Tian Sangui greeted Zhang Shi and then went back to prepare dinner.
Watching her daughter's departing figure, Zhang couldn't help but sigh, "Ever since Sanya recovered from her illness, she's been like a completely different person."
Old Tian raised his hoe high and shoveled down hard, turning over a flat patch of soil. Several earthworms suddenly became uncomfortable in the bright light and quickly twisted their bodies, trying to hide in the soil.
Hearing Zhang talking about her daughter, she looked up at Tian Sangui behind her and said, "Isn't that a good thing? It proves that the fortune teller who begged for alms was right."
Before he left, he specially named our daughter San Gui, meaning "noble life, noble fortune, and noble virtue."
Zhang disagreed with her husband's words: "A precious life, my foot! Listen to what the villagers were saying about our daughter. Her reputation is ruined."
Old Man Tian's words were still ringing in her ears, and Zhang felt a tightness in her chest again.
A slight unease appeared on Tian Laosi's face, but then it dissipated.
“This is all my mother’s fault. If she hadn’t been badmouthing you to outsiders all the time, the girl wouldn’t have been so angry that she hit back. San Gui is not wrong in this matter.”
Hearing what Tian Laosi said, Zhang straightened up and sighed, "Who says otherwise? It's just a pity for my girl. If she really doesn't make it that day, I'm afraid I'll have to go with her."
Zhang's voice choked with sobs as she pretended to wipe away sweat while also wiping away tears she didn't want him to see.
"Look at you, talking nonsense. A girl's life is precious. I told you, but you didn't believe me. We country folk don't care too much about reputation. At worst, we can find a son-in-law to live with us in the future, and he can be treated like half a son, hehe!"
Seeing that Zhang was starting to overthink again, Tian Laosi quickly changed the subject.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Wu, who was following closely behind Zhang, overheard this and hurriedly ran to the couple, jumping up and down: "Come on, come on! Why do you have to use half a son? Wouldn't it be better to use a whole son?"
The child's tone made people laugh out loud.
Zhang pushed Xiao Wu aside with all her might.
"Go away, go away, adults are talking, children shouldn't interrupt, what do you know?"
Xiao Wu retorted defiantly, "How could I not know? It's just taking care of Third Sister, I know how to take care of her perfectly well."
This caused the whole family to burst into laughter again.
Enraged, Xiao Wu took the initiative and did the work ahead of the adults, leaving his parents and brothers far behind in the blink of an eye.
Then he angrily threw the stone in his hand on the ground. He didn't understand why he needed to find half a son when there were so many sons in the family, any one of whom could take care of his third sister. Wasn't he afraid of scaring his third sister?
Just imagine, someone who only has half a human body looks like a ghost, how terrifying would that be?
The adult was really strange. He then picked up the stone he had just thrown on the ground and continued working.
Unaware that his family had mentioned it, Tian Sangui deliberately returned home via the back road of the village to avoid being gossiped about by the women in the village.
Unexpectedly, someone bumped into her from behind, and she almost hit her head on the earthen wall as she stumbled.
"What are you doing? Can't you watch where you're going?"
Looking back, he saw Wang Erwazi rushing forward in a panic, but Tian Sangui shouted and stopped him in his tracks.
"Hey, San Gui, you've come at the perfect time! I'll show you something interesting, come with me!"
After saying that, his dark hands skillfully grabbed Tian Sangui's sleeve, and without waiting for her consent, he wiped his nose with his sleeve and ran forward with her.
Tian Sangui was carried along by his momentum and had no choice but to run forward.
They stopped at an abandoned, collapsed earthen wall. Wang Erwazi let go of Tian Sangui's sleeve, took the lead in stepping onto the wall, turned around and smiled as he reached out to Tian Sangui, gesturing for her to follow.
Tian Sangui frowned as he looked at the two dark handprints that had suddenly appeared on his gray cuff.
Come on!
Wang Erwazi didn't feel anything was wrong and stretched out his hand to urge her to catch up quickly.
Driven by her curiosity, she temporarily suppressed her discomfort, gritted her teeth, grabbed the filthy hand that made her numb, and followed his footprints until the two of them finally lay down on the slope of the roof that had not yet completely collapsed.
"What's so interesting about a bunch of rooftops? Are you kidding me?"
Tian Sangui raised his hand and smacked Wang Erwazi on the head, as retaliation for the time he bumped into her earlier.
"Ah!" Wang Erwazi cried out in pain, clutching his head, his eyes filled with sorrow and a look of resentment that he dared not speak.
"Don't worry, listen, can you hear voices coming from your grandma's house?"
With his deliberate guidance, Tian Sangui actually discerned a vast amount of information being transmitted.
"I, Tian San, am not going to live with you anymore. Sigh, when dividing the family property, not a single penny can be lost. I'm not like that fool Lao Si, who can be easily fooled by you!"
Tian Sangui wondered what kind of trouble Tian Laosan was up to now, and whether he was going to argue with his mother about separating the family property.
To hear clearly, she unconsciously shifted her body upwards, poked her head out from the sloping roof, and stretched her ears out as far as she could to hear.
Seeing her like this, Wang Erwazi's smile softened. Ever since he met Tian Sangui that day, his mind was filled with her playful and sweet smile. He felt that she was the real village beauty of Tianjia Village, and that Yu Niang couldn't compare to Tian Sangui.
He even felt happy to be beaten up by Tian Sangui.
Before, he would have wanted to disappear into the ground whenever he saw Tian Sangui, but now he is not afraid of her at all, and instead wants to get close to her.
Tian Sangui was earnestly acting as a bystander, while Wang Erwazi watched him with a smile the whole time.
"Hehe, it looks really good!"
Completely absorbed in gossip, Tian Sangui didn't hear what Wang Erwazi was saying beside him.
After a series of crackling sounds from the old house, Yun's voice echoed throughout the entire village.
“You heartless wretch! I raised you, and instead of being filial to me, you only think about taking care of my possessions. Get out! Get out of the Tian family home! You want a share of the grain? Not a single grain of rice.”
Seeing his mother's heartlessness, the meat-loving Tian Laosan immediately jumped up, pointed at Yun Shi, and after a long while managed to squeeze out a weak sentence: "What will I eat if there's no food?"
"Go eat shit! I won't give you a single grain of rice!"
She won't stop the unfilial brat from dividing the family property, but don't even think about getting any food from her!
"you......"
Out of consideration for Yun Shi being his own mother, Tian Laosan swallowed back the curses that were about to come out of his mouth.
"You won't give it to me, huh? Fine, then don't ever come to town begging me again!"
Madam Yun realized that this unfilial son must have become as successful as the fourth son. This time, she had to be smarter and squeeze some money out of him. Last time, she was caught off guard and the fourth son's family benefited. This time, the third son shouldn't expect to leave as easily as the fourth son.
"Fine, if you want me to stop begging you, you'd better give me fifty taels of silver, or you won't be able to leave this door."
"Eldest brother and second brother, keep a close watch on the door. Don't let this unfilial son leave until he produces some money."
The two brothers instantly understood Yun's idea and stepped forward to block the gate with wooden sticks.
There was no brotherly affection whatsoever. They treated the third brother like an intruder. If he dared to approach the gate, they would mercilessly beat him with their sticks.
Looking at his heartless family, Tian Laosan felt no more attachment. Although he was reluctant to part with the money he had worked so hard to earn, he gritted his teeth and left behind fifty taels of silver so that he could enjoy a better life in town.
With Liu Shi and his valuables in tow, he straightened his back and stepped out the door, not wanting to stay in this place for even a second longer.
Yun put away the silver, feeling relaxed and smiling brightly. Tian Laosan wasn't as bad as Tian Laosi, who had a naughty girl. Dividing the family property? She hadn't agreed!
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