After forty years of marriage, she raised several stepchildren, put them through school, bought them houses for marriage, and even helped raise their grandchildren. She served her aging and ill hus...
"Dad, do you believe them but not my eldest sister?" Song Baogen yelled at his own father. "Does my eldest sister know Song Erniu's man? Back when she was dating, she was wary of our family. She didn't let my eldest sister go to the wedding, saying she was afraid my eldest sister would bring bad luck to Song Erniu. Dad, have you forgotten? My uncle and aunt came over themselves to tell you not to let my eldest sister go to their house."
Since Song Erzhuang was injured on the head by Tang Dafei, his memory has been very poor.
I often forget what happened a second ago, let alone things that happened so many years ago.
But Qiao Guilan remembers.
“I remember, Yinhua has never seen Erniu’s man.” Qiao Guilan looked at Song Erniu, “Could it be that you’ve mistaken her for someone else…”
“Absolutely impossible!” Song Erniu interrupted decisively. “I just went to the foot of the mountain to look for Song Yinhua, but she wasn’t home. She’s definitely still fooling around with my man…”
"You're talking nonsense!" Song Baogen exclaimed angrily. "My eldest sister moved to Huojiabao Village; she doesn't live at the foot of the mountain anymore."
"Even if she doesn't live at the foot of the mountain, she's still having an affair with my husband!"
"Song Erniu, don't push your luck!" Song Baogen, now the pillar of his family, stepped forward and shouted at his uncle's three children, "When you were little, my dad treated you well, and you bully our family like this! My eldest sister's husband died, so what? My eldest sister has no family left, and you still want to bully her like this? Do you want to continue to smear my eldest sister?"
“Song Baogen, when did we ever try to smear your eldest sister? We saw her with my own eyes, and my man himself admitted it. It’s Song Yinhua, no doubt about it!” Song Erniu insisted it was Song Yinhua. “The fortune teller even said that Song Yinhua is shameless, destined to be a concubine, and likes to seduce people…”
Song Baogen kicked over the small stool blocking his way and pointed at Song Erniu's face, "Say that again! That fortune teller was hired by your grandfather, and Wang Xiaowei even went to jail for it. What did my family do to yours? Why would your mother and grandfather frame my older sister like this?"
Song Erzhuang quickly stopped his son, forbidding him from fighting with his niece.
Song Hanwen and Song Xuewen also stepped forward to help, one protecting Song Erniu and the other pushing away the hand that Song Baogen pointed out, looking like they were about to fight.
The two brothers were clearly protecting their sister.
Song Erzhuang was so eager to protect his nephew and niece that he scolded his own son and forbade him from causing trouble.
Although Qiao Guilan was unhappy with Song Erzhuang's protection of outsiders, she dared not offend her sister-in-law's three children, and fearing that her own son would suffer, she also stepped forward to help hold her son back.
Li Wenxiu also hugged Song Baogen tightly from behind.
Seeing that Song Baogen was being held back by his second uncle's family, Song Erniu arrogantly started cursing Song Yinhua for being indecent again.
Various foul and obscene words, unbearable to hear.
She even threatened that if Song Yinhua dared to harass her man again, she would beat Song Yinhua up, let everyone know that Song Yinhua was shameless, and slash her face so that she could never seduce another woman's husband again.
"Erniu, I'll go find Yinhua tomorrow morning and make her leave your man." Song Erzhuang felt sorry for his niece who had been wronged. "With your second uncle here, I will never let you suffer! Yinhua is too outrageous!"
Qiao Guilan looked at Song Erzhuang with dissatisfaction, there were some things she couldn't say in front of her sister-in-law's three children.
"Do we have to wait until tomorrow?" Song Erniu was unwilling to wait.
Song Hanwen went to the side, took out his mobile phone, and called Song Erniu's home. Song Erniu's eldest daughter answered the phone and said that her father, Zhao Danian, had returned.
