Niu Xiaomei was filled with resentment. Her mother often said that she was weak-willed and always had her two older sisters dominating her. But at this moment, her own sisters were not as good as her sister-in-law who was not related to her by blood.
Xue Huaimin suddenly stood up, grabbed Niu Xiaomei's hand, and said:
"I'll do it!"
Holding Niu Xiaomei's hand, Xue Huaimin said to Niu Yinhua, "You should be glad that I don't hit women. Whether she has children or not, whether she's on her second or third marriage, I, Xue Huaimin, will only have her!"
"And what are you? You probably don't know that your husband, Zhuo Yimin, is keeping a mistress outside the home? That woman got pregnant and even came to our pharmacy to get medicine to prevent miscarriage. Guess how long you can stay in Haijia Village?"
"If you dare to cause trouble again in the future, I will not be as polite to you as I am today!"
Is Zhuo Yimin keeping a mistress?
Niu Yinhua herself had no idea that she was sitting on the ground as if struck by lightning. Suddenly, she had become the laughing stock of the entire Niushan Village and even Niushan County.
"Her husband must be disgusted by her inability to have more children. Zhuo Yimin is no good at all!" said Jiang Cailian, a newlywed woman from the village.
"Go back now! You disgraceful thing!" Old Master Zhuo shouted sternly. He valued his reputation above all else, and this had completely ruined his life's worth of face!
He really wished he could stuff his second son and daughter-in-law into the latrine together.
Xiao Fubao stood with his fists clenched, holding onto the mahogany chair. His eyes were narrowed, a mixture of anger and amusement. Niu Yinhua tumbled and crawled away, dazed and confused, as Old Master Zhuo dragged her away.
No one knows how long they walked, but Niu Yinhua suddenly fell into the river. Even Grandpa Zhuo couldn't pull her back. Suddenly, the river surged forward and swept Niu Yinhua away.
Grandpa Zhuo was so frightened that he stood there stunned: "Oh dear, what should we do!"
He ran back to tell Chen Yu and Niu Da about it. After all, she was Niu Da's younger sister and Niu Er's older sister. How could he just sit idly by?
Niu Dadao: "Let's report this to the authorities! Let them search along the river!"
Wen Ning was still considering whether or not to go through with the marriage, but when she heard that Niu Yinhua had fallen into the river, she gave up the idea of breaking off the engagement. That Tongtian River was turbulent and dangerous; how could anyone survive falling in?
The people of Niushan Village also think so.
Men are fickle after all. The second son of the Zhuo family in Haijia Village, before even passing away seven days after his father's death, disregarded the feelings of his daughter from the previous marriage and brought back the pregnant woman from outside. They held a grand wedding with gongs and drums, making quite a scene.
Over there, although Heishan Village was on the other side of the river, and not directly opposite, but across from Sangjia Town, which was two towns away, it was quite far from Niushan Village. When an old man surnamed Peng, who was in his forties, was fishing and just about to get off the boat, he saw a young woman in a corner on the shore, wearing fine cloth, barefoot, and with disheveled hair.
Old Peng pulled the person out of the water, touched Niu Yinhua's nose, and found she was still breathing. He patted Niu Yinhua's face, then pressed her stomach until she vomited a lot of water, saying, "Miss, Miss!"
Niu Yinhua slowly opened her eyes.
Old Peng asked, "Young lady, what's your name? Where do you live?"
"Hehehe! Hehehe!" Niu Yinhua didn't know how to answer, she just laughed foolishly.
Old Man Peng suddenly realized that the girl was stupid. Old Man Peng had been a bachelor for most of his life because his family had been poor since his ancestors' time. His parents died of illness when he was eleven or twelve years old. His family had no fertile land or house, so he lived in a cave dwelling and wasted most of his life.
This year, I used some of the money I had saved up over the years to buy a fishing net at a high price. I figured I could still move around, so I would do some work to support myself.
Old Man Peng originally thought he was the most pitiful person, but he never imagined that there were people in the world who were even more pitiful than him.
Little did he know that this woman in front of him had been quite wicked in the past; if he had known, he wouldn't have taken her in.
“You’re homeless too, why don’t you come and keep me company? I’ll fish and support you!” Old Man Peng said.
"Hehehe, let's live life to the fullest and eat fish! Great! Hehehe!" Niu Yinhua clapped her hands and said happily.
In the Zhuo family of Haijia Village, the old man felt a pang of regret. It wasn't because of the death of his annoying second daughter-in-law, but because he had originally planned to take advantage of the marriage ties between his family and the Niu family to have more contact with each other and see his granddaughter more often.
With Niu Yinhua's death, the two families were completely severed.
This new second daughter-in-law, Chen Damei, is just like the previous second daughter-in-law; she's no pushover, and the family is constantly in turmoil because of her.
Because Zhuo Ming, the daughter born to her former daughter-in-law, accidentally bumped into the table while working, causing it to make a noise, Chen Damei, despite being heavily pregnant, used the excuse that she had frightened her and slapped her twice across the face.
"You wretched bastard who killed your own mother! You killed your own mother, and now you're here to bring misfortune upon your younger brother, aren't you?"
Zhuo Ming's head was spinning from the beating, and she didn't even cry.
Old Master Zhuo couldn't stand it and immediately flew into a rage, saying, "You, who married into this family with a big belly, are nothing but a second wife. What right do you have to lecture my granddaughter here!"
Chen Damei immediately sat down on the ground and burst into tears: "The Zhuo family is bullying us! The Zhuo family beat up a pregnant woman!"
Hearing her wailing like she was mourning, Old Man Zhuo's face turned ashen with anger. Both of his wicked daughters-in-law had been brought into the family by his second son. He slammed his fist on the table and said:
"Separate the family! Separate the family! Ming'er will stay with me from now on, living in the eldest son's house. Even though she lost her mother, she doesn't need you to support her!"
Old Man Zhuo held his five-year-old granddaughter on his lap and said:
“From now on, you’ll stay with your grandpa. Treat him as if your father is dead, and that woman in front of you isn’t your mother! Your biological mother and your uncle’s family didn’t get along well before, and they didn’t visit each other much, but actually your uncle and aunt are both good people. From now on, you should visit your uncle’s house often and not associate with those scoundrels!”
Upon hearing about the division of the family property, Chen Damei immediately perked up and stood up, saying, "Old man, a division is fine. We have fifty mu of land, and we want forty mu. The pig and the house are also ours! You earn two taels of silver a month from teaching, and since you live with my eldest brother, you'll inevitably have to help them out. Half of your two taels of silver should go to our family!"
"You scoundrel! This house was built by your mother-in-law and me, and you're already thinking about leaving! I'm not even dead yet, and you're already eyeing the money I earned from teaching? It's all my fault for teaching for half my life and not raising a good son. I thought that Yinhua was already a shrew, but after she left, you're the one who came along!"
"Don't even think about my money! And don't even think about this house. If you piss me off, you can take your baby and your second son and get out of here. I, Zhuo Ping, will treat you as if you only have one son and one daughter-in-law!"
When the eldest son of the Zhuo family and his children came in, they were confused by what their father had said: "What's wrong, Dad?"
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