(Originally, I wanted to focus on infrastructure development in this story, but I realized it was incredibly word-intensive. Building a house took 1000 words, a toilet and water pipes took 1000 words, and a shower facility took 1000 words. I really didn't want to lose any more data, so I quickly stopped at that dangerously high word count.)
Whether it was a step or not, Grandma Xie's granddaughters-in-law didn't know; all they saw was that her brother-in-law from the next room was no pushover.
Xie Lei's heavily pregnant wife, Li Xiaomei, finally couldn't stand the atmosphere in the hospital any longer. Her lips were white as she stared in horror at the bamboo strips on the ground, and she blurted out without thinking, "Grandma, the baby is hungry. I'm going back to the room!"
"Yes, my husband's pants are torn and haven't been mended yet. I'll go inside and check!"
...
Several of the granddaughters-in-law made up excuses and ran away, leaving the old lady standing alone in the courtyard facing Xie Ming.
"Grandma, you're so lucky!"
Xie Ming put down what he was holding and gave Grandma Xie a thumbs up.
"You just wait!"
At this point, all the men in the house had gone out, so Old Mrs. Xie could only grit her teeth and threaten them before hurriedly returning to her room.
Xie Ming couldn't help but fall into deep thought as he watched her flustered yet feigned composure from behind.
Xie Lei did a lot of despicable things in his past life and has many enemies, plus two little beasts who haven't been born yet.
So, could he first be a quiet, beautiful, gentle, and virtuous prince who thrives in domestic strife?
After daydreaming for a while, Xie Ming finally remembered his business and started building a bamboo house in his yard.
When he brought the bamboo back earlier, he had already kept track of its length and dimensions.
He first used hemp rope to tie bamboo rafts of roughly the same thickness at both ends together, and he made seven rafts in this way.
Xie Ming forcefully inserted the secured bamboo rafts into the mud. Except for one row on the south side, two rows were neatly inserted in the other directions.
Judging by appearance, it was only a little over 1 meter tall, still a bit short of the required height. He then copied the method and made 7 or 8 more bamboo rafts.
He didn't use any fancy scaffolding at the joint. Instead, he took a thick bamboo pole and placed it horizontally above the bamboo raft stuck in the ground.
After calculating the location and size, carve out a groove in the bamboo that is about the same size as the top of the bamboo raft.
After making the same slots at the top, he inserted the other 7 bamboo rafts, and the bamboo house frame, which was more than two meters high, was completed. After reinforcing the upper bamboo rafts, he also made a bamboo door according to the height.
He carefully arranged the bamboo strips that he had torn apart earlier on the roof and tied them tightly with hemp rope to secure them to the roof.
After the simple shower room was finished, he didn't waste the other bamboo. Instead, he hollowed out the remaining bamboo to make the shower room's drain pipes.
He decided to make the shower facilities out of bamboo, but there wasn't enough time today; he would have to finish them tomorrow.
As darkness fell, smoke began to rise from the Xie family's kitchen.
The men in the fields also rushed home one after another. As soon as Xie Laoda stepped into the house, he was bumped into by his mother.
"Boss! Boss! I can't live like this anymore!"
Grandma Xie had been cooped up in the house all afternoon, and she couldn't hold back her frustration any longer. Now that she saw her son, she was bound to start crying and making a scene.
"Mom, what's up?"
Xie Laoda was a filial son. Even though his mother was crying and sniffling, he didn't feel disgusted at all and was heartbroken. He rolled up his sleeves and carefully wiped his mother's face clean.
"Your son, he talked back to me!"
When Old Lady Xie said this, her back teeth were clenched.
"What?"
The most honest person in the family spoke rudely, and Xie the eldest thought he had misheard.
"You little beast, he's unfilial!"
Grandma Xie was very satisfied with her eldest son's reaction, and her voice rose by a full eight octaves.
Their house wasn't surrounded by empty vegetable gardens; it was right next to their neighbor's house.
“Mother! You can’t just say things like that. My Mingzi is the most well-behaved person I’ve ever been. When has she ever done anything disobedient since she was born?”
Upon hearing the word "unfilial piety," Xie Jiangshi immediately stood up.
The Great Wei Dynasty placed great importance on filial piety. If a child were to be branded with this accusation, it could even lead to their death.
"You heartless, useless woman, you only gave birth to two sons for my son. One is a bastard with a wolf's heart, and the other is still unknown. When you get to the execution ground, let's see who will wear mourning clothes for you."
The daughter-in-law's rebuttal enraged Old Mrs. Xie, who jumped out from beside her eldest son with her hands on her hips and started cursing at her.
When Xie Jiangshi heard such vicious insults, her body trembled.
She stiffly turned her head to Xie Laoda and said, "Husband, your mother is cursing your son like this and you don't even say a word?"
"Jiang Shi, Mother is angry. Kneel down and kowtow to her!"
Old Master Xie was unsure who to side with, and frowned as he looked at his wife. Old Mrs. Xie, standing beside them, smiled smugly at the members of the second branch of the family.
Those who wanted to come over knew that Old Lady Xie was confident of victory, and those who originally wanted to mediate immediately retreated.
"You useless coward! Our two sons are no good, what kind of good life will you have? Relying on your nephews? Hahaha... Didn't you see Chunniang, Xianiang, and Qiuniang all went to exchange dowries? Look at the kind of family your daughter went to, and look at the kind of family your niece married into!"
Xie Jiangshi felt a pang of pain in her heart when she thought of her three daughters.
"Shut up!" Boss Xie roared, his eyes bloodshot.
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Xie immediately jumped up and down, pointing her finger at Xie Jiangshi and saying, "So it was you, you slut, who was sowing discord. No wonder your son said those things. Eldest son, you must teach her a lesson. If we don't give this troublemaker a good beating, our family will fall apart sooner or later."
"Did I say something wrong? Naruko is always honest and will be cursed to the execution ground by Mother, and Xiaoyun is obedient and sensible, so she's cursed along with her. Mother wishes all the children of our eldest son's family would die!"
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