"Why are you so late?" When Tie Niu returned home, Chen Xiufang was carrying dishes out of the kitchen. Seeing Tie Niu come back, she said in a low voice, "Hurry up, your dad and uncles are all back and waiting for you to eat."
"Sister-in-law, I understand..." Tie Niu grinned sheepishly. "Do you need any help?"
He is the youngest of three brothers and is not yet married or had children, while his two older brothers are already married.
"No need!" Chen Qiufang was a diligent person and, being the eldest sister-in-law, naturally showed more motherly tolerance towards her younger brother-in-law. Seeing Tie Niu's hand reach out, she dodged it and said irritably, "Hurry up and go inside. You've been out all day and haven't helped with any work. Grandpa and your father are angry and say they're going to punish you."
Just then, Tie Niu's father, Bai Laosan, noticed and saw his rascal returning. He immediately roared, "Bai Tie Niu!"
Chen Xiufang gave him a look that said, "I can't help you anymore."
Tie Niu scratched his head, smiled sheepishly, took the dishes from Chen Xiufang's hand, and turned to go into the main room.
The village chief's family not only had many men, but also many women: three daughters-in-law, two granddaughters-in-law, two little girls, and the village chief's wife. The whole family couldn't fit at one table, so they simply used two tables, one for the men and one for the women.
The food on the table was extremely plentiful. There were several portions of meat that ordinary people only eat once every few days, as well as scrambled eggs and chicken legs. The table was full of food. Several men were drinking when they saw Tie Niu return and paused for a moment.
"Where have you been?" The village chief put down his chopsticks. "Didn't I tell you to take the things to Bai Nuo? Why did you take so long?"
"You little brat, you're not trying to slack off, are you?" Bai Laosan glared at him, annoyed. It was because this kid suddenly dropped out that he was exhausted today.
"Grandpa!" Tie Niu ran out with the silver tael. "I'm not saying this, but Bai Nuo is so pitiful. Do you know that Bai Dalin kicked the three of them out? They said they were going to work in the kitchen today, so I saw that she was a girl and decided to help her out."
"You little rascal, you don't happen to have a crush on her, do you?" Bai's second brother, Tiezhu, chuckled lewdly. "To be honest, Bai Nuo is really pretty, fair-skinned and delicate, not like someone from the countryside. But her family isn't exactly good either. If she likes someone like that, our family won't accept her."
Seeing how chaotic Bai Dalin's family was, Tiezhu didn't even want to be related to them.
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Bai Lao Er glared at his son, annoyed. "Tie Niu is engaged."
The Bai family immediately became the talk of the village chief's dinner table. "Wait, Dad, why did Bai Dalin call you over so early this morning? Is it just to divide the family property?" Bai's eldest son asked curiously. They had all gotten up when Bai Dalin came to find his father and had watched him go. They were too embarrassed to follow and watch the excitement, so they didn't go with him.
"That girl, Bai Nuo, tied up her stepmother and demanded a separation from the family," the village chief said.
"No way?" Tiesheng was very excited. "This idiot is too fierce!" Tiesheng used to like Bai Nuo quite a bit. If he hadn't gotten engaged early, he might have married Bai Nuo. Although Bai Nuo wasn't very bright and didn't seem to be able to do any work, in their family, a wife wouldn't need to do any work. Now that he thought about it, it was a good thing they got engaged early. Otherwise, if they ever argued, wouldn't Bai Nuo beat him to death?
Tiesheng felt waves of relief.
"Tsk tsk tsk..." The man always spoke with a hint of crudeness. When talking about Bai Dalin, he mentioned his beautiful wife with a waist thinner than a wasp. "That Chen Qiuling is really something. She actually managed to sway Bai Dalin like this. Bai Dalin is such a fool. He's so infatuated with a woman that he doesn't even want me anymore, not even his child."
"Who knows, Chen Qiuling might be pregnant. I've been seeing doctors running in and out a lot lately. If I had a wife like that, I'd rather die," Bai Laosan said lewdly. Chen Qiuling's figure was something any man would want!
"Bai Laosan!" Suddenly, a chopstick flew from the next table and hit Bai Laosan right on the forehead. Bai Laosan shut his mouth in annoyance after being hit by the chopstick.
The other men didn't dare to make a sound either, only giving Bai Laosan a gloating look.
"It's not that I'm saying anything..." Tie Niu listened to his father, uncles, and brothers talking until they finished, then he said, "Grandpa, you're the village chief, you clearly know that Bai Dalin is like this, why don't you help Bai Nuo?"
"Young man, you're too naive..." The village chief didn't speak, but the old woman came over instead.
"How can we manage this?" In the end, they are just village chiefs, and the things they can manage are only those related to the interests of the village. How can they manage other people's homes?
"Qiu Ling is always well-behaved outside, but Old Lady Bai is always causing trouble with those two kids. Even if we know Old Lady Bai is wronged, so what? Do we have any evidence? We don't. Old Lady Bai is wronged, but Chen Qiu Ling is wronged too."
Ultimately, it's not that they don't care, it's that they simply have no way to manage it.
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