On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Xiangnan accompanied Tang Jiao back to her parents' home with a normal expression. He still turned a blind eye to everything in the house.
When I went out, I happened to meet Chen Xiangbei who was discharged from the hospital, and the few of them met in the compound.
Chen Xiangbei still looked ignorant and had no idea what was happening at home. Seeing that his second brother still wanted to accompany his second sister-in-law back to her parents' home, he immediately started yelling, saying that he didn't care about his life or death at all.
Chen Xiangnan ignored him. Seeing that Chen Xianghong looked tired, he still said a few words of concern and asked her to go home and get some sleep.
Chen Xianghong nodded. "Second brother, go with sister-in-law without worry. I'll take care of the family. By the way, is Mom still angry?"
Chen Xiangnan raised his chin as he walked towards Old Lady Yin's room. "Mom has gone to live with Aunt Yin and refused to come back."
Chen Xianghong looked over there, feeling very sad. "What happened to Mom? Although Xiangbei said a few unpleasant things, they were said to me. I wasn't angry at all. Why is she so angry? Is Dad okay?"
Yu Qingqing widened her eyes: ...Is her sister-in-law some kind of god?
Thinking that she had just spoken up for her, but she stood up to stop her, Yu Qingqing scratched her head. She felt that compared to herself, her future sister-in-law Chen Xianghong was more like the sick one.
Chen Xiangbei didn't care about anything else. He just wanted to ask his mother for an explanation. Regardless of his condition after being discharged from the hospital, he ran to Old Lady Yin's house and knocked on the door frantically.
Yin Sheng was still sleeping and got up immediately when he heard the noise. At the same time, Hu Yingying was frightened and started crying. Even Chen Lingling, who slept with her last night, cried.
Yin Sheng was upset. Who would disturb others' sleep so early in the morning?
He opened the door in a bad mood, only to find that it was Chen Xiangbei, the source of yesterday's incident.
He actually dared to come over here directly?
Sometimes Yin Sheng really doesn't know whether their child is stupid or bad. He knows that he almost drove his own mother crazy, but he is still so righteous and has no trace of reflection or regret.
He mourned for Aunt Xia in his heart. What he said yesterday was indeed true. Aunt Xia had lived half her life in vain, and she had ended up in this state just for a few people.
"Xiangbei, what do you want to do so early in the morning?" Yin Sheng yawned.
Chen Xiangbei didn't care about face. He squatted down and slipped under Yin Sheng's raised arm, shouting, "Mom!"
Old Lady Xia was coaxing Chen Lingling. When she heard Chen Xiangbei's voice getting closer, she handed the child to Old Lady Yin and said, "I'll go out for a while. Things have to be resolved."
Old Lady Yin was a little worried. "How do you want to solve this? Do you want to just go back and ask for a divorce from Xiangbei?"
Old Mrs. Xia didn't answer and just walked out of the room.
When Chen Xiangbei saw his mother coming out, he felt very dissatisfied. She looked much better than him as he was injured, and she didn't seem to be worried about him at all.
"Mom, you beat me up so badly that I had to be hospitalized, and you were still able to sleep?"
"You don't even go to the hospital or come to see me. Do you still treat me as your son?"
"You hit Dad's head until it bled. How could you be so cruel? How could I have a mother like you?"
"I just said a few words. I wasn't talking about you. My sister doesn't have any objections. Why are you the only one who's going crazy?"
"Do you really have to wait for someone in our family to die so that you can feel comfortable?"
He spoke angrily, and then found that his mother didn't react at all.
He stepped forward and grabbed Old Lady Xia, "Mom, come home with me. You have to apologize to me and Dad!"
Old Lady Xia shook him off and touched his forehead. "You don't have a fever, so why are you talking nonsense to me every day? Were you a fool when I gave birth to you?"
Chen Xiangbei blinked, "What?"
Old Lady Xia raised her hand and gave him one of his favorite slaps. "What? If you still can't hear clearly, I can give you another one."
Chen Xiangbei covered his face, unable to believe that even after he was in this state, his mother still wanted to beat him. She was simply unrepentant. "Mom, are you crazy?"
Chen Xianghong also rushed in, "Mom, Xiangbei just got out of the hospital, why are you still hitting him?"
Old Lady Xia hooked her finger and said, "Xiang Hong, come here, come to Mom."
Chen Xianghong walked over suspiciously and stood in front of Old Lady Xia. "Mom?"
Old Lady Xia raised her hand and slapped her in the face as well. "Are you teaching me how to do things?"
She didn't want to explain anymore. It was useless. No one would listen anyway. She figured it out last night. She didn't want any of these children anymore. If anyone blamed her, she would just beat them up. She would satisfy herself first and then talk about it.
She no longer cared what they thought. She no longer cared whether they would support her in the future. She didn't care whether they recognized her as their mother or not.
She is Xia Yue'e, the only girl in their village who graduated from high school and escaped from that environment. She was able to break away from her rural home and leave safely from her parents and brothers who wanted to suck her blood. Now, she can also break away from her current home and leave these children whom she has worried about for half her life.
She will definitely not live a worse life than she does now if she is alone. She doesn't need anyone to teach her how to be a good wife or a good mother.
From now on, she can live the way she wants, and no one can restrain her anymore.
Chen Xianghong covered her face, wondering if she had a nightmare in which her beloved mother slapped her hard.
"mom?"
Old Mrs. Xia didn't respond to her. She walked out slowly and came to the door of her house. Looking in from the outside, the inside was still in the same condition as last night. The mess she left behind was still there.
Old Chen used his feet to push away the things on the ground, then sat down by the window and looked at her from inside the house.
Neither of them moved, as if they were competing with each other.
Old Chen didn't sleep well last night and woke up in the early morning. He only slept for three hours in total. He felt very tired and dizzy.
Lying on the bed, he felt uncomfortable because of Old Lady Xia's crying, and then he felt that Old Lady Xia was impulsive. Even if she was angry, she couldn't smash the house during the New Year. Thinking of the mess on the floor, he began to get angry with her.
The two emotions went back and forth, making him toss and turn. Later, he simply gave up sleeping and sat up, smoking and waiting for dawn.
After the second son and his wife left, he came out of the room and walked around the house a few times. He had no appetite for breakfast. When he heard the footsteps of Old Lady Xia, he sat down by the window.
He thought to himself, as long as Old Lady Xia admitted her mistake... no... even if she didn't admit her mistake, it didn't matter. As long as she put yesterday's incident behind her and acted as if nothing had happened after entering the house, he would definitely forgive her.
As long as...as long as she does this.
Old Chen looked at her in the room and took another puff of his cigarette.
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