Suddenly, a thought popped into Zhou Jing'an's mind: if he continued to live with Ning Huan like this, would their lives continue to be happy?
Ning Huan is no longer the shrewish and domineering woman she used to be. The four little ones like her very much, and he can even vaguely sense that they are starting to rely on her.
When Ning Huan wasn't home, they would wait for her with little enthusiasm.
And he…
Zhou Jing'an didn't know why he suddenly had such a thought, but it didn't seem wrong.
The two had only discussed divorce before. Ning Huan, as a woman, would definitely have a hard time after the divorce. Her determination to divorce was probably because of his previous bad attitude towards her.
Now that Ning Huan has changed for the better, and I'm treating her better, maybe we can discuss it and avoid getting a divorce.
Just as he was thinking about when he should discuss this matter with Ning Huan, a commotion arose at the door.
"Third son, your mother has come to see you!"
Yao's voice rang out in the courtyard, followed by a number of villagers.
"Third brother, I've brought Mother to see you!"
As Liu helped Yao into the house, she began to call out, "Third brother, your mother is worried about your health. She can't eat or sleep well all day. She insisted on coming to see you today."
Ning Huan raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything more.
I insisted on coming over at this time of day, I don't know if I came to see people or something else.
Yao led a group of villagers into the house and went straight to Zhou Jing'an: "Third son, my child, how come you've become so thin?"
Then he turned to Ning Huan and said, "Third brother's wife, how do you usually take care of your husband at home? He's gotten so thin, and you don't even care?"
Ning Huan frowned, subtly trying to figure out what Yao and her companion were really up to.
Then Yao said, "It must be because you, woman, didn't feed my son well and let him go hungry. From now on, you don't need to cook at home; I'll cook for my son!"
"But all the vegetables and meat came from you, Third Brother's wife, do you have a problem with what your mother is saying?"
Before Ning Huan could speak, Madam Liu quickly interjected, "Of course we have no objections. Who in our family would dare to say a word against what Mother says?"
Madam Yao nodded: "No objection. We'll take that wild boar from the yard home and use its meat to make more meat dishes for my son."
Hearing this, Ning Huan laughed out loud.
So it turns out that Yao was after her wild boar today.
A villager nearby said, "Aunt Yao, this wild boar is so big. It's not enough to just feed Jing'an; it would take your whole Zhou family a long time to eat it."
"You know how close we are in our village, right? Why don't we give some of this pork to the villagers and share it among everyone?"
The villager who spoke was Wang Guihua, who had just argued with Aunt Xiufen.
Yao didn't object. After all, it wasn't her who spent money and effort to bring back the wild boar, so it didn't matter how it was distributed. She smiled and nodded, "Then let's listen to Aunt Guihua. We'll take the wild boar to our house later, and everyone in the village can go and get some pork to eat."
Zhou Jing'an frowned as he lay on the bed. He disliked being surrounded by a bunch of people and hated the messy, noisy house even more.
Now, Yao has brought a group of people to visit him, but it's clear she wants to take away the wild boar that Ning Huan just brought back from his house.
Furthermore, they wanted to use the wild boars that Ning Huan and her brother brought back to sell to the villagers for a good price.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jing'an felt even more disgusted with Yao Shi. He said coldly, "Mother, I don't need you to cook for me. Don't bother. The food at home suits my taste perfectly."
However, Yao pretended not to understand Zhou Jing'an's meaning and said, "Third son, whether this food suits your taste or not, I have to cook it for you. You'll only know after you've tasted it."
"You wait, Mom will make you a delicious meal with wild boar meat today."
As he spoke, he arranged for Liu to call people to carry the wild boar away.
Before Ning Huan could say anything, Ning Liang stepped forward and stopped them, saying, "This wild boar was caught by my sister, and I carried it back. What right do you have to take it away!"
Liu looked at Ning Liang and asked, "Where did you come from, boy?"
Ning Liang said, "My sister is Ning Huan, and Zhou Jing'an is my brother-in-law."
Liu laughed and said, "Do you know who I am? Even your sister and brother-in-law have to call me sister-in-law when they stand in front of me. What makes you think you can stand in my way, you brat?"
Seeing Ning Liang being scolded, Pang couldn't help but rush over and shout, "Who are you calling a brat!"
When Yao saw that it was her mother-in-law, she quickly became more polite: "Oh, who do we have here? It turns out that my mother-in-law has returned again?"
Even upon seeing Pang, Yao showed little fear, still urging Liu to quickly take the wild boar away.
Just then, Ning Huan brought out a long bamboo pole from the kitchen.
With a "smack," the bamboo pole struck Liu's hand, instantly turning it red.
"Ning Huan, how dare you hit me!"
Liu rushed angrily toward Ning Huan, but Ning Huan was not afraid. He stood the bamboo pole on the ground and asked, "Can't I hit you?"
"I'm your sister-in-law!"
Hearing Liu's self-righteous voice, Ning Huan smiled faintly: "You still know you're my sister-in-law? Judging from your attitude, I thought some mountain bandits had broken into my house!"
Seeing that she couldn't win the argument with Ning Huan, Liu Shi pulled Yao Shi and said aggrievedly, "Mother, look at that bitch Ning Huan, she actually called us bandits and robbers!"
Ning Huan comforted Pang Shi and Ning Liang, telling them to go and rest aside. After all, it was her in-laws' matter, and it wasn't appropriate for them to interfere.
Madam Yao narrowed her eyes and asked Ning Huan, "Third daughter-in-law, what did you mean by what you just said? Did you call your mother-in-law a bandit who stole your things?"
Ning Huan stretched out a bamboo pole to separate Yao Shi and the wild boar: "I don't need to tell you what Mother wants to take, do I?"
Yao had disliked Ning Huan for the past few days because of Zhou Yan's matter. Today, hearing from Wang Guihua that Ning Huan had caught a large wild boar, Yao was extremely envious.
Last time, Ning Huan didn't even give her a piece of meat from the wild deer she caught. This time, as her mother-in-law, surely she can take the wild boar with her?
Thinking of this, Yao took Liu with her.
As for the villagers, they all went along because Wang Guihua had arranged for Yao to distribute wild boar meat to everyone.
Seeing this situation, they were no longer in a hurry to divide the wild boar meat; they just wanted to see what the Zhou family was up to.
Madam Yao snorted coldly: "Jing'an's daughter-in-law, no matter what, I am still your mother-in-law. You say I'm taking things from your family, do you know that I am being unfilial to my parents-in-law!"
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