"What, He Ailian, are you thinking about going to heaven? You shameless bitch, you actually learned to do it to me. I think you are itching, right?"
Old Mrs. Su has absolute authority in this family. He Ailian's blatant provocation was something she had never expected and could not tolerate.
She rushed towards He Ailian while cursing, "This bitch has gone too far, she must teach her a lesson today."
He Ailian was so scared that she turned around and ran into the house. She was the mother-in-law, so it was okay for her to argue with her, but if that old woman started to hit her, she would have to bear the brunt of it.
When Mrs. Su was about to chase in, she was stopped by He Weidong who was standing at the door.
"Mom, what are you doing? Can you please stop making trouble? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
"Are you afraid of being laughed at? You are useless. People have already laughed at you. And now you are here to tell me that you are afraid of being laughed at.
Su Weidong, if you are a man, give this lawless, shameless woman a good beating for me today, otherwise you are not mine. "
Old Lady Su's words left Su Weidong speechless. He was a grown man, but he had been laughed at every day outside his home. Even his mother at home would not let him go, and would make sarcastic remarks to him from time to time. He felt that he had lost all his dignity.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He suddenly said to Mrs. Su, "I'm not a man, okay? Please stop looking for trouble all day long. This family is already in chaos. If you have that much anger, why don't you just sit there and take a break? You have to scold this and that, and you won't break up this family. You're not willing to give up, are you?"
None of the Su brothers had dared to disobey Old Lady Su since they were young. The first time she was scolded by her son, Old Lady Su stood there in disbelief, unable to react.
Old man Su, who had been sitting there smoking his pipe silently, could no longer bear it and angrily slammed his pipe pot on the ground twice, "Su Weidong, what nonsense are you talking about? Do you want to piss your mother off to death?"
After Old Man Su finished speaking, Old Lady Su finally reacted, "Well, Su Weidong, you unfilial thing, for the sake of a shameless woman, you even ignore me, right..." She cursed and stretched her head to hit Su Weidong.
Su Weidong quickly turned around and dodged, knowing that he had offended someone he could not afford to offend, he quickly went into the house and locked the door. No matter how old lady Su banged on the door and yelled at her, the two of them sat in the house staring at each other, not daring to even fart.
Cao Xiaohua leaned against the head of the bed, listening to the noise outside, with a smug smile on her face.
Make a noise, make as much noise as you can.
He Ailian, you probably never dreamed that you would end up like this, hahahaha…
She personally directed this play for He Ailian, and she felt an indescribable sense of relief when she saw her being scolded by her mother-in-law and pointed at by the villagers every time.
He Ailian had finally gotten pregnant, and she was reluctant to have an abortion no matter what.
She believed that as long as the baby was born in another eight or nine months, those rumors would be dispelled. All she had to do now was to protect her belly.
Su Weidong was the most contradictory one. Sometimes he believed that the child in He Ailian's belly was his, and sometimes he felt that it was not his.
He asked He Ailian to have an abortion, but he was afraid that the child might be his. If he didn't do it, rumors would spread in the village, and everyone was waiting to see his wife give birth to a wild child covered with hair.
People at that time generally had no knowledge of culture and did not know what reproductive isolation was. Most of them thought that if they slept with something, they would get something.
The two were entangled in a conflict over whether to abort the baby or not. One of them carefully protected her belly and was determined to get it out.
Old Mrs. Su thought every day about how to get rid of the baby in He Ailian's belly as soon as possible.
The only happy person in this yard was Cao Xiaohua. Whenever she heard Old Lady Su scolding He Ailian, she would feel very happy and wanted to sing a song.
In the Su family's yard, everyone had their own plans, and another month passed.
Because Su Wan would come from time to time to inject some spiritual spring water into the water tank in Cao Xiaohua's home, Cao Xiaohua's bones grew back in just two months.
She hadn't been back to her parents' home for more than two months, so she made a special trip back that day.
As soon as I walked into her mother's yard, I found a large animal skin drying in the yard. After asking, I found out that it was a donkey skin.
Cao Xiaohua's parents raised two donkeys and harnessed a horse-drawn carriage, which his father drove back and forth to the county town every day to pick up people and earn some money.
Unexpectedly, the donkey suddenly fell ill and died half a month ago, so they sold the donkey meat for money, but they were reluctant to sell the donkey skin because the price offered was too low.
I am also afraid that it will get moldy, so when the weather is good, I will hang it out to dry.
Cao Xiaohua's eyes lit up when she looked at the donkey skin. Suddenly an idea popped into her mind, so she asked her mother a question.
"Mom, can I borrow this donkey skin for a few days? I'll return it to you when I'm done."
Her mother was a little puzzled, "What do you want to borrow the donkey skin for?"
Cao Xiaohua smiled. Her idea was a little bit evil, so she couldn't say it out loud. If it got out, it would not be good for her. Even if the person in front of her was her mother, she would not say it out loud easily.
"My objection is useful. Just tell me whether to lend it or not, okay?"
Her mother looked at her daughter-in-law standing beside her. Although she was still the head of the family, her daughter-in-law was also the mistress of the family after all. She didn't want to cause discord in the family because of such a small matter.
Cao Xiaohua understood immediately after seeing this, and asked her sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, can I borrow that donkey skin for two days? I will return it to you in a few days."
Although her sister-in-law had a smile on her face, her words were not polite at all.
"Xiaohua, you know donkey skin is expensive. If you damage it when you take it back, we won't be able to sell it at a high price. Besides, it's inedible, so what are you going to do with it?
Your arms and legs are just fine. Even though this thing is almost dried, it is still quite heavy if you carry it in your hands. Don't tire yourself out. You will have to take it back after use. It will be very troublesome to carry it back and forth. I think you should just forget it and stop wasting time."
Cao Xiaohua knew that her sister-in-law was notoriously stingy, so she was afraid that she would take it away and never return it.
"Sister-in-law, how much is this donkey skin?" Cao Xiaohua asked tentatively.
"This thing is valuable now. I heard that people use it to make supplements. Someone offered 5 yuan for it before, but I didn't let my mom sell it. Then someone offered 7 yuan. I heard before that someone sold it for 10 yuan, so I thought I would sell it after someone offered 10 yuan.
Cao Xiaohua thought for a while after hearing this, then took out ten yuan from her pocket and handed it to her mother, "Mom, take this ten yuan first, it will be regarded as a deposit, I will take this donkey skin today, it will take a week, I will return it.
If I can't get it back after a week, these ten dollars will be considered as a donkey's money. Mom, sister-in-law, what do you think? "
This time her sister-in-law immediately agreed with a smile on her face, and enthusiastically helped to roll up the donkey skin and put it into the bag.
When Cao Xiaohua was carrying the donkey skin back home, her sister-in-law even kindly reminded her, "Xiaohua, it's too troublesome to carry the donkey skin back and forth. Why don't you just leave it at your home and don't bring it back."