Chapter 24 My Fierce Wife

"What's a little injury?" Ji Huaizhi glanced at it: "You shouldn't be angry for the sake of family harmony. A harmonious family brings prosperity."

"Besides, isn't that how life goes? What's a little injury?"

"A grown man, making such a fuss, even wanting to move here, don't let people laugh at you."

Ji Huaizhi's words startled him, then he erupted in fury: "You!"

"Dad, why can't you handle this? You can fight back, but I couldn't back down back then." Ji Huaizhi looked at him coldly.

"You think you can find peace and quiet here? You've pretended not to see me before, and I've pretended not to see you either." Ji Huai stepped forward: "I hate you all so much, and you still dare to come and stay here?"

Ji Shichui's lips twitched: "Hate us to death?"

"Yeah, aren't you afraid I'll smother you to death at night?" These words made Ji Shichui's pupils shrink.

Do you know what you're saying? I'm your own father!

Ji Huaizhi pushed him out, saying, "You know I'm your own son, right?"

After chuckling twice, he said, "But you have more than one son like me, so my eldest son is worthless."

"You! You!" Ji Shichui felt a little dizzy, he was so angry.

"Don't die of anger so soon. I want to see how miserable your old age is."

Ji Shichui wanted to slap him, but unexpectedly, he stepped back, and his hand missed: "I don't have a son like you!"

Seeing that he was about to hit someone, Feng Qiaoxiang came out and splashed a basin of water: "I couldn't be happier."

"We, Huaizhi, don't need you as our father!"

Ji Huaizhi was pulled back by Feng Qiaoxiang. Ji Shichui looked at the tightly closed courtyard gate, opened his mouth but couldn't say a word. He never thought he would hear such words from his son.

It made him feel uneasy and a little tense.

"You think you can hate me? Hmph." Ji Shichui gritted his teeth: "You gave me your life, and you dare to hate me?"

When he got back, Ji Shichui felt like his throat was blocked. He didn't argue with them anymore and sat alone under the eaves, smoking.

Ji Jianhua came back early to relax; working in the fields was just too tiring.

Seeing her father at home, she went up to him with her eyes darting around and asked, "Dad, didn't you say you were going to find me a wife?"

“I look down on those people. I don’t want to farm. You and Mom should think of a way to find me a job in the city. If you don’t want to, find me a city person.”

Ji Shichui, holding his pipe, looked up and asked, "Do you think anyone from the city would even look at you?"

“They might not like me, but if I had a job, they’d definitely want me.” She pretended not to see the injuries on her father’s face and head. “Go talk to your older brother and ask his wife to lend me her job for a while. I’ll give it back to her once we’ve found a match.”

Ji Shichui couldn't stand hearing anything about what happened next door: "Why are they scheming so much every day?"

"Aren't you afraid of being kicked out? You do nothing but scheming and have so many petty thoughts. If you keep learning from your mother, you won't even be able to get married, let alone farm!"

Ji Jianhua's face fell: "Why are you yelling at me? What do you mean by that?"

"Don't blame me for your anger. What's wrong with me wanting to find someone with good prospects?"

Ji Shichui slapped him, and Ji Jianhua asked incredulously, "Why did you hit me? Now that Ji Huaizhi is gone, am I just a punching bag?"

"I hit you because you didn't behave properly when you talked to me!" Ji Shichui roared. "Get out and reflect on your actions!"

Ji Jianhua went back to the house crying, cursing his father to death in his heart.

The children in the family also came back one after another. The children are not so cunning. When their uncle got married, they even went next door to get some candy.

They weren't home when their family members were fighting, so they had no idea what was going on at home.

"Grandpa, someone saw Ji Gou'er riding a bicycle. I want to ride one too."

"I think so too. Ji Gou'er's clothes look really warm."

"Yes, she also gets to eat candy."

"Isn't it said that stepmothers beat people? Why is this stepmother so good to Ji Gou'er? I want a stepmother too."

As soon as Ji Jianshe and his wife entered, they heard their child say that he wanted a stepmother.

She was furious: "Are you trying to die? Let your dad remarry!"

"I'm so annoyed, I feel like I owe you guys every single day."

She pulled her son into the room to discipline him, and the other children quickly dispersed when they saw this.

They were afraid that their aunt would scold them all together in a little while.

Ji Jianshe called out to remind her to come out and cook, then turned to look at his father's head: "Are you alright? You and Mom really seem to want to beat each other to death."

Ji Shichui didn't speak, so Ji Jianshe continued, "Did anyone come to see you next door when you were injured?"

"Didn't you come?" Ji Jianshe started to nitpick at this point: "You're really unfilial. You're not even old enough to be immobile yet, and you're already like this. You'll probably be even more unfilial in the future."

"Especially since he married such a troublemaker, Dad probably won't be able to rely on him in the future."

His words made Ji Shichui feel bad. Thinking of his eldest son's eyes and words, he felt terrible and just silently smoked.

“He now feels like he’s married a woman with a job and is living off her, so he can’t rely on us anymore and is afraid we’ll take advantage of him.”

"They'd love to sever ties with us so we can't benefit from their success anymore."

"And they say you and Mom are biased. So what if my mom is biased? He's not my mom's biological son. And they're talking about you. Haven't you ever spoken up for him before?"

“They even said we were wasting his time. Who doesn’t work? He’s the eldest son in the family, so what’s wrong with him doing a little more work?”

"And you're blaming me and Mom, really..."

Ji Jianshe's words really struck a chord with Ji Shichui: "Don't say anymore. Your older brother hates me now. Your mother and I have such a terrible falling out. We argue and fight every day, which is affecting you and the children. I wanted to go to his place to avoid the storm, but what happened?"

He then gave a disdainful snort.

Ji Jianshe raised an eyebrow: "You were kicked out by them?"

Ji Shichui didn't say, "I think I understand now. He resents me as his father. Don't mention them in front of me anymore. He doesn't acknowledge me as his father. I still have two other sons."

Hearing this, Ji Jianshe became unhappy again: "How can that be?"