Chapter 108 Guaguaguaguaguaguagua two in one
Now everyone was quiet, even the fat chef in the restaurant walked to the door with a big spoon and peeked in.
"What a sin..." The fat cook smacked his lips and shook his head. "A good family has been turned into this mess."
The flesh on the back of his neck was layered, and even when he shook his head in a wide arc, the flesh remained motionless.
Xiang Yao thought he was talking about the old lady. After all, the old lady had lost her son, and according to what she said, her daughter-in-law wanted to kill her. Seeing the miserable life, her later years were visibly desolate.
But upon closer inspection, the fat chef was shaking his head as he looked at Zhao Xiaomei, who screamed and then burst into tears.
She rolled her eyes and asked, "Master, these two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law should be from nearby, right?"
The fat cook recognized Xiang Yao. He was deeply impressed by the girl's performance when she came here for the first time.
He immediately shook the spoon and said, "Yes! He lives nearby."
Xiang Yao inquired, "I see that the old lady is dressed very nicely and cleanly. She doesn't look like she's been abused by her daughter-in-law. Is there some misunderstanding?"
The fat cook sneered, "That old woman is no good. I've worked here for several years. When their daughter-in-law first came home, this old woman scolded her three times a day, acting like a mother-in-law and bullying the young daughter-in-law!"
Xiang Yao's eyes widened: "Why is it like this? So Zhao Xiaomei can't stand it anymore?"
But looking at Zhao Xiaomei's expression, she doesn't look vicious at all.
The fat cook shook his head. "We don't know the details. The old woman is a powerful figure. We don't know what's wrong with her."
He glanced at Zhao Xiaomei and said, "But I don't think this young wife is that kind of person."
They are neighbors, and he runs a restaurant. He can get to know the people around him just by having a few meals with them.
Some people are impatient, some are slow-tempered, some are generous, some are picky, some are polite, and some...
Zhao Xiaomei is just a gentle and kind young wife. There is no way she would do anything to confront her old mother-in-law.
"Just because her husband died just when she got pregnant, and she not only gave birth to the baby, but also stayed in this house, I don't think she is a bad-hearted person." The fat chef added.
Xiang Yao nodded, looking thoughtful, and said to Nie Baichuan, "I want to go and take a look."
Nie Baichuan nodded and stood up: "I'll go with you."
He is not one to enjoy watching the fun, and even most of the time he remains indifferent to these things.
But Xiang Yao is not like that. He has always known that this little girl is a person who likes to watch the fun. Not only does she like to watch, she also often gets involved.
What else could he do? He could only let her go. He stood behind her silently and protected her.
In the crowd.
Zhao Xiaomei's scream and collapse did make everyone quiet for a moment, but then more people began to criticize this "evil daughter-in-law".
Everyone used the most unpleasant words to describe her and looked at her with the most disdainful eyes, while the old lady, sitting in the crowd, looked at her with a bitter but secretly complacent expression, as if to provoke: Look, no one will believe you.
Zhao Xiaomei completely collapsed.
She held the child in one hand and covered the child's nose and lips with the other, and shouted at the old lady with red eyes: "If you want me to die so much, then I will suffocate your grandson to death first, and then I will hang myself!"
This time she shouted with all her might, and no one's voice could drown out the despair.
Everyone was puzzled. Previously, the old lady said that the daughter-in-law wanted to kill her, and now the daughter-in-law said that the old lady wanted her dead...
Who wants who dead? Why is it so confusing?
The old lady was originally feeling very proud, but when she heard Zhao Xiaomei say that she wanted to suffocate her grandson, the only child left by her son, she immediately became unhappy.
"What are you doing! Put my grandson down right now!" She pointed her cane at Zhao Xiaomei with a ferocious expression and cursed, "You're such a vicious person! I knew you were no good. Not only did you want me dead, but now you want to kill my grandson too. You have such a cruel heart!"
The onlookers thought that Zhao Xiaomei was just threatening her mother-in-law, and they scolded her even more harshly.
