Zhao clutched her buttocks and began to wail, "Why? You, you dare to hit me, you widow without a man!"
Liang Shuyan's biggest fear is being cursed as a widow. If she hadn't been reborn into this era, how could she, a perfectly healthy young woman, have become a widow?
Liang Shuyan clapped her hands: "Move aside, I think your second aunt has caterpillars on her face, I'll go and catch them for her."
Liu and Zhang obediently stepped aside, and Liang Shuyan stepped forward, grabbed Zhao's collar, straddled her, and began slapping her repeatedly, yelling, "You shrew! You're spoiled rotten by your husband at home, and now you want to act like that shrew in my house? Well, I'll teach you a lesson! If you dare to lay a hand on someone in my house, I'll tear you apart first!"
Zhao's screams immediately rang out. The old woman in the courtyard heard the noise from the inner room and rushed in: "Oh dear, Aunt Dashan, what's wrong with you? You've been hitting me for so long, why are you still screaming so loudly? Get up, let your mother help!"
Li Lanfang grabbed Zhao Shi and pulled her up, stuffing a tattered rag into her mouth: "Isn't that enough? You just don't know how to hit this stinking woman."
Liang Shuyan looked at Li Lanfang with surprise: "What happened? Mother, weren't you beaten by this woman?"
Li Lanfang snorted coldly: "I just wanted to find a reason to teach my stupid son a lesson. How could he always do what this woman wants!"
Outside the door, Jinwang knelt at the entrance, kowtowing repeatedly: "Mother, it's all our fault. We shouldn't have argued with you over a little embroidery work. But, Mother, I just don't understand why you always sided with us before, but now you're siding with this widow whose husband has died?"
"Jinwang, if other people say this, I, an old lady, will just ignore it, but you say it yourself. What do you think I'll do?"
When the old lady gets angry, she's no pushover. She took off her shoes and slapped the soles of her shoes.
Jin Wang was hit so hard that his vision was filled with stars. What could he say at this point? He covered his face and knelt there silently.
“Today, you have ruined my business, but all the embroidery I made was distributed to the villagers. How about this, you can find a way to pay these families. My old lady’s hard work in making embroidery has been ruined by you. How am I supposed to compensate them?”
When Jin Wang saw the names on the list, he broke out in a cold sweat. He gently wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said, "Mother, so many families, so much silver, how much silver will this add up to? How can we possibly repay it?"
“If you can’t pay, then go tell the villagers that you heard everything clearly today. This embroidery work is mine. What kind of embroidery does your wife’s sister do? The boss doesn’t even look at it.”
Liang Shuyan hesitated for a moment and said, "Mother, if that's the case, then don't say anything more. Leave the rest to your daughter-in-law. Since the second son's family doesn't want to give money, then let it be. We're all family, and it wouldn't be good for our reputation if word got out."
Upon hearing this, Jinwang immediately said, "Yes, Mother, my sister-in-law is right. We're all family. If word gets out, people will laugh at us, won't they?"
The old lady glanced at Liang Shuyan before letting Jin Wang and his wife leave.
Madam Liu said somewhat unwillingly, "Mother, it was Second Aunt who came to cause trouble, and you're just letting her off so easily?"
Liang Shuyan certainly wouldn't let her off so easily. She snorted and said, "Alright, we're all family. Second son's wife, you're pregnant now. Don't resort to violence so easily. It's not good for you."
"Eldest son's wife, tidy up and cook dinner. Eldest and second son, clean up all the things for making jelly. We'll start making jelly after we finish eating. By the way, second son, how has Zhao Heng been reacting these past few days?"
When Zhao Heng was mentioned, Jin Erniu looked at Jin Dashan and said, "Mother, let my older brother say it. This time it was my older brother's negligence that allowed that Zhao Heng to find an excuse to run away."
Jin Dashan lowered his head, his lips trembling slightly: "Mother, it's all my fault for being useless. Zhao Heng managed to steal her away. However, she left a letter. Please take a look."
Jin Dashan took the letter out of his pocket and handed it to Liang Shuyan: "Mother, take a look. This is what Zhao Heng left behind before he left. It means that his grandmother is seriously ill and he has to go back. In Dashan's opinion, this is just a trick that Zhao Heng came up with to deceive people."
Liang Shuyan took the letter from Dashan, glanced at it, and said, "The fact that this boy can write such a letter proves that he is a filial child. Dashan, do you know where his maternal grandmother is?"
Jin Dashan shook his head: "Forget it, Mother. Anyway, we're going to Furong Town tomorrow. We'll know the news when we get there."
In the courtyard, Ruyan was cutting out a shoe pattern. She looked very serious and whispered to her mother, "Mom, I made some money from the shoe pattern yesterday. It wasn't much, but I'm very happy."
No one knew why Ruyan was so happy, but the old lady had a good idea. She smiled and said, "Ruyan, your embroidery skills have improved a lot. Keep up the good work, and if you do well, the embroidery business will be handed over to you in the future."
"Thank you, Grandma!"
Chunyan came over carrying a basket and said softly, "Auntie, I've brought you the things I prepared. Chunyan collected these things from the village. Is this alright?"
Liang Shuyan then came over and took the basket from Chunyan's hand. Originally, she didn't want to accept Chunyan's things, but seeing how diligent the child was, she gladly accepted them. After all, the adults' affairs shouldn't affect the child.
"Hmm, not bad, Chunyan, where did you collect all of these?"
“It’s in the village, everyone goes around collecting them. Although it’s not much, if several families put it together, it adds up to quite a lot. Look at Auntie, these potatoes are obviously cleaner.”
Liang Shuyan weighed all the dried potatoes in the basket, which came to exactly five jin. At two wen per jin, the total came to ten wen. This way, she could start her own small business. Chunyan had already had this idea before: to wholesale some cosmetics and powders and set up a stall by the roadside.
"Chunyan, it's exactly five catties, which is five coins in total. Auntie, I have money now and I can start a business."
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