Chapter 194 Dalang, it’s time to take medicine (4)
When Huo Shichu and Aunt Zhou returned to the foot of the mountain, they saw an old woman with droopy eyelids that half covered her triangular eyes and two deep nasolabial folds on both sides of her lips and nose looking at her expressionlessly in a vegetable field.
This is Wei Dalang’s stepmother, the old woman of the Wei family who cruelly drove her seriously injured stepson out of the house. No wonder she has a mean and difficult-to-mess-with look. After all, appearance reflects the heart.
Huo Shichu also glanced at her expressionlessly and pretended not to see her. This was Wei Dalang's stepmother and had nothing to do with her.
"Xiao Huo, don't pay attention to her. Dalang has separated from his family and even signed a deed, saying that he won't need to support them in their old age. They're no longer related, so you don't have to be polite to them when you meet them in the future." Aunt Zhou also saw the unfriendly look on Old Lady Wei's face, so she whispered to Huo Shichu.
Huo Shichu's eyes lit up: "Has Wei Dalang severed his relationship with their family?" She was still very happy that she didn't have to interact with those top-notch people.
"Yes, because they wanted to split up the family and refused to give Dalang a share of the house and money, so Dalang simply called the village head and the elders and said that he wanted to sever the relationship and that he was no longer Old Man Wei's son and would not provide for them in their old age. Old Man Wei felt that Dalang would never get better and would become a useless person, so he naturally wanted to get rid of this burden. They were also afraid that Dalang would cause trouble to them, but they didn't expect that Dalang would take the initiative to sever the relationship with them. They were very happy and signed the deed immediately."
Aunt Zhou explained to Huo Shichu, "Da Lang was also very stubborn. He asked the elders to find a family without children and adopted him out. So now Da Lang has nothing to do with them. His birth, old age, sickness and death have nothing to do with them. Of course, the birth, old age, sickness and death of Old Man Wei and his family have nothing to do with Da Lang either."
The two walked away as they talked. Mrs. Wei stared at Huo Shichu's figure, not knowing what she was thinking. Her eldest daughter-in-law asked, "Mother, did you see that just now? The daughter-in-law we got from Dalang's family picked a lot of fungus mushrooms... Enough for our family to eat for several meals."
As she spoke, she glanced at her mother-in-law's face. She had hinted so clearly, her mother-in-law should try every means to snatch back the wood ear mushrooms picked by that woman, right?
Mrs. Wei's expression did change, but she had already broken up with Wei Dalang, so it was not easy for her to go to him again, so she just remained silent.
The eldest daughter-in-law saw this and immediately fanned the flames: "Mother, you bought the old lady with a bag of corn. If it weren't for your kindness, she might have starved to death somewhere now, and how could she go up the mountain? To me, she is ungrateful. She clearly saw you just now, but she pretended not to see you. Not only did she not take the initiative to give those mountain products to mother to taste, she didn't even say hello to you. It's obvious that she bears a grudge against our family, right?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Wei said angrily, "How dare she?! As expected, young people without anyone to teach them are ignorant and don't even know how to respect their elders..."
At this moment, she had forgotten that Wei Dalang had severed his relationship with their family, and she was still trying to act like an elder in front of Huo Shichu.
"So doesn't that mean you need to teach her, mother?" the eldest daughter-in-law said slickly. Then she rolled her eyes and sighed, "Shitou said yesterday that he wanted to eat chicken stewed with mushrooms, but where can we find mushrooms at home..."
Mrs. Wei's eyes suddenly became firm. She threw down the melon ladle in her hand and said, "You continue to water the vegetables. I have something to do." Then she took small steps and quickly chased after Huo Shichu.
Wei Erlang's wife Zhang Xi smiled triumphantly. What does it matter if Wei Dalang can't squeeze anything out of him? His wife can still squeeze more!
When it comes to taking advantage, Mrs. Wei's steps are indeed very quick, even more agile than those of young people, and she quickly caught up with Huo Shichu.
"Old man! I'm calling you! Are you deaf?" Old Mrs. Wei shouted unhappily.
At first, Huo Shichu didn't realize that she was being called, and she continued walking with Aunt Zhou. But the voice behind her was getting closer and more urgent, so she looked back out of curiosity.
As a result, she saw Mrs. Wei staring at her fiercely.
"Mr. Wei, what do you want to do?" Aunt Zhou also saw her and immediately felt as if she was facing a formidable enemy, fearing that Huo Shichu would be bullied by Mrs. Wei because of her youthful appearance.
"What's it got to do with you? I'm here to look for the old lady!" Old Mrs. Wei rolled her eyes at Aunt Zhou and said.
"Old lady, what's wrong with you? You have good things in your hands, but you don't show filial piety to your elders? I saved you out of kindness, but I didn't expect you to be ungrateful... If you are sensible, give me the things in your basket quickly!" Old Lady Wei blamed Huo Shichu for a lot of things, and then asked her for the things with a clear conscience.
Huo Shichu sneered, "Elder? Whose elder are you? Are you getting old and confused? Have you forgotten what happened two days ago? It doesn't matter if you forget. I can remind you: Wei Dalang has been adopted by someone else, and he has signed a severance agreement with you. What qualifications do you have to come to me to ask for things?"
Old Mrs. Wei didn't expect her to say such a thing. Her old face, as red as an orange peel, was flushed with anger. She angrily scolded, "What about adoption and severing the relationship? As long as my old man is alive, he has to be filial to him. Can the blood relationship be erased by adoption? You slut! I'm flattering you by asking for your things. Give them to me now!"
As she said this, she rushed over to grab Huo Shichu's basket. How could Huo Shichu be robbed of his things? She dodged flexibly, and because the old woman Wei rushed over with too much force and failed to hit Huo Shichu, there was no buffer to block her, and she lost control of her body all of a sudden, fell to the ground, and chewed a mouthful of mud.
"Hey, don't try to scam me. I didn't even touch you, and it wasn't me who caused you to fall." Huo Shichu said, and quickly jumped to the side, fearing that she would blame him.
"Aunt Zhou, you have to testify for me." She did not forget to ask Aunt Zhou for help.
"Of course! I saw it clearly, she fell down by herself, it's not your fault! Humph, you deserve it!" Aunt Zhou said with glee as she looked at Old Lady Wei who had been unable to get up for a long time.
At this time, they had already entered the village. Because Huo Shichu had been the topic of gossip in the village recently, the people around them were staring at them intentionally or unintentionally.
"Mr. Wei, I also saw that you didn't touch her, so she can't blame you!" So, an old lady from a nearby family who witnessed everything spoke up.
"Thank you for testifying for me, Auntie." Huo Shichu smiled at her generously and said.
"It's nothing. She's just going too far! How can she have the nerve to ask you for things when Boss Wei has been adopted? She's so shameless." The old aunt looked at old woman Wei with contempt. She was very happy to be able to step on old woman Wei.
Old Mrs. Wei has a sharp and mean personality and loves to take advantage of others. There are few people in the village whom she has not offended, so now everyone will only help Huo Shichu and not her.
"If you want to steal my things again, I'll have to ask the elders whether the adoption and severance of kinship still count. If not, then you have to give me two rooms in your house..." Huo Shichu said.
When Mrs. Wei heard her words, she was like a duck with its neck strangled, with its vitals being pinched, and she immediately stopped.
(End of this chapter)
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