"What are you standing there for? Come on! Your father has boiled some hot water in the kitchen."
Even hot water was ready. Shumei couldn't guess what they were up to. She looked at Zhang Binglin, who was weaving a bamboo basket in the yard. Zhang Binglin looked a little flustered, his eyes a little evasive, and he accidentally hurt his hand with the bamboo sword in his hand.
"Mother, there's no need to be so troublesome. I'll just go in and change my clothes."
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Just go wash when I tell you to."
Seeing Shumei disobeying, Wu Ju's face changed instantly and she shouted at her that Shumei was a scoundrel. She had no choice but to do as she said and fetch water to take a bath.
After taking a shower, she returned to the house to wash her dirty clothes while she had time, but as soon as she entered the door, Zhang Binglin rushed in, looking guilty and filthy.
"Dad, is there something wrong?"
"I, I, I... your mother asked me to continue the Zhang family's lineage on behalf of Ji Zong."
What? They actually had such an unethical idea. Shumei dropped the basin of dirty clothes in her hands to the ground with a thud. She stumbled back a few steps, her lips trembling with fear.
Wu Ju was eavesdropping outside the door, hoping that her best plan would work out as she wished.
Zhang Binglin approached Shumei step by step. Shumei dodged and tried to persuade him, "Father, how can you be so foolish? This is against ethics and morality. How can I live with dignity like this? How can Jizong hold his head high? Please, Father, please don't do this. I beg you."
"Your mother said that if this doesn't work out, she'll feel so sorry for the Zhang family's ancestors that she'll have no choice but to jump into the river and commit suicide to apologize to them. Father has no other choice but to do this!"
"Father, you are dishonoring our ancestors by doing this!"
Taking advantage of Zhang Binglin's hesitation, Shumei tried to rush out, but Wu Ju, who was guarding the door, pushed her back into the room. Shumei fell to the ground and looked at Wu Ju, feeling an inexplicable panic.
"This matter is known to you, me, and him, and to heaven and earth. As long as we keep our mouths shut, no one else will know. If it gives birth to a child, not only will Ji Zong be able to stand up straight, but it will also continue the Zhang family's bloodline. This is the best of both worlds. Just cooperate with your father-in-law!"
After Wu Ju finished speaking to Shu Mei, she yelled at Zhang Binglin, who was standing there at a loss, "What are you standing there for? You're so clumsy. If you're a man, just get the job done."
After saying this, Wu Ju walked out of the door, closed it heavily, and locked it from the outside.
Shumei got up from the ground and banged on the door anxiously, "Mother, please, open the door. You can't do this. Even if you kill me, I won't let Jizong down..."
"Damn old man, are you dead? Why don't you do anything?"
Hearing Shumei still crying behind the door, Wu Ju yelled at Zhang Binglin inside. Zhang Binglin then walked up behind Shumei and hugged her arms from behind. Shumei hurriedly threw his hands away and backed away, shaking her head, her eyes moist. Zhang Binglin continued to press closer to her.
In a panic, she looked around, grabbed the scissors from the sewing basket, and stabbed them into her neck.
"Stop! If Dad comes forward again, I will have no choice but to defend my dignity with my death."
Shumei has never been a weak person at heart. Her obedience in the past was only for the sake of her relationship with Ji Zong. But now, the two elders were so aggressive that she could no longer swallow her anger. She shouted at Zhang Binglin.
Zhang Binglin was usually timid and fearful. Seeing the blood dripping from Shumei's neck, he was frightened and panickedly stretched out his hands to stop it.
"Shumei, please don't, please don't... Let's talk it over. Put down the scissors first."
Shumei never dreamed that her father-in-law could be so cowardly that he would collude with her mother-in-law to do such a dirty thing.
When Wu Ju heard that something was wrong inside, she quickly unlocked the door and rushed into the house.
"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to scare us with death? You disobedient and unfilial thing, you want our Zhang family to be extinct! Are you trying to force me to death?"
Wu Ju beat her chest and stamped her feet, crying and roaring to the sky.
"Mother, if you continue like this, I will die."
Shumei spoke with unwavering determination, showing no sign of compromise. The scissors in her hand dug a little deeper into her flesh. If it were someone else, like Niu Erwa, she might have fought back. But these were Jizong's parents, elders. No matter how disobedient they were, she couldn't resort to violence, could she? If it truly came to the point of no return, she could only die to prove her resolve.
"You...you...you're so cruel. You want to force me to die, right? Good, good, great, very good..."
Wu Ju rushed out of the house while speaking, and came back with a kitchen knife, and put it on her neck like Shumei did. Seeing this situation, Zhang Binglin began to get a little anxious.
"Aju, what are you doing? We are a good family, why do you have to fight to the death? Put down the knife."
"You're talking without any worries! I'm fighting so hard for your Zhang family, so get out of my way. Kang Shumei, let me tell you, I, Wu Ju, wasn't raised to be scared. Do you think you're the only one who can cry, make a scene, and then hang yourself? I can do that, too. If you continue to be so stubborn, I'll die in front of you. Then we'll see how Ji Zong will deal with you, the unfilial daughter-in-law who forced your mother-in-law to death."
Although Wu Ju spoke harshly, she was actually terrified. She kept an eye on the knife at her neck, afraid that she would get hurt if she wasn't careful. The knife was still four or five centimeters away from her neck, and her hands were shaking slightly.
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