Hearing the commotion, Su's father came out of the room and saw Su's mother fall backward. He quickly ran over and caught her.
Still shaken, Su's mother asked anxiously, "Huilan, are you alright?" Su's father looked at Su's mother's face with some concern. From his perspective, he saw his mother raise her hand to slap Huilan, causing her to stumble and fall backward. He didn't see Su's mother dodge backward, and the slap didn't hit her face.
Mr. Su was very worried because he thought Mrs. Su had been slapped. "I'm fine," Mrs. Su patted her hand to reassure him.
Seeing this, Old Mrs. Su widened her eyes, ready to speak. But Father Su spoke first, "Mother, why are you hitting Huilan for no reason? What did she do wrong? Even if she did something wrong, you shouldn't hit her. Besides, Huilan is kind and gentle and never argues with anyone."
Second son, you unfilial son, how dare you talk to me like that? She's my daughter-in-law, so what if I hit her? It's only natural for a mother-in-law to hit her daughter-in-law. Besides, I didn't even hit her, she just dodged.
She doesn't respect me, her mother-in-law, at all now. She's so sarcastic and even dares to dodge when I hit her. In the old society, a daughter-in-law like her would have been drowned in a pig cage in the river. "Second son, you should divorce her right now. This barren hen, kick her out!" Old Mrs. Su said angrily, hands on her hips, glaring at her triangular eyes.
Father Su couldn't bear to hear his own mother speak to Mother Su like that. He was about to retort when Su Xingran's voice came from behind him.
Grandma, you keep saying you want my father to divorce my mother, and you even said you want to drown my mother in the river in a pig cage. Are you a landlord's wife? This is the new socialism. Landlords are bad elements who exploit peasants. Do you want the militia in red armbands to arrest you and make you suffer criticism and struggle sessions?
The people in the old house and Old Lady Su turned pale upon hearing Su Xingran's words. In those days, being labeled a "bad element" meant anything from being criticized and denounced in the village to being paraded through the town and sent to a farm. The thought of the fates of those "bad elements," no matter the outcome, was chilling.
Old Mrs. Su trembled, raising her trembling finger to point at Su Xingran, "You worthless wretch, are you trying to kill me? Are you trying to kill my whole family? How cruel you are, you ungrateful bastard, I'll beat you to death!"
Su Xingran slightly turned her body to the side, dodging the old woman Su who was lunging at her with her claws outstretched. With a thud, the old woman Su, who had used too much force and couldn't stop in time, fell face down on the ground. Her mouth hit the ground, and her lips split open instantly, with blood gushing out.
The eldest son and his wife quickly went over and pulled the old woman up from the ground. They touched her mouth with their hands, and the old woman's eyes were black with blood. If the eldest son and his wife hadn't been supporting her, she probably would have fallen to the ground again.
Second brother, is this how you watch your rebellious and abusive daughter? Disrespecting her elders and even causing them harm, such an unfilial daughter doesn't deserve to be a descendant of the Su family. Old Man Su rebuked her with a dark face.
Father, how can you blame Ranran? It was clearly Mother who was about to hit her. She was so scared that she turned to the side, and Mother couldn't stop herself and fell. Why does Mother always like to hit people?
You're a rebellious son. Your mother and I have raised you for nothing. Look at what this scoundrel of yours is saying. He calls your mother a landlord's wife. Doesn't he want to ruin our whole family? Don't you know what happens to landlords?
Grandpa, I don't agree with what you said. It was Grandma who said, "She wanted to beat my mother to death and make my father divorce her. She even said that in the old society, my mother would be drowned in a pig cage." Grandma herself dared to say such things. What's wrong with me just reminding her?
Besides, Grandma lunged at me so forcefully that I was startled and my body involuntarily moved to the side, which is perfectly normal. How did it become that I hurt my elder?
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