Overwhelmed with grief, Xie Jiangshi, after marrying into the Xie family, respected her mother-in-law as the eldest sister-in-law and worked diligently without shirking her duties.
Having failed to give birth to a son in her early years, she gave birth to daughters year after year without being able to rest for even a day or half a day. It wasn't until she was too weak after giving birth to Xie Ming that she was able to rest for just 3 days.
Her sister-in-law! She had to go through postpartum confinement with all eight of her children, and it was all done by her mother-in-law, who pressured her and the girls to do it.
"Enough! Do you want me to divorce you?!"
At this moment, Xie Laoda noticed the pairs of eyes on the wall, gripped the hoe standing beside him tightly, and showed signs of wanting to take action.
"Father, you can't hit Mother!"
As soon as Xie Yun and Xie Dongniang entered the courtyard, they saw Xie Laoda holding a hoe and knew that their father was about to take action. Not knowing why, the two could only kneel down in front of Xie Laoda and beg.
"Go and kowtow to your mother, and we'll consider today's matter over!"
The eldest son of the Xie family still wouldn't let go of the matter and insisted that Xie Jiang apologize to his mother.
After enduring so much humiliation for so many years, Xie Jiangshi thought that as long as the children grew up and the elderly were sent to the mountains, life would finally get better.
But now she thought differently; she didn't want to bow down to that wicked old hag.
Feeling humiliated in front of everyone, Xie Laoda raised his hoe to strike Xie Jiangshi.
The two children, clinging to their mother's legs, cried out as the hoe was about to strike her.
The expected thing did not happen.
Xie Ming caught the hoe with one hand just before it hit the person, and with a casual tug, it was in his hand.
Boss Xie felt as if his hands had been violently flung away, and his entire arm was numb.
"Father, are you planning to send me to the execution ground with this hoe?"
After saying that, Xie Ming put the hoe aside and helped his sister and brother up.
"Brother Xie, look at your son, he's so disobedient to his elders."
Seeing Xie Ming come out, Old Lady Xie immediately perked up, relying on the number of people around her.
"You unfilial son! How dare you!"
“There are at least dozens of eyes here. Do you think everyone is blind, Father? If you don’t want Mother to live, or your sons to live, just say the word, and I’ll burn this whole house down tonight. The whole family can go on their way together, which will please you.”
His words caused those around him to gasp in shock.
However, the person eavesdropping understood that this honest man must have been pushed to the limit to say those angry words.
Everyone outside the Xie family says that the eldest son is being supported by the second son, but in reality, everyone can see that each member of the eldest son's family is capable.
Even the girls are all very capable, both at home and outside. It's just that the second wife has many sons, so when they go out, they look quite respectable.
"You, you, you..."
Xie Laoda's voice was stuttering; he had previously thought his mother was exaggerating. But now, facing his son, he realized that his eldest son was just as quick-witted.
He looked around, still wanting to grab a weapon and beat someone up, but when he met Xie Ming's cold eyes, Boss Xie backed down.
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