Shen Chunshu's opposition completely extinguished Wang Huilian's desire to bring honor to Shen Hongmei.
The next day, Li Xiaoqin happily took her things and went to her father-in-law's house with Chen Qiushu.
Wang Huilian had been waiting at home for Shen Hongmei and her husband to come and pay New Year's greetings.
But they waited from morning to noon, and from noon to evening, and even after Li Xiaoqin and her husband had returned from Lijiazhuang, there was no sign of Chen Hongmei and her husband.
Wang Huilian stood at the door of Shen's house, looking out at the road from time to time.
I kept wondering why Hongmei and her husband didn't go back to her parents' home today?
Was there something delaying you?
Or is it that bastard Zhao Changgui who doesn't let Hongmei come back?
In short, Wang Huilian waited until the sun set, but she still didn't see her beloved daughter.
Li Xiaoqin would not let go of the opportunity and deliberately mocked Wang Huilian: "Fortunately, I didn't listen to you, sister-in-law, and waited for Hongmei at home today, otherwise this day would have been wasted."
Wang Huilian was so angry that her chest felt suffocated, but she could only bear it. She forced herself to think about why Chen Hongmei didn't go back to her parents' home in the second year of junior high school.
When I went to bed at night, I even forgot about causing trouble for Hu Lili.
Hu Lili stayed at the Shen family's house all day today. She originally wanted to see what the couple who were caught cheating looked like, but it turned out that they didn't come at all.
Feeling extremely disappointed, everyone blew out the candles and went to sleep. Then Hu Lili's voice, tinged with regret, rang out from the darkness.
"Oh, I thought I could see Sister Hongmei today! Auntie, why didn't they come back? Are they embarrassed?"
Wang Huilian already had a grudge against Hu Lili because of her husband's strange behavior, and now she was furious to death when she heard her bringing up irrelevant issues.
"Although I don't know why Hongmei didn't come back, she married nearby, so if I miss her I can go to her house to see her."
"But you, Hu Zhiqing, didn't go home for the New Year. I don't think you miss home at all. What's wrong? Are your parents not treating you well?"
Wang Huilian spoke a long string of words quickly and aggressively, obviously intending to start a quarrel.
Li Xiang felt something was not right, so she tried to stop the fight between the two of them: "Hu Zhiqing lives far away, if he was close, why wouldn't he go home?"
Originally, Li Xiang had good intentions in explaining for Hu Lili, but ended up touching Wang Huilian's sore spot.
Didn’t her Hongmei marry nearby but never go home?
So Wang Huilian felt that Li Xiang was mocking her.
Then he directed his anger at Li Xiang: "At least I still have my daughter to think about, what do you have, my second son's wife? The one who crawled out of your belly didn't recognize you."
Wang Huilian's words hit Li Xiang's sore spot, and finally made Li Xiang shut up.
Wang Huilian curled her lips secretly: Everyone in this family has the right to laugh at her, except Li Xiang.
She had no son, and her daughter had been disowned by the couple. She couldn't even have another child. She was lucky enough not to be kicked out of the Shen family for being a hen that didn't lay eggs.
Hu Lili over there thought of her mother and felt a little sad.
"Auntie, you know why I can't go home, but you still mock me like this. Do you want me to cry? Do you think I'm sad?"
After she finished speaking, the sound of Hu Lili sobbing softly could really be heard in the darkness.
Li Xiaoqin turned over in annoyance and covered her head with the quilt, and a muffled sound came from under the quilt.
"Go to sleep, what are you still talking about so late at night? It's not too late to talk about anything tomorrow."
Wang Huilian rolled her eyes and muttered softly, "Cry, cry, cry, you just know how to cry. You cry after just one or two words. If someone doesn't know, they would think I bullied you."
"I'm not a man. Do you think I'll soften my heart just because you cry a few times?"
Although Wang Huilian's voice was not loud, it was loud enough for people in the room to hear clearly.
Sure enough, after Wang Huilian finished speaking, Hu Lili's crying suddenly stopped.
Since crying was useless to Wang Huilian, Hu Lili simply stopped pretending.
But before going to bed, she specifically said that she would go to the town post office in a few days to mail a letter to wish her parents a happy new year. It was also a letter to tell her parents not to just wait for news at home.
Hu Lili's words undoubtedly rubbed salt into Wang Huilian's wounds, making her so angry that she gritted her teeth in the dark and wished she could tear Hu Lili to pieces.
Chen Hongmei and her husband did not come back on the second day of the Chinese New Year. Wang Huilian thought that they would not be able to come for the Chinese New Year this year!
As a result, when it was almost noon on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Changgui actually led Shen Hongmei into the courtyard of the Shen family, followed by two children.
No one heard the sound at that time, and naturally no one went out to greet them. It was not until the two people entered the house that everyone noticed.
Wang Huilian looked at the person standing behind Zhao Changgui in a daze: "Hong... Hongmei?"
Chen Hongmei raised her head and looked at Wang Huilian blankly, then lowered her head again.
It was this glance that allowed Wang Huilian to see clearly the bruises on her daughter's face.
She quickly got down to Shen Hongmei's side, pulled her out from behind Zhao Changgui, and asked her loudly: "Hongmei, what happened to your face? Who hit you?"
Although the last sentence was asked to Shen Hongmei, his eyes were actually looking at Zhao Changgui.
The last time Shen Chunshu went to Zhao Changgui to seek justice, she didn't expect that Zhao Changgui would act so unscrupulously.
So you didn’t go back to your mother’s house yesterday. Was it because you were beaten and couldn’t come back?
Wang Huilian pulled Shen Hongmei's arm distressedly and asked her in a low voice: "Hongmei, are you injured? You didn't come back yesterday. Was it because he beat you?"
Shen Hongmei lowered her head and said nothing.
Zhao Changgui sat on the edge of the kang, pointing at Shen Hongmei's face and said, "Look at what mother said. She fell on her face by herself. She could even trip over a piece of firewood. We can't find anyone as stupid as her in Zhaojiawan!"
At this moment, Hu Lili poked her head out from behind the door curtain.
She had just heard Shen Hongmei's name from Wang Huilian's scream, so she hurried over to watch the fun.
In front of Hu Lili, Wang Huilian didn't want to embarrass her daughter, so she immediately put on a smile and began to introduce Shen Hongmei.
"Hongmei, this is Hu Lili, the educated youth. She just came to our Dongliang Village some time ago."
Shen Hongmei turned around and glanced at Hu Lili. It was a look without any emotion, but she was shocked by Hu Lili's appearance.
Zhao Changgui was also stunned.
He didn't expect that such a handsome educated youth would suddenly come to his father-in-law's house.
If he had known this would happen, he would have cleaned up the place properly when he came today.
Just when Zhao Changgui was feeling a little distracted, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and his face immediately turned gloomy from the smile he had just shown.
The eyes that he turned and shot towards Shen Hongmei were like those filled with poison, and Shen Hongmei shuddered in fear at Zhao Changgui's look.
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