Then they had Yu apologize to Song Ning.
How could Madam Yu agree? She had always looked down on Song Ning, and wouldn't even say a kind word, let alone apologize or admit her mistakes.
In a fit of anger, the village chief said that everyone should just starve to death, since he was too ashamed to ask the Song family for grain again.
But how could they manage without food? They had gone hungry all night and hadn't eaten this morning either. By noon, they were exhausted and starving and simply couldn't hold on any longer.
While other families were busy preparing for their meals, they could only swallow their saliva.
Before anyone else could speak, Madam Yu couldn't help but say, "Why don't we go and borrow some from Er Ya?"
Zhou Ling'an didn't speak, nor did his eldest son and daughter-in-law. The village chief said irritably, "I'm too ashamed to borrow grain again. I won't starve to death after a few meals."
Madam Yu looked at her son, and Zhou Ling'an was helpless; it was indeed their fault in this matter.
"Father, how about... I go and apologize to Er Ya?"
It would have been better if he hadn't spoken, because as soon as he did, his own father glared at him: "You still dare to talk back? You know what kind of person your mother is, and you didn't even stop her. What are you good for? Where did all those years of schooling go? Are you even a man?"
Zhou Ling'an's face flushed red and then turned pale, extremely embarrassed.
The village chief was also helpless. His son was good in every way, except that he was soft-hearted. He didn't realize it when his son was in school, but now he realized that even if he had ten sons like that, none of them would be as good as Song Erya's daughter.
When Yu saw her son being scolded, she dared not argue back, no matter how unwilling she was.
"Honey, I know I was wrong. I'll go apologize to Song Erya."
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