Chapter 94: Break Up
Zhang yawned and walked lazily into the kitchen.
The eldest daughter-in-law was scooping cornmeal to make corn paste. When she saw Zhang coming in, she quickly poured the last half bowl of it back.
Zhang sneered, picked up the bowl and returned half a bowl of cornmeal from the wooden basin to the jar, and said unhappily: "My son is out there repairing the dam and doesn't even have a full meal. You lazy guys stay at home every day and eat so much. Don't you feel guilty?"
"It wasn't me who asked him to repair the dam." The eldest daughter-in-law muttered.
"What did you say?" Zhang was angry, with one hand on her waist and a cold brow.
"Mom, I passed by Tang Dafu's house when I went to fetch water just now. Their house was very lively. Do you want to go and take a look?"
"What kind of excitement can there be so early in the morning? Don't try to fool me."
"Really, mother. I also heard the voices of Tang Jiang's sister-in-law and Ming Xiu. I thought it was strange, so I stopped and listened for a while. Guess what happened?"
When Zhang heard that Wang was at Tang Dafu's house, her heart skipped a beat and she quickly asked, "What's wrong?"
"They sneaked into Tang Dafu's house last night and were caught by his family. Today they have to apologize in front of the whole village!"
"She really dares to go..." Zhang smacked her lips. "No, I'll go and see. You make breakfast and don't try to be lazy."
Zhang trotted all the way to Tang Dafu's house and met other people on the way. They rushed to the door of Tang Dafu's house together and stood at the gate to listen to the noise inside.
The gate of the courtyard opened and Li Taohua stood in front of them.
"We passed by..."
"Aunts and sisters-in-law, you've come at the right time. We're just in need of someone to serve as a witness." Li Taohua said, "Please call some more people over."
"What's going on? Is there any misunderstanding?" Zhang didn't want Wang to expose her, so she quickly spoke well of her.
Although she did nothing, she and Wang reached a consensus on the matter of gathering information. However, she did not expect that Wang would take action before she took any action.
"There is no misunderstanding. If Auntie is unwilling to help call for help, I will find someone else."
"I will. Send someone over right away."
Li Taohua turned around and went back.
Zhang and several other people looked at each other.
"It seems that Wang has hit a wall again."
"Ming Kui's mother has suffered a loss but still hasn't learned her lesson."
Several women quickly called people over.
Everyone is serious about watching the opera. Farm work can be put aside at home, but if the opera is over once it is over, it will lose a lot of fun.
The villagers had not stepped into Tang Dafu's house for a long time. When they came in again, they found that the house had changed a lot. Not only was it clean and tidy, but there were also many new things.
"Oh, I'm so scared." A woman saw Dahei jumping out and patted her frightened chest. "When did they get a dog?"
Li Taohua shouted: "Dahei..."
Dahei ran over and wagged his tail around her.
"Everyone is here. By the way, we have a dog at home. It won't bite people on its own initiative. If you are bitten, you have to look for the reason yourself."
"Mother Huiyin, I don't like what you said. What if we pass by your house and get bitten by it?"
"If it doesn't go out, wouldn't it be strange if you get bitten? If it runs out and I don't actively provoke it and it bites me, it's my fault."
"Okay, I've been here for a few hours, and the dog hasn't barked at me once." The village chief said, "Just don't provoke it, it won't bite you."
The village chief received a bag of candy and ate the breakfast carefully prepared by Qin Huiyin. The balance in his heart almost tilted towards their family.
"Now let's talk about Wang and Tang Mingxiu climbing over the wall in the middle of the night." The village chief said majestically, "You mother and daughter apologize in front of everyone and promise not to do it again."
Wang was unwilling to accept it, but if she suddenly went back on her word and had to argue for a long time, Mingxiu would not be able to blackmail their family by using the injury for a long time.
"It was our fault. We shouldn't have climbed over the wall in the middle of the night. We will never set foot in their house again." Wang said, "I will compensate you with 20 eggs this time."
"Okay. Who of you will accompany her to get the eggs?" said the village chief.
"I..." Zhang volunteered.
Zhang and Wang went next door.
Tang Dafu said to Li Taohua, "Wife, is this all?"
This is not his wife's style.
Judging from his daughter-in-law's behavior, she will not give up until she makes Wang sick.
Wang's apology was so insincere that Li Taohua could easily take advantage of it.
Li Taohua knew that the play had not yet been completed, but the protagonist of the second half was not her, but the mother and daughter. Since they could sing the play themselves, there was no need for her to add to the play.
"I'm a generous person." Li Taohua said with her arms folded, "Do you think I'm petty?"
Zhang and Wang went to the next room and talked to Wang for a long time, roughly asking what happened last night and whether she saw anything.
Wang said impatiently, "My daughter was frightened by the wild dog they raised right after she was born. They came out when they heard the noise. What could they see?"
"You were caught by them without seeing anything?" Zhang's eyes widened.
"If you don't believe me, go and try it yourself. You saw the dog just now. It's not barking now, but it bit my daughter last night."
Zhang shuddered.
Fortunately, she did not take any risks last night, otherwise, not only would she have lost face, but she might also have been chased and bitten by a dog.
"But you were smart this time. You didn't argue with them and just apologized."
"Who said I won't argue?" Wang said angrily, "I'll apologize first, and then I'll argue with them about biting my daughter. Just wait and see, if they don't compensate me with a few taels of silver this time, I won't let it go."
Zhang: “…”
The mother and daughter climbed over someone else's wall to find out about his affairs, and now they have fallen out, and they still want to extort money from him. Why do I feel that Wang is going to be in big trouble?
"These things of yours have nothing to do with me. I have no involvement in them." Zhang quickly distanced herself from the matter.
Wang sneered, "Coward."
After Zhang and Wang came back, Wang handed the basket of eggs to Li Taohua.
Li Taohua was not polite either. She counted the eggs in front of everyone and took out a few bad eggs and said, "These are no good. Change a few."
Wang endured it, and in order to avoid any trouble, she replaced the eggs with a few more.
"Your daughter hasn't apologized to us yet!" Li Taohua handed the counted eggs to Tang Dafu, who took the eggs into the kitchen, put them away, and then took out the basket.
Tang Mingxiu is at an age where she needs to save face. It is very embarrassing for her to admit in front of so many people that she had climbed over the wall of Tang Dafu's house, so her eyes were full of shame and anger.
"I'm sorry..." She apologized. "Is it okay?"
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