"Fuck his grandma!" Old Ding suddenly gritted his teeth and blurted out a swear word, which not only scared Meng and the third daughter-in-law, but also shocked himself.
How could he have cursed out loud what he was thinking? It would have been fine in front of Mrs. Meng, but after all, the third wife's daughter-in-law was there, and he, an old man, actually cursed in front of her. How outrageous.
He felt embarrassed, turned his head away awkwardly, and puffed on his pipe again.
"God bless that old village head!" Meng realized he was scolding the village head and started to curse him too. "When his mother passed away, our family's kindness was no less than what others had shown. Now he's showing partiality to that bitch. I wonder how many good things that bitch gave him in private, otherwise why would he be so single-minded in favor of her? He even brought the house deed to me. Ugh!"
The more Meng thought about it, the angrier she became. "And that bastard Ding Dazhu, what does it have to do with whether there's a house deed or not? He just jumps out and meddles in other people's business, just to act like he's so capable! If he hadn't said that, if that old headman hadn't produced the house deed, maybe we could have used the opportunity of reclaiming the old house to force this bitch and the fourth son to pay a few more taels..."
Meng suddenly stopped scolding him, then turned to look at Old Ding. "Boss, why don't you ask for more? You asked for fifty, and they gave you a hundred. If you had asked for a hundred, maybe we would have two hundred taels right now... Two hundred taels, damn it! Fifty taels, what were you thinking?"
Thinking that she was short of a hundred taels, the four taels of silver borrowed by her in-laws suddenly became insignificant in Meng's mind. She turned her attention to Old Ding and complained incessantly.
"You can! Why didn't you open your mouth at that time? Who gave you a mute potion?" Old Ding was very upset that he didn't open his mouth to ask for less. He wanted to slap himself in the face. He finally swallowed his anger quietly, but he didn't expect that this would make Meng provoke the thorn in his heart again, and he couldn't help but get angry.
"Did you ask me at that time? If you had asked me, I wouldn't blame you now..." When Meng was young, she and Old Dingtou also had quarrels and fights. If she did something wrong, Old Dingtou would kick her, punch her, and scold her, but she would not talk back. At most, he would curse her in his heart.
But now she felt that it was Old Ding who was wrong. Over the years, she had relied on the fact that she had given birth to six sons for the Old Ding family. She had become increasingly powerful since her mother-in-law passed away. She had long forgotten the time when Old Ding beat her. She kept nagging, and her mouth was firing like a machine gun, which made Old Ding impatient.
"Shut up your shithole!" He growled, his eyes brimming with rage.
If Meng had stopped there, everything would have been calm, but in front of several daughters-in-law, Old Ding yelled at her for no reason. Doesn't she have any dignity?
When she did something wrong, she didn't argue and let Old Ding scold her.
But today she was right, so why didn't she say anything? Two hundred taels of silver just fell from the sky? How much sweat did one have to shed in the fields to earn it?
I can’t think about it. The moment I think about it, my blood pressure will skyrocket and my jaw will burst open!
"What are you yelling about, old fool? Why are you so fierce? If you had discussed this with me before you opened your mouth, if you had asked for my opinion, I wouldn't blame you even if you asked for forty or thirty taels, not to mention fifty. I wouldn't have said a word!"
Old Ding said angrily, "What am I discussing with you? Why should I ask for your advice? Look at you, you're so arrogant! You're going to tear down the house if I don't punish you for three days!"
Meng's face flushed red at his words. The old man didn't even give her the slightest bit of respect in front of his daughter-in-law. After all, she was the mistress of the family and the one who had given him six sons! His words were so heartbreaking. Was he so indifferent to her not even having a say in the family affairs?
"Ding Erdan! How can you be so hurtful? You have no conscience. I'm marrying into your family..."
"What did you call me? Try calling me that again!"
"Ding Erdan! Ding Erdan! Ding..."
"Fuck you!" Old Ding took off one of his shoes, pounced on her like a ferocious tiger, and pinned her down. He swung the sole of his shoe and started beating her violently, cursing as he did so: "Beat you to death, you bitch! You're so rebellious, you're so arrogant. If I don't beat you up, you won't recognize who I am..."
If someone else had beaten Meng, the daughters-in-law would have stood by and watched, inevitably facing punishment from Meng later. But when their father-in-law beat their mother-in-law, how could they dare intervene? The Lius, Gaos, and Lus cried out in delight, each secretly cheering on their father-in-law.
Hit her, hit her hard, beat her to death!
If they were each given a small red flag and allowed to shout, they would definitely break their arms and hoarse their throats from shouting.
Especially Liu and Lu, they were worried that Meng would instigate her own men to beat them up, but they never expected that this time Meng would be beaten up by her own man!
The three of them pushed and shoved their way out reluctantly. They were all reluctant to leave this rare excitement. They all wanted to take a few more looks at Meng's miserable face when she was beaten. In the past, when they were beaten, Meng would openly cheer on them from the side.
Before leaving, Gao glanced back at Meng, who was writhing and wailing on the ground after being beaten by her father-in-law. She mentally cursed her as a fool. Her mother had been mean to her sisters-in-law, but after her father passed away and her brothers split up the family, none of the sisters-in-law wanted her mother to live with them. Her mother, once such a powerful person, had now been reduced to living under the sway of her daughters-in-law.
She snorted inwardly, thinking that Meng's suffering was still to come, and she still wanted to rely on her son to win an imperial decree for her. How stupid!
When Meng was beaten, no one came to help her. She couldn't help but feel grief-stricken, and her wails became even more earth-shattering. What's the point of raising a son? Who would dare to beat their own mother... She suddenly remembered the fourth son, Ding Youtian.
In the past, when she was beaten, only Ding Youtian dared to rush up to protect her crying, swinging his little fists to hit his father, and not allowing Old Ding to bully her.
"My fourth son, my fourth son, my fourth son..." This time she called her fourth son with true feelings, one after another.
Ding Youtian, who was listening to Blind Liu's lecture in the east room, sneezed several times because of her shouting. Jian Ning frowned, thought about it, put down the doll, stood up, took a piece of clothing and handed it to him, then went to the kitchen to stew some medicinal food for him and Blind Liu as a midnight snack.
Jian Ning knew Ding Youtian had a weak constitution, but since they lived together, and since he was still her nominal husband, she had been secretly nursing him these days. She scooped some wine dregs from the jar and placed them in a clay bowl, cracked two eggs into it, and scooped a spoonful of honey given by Yang Jinyu. She then added spiritual spring water and simmered it on the stove.
Wine lees have the effect of refreshing and relieving fatigue, especially for people like Ding Youtian who have weak constitution, shortness of breath and fatigue, long-term consumption is of great benefit.
Ding Youtian came out to the toilet and passed by the kitchen. He saw her stewing medicinal food for him again. Thinking of how she had brought him clothes just because he sneezed a few times, his eyes narrowed slightly. He stepped into the kitchen and said, "My wife is so thoughtful. Thank you for always thinking of me. With a wife like this, what else could a husband ask for?"
His eyes sparkled, and there seemed to be a sea of stars shining in them, illuminating the entire room.
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