Chapter 135
The sudden angry curse scared Jiaojiao, who was playing with her feet on the bed in the room. She started and kicked herself on the chin.
Jiaojiao rubbed her chin, then sat up on the bed with her hands, her dark eyes wide open, and she listened curiously with her little ears perked up.
"You little bastard, you ungrateful bastard! If I had known you were impossible to tame, I would have thrown you into a piss pot when I gave birth to you. You wouldn't have had to endure all these years of suffering..."
"In order to raise you, your father and I have tightened our belts over the years, working from dawn to dusk every day..."
Several people who were having dinner nearby rolled their eyes when they heard Wu's scolding coming from next door.
I’m afraid Mrs. Wu’s eyes are covered with pig shit!
She didn't scold Yin Youcai for being idle all day, but instead scolded Yin Zheng for working hard.
It’s also because Yin Zheng has an honest personality. If it were someone else, wouldn’t this family be in chaos?
Li Genmiao shook his head inwardly, looked at his children with a gloomy face and said, "Just listen to the story of Yin Dazhu and his family. If anyone dares to imitate their partiality and tease the children in the future, I will beat you to death with a big stick."
With such a neighbor around, he was afraid that his child would be taught badly.
Li Fangshan slurped his noodles and said, "Don't worry, Dad. We love our own child. We are not crazy. How could we treat our own child like this? This will only force the child to be separated from us."
Hearing what his father said, seven-year-old Li Erwa quickly raised his head from his bowl and said, "Then Dad, please don't spank me anymore."
"Go to hell." Li Fangshan kicked him in the butt. "Can you compare with your Uncle Yin Zheng? If you were half as capable as him, I, your father, would wake up laughing in my dreams."
Li Erwa pouted in dissatisfaction, patted the footprints on his pants, and rubbed the bowl aside.
Mrs. Wu next door continued to curse.
In the room, Jiaojiao, who had been sitting on the bed and listening for a long time but still couldn't understand, stood up shakily with her hands on the bed, took two steps, held the head of the bed, and looked out the window opposite.
The window of Yin Zheng's room faced the kitchen diagonally, and Jiaojiao saw the fierce-looking Mrs. Wu and her father at the first sight.
He blinked, realized that his father was being yelled at, and hurriedly tried to get out of bed.
He staggered two steps and fell onto the bed with a thud.
Jiaojiao, who fell on the bed, rubbed her sore nose, then crawled to the edge of the bed and looked at the distance between the bed and the ground.
Jiaojiao looked at his short legs, frowned and thought for a while, then he crawled back to the head of the bed, grunted and dragged the pillow over and threw it off the bed, then lay on the bed and slid down, until his hands could no longer hold on and he fell down with his butt.
Yin Zheng's pillow was filled with straw and wheat husks. With it as a cushion, Jiaojiao didn't feel much pain when she fell on it.
He rubbed his butt, supported himself on the ground and got up, then walked out panting and dragging his pillow, angrily wanting to use the pillow to teach a lesson to the person who had been mean to his father.
In the kitchen, Yin Zheng turned a deaf ear to Wu's angry scolding, lowered his head and continued to do the work at hand.
In fact, he didn't do anything. He just said that he would only hand over 30% of his earnings to the government like Yin Yuanzhi did. But Mrs. Wu couldn't help but scold him.
In fact, it would be best if he didn't pay the money, but if that were the case, the clan elders would have a talk with him tomorrow.
The word "filial piety" is a heavy mountain pressing down on one's head. Although the villagers will criticize and despise the behavior of Mrs. Wu and Old Man Yin behind their backs, if Yin Zheng really does something unfilial, those criticisms and despises will fall on him in an instant.
People at that time were like this and attached great importance to filial piety.
Seeing that he didn't pay any attention to her at all, Mrs. Wu, who was cursing at the side, was so angry that her chest felt stuffy and painful. She looked around the kitchen, picked up a rolling pin and hit Yin Zheng with it.
Yin Zheng, who was scooping porridge, turned his head to avoid the rolling pin she threw at him, and then saw Jiaojiao struggling to climb over the threshold of the opposite room.
