Fu JiuJiu raised her hand to touch her father's head. How did she feel that in just a morning, her father seemed much older?

But now is not the time to talk about father-daughter relationships, Ginger Fangru is still locked up.

And those people clearly wanted her dead.

Fu Chiujiu immediately told Zou Guangquan the location and asked him to bring people to rescue Jiang Fangrui.

There were many constables, and their numerical advantage made it easy for them to fight the bandits. However, Scarface still managed to escape.

But the beaten and bruised bandits were baffled. They couldn't use their inner energy!

These county constables are simply a disorganized rabble. They're alright dealing with ordinary folk, but...

They might not be the very best fighters, but they're certainly skilled enough. Otherwise, how could they dare to murder and steal?

It's strange, they were caught and didn't understand what happened either.

Even if they racked their brains, they wouldn't guess that it was Fu Jiujiu who had crushed the scattered gong pills. Ordinary people would be fine smelling them, but those with internal energy would be unable to use their internal energy after smelling them.

The secret lies in those golden beans.

The kidnappers were caught, and the person was rescued safely.

The rest is left to Zou Guangquan, Fu Baiman holding his little daughter wouldn't let go of her, refusing anyone else who tried to take her.

He was really scared to death.

Tian Guihua saw her little girl crying and laughing, feeling a pang of guilt.

Fu Jiujiu's heart wasn't feeling well either. At the time, Jiang Fangrui was in their hands, and they were holding a knife, really ready to fight. She was afraid of hurting Jiang Fangrui, and she also wanted to know what was going on.

The kidnappers were also working for money. They didn't know exactly why they kidnapped Jiang Fangrui, only the escaped leader knew.

The Jiang family also quickly sent people over. After this incident, the Jiang family took Jiang Fangrui back and didn't care about any punishment or not.

Fu Baiman and Tian Guihua waited until Fu Wu's clinic opened before leaving. Xie Ying also came that day, but Fu Baiman and Tian Guihua had already left by then...

They were terrified by the kidnapping and will probably need some time to recover.

The carriage had just stopped at the door when Fu Jiujiu heard someone crying in the courtyard. Sister-in-law?

Tian Guihua also frowned. She had just come back and heard her daughter-in-law crying. Wasn't this bad luck?

What are you howling about?

Zhou heard her mother-in-law's voice, wiped away her tears and remained silent.

Mrs. Wu shook her head at Tian Guihua, signaling her not to ask any further questions.

But since she had already seen it, Tian Guihua couldn't pretend she hadn't.

"What's wrong? Did Dajin bully you?"

"Mother, it's not Dajin, how could Dajin bully me?" Zhou cried.

"Tian Guihua knew it couldn't be her son, “Who is that? Their face is swollen. Who could be so cruel?”

Her mother, her own mother.

Zhou felt ashamed, but she was also wronged. So she told everyone what Zhou's mother had done at home earlier.

Old Mrs. Zhou came to ask for money, but Mrs. Zhou refused. She started crying and making a scene, even hitting her. As Mrs. Wu was busy taking care of the three children, she couldn't intervene. In the end, Old Mrs. Zhou ended up beating Mrs. Zhou.

Tian Guihua saw that her own daughter-in-law, whom she wouldn't even bear to hit herself, had been beaten until her head was bloody and her face was swollen high. "Where's Big Jin?"

"Mother, the second gold shop is so busy, he went to help out. Who would have thought..." Mrs. Wu felt ashamed. "Mother, it's my fault, my fault."

Tian Guihua panted, "Oh my, what a headache this is."

Don't just stand there, you two, get in the car with me.

Zhou shi was puzzled. "What are you doing?"

"Let's settle the accounts." Tian Guihua slapped her thigh and got up. "Sijin, you and your father keep an eye on those little ones, just make sure they don't fall."

Fu Jiujiu knew her mother was going to fight Zhou Pozi, "Mother, I want to go too."

Tian Guihua shook her head, "You're not convenient to go out, just stay home obediently."

Zhou didn't speak the whole way. Being beaten by her own mother like this, she was heartbroken and felt ashamed to even lift her head.

"Mother, I didn't expect you would still be taking the carriage?" Wu said.

"Well, farmers know everything. If they don't know something, they can learn it. It's not suitable for men to come today. They should say that our family is bullying them."

Mrs. Wu nodded heavily, she was ready, and would have to protect her mother-in-law during a fight.

When the mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law arrived at Zhou's house, Old Mrs. Zhou was panting heavily.

The two places weren't too far apart, just three or four miles. So the carriage didn't catch up to her.

Zhou Pozi was scolding her daughter for being a white-eyed wolf, saying that since their life had gotten better, she wasn't helping the family.

On Tuesday, neither Sister Zhou nor the Song family came over to persuade.

"Mother, look, isn't that the carriage from Third Sister's house?" Zhou Jia's boy, Zhou Baoshan, pointed at the approaching carriage.

Aunt Zhou glanced but couldn't see who was in the rushing carriage. "That little wretch, she just deserves a beating. One good thrashing will teach her to be obedient,"

She thought that Zhou was scared after being beaten and sent her money.

As a result, the carriage came up with Tian Guihua.

When Zhou Po saw Tian Guihua frowning and looking out of sorts, she asked, "Mother-in-law, what brings you here? You're just back?"

Zhou seemed like a pushover, though he didn't speak. Yet, the look in his eyes when he glanced at Zhou's grandmother was full of hatred.

"Of course, I just got home, my butt hadn't even touched the kang when I saw everyone here like this. So, I brought her over."

Before, Zhou Po (Zhou's grandmother) never gave Tian Guihua a good look. Among her three daughters-in-law's families, the Fu family was the poorest. The poor didn't deserve to be treated well.

Things are different now.

When she smiled at Tian Guihua, there was more to it now. "You've really gone out of your way for me," she said.

"It's not as simple as you say. Although she's my daughter-in-law, I also treat her like a close friend. Even though she's not my biological child, she's called me 'mother' for seven or eight years. She was beaten for no reason, so I have to get some explanation."

Zhou Pozi, upon hearing that she had come to plead her case, a slight stiffness appeared on the corners of her smiling mouth. "Mother-in-law," she said, "you're here to plead?"

"Or what do you think?" Tian Guihua sneered, "Mother-in-law, what grave sin has your daughter-in-law committed that warrants you traveling all this way with your son to beat her up?"

Tian Guihua gave Zhou Baoshan a cold stare. “Your third sister has been good to you, hasn't she? You would do this to her?”

Zhou Shi, hearing Tian Guihua say this, cried even harder.

Mrs. Wu wiped tears for her from the side.

"Mother-in-law, look at you, why are you still angry?"

"If someone hits your child, you wouldn't be angry? Let me tell you, whoever dares to touch my child, I would fight them to the death."

Zhou Pozi couldn't quite believe it, was this really what a mother-in-law should be like?

People from Zhoujia Village gathered to watch the commotion, pointing and whispering.

Tian Guihua glanced at these people, "What are you looking at? Have you never seen a mother-in-law backing up her daughter-in-law?"

Here, the audience includes both mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. The mothers-in-law were once daughters-in-law themselves.

Whether it's a lot or a little, I've only seen mothers-in-law nitpicking their daughters-in-law. I haven't seen any mother-in-law leading her daughter-in-law back to her own family to support her.

"Mother... you're so kind to me." Zhou shi couldn't hold back any longer, she burst into tears.

This novel is first published on www.fanyiw.com.