said: "She hit me too, mom, I'm in pain, it hurts so much..."

  He Yaxiu's eyes turned red with anxiety and she said: "Where does it hurt? Mother will take a look, let me see quickly..."

  Niu Xiaohua's whole body hurts, and she reveals her injuries to her mother: "...Mom, it's all in places that can't be seen, it hurts so much..."

  He Qiu looked at the purple and green marks on her snow-white body, suddenly furious: "How dare she hit you like this?! How dare she come here to hit you?! Xiao Hua, has she always treated you like this?! Why didn't you tell your dad, you silly girl..."

  "How can I explain this wound to Father?!" Niu Xiaohua said with red eyes: "I now know that she did it on purpose, she wanted others not to see it, she calculated that I wouldn't take off my clothes for you to see... Mother... Waaahhh..."

  Ke Tian Gui Hua did not expect He Ah Xiu and Niu Xiao Hua to be truly good, Niu Xiao Hua was willing to tell her everything.

  He Yaxiu hugged her tightly and cried: "My poor child, you're really miserable... Wait for your father and Tuniu to come back, we'll go find her to settle the score. From now on, I won't let her bully you again. If she comes again, I won't let her in the door. Tian Guihua is too much, she doesn't want you to live, does she? She beats you so desperately..."

  Niú Xiǎo Huā seemed to have found something to rely on and cried with a broken heart, her eyes swelling up like peaches.

  "Mother, she still wants me to give her the recipe for braised meat... " Niu Xiaohua said grievously: "Even if I die, I won't give it to her. How could I? I don't understand anything. Where would I get a recipe from? She took all my hard-earned embroidery money and the money Tuniu gave me. Not even one cent was left for me. Is she really my mother?! Was I born in the wrong place or picked up somewhere?! Why did I encounter such a mother?! Mother, is it because I did something wrong in my previous life that I ended up in her womb to be tormented by her?! Waaahhh..."