"Mom." Doudou was a little scared. Children are sensitive. He was about to cry.
Wu Yue held the child in her arms. She blamed Mom for scaring the child. She patted the child's back gently and said softly, "Don't be afraid. Doudou will go to school. With Mom here, Doudou will go to school with everyone." In the
past, the family didn't have much money. The land they planted was only enough to eat for one year after paying taxes, and there was nothing left. He went to the fields to grow vegetables and sell them. The money he earned was enough to buy food for the family. His husband was an honest and hardworking man. He would go out to work and earn a lot of money. The money he brought back was also given to his mother. He knew that his mother had taken some money from him in the past few years. This money was earned by him and his husband.
But now he also grows vegetables to sell to Cao Silang, and his husband also works there. Other children are sent to school, but his son Doudou cannot go. His mother took the money and refused to give it to him. In the past, even though Wu Yue knew that his mother took the money he and his husband earned hard to give to his second and third uncles, even if he was unhappy, he could only bear it in his heart.
The vegetables that were originally planted in the field were almost sold out, and the next batch was about to mature. As long as he worked harder, he could grow more vegetables and sell more money. My husband also earned thirty yuan a day from working. When the chickens grew up and sold, they would work harder and have money in hand, and they would be able to build a big house.
For the sake of his children and husband, for the sake of this family, Wu Yue had to hold all the money in the family in her hands. If she gave the money to her mother, she had to live according to her mother's mood for half her life. Those were obviously his and her husband's money, why couldn't he hold it in his own hands and give it to his mother?
"Knock knock--" The cursing outside stopped, and Wu Yue heard a knock on the door, "Ayue, it's me." Hearing that it was her husband's voice, Wu Yue went to open the door. Seeing her husband's dead face, he bit his lip and said, "Husband, I'm sorry, it's all Yue's fault."
Cao Dazhong shook his head, sighed, and said nothing.
"Father." Doudou glanced at his mother, walked to his father, and hugged his father's legs.
Cao Dazhong picked up the child and held him on his knees. This was his child. Wu Yue saw her husband holding the child from behind. She didn't see her mother outside, and she didn't know where she went. He didn't care and closed the door.
However, the warm moment of the family of three was broken by the noise outside. His mother went to the second and third uncles' houses and called everyone over. A group of people came to his house angrily to attack him.
"Pa pa pa - pa pa pa -" "Wu Yue, come out, don't hide in the house and dare not see anyone..."
"You treat your mother like this, don't you fear being struck by lightning?"
The people outside the door knocked on their door vigorously. The child was startled and hugged his father tightly, shaking in his father's arms. Cao Dazhong heard the noise outside. This good-tempered man who rarely gets angry now also showed anger on his face.
"I know you are hiding in there, come out and explain this clearly today."
"Wu Yue, why should your little brother be sent to school? I have three boys at home, and none of them went to school. Mom said that you can't give birth to a boy, so you should give my boy to uncle. If you want to send someone, you should send my boy to school. Why should you send your little brother to school?"
Wu Yue glanced at the child trembling in her husband's arms, her face livid, she strode over, opened the door, glanced at the people standing at the door of his room, and shouted, "Shut up!"
"Mom, am I, Wu Yue, short of food or clothes for you?" Wu Yue looked around, her sight finally fell on Am who was standing in the front, she asked coldly, "Mom, all the money I earned from selling vegetables this month went into your hands. This money was earned from my hard work selling vegetables, and the money my husband and I earned over the years is in your hands. You must have saved a lot of money, right?" "Second uncle, second uncle, third uncle, third uncle, you have taken a lot of money from Mom over the years, right? This money was earned from my husband and I through hard work, and the money you took from Mom is my and my husband's money. Your children eat meat and wear new clothes, but what does my Doudou have? My Doudou can't even eat a bite of meat. You all calculate how much money you have taken from Am, and give it all back to me!" Wu Yue looked at the guilty looks on the faces of his second uncle and third uncle's families, and knew that his Am had given them a lot of money over the years.
"What money..."
"When did we take money from Am, Wu Yue, you dare to talk nonsense or I will tear your mouth apart." These people refused to admit it, but their tone of voice was a little weaker.