Jiaojiao, dragging her pillow to the door angrily, was blocked by the high threshold. When she was trying to climb over it, she saw Wu hitting her father with something. She was so angry that she kicked her short legs hard and fell over.
Seeing Jiaojiao, Yin Zheng hurriedly walked past Wu and came out of the kitchen. He walked up to Jiaojiao, picked him up, and touched his bare little feet.
The nights in early spring were very cold. He only carried Jiaojiao into the house when he felt the temperature had dropped. Unexpectedly, he jumped out of bed by himself.
A cold touch came from the palm of his hand. Yin Zheng frowned and covered Jiaojiao's feet with his hands. He was a little worried. Every year, there were children in the village who died from a fever or a cold. It was said that Yin Yuanzhi's first son died of a fever because he was not careful.
This always makes him a little nervous when facing this aspect.
Jiaojiao, who was held in his father's arms, was pointing at Wu and muttering something. Judging from his angry look and tone, it was probably not something nice.
Wu glared at him, "Who are you pointing at, you little bastard?!"
Jiaojiao was not frightened by her. She stared at her and shouted back, but her childish voice had no intimidation at all.
Seeing this, Mrs. Wu became even more angry. She rolled up her sleeves and rushed out of the kitchen to deal with the brat.
"That little bastard is rebelling..." Before she could finish her words, Wu tripped over the threshold of the kitchen and fell forward.
"Grandma!" Little Wang, who was standing by, couldn't help but scream. She rushed forward to help the fallen grandma up. As she did so, she gasped, "Blood! There's blood!"
Wu, who was helped up, had blood all over her mouth and face, looking very scary.
Yin Youbai and Yin Youzhi in the yard were so frightened that they screamed at the top of their lungs.
Yin Zheng’s first reaction was to cover Jiaojiao’s eyes with his backhand.
Jiaojiao, whose eyes were covered by her father, was still very angry. She pursed her lips and clenched her fists tightly.
Humph, this person bullied her dad. Jiaojiao will not like her from now on!
Yin Dazhu, who was standing by, couldn't stand any longer and hurried over to help the old woman up. He turned and shouted at Yin Zheng, "Go and carry your uncle over here."
Amidst the noisy shouts and smell of blood, Yin Zheng walked out holding Jiaojiao.
The so-called third uncle actually has no blood relationship with Yin Zheng. If you insist, you can find some indirect relationship between them.
After all, Yin Zheng's grandmother, Yin Dazhu's mother Li Cuifen, is from Lijia Village, so they are definitely related.
Uncle Li was an apprentice in a medical clinic in his early years. Although he could not continue as an apprentice due to some things later, he still learned some skills in treating bruises and injuries. Whenever there were any bumps and bruises in the village, they would go to him.
In fact, although Wu looked horrible, she only broke some skin and knocked out half a tooth.
By the time Yin Zheng carried the elderly Uncle Li San over, her bleeding had stopped.
The villagers who heard the news and came to watch the excitement laughed at Wu in their hearts for being tripped by the threshold at such an old age. They did not believe a single word she cried out that Yin Zheng was unfilial and that it was Yin Zheng who pushed her down.
Not to mention that in their eyes, Yin Zheng was such an honest person that he would never do such a thing. For example, when the incident happened, Li Erwa from next door was squatting on the wall of his house watching the fun.
The earthen walls of each household in the village were not very high. Neighbors who lived nearby would stack two stones together, and from where they stood they could roughly see what was happening in the opposite yard.
But generally no one does this, after all, this behavior is quite hateful.
Listening to Wu's complaints about Yin Zheng's unfilial behavior and his refusal to hand over all his money, Aunt Li rolled her eyes and couldn't help but say, "There's no son in this village who hands over all his earnings to his parents. Besides, everyone knows that you've used all the money Yin Zheng handed over to pay the tuition for your beloved Yin Youcai. With a biased mother like you around, if I don't make plans for myself and save some money, I'm afraid I'll starve to death!"
