When Old Lady Xia and Chen Xianghong returned, there was no movement in the house.
She exchanged a glance with Chen Xianghong, then took a shower and went to bed.
"Huh? Why can't it be opened?" Old Mrs. Xia pushed the door hard. The door trembled but did not open.
"You old fool, you're already an adult, and you still lock the door? Open it for me right now?" Old Lady Xia was furious. That's not how you do things. It wasn't her who wanted a divorce, it was the second son.
The second son wants a divorce, so you get angry at him. Why take it out on an old lady like her?
Old Mrs. Xia was very angry.
"I'll give you one more chance, open the door quickly!"
"Damn old man, did you hear that?"
There was no sound in the room, and the old man thought her words were just bullshit.
Old Mrs. Xia turned left and right, and finally found an axe that had not been used for a long time in the corner of the wall. Damn it, I won’t chop down this door.
Chen Xianghong saw that her mother seemed to be furious, even holding a knife in her hand, and hurried over to stop her, "Mom, let Dad lock the door, then let him. You sleep with me. It just so happens that we haven't seen each other for so many years. Let's chat and don't get yourself angry."
Old Lady Xia pushed Chen Xianghong back and said, "Go back to sleep. Your dad is giving me that idiot look. Do you really think I'm afraid of him?"
She raised the hatchet and chopped at the bedroom door without hesitation.
The old wooden door cracked a little in the middle with this chop.
Old Chen in the house didn't expect that the old woman was so fierce that she would chop him directly. If he had stuck to the door, would he have died?
Old Chen's heart was pounding. Did the old woman really not want to live with him anymore? Repairing the door didn't cost money? She didn't even care about the money now?
"Xia Yue'e, are you crazy?" Old Chen shouted in the house.
Through the crack in the split door, Old Lady Xia stared at Old Chen and yelled, "Come on, try to lock the door for me again, what are you going to do?"
Old Chen was so angry that his heart ached. Afraid that the old woman would hit the door again, he had to unlock it.
Chen Xiangdong and his wife were also awakened by the loud noise, and their two children, Chen Baoyuan and Chen Lingling, were frightened and started crying.
"What happened? What's going on?" Chen Xiangdong came out shirtless. Seeing her mother holding a knife at night, she really looked like a ferocious female demon.
"Mom, let's talk it over nicely. Killing is against the law." Chen Xiangdong walked around behind her and tried to take the knife from her hand. "Mom, you are an educated and advanced old lady. You can't kill my dad just because you were impulsive."
Old Chen felt miserable. He was just a little bit angry. It was just a matter of locking the door. Didn't Old Lady Xia often lose her temper like this before? Why was it that the officials were allowed to set fires but the people were not allowed to light lamps?
Old Lady Xia kicked the boss who came to mediate away and then kicked the door open. The already precarious wooden door was split open even wider with this kick.
She held the hatchet and walked into the house.
Old Chen was also panicking. He was very scared of her behavior.
As the old saying goes, he who knows the times is a hero. Old Chen swallowed his saliva. Although it was very embarrassing, in this situation, his wife was obviously very angry. If he continued to argue with her with his neck stiff, her hatchet might hit his neck.
Intellectually, he knew that Old Lady Xia couldn't possibly kill anyone. After all, she had been very gentle to him since they were young. Perhaps it was because she had recently entered menopause that she had become a little more aggressive.
But he was still afraid.
Unable to help but think of his own bloody appearance, Old Chen loudly admitted his mistake: "I was wrong. I shouldn't have locked the door. It's my fault. I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you. I should have taken it out on the second brother. I'm going to beat him to death right now."
Old Chen turned around and walked around Old Lady Xia. He soon stood in front of the second brother, who had just opened the door to see what was going on. He raised his hand and slapped him in the face.
The second child covered his face with his hands. His sleepy head hadn't figured out what was going on yet, and even the pain had slowed down.
After a while, he asked in confusion, "Dad, what are you doing?"
Old Lady Xia's fierce gaze was still fixed on him, and Old Chen felt as if thorns were thorns on his back. "You... you little ungrateful wolf, your mother and I had a quarrel just because of you, and you can still sleep?"
Chen Xiangnan was confused. "I'm getting a divorce, what are you guys arguing about?"
Old Mrs. Xia complained in her heart: There was no quarrel, it was just that she almost killed that damn old man.
"I'm worried about you, you heartless thing."
After being slapped again, Chen Xiangnan's stubborn temper came up, "Why worry about me? I have a wife like Dong Chunmiao, so I will die soon."
"If you get divorced, your mother and I won't be able to hold our heads up in front of others."
Old Lady Xia retorted, "I don't. I'm a decent person, so why should I be ashamed?"
Old Chen turned his head to look at her and made a "tsk" sound. Old Mrs. Xia immediately glared at him, and Old Chen was too timid to say anything.
"We can't get divorced anyway," said Old Chen.
"My mother has agreed, why don't you agree? Why are you more shy than my mother?" Chen Xiangnan was also annoyed. She slapped him twice in the middle of the night because of this matter, and now she wanted to quarrel with him. His mother took a knife for no reason. It was weird no matter how you looked at it, right?
Oh, and his older brother was sitting on the ground hugging his legs like a fool.
Old Lady Xia: "I neither agree nor disagree. You can make your own decisions about your own affairs. After all, you are my wife and you won't spend your whole life with me. I don't want to be that annoying old lady who controls you all the time."
Old Chen pointed at himself and said, "What do you mean? Are you saying that I'm the kind of old man that people hate?"
Old Lady Xia's eyes widened. "Who are you yelling at? Do I need to tell you whether you're disliked or not? Don't you know it yourself?"
She put the hatchet on the table and kicked Chen Xiangdong. "Boss, go back to bed. I can't really kill your father. And Xianghong, go back to bed too."
Chen Xiangdong was stunned. "Oh."
Chen Xianghong: "Okay."
She turned her neck, closed the broken door, fell on the bed, didn't care about anything, and fell asleep quickly.
Outside the house, Old Chen was very angry. His son took the blame for him, and his wife also argued with him.
He is the head of the family. How can a head of the family live such a miserable life?
Does this mean that from now on, he will have to listen to the old woman and he will no longer have the final say in this family?
Then what prestige would he have in front of the children, and who would care about him in the future?
Old Chen was furious and wanted to argue with Old Lady Xia, but then he found that the old woman had locked the door.
This time it was his turn to be locked out, and he was stunned.
He wanted to imitate Old Lady Xia and break the door, but he was an honest man after all and he was reluctant to spend money.
This door can still be used after some repairs, but if he hits it again, the whole door will have to be replaced.
Old Chen felt more bitter than if he had eaten Coptis chinensis.
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