Group favor + Lucky Golden Finger + Female protagonist focused on career, male protagonist offering support. The impoverished Niu family, so poor they couldn't even afford to open a pot, picked...
Chen Yu no longer helps with the repairs to the new house; she's busy cooking, taking care of Niu Huahua during her postpartum period, raising chickens and ducks, and making pickled vegetables and sauerkraut.
No one from the Huang family came for several days.
Chen Yu makes several poached eggs every day, adds three spoonfuls of brown sugar and candied fruit, and kills an old hen, coagulating the hen's blood into a block, preparing to stew it with some meat to nourish Niu Huahua's blood.
Niu Huahua was too weak to get up, so Chen Yu fed her herself, saying, "You need to eat something. How can you go back and fight if you don't eat something!"
Chen Yu scooped up a spoonful of brown sugar water.
Niu Jia Meizi took a sip, and Chen Yu scooped up another poached egg, which Niu Huahua ate with her small mouth slightly open.
Old Mrs. Zhong brought Xiao Fubao in. Xiao Fubao seemed very happy to see Niu Huahua eating, waving his hands excitedly towards Niu Huahua. "This child really likes his aunt!"
Old Mrs. Zhong led Xiao Fubao to the bedside. Xiao Fubao was already lying on the edge of the bed, so she slowly leaned in and gave Niu Huahua two kisses.
Niu Huahua's tears suddenly flowed out in torrents, and Xiao Fubao, like a child who had done something wrong, rubbed his head haphazardly.
"Alright, alright, Fu Bao, let's not disturb your aunt's rest!" said Old Mrs. Zhong.
"Mom, there's still a poached egg left for Xiao Fu Bao on the stove!" Chen Yu said. After feeding her sister-in-law Niu breakfast, Chen Yu went about her own business.
The story of Niu Jiameizi being abused to the point of miscarriage has become a topic of conversation in Niushan Village.
Lao Shi, the eldest daughter-in-law of Da Tan Shi, was an honest and hardworking woman who did all the work both inside and outside the house.
Lao's family was even poorer than the Da Tan family, so Lao was sent over when she was seven or eight years old, and was a child bride of the Da Tan family.
Lao Shi had just returned from gathering pig feed to feed the chickens when she entered the door and heard Da Tan Shi mockingly say:
"These eggs that only lay eggs, but have no chicks inside, deserve to be trampled on! Eldest son, go get me a glass of water!"
“Yes!” Mrs. Lao replied obediently.
Mrs. Lao poured a glass of water at a comfortable temperature and said respectfully, "Mother-in-law, have some tea!"
"Are you dead? Don't you know how to put in some tea leaves? You stupid woman, why don't you just die of stupidity?" said Madam Tan.
Da Niu Li is afraid of his wife.
"But you said you wanted plain water!" Madam Tan grabbed Madam Lao's hair with one hand. "You dare to talk back! Did I say that? When did I say that? Even if I did say that, I've said it countless times! Are you a pig or what? Don't you know how to be opportunistic?"
Niu Jingtai, the eldest son of the Tan family, was resting in the next room and did not make a sound.
"Go sweep the floor!" said Madam Tan.
"It's all cleaned up!"
“Mom told you to sweep, so just sweep it again. Why are you arguing?” Niu Jingtai said from the next room.
Lao didn't say anything more and silently swept the already clean floor again. She had no power to resist. Her family was poor and couldn't support her for life. This world didn't allow women to have the power to resist.
After thirty years of being a daughter-in-law, she finally becomes a mother-in-law.
Big Tan walked with a smug air, and said again, "This good-for-nothing who only lays empty eggs needs to be tormented before she'll listen!"
“You, just ignore your mother-in-law and don’t argue with her. Just listen to what she says. Even if she lives to eighty, she’ll only live for another thirty or forty years at most. She won’t outlive you in the end!” Da Niu said.
Mrs. Lao harbored resentment, but didn't know who to confide in.
