"No, there's only so much food. Brother Shan should eat it. He needs to eat and drink his fill to recover properly."

"You haven't eaten all day, you need it more than I do, listen to me, eat now."

"But Brother Shan, you..."

"It's alright," Huang Shan shook his head dismissively. "Don't worry about me. We were wrong before. He's still my own son, and a mother can't just watch her son starve to death."

As long as he gives away the food, unless she really has the heart to let her son starve to death, the mother will eventually give in.

"Will it really happen?"

“Yes, it will,” Huang Shan said confidently. “You should eat these quickly, or they’ll get cold and won’t taste good.”

Ding Wanzhen was starving, and she had already said everything she needed to say. Hearing this, she no longer hesitated and began to eat in small bites.

Seeing this, Huang Shan instinctively swallowed and awkwardly turned his face away.

I used to think these meals were simple and unappetizing, but when I was really hungry, I found that they were actually quite appealing.

Seeing this, Sister-in-law Huang outside the door sneered, "I'd like to see how long you can hold out."

Disregarding the parents who gave him life and raised him, and thinking that his own love was the most important thing? She made this son understand just how ridiculous these self-righteous feelings are in the face of reality!

Huang Shi noticed that his son had become quiet and wondered, "Did Dashan hit his head? Why isn't he making a fuss today?"

"If you don't have the strength, you naturally won't dare to cause trouble."

What did you do?

"It's nothing, just taking back Ding Wan's share of the meal."

Upon hearing this, Huang Shi turned his head in surprise, "You actually dare to do that?"

He'd said he'd do it before, but his wife had always stopped him. Why this time...?

“How could I not want to?” Sister-in-law Huang shook her head, a trace of sadness appearing on her face. “It doesn’t matter what they do to us, but we still have to live, and we have to think about ourselves.”

If my son keeps causing me trouble, I'll exhaust myself before I even get rid of him.

"You've finally figured it out."

Huang Shi was deeply moved; he had thought his wife would never understand this matter in her lifetime.

"It's not that I figured it out, it's that I was hurt, my heart was bleeding, and when I felt the pain, I naturally knew what to do."

As she said this, Sister-in-law Huang didn't even feel the pain as her fingernails dug into her flesh.

I've never suffered so much injustice in my entire life!

When she was a young woman, her family did not pamper her or make things difficult for her. After she married into the Huang family, her parents-in-law were kind and her husband was considerate, and her life got better and better.

During this period, I experienced almost every kind of joy and sorrow through my son.

They even self-destructively plunged into it, disregarding everything, hurting themselves and others.

Upon hearing this, Huang Shi could only offer a dry consolation, "It's good that you can understand. Consider all the past suffering as a lesson."

He did try to persuade his wife, but she wouldn't listen. She always felt that he disliked their son and deliberately spoke ill of him.

The dislike is real; he doesn't even need to say anything bad about it—his son's actions already speak volumes.

"Yeah, so I'm going to do whatever makes me feel good now."

Only two days later, his son's attitude towards him had already changed, and he no longer dared to be bossy.

If I had known this trick would work, why did I put myself through so much trouble?

"It's only right. We've raised him and gotten nothing in return, so we can't keep degrading ourselves."

Huang Shi felt he should thank the old man.

Although he never said it, he felt the same way as his son, always thinking that he was the old man's son and that the old man should spend his whole life working hard for him.

Reality, however, slapped him hard in the face.

After he repeatedly pushed his luck, the old man decisively withdrew and never contacted him again.

At first, I did complain about the old man's ruthlessness and heartlessness.

Later, I realized that my grandfather, who raised me, didn't owe me anything. He had his own life and wasn't willing to give everything for his grandson. Whether it was legally or emotionally, there was nothing to criticize him for.

After all, the old man had already spent most of the three thousand taels of silver meant for his retirement, and he had a clear conscience.

Just like them now, they have given everything they could and contributed everything they could. No matter what, they can pat their chests and say that they have done right by their son.

"Honey," Sister-in-law Huang said with some regret, "it's all my fault, I've always been a burden to you."

"No, don't overthink it. You're just taking the mountains too seriously."

It was so heavy that it made him jealous.

It's said that young couples become companions in old age, but his wife only thinks about their son and completely neglects him, which makes people feel bitter.

They didn't dare say it out of pride.

"It won't happen again, don't worry," Sister-in-law Huang assured her. "I've completely come to my senses. Everyone says that filial piety is the most important of all virtues. He doesn't even follow the most basic filial piety. What can we expect from him?"

"You forgot what you said again in just two days."

"This time it definitely won't happen."

"I'll trust you one last time."

“Okay,” Sister-in-law Huang replied, then asked, “How is it outside? Has the Ding family made any moves?”

"They couldn't hold back any longer," Huang Shi said without hiding anything. "The Ding family has been making a lot of small moves lately, trying to kill those people at every opportunity, but we've stopped them all. However, this time they made a stupid mistake."

Thinking of this, Huang Shi's eyes lit up with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Sister-in-law Huang asked curiously, "What did they do?"

Clearing his throat, Huang Shi lowered his voice to explain, "Because we've been keeping an eye on things, Chief Ding couldn't make a move, so he simply contacted a slave trader to sell the people to the coal mines in the north."

"What?" Sister-in-law Huang was very surprised. "These people have this disease, and they can still be sold?"

Who would spend money to buy such filthy things?

“It can be sold, but the price is very low, so,” Huang Shi couldn’t help but curl the corners of his mouth, “in order to make more money, Ding Ze kept this a secret.”

"Isn't this a scam?"

"The Ding family has been selling people all these years. Don't expect them to have any conscience. It's not surprising that they would do something like this."

"Master, are we just going to let them sell him like this?"

“It’s not that cheap,” Huang Shi sneered. “I went out all night yesterday to find out about this. This human trafficker has a powerful background; he’s from the prefectural city. The Ding family will be badly hurt if they don’t die this time.”

It was worth the wait; he finally got such a great opportunity.

"Master, what are the Ding family's plans to do with Ding Wan?"

"If we don't deal with it, she's in the Huang family. Without our permission, the Ding family won't dare to make a move."

“But if we do this,” Sister-in-law Huang said, somewhat unwillingly, “aren’t we becoming Ding Wan’s executioners?”

The Ding family is indeed despicable, but Ding Wan is even more hateful.

This woman is extremely vicious, more so than many men, not to mention she has done so many evil things. How can she live a peaceful life?

On the contrary, their tireless scheming only served to make her plans succeed.