The Eagle Brigade had always been a model for the neighboring brigades, but today...
In the space of a single day, the Wang Family had stirred up one mess after another.
During the day, it had come out that Wang Cuicui, whom they worshipped as a blessed child, was actually a jinx.
Then there was Old Madam Wang's illicit affair with one of her own family. Fortunately, she still cared about saving face and had not let that scandal get out.
Otherwise, the Eagle Brigade's village Party secretary and brigade leader would both have been summoned to a meeting.
They had thought that would be the end of it. Who could have guessed that after nightfall, the Wang Family would cause trouble again?
When Old Madam Wang saw her favorite eldest son pinned to the ground and beaten by her youngest, she could no longer sit still. She struck her youngest son dead with a stool.
Then realization hit her. Her face turned ashen, and she stood rooted to the spot as though she had lost her soul.
Zhao Guifen, who had been dealing with that scourge Wang Cuicui, saw her husband collapsed on the ground, crimson blood still welling out beneath him.
She dared not move her fallen husband. Stumbling outside, she ran to the brigade leader's home and begged him to take her husband to the hospital.
She sobbed so hard she could not get a complete sentence out. The brigade leader was lost in a fog, understanding only that something had happened at the Wang Family's home again.
He hurried over with his sons. By then, Wang Eldest, Old Madam Wang, and the Wang Family's Eldest Grandson had all vanished from Wang Eldest's room.
Wang Cuicui lay slumped over the table, clearly beaten unconscious.
Wang Third lay