Niu the Mute's wife Zhang Min, Niu Fangyuan's wife Yuan Shi, the eldest grandson of the clan elder Niu Jingwen's wife Huang Shi, Niu the Scholar's mother Zhang Shi, Niu Xiaocao's mother Xia Shi, Xiao Tan Shi, and Xiang Shi all came to see Niu's little sister one after another.
Shen Yu invited them to sit in the next room.
“It’s not right to disturb the patient, and your family doesn’t need these eggs, but it would be a shame not to come,” Zhang Min said, touching Shen’s hand and handing her the eggs.
“I just touched my little sister’s hand, and it’s so cold. This is outrageous! Even if she can’t have children, she should be returned to the family. You shouldn’t treat her like this!” Xiang Jinlan said.
“Little sister, if you want a divorce, talk to your sister-in-law Huang. We’ll have a good talk with your great-grandfather. We Niu family members aren’t easy to bully. And you even share the same surname as my mother. What a damn bad luck, ptooey!” Huang said to Niu Xiaomei, who was lying in the next room.
"Yes, divorce them. If their family dares to cause trouble, we'll make sure they don't leave alive!" In the village, killing a criminal who comes to cause trouble is considered self-defense.
“Everyone is born of women. Their wives, mothers, grandmothers, and mothers-in-law are all women. People look down on women and even want to crawl out of women’s intestines. What’s infuriating is that some women also look down on women,” Xia said.
Chen Yu said, "I've already hired a lawyer and filed a lawsuit."
Niu Meihua poured several cups of tea for the people who came to visit her. After they drank the tea, everyone dispersed.
The Huang family in Qinglong County is currently in a state of utter chaos.
Ever since Huang Zhigao brought Wu Yanyan, the street singer, home, Wu Yanyan hasn't done any work; all she does all day is hum and sing.
"My dear brother, I can only show you, not touch you... When I touch you, I touch your spine, and the more I touch you, the more I like it... When I touch you, I touch your buttocks, two round and round bottoms, like two big wooden shovels... When I touch you, I touch your breasts, like freshly steamed buns."
It's a erotic song often sung in brothels, eighteen, touch.
"Old man, listen to what she's singing! What a slut! She's been keeping my son cooped up in the room all day and never comes out!" Old Mrs. Zhao shouted angrily, pointing at the east room.
Old Huang was so engrossed in the music that he blushed and didn't hear a word Zhao Pozi said.
"Chunyan, Chunyan, pour me a bowl of tea to calm me down! You don't feed the pigs, cook, farm, or chop firewood. Are you just staying home eating?" "I can't get the younger ones working, but I can't get the older ones working!" Granny Zhao said, sitting in her chair.
Chun Yan'er was originally a concubine that Niu Xiaomei arranged for Huang Zhigao. She was a shrew and not someone to be trifled with, but she was not a bad person and never targeted Niu Xiaomei. In fact, she often helped Niu Xiaomei deal with her wicked mother-in-law.
"You've gone too far! You dare ask me to pour you tea? You've been bothering my elder sister, and now you're bothering me? I, Zhang Chunyan, am not as soft-hearted as my elder sister. My elder sister is a good-natured person, but I can't tolerate any nonsense!" Zhang Chunyan pointed at her hips and jumped up to scold.
Zhang Chunyan was not afraid of being beaten: "If you're so capable, let your son beat me like he beat my older sister. I, Zhang Chunyan, am not even afraid of your son, so why would I be afraid of you, you old slut?"
The word "old hag" enraged Granny Zhao, who jumped up and attacked, yelling, "You little slut, you vixen! You only give birth to money-losing children, and you still have the nerve to curse people?"
Zhang Chunyan was also quite strong. She grabbed Old Lady Zhao's hair and pulled it with all her might. With her other hand, she reached for the silver hairpin in her hair and plunged it into Old Lady Zhao's eye, causing blood to flow immediately.