He placed his hands on his hips and parted the crowd. He saw Old Lady Shan poking Second Daughter-in-law's forehead with her fingers. Her saliva flew everywhere, and the girls who spat out shameless words turned their heads away. Second daughter-in-law Shan's face was ashen and her lips were trembling. The two sons of the Shan family were waving their hands, not knowing whether to stop or support them. Second daughter-in-law Shan's two daughters had already been pulled to the side by the daughter-in-law of the village. The youngest daughter was held in the arms of her daughter-in-law, Ding Meixiang. She was as thin as a cat. Only Shan Zhenzhu, a young lady who should be married, was still standing there listening to her mother curse…
"Shut up!" Wang Maocai shouted.”
Old Lady Shan retracted her hand and turned the gun around."It's good that the Li Zheng is here. You can be the judge. A bunch of freeloaders who don't earn a single cent and still want to go to school.”
"Get some snow and wash her foul mouth!"”
A kid really grabbed a handful of snow. He held it in his hands and formed a ball of snow.
"Ah pui! You guys are in charge of my family affairs. If you're too full, go stand under the wall!”，Old Lady Shan's strength did not decrease as she slapped the snowball onto the ground and shattered it into pieces.
"You! You! You don't know what's good for you!" Wang Maocai also wanted to hit him. Call your father over!"
"Why call him? Why did he call him? It's the same when you call him that, old fart-"
Wang Maocai took a deep breath. Why aren't you willing to let the child go to school?"
"Why? Tell me why! Are you going to pay for school? You'll do the chores at home? A bunch of trash, big and small, all raised by me-"
"Sister-in-law Shan, how much silver can a little girl spend to buy a needle and thread? Besides, if you learn how to sew well and earn money, won't it return to you?”
"That's right!"
"That's right!"
"He doesn't have a single penny. Everyone goes to school. Who's going to serve that trash?”
"You!"
Hearing the word "trash", Second Daughter-in-law Shan raised her head, and her eyes lit up." Husband isn't a good-for-nothing. He, he even made straw mats. He makes them every day…" She started wailing as she spoke.
Wang Maocai was also panting in anger. He did not expect a mother to defile her son like this."Old Shan, tell me how Ertian's leg was crippled. When the weather was bad, everyone ran home, but you forced Ertian to go up the mountain. It rained heavily and rushed down the mountain road. Ertian fell on his leg, but you couldn't bear to give him money to treat it. His leg was crippled. Ertian weaved straw mats day and night, tied straw ropes, and exchanged them for money. You didn't even give the three children a full meal…"
Everyone sighed. When the daughter-in-law who had just married heard about this past, she could not help but secretly think that this old lady was vicious. Old Lady Shan felt a little uncomfortable when she saw that the past had been dug up, but she still straightened her neck and said,"Eat what? Three good-for-nothings!"
"Ha!" Someone in the crowd laughed out loud. His eyes turned to the round pearl and whispered,"That's right. What are you eating? You're so fat!”
Shan Zhenzhu knew that everyone was talking about her. She blushed and wanted to pull her mother's sleeve. Coincidentally, Cao 'er and Xiu' er, her two nieces, moved in front of her and looked up at her."Aunt, Aunt, can you help persuade Grandma? We can learn embroidery and teach it to auntie. Then, auntie will be able to embroider the wedding dress beautifully. We can also do embroidery for auntie…"
Wang Maocai narrowed his eyes and turned to look in the direction of the two children. It was his two daughters-in-law, Madam Qian and Madam Ding. They were the ones who taught the two children to do this. He felt slightly relieved. That's right, hit the snake seven inches away. Shan Zhenzhu was Old Lady Shan's seven inches away.
The two children continued to plead." Aunt, aunt, please go and persuade the milk. We don't want the milk to pay the silver. We can clean the school, collect firewood, help with the kitchen, and exchange it for silver…We won't delay the work at home…Aunt, aunt…"
“……”
Everyone in the village knew that Shan Zhenzhu was a selfish person, but they didn't expect her selfishness to really work. She immediately pulled her mother's sleeve and whispered, and everyone's faces revealed a relaxed and disdainful look.
Old Man Dan had come. Wang Maocai didn't know where he had been hiding earlier. He didn't believe that he hadn't heard the commotion just now. Seeing that he had lowered his head and didn't care about it, he couldn't help but give him a lecture."Brother Dan, although you're older than me, I have to talk to you today. We all say that peace in the family will bring prosperity. If you want peace in the family, as the head of the family, you have to be upright first. You have to take care of every child and grandson. Every family in the village is working hard now. There's even a school. In a few days, when the snow melts, more people will come from the county. If you spoil the soup of the entire village because of a rat sh * t, do you believe that I'll kick your family out of the village? If I keep my word, the elders will definitely agree! Brother Dan, hurry up and bring your wife back. Go home and teach her well. If she doesn't teach her well, kick her out. What's wrong with your family? Hmph, letting a woman who's not even 46 years old take charge. Just you wait. Sanliang and your little daughter should have been engaged long ago. Shi Tou isn't young anymore…"
After being lectured by Li Zheng, Father Dan's face turned red. Looking at the indignant old woman and timid daughter-in-law, he was also angry. He also wanted to have a taste of the power of being the head of the family, but after raising his hand twice, he still put it down. He did not dare, or perhaps he was already used to it.
