Old Mrs. Xia suddenly burst into tears. "I have devoted all my heart and soul to this family. I have never asked for their kindness, but you cannot accuse me like this."
"No matter how unreasonable or vicious I am, I can't possibly chop people with a knife in broad daylight, right?"
"Why is my life so miserable? During the Chinese New Year last year, I cooked meat for them, but they insisted that I withheld the meat. Old Chen even threatened to kill me and told me to go buy meat on a snowy day to make up for it."
"Last year, they said the gifts I prepared were not enough, that I was heartless, that I looked down on them, and they insisted that I apologize to them."
"You all remember these things, right? Now you're saying I killed someone. How could I possibly kill someone? Wuwuwu."
Although the neighbors didn’t remember it, Old Mrs. Xia cried so pitifully, could it be fake?
It’s almost snowing in June, how can they not believe it?
"This is too much! Why do you always wrongly accuse people?"
"I remember this guy. He always came to Old Chen's house to ask for money. Every time he came, he would yell at them to come out to greet him before he even entered the door."
"Yes, yes, yes. Every time, he throws a bunch of rotten sweet potatoes that he got from nowhere to Sister Xia, as if they are something special."
"A pile of rotten sweet potatoes is considered New Year's goods. That's too stingy. Are they real relatives?"
"Stop talking. Old Chen's face is so dark. He probably knows that his brother is not good enough."
"That's really not good enough. If I had a relative who behaved like that, I would have stopped associating with him long ago."
"Who says it's not true? Old Chen's family is a working-class family after all. They don't need a few sweet potatoes. They are just nice people. They still keep in touch with such relatives."
"Didn't you hear what they just said? They just sent some sweet potatoes and asked Aunt Xia and the others to give them a big gift in return. They even rejected it if it wasn't a good thing."
"This is really shameless. Now you are framing others."
"There was also a woman who came over to steal their things in the afternoon. She seemed to be this man's wife."
"Oh my God, what sin did I commit in my previous life to have such relatives in this life?"
"Fortunately, our relatives are not like this."
Everyone was talking, their voices getting louder and louder, and Chen Weijun's face turned red.
He could act arrogant in front of Old Lady Xia, but he still had to save face in front of outsiders. Just now, he felt his life was threatened, so he shouted without caring about his image.
As for Widow Huang, he never expected that such a pitiful-looking woman would be so powerful and dare to fight with men.
If he had known this would happen, he would never have stepped forward unless the old bachelor was willing to pay a ten-dollar introduction fee.
Seeing that everyone's contempt for him was becoming more and more unscrupulous, Chen Weijun finally stood up and cursed: "I was almost chopped by her just now. Why don't you blame her but blame me instead?"
"She pretends to be nice on the surface, but behind the scenes she beats and scolds us, and even kills people if she's not happy. What are you talking about if you don't know?"
"You're a bunch of big mouths. Just do what you need to do and stop interfering in other people's affairs. Get lost."
He was too embarrassed to bear it, so he scolded them, drove them away, and locked the door.
Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he turned around and suddenly found that Old Lady Xia was looking at him grimly, as well as his second nephew. In short, the expressions of his eldest brother's family were very scary.
Chen Weijun's heart tightened. Oh my God, he forgot that when the neighbors were around, they didn't dare to do anything because of their reputation, but he just drove them all away. Who can help him now?
"Xiangnan, I'm your second uncle. Last year during the Spring Festival, I specially brought you a bag of fruit. Fruit is hard to buy in the winter and is very expensive."
"And Xiangbei, your second uncle was really good to you, wasn't he? We are all men of the Chen family, we are a family. You loved your second uncle the most when you were a child."
"Brother, we are brothers. Besides, it was my sister-in-law who hit me first. I just fought back, but she picked up a knife and tried to kill me. No matter how you look at it, she is in the wrong."
"I...I'd better leave first. My wife and children are waiting for me at home."
At the end of the conversation, Chen Weijun wanted to leave. He took the opportunity to see the meat his elder brother had placed on the cabinet by the door. This was the meat from his family.
So he picked up the meat and prepared to run.
Then, he was pulled back by his eldest brother by the collar.
"Are you in such a hurry to leave? No, we two brothers haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's talk a few more." Old Chen smiled with a forced smile. With his other hand, he picked up the meat wrapped in oil paper and handed it to Chen Xianghong, asking her to put it in the kitchen cabinet.
"Brother..."
Old Lady Xia slammed the table and said, "Sit down."
Chen Weijun was startled, and when he came to his senses, he was already sitting upright at the table with the posture of an elementary school student.
"And you, sit down too."
Old Chen also sat down with his head lowered.
Seeing that his elder brother listened to his wife, Chen Weijun was about to scold Old Mrs. Xia but he held back his words. It seemed that without his knowledge, his elder brother's family had undergone earth-shaking changes.
After all, Xia Yue'e can even chop people to pieces, so who dares not listen to her?
Thinking about it this way, Chen Weijun understood why his elder brother didn't help him just now. It seemed that he had suffered for a long time. For a moment, the look in his eyes when he looked at Old Chen became sympathetic and a little disappointed.
How can a grown man be controlled by a woman?
Just like their father, if they don’t listen, they will be beaten. Wouldn’t that make them obedient?
If Fang Rong treated him like this, he would have beaten her to death. How could a wife like that cry out for war every day? If she had the ability, she should suffer.
Chen Weijun was pleased with the scene he imagined of beating Old Lady Xia to the ground and making her beg for mercy. The corners of his mouth suddenly turned up. This is what being a man does.
Suddenly, he felt a burning pain on his face. When he came to his senses, he found that his damn sister-in-law had slapped him again.
"What are you doing?" Chen Weijun stood up, kicked the stool, and wanted to rush over and hit back.
"Chen Weiguo, are you dead? Do you have to see me being beaten before you take action?" Old Mrs. Xia turned around and angrily scolded Old Chen.
Old Chen reacted and immediately restrained Chen Weijun, "Are you looking for death?"
Chen Weijun cursed, "Brother, you're a coward, letting a woman ride on your head. I'm not like that. There's no knife here, and I don't believe I can't kill her!"
Old Lady Xia glanced at her two sons, and Chen Xiangnan immediately stood up. "Second Uncle, you don't think that the third son and I are dead, do you? Let you bully my mother?"
Old Mrs. Xia nodded at him. Although the second child was not a good person, he was very useful sometimes. He was smart and could read people's expressions, just like her!
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