Chen Chunshu choked and said angrily: "You are fine. Don't you always run outside? Why didn't you feel cold at that time?"
"Normally it's just normal. I'm happy with it, what's your business? Besides, the little girl isn't my child, why should I go? If anyone should go, it should be my second brother. Why are you pretending to be a good guy in front of me? It's really obvious!"
"Is this how you talk to your eldest brother? Besides, who is the betrothal gift for? Isn't it for your marriage?" Chen Chunshu was so angry at his third brother that he raised his hand and wanted to hit him twice.
Is Chen Qiushu the kind of person who is willing to suffer a loss?
He immediately stopped sleeping and rolled up his sleeves to fight: "What's the matter? You still want to fight me? Come on, come on, let's see if I'm afraid of you or not?"
Dad is still sitting on the kang. Is it his turn to act like a big shot here?
Chen Qiushu is the youngest son in the family. Old Lady Wang was already quite old when she got pregnant with him. He is only two years older than the eldest grandson of the old family.
Therefore, he has been favored by Old Lady Wang since he was a child, and his character has become a bit lawless at home. How could he be willing to endure Chen Chunshu's anger?
Old man Shen had his eyes closed, but when he saw his two sons arguing and about to fight, he slapped the kang mat.
"Just shut up, all of you. All you do is quarrel and argue all day long. What can you achieve by quarreling? I don't need anyone. I'll go by myself."
Old man Shen went to see Xiao Quezi for his own reasons. He wanted to use Xiao Quezi's mouth to clear the fourth girl's name.
As long as Xiao Guizi said that the fourth girl had offended someone and asked him to yell, and then tell others that it had been decided, then keep the dead girl from going out and trick her into marrying him, everything would be fine.
So he had no intention of letting anyone else go.
Zhao Fugui promised to give eight yuan as a dowry, and he wouldn't feel at ease with anyone else, so he pretended to meet Liu Pozi by chance, and also wanted to use her to let the villagers know about this.
But after Old Man Shen left, Wang Huilian grabbed Shen Chunshu and started a fight again.
"For a dead girl, Dad is willing to use flour to find someone. How precious is flour? It's all our family's stuff. Why? Why?"
Wang Huilian originally wanted to wait for Shen Siyue to get married. In addition to marrying the third son, the old couple would at least keep some money, right?
As long as he can stay, then as her husband is the eldest son, wouldn't the money belong to the couple?
But there is no sign of the bride price yet, so I have to give away half a pound of flour first.
These days, people could only eat half-full cornmeal, and white flour was only available on New Year’s Eve.
So the half pound of flour that Old Man Shen gave away made Wang Huilian feel pain all over her body.
Chen Chunshu was getting anxious from being pestered, so he could only persuade her: "You better be quiet, the most important thing now is to hold on until the dead girl gets married and get the betrothal money."
"When the time comes, I'll talk to the old man. Our Weimin is old enough to marry a daughter-in-law. Let's allocate some money. Maybe you can enjoy the blessing of your mother-in-law, too."
So although Shen Chunshu was very angry about what happened a few days ago, he did not overreact and listened to whatever the old man said.
In order to prevent them from settling the score with the dead girl, he remained silent and did not make things difficult for the second brother and his wife.
I was just thinking about getting the betrothal money, and then making up for the grievances I've suffered these days!
So now he and Old Man Shen have the same idea, both of them are suppressing their anger and want to wait until they get the money before dealing with the person.
Wang Huilian wiped her tears and looked at him: "So this is what happened to Weimin and I?"
In all her life, this was the first time that a little girl rode on her and beat her up. Her chest still hurts!
The injury on her nose made her afraid to go out, for fear that others would laugh at her.
How could she swallow this?
Whenever I think of it, I feel such hatred that it tears my heart apart.
Shen Chunqiu touched her nose with his hand: "How is that possible? It's impossible for that girl not to come back after getting married?"
"Isn't there an old saying that goes, it's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge? Wait till she comes back, and there will be no time to deal with her. Let her owe it to you now, and she will get it back sooner or later."
They have five people in this family, and they can't control a little girl? At that time, whether it is right or wrong will be up to them, right?
Wang Huilian thought about her eldest son's lifelong affairs and finally stopped pestering him.
Putting this matter aside, she thought of another thing.
"What has Limin been doing out there lately? He's not home every day and only comes back after dinner."
"I was beaten so badly by that damn girl, and he didn't even offer to help me fight back. It's a waste of raising him as a son."
Shen Chunshu didn't know why his youngest son didn't go out every day, but he always played pranks with the other boys.
So he didn't take it to heart at all: "He's old enough, if he wants to go out, then let him go. Don't restrict him every day. It's better for boys to have more adventures."
Wang Huilian immediately retorted: "Didn't you say it was cold outside and told him to go out less?"
"Wouldn't it be me who acted as a strict father?"
As the couple was talking, they went off topic, from their eldest son's marriage to their youngest son's frequent running away.
Chen Chunshu became more and more impatient, and used the excuse of going out to visit friends to get rid of his wife's entanglement.
Women just love to quibble over trivial matters and fail to see the bigger picture.
Chen Chunshu felt a little depressed that his talent was not appreciated. He married a woman who only cared about the kitchen stove. Apart from working, there was no spiritual communication between them.
Unfortunately, although he was full of talent, he was dragged down by his poor family and only went to school for two years. He was also forced to marry an illiterate rural woman.
Before Xiao the Cripple, whom Old Man Shen had made an appointment with, arrived, another quarrel broke out in the Shen family.
In the structure of the Shen family's house, the east room where Old Man Shen and Old Lady Wang live is considered the main house and also the largest house in the Shen family. Usually, it is inhabited by Old Man Shen and his wife and Shen Qiushu, who is not yet married.
In winter, Mr. Shen's two sons, Shen Weimin and Shen Liming, also lived in this house because they wanted it to be warm.
The west room opposite the kitchen is the small house of the Shen family's eldest couple and Shen Hongmei.
Chen Xiashu and his wife lived in a small east room that was converted from a thatched hut next to the big house.
During the day, Li Xiang took care of Old Lady Wang's eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, and wiping her feces and urine.
But at night, the east room and the small east room were separated by a wall. Old man Shen felt that shouting was too tiring, so he got into the habit of calling his eldest son and his wife who lived opposite.
Wang Huilian already disliked Old Lady Wang for being dirty. Who would be willing to get up from the warm bed in the middle of the night to clean up for her?
Moreover, in rural areas, almost every person has his or her own bed. Old Lady Wang has always slept on the same mattress that she peed and urinated on. When they said they would clean it up, they would just wipe it with a rag. It couldn't be washed in the middle of winter, because if they washed it, there would be nothing to put on.
So, you can imagine how choking the smell was when Grandma Wang lifted up her quilt!
The thin porridge she ate twice a day made Old Lady Wang urinate more often, and every time she urinated she would scream and cry, and require someone to wipe her urine.
After these few days, Wang Huilian felt nauseous and couldn't sleep well.
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