"Who is this? She actually wants to kill her own child. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Is this woman really crazy?"
"It's so scary! Hey, move your hands away quickly! The child can't stand being covered like that!"
"I think she did it on purpose. She was furious because her evil deeds were exposed. It's just a pity for this little kid. He's so young, and he's about to be smothered to death by his own mother..."
Some people also noticed that there was something wrong with Zhao Xiaomei and tried to slowly approach her, looking for an opportunity to snatch the child away.
Seeing this, Zhao Xiaomei retreated repeatedly, looking at the crowd with a hint of madness in her eyes: "Don't come over here, if you come close to me, I will throw him to death immediately!"
She was no longer willing to listen to anything at this moment. She just wanted to destroy herself and let her son go first before she destroyed herself.
Once such an idea takes root, it will quickly take root and sprout like a seed.
She thought, let it be, let it end like this, I can’t live a good life in the future anyway.
The strength of his hands gradually increased, and the baby's crying became weaker.
The old lady was anxious, slapping her thigh and shouting, "This crazy woman! This crazy woman is really desperate! She really wants to kill my grandson! Go and grab my grandson quickly, what are you all standing there for!"
However, no one dared to really get close to Zhao Xiaomei. This woman was too crazy. They had no doubt that if they got one step closer, she would really throw the child in her arms to the ground.
This baby is only a few months old and is soft from head to toe. If it really falls, it will be half dead if not dead. They cannot afford this responsibility.
Just when the situation reached a stalemate, a gentle voice sounded from behind Zhao Xiaomei.
"The child seems hungry. Comrade Zhao, do you have any milk?"
Her voice was clear and her tone was neither hurried nor slow, as if she didn't care about the situation at all, but only cared about whether the child in Zhao Xiaomei's arms wanted to feed.
The child... is hungry... and drinks milk...
Yes, it seemed that her child had not had milk for a long time. He was crying just now. Was he hungry?
Zhao Xiaomei subconsciously lowered her head to look at her child, and was shocked to realize that she had unknowingly covered the little person in her arms so tightly that his face turned red and he was almost unable to breathe.
She let go of her hand as if she had been electrocuted, and her heart softened as she watched the child's little nose and mouth moving gently.
Xiang Yao, who had just spoken, noticed her change and took two steps forward. Before Zhao Xiaomei could become alert again, he said gently:
"Look at this little baby, he's so cute, his eyes are so bright, and his eyelashes are so long. He's sure to be a very handsome boy when he grows up."
Xiang Yao's gaze shifted from the child to Zhao Xiaomei's face. She asked with a smile, "Excuse me, can I touch his little face?"
Zhao Xiaomei was in a daze. She didn't know the girl in front of her, but the tone of her voice was as if she had known her for many years, so familiar and friendly.
She couldn't help but nodded and looked at her child: "Okay, you can touch him."
Xiang Yao continued to take two steps forward, and this time there was only one step between the two of them.
She gently raised her hand and stroked the baby's soft but slightly yellow skin, with a slight smile on her face.
"He's really cute," Xiang Yao took her hand back, "As handsome as you."
He just looks skinny, maybe he is malnourished.
Xiang Yao looked at Zhao Xiaomei again and found that this young mother did not have much flesh on her face. She was so thin that her cheeks were sunken and her cheekbones were prominent. Her originally beautiful face was no longer plump because of the lack of vitality.
It can be imagined that her body hidden under the clothes is probably still skinny and does not have much flesh.
This is a good-looking woman, but she is much thinner than most people.
Zhao Xiaomei finally curled her lips and wanted to say thank you politely.
But before she could open her mouth, the old lady started making a fuss again.
Perhaps because she saw that she finally stopped covering her grandson's mouth and nose, the old lady perked up and continued to point at Zhao Xiaomei and curse.
Xiang Yao frowned, and seeing that Zhao Xiaomei's smile, which had finally appeared, had faded away, she turned her head impatiently and said:
"Old lady, can you please calm down? I've given you an audience, and you're really going to start singing, right?"
