Shang Hongying didn't give Zhang Qiaoyan a chance to speak, and continued, "You don't mind me, I'm going back to my parents' home to make room for you. With a capable sister like you, your brother can find a high school or college student in a matter of minutes. I won't serve you anymore."
After saying that, she turned around and went back to her room. This action scared the people in the yard. Normally, Shang Hongying never dared to provoke her sister-in-law Zhang Qiaoyan.
Zhang Dongze reacted, stood up, glared at his sister and rushed into his room. He couldn't let his wife go back to her parents' home. If those brothers-in-law knew that his sister was bullied at her husband's house, they would definitely come to beat up the Zhang family.
It's a pity that Shang Hongying wanted to take advantage of this incident to make a big deal. She wanted to divide the family. This was a perfect opportunity. She must go back to her parents' home today. When Zhang Dongze went there, she had already packed her clothes into her bag.
She also put the dozens of dollars she had saved over the years into her pocket, and walked out of the hospital despite Zhang Dongze's dissuasion. Wang Chunni saw that her daughter-in-law was not joking, so she really walked out of the hospital with her bag.
He hurriedly chased after him. The neighbors on both sides heard clearly what had just happened in the Zhang family's yard. It was hot now, and most of the villagers ate in the yard.
Zhang Dezheng said to his daughter, "If your sister-in-law really goes back to her parents' home today, you will be responsible for inviting her back. If she doesn't come back, you won't have to study anymore."
Zhang Qiaoyan said: "She wanted to go back to her parents' home on her own. I didn't chase her away. Even if she doesn't come back, it's not my fault. Was what I said wrong?"
Zhang Dezheng said: "I also told you, Zhang Qiaoyan, if your sister-in-law hadn't come back, I really wouldn't have supported your schooling. You did go to high school, but all the books you read were useless.
You can't even tell right from wrong, yet you're so self-righteous all day long that you always think you're superior to others. Look at what you've said these days, I feel ashamed for you.
Starting tomorrow, if you continue to say bad things about Luo Qiao outside and let her punish you, don’t come back to me. I can’t afford to lose face.”
Zhang Dongze and Wang Chunni failed to persuade Shang Hongying to come back. There was nothing they could do as it was getting dark soon. Zhang Dongze was afraid something might happen on the road again, so he went with them to see them off.
At nightfall, a black shadow quickly disappeared into the darkness. Not long after, someone threw stones at the village party secretary's house. Several stones were thrown into the house, but not much was smashed.
The window paper was all smashed, and people were scared out of their wits. The house and yard were all covered with dirt. Before the people in the house could rush out, the people outside had already left, but the neighbors heard the loud noise.
The next day, what happened in the secretary's house spread throughout the village. Zhang Dongze's wife was so angry with her sister-in-law that she returned to her parents' home. Zhang Qiaoyan looked down on uneducated people, and her reputation was completely ruined. Someone even threw clods of earth at the secretary's house in the middle of the night.
Everyone guessed that it was done by Zhang Dongze's Yue family. But Shang Hongying has three older brothers and two younger brothers. They must have come to vent their anger on their sister.
This incident made the Zhang family very depressed. In fact, they also guessed that it was someone from the Shang family who did it. Otherwise, why did someone throw a piece of soil in last night? Besides, they had never offended anyone in the village.
But he couldn't go to his in-laws' house to ask them about this matter. Besides, it was indeed his own daughter who was ignorant and bullied other people's daughter. Secretary Zhang felt that he didn't have the face to go to their house and blame them.
(End of this chapter)