Chapter Sixty-Three: The Locust Nightmare
Su Yindi felt a lump in his throat, as if his body was frozen solid, and his whole body felt like it didn't belong to him.
Looking at her third son's wife, Jiang's mother sighed, took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, and then said, "If there is a next time, you can pack your things and go back to your parents' home; when the second son comes back, I will give you a letter of divorce!"
A letter of divorce!?
Su Yindi was shocked and trembling all over.
Once a woman is divorced, she is like a worn-out shoe; she can no longer hold her head up and will be criticized by the villagers.
I can't even imagine living like that; I'd rather be dead.
Not only Su Yindi, but even Jiang Mi was shocked.
Unexpectedly, her mother said such harsh words this time. Looking at Su Yindi kneeling on the ground without saying a word, Jiang Mi pursed her lips and remained silent.
However, someone like Third Sister-in-law is indeed a threat.
"Whether it will work or not, just give me an answer." Jiang's mother's patience had run out, and her tone became impatient.
Su Yindi's face was pale, and two lines of tears streamed down her face as she said tremblingly, "I will never go against my little sister again."
"Alright!" With that agreed, Mother Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed her throbbing temples, and waved her hand, saying, "Go back and get some rest."
Su Yindi got up from the ground absentmindedly and walked outside as if he had no bones.
Just as she stepped out of the room, she heard Jiang's mother's soft voice from behind.
"If you experience back pain or stiffness these days, go to the town to see a doctor, or go to the village to see the barefoot doctor; lest you develop a chronic illness and people gossip that I'm mistreating my daughter-in-law."
"yes."
Just then, Jiang Mi captured her father's last piece: "Dad, I won this time."
Looking at the utterly defeated chess game, Jiang's father sighed with regret: "Alas, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have let you win!"
But Jiang Mi stuck out her tongue and said mischievously, "Yes, yes, thank you for your mercy, Father, otherwise I would have lost long ago."
"Hahaha." Father Jiang laughed heartily, "My daughter has made progress, she has made progress!"
Seeing the two laughing without a care in the world, Mother Jiang complained in annoyance, "Look at you two! I'm here scolding someone, and you two are leisurely playing chess!"
He then feigned seriousness, put on a stern face, and looked coldly at Jiang Mi.
"Oh dear." Jiang Mi stood up and affectionately took her mother's arm. "Mother, were you a little too harsh this time? Looking at Third Sister-in-law's expression, could she be thinking of doing something rash?"
In her past life, she had heard many rumors that some women, upon learning that they had been abandoned by their husbands' families, would be greatly shocked, become despondent, and even commit suicide.
Looking at Third Sister-in-law's absent-minded appearance, could she really be thinking of doing something drastic?
Jiang's mother, however, didn't take it seriously and gently flicked Jiang Mi's forehead: "Don't worry, she values her life. At most, she'll just behave herself for a while. You can put your mind at ease."
In the years since her third son's wife married into the family, she had long since figured out her personality.
You can tell what kind of fart she's spewing just by looking at her butt.
Gently patting Jiang Mi's hand, Jiang's mother said with a pained expression, "But you, for the sake of harmony in the Jiang family, have endured so much. I'm sorry you've suffered so much."
This isn't the first time I've seen the third son's wife bully Honey. Most of the time, my daughter just goes around her or ignores her, and rarely has a disagreement with her.
"I'm not wronged, I'm not wronged. Third Sister-in-law just has a sharp tongue, but her intentions are good." Jiang Mi shrugged indifferently. She had already experienced such a great injustice in her previous life, so what was a little targeting from Third Sister-in-law?
"Alright, you've worked hard tonight. Go home and get some rest." Mother Jiang lovingly patted her daughter's fluffy hair, her face gentle.
"Okay!" Jiang Mi nodded obediently, yawned wearily, and was quite puzzled.
What's wrong with me? I'm feeling sleepy so early today.
As soon as he got back to the house, his legs left the ground and he fell into a deep sleep.
…
Ginger's house.
Father Jiang took a puff of his pipe, tapped the pipe lightly on the chair, and exhaled softly. Smoke swirled around him, obscuring his expression.
"Honey, have you noticed that ever since the Wang Jie incident, our daughter has become a completely different person?"
She has become well-behaved and sensible, and quick-witted; she has also lost a lot of weight recently.
"So what? No matter how things change, it doesn't change the fact that Honey was born of me." Mother Jiang said dismissively, placing the foot-washing water at Father Jiang's feet and gently washing her husband's feet.
But with his eyes lowered, the events that had just occurred were still vivid in his mind.
Planting sweet potatoes, an ancestor appearing in a dream, and those thousands of silver notes... all of these things reveal a sense of eeriness.
But no matter what, it can't change the fact that Jiang Mi is her daughter.
Father Jiang sighed softly, took another deep drag on his pipe, and laughed heartily, "That's true. No matter what, she's still our daughter, our precious darling."
…
The bright moonlight hangs high in the sky, and the night breeze brings a touch of coolness to the hot summer air.
Looking out, the golden rice swayed in the wind, a truly delightful sight.
Jiang Mi happily joined her family in the autumn harvest.
Buzz buzz buzz~
Suddenly a buzzing sound came from behind my ear.
Looking towards the sound, one could see swarms of locusts rushing towards them; their sheer number was enough to blot out the sun.
brush--
Where locusts go, nothing grows.
Buzz buzz buzz~
Bang--
Jiang Mi suddenly woke up from her dream, sat up in bed with a start, covered in a cold sweat, and looked at the dark wall. There were no dense swarms of locusts or buzzing sounds.
"Phew." Jiang Mi breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Thank goodness it was just a dream.
In recent years, Daqing has been plagued by locust plagues. Locusts are the nightmare of all farmers; wherever locusts go, they can wipe out the crops in no time.
Previously, some were starving to death, others were exhausted to death, and the number of people continued to decrease sharply.
No one knows how to deal with this locust plague, except this year when things have improved and we've seen some hope.
But Jiang Mi can't sleep at all now. As soon as she closes her eyes, she hears that dense buzzing sound, which makes her scalp tingle.
The next day, Jiang Mi came out of the house with dark circles under her eyes and looked exhausted. She took a sip of water to calm her nerves.
Su Yindi came out of the house and bumped into Jiang Mi. Remembering her mother-in-law's warning yesterday, she hurriedly ran past without even daring to greet her.
Jiang Mi had no time to care about such things. Right now, her mind was filled with deep yellow locusts. She sat in the courtyard, absent-minded, her fingers idly drawing circles on the stone table.
When Jiang's mother woke up, she saw her eldest son circling around Honey. Thinking that Jiang Yan was bullying his sister, she took a big step forward, pinched her little hand, and scolded her angrily, "What's wrong with you? You're bullying your little sister first thing in the morning? Are you asking for a beating?"
Jiang Yan covered his ears and cried out in pain, "Hey, Mom, I didn't bully my little sister. I saw her standing here in a daze when I got up early this morning. I called her several times, but she ignored me."
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