Seeing him come in, Hu Xiaohong's voice paused, and then became more and more unpleasant and harsh. Her eyes glanced at him vaguely, and Wang Songbai was so embarrassed that he didn't want to speak.
His mother was obviously not like this before. She used to be very gentle and could discuss anything with him. But since he got married, he didn't know what had happened. Her words became more and more unpleasant and her actions became more and more unpredictable. Wang Songbai now felt scared when he thought about talking to his mother.
"What's wrong?" He had already pushed the door open, but still asked with courage.
Wang Songhua angrily recounted the whole story, and concluded by saying, "Brother, please judge for yourself. What on earth is our mother thinking? I've already told her that I don't want to marry into the Ma family, nor do I want to marry Ma Sangang, but our mother is like a demon and insists on not agreeing. She even said that we've already made an agreement with the Ma family. Could it be that my lifelong happiness is less important than her reputation?"
"The Ma family is well-off, and Ma Sangang is a worker in a machinery factory. If you marry into their family, you'll have a good life. Am I wrong for thinking about your sister like this?" As she spoke, Hu Xiaohong looked at Wang Songbai again. If it were in the past, she might have wiped away a few tears, but now she was so angry that her head hurt. She didn't understand why her children didn't listen to her. She was obviously doing it for their own good!
Unexpectedly, Wang Songbai, who had listened to the conversation, said, "I think what Songhua said makes sense. She's old enough to make her own decisions about marriage. She'll live her life on her own. Whether she lives a good life or not has nothing to do with us. It's her own choice. You can't control her for a while, but you can control her forever. If you force her to marry and live with resentment, how can the couple live together?"
"That won't work. I've already made an agreement with the Ma family. Your sister will marry him after the autumn harvest!"
"Mom, you'd better quit. Otherwise, Songhua will blame you if she has a bad life in the future. You might as well let her find someone she wants."
Hu Xiaohong saw that the brother and sister were looking at her with burning eyes, insisting that she cancel the arranged marriage. She felt her blood rushing up and her head felt dizzy.
Her fingers were trembling as she pointed at the two of them.
"Good! That's really good! You two are so heartless and ruthless, you really are worthy of being from the Wang family. You are just like that damned grandma of yours. For such a small matter, you teamed up to target me!"
Seeing that the two men didn't speak, she stepped forward, pushed them aside and walked out.
"I think there's no place for me in this house anymore. My child has grown up and has grown strong enough to no longer need me as his mother. I think I might as well just die to save myself from wasting food!"
After saying that, she pushed open the door and walked out angrily.
Wang Songhua snorted coldly when she saw this. She felt that she had been too filial and obedient over the years, making her mother feel that everything had to be done according to her arrangements.
Wang Songbai didn't chase her out. His mother had gone too far this time. Songhua clearly didn't want to, but he still insisted on marrying her. No one knew what he was trying to achieve. It had only been a short time since the Yang Weihong incident, but he had already forgotten the lesson. The team leader held meetings every day to educate the villagers, and he had told them many times that marriage was free, but why didn't his mother listen!
Hu Xiaohong walked out with big strides and stopped only when she reached the road where her home was. She looked back and found that neither the brother nor the sister had caught up with her.
She looked around and saw that there was no one hanging around in the village late at night.
Thinking of how they had just teamed up to target her, and then thinking of the grievances she had suffered over the years for her two children, Hu Xiaohong felt a sharp pain in her head, waves of dizziness came over her, and she fell to one side uncontrollably.
When Li Yuqin saw her mother-in-law running out, she waited for a while, then put on some clothes and came out to look outside the yard. She didn't see her mother-in-law and didn't know where she had gone.
The house suddenly became quiet after the previous noise disappeared. Wang Songbai looked at his sister who was still angry and comforted her, "Don't argue with our mother. I will have to scold her when she comes back. If you don't want to, I will not let you marry him no matter what. Don't worry, I am on your side."
Wang Songhua nodded, and the expression on her face relaxed a lot. It was enough to have someone stand on her side, so that her mother wouldn't think that she was the only one who had the final say in the family and wanted to make the decisions on everything.
"Brother, you are still the best."
Now, after repeated brainwashing by his wife, Wang Songbai has realized that his previous indulgence of his mother was wrong. He can't just give in to his mother in everything just because she worked hard to raise him and his sister. This will not only make everyone tired, but also damage the relationship between the family.
So this time he planned to let his mother calm down.
The brother and sister sat in the main room again and talked about some private matters. This was the first time they talked so much since their last fight. This time they stood on the same side, and their relationship seemed closer as they criticized Hu Xiaohong one after another.
As they talked, their anger subsided a lot, and their indulgence and pity for their mother surged in their hearts again. Seeing that Hu Xiaohong had not returned, Wang Songhua couldn't help but feel worried.
Her mother has been unpopular in the village for more than a year. People who used to be close to her are now unwilling to pay attention to her. It's so late, and she doesn't know whose house she can go to.
Wang Songbai looked at his watch. It was already past eleven o'clock and his mother had not come back yet. He went back to his room and asked Li Yuqin to get him an electric baton. He put on some clothes and went outside to look for her in the village.
Wang Songbai thought that his mother had nowhere to go, so he started looking towