Zhao Yunxiang was helpless. Wu Jinfeng's actions were clearly putting her, her daughter-in-law, on the fire.
As soon as Wu Jinfeng started crying, some people in the village who didn't know the reason would definitely say something bad about Zhao Yunxiang as a daughter-in-law, and make her mother-in-law cry in front of everyone.
In this day and age, what family doesn't resolve problems behind closed doors? Generally, matters that are brought to the public's attention are serious matters that cannot be resolved by family members alone.
"Grandma..." Zhou Yuanyuan's question made Zhao Yunxiang stuck.
Zhao Yunxiang didn't know how to explain it to her child. Was it because Wu Jinfeng was angry because she couldn't take advantage of their third wife? Or was it because Wu Jinfeng was throwing a tantrum in front of everyone to make her, Zhao Yunxiang, give in?
Give in? If they give in again, the three of them will starve for a year. Go back to her parents' house and take advantage of them? Zhao Yunxiang wouldn't have the nerve to do that even if she was beaten to death!
"I know, grandma is singing!" Zhou Jiasheng's clear voice rang out: "Sister, my uncle and I went to the town theater to see the county troupe perform a big opera. There was a grandmother who sang almost like our grandma."
Singing opera? Really! When everyone heard Zhou Jiasheng's bizarre answer, they compared Wu Jinfeng with the opera singers in their minds and immediately burst into laughter.
"Sister, next time the county troupe comes, I'll ask my uncle to take you along. It's so good, and the mother-in-law in the play has the same loud voice as grandma, and she sings even better than grandma." Zhou Jiasheng felt a little sorry for his little sister's ignorance, and planned to let his uncle take his sister to broaden their horizons.
"Ugh!" Wu Jinfeng was halfway through crying when she was choked by Zhou Jiasheng's words. Coupled with the laughter of the crowd in her ears, her breath was suddenly stuck in her throat, and she could neither swallow nor spit it out.
"Mom, mom, what's wrong with you?" Zhou Zhigang watched Wu Jinfeng's face turn from red to blue, and he couldn't help but get anxious. I haven't heard that his mother has heart disease or high blood pressure? Could she really have fainted from anger?
Zhou Zhigang looked around anxiously, but didn't see Li Chunjiao. Even Gu Dahua was gone.
"Brother...sister-in-law, come and help mother. Put her on my back." Zhou Zhigang said in a deep voice. This word "sister-in-law" had been on Zhou Zhigang's lips for a long time, but he finally said it today.
"Oh." Zhao Yunxiang was also anxious. If anything happened to the old lady today, the stigma against her would be confirmed. Making her mother-in-law so angry that she passed out? It was too much to even think about.
"Mom, grandma is choking and can't move. You stand there and don't move." Zhou Yuanyuan took a step forward and stopped Zhao Yunxiang.
"Ah? Then...what should I do?" Zhao Yunxiang was also panicked, forgetting that her daughter in front of her was only six years old.
"Watch me." Zhou Yuanyuan rummaged around and took out a silver needle that gleamed with cold light from the small cloth bag on her body.
That’s right! My daughter has been learning medicine from her father these days. Maybe she can find a way to save her mother-in-law, Zhao Yunxiang thought.
"Uncle, you've got to help grandma up." Zhou Yuanyuan yelled, running towards Wu Jinfeng with a silver needle in her hand. "Little brat!" Old Mrs. Wu had used this trick so well in her past life, and now she's showing it off. Don't blame the needle in her hand for not responding.
Zhou Yuanyuan had seen Wu Jinfeng in a previous life. The old woman, Wu Jinfeng, was a heavy-hearted woman who would sit on the ground and cry over small matters. But when she wanted something big or a large sum of money, she'd resort to the "back-breathing" trick. The principle was simple: simply holding your breath for a dozen seconds would create a certain effect.
At first, the Zhou family didn't realize it was Wu Jinfeng's trick, believing she had a weak heart. Everyone in the Zhou family, including Zhou Chunping, basically responded to Wu Jinfeng's trump card. Not to mention the two "big kids" Zhou Zhixin and Zhao Yunxiang.
"Oh." Zhou Zhigang didn't react, and subconsciously straightened his mother's body, holding Wu Jinfeng's arms tightly with both hands.
Wu Jinfeng lay in Zhou Zhigang's arms, pretending to be "weak." She overheard Zhou Yuanyuan and the others talking, and she was terribly anxious. Why didn't these people, one by one, do what she wanted? As long as Zhou Zhigang carried her to the barefoot doctor, she could make him say a bunch of things like he was so angry that he fainted.
The mother-in-law made her daughter-in-law faint with anger. For such a big thing, she would definitely be able to get money from Zhao Yunxiang. Wu Jinfeng secretly dreamed.
Immediately, Wu Jinfeng felt a pain in her arm and was straightened by her son Zhou Zhigang. She opened her eyes and saw a gleaming silver needle right under her eyelids.
Before Wu Jinfeng could react, she felt a sharp pain in her philtrum and couldn't help but scream, "Ouch!"
"Alright, alright! Grandma's awake!" Zhou Yuanyuan happily withdrew the silver needle, took out a clean white handkerchief from her cloth bag, and carefully wiped the silver needle again and again. Since practicing martial arts with Zhao Qingshan, Zhou Yuanyuan's skills have become much more agile. The silver needle thrust and retracted, done as smoothly as flowing water, had already been completed before Zhou Zhigang could react.
"Mom, are you okay?" Zhou Zhigang saw that Wu Jinfeng's face had returned to its rosy color, and his heart finally settled down.
Wu Jinfeng hit Zhou Zhigang hard with a knife, and then, not knowing where she got the strength from, she shook off Zhou Zhigang's hand and jumped up from the ground.
"You little brat, who gave you the courage to poke me with a needle?" Wu Jinfeng jumped in front of Zhou Yuanyuan, stretched out a finger, and tapped Zhou Yuanyuan's forehead bit by bit. Looking at her posture, it seemed as if she wanted to poke a hole in Zhou Yuanyuan's forehead.
Zhao Yunxiang was stunned to see that her daughter had really "rescued" her mother-in-law. Her daughter had already been poked twice by her mother-in-law.
Zhao Yunxiang hurriedly ran forward two steps and held Zhou Yuanyuan in her arms.
"Grandma, you just fainted, and your sister is trying to save you!" Zhou Jiasheng saw this and quickly protected his mother and sister behind him. Grandma's fingers were so thick that they poked his sister's forehead red.
"Save me? Why do I need a little girl like her to save me?" Wu Jinfeng curled her lips in disdain, but she didn't poke Zhou Jiasheng's face with her finger. Zhou Jiasheng hadn't offended her. If she had, everyone in Zhoujia Village would be talking about her unkind grandmother.
"Auntie, now that you're well, you can collect your family's food!" Zhou Qimin felt like he had watched a "big show." This Aunt Zhou really had a talent for acting, crying and fainting at the drop of a hat. This Zhixin's wife was in big trouble!
Thinking of Zhou Zhixin, who was thousands of miles away, Zhou Qimin couldn't help but shake his head. Zhou Zhixin had told Zhou Qimin that his parents at home were very loving to Yunxiang and her son, so he felt at ease in the army, determined to pursue a good career.
It seems that Zhou Zhixin's sharp eyesight was wrong this time. But it's no wonder, people are biased. If they haven't seen it with their own eyes, who would be willing to believe that their relatives are "bad people"?
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