"Fourth Brother Di, I feel so pathetic right now! Tell me, why did I marry you in the first place? Wasn't it because your family was well-off? After I married into the family, we worked together to make a living?"

"But tell me, what kind of thing has your family done?"

These days, while working, Di Lao Si's wife also reflected on her actions, saying, "Your family's good life was brought about by your father, but how have you treated him?"

“That’s my father-in-law. No daughter-in-law should be upstairs to serve him with his food, drink, and toilet needs. These are things that your mother and you brothers should be doing. But you just let him eat, drink, and toilet in the house every day.”

"We spread sand and straw on his bed, and covered him with a blanket all year round without letting him wear pants. He's not some one or two-year-old toddler who doesn't know how to pee; he's a hero who knows shame and has been to the battlefield!"

“It’s heartbreaking, but you’re his wife and son, and you don’t care about him, so I can’t go out of my way to help you. Now look what’s happened, you’re all paralyzed, I think this is retribution.”

"Don't blame me for being heartless. If I were bedridden, you would probably treat me terribly. At least I still feed you and direct the kids to help you pee."

“I’m still young and don’t want to be a burden to you. Anyway, the kids are all grown up and can take care of you. Consider it a good deed for you in this life, and let’s part amicably. Anyway, my brother asked around, and since we didn’t register our marriage, the organization doesn’t recognize it.”

As Di Lao Si watched her pack her things, his eyes turned red with anger: "Shameless filthy woman, you only talk a good game because you see he's paralyzed and can't support his family!"

"Back when none of you were in the family, my father was still quite respectable. It was you who were afraid of your men putting in too much effort, while everyone else was afraid of being taken advantage of. So now it's all our fault?"

"You're all rushing to get married, ugh, don't you even look at yourself? You're already old enough to be a grandmother, and your husband isn't even dead yet, and you're already thinking about men."

"Let me tell you, the moment you step out of this door, I'll make sure you don't get away with this..."

Ignoring his grumbling, Di Lao Si's wife expressionlessly and efficiently packed her things, even taking out her secret stash of money in front of him, counting it carefully, stuffing it into her bundle, and leaving without turning her head.

"Come back! Come back here!" Old Di was so angry that he pounded the bed.

The children cried out for their mother in the yard, clinging tightly to Di Laosi's wife's clothes. "Mother, don't go! We'll be good and take care of you when we grow up!"

"Mother, I don't want to be a child without a mother..."

"Mother, you really have the heart to leave us. We can work harder now to support you, please don't go..."

With tears in her eyes, Di Lao Si's wife gritted her teeth and said, "Let go, all of you let go of me."

“If you really care about your mother, then let her go. Without you as a burden, I can find a good family and live a peaceful life. If my life improves, I will definitely help you out.”

"If I stay, I'll really have no way to survive."

Grandma Di was so angry that she kept banging her cane and shouted, "None of you stop her, just let her go!"

"Anyone else leaving? Let's all leave cleanly and neatly. The Di family doesn't tolerate such depraved people!"

Di Lao Si's wife turned around and said with a cold smile, "If we're talking about who's the most heartless person in the family, it has to be you, old lady. Ha, don't think that just because you're old and the child's grandmother, I won't expose your shortcomings."

"You must sleep soundly to be able to ignore your partner and enjoy the glory and wealth that your man gained by sacrificing his two legs."

"Pah! You don't want a man anymore, yet you still make excuses and try to save face. Dream on!" The old woman spat on the ground in anger. "I want to see what kind of family a slut like you, who abandoned her husband and children, can find. I'll say a few words to people and see who can afford you!"

"Go ahead, the child's grandfather was always fighting away from home in his younger days. Ha, he always manages to get you to bring the baby home every time he comes back. He's really something." The fourth son's wife hugged the bundle tightly and continued to sneer, "Don't treat others like fools. Your children all look different. Who would believe they have the same father?"

The old woman was both shocked and furious, almost falling backward. She pointed at her daughter-in-law with trembling hands, then slapped her leg hard and sat down on the ground, starting to wail: "Oh dear, I can't live like this anymore! I'm an old woman who's about to be buried, and my daughter-in-law is going to humiliate me to death!"

“My husband is practically nonexistent. He’s been away fighting wars all year round since we got married. I’ve never complained. I’ve worked so hard to raise our children. Now I thought I was going to enjoy the blessings of my children and grandchildren, but my daughter-in-law has made me so afraid to eat or speak.”

"Now they're starting to say things that hurt me. I don't want to live anymore. I'm already this old, and my daughter-in-law is ruining my reputation..."

"You heartless bastard! Seeing that my son's legs are useless, you want to dump your husband and child and remarry, but you insist on smearing other people..."

The neighbors all stayed at home to watch the spectacle, and no one dared to openly gather around.

Those who were far away could only hear the commotion and were so anxious that they scratched their heads and had no choice but to take their sewing baskets and visit the Di family's neighbors.

Listening to others is not as satisfying as listening to them yourself; having topics to discuss is also a way to show off your skills.

Ke Meiyu and Ying Yan exchanged a glance.

She felt a little uneasy. "Have we gone too far?"

“I didn’t intend to separate them from their families. I just wanted to punish these incompetent Di family men after seeing Old Master Di suffer such a terrible fate.”

Doing nothing for a bedridden father is tantamount to watching him die.

It's a miracle that Mr. Di has survived to this day, living in such a dark, damp, dirty, cold-in-winter-and-hot-in-summer house year after year.

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