In a feudal society where men were superior to women, the father held absolute power in the family, whether in a wealthy or ordinary household. Usually, when the father passed away or became ill and could no longer lead the family, the eldest son would be the next head of the household.
If the eldest son is not capable, there is still the second son. Unless all the sons are unable to stand up, the mother's family is particularly prominent, and the mother's personal abilities are also outstanding, it is impossible for the power to be the head of the family to fall on the mother.
Meng should understand this truth, but she is used to giving orders in this family. She is unwilling to admit or accept this fact, and she does not think that the eldest son is capable of supporting the family.
But the boss's ambition made her extremely angry, and at this moment she wished she could kill the boss with a broom!
"It's really a shame to shake out a stinker like you by drying your quilts. You don't even consider your own worth. A whole cart of grain was stolen and you were still in the dark. With your brain, you think you can be the boss?"
"If you were to become the head of the family, you would squander all the wealth in this family!"
"Bah! What a heartless thing!"
Liu didn't like what Meng said. She curled her lips and said, "If someone else had stolen our food, would Zhu'er's father have been kept in the dark? After all, the person who stole our food isn't a human being at all, he's worse than an animal. And they'd even trick their own nephew. Who could have imagined this?"
"Bah!"
After Liu said this, she spat fiercely.
"You bitch, your skin will itch if I don't beat you for three days!" Meng stood up and rushed over to beat Liu up.
In the past, Liu wouldn't have dared to resist or show any sign of disobedience, but things were different now. The second brother and his friends had already clearly expressed their support for the eldest brother to be the head of the family, and she was the new head of the household. How could she allow Meng to put pressure on her? Without a second thought, she pushed Meng away without hesitation.
"This is outrageous! You dare to push me? I'll beat you to death!" Meng rushed towards her again.
Liu definitely wouldn't fight her in front of everyone, after all, Meng was her mother-in-law, but she also wouldn't sit and wait for her to hit her. Pushing her away or pinching her secretly would be fine.
Liu's daughter Ding Zhu did not sit idly by this time. Since her parents were in charge of the family, she felt that her status was high, so she helped her mother push and pull Meng.
With her as a cover, Liu took the opportunity to pinch Meng several times. Meng was so angry that she vomited three liters of blood. She felt that she had encountered a ghost today. First, she was beaten by the butcher and her daughter, and now she was bullied by her eldest daughter-in-law and granddaughter. How could she swallow this?
She lowered her head and was about to rush towards Liu.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" The eldest brother stood up and impatiently pulled Meng's hand, shouting loudly. This was the first time he had ever spoken up for Liu, and Liu was so moved that she almost cried.
The eldest brother had a dark face, with his hands behind his back, and looked at Meng coldly with his slanted eyes. His expression was just like the head and upper body of Old Ding. Meng was shocked for a moment, and she stared at him blankly, at a loss.
"Dad needs to rest. Mom is always making such a fuss and disturbing Dad. Why don't we move to the side yard temporarily? That way everyone can have some peace and quiet."
"Dismiss!"
The eldest brother adjourned the meeting, motioned for the Lius to stay behind and look after Old Ding, and then he headed out of the main hall. He had just become the head of the household, and before he had even warmed up to the new position, even his gait resembled Old Ding's.
After the second and third sons and their spouses followed the eldest son out, Meng finally came to her senses. She hurried forward and grabbed the third son, Ding Youde.
In this family, she always loved the third son the most. The third son was the only one among the six sons who looked most like her, with the same triangular eyes and high cheekbones, including Ding Gui and Ding Quan.
The three of them, father and son, were the most favored by the Meng family.
"San'er, I dare not let the eldest son take charge of this family. You have to say a few words for me. If he wants to take charge of this family..."
The third brother, unhappy with Meng's slapping of Old Ding, broke away from her before she could finish her words and said unhappily, "Mom, you're so confused. Is this a matter of giving in or not? If you don't give in, my eldest brother will definitely call the clan leader and the village head. Until Dad recovers, my eldest brother will have to take charge of the family."
"Mom, please stop worrying and make trouble."
After the third brother finished speaking, he left.
"Oh my God!" Meng slapped her legs with both hands, sat down on the ground and started crying and cursing.
The sixth brother wanted to comfort her, but seeing her looking at him like that gave him a headache, he didn't bother to say anything more and followed the third brother out.
Meng stopped cursing because she accidentally touched the key to the family on her belt. She jumped up and the key was in her hand. The power to be the head of the family was in her hands. She secretly laughed at her eldest brother for being so stupid and thinking that he could be the head of the family just by declaring himself the head of the family.
It’s useless to have a home without a key.
However, her joy was premature. How could Liu not have anticipated this? She was just waiting for everyone to leave before taking action. She glanced at her daughter Ding Zhu, and the mother and daughter immediately pinned Meng to the bed, quickly untied the key from her belt, and walked away with the money box in her pocket.
Now Meng felt like the sky had really fallen. She wanted to chase Liu out and beat her, but she was no match for her. It was not until then that she realized that she did not even have an ally in this family. She had offended all her daughters-in-law, and no one liked her.
It’s over, it’s over, it’s completely over now!
Just when she was feeling confused and at a loss, Old Dingtou started groaning because he had to pee urgently. She immediately found an object to vent her anger on, and she pounced on him and beat him up with both hands, making him snot, tears, and saliva flow, and he kept screaming loudly.
"Mom! What are you doing?" Lao Liu had just gone to the toilet, and when he saw her abusing his father like this, he stamped his feet in anger and said fiercely: "If you do this again, I will call you big brother, and don't regret it when I really move you to live in the side yard!"
"Well, now you're all riding on my neck and pooping and pissing. I've raised you guys for nothing. If I had known this would happen, I should have strangled you all to death!"
Meng's mouth was almost twisted with anger, but she also knew that she had no way out now. She had to guard the main courtyard at all costs. If they really moved her to the side courtyard on the pretext that Old Ding needed to recuperate, she would really lose both her face and dignity.
So after a few curses, it gradually died down.
In the evening, after dinner, Lao Liu went to the old house to ask about food. At the foot of the slope, he ran into the tutor and Mr. Ding Sanye. He walked towards the old house with them.
In the yard of the old house, Ah Man had another disagreement with Da Bao because of Maoqiu. She was angry at Da Bao. Suddenly, she turned sideways and stuck out her butt, slapped Da Bao's butt three times in a row, then raised her legs high, and imitated the quarrel between Meng and the butcher, rubbing and clapping her hands, and cursed Da Bao all the ugly words they had said.
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