Chapter 77 Should We Bring Them Back?
This was the first time in Song Chunxue's life that she had bullied others by abusing her power.
Just like that mean old hag in someone else's house.
The mother and her two children pinned Chen Xiang to the ground and beat him, breaking two fire pokers in the process.
However, all three of them, mother and children, were injured. Jiang Yeming's eyes were swollen, a lock of the fourth child's hair was pulled out, and Song Chunxue's lips were cut. She had been punched and kicked many times.
She held a grudge for most of her life because Chen Xiang knocked out one of her teeth in her past life, and now that she had the chance, she retaliated without hesitation.
They only stopped when Chen Xiang, exhausted from the beating, lay on the ground begging for mercy with his head in his hands.
Chen Feng sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and wailed loudly, but dared not step forward to break up the fight.
She's almost eight months pregnant; if she were to have any miscarriage, the baby would be lost here today.
If that were the case, wouldn't that fulfill Jiang Yeming's wish?
She didn't want to be divorced and sent back to her parents' home.
Her parents won't support her; they'll only think she's bringing shame to the Chen family.
Can a woman who has been married and had children still get married?
She could only marry an old bachelor or become a concubine for some wealthy landowner.
Rather than that, she might as well stay in the Jiang family.
If she had known, she wouldn't have sent a message to her older brother, asking him to come and teach Jiang Yeming a lesson.
My older brother came by a few days ago. He beat up Jiang Yeming and kicked him so hard that his leg was crippled. At that time, Song Chunxue didn't say a word.
Why are you acting so recklessly today?
The Jiang brothers were all timid and cowardly; she never expected that the three of them would gang up on Chen Xiang today.
She sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) leaning against the wall, watching helplessly as her elder brother was beaten.
"Waaaaah, please stop fighting..."
Song Chunxue pulled away Lao Si and Jiang Yeming, and looked calmly at Chen Xiang on the ground.
"I didn't interfere when you hit my eldest brother last time, but this time it was your Chen Feng who bullied him. You still want to mess with the Jiang family and make your eldest brother a grandson of Chen Feng? Is that what makes you happy?"
"Don't push your luck. We'll teach you a lesson today. From now on, don't mess with us. If you dare to act tough in front of us again, even if we can't beat you, we'll still take a piece of your flesh."
Song Chunxue said in a strong voice, "Take Chen Feng back. If she doesn't want to go back, I will personally send her back. We don't want the betrothal gifts and money given at the wedding. You can take the child or not, but our Jiang family dares not let the Chen family's daughter have a child for us."
This was the first time Song Chunxue had made such a harsh statement, and she felt a little guilty, but thinking of Chen Feng's character, she decided to play the villain for once.
Chen Xiang got up from the ground and wiped the blood from his nose.
"Big brother..." Chen Feng shook her head slightly. She didn't want to go back, nor did she dare to.
If I go back, it definitely won't be as easy to come back. I'm due to give birth in two months, and if I give birth at my parents' house, I'll be criticized and humiliated.
Besides, she had no intention of going back. She just wanted to scare Jiang Yeming so that he would treat her better in the future.
“Let’s go home,” Chen Xiang said in a deep voice. “We can’t just stay in the Jiang family like this. Go back and let your father stand up for you.”
Chen Xiang was filled with rage and had nowhere to vent it. They had ganged up on him and beaten him up, and he would remember this debt.
They're just bullying us, aren't they? Next time he'll bring a dozen or so strong men, I don't believe we can't beat him!
*
Chen Xiang, dragging the sobbing Chen Feng along, returned to her parents' home in a sorry state, in the eyes of the many onlookers in Lijiazhuang who had been waiting to see what would happen.
Having had his fill of the excitement, Li Dazui quietly slipped away before anyone noticed.
Song Chunxue squatted at the entrance of the thatched kiln, touching her bleeding lips, feeling somewhat numb.
Sending her pregnant daughter-in-law back to her parents' home was a shameful thing if word got out, but Song Chunxue didn't care.
She knew she was in the right.
