Zhao Wei led Yunxiu to kowtow three times to the old lady, and then he placed the gifts in the basket on the table one by one.
The old lady didn't even look at these valuable items. She just held Yunxiu tightly, touched her face, and weighed her clothes. After a long time, she sighed with a little excitement.
"Xiu'er is in good spirits and dressed warmly, so she's not cold."
"It's just this hand... it's a little rough... thank you for your hard work, my child..."
The feeling of the coarse linen on the surface, which was as good as old tree bark, was even more exaggerated than that of an old woman like her who was several decades old. Naturally, the old lady's eyes became moist.
Yunxiu's eye sockets were originally shallow, and after hearing this from her closest grandmother, she could no longer hold back her tears. However, she remembered that this was a birthday banquet, so she tried hard to hold them back.
"Grandma, it's winter now, the water is too cold, Zhao Wei...he treats me very well, don't worry!"
The old lady looked at Zhao Wei clearly but said nothing more. She just held Yunxiu's hand tightly, feeling that no matter how close the two of them could be, it would never be enough.
Because Yunxiu is a daughter, her mother has treated her as a money-loser since she was young and has always left her to fend for herself.
It was her grandmother who loved her so much that she kept her by her side and cooked millet porridge for her, using the water from the porridge to raise her.
Those were difficult years, and food was so precious. The old lady took out a little from her own rations, and that's how she raised Yunxiu to be such a beautiful girl.
This is Yunxiu. Even if she was driven away by her younger brother, she insisted on coming in to see the old lady.
In her heart, grandma is the person in this world who has given her warmth!
Zhao Wei looked at Yunxiu's cracked and bleeding hands, which were so severely chapped that he couldn't help but blame himself.
He was really careless. He was so busy kissing her on the face that he never even thought of holding Yunxiu's hand. Little did he know how much she had suffered behind her back.
When I get back, I will make sure she is fair and tender no matter what, and see who can find fault with me in the future.
Because of Zhao Wei's great contribution, he was given a place in his wife's family and could at least sit at the table for meals.
But what made him very dissatisfied was that Yunxiu had been busy in the kitchen for half a day, but in the end, the food could not be served.
Not only was she not allowed to sit at the seat to eat, but in this family, even the somewhat snobbish mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother's wife, two children, including the birthday girl, as long as they were women, were not qualified to sit at the seat to eat.
The women have gotten used to it and just hide in the kitchen to eat, as this place is close to the fire and can keep them warm.
Zhao Wei was reborn and traveled through time, and he has always believed in equality between men and women.
Moreover, no matter how vicious the Zhao family was, they did not have the bad habit of not allowing women to sit at the table to eat.
Looking at the men toasting each other, his face darkened.
"Father-in-law, big brother, little brother, this table is so spacious, and it's a bit too cruel for the birthday boy not to eat at the table, isn't it?"
His father-in-law narrowed his eyes and said nonchalantly: "It has always been like this in our family. Women are not allowed to sit at the table. Since you have become our son-in-law, remember to continue this rule."
"As for this woman, it's enough to just give her something to eat so she won't starve to death. Why does she need to sit at the table?"
His elder and younger brothers-in-law also followed suit and started to scold him: "This is a rule passed down from our ancestors, it cannot be broken!"
"Once you enter our house, you must learn to obey and don't make our father unhappy."
Zhao Wei was very dissatisfied with this.
"It's just an old rule. Rules are made by people. If you don't let the old birthday boy sit at the table today, I don't think you'd better eat this meal!"
Zhao Wei stood up, with a distant and cold look in his eyes.
Feeling offended, the two brothers immediately started shouting.
"If you don't want to eat, just go away. No one is forcing you to come to the table."
"Heh... I gave you some face, but you opened a dyeing factory. Who do you think you are?"
"Our family affairs cannot tolerate an outsider like you interfering here."
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The two brothers were so ruthless that they took away Zhao Wei's bowl and chopsticks and even moved the bench under his buttocks.
Seeing them like this, Zhao Wei originally wanted to just not eat out of spite and didn't want to cause any trouble.
But he should never, ever, say this after he collected the dishes and chopsticks.
"Heh... who do you think you are? How dare you come and give orders... bah!"
Such insulting words make people furious.
Before giving the gift, he was as attentive as a dog.
Once I got it in the blink of an eye, it became so hideous.
Zhao Wei was really fed up, and immediately slammed the table hard, making the dishes and chopsticks clank.
"Your mouths stink. Since they can't eat at the table, you shouldn't eat them either!"
As everyone stared in amazement, he overturned a table full of delicious food and wine, shattering everything on the floor.
After hearing the noise, his mother-in-law and Yunxiu rushed out of the kitchen immediately.
"What's the matter? You haven't even had a few drinks yet, why are you acting so drunk?"
"My bowls, they are all broken. From now on, we have no bowls to eat from. What a sin you have committed!"
His mother-in-law squatted on the ground, trying to save the food, but it was already covered with yellow mud. Except for the meat, which could be eaten after washing, the other vegetables could only be fed to the chickens.
As for the bowl, it was broken so badly that even if there was a bowl repairman in the world, he would not be able to put it back together. I was so angry that I almost cried.
Yunxiu looked at the furious Zhao Wei and was filled with great fear.
It seems that Zhao Wei's true colors have been revealed. This is the normal state. Those who spoke nicely to her before were just pretending.
She was used to being beaten and scolded, but that didn't mean she wanted her family to be beaten and scolded mercilessly by Zhao Wei, so she jumped in front of him and said tremblingly: "If you want to hit someone, hit me, don't involve my family."
Zhao Wei looked at her stubborn look and was so angry that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He has been labeled a domestic violence man, and Yunxiu will never be able to get rid of the label in her heart.
It was in vain that he had protected her wholeheartedly for all these days, but he still couldn't melt her heart.
He... is such a failed man!
His expression became increasingly cold, and he pulled her aside.
"Go away, you women have nothing to do here."
It was at this moment that the frightened father and his two sons suddenly exploded.
"Zhao Wei, you are so bold that you dare to be so rude and seek death!"
"Come on, everyone. We must teach him a lesson. We can't let him bully us."
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The father and his two sons had similar temperaments and they all raised their fists at Zhao Wei at the same time.
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