Chapter 101 Killing the Pig and Destroying the Heart
Jiang Hongying stood in the courtyard, listening to Chen Feng's pig-like crying and cursing coming from the thatched kiln, and her heart tightened.
Tonight, everyone in the village is probably at their doorsteps, all ears, listening to the commotion. Li Dazui will be coming over to gather information again in a few days.
The noise from the chicken coop and the pigsty caused the dogs in the village to bark incessantly.
It's truly a chaotic situation.
However, as Jiang Hongying listened, she felt both relieved and vindicated.
She admired her mother's actions greatly and had never heard Chen Feng cry so loudly or curse incoherently.
She kept crying and wailing, "I can't live like this anymore, I don't want to live anymore, the Jiang family is too bullying."
"Jiang Yeming, you're a useless beast, a coward, a good-for-nothing. You can't even protect the family fortune... Waaah, my life is so miserable. My son is going to suffer in the future, waaah..."
Jiang Hongying couldn't help but admire her boss; how could he resist taking action?
Marrying a woman like this is truly the worst luck imaginable.
I've never seen the boss have such a good temper before. Did he owe Chen Feng something in his past life?
Before long, Song Chunxue led her son and son-in-law into the courtyard and went straight to the washbasin in the north room to wash her hands.
Jiang Hongying couldn't help but laugh when she saw the fourth and third brothers looking so proud and arrogant.
He Chuan closed the courtyard gate behind him and couldn't help but laugh, "Our mother always has a way with things."
"Father, Father!" Xiujuan stretched out her arms and leaned into He Chuan's arms, saying with a worried expression, "Father, I'm scared."
She hugged He Chuan's neck tightly, "Go, go quickly."
He Chuan carried her into the house.
"The noodles are all soggy, but the chicken blood noodles are still chewy and delicious. You guys eat quickly, I'll go make some more." Jiang Hongying said with a smile, "This is the first time I've seen you laugh so happily after being scolded."
The fourth brother picked up his chopsticks and shook his head with an air of nonchalance. "That's right. We got a scolding, but we brought back a pig and a few chickens. Besides, Mother said that to prevent Chen Feng from wanting to go back, we'll slaughter a pig tomorrow. You can eat the meat before you go back."
The third son looked delighted. "I'll tell the teacher tomorrow that we'll come back and slaughter a pig together."
"Okay, otherwise by the time you come back, we'll have already eaten all the meat." Song Chunxue laughed. "Tomorrow morning I'll go to Xia Ying's house and ask her husband to come and slaughter the pig."
“We’ll be relatives from now on. He’s slaughtering pigs now, so let him have this meal. I won’t invite anyone else. Anyway, everyone in the village is just here to laugh at us. We have plenty of manpower, and the pig isn’t that big.”
“Okay, it’s settled then,” the fourth brother said, shoveling chicken blood noodles into his mouth and puffing out his cheeks. “This is the first time we’ve slaughtered a pig in August, hahaha, the meat will definitely be delicious.”
Jiang Hongying listened, completely stunned.
"So, Mother really is going to slaughter the pig, and you're not joking?"
Song Chunxue, holding her bowl, said, "When did I ever joke about something like this?"
“But…” Jiang Hongying found it unbelievable, “Wouldn’t Chen Feng be furious? She didn’t get to eat the meat, got angry, and lost a pig. The worst part is that she has to watch the pig she was about to get eaten by us tomorrow. She’ll be so angry she’ll want to bang her head against the wall.”
Sanwa said in a deep voice, "She deserves it. It's because we indulged her before that she became so arrogant and her cursing was incredibly offensive. If it weren't for Mother stopping me, I would have smashed her mouth to pieces."
The fourth brother gave a thumbs up, "Third brother has guts, well done. I'll have to look at you in a new light from now on. Studying makes all the difference; you've become bolder and more confident."
"..." Sanwa blushed instantly and stomped on his foot in annoyance, "Stop teasing me."
The fourth brother laughed heartily, "That's a compliment, can't you tell?"
Song Chunxue looked at the fourth brother and said, "Third Brother, he's your older brother. Shouldn't you change how you address him?"
