Feeling increasingly aggrieved, Sister-in-law Huang couldn't help but wipe away her tears.
My son is seriously ill and could die at any moment. My husband is unsupportive and always sides with outsiders, which is making me increasingly disheartened.
"Can't you even be reasonable?" Huang Shi was getting a little frustrated. "So, you haven't listened to a single word I said!"
"You think you're so right?" Sister-in-law Huang said indignantly. "You don't stand up for us, mother and son, but you keep nagging about all this nonsense. Don't you feel guilty?"
"Me, guilty?" Huang Shi asked, pointing at himself in disbelief.
He couldn't quite understand his wife's bizarre conclusion.
"Isn't that right?" Sister-in-law Huang accused through tears, "You take it personally whenever those people from the second wife's family are mentioned. What have we done to offend you?"
"Incomprehensible!" He angrily flung his sleeves aside, turned around, and left.
He discovered that his wife was determined to go down a dead-end path, and no amount of persuasion could change her mind; saying more would only lead to complaints.
Forget it, let's leave it at that. He won't waste his breath; he'll only make people resent him after his voice becomes hoarse.
He must have been out of his mind to think of a few words to wake her up. Just keep a closer eye on her in the future and make sure she doesn't do anything stupid.
He raised his whip, ignoring his wife, and focused solely on continuing his journey.
His actions only fueled Sister-in-law Huang's dissatisfaction, who angrily punched his back, saying, "Speak up! Why won't you say anything? If you don't think you're right, keep arguing!"
She wanted to see just how biased this person could be.
"Shut up," Huang Shi said impatiently. "I don't want to talk to you right now. Don't talk to me."
If he says these things again, he's a dog.
Women are short-sighted; they always want to win arguments and feel better the more they scold, but they don't realize that doing so does no good at all.
He satisfied his urge to talk, but he also completely offended people and revealed his shrewishness and shortsightedness.
Sister-in-law Huang realized that Huang Shi was really angry.
Although she was still resentful, she dared not say much. She sat in the car silently, looking gloomy, as if the whole world had wronged her.
The carriage moved slowly, and in the increasingly tense atmosphere, the two arrived at the villa.
The couple came looking for her again, but Jiang Nuan refused to see them, saying, "Tell them to go back directly."
Every time I run into this family, it's a nightmare; it ruins my good mood.
"Madam, Master Huang says he only wants to know the whereabouts of the old master."
"Tell him he's alright and to stop looking for him."
What do they want from the old man? To be a dutiful son? Jiang Nuan thinks the couple probably want money more.
"Alright, I'll go right away..."
"Fine," Jiang Nuan said irritably as she got up. "I'll go see them."
Upon seeing the people, Jiang Nuan went straight to the point, "You're looking for the old man?"
Seeing Jiang Nuan still radiant, and thinking of the hardships she had endured, Sister-in-law Huang felt very uncomfortable. "That's right, the old man really is like that, acting like a child even at his age, just leaving without a word, leaving the land there and the livestock unattended..."
"Don't speak."
His wife's words made Huang Shi's face turn dark instantly.
He never expected that his wife harbored such deep resentment towards the old man.
Back then, the three of them were so impulsive that they just left whenever they wanted, leaving all the trivial matters to the old man without thinking anything of it. But now the old man is considered wrong for doing so. Is it really necessary to have such a double standard?
Hearing this, Jiang Nuan raised her eyebrows. "I remember half a month ago, you also left without a word, leaving the old man alone at home. What, is it that the magistrate can set fires but the common people can't even light lamps?"
How come I never noticed before that this person is so lenient with himself and strict with others?
These words made Sister-in-law Huang feel extremely uncomfortable. "One thing at a time, we were in a hurry to get Dashan medical treatment. We couldn't delay. It was the important thing!"
By the end, she had straightened her back, as if it were truly a fact.
Seeing this, Jiang Nuan scoffed, "Is this your excuse for robbing the old man's retirement money and kicking people off the bus when they disagree?"
With her veil of secrecy removed and her thoughts laid bare in broad daylight, even though she felt that everything she did was for her son, Sister-in-law Huang couldn't help but feel embarrassed and lowered her head, not daring to speak.
"It was indeed our eagerness for quick success that led us astray," Huang Shi frankly admitted his mistake, then earnestly asked, "Second sister-in-law, I won't say any more of those high-sounding words, I'll just ask one question, how is Father?"
"Great, living a carefree life on my own."
Jiang Nuanyi's words were pointed.
"Where is he?" Sister-in-law Huang asked anxiously. "Why hasn't he come back yet?"
His words carried a hint of resentment.
It was as if she was blaming her own child for being irresponsible.
Hearing this, Jiang Nuan frowned and began to feel sorry for the old man. "You just need him to be doing well, there's no need to look for someone else."
Upon hearing this, Huang Shi felt a bitter taste in his mouth. "Is this what Father wants?"
"Yes, he has changed his household registration. He really doesn't want to get too involved with you."
"I see."
Huang Shi didn't know how to describe his current feeling. He just felt empty inside, wanting to grasp something, but he couldn't lift his hand at all.
"How could he be so selfish?" Sister-in-law Huang refused to accept it. "He's taking so much silver with him? What will happen to Dashan?"
"What? Sister-in-law doesn't agree?" Jiang Nuan's voice suddenly turned cold, and her eyes were devoid of emotion as she looked at Sister-in-law Huang.
"disagree!"
The old man patted his behind and left. He had money to spend, no worries about food or drink, and could finally have some peace and quiet. But what about them?
Not to mention the money for their son's medical treatment, the family's expenses were already tight.
Forty taels of silver, after expenses along the way and the cost of medicine for his son, were almost all gone.
"Why should I?" Jiang Nuan's eyes were filled with sarcasm. "Have you forgotten that that money was for the old man's retirement, not for you, and certainly not for your son!"
She's really learned something new – how could she so readily accept misappropriating the old man's filial piety money?
Is Huangshan's life as precious as its own, while others' are just grass?
These words made Sister-in-law Huang turn pale.
She always felt that the old man would rely on them for his old age, so she didn't feel guilty about taking the money. But when someone pointed it out in public, she suddenly lost her confidence.
Finally, he retorted unwillingly, "No matter how important money is, can it be more important than life? Money can be earned back, but you only have one life."
"Don't you think that's absurd?" Jiang Nuan couldn't help but chuckle. "Comparing someone else's money to your son's life, do you think that's normal?"
No matter how worthless someone else's money is, it still belongs to them.
No matter how precious Huangshan's life is, it belongs only to him.
Using other people's money, yet constantly claiming that the money is not as important as Huangshan's life—what kind of bizarre thought process is that?
He seems like a normal person, so why is he so unreliable?
"How can it be someone else's? That belongs to the old man, it's his too..."
Under Jiang Nuan's increasingly cold gaze, Sister-in-law Huang couldn't continue speaking.
“Sister-in-law, don’t take it to heart,” Huang Shi said, pulling his wife away. “She’s mentally ill; she’s always having these kinds of dreams.”
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