Hearing Zhou Dasheng's voice become serious, Liu Shi dared not really scold him anymore.
Madam Yao squinted, secretly pleased. Her son was doing the right thing; he had to make his wife fear him.
Otherwise, if they were all like the third son's family, where everyone listens to their wives, things would be terrible.
But she did offer Liu a way out: "I know you've been wronged, but if you think about it carefully, you can't blame the eldest brother. If you're going to blame someone, shouldn't you blame the one who took the fall for you?"
Seeing Liu nod, Yao continued to curse, "That bitch Ning Huan, it wasn't enough that she made the third son alienated from us, now she even wants you to alienate the eldest son. Does she want to turn our family upside down before she'll stop?"
Seeing Yao's reaction, Liu felt a little more at ease.
Although she said it to Liu Shi, Yao Shi was already planning how to deal with Ning Huan.
She said smugly to Zhou Dashan and the others, "Since the third brother's family is so ungrateful and wants to monopolize the third brother's benefits, then don't blame us. Three-legged toads are rare in this world, but two-legged women are not so common."
Yao had long wanted to divorce Ning Huan, but she hadn't made up her mind until today. After Zhou Dashan told her what Zhou Jing'an had said, she finally couldn't hold back any longer.
The next morning, Yao left home early, and no one knew where she was going. An old woman who was going to the market early saw her and muttered something under her breath: "Let's see if that little slut can still laugh!"
Besides Yao leaving early in the morning, people also arrived at Ning Huan's house early in the morning.
She was watching the four little ones training in the yard when she heard several voices outside the door.
"Old woman, I've come to see you!"
"Mother, Father has brought us to see you!"
Ning Huan frowned slightly upon hearing the voice, looked up, and saw that it was Ning Xingde who had brought his eldest son Ning Xu and daughter-in-law Kang Shi to take Pang Shi back.
Seeing these people shouting before they even entered the door annoyed her greatly. She was furious at what they had done to Madam Pang that day.
So she turned around and went back into the house, poured Zhou Jing'an a cup of spirit tree juice, and fed it to him.
Hearing the sound, Zhou Jing'an also got up and looked out the window at the courtyard.
When Ning Huan saw her father-in-law Ning Xingde arrive with her brother-in-law Ning Xu, she thought Ning Huan would be very happy. However, she didn't expect that from the moment she entered the house and fed herself water, she didn't even lift her eyelids.
In the past, Zhou Jing'an might have wondered what was wrong with Ning Huan. But through his recent interactions with her, he had come to understand this woman somewhat better.
After Ning Liang angered her before, Ning Huan acted as if nothing had happened, but in reality, she had been angry for a while.
At first, he thought Ning Huan always had a good temper and was very kind and smiling.
But he gradually realized that if you provoke her and make Ning Huan angry, at best she'll be annoyed with you and ignore you. At worst, she'll have to physically teach you a lesson.
It sounds terrifying, but once Ning Huan meets someone she likes or who is kind to her, she will repay them with all her kindness.
Looking at Ning Huan's expression, Zhou Jing'an knew that it was probably Ning's family who had offended her and made her unhappy.
Ning Liang was the first to come out upon hearing the noise. He happily went to greet them, saying, "Dad, elder brother, and sister-in-law, what brings you here?"
Before Ning Xingde and his son could speak, Madam Kang said from the side, "We're here to take Mother home. Uncle, you don't know how chaotic things have been since Mother left..."
Ning Xu frowned and slapped Kang Shi: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Then Madam Pang came out as well. Ning Xingde stood at the door, not knowing what to say. Instead, Ning Xu and Madam Kang spoke up first: "Mother, we came here today to apologize to you. We were wrong before and made you angry."
Ning Xingde remained silent for a while, and just as Pang was about to turn around, he called out to her: "Old woman, I was wrong before, I shouldn't have treated you like that. During the time you were gone, I thought about it carefully, and from now on I will follow your lead in all matters at home, and I won't interfere in matters that you decide."
"Okay, you can come in now."
Pang spoke lightly, but his expression was indeed much better.
They're family after all; no matter how angry she is, she can't stay angry forever. She had originally planned to go home by herself in the next couple of days, but unexpectedly, the whole family came to pick her up.
Ning Liang turned around and went to Zhou Jing'an's room, calling out, "Big sister, brother-in-law, father, eldest brother and sister-in-law are here."
Ning Xu and Madam Kang hesitated to enter the house. After they followed Madam Pang and Ning Liang inside, Madam Kang, in particular, was even more hesitant to speak when she saw Ning Huan.
She was genuinely afraid of her sister-in-law, who had previously cursed three or four members of the Ning family while they were at the Ning family's house, and then brought her mother back to her own home.
This is no ordinary woman; she's the female warrior of Wushan Village!
Ning Xingde was Ning Huan's father after all, so even though she was unhappy, she got up and gave chairs to the Ning family members and brought water from the kitchen.
After everyone had gotten some water, Ning Xu sat down and got straight to the point: "Big sister, we came with Dad today to pick up Mom and take her home."
Ning Huan raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
Madam Kang chimed in, "Eldest sister, we just admitted our mistakes to Mother. It was all our fault before. Father told us at home that we will do whatever Mother wants to do from now on."
"Mother's word is law, and we won't say a word against what she does. From now on, Mother will be in charge of the family."
Then Madam Kang glanced at Ning Xingde and said to Ning Huan, "Eldest sister, you don't know how much pain Father has suffered since Mother left. Every night we can hear sighs coming from Father's room."
“The next morning, Dad was often listless because he couldn’t sleep at night because he missed Mom.”
Ning Xingde looked somewhat embarrassed. He was initially angry that Kang had revealed his affairs in front of so many people.
But seeing Pang's worried face, he immediately fell silent. Instead, he coughed twice, which seemed appropriate for the occasion.
In fact, Kang was telling the truth. Since marrying Pang, they had never been apart for so long. At night, when he lay in bed, he always thought about Pang. He tossed and turned, unable to sleep, which was why he was so listless the next day.
Ning Xingde finally couldn't sit still any longer. After the family set a date to pick up Pang, they were so excited that they couldn't sleep at night.
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