Chapter 79 Did you hit your mom too?
"You're bullying me... You're trying to kill me, an old woman... I'm going to die... I've worked so hard to raise my son, is it easy?... Now that he has a wife, he doesn't want me anymore... My daughter-in-law is trying to force me to death..."
"Look... look... such a thick rope... In other families, it's the mother-in-law bullying the daughter-in-law, but in our family, it's all over the place... The daughter-in-law is forcing the mother-in-law to death... Come and see..."
"Weiguo... Weiguo... open your eyes and look... your wife is tying me up with a rope this thick. Isn't this forcing me to hang myself? I can't live anymore. Rather than letting you force me to death, I might as well hit my head against the wall and die. At least my body will be intact."
Mrs. Li cried and shouted at the door of their house, wishing she could call everyone in the compound to come and see how lively their family was.
She also asked someone to pass the message to the army, saying "Your mother is in trouble and is going to die", so her son Li Weiguo, who is also Huang Yiyi's husband, hurriedly asked for leave from the army and came back.
Li Weiguo was surrounded by so many people and looked embarrassed.
He was Li Pozi's only son. Only children were very rare in those days. Li Pozi gave birth to him when she was in her thirties, so she doted on her only son very much. During the natural disasters in the 1960s, all the food in the family was given to Li Weiguo, and Li Pozi could go hungry for three days.
Li Pozi's love for her son is self-evident. Li Weiguo is grateful for his mother's kindness, so much so that in many things at home, even though he knows that Huang Yiyi has been wronged, he dare not disobey Li Pozi and can only let Huang Yiyi suffer.
Li Weiguo's classic quotes include, "My mother is old now, and she still has a few years to live. What's wrong with you giving in to her and being a little accommodating to her?"
Huang Yiyi was an honest scholar, but she was deceived by the principle that "filial piety is the first of all virtues".
Mrs. Li was old and didn't have many days left, but she caused Huang Yiyi to die even shorter.
Although Li Weiguo was foolishly filial, he was still clear-headed. Seeing that Mrs. Li could cry, talk, and pull his arm hard, he absolutely did not believe that Huang Yiyi wanted to force Mrs. Li to death.
Even if someone really wanted to be forced to death, it was more likely that Mrs. Li would force Huang Yiyi to death.
"Mom, you must have misunderstood. Yiyi would never do such a thing. She has always been the most filial to you."
"What's impossible? Huang Yiyi is so brave now, what can't she do? Look at this rope, it's so thick, it was tied to me just now, isn't it trying to kill me?" Mrs. Li screamed frantically, pointing at the other sisters-in-law nearby and said, "Weiguo, if you don't believe me, ask them. They...she...and she...they all saw it. It was Huang Yiyi who was trying to kill me! Weiguo, if you had come a step later, your mother would have been dead long ago."
"Mrs. Li, do you think we are as easy to coax as your son? Just because you say a few words and shed a few tears, you will believe what you say?"
"We live in the same compound, so we're all so close to each other. Don't we know what kind of personality you have, and what kind of personality Huang Yiyi has? It's good enough that you don't bully Huang Yiyi. How could Huang Yiyi force you to death? Why don't I believe it?"
The sisters-in-law in the compound watched the show while speaking up for Huang Yiyi, their minds as clear as a mirror.
"You...you..." Mrs. Li was so angry that her eyes were full of fire. If the person in front of her was Huang Yiyi, she would have rushed over and slapped them twice.
Just at this moment, Huang Yiyi and Jiang Tang came back.
Mrs. Li immediately became even more agitated, quickly pulling Li Weiguo aside and saying, "Weiguo! It's her! It's them! This vixen surnamed Jiang is so restless, she pushed your wife to take the exam. A woman who isn't at home giving birth is actually thinking about going out all day! It was she and Huang Yiyi who deliberately locked me up at home today! They're trying to force me to death!"
Li Weiguo turned around and saw Huang Yiyi and Jiang Tang.
Although he had never seen Jiang Tang before, Fu Sinian was a big shot in the army, and everything that happened to him would become the focus of gossip. So when he saw Jiang Tang's unique temperament, he immediately recognized that she must be Captain Fu's new wife.
When Li Weiguo heard Mrs. Li calling Jiang Tang a "fox spirit", his face changed and he quickly reminded her.
"Mom, don't talk nonsense, that's Captain Fu's wife."
"She's Captain Fu's wife, so what? Does she have a high status and can bully others? In terms of class background, she's the daughter of a capitalist, and I'm a poor and lower-middle peasant. My status is much higher than hers. Son! Ask her if she and Huang Yiyi kidnapped me together! Why don't you ask her! She kidnapped me and locked me up at home. Isn't this just trying to kill me?"
Mrs. Li spoke confidently, urging Li Weiguo.
But Li Weiguo didn't dare to say this to Jiang Tang.
Jiang Tang could tell at a glance that Li Weiguo still had some brains and was a person who cared about his reputation, so he could still be saved.
Without waiting for Li Weiguo to ask a question, Jiang Tang answered first.
"Captain Li, your mother was right. I was the one who tied her up with hemp rope today."
When Mrs. Li heard this, she became even more arrogant. "Everyone heard it, right? She admitted it, she admitted it herself! She's the one who wants to kill me! This is murder! Murder!"
Li Weiguo looked at Jiang Tang in shock. He never expected that Jiang Tang would actually do such a thing.
Huang Yiyi was equally nervous and immediately stood in front of Jiang Tang, trying to stop him and explain, "It's not Comrade Jiang, it's me—"
"I will admit what I have done, and don't try to blame me for what I haven't done." Jiang Tang shook her head at Huang Yiyi, indicating that it was all right. She walked towards Li Weiguo and explained every word to Li Pozi, "I only tied you up with hemp rope. I didn't do anything else. If tying you up with hemp rope is considered forcing you to death, then by tying Huang Yiyi up, aren't you forcing Huang Yiyi to death?"
"Mom, why did you tie up Yiyi?" Li Weiguo exclaimed in shock.
When Jiang Tang exposed the good things that Mrs. Li had done, she did not feel guilty at all, and still said in an arrogant tone, "What I did is right."
"Son! Isn't it all for you that Mom does this? Look, you've been married for several years, and she's still pregnant. If she goes out and shows off again, and isn't at home all day, and you're busy in the army, are you still a couple? Can you still have children? I'm not stopping her from taking the exam. She can go if she wants, otherwise she'll be congratulating the commander before and after him. Son, don't worry, Mom won't let you make a mistake. I just asked her to go out a little later. I really do this all for you—but she!"
Mrs. Li pointed her sharp fingernails at Jiang Tang and Huang Yiyi and started yelling.
"Your good wife Huang Yiyi and this guy surnamed Jiang actually kicked down my door and ganged up on me, an old woman..."
As Mrs. Li kept shouting and yelling, Li Weiguo was actually shaken.
He looked at Huang Yiyi and asked, "Yiyi, is everything Mom said true? Did you hit Mom too?"
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