“Da Nian has already gone home, and Yin Hua should be back too. Let’s go there now while Yin Hua is home. If she agrees to break up with Da Nian, we won’t pursue this matter further.” Song Hanwen acted as if he were the most reasonable person.
Song Hanwen's car couldn't hold that many people, so he took Song Erzhuang and Qiao Guilan to Huojiabao Village.
Song Baogen quickly put on his clothes and shoes, preparing to ride his bicycle over, but Li Wenxiu grabbed the handlebars.
"Don't meddle in your older sister's business!" Li Wenxiu told Song Baogen not to interfere. "She doesn't have a husband or any children of her own, just an adopted daughter, Cai Xing's. If the child ever recognizes Cai Xing as her biological mother, your older sister will be left alone for the rest of her life, and no one will even know when she dies! That's all she'll ever be. She'll only be a burden to us. Look, Cai Xing doesn't even associate with your older sister anymore, so you're not allowed to interfere in her affairs either."
Song Baogen pushed Li Wenxiu away and rode away on his bicycle.
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Huojiabao Village.
Song Yinhua, the madwoman, and her daughter had all gone to sleep.
Several black wolfhounds were guarding the yard.
The car was parked outside the yard. Song Erniu opened the car door to get out, but suddenly heard the barking of the black wolfhound and immediately pulled her leg back in fright.
On the way there, Qiao Guilan deliberately told her that there were several large wolfhounds in the yard that had bitten many people, and advised her not to get too excited, lest she be bitten by the dogs.
Song Erzhuang and Qiao Guilan got out of the car, but did not dare to go in rashly. Instead, they stood outside the courtyard and called out a few times.
The black wolfhound kept barking at the gate of the yard.
The lights in the room then came on.
Song Yinhua opened the door and heard her parents' voices.
She opened the courtyard gate, "Mom and Dad, why are you here so late..."
"Song Yinhua, I'll fight you to the death!" As soon as Song Erniu saw Song Yinhua come out, she lunged at her, yelling, "How dare you steal my man..."
A black wolfhound pounced on her and bit Song Erniu's arm hard, scaring her into screaming for help.
Song Erzhuang felt sorry for his niece and quickly told Song Yinhua to make her big dog let go.
Song Yinhua didn't rush to make the black wolfhound release its grip. Instead, she asked, "What brings you here so late? What's wrong with Erniu? Why did she try to fight me the moment she saw me? What happened to her husband?"
Song Hanwen: "Yinhua, we all know about your affair with Erniu's man."
"What do you know?" Song Yinhua asked, bewildered. "What do I have with her man?"
At this moment, Song Yinhua remembered that a few days ago when she was packing her things and moving from the foot of the mountain to Huojiabao Village, her aunt and her daughter Song Erniu were chatting outside the courtyard at the foot of the mountain, and they mentioned Song Erniu's man.
At that moment, Song Erniu looked at her with such hatred that she wanted to stab her with a knife right then and there.
Song Xuewen chimed in at this point: "Were you with my second brother-in-law tonight? You were in his car, and we caught you doing *that*, then he drove you away. Am I right?"
"What nonsense are you spouting? Do I even know your second brother-in-law?" Song Yinhua retorted to Song Xuewen. "Don't try to pin this on me!"
"Stop pretending, we all saw you!"
What did you see in me?
“I saw you sitting in my second brother-in-law’s car, and my second brother-in-law himself admitted that he was having an affair with you.”
"Bring your second brother-in-law here. I can confront him face to face and see if I recognize him!"
Song Erniu kept crying and screaming, begging Song Yinhua to make the dog let go.
Song Yinhua called out to the black wolfhound, and only then did the black wolfhound release its grip.
Song Erniu rubbed her arm and looked at Song Yinhua with disgust. "Song Yinhua, it's no use trying to deny it. My husband told me himself that you seduced him and that you were always pestering him and wanted to have a baby with him."