She said this without any politeness and in a loud voice, which immediately stunned the old lady.
The old lady didn't expect that someone would stand on Zhao Xiaomei's side. After a moment of hesitation, she grumbled pitifully, "Why would an old woman like me sing? If I weren't forced to this point, who would want to air this family disgrace in public?"
Everyone around heard what she said, and the young men who had just eaten in the restaurant immediately felt indignant.
What's wrong with this woman? She was very nice to the waiter in the restaurant just now, so why is she unable to tell right from wrong now?
A young man angrily sneered, "That lady, how could you speak to an elderly person like that? Don't you see how pitiful she is?"
"Yeah, yeah," someone came forward, and others immediately echoed, "How could this be? Isn't this person also a wicked daughter-in-law at home?"
Xiang Yao crossed his arms, chuckled, and said loudly, "You just believe everything she says? Can you use your brain and observe more?"
Faced with such a situation, Xiang Yao was not inclined to reason with people in a gentle voice. When the emotions of the masses were incited to a certain extent, anyone who reasoned with them would get half the result with twice the effort.
"What are you talking about?" The young man was very dissatisfied at first. "You are the only one who has brains, right?"
Xiang Yao glanced at him coldly, but there was not much ill will in his eyes. Although this young man really didn't have much brains, his original intention was good after all.
She was too lazy to continue arguing with such a person about brainless things, so she pointed at the old lady and said, "Look at this old lady, she's wearing brand new clothes, even her shoes are brand new, not even a speck of dust on them."
"So what? Can't old people wear new clothes?" the young man retorted with his neck stiff.
Xiang Yao ignored him and pointed at Zhao Xiaomei: "Look at Comrade Zhao Xiaomei again."
Her voice was strong and powerful, and even though her current stance was unpopular, everyone still unconsciously looked over as she pointed.
At first glance, I could see something was wrong.
The old lady said that her daughter-in-law did not give her enough food and warm clothes, but it was obvious that the clothes and shoes she was wearing were good, not only without patches, but also new and thick.
It was already late autumn, and the elderly were afraid of the cold, so their coats were generally thicker. However, the old lady's navy blue coat was bulging, and it was obvious that it was filled with thin cotton.
But Zhao Xiaomei's clothes were patched, and her pants were baggy and faded, an uneven dark blue.
As for the shoes, they were a pair of black cloth shoes with a small cut at the front of the big toe. Scattered scraps of cloth were barely pulling the upper and the sole together to prevent the entire cut from cracking.
If it wasn't deliberate, it would be obvious who had the better life.
Xiang Yao saw that everyone had seen it, so she continued, "I won't say anything, my Lords. If you had carefully looked at the child in Comrade Zhao's arms, you would have known that the little one was somewhat malnourished. It was obvious that the mother didn't have much milk."
She looked around and continued, "As everyone knows, breast milk can only be sufficient if you eat well. I believe that all of you aunts and uncles who have been mothers know this better than I do."
An auntie immediately nodded and said, "The little girl is right. If the mother doesn't eat well and doesn't have enough nutrition, then it will be really difficult to produce enough milk. When I was in confinement after giving birth, it was because my old lady ate cabbage and vegetables three times a day. Not only did I eat so much that my eyes were full of greens, but I almost ran out of milk before I was even out of confinement."
She patted her chest, looking a little apprehensive. "If my parents hadn't stewed chicken a few times for me to eat, my child would have been stuck with rice porridge! Look, Xiao Zhao is as thin as a reed. He must not have eaten much, so how could he have milk?"
There was also an older lady who simply walked up to Zhao Xiaomei and looked at the baby in her arms.
Zhao Xiaomei realized that she was no longer fighting alone and had no way to defend herself, so she was naturally not so averse to these onlookers. If the old lady wanted to watch, she would just stand still and let her watch.
