"Yes, I'm cheap. I'm shameless. I can't live without a man. But what about you?"
Widow Li had thrown caution to the wind today. She no longer cared whether she looked dignified, and screamed at the top of her lungs like a shrew.
"Your sickly son has clearly gone to see King Yama, yet you still refuse to let me off. Every day, you treat me like an ox. The moment I open my eyes, there's an endless list of work waiting for me."
"I have to do the women's work in the house, and the men's work in the fields and on the mountain. Do you think I have three heads and six arms?"
"And besides, the reason we couldn't have a son wasn't my fault. It was clearly because your sickly son was impotent, yet you blamed me for it. Every day, you treated me like I wasn't even human, beating and cursing me whenever you felt like it."
"Even a clay figurine has a temper. You forced me into this. You drove me to this point. If you want someone to blame, blame your own lack of virtue!"
"You... you..." Widow Li's mother-in-law pointed at her, nearly losing her breath.
After finally catching her breath, she charged forward again and clawed wildly at Widow Li.
"You shameless disgrace! Just wait—I'll beat you to death today and throw you into the river to drown!"
"Go ahead and hit me! Come on! If you don't beat me to death today, I'll sleep with another wild man tomorrow. I'll sleep with every man in the village!"
Widow Li refused to back down and fought back.
However, the village women all took sides against her, and with Liu Yufen there glaring at her as if she hated her to death, it