Wu Dazhong stood behind his wife with the child in his arms, looking at his brothers and Am, this man who used to be filial and loyal to Am, now had no words. Doudou hugged his father's neck tightly with both hands, facing the people outside with the back of his head.
"Heh! "Wu Yue looked at their guilty expressions, then looked at his second uncle, with a sarcastic smile on his face, and said, "Why does my Doudou go to school? The money for my Doudou to go to school is all earned by me, his mother, and his father. Send your three boys there? Why should our family send your three boys there? What you said is really ridiculous, second brother. Why should our family help you raise boys? You don't even raise your own children, and you want others to raise them for you?"
"If you want to send your children to school, fine. If you have the ability, go and earn money by yourselves, and send them to school with the money you earn. "Wu Yue's words made the group of people outside speechless. His eyes were a little red, and he asked, "My husband took off his clothes, and both shoulders were bruised. You took our money to eat and drink well. Are you at ease?"
"It happens that you are all here today, and we have made things clear. Mother is not only my husband, but also has you, the second uncle and the third uncle. Since Mother thinks that I, her daughter-in-law, am not serving her well, then let's do this. Mother will live in each family in turn in the future. The second uncle and the third uncle, you all take turns to serve Mother."
"Mother has lived with me for four years, and you have never brought a pound of rice and half a pound of meat. I think you should discuss with the second uncle and the third uncle, and which of your families is better for Mother to live with next. "Wu Yue was furious now. He met his mother's eyes that looked like she wanted to eat him and said, "It's good for you, mother, to see which wife serves you best and which one is your good wife!" "
Pah!" Wu Yue closed the door to block the people outside, turned around and started crying with his hands covering his face.
Cao Dazhong stood there blankly holding the child. When the child saw his mother crying, he also started crying and calling for her. Wu Yue brought the child to him with tears still on his face. He wiped the tears and coaxed the child, "Be good, Doudou, don't cry, and your mother won't cry either."
"Pah pah pah——" "Wu Yue, open the door, come out and explain yourself clearly."
"Ah... You want me to die. "You are trying to drive me away, such an unfilial thing, I will let my son divorce him and marry a better one..." The people outside the door were knocking on the door again, his mother was crying at the door, and several uncles were scolding him. Wu Yue heard it all, but fortunately his husband was still by his side.
The neighbors heard the noise and came over, blocking the door. Some asked what was going on. They could also hear something from these words, and some advised them to discuss things properly and that harmony is the most important thing for a family.
Chen Hong heard at home that Wu Yue's mother had brought some uncles to her house to make trouble, so she ran away and asked her husband to go to Cao Silang to tell him. It was getting dark, and Cao Xiangnan heard someone knocking on the door outside the yard, so he went out to open the door. Seeing the person outside the door, he asked curiously, "Dapeng, why are you here?"
Cao Dapeng told Cao Xiangnan about Wu Yue's family. Qi Wanfeng, who was in the yard, also heard what Cao Dapeng said, but there were three children at home, so it was inconvenient for him to take the children over. "Xiangnan, go over and take a look." He said.
"Okay, you stay at home, I'll be back soon." Cao Xiangnan said to Qi Wanfeng, and then left with Cao Dapeng. Qi Wanfeng, who was standing behind, looked at her husband who had left, sighed in her heart, reached out and touched An An's head, and prepared to fetch water to give the children a bath.
When they went there, there were people blocking the door of Wu Yue's house. His mother was sitting on the ground crying and cursing, and several uncles were making a fuss there. The whole house was noisy. Seeing that it was Cao Jia Silang who came, someone made way for him. Cao Xiangnan walked in from outside and saw the closed door. He knew that someone was in the house before he saw Wu Yue and Cao Dazhong.
"Pa pa pa——" A boy stood at the door, knocking on the door and cursing, accusing his uncle and his uncles of being unfilial, and said that he would ask the village chief and Li Zheng to come over and let Muramasa and Li Zheng preside over justice.
Chen Hong saw Cao Xiangnan coming over and walked over. Cao Xiangnan asked, "Has anyone gone to invite Li Zhenghe, the village chief?"
"They have already gone." Chen Hong said.