Sure enough, the old lady exclaimed exaggeratedly after seeing it: "Oh my god, how come this child is so thin! I really haven't seen such a thin child in the past few years. The adults are really unkind. Even if there is no milk, why don't they buy some milk powder or malted milk to feed him? Let him starve like this, this is unacceptable!"
Zhao Xiaomei glanced at her mother-in-law with hatred and said, "My mother-in-law is holding the money and tickets. She refused to buy them."
Now, because of Xiang Yao's comparison, someone finally listened to Zhao Xiaomei's words.
"My husband's previous salary and pension from his workplace are all in her hands. There's nothing left for us. I don't have a job, and with a baby in tow, I can't find a way to make money."
Zhao Xiaomei was no longer as excited as before, but she had been holding these words in her heart for a long time. As she spoke, she choked up again.
It is said that a mother is strong, but facing a cunning and cruel mother-in-law, she has no support from her family, no man to back her up, and no money in her hands. How can she be strong?
After hearing this, the old lady got up from the ground in anger and pounded the ground with her cane.
"Aren't you just slandering me? Yes, my son's salary is indeed in my hands. I've raised him for so many years, and his job was given to him by his father when he retired early. So, shouldn't he give me the money he earns?"
Zhao Xiaomei said, "Wang Dalin has given you all his salary for the past few years. How could I have ever raised any objections? I can live without food or clothes, but my poor son has been without a father since he was born. Does he have to starve too?"
The old lady spat on the ground: "Bah! Don't use this matter to bully me as your mother-in-law. I'm already old. If I don't save some money for my retirement, do I have to rely on you, a vicious daughter-in-law? Besides, you obviously have money in your pocket, don't think I don't know!"
Zhao Xiaomei heard this and said angrily, "How could I have any money? Last year, your son broke his leg, and you insisted that we had hidden some secret money. You refused to pay, and in the end, you used the money I saved when I got married to pay for his treatment! How could I have any money?"
Her eyes were red, and she said hatefully, "Don't think I don't know. You've already made an agreement with everyone. You're going to force me out first, then sell the house, take the money, and go to the countryside with my son to seek refuge with your daughter."
"This house was left by my late parents, not your Wang family! Don't even think about touching the house, and don't even think about touching me and my son!"
What?
Everyone present was stunned.
But if what Zhao Xiaomei said is true, then this matter is really not that simple. This old lady is too immoral.
Everyone looked left and right, and saw the old lady's shriveled mouth opening and closing again and again, and finally she just said dryly, "You have a stinky mouth and you are talking nonsense." Suddenly, they felt a little clear-headed.
It turns out that this old lady is really thoughtful. She is thinking of kicking her daughter-in-law out and selling the house left by her parents!
The crowd surrounding the old lady suddenly scattered, and those who had just drawn their swords to help were now deeply regretting their decision.
After Zhao Xiaomei spoke, she became bolder. She was not afraid of death anyway, so why would she be afraid of other people's strange looks?
"Originally, you only had one son, Dalin, and he's gone now. I was thinking of raising our child well and providing for you in your old age, but what happened?"
She sneered, "I don't have any money, and I want to eat better so I can have milk for my child. What are you talking about? You said everyone in your generation went through this, and told me to endure more hardships, and that it will pass, and the child will grow up! But you used the money to secretly give yourself extra meals. What kind of logic is that!"
"I used to think you were my elder, so I allowed myself to cheat, but I never thought you would turn the tables and blame me!"
The crowd was in an uproar again, and their eyes were no longer friendly when they looked at the old lady.
What kind of mother-in-law is this? She actually ignores the needs of her daughter-in-law who is in urgent need of milk and eats delicious food in private? This is too inhuman!
Now looking at the neatly dressed old lady, everyone felt uncomfortable.
They have come to realize that this old lady is clearly an extremely selfish person.
Not only is she selfish, but she also has vicious thoughts. Not only does she want to force her daughter-in-law away, she also wants to occupy and sell the house. Does that mean all the good things in the world will be given to her?
When they thought about how they had just helped such a person to scold Zhao Xiaomei, they felt as disgusted as if they had eaten a fly.