"This..." The fourth brother immediately deflated, biting his chopsticks awkwardly, "We've been calling him that for so many years, it's not easy to change it suddenly, anyway, the third brother doesn't care."
Sanwa didn't say anything, and finished the bowl of chicken blood noodles.
He got up and walked out, saying, "I'll go downstairs to the kitchen. You guys can eat slowly."
Song Chunxue looked at the fourth brother and said, "How could he not care? It's just that you've always been unwilling to call me that, and he can't force you to change it."
The fourth brother pursed his lips. "I'll give it a try, and I'll gradually improve it later."
What he really meant was that when he was unhappy, he didn't call on his older brother; he just did whatever made him happy.
But considering his mother's ruthless methods now, he decided it was best to keep it to himself.
That night, some were happy while others were sad.
Some people were hungry, while others ate so much they couldn't even sit down and had to stand and rub their stomachs.
Laughter and cheerful voices drowned out the crying, because they chatted for a long time before going to sleep because of He Chuan's arrival.
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Song Chunxue decided to kill the pig and did so right away, heading to Xia Ying's house just as dawn broke.
Xia Ying was astonished to hear that she was going to slaughter a pig.
"It's not even September yet and you're already slaughtering a pig? What are we going to eat for the New Year?" Xia Ying advised her irritably. "I heard you've been making a lot of noise lately, having a big fight with your eldest daughter-in-law. Don't let the shock make you stupid."
“Just kill one. My family has two pigs. Raising them for too long will make them eat a lot. Let the other one eat well and grow fat and strong by the New Year, which will make things easier for me.”
Xia Ying suddenly remembered something, "I remember you gave one to the boss before, could it be that you're throwing a tantrum and want it back?"
"That's right, they're ungrateful wretches. I raised these pigs with all my hard work, why should I give them to them?"
Song Chunxue slapped her thigh angrily, "You have no idea how awful Chen Feng's words were to me. If I were to keep the pig for her to celebrate the New Year, I would definitely die a few years younger from anger. It's better to kill it as soon as possible."
"Huh?" Xia Ying asked curiously, "Tell me, how did she insult you?"
"She hasn't had a moment's peace these past few days..."
Song Chunxue embellished the story and recounted Chen Feng's actions over the past few days to Xia Ying.
Since the people in this village are definitely gossiping about it behind their backs, it's better to let her, the person involved, explain herself clearly and plainly.
Xia Ying is someone who can't keep things to herself; by tomorrow, everyone in the entire village will know.
Otherwise, everyone would think she was being unreasonable and deliberately making trouble for her daughter-in-law who had just given birth to her grandson.
Taking advantage of the fact that Chen Feng was still in her postpartum period and had no chance to ruin her reputation, she gave her a proper talk.
When she returned to the Jiang family with Xia Ying's man, she wasn't in a hurry to slaughter the pig. Instead, she boiled water, peeled potatoes, picked a few carrots and radishes, sliced them thinly, and planned to stir-fry them together with the meat once it was cooked.
When Sanwa returned from school after taking leave, the sun was high in the sky. The group of them pulled the pig from the pigpen the night before.
The heart-wrenching squeals of the pig echoed throughout the village. When everyone learned that the Jiang family was slaughtering a pig today, they couldn't help but think that the Jiang family had made quite a commotion last night, as if they were also catching a pig.
People speculated wildly and discussed it whenever they encountered each other.
"Aren't you close to their house? What exactly happened last night? Did the Jiang family really slaughter a pig?"
“You’ve come to the right person. I listened outside the courtyard wall for half an hour last night. It was Chen Feng making a fuss about wanting to eat meat and throwing a tantrum at Jiang Yeming. Song Chunxue isn’t going to tolerate it anymore and went to ask her. Chen Feng was crying and cursing, and the sounds coming from the skylight were clear. She even called him an old widow and a dead old woman… Tsk tsk, don’t you think this daughter-in-law has a sharp tongue?”
"If it were me, I'd beat Chen Feng so badly she'd have a crooked mouth for the rest of her life. Anyway, the illness she got during her postpartum period is something she'll carry for the rest of her life!"
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