Lu Shiwang had long disliked the Fang family's behavior, but he was tongue-tied and, though he was furious, he couldn't utter a rebuttal for a long time.
Seeing Lu Shiwang's attitude, Fang Mulin felt even more justified.
He said, spittle flying everywhere, "Look how much your aunt is crying! She's completely lost her mind."
You have the ability, yet you don't help find the child, just because your aunt is easily swayed and went along with some gossip. Is this acceptable?
That junior member of the Jiang family only said a few words to her; it didn't hurt her much. Was it really necessary to go to such lengths for a fickle woman?
Listening to her husband's words, Lu Cuilan thought about it more and more and felt that it made sense. No, she couldn't just let it go like this.
Can blood ties be severed so easily?
She wanted to find her older brother and several nephews and ask them to find Mingming. Not much time had passed, so they were sure they could still find him.
She lunged at Lu Shiwang like a madwoman, grabbing him and tearing at him, saying, "Quickly call your second and third brothers and go find Mingming for me. I'm your own aunt, you can't abandon me."
Lu Shiwang tried to pull Lu Cuilan away, but Lu Cuilan was a woman and indeed his aunt, which made him unable to act freely and he was entangled by Lu Cuilan.
Wang Qiuju seized the opportunity and reached into the pot to steal some meat, but Luo Taohua slapped her hand with a spatula, saying, "What are you doing? Trying to steal our meat? Have you no shame?"
Wang Qiuju shamelessly said, "Who stole your meat? This wild boar wasn't only hunted by your Lu family. What's wrong with me eating a piece?"
"You won't get any of that either." Luo Taohua stood fiercely in front of the cauldron, ready to fight anyone who dared to steal her meat.
Wang Qiuju was no match for Luo Taohua and ultimately failed to win her over.
Fang Mulin seized the opportunity to grab a piece of pork bone with meat on it from the pot, and without caring that it was hot, he started gnawing on it.
Seeing that Fang Mulin had eaten meat, Wang Qiuju's eyes turned red with jealousy. Fang Qingmu leaned over, trying to snatch the big bone from Fang Mulin's hand, "Fourth brother, give me some to eat."
"Get out of my way." Fang Mulin shoved him aside, taking big bites of meat from the bone, and mumbled, "Now you remember I'm your fourth brother? Where were you when I needed help? You didn't come to help when my house was clearly lost, but you run away faster than a dog when it's time to eat."
"It was too chaotic back then, I didn't have time to pay attention," Fang Qingmu said awkwardly. "Besides, there are so many families in the village, and you see that no one else has lost a child, only your family clearly did."
If you ask me, Fourth Brother, you're destined to have no sons. Try to think positively. Don't worry, as long as you treat my sons well, they'll still take care of you when you get old.
Fang Mulin pounced on Fang Qingmu, pinning him to the ground and swinging the bone in his hand at his face.
"You're talking nonsense. How could it be that we're destined not to have a son? I think you deliberately sold my Mingming off so I'd raise your son for free."
Fang Mulin recalled that before he had a son, everyone had been calling him "cut off his tail" behind his back, and they often compared him to his older brothers, saying that all of his brothers had sons to carry on the family line, but he was the only one without a son. Their words were all meant to mock him.
He had seen his brothers join outsiders in mocking him several times. In the past, when people mocked him, they didn't stand up for him. Even when his family was in trouble, they didn't help. Now they want him to help raise their son.
Fang Mulin grew angrier the more he thought about it, and his blows became increasingly forceful. Fang Qingmu was beaten until his head was bleeding profusely, howling in pain.
Seeing her two sons fighting fiercely, Old Mrs. Fang sat on the ground and wailed, "What sins have I committed!"
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