Just as Zhao Hu's family was having a lively time.
Zhao Lao's house was in complete chaos.
"Brother Zhao, are you even a man? Can't you even be in charge of the household? Rats are stealing things from our house, and you don't dare to say a word."
Pan Jinlian pointed at a five-foot-tall man, gesturing wildly and cursing, her expression somewhat distorted.
"Keep your voice down. That's my dad. And that bag of grain isn't even ours. It's the rations my younger brothers gave to my dad. He saved it up and can give it to whomever he wants. What can I say?"
Zhao Laoda felt somewhat aggrieved; his physical disability made him unable to hold his head high in front of his wife.
Upon hearing this, Pan Jinlian sneered repeatedly: "That's your father, that's true, and the grain was given to him by your younger brothers, that's true too, but the firewood used for cooking, isn't it from our family?"
"Why don't you tell him not to use it? You're siding with outsiders. I've worked so hard to take care of your whole family, and I still have to take care of your father who didn't die sooner. Aren't you ashamed?"
She spoke loudly, as if she were talking to someone else.
"We agreed to use our firewood; we don't need to provide grain, just some firewood..."
Old Zhao wanted to retort, but seeing his wife's shrewish outburst, his voice grew softer and softer.
When Pan Jinlian saw his appearance, she was furious. She put her hands on her hips and cursed even louder.
"Okay, okay, you Zhao family members are all one family, and my daughter and I are one family, right?"
"I'm taking my daughter and leaving tomorrow. You two can go by yourselves."
After saying that, she turned around to pack her things, then looked up at her daughter and said, "Sweetie, let's go home."
Pan Tiantian, dressed in a gauze dress, swayed her waist as she admired the reflection in the water tank. Upon hearing her mother's words, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Because Zhao Laoda was physically disabled, Pan Jinlian's only request when she married him was that the child take her surname so that the Pan family line could not be severed.
Zhao Laoda agreed to the request, but only had one daughter, and then he became impotent.
Because of marital problems, Pan Jinlian's temper grew worse and worse, and she would often find excuses to take her daughter back to her parents' home.
Just as Zhao Laoda was about to humble himself and beg his wife, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.
"Big brother, big brother."
Boss Zhao asked, "Who is it?"
"I'm the sixth one!"
"Third brother wants you to bring Dad and your damn wife to his house for dinner."
Upon hearing this, Pan Jinlian became even angrier and rushed over to open the door.
"You old fool, who are you saying will be struck by lightning?"
"Oh, sister-in-law is home. I thought you went back to your parents' house again."
The sixth brother, with a roguish look on his face, joked with his sister-in-law before entering the courtyard: "Dad, Dad, open the door! I'm taking you to Third Brother's house for dinner."
Old Zhao opened the locked door, stood in the doorway with his bundle on his back, glanced at his eldest son, and sighed.
"I'll live alone from now on, so I won't bother anyone. You can decide how much food to give me each month."
After saying that, he glanced at his eldest daughter-in-law and said, "Living a good life is more important than anything else. The truth isn't determined by whoever shouts the loudest."
Pan Jinlian felt a little scared when she saw her father-in-law's cold eyes. She had heard from others that her father-in-law used to be a soldier and had killed people.
So she stood awkwardly to the side, not daring to utter a sound.
The sixth son then spoke up, saying, "Dad, you're going to be living a life of luxury from now on. Tiger is going to be very successful. He bought a cow and even became a high-ranking official."
"Now we're treating the whole village to a meal; the grain and quilts are piled up to fill an entire oxcart."
Old Zhao's eyes lit up when he heard the name "Tiger".
He passed on all the martial arts skills he had learned in the military to his third son, hoping that he could make something of himself.
I never expected this kid to actually make a name for himself.
Thinking of this, Old Zhao was too lazy to lecture his eldest son and daughter-in-law, and hurried towards his third son's house.
I want to see how my grandson, on whom I have placed so much hope, is doing now.
The sixth brother was also getting ready to go back for dinner. When he got to the door, he turned back to his sister-in-law and joked, "Sister-in-law, do you want to come with us? But I heard you're all asleep, the kind of people who can't be woken up even if you knock on the door, so you probably won't be coming."
Upon hearing this, Pan Jinlian was so angry that her teeth itched, and her initial desire to join in the fun vanished instantly.
"Mother, I want to go and see."
Pan Tiantian's eyes lit up when she heard that Brother Hu had become an official.
"What are we going there for? To make ourselves a laughingstock?"
Pan Jinlian looked at Zhao Laoda and said fiercely, "With a crippled father like you, our whole family will be laughed at by others."
Pan Tiantian held her mother's hand and explained, "Isn't it because Brother Hu is so successful? I want to see if he can introduce me to some wealthy families."
She always felt that she was so beautiful that she shouldn't be staying in the village.
She should be a young lady from a wealthy family, served by others every day.
It's all because her parents are incompetent that she has to live such a hard life.
So she planned to use her looks to become the wife of an official.
It's a pity that staying in the village means you're unlikely to run into any officials.
She didn't like any of the farmers who came to propose marriage.
Pan Tiantian didn't want to end up like her mother, marrying an honest, simple man and living a life of hardship.
Living like this every day with no end in sight, she felt she was going to go crazy.
So she planned to have her cousin introduce her to a high-ranking official, and then become the wife of an official.
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