"That's right. Yin Zheng can't even afford two cents for an oxcart, so he walks every time he goes to town. Yin Youcai, on the other hand, rides an oxcart every time he goes to and from town, and no one knows where he gets the money from. The last time I heard him bragging, he was using an inkstone that cost one or two taels of silver." Someone nearby couldn't help but agree.
"If you ask me, Aunt Wu, don't be too partial. You still have to rely on your son for your retirement in the future!"
"Go away, my Yuanzhi and Youcai are here to take care of us in our old age." Mrs. Wu said as if it was a matter of course. "Besides, my old man and I don't need him to take care of us in our old age, so what's wrong with him giving a little more money now?"
Hearing this, everyone around felt sorry for Yin Zheng and secretly cast sympathetic glances at him.
Yin Zheng didn't care about their looks. He already knew what kind of people his parents were.
He lowered his head and stuffed a small piece of malt sugar into the mouth of Jiaojiao, who was still angry in his arms, and his heavy eyes fell on Wu and Yin Dazhu.
In the past, he was alone and it didn't matter whether his life was rough or not, but now that he has Jiaojiao, he naturally can't let Jiaojiao live the same life as he did.
Moreover, Doctor Zhou said that Jiaojiao was deficient in internal organs and had insufficient Qi and blood, so she needed to be taken good care of. Therefore, he must leave the family, otherwise he would have to hide and eat secretly any cakes and candies he bought for Jiaojiao.
However, with filial piety weighing heavily on his mind, he couldn't bring up the matter of dividing the family. It had to be proposed by the Wu family themselves.
At that time, it would be best to separate him and Jiaojiao without giving them a penny. The more ruthless you are when separating them, the more convenient it will be for him to do things in the future.
If possible, we should induce them to sign a document of severing ties.
Only in this way can he and Jiaojiao live a good life behind closed doors, and also prevent them from using their parents' identities to cause trouble in the future to the greatest extent.
After watching the excitement for a while, the villagers dispersed. Yin Zheng walked into the kitchen, picked up the porridge he had cooked, and turned to go back into the house. All the way, Jiaojiao clung to her father's arm, stuck her head out and glared at Wu angrily.
When Wu met Jiaojiao's gaze, she spat a mouthful of blood foam, stood up and walked into the kitchen. She found that Yin Zheng had not cooked for them, and she started scolding him again at the top of her voice. It was hard for her to curse because she had lost so much blood before and even had half of her front teeth knocked out.
Wu, who couldn't vent her anger by just cursing, turned around and walked out, ready to overturn Yin Zheng and the others' food, telling them not to eat it at all.
But as soon as he reached the door, he tripped over the threshold again.
Seeing this, Xiao Wang, who was rolling up her sleeves to prepare cooking in the kitchen, quickly put down the ladle in her hand, ran out and helped her mother-in-law up.
Yin Youzhi and Yin Youbai turned around and ran into the house, shouting as they ran: "Grandpa, grandma fell again, come and take a look."
Hearing the noise, Yin Zheng glanced out the window and learned from what little Wang shouted that half of Wu's other front tooth had also been knocked out.
Now that both front teeth have been knocked out in half, they are now put back together.
Logically speaking, Wu had been walking on this threshold for so many years, and it would be fine if he tripped once, but it was impossible for him to trip twice!
But the fact is that she tripped over the threshold she had walked on for decades twice, and both times she fell badly.
Yin Zheng glanced at the threshold of the kitchen and thought about leveling all the thresholds in the house tomorrow to prevent Jiaojiao from tripping over it one day by accident.
Although considering Jiaojiao's height, it would be difficult for her to be tripped by the threshold without paying attention.
Yin Zheng thought about it and reached out to poke Jiaojiao's bulging cheeks.
Jiaojiao, who was chewing a bun, looked up at her father and then continued chewing the bun. Her little appearance gave Yin Zheng the feeling that he was raising a little squirrel.
He had seen squirrels in the mountains with cheeks bulging like this because of their overeating.
But squirrels are not as popular as him!
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