“I’m the eldest son in the family, and you’re the eldest sister-in-law. There are also five younger brothers in the family. Don’t make a big deal out of small things. There are many things to deal with in our family. It would be bad if people laughed at us.”
Li Chenyang, thinking that he, a man, could be controlled by his wife, immediately raised his voice. Then Ye Xiaoxiao kicked him off the bed.
"What did you say? I didn't understand. Say it again!" Ye Xiaoxiao's voice was so sharp it seemed to pierce the roof.
Li Chenyang, however, seemed oblivious to the hostility in her words, and continued speaking calmly:
"I mean you need to be more magnanimous. We're family, after all. Let bygones be bygones. Look at you, you punished my sister and then talked back to my mom. Is that fair?"
Ye Xiaoxiao sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), drying her hair as she listened to this. Here it comes. The book describes how Li Chenyang, no matter whose fault it was, would always bully his own wife after she argued with her family.
"Li Chenyang, have you lost your mind? You saw your sister steal money with your own eyes, and now she's accusing me of harming her. It's ridiculous! Did I tell her to steal money? Did I hold a knife to her?"
"Haven't we already talked it out? Besides, it's not much money. You have to make a big deal out of this. Keep your voice down, it's not good if your family hears." Li Chenyang immediately tried to cover Ye Xiaoxiao's mouth when he heard her shouting. In a courtyard, anyone who speaks loudly can be heard.
[Main Quest: Teach Li Chenyang a lesson and transform him into a devoted family man, skilled in the kitchen and presentable in public, loving towards his wife and children. Quest Progress: 0%]
[Wow, what? Is this the main thing I came here to do? Will I be able to go back after I'm 100% sure?] Ye Xiaoxiao didn't expect there to be a main quest.
[Host, in the original book, 90% of the readers had too many complaints about Li Chenyang. Therefore, you were randomly selected to transmigrate into the book to modify him.]
Ye Xiaoxiao beamed with joy upon hearing Tongzi's words. Her eyes lit up. This Tongzi really knew how to handle things; she had been looking for an excuse to teach this good-for-nothing a lesson.
"Do you think I'm too easy to talk to?" Ye Xiaoxiao threw the towel in her hand onto the kang (a heated brick bed), stood up with her hands on her hips, and stared at Li Chenyang with fiery eyes.
"No, I just feel..." Before Li Chenyang could finish speaking, Ye Xiaoxiao picked up a pillow.
"What the hell do you think! You good-for-nothing, your whole family is bullying me, and you're still pretending to be a good guy!" With that, she threw a pillow at Li Chenyang's face. Pillows these days are quite heavy; their pillows were filled with bran and weighed about five pounds.
Li Chenyang was stunned by the blow to the face and didn't react for a moment: "What...what are you doing?"
"What are you doing? I'll beat you up, you heartless bastard!" Ye Xiaoxiao said, grabbing another pillow and giving Li Chenyang a good beating.
"Stop hitting me, are you crazy?" Li Chenyang hurriedly reached out to grab her wrist.
Ye Xiaoxiao turned around and dodged away with a nimble movement, as agile as a monkey, not at all like a pregnant woman with a big belly.
"I'm crazy? Let me tell you, I'm going to teach you a lesson today. You say I'm petty, right? Well, today I'm going to settle that score with you!"
"Oh dear, look at you, I just told the truth!" Li Chenyang tried to explain.
"Tell the truth? I'll make you tell the truth!" Ye Xiaoxiao grabbed the enamel washbasin next to her and started hitting him.
Li Chenyang finally got really anxious: "Stop fooling around. It's so late at night, it'll be bad if someone hears us."
"I'm going to make a scene! I'm going to let everyone in the village know that you, Li Chenyang, are a coward who only bullies his own family. You don't even protect your own wife! You're a spineless coward!"
Ye Xiaoxiao's shout was so loud that it attracted the attention of those who were still awake outside the gate.
"What's going on?" Liu Juan's voice came from inside the house.
"Big brother and sister-in-law are fighting again!" Old Six immediately perked up. He and several of his brothers all ran back to watch the commotion.
While Li Chenyang was looking towards the door, Ye Xiaoxiao grabbed a broom and yelled, "You coward! Your own wife is being bullied, and instead of helping her, you come here lecturing me!"
"Ouch, my god, what are you doing?" Li Chenyang was beaten and ran away with his head in his hands.
"What am I doing? I'll show you that your wife isn't someone to be trifled with!" Ye Xiaoxiao waved the broom, slapping Li Chenyang repeatedly.
Li Chenyang dodged while shouting, "Are you crazy? Are you trying to cause chaos and make a spectacle of yourself for the whole village?"
"A joke? I'll show you what a joke is!" Ye Xiaoxiao said, hitting Li Chenyang on the butt with a broom.
That hit hard, making Li Chenyang jump up with a "whoosh," but he lost his balance and fell straight to the ground.
"You coward, look at your pathetic self! You're not even as brave as the little one in my belly! All you do is help others all day long, you're such a nice guy, right? Is the whole village your relative? Is your wife an outsider?" Ye Xiaoxiao said, hitting and cursing at the same time.
"Yangzi, are you stupid? Ye Xiaoxiao, are you crazy? How dare you hit your man!"
Liu Juan had just walked to their doorway when she saw her son being beaten by Ye Xiaoxiao with a broom.
"Ye Xiaoxiao, that's enough! Yangzi is perfectly fine, why did you hit him?"
Liu Juan was heartbroken to see her son being beaten so much. "What family doesn't have men beating women? This eldest son is such a good-for-nothing, letting his wife ride roughshod over him!"
"stop!"
Li Jianguo was so angry that his beard stood on end.
"Are you going to make a fool of the Li family with your two daughters? Yangzi, are you even a man? Letting a woman beat you like this, you've completely disgraced the Li family!"
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