Habit was a very scary thing.
The younger generation in the village might not be clear about his family's situation, but he knew very well. The landowners in King Village had the surname Wang. People with other surnames like them had moved here later. However, it was only early or late. The Shan family had only moved here for three generations. His father had died early, leaving him as the only seedling. He had not started a family yet when he was twenty. His grandfather had sold three acres of land and asked a matchmaker to marry him a daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law gave birth to a son within a year. He had a foothold and became a family. Then, the whole family listened to their wife from the beginning.
If Li Zheng wanted to kick his family out, others could take it as a threat, but he could not think so himself. After all, there were no ancestors in the ancestral hall of the village.
Wang Maocai was helpless when he saw that Father Dan couldn't help him up. He could only continue to teach,"Although it's not right to persuade people to split up, Big Brother Dan, it's only right for a tree to branch out. When the children are older, there will be more people.”
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Shan, who was originally holding hands with her daughter and squeezing together, jumped out."We can't split it! Wang Maocai, you're persuading people to split up. Aren't you wicked? You-"
"Shut up!" An old voice came from outside the crowd. Everyone turned around and saw Seventh Aunt slowly walking over with the help of her granddaughter-in-law.
"Aiya, Seventh Grandmother, why are you here?”，Madam Qian quickly went forward to support her other arm."Have you eaten the food that my mother arranged for the two of you to send?”
The weather was cold and slippery, so Sun shi made the decision not to let Seventh Granduncle and his wife come over. The other elderly people in the village did the same. After cooking, Sun shi first called a few young men to pick up a few good dishes and send them to them. She did not expect that the old couple would still come over at this time.
"Your mother is thoughtful. Eat, eat. Now that you're full, come out for a walk.”，The old lady was the oldest and most senior person in the village, so she was quite respected. At this moment, she smiled kindly."Daughter-in-law, the ground is cold. Quickly help your second sister-in-law up. If she freezes again, won't she be able to celebrate the new year?”
"Hey!" Wang Jin's wife quickly went forward and pulled Second Daughter-in-law Shan up from the ground with another woman. Her legs were already trembling from the ice, and she only managed to stabilize herself after swaying a few times.
Old Lady Shan dared to fly into a rage at Li Zheng, but she did not dare to go against Seventh Great Aunt. Although she still looked at her second daughter-in-law with hatred, she did not dare to say a word. Shan Zhenzhu also lowered her eyes and did not dare to meet Seventh Great Aunt's gaze.
"Mao Cai is right. The tree branches out, and the more people there are, the more people there are. You think you have the face to torture your daughter-in-law in front of so many people during the festival?”，Seventh Great Aunt was old, but she was very magnanimous. The words she said hit the nail on the head, and every sentence did not allow the other party to refute."I'll be twenty in the next three years and haven't even found a wife yet. Who's to blame? Look at the lives of your two daughters-in-law. Who would be willing to marry their daughter into your family? What does it matter if your granddaughter learns embroidery? Are you afraid that no one will help you clean up your mess? Are you paralyzed or stupid? No arms or legs? Why don't you order your own daughter around? You order your granddaughter around. Her granddaughter is her parents 'daughter, not yours! The people of our Great King Village are honest and upright. We can't tolerate people like you. Today's matter is over. If you dare to do this again when you go home, ask your nephew to come and take you away. Our Great King Village can't accommodate you, and we can't tolerate you leading the younger generation of the village astray!”
Old Man Shan's old face was so red that blood could drip out. Old Lady Shan lowered her head and her lips trembled, but she did not dare to talk back. She knew that if Seventh Great Aunt said that she wanted to chase her away, she could really chase her away. How could the nephew of her maternal family care about her, who had been married for many years?
"Go, go, all of you! Father Dan finally spoke. He met his eldest daughter-in-law's expectant gaze and added,"Flowers too!"”
The school recruited girls under the age of ten, and Hua Er happened to be ten years old, so she could learn a little.
Eldest daughter-in-law Dan's eyes were filled with joy. Second daughter-in-law Dan was also very familiar with her personality of shrinking back from everything for fear of tainting her. She raised her head slightly and glanced at her without saying anything. She quickly pulled her two daughters and thanked them one by one.
Old Lady Shan also suffered a blow from the three of them. She immediately felt her blood rush up and her mouth was filled with bitterness.
What happened here soon reached the ears of the people in the new residence. The reason was that Shan Shitou had actually found Mr. Feng and wanted to deduct a portion of his salary in advance for his three nieces to spend. Mr. Feng stared at him for a while and then nodded in agreement. This was not a big deal at first, but what surprised him was that Shan Shitou actually had the courage to " secretly take advantage of the situation." This was really not like the Shan family.
After Shan Shitou left, Mr. Feng could not help but sigh. He turned to Uncle Wang and asked,"Is there a lot of such situations in the village?"
" Quite a few…" Uncle Wang replied bitterly,"" Girls in the mountains can't work hard, and it's common for their parents to despise them. Most of them get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen and exchange for a few buckets of food as betrothal gifts…But it's rare for the Shan family to torture their daughter-in-law and granddaughter like this. Stone is a good child, but he can't say anything when the elders on the upper two floors are around…"
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