Zhao Xiaomei didn't intend to let her mother-in-law go just like that. She had already tolerated her enough before. If it weren't for the old woman who pressured her with filial piety every day, and she hadn't yet gotten over the pain of losing her husband, and thought that if she had to go out to earn money in the future, her children would still have to be looked after by the elders, she would not have been so tolerant.
Originally, she was still considering her husband's feelings and planned to provide for her mother-in-law in her old age. Both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were widows, so they should support each other and raise their only child together.
She is a very patient person and can tolerate some of the targeting from her mother-in-law.
However, all this is based on the premise that she and her child can live well.
When her mother-in-law deliberately came out to frame her, her heart was colder than the coldest winter.
So now, since the old lady has gone to great lengths to bring the family affairs to the public eye, she doesn't have to be polite.
Zhao Xiaomei held the child, stared at the old lady, and complained about everything that had happened in the past few days.
This time the situation was completely reversed. The old lady tried to interrupt and speak several times, but was held down by the onlookers.
With the previous comparison, they are now more willing to believe Zhao Xiaomei's accusation.
But everyone seemed to have underestimated the old lady's fighting ability. While Zhao Xiaomei was speaking, the old lady suddenly rushed towards Zhao Xiaomei with a cane.
The crowd was just listening to Zhao Xiaomei attentively and did not notice the sudden attack launched by the old lady. After realizing her actions, they found that her legs were moving so fast that they could not catch up with her!
Outsiders naturally don't know that this old lady had been working in the fields before coming to the city. Not only are her legs nimble, but her strength is also not much different from that of men. As for the crutch, it is just a tool she got to show that she is an old lady and can no longer work.
"You bitch! You're a jinx! I'll beat you to death today!"
The old lady cursed harshly, raised her cane high, gritted her teeth and hit Zhao Xiaomei on the head.
"ah!"
"This can kill people!"
“Stop!”
The accident happened too suddenly. Zhao Xiaomei was already immersed in complaining about her mother-in-law's evil deeds. She only reacted when she heard the scream.
However, she was holding the child and had no time to dodge. She could only subconsciously close her eyes tightly when she heard the fierce sound of the wind created by the crutch.
At that moment, she only thought sadly in her heart, it's over, she may really not be able to raise her child well...
Everyone thought that Zhao Xiaomei was really going to get a bloody head this time. After all, the old woman's attack was really heavy. They could hear the sound of the head breaking through the air even though they were several meters away.
No one dared to watch the bloody scene that followed. Their screams were still in their throats, but their eyes had subconsciously closed.
but……
The old lady's expression, which seemed to be filled with pleasure of revenge, stiffened in the next moment.
A slender and powerful hand grasped the sharp cane, causing it to stagnate in mid-air.
The imagined scene of bloody heads did not occur.
The tall and long-legged young man had strong muscles in his arms, so blocking a crutch was just a piece of cake for him, and it seemed particularly easy.
Xiang Yao hid behind Nie Baichuan and looked at him with admiration: Nie Baichuan, you are so awesome!
Nie Baichuan curled the corners of his lips slightly, and with a strong pull, he not only snatched the cane into his own hand, but also made the old lady stagger and almost fall.
The old lady was stunned on the spot, the stiff expression on her face looked particularly hideous and terrifying. Her cloudy eyes rolled around, and she immediately sat down on the ground, beating her chest and crying.
"Where did this little scoundrel come from? How dare he bully an old woman like me? Is there any justice in the world?"
She looked at the two young men with hatred: "Do I know you? You're bullying me like this? Do I know you? Why do you have to meddle in other people's business? Believe it or not, I will report you to the police immediately and have you all arrested!"
Xiang Yao would not indulge her. Although it was said that we should respect the elderly and love the young, she could not respect such a vicious old woman.
She smiled and said, "Go ahead and sue me, old lady. You've made too many mistakes today. It's a good opportunity for you to turn yourself in, reform yourself, and start a new life."
"What?" The old lady's crying stopped for a moment.
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