Cao Xiangnan also learned a lot from Cao Dazhong on the way here. When he saw the boy knocking on the door, he also knew that this person was probably Wu Yue's uncle. He walked over and looked at the boy steadily until he put his hand back. He stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, saying, "Wu Yue, Dazhong, it's me, Cao Xiangnan, open the door."
After a while, the door was opened from the inside.
"Cao Silang." When Wu Yue came to Cao Silang, he was like seeing a savior, with an anxious look on his face. He hid in the house and heard the noise outside, and he was also afraid in his heart.
Cao Dazhong stood behind with his child, looking at his relatives. There was disappointment on the face of this man. He ignored his mother who was sitting on the ground and crying.
"Don't worry, we have invited Li Zheng and the village chief. I believe that Muramasa and Li Zheng will give everyone justice." Cao Xiangnan smiled faintly, his eyes swept across Wu Yue's face, and looked at Cao Dazhong who was standing behind Wu Yue. At least this man stood by Wu Yue at this time, which did not disappoint him.
Li Zheng and the village chief were soon invited over. Wu Yue and Cao Dazhong stood on one side with the child, and his mother stood on the other side with several uncles. The two parties faced each other, and Wu Yue was not afraid of them. She talked to them face to face.
What Wu Yue insisted on was that his two uncles should also take care of his mother. It was natural for a son to take care of his mother, and they had no intention of not taking care of their mother, but now he wanted his two uncles to take care of their mother
as well. "What Wu Yue said was right. As children, how can we shirk the responsibility of raising our father and mother? Erlang and Sanlang, you have not taken care of your mother in these years, so you should take your mother to your home later. In view of the fact that your mother has lived with Cao Dalang for four years, then Erlang, you should take your mother to your home to take care of her for three years, then go to Sanlang's home, and finally return to Dalang." After listening to Wu Yue's words, Li Zheng, who was invited, made a judgment on the matter.
"This..." Even his two uncles and uncle were stunned, obviously they did not expect such a result.
Li Zheng, who had become tough, could only sit there with a sullen face, saying nothing.
"Master Li Zheng, my mother has been in charge of my family's money for the past few years. Since he is going to my second uncle's house, he should return all our money to our family." Wu Yue asked his mother to return all the money to them.
"No, all that money is my money, none of you can take it away." Cao's mother refused to give it.
Finally, Li Zheng spoke up and asked the two old mothers to search the room. They found a money bag with a lot of silver and copper coins in it, and returned all of it to Wu Yue.
"That's my money, give it back to me." His mother reached out to grab the wallet, but Wu Yue retracted her hand and put the wallet behind her, avoiding his mother. The old mother who couldn't grab the wallet sat on the ground, beating her chest and crying, cursing as she cried, "Wu Yue, you must die a miserable death. Cao Dazhong, I don't have a son like you, I raised you in vain...ah...you damn ghost, why didn't you take me with you? I am left alone in this world to be bullied..."
So the final result was that his mother first went to his second uncle's house for the past three years, then to his third uncle's house, and finally returned to Cao Dazhong's house. But no matter whose house their mother was in, they had to give their mother rice and food every month in the future.
Wu Yue was the happiest person about this result. Now that he had his money back, he would just have to send some rice and meat to their second uncle's house every month. He was so happy that he almost jumped up.
"It's settled. If it doesn't work, we can report it to the county magistrate and let him make the judgment. Let's all go home, let's all go home." It was getting dark outside, and there was only a little light left. Inside, they saw the old grandma sitting on the ground, howling non-stop. She waved her sleeves and walked out the door.
"Ah..." The village chief sighed and followed.
Someone at the back gave a few words of advice and went back home. The people in the room slowly dispersed.
Wu Yue didn't care about his mother. Instead, Cao Dazhong went to help his mother up, but was grabbed and beaten by his mother. This man just silently let his mother beat him and let his mother and two younger brothers and younger brothers scold him.
Wu Yue stood at the door of the room, walked over, pulled her husband back, and closed the door.
It was getting late outside, and it was dark on the way back. Cao Xiangnan also returned home and told his son Wanfeng about the farce in Wu Yue's house. Qi Wanfeng listened, laughed, and said, "They didn't get what they wanted, they deserved it!"