Chapter 27 Unrecognizable to Family Members
The eldest brother is good at playing the victim, and his wife is even better at it.
With her large pregnant belly, Chen Feng leaned against the door frame as she emerged from the thatched kiln, crying even more bitterly.
“Mother, I know it’s my fault that you and the eldest son have become estranged. It’s a lie that you don’t want to share the land with us, but you two haven’t spoken to each other for half a month.”
"Waaaaah, if they really don't give us land, the baby in my belly will starve to death. My baby and I would rather die early. It's just suffering to be born. Waaaaah."
Sanwa stood behind Song Chunxue, clenching his fists in anger and remaining silent.
At this moment, Zhao Yufang's husband, Wang the Bald, also spoke up to plead for her.
“Jiang family daughter-in-law, I know it wasn’t easy for you to raise them, but you used to dote on the eldest son so much, why are you suddenly not even going to divide the land among them? How will their family survive in the future?”
“The eldest son is the eldest son. After you die, he should be the one to carry the coffin, walking at the front and crying out. How could you…”
"Smack!"
Before she could finish speaking, Song Chunxue walked up to the boss and slapped him hard across the face.
"Did I say that if you bully Sanwa, or take advantage of being the eldest to bully him, I won't give you any land?"
"You know perfectly well how you've been bullying Sanwa these past few days. It's only been less than half a month and you're already losing your temper, asking everyone to plead for you and stand up for you. Well then, tell me, which piece of land have you set your sights on?"
Since he wanted everyone to judge the matter and force her to give in, how could Song Chunxue miss this good opportunity?
She was determined to thwart the boss's plans.
"Mother, I didn't..."
The crisp slap startled the eldest brother and the villagers standing nearby.
This slap not only landed on Jiang Yeming's face, but also on the face of the person who pleaded for their boss.
Song Chunxue's actions clearly indicated that she disliked their gossip.
Everyone here is a smart person. Song Chunxue always smiles at everyone she meets. Although she lives a very frugal life, she will still share some of her family's belongings with her children in an attempt to please them.
But the people in the village praised and belittled each other, never treating Song Chunxue's family as human beings.
They were very uncomfortable seeing her disrespect them today.
"She's a woman in charge, and she's used to hitting the kids. Can you just hit a boy's face like that?"
"That's right, Jiang Yeming is already twenty years old, and she still beats him like a grandson."
"Women are all talk and no action, and they don't know how to teach children at all."
"She's just a widow, why do you have such high expectations of her? As long as she's alive, that's enough."
...
The people were speaking very harshly, their words piercing Song Chunxue's ears.
The first to step forward was Old Man Cheng, a respected elder in the village whose words carried considerable weight.
“Song Chunxue, how could you hit the child in front of so many people? You kicked him out of the yard, and he has to work in the fields below the Li family farm every day. We all saw it. His wife was heavily pregnant and brought him food. She was so pitiful.”
Song Chunxue chuckled, "Then why don't you bring him food?"
"..." Everyone was stunned.
"All you do is gossip about me when you're herding sheep, saying that I have secret rendezvous with Li Guangzheng every night in the mountains. You can't even manage your six sons and five daughters properly, are you too full to meddle in my family's affairs?"
She had wanted to scold the old man of the Cheng family for decades, but had never found the opportunity.
In her previous life, she was used to keeping a low profile and enduring whatever others said.
In the years when she was dying, she lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) unable to move. Whenever she thought about how Old Man Cheng and Xia Mulan, the wife of Sanwa, spoke ill of her, she never confronted Old Man Cheng, which left a knot in her heart.
Now that the opportunity was right in front of her, she couldn't resist.
“I am very grateful to you for coming to my house to help me burn paper money for my husband today. But you spread rumors in front of me and my child, and even in the cemetery, saying that my child’s father died early, making me a widow and letting the men of the village benefit from it. Is that what you said?”
"And some people have mouths that stink like cesspools, saying that I sent the eldest son away and kept the most obedient third son at home because I was on good terms with so-and-so..."
"Damn it! If anyone ever talks nonsense in front of my kids again, I'll tear their mouth off!"
“There are also some people who have never refused my help in the fields. But then they badmouth me in front of the children. I, Song Chunxue, have been foolish all my life. I'm willing to do anything shameless for my children, but I never thought of relying on other men.”
"They all look like pigs, I, Song Chunxue, wouldn't even look at them!"
"..." All those who came to help were men, and everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
The eldest son covered his cheek, staring blankly at his mother, and then pulled Chen Feng's hand to stand at the entrance of the thatched kiln.
He felt ashamed.
Although Sanwa was shocked, he still stood firmly behind Song Chunxue.
Song Chunxue vented her anger without caring whether it would offend anyone; this anger had been building up inside her for fifty or sixty years.
She wanted to thank her boss for giving her such a great opportunity.
Those who were being scolded no longer waited for another meal; they muttered something under their breath and turned to leave.
They were too ashamed to confront Song Chunxue directly.
"This woman has gone mad; she really thinks she's human."
"Who spoke ill of her? Who said anything about her relationship with any man? Do you think I like to talk about such trivial matters?"
"Song Chunxue must be crazy. Doesn't she often invite Li Guangzheng to have dinner at her house?"
"She's desperate. She's biting everyone she sees. Offending the people on the estate won't do her any good in the future."
"That's right, that old hag is seriously ill!"
"Let's go, let's go. I still have a lot of work to do in the fields. Why waste words with her?"
This village is called Li Family Village. There are many brothers in the Li family. They left long ago when they saw that things were not going well.
Otherwise, Song Chunxue would have given her another dressing down.
When their sisters-in-law and mother-in-law met, they would make fun of Song Chunxue.
Kind people are often bullied, and good horses are often ridden. Song Chunxue didn't want to swallow her pride anymore.
From now on, she won't give anyone face, because very few people have ever given her face.
We shouldn't have made such a scene today, since everyone came to help.
But Song Chunxue hasn't helped anyone with chores all these years.
She only regretted not doing it sooner.
"Why did they all run away? They weren't so shameless when they were cursing me just now."
Everyone had run away. Song Chunxue turned back to look at the boss at the entrance of the thatched kiln.
The eldest brother was so frightened that he lifted the curtain and went into the thatched kiln.
Song Chunxue walked over and said, "Why are you hiding? Come out and talk if you have something to say."
Jiang Yeming forced a smile and said, "Mother, today is the anniversary of my father's death. The people from the village came out of respect. How can you turn your back on us like this, showing no regard for your own family? How will you face the people from the village in the future?"
"Have they ever shown us any respect? Do their children even look down on us?" Song Chunxue asked with a laugh. "Are you so stupid as to ask outsiders who love to laugh at you to back you up? Have you read so many books that they've turned into shit?"
"..." Jiang Yeming remained silent.
"When they were burning paper money, they spoke to you like that. Don't you feel angry?"
Song Chunxue shoved him hard. "You're still stopping Sanwa from making a scene? Do you think they're insulting me and it has nothing to do with you?"
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