Shi Tou's mother already detested her. Furthermore, after spending most of the previous night paralyzed by fear and finally managing to calm down, hearing this woman slander Little Shitou and the others sparked a violent surge of hostility in her heart. This son was the apple of her eye!
Without a word, she shoved her youngest son, Zhao Feng, into the arms of a nearby young woman, asking her to watch him for a moment. Then, she squeezed through the crowd, grabbed Liu'er's mother by the hair with one hand, and slapped her back and forth across the face with the other.
Liu'er's mother was beaten senseless for a moment. By the time she reacted and realized it was Shi Tou's mother, there was no time to explain. Besides, with her face already swollen from the slaps, trying to explain now would mean swallowing this loss, and she was having none of it. She immediately fought back.
