Old Mrs. Zhong was pulled by Old Man Zhong, thinking that since today was her birthday, there was really no need to bother with this troublemaker, since she wouldn't see her often anyway.
Old Lady Zhong felt that she had a heart attack every time she saw her granddaughter. She was probably born to bring bad luck upon her. Otherwise, why could her mother never get pregnant again after she was born? She also said that her mother had hurt her body. In Old Lady Zhong's opinion, this statement was all bullshit.
The women in the village were all fine after giving birth to so many children, but Lin Manxiang was so precious that she couldn't have any more children after giving birth to just one.
In the opinion of Mrs. Zhong, if Lin Manxiang had known better, she should have taken the initiative to give up her position. Why did she occupy that position when she couldn't live? Her youngest son still didn't have a son to carry on the family line.
Thinking of her little son, Old Lady Zhong was filled with rage. What was the point of having a daughter-in-law who couldn't even have children? He treated that woman like a treasure. It made her feel annoyed just watching.
In short, Mrs. Zhong disliked both the mother and daughter, and she wished that they would disappear from her sight as soon as possible.
Old Lady Zhong had a sullen face and looked at Lin Manxiang with a harsh tone, "Why are you still standing here like an idiot? Why don't you go to work and expect me, an old woman, to serve you personally? You have no sense at all."
When Lin Manxiang heard this, she immediately put down what she was holding and prepared to go to work.
But Zhong Zheng held her wrist tightly, and Lin Manxiang couldn't break free for a while.
Zhong Zheng held her mother's hand and looked at the aunts sitting nearby, watching the show. "I'm talking to you! You sit around all day doing nothing, waiting for grandma to serve you at her age!"
Aunt Zhong Er spat out the melon seed shells in her mouth, a smug look on her face: "What nonsense are you talking about, kid! We all know who your grandma is talking about. Your mom is usually not at home, so it's us aunts who do the work. Now that your mom is back for a rare occasion, what's wrong with letting her do a little work? Is your mom really more valuable than the rest of us?"
Lin Manxiang's face flushed red with embarrassment at what Aunt Zhong Er said. She struggled to break free from Zhong Zheng's grip, "Zheng Zheng, let me go quickly! If you don't, I'll be angry."
Zhong Zheng had no intention of letting Lin Manxiang go. Now that she was here, was she going to sit by and watch her mother being bullied? Zhong Zheng couldn't do that. Even if people called her unfilial, she didn't care. She didn't live here, so if she couldn't hear about it, she could just pretend it never happened.
Zhong Zheng was furious when she saw her aunts who were waiting to watch the show. This was why she had not returned to her hometown in the countryside for so many years. Who would want to go back to this home?
In other words, neither she nor her father could persuade her mother, otherwise she and her father would have told her mother not to come here and suffer the anger. She came here to work and was not treated well at all, but was made to suffer a lot of anger.
Sometimes Zhong Zheng couldn't figure out what her mother was thinking. She felt that as long as her father didn't dislike her mother, it would be fine. After all, they were just three people living together, not a whole family. As long as they deliberately avoided meeting these people, they could basically cut off contact. Why did they have to make herself suffer?
Since she couldn't control her mother, how could she tolerate these people bullying her mother now that she was here?
Thinking about how her mother had been bullied when she was not around, Zhong Zheng now felt regretful. If she had known these people were so excessive, she should have accompanied her mother back. She should not let her mother be bullied just because of the anger in her heart.
"My mom is richer than you guys. After all, the pension money she gives to grandpa and grandma is 20 yuan a month! What about you? How much do you have?"
As soon as Zhong Zheng said this, the aunts sitting there all looked unhappy. The pension they gave to their parents was only five yuan a month plus a few kilograms of food. How could they be as generous as Lin Manxiang?
But even though Lin Manxiang has tried so hard to please her parents-in-law, they still don't have a good face towards her.
The few people who felt a little embarrassed just now felt more confident when they thought about this matter. Even if they gave a lot of money, they still couldn't give birth to a son. It would be better for Lin Manxiang to give more, because the money would be divided among their sons in the future.
"How can you talk like that, you damn girl? As a mother, I can't even ask my daughter-in-law to do something?"
Old Mrs. Zhong was already impatient when she saw this unpleasant granddaughter causing trouble as soon as she arrived, and now she became even more annoyed.
Zhong Zheng looked at her grandmother's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, and smiled: "Of course! But you have so many daughters-in-law, you can't let my mother do the work alone!"
Mrs. Zhong glared at Zhong Zheng with a fierce look. "I just let her work alone, so what?! If you feel wronged, don't stay here. Did I ask her to come? Isn't she always the one begging to come? If she knew what was good for her, she should have taken the initiative to leave Wen Jin instead of clinging to him and making him look down on her."
Not only was Zhong Zheng unable to bear this, but Zhong Wenjin, who was standing nearby, was also unable to endure it. He threw the things he was holding to the ground and yelled, "Enough! Mom! How long are you going to make such a fuss?"
Zhong Wenjin's outburst immediately attracted everyone's attention. Mrs. Zhong was stunned for a moment before running over to Zhong Wenjin and hitting him with her hands: "You kid, you've forgotten your mother now that you have a wife. Now you dare to yell at me."
Zhong Wenjin let Old Lady Zhong beat him without flinching, his voice trembling as he said, "Mom, can't you just leave our family alone? You have so many grandchildren, why are you still picking on us?"
Thinking about the injustices his wife had suffered over the years, Zhong Wenjin simply spoke out: "You know how Manxiang has treated you two over the years. How has she wronged you to treat her like this?"
Hearing her son still defending that woman, Old Lady Zhong was so angry that she trembled. She pointed at Zhong Wenjin and her voice trembled a little: "You know in what way she has wronged us. What's the use of a hen that can't lay eggs?"
It was this sentence again. Zhong Wenjin heard this sentence almost every day since his wife became infertile. No matter how many times he heard it, Zhong Wenjin could not adapt to it. Every time he heard this sentence, he would always argue with others.
"This is my family's business. You don't need to worry about it. You are old enough, so you should worry less about these things."
Mrs. Zhong was so angry that she fell on top of Mr. Zhong, crying, "Old man! We can't keep this son anymore. He already has a wife but doesn't want his mother anymore! I don't know who raised him with so much hardship when he was a child."
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