"Mom, are you okay?" Zhao Qingqing hurriedly helped her mother and glared fiercely at Jun Jiuli.
Jun Jiuli waved her hands, "I didn't touch that old woman. She hit herself."
A group of Zhao family relatives surrounded Jun Jiuli, each clenching their fists. Rural management wasn't as strict back then, and fights were common.
"You little brat, disrespectful to elders, I'm going to teach you a lesson today."
"Scaring us by calling the police? By the time they get here, I'll be long gone. When I was roaming the jianghu, you didn't even know where to be."
Shui Wa: "This overwhelming aura of idiocy, they really think they're mob bosses. The cameras aren't even rolling, looks like they're all birds of a feather."
Zhao Xianming, in his wheelchair, watched the entire scene with cold eyes. At this moment, he didn't think of making amends to his only daughter.
Suddenly, a buzzing sound was heard, and several teenagers with dyed colorful hair, wearing tight denim clothing and riding rural 125cc motorcycles, sped towards them.
Each motorcycle carried two older men, holding hoe handles and with pig-slaughtering knives tucked into their waistbands.
It was the Chinese New Year season, and the crops had all been harvested. Everyone was at home sitting by the fire, so many people had come.
The young man with burgundy hair dismounted, flicked his side-swept bangs, and glanced dismissively at the older men.
"Where are you all from, daring to cause trouble in our Chenjia Village? Bullying a little girl like her, what kind of skill is that? If you have guts, come at me!"
The Zhao family members were scared into silence. They hadn't expected Chenjia Village to be so united. Pushing and shoving each other, no one dared to step forward.
Finally, Zhao Qingqing stepped forward under pressure, "Young man, you've misunderstood. We're here to recognize relatives. She is my second uncle's biological daughter, and now that my second uncle is old, it's time for her to fulfill her filial duty."
"Hmph, this is our Chen family's daughter. Just because you say she's yours now doesn't make it so. Did you fulfill your duty of raising her? Why should this daughter serve him?"
The speaker, wearing a Zhongshan suit jacket over a green padded cotton coat, had his hands behind his back with an air of righteous indignation. He was the old village head of Chenjia Village.
"Exactly, exactly. She is our Chenjia Village daughter. What evidence do you have to claim she's yours? If you can't produce any evidence, get out of our village quickly. You're not welcome here."
Zhao Qingqing: "How can there be no evidence? My second uncle still recognizes her adoptive parents."
"What kind of evidence is that? I'm warning you, get out now, or my stick won't have eyes."
"Thugs, you bunch of thugs. I'm calling the police to arrest you all and put you in jail."
"But you started the trouble. We Chenjia Village people don't provoke trouble but we're not afraid of it either. Either get out now, or let's fight."
"Yeah, yeah, my hands have been itching for a while."
A group of young people echoed from behind, their faces showing ferocity. A glance from the old village head calmed them down.
The Zhao family group conferred and quickly fled with their belongings. They kept looking back as they ran, afraid of a sneak attack from the Chenjia Village people.
Jun Jiuli quickly thanked them and asked Shui Wa to turn off the livestream. The old village head patted her shoulder and said earnestly,
"Daughter, you must study hard. If you have any problems, come to my house. Don't keep everything bottled up inside; one person cannot solve all problems."
"Thank you, Uncle."
"Alright, you rascals, stop acting like that. Don't scare the little girl. You're all so rambunctious."
The young men laughed heartily, their fierce demeanor gone.
"Little sister, where do you live? Hop on, brother will give you a ride."
"You brat, where will your uncle sit?"
"No need, no need. If you go up this fork in the road, you'll get there soon. No need to give me a ride."
"Hahaha, shy now? Then brother won't see you off. Hurry up and get on the bus."
The group arrived quickly and left just as fast. Jun Jiuli politely invited them to her home for a seat, a meal, and a cup of tea, but they all declined.
Shui Wa: "Host, are you afraid to ride a motorcycle? To enjoy the thrill of dust flying and ears buzzing."
Jun Jiuli: "Not interested."
"Hahaha~"
Jun Jiuli followed the small path home as Shui Wa began to introduce the plot.
The original host's name was Chen Nannan. When her mother was pregnant with her, an old midwife in the village said it was a daughter. Because of this, her paternal grandmother and father weren't attentive. Her mother was still working in the fields when she was close to giving birth.
Her mother felt severe pain and said she wanted to go to the town hospital. Her grandmother agreed but didn't help borrow a car. She made her walk, and thus the original host was born on the road.
Not long after the original host's birth, her mother died. The old woman found it unlucky and didn't care at all. Zhao Xianming disliked that it was a daughter, but he couldn't just leave the two of them on the street.
He casually dug a hole and buried the original host's mother. He didn't know how to raise a child, and no one in the family was willing to help. The original host cried from hunger every day.
Zhao Grandma always told him to drown the original host, but Zhao Xianming couldn't bring himself to do it. However, thinking that a daughter would definitely hinder his marriage prospects in the future, he directly reported her to the town to be abandoned.
He was very cunning, hiding in the bushes by the roadside. He just wanted to see who would pick up the original host; if she became successful in the future, he would still go and claim her.
Coincidentally, she was found by the original host's adoptive mother, Wang Hongying. The couple had always wanted a child but couldn't conceive no matter how hard they tried, suspecting one of them had an issue.
On their way to the hospital for an examination, they found the nearly dead original host. Both felt it was fate and immediately spent money to buy a small packet of milk powder to feed her.
Before long, the original host opened her eyes and smiled at them. The test results showed that Chen's father had the problem. Wang Hongying didn't mind Chen's father, and they raised the original host as their own daughter.
Zhao Xianming secretly followed them all the way, and only returned home after confirming where Wang Hongying's family lived.
The Chen family only had three mu of dry land. The Chen couple raised the original host until college by raising pigs and cows. Zhao Xianming never married all these years, and all the money he earned from working was used to subsidize his nephew.
He thought of relying on his nephew to perform the ceremonial last rites and care for him in his old age. Now, in his old age, he had lung cancer.
His nephew and his wife explicitly stated that they would not care for him or pay for his medical treatment, so he set his sights on the original host.
He found his niece, who worked as an announcer, to be his backing and gathered a group of Zhao family relatives. They intended to morally bind the original host and force her to agree to support him.