Chapter 33 My Mother is the God of War
The woman was so angry when she heard this that she almost jumped up and said, "How am I being unreasonable? I see that you are also a scholar. You don't care about your children's noises. You don't even look at the fact that all the people living in this yard are scholars. If you delay their studies and they fail the exams in the future, can you afford this responsibility?"
Gu Mingda frowned slightly when he heard this. He didn't like others using moral blackmail on him.
"I don't believe their voices can be as loud as the sound of your quarrel now. You don't seem to be that afraid of disturbing others' studies." Gu Mingda said.
The woman suddenly felt like a chicken with its neck pinched, and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Gu Mingda continued to question: "They didn't even enter your yard, how noisy could it be? If someone really couldn't read the sage books because of this reason, why didn't he come out to support you?"
The woman jumped up in panic. She cared about her own son the most. Now, she was almost being accused by Gu Mingda of not caring about her. How could she bear it? She shouted to the backyard, "Yaozu, Yaozu, come out quickly! Your mother is going to be bullied to death!"
Her eldest son Yaozu didn't come out, but a young woman who was less than twenty years old came.
The young woman was tall and had a distinctive appearance, but her temperament seemed a little timid because she had been hunching over with her head down for many years.
Not only that, her face also looked somewhat miserable. One glance at her would tell that this was a face that looked like life was not going well. The haggardness in her eyes was almost overflowing, and she didn't even look as lively as that evil old woman.
"Mom, let's go back first. We'll talk about it when we get back." The young woman reached out and pulled the mischievous old woman.
The old woman flew into a rage when she heard this. She shook off her daughter-in-law's hand and scolded, "Why are you here? Where's Yaozu? My mother was bullied, why don't you come and support me?"
The young woman lowered her head guiltily.
The old woman was reluctant to blame her own son, so she naturally took her anger out on her daughter-in-law, scolding, "It must be you who stopped him, you black-hearted bastard, no wonder you can't give birth to a son!"
As the old woman spoke, she actually slapped the young woman in the face.
The young woman was beaten by her mother-in-law until her body tilted sideways, she covered her face with her hands, and was in so much pain that she couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Zhang Yunniang quickly pulled her up and comforted her softly, "Does it hurt? I'll find you something to apply on it."
When the young woman heard this, her nose felt sore and tears immediately fell to the ground.
"Why are you crying? What do you have to cry about? You've been married into our Wang family for so many years, but you haven't even laid an egg! Now you're crying in front of outsiders. Don't you wish that our Wang family would be discredited?" The old woman cursed viciously, as if she was not facing her daughter-in-law as a family member, but an enemy with whom she had a life-and-death feud.
Gu Mingda frowned slightly after hearing this. There was no problem in negotiating with the old woman, but since the matter involved a young woman, it was not convenient for him to speak. He turned his head and cast a trusting look at Zhang Yuniang.
Zhang Yunniang took a step forward and said, "Aunt, your daughter-in-law did nothing wrong. She was just relaying your son's thoughts..."
The old woman interrupted him firmly, saying, "My son will never ignore me! She is the one who instigated this and destroyed our relationship!"
Because of their quarrel, a lot of people had gathered in the yard to watch. Almost all the tenants were here, except the old woman's son.
Zhang Yunniang wanted to have a good talk with the old woman, but seeing that she was so stubborn, she said, "With such a loud noise, does he have poor hearing? Can't he hear it?"
The old woman would not tolerate others speaking ill of her son. She did not care that she was outnumbered and bullied the majority. She rushed towards Zhang Yuniang and shouted, "You little bitch, you dare to curse my son? I will tear your mouth off!"
When facing her husband and children, Zhang Yunniang was the most gentle wife and mother in the world, but when facing outsiders, she was never polite. She would just flash to the side, and before anyone could see clearly, she would pick up a broom from somewhere and hit the old woman.
"If you're angry, go find your son. There's no point in taking it out on your daughter-in-law! It's not like she doesn't care about you!"
Zhang Yunniang beat and shouted at the same time.
The old woman didn't expect that Zhang Yunniang, who looked weak and delicate, was actually someone who would resort to violence at the slightest disagreement. Faced with the dense attack from the broom, she could only cover her head and run away.
She was extremely fierce towards her daughter-in-law, but when facing the young and strong Zhang Yuniang, she felt so powerless and unbearable.
Even though she tried her best to protect herself, she still inevitably got hit several times.
The old woman cried out “Ouch, ouch” and kept shouting, “Damn little whore, you watched your mother-in-law being beaten by outsiders and didn’t say a word!”
When her daughter-in-law heard this, she looked around, took a step forward, and then stopped. On the one hand, she knew that it was reasonable for her to help her mother-in-law, but on the other hand, Zhang Yunniang fought with her mother-in-law to help her.
The most important thing is that she had been married for five years and had been feeling aggrieved for five years. When she saw her mother-in-law being beaten, she actually felt a strange sense of comfort in her heart.
The young woman shook her head vigorously, getting rid of the confused thoughts in her mind, and secretly said that she would be a good wife. After thinking again and again, she took a step forward, pretending to be willing to stop but unable to do so, and kept shouting: "Stop fighting! If you continue, someone will die!"
Zhang Yunniang was dancing with the broom in her hand like a god of war and was gaining the upper hand, so she acted as if she didn't hear what was said.
The old woman was the one being beaten, and whether or not she was beaten was not something she could control. When she heard this, she could only roll her eyes and scold this useless daughter-in-law in her heart.
The young woman suddenly noticed something strange and looked down. It turned out that it was Niuniu who was pulling the hem of her clothes.
"Aunt, why don't you help my mother beat that old woman?" Niu Niu asked innocently, tilting her head.
Gu Zhao, who was a brainless man, didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. Instead, he nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, yes, my mother is standing up for you. Why are you just shouting and not doing anything?"
When the young woman heard this, her mind went blank. She opened her mouth wide and spoke after a long while, stumbling over and over: "Although...although she was speaking up for me...but...but your mother beat my mother-in-law...she and I are a family..."
Niu Niu's thoughts were very simple. She left the Zhang family because they beat her before. Now she has a family that doesn't beat her. She said, "Why would a family member beat you? Beating you means she doesn't consider you a family member."
The child's words were very simple, but to the young woman's ears they were like the sound of a loud bell, making her head buzz.
(End of this chapter)
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