With Li Dazui's uncontrollable mouth, this matter will surely spread throughout Li Family Village very quickly.
As everyone knows, it was Chen Xiang who beat Jiang Yeming at home, which angered Jiang's mother and son, leading to the expulsion of Chen's siblings.
She just didn't expect the eldest and fourth brothers to help her; she was prepared to be knocked unconscious.
Having vented her anger today, Song Chunxue felt much better.
Forty years later, she finally got her revenge.
As for whether or not to bring Chen Feng back, given Jiang Yeming's personality, he'll probably bring good things to the Chen family in a couple of days.
What puzzled Song Chunxue was that when she deliberately made harsh words to drive Chen Feng away, the eldest brother didn't stop her.
As a mother, Song Chunxue was quite disappointed in her eldest son, but as a woman, she felt that Chen Feng was lucky.
Marrying a man who always gives in to you no matter how angry he gets is harder than climbing to heaven in a world where men are everything.
Song Chunxue chuckled self-deprecatingly, thinking about it this way, she realized that she was actually quite capable.
The work in the fields was still waiting for her. She got up and turned around, and saw Jiang Yeming squatting under the kang (a heated brick bed).
Ignoring what her boss was thinking, Song Chunxue turned around and went to the potato field to hoe the soil.
It rained a little yesterday, and the ground is still a bit damp. Loosening the soil with a hoe will help the potatoes grow faster.
That evening, as soon as Sanwa stepped into the courtyard, Jiang Hongying eagerly told him what had happened that afternoon.
"What?" Sanwa was shocked. "You hit Chen Xiang?"
"I didn't fight. Although I wanted to go in, I was too scared because I was heavily pregnant. My eldest and fourth brothers fought with my mother, and they barely managed to beat them. Chen Xiang is really tough."
"I initially thought it was unfair for us to fight three against one, but our leader is a pushover. Last night, Chen Feng scratched his back until it bled, and today she sent her brother to show off. He slapped our leader as soon as he walked in. You could hear the sound from far away. They bullied us first, thinking we were easy to bully, that's why they hit us..."
"Hey, where are you going?" Before Jiang Hongying could finish speaking, Sanwa turned to leave, but she grabbed him.
"Go ask your elder brother how you can really let your sister-in-law go back to her parents' home."
“I know, but you shouldn’t go today. If he regrets it tomorrow, he’ll go to the Chen family to pick her up himself. After all, she’s his wife, and she’s carrying his child.” Jiang Hongying sighed. “My eldest brother used to call her Ah Feng, he definitely won’t be able to bear to part with her.”
"It's also his fault for being too weak and spoiling Chen Feng so much that she became unruly," Jiang Hongying said in a low voice. "You'd better not go looking for trouble; he's probably kicking himself now."
"Yes, I know." Sanwa nodded. "I'll just go to the door and take a look; I won't say anything."
Sanwa kept his word; he simply pushed open the door of the thatched kiln and looked inside.
"What are you doing? Get out!"
Sure enough, as soon as the door was pushed open, Jiang Yeming threw down a broom and came out.
Afterwards, Sanwa waited absentmindedly for his mother to return.
When Sanwa saw that her lips were swollen, blue, and cut, her eyes reddened and she clenched her fists.
He's determined to get his money back from Chen Xiang!
*
The next day, Jiang Yeming went out early to make mud bricks, working from dawn until noon, and only returned home when he was exhausted.
Knowing he wasn't feeling well today, Jiang Hongying brought a bowl of rice to the thatched cave dwelling.
Jiang Yeming lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), neither cooking nor boiling water, just sleeping.
“If you want to bring her back, we won’t stop you. We went too far yesterday, after all, she’s carrying your child. I’m not that bad…”
"I understand. I won't go today. We'll talk about it another day." Jiang Yeming interrupted her, turning his back to the door. "You guys go eat. I'm going to take a nap."
On the morning of the third day, Jiang Yeming arrived early and knocked on the courtyard gate.
"Mother, I'm going to the Chen family to bring her back. Do you want to come with me?"
Song Chunxue looked at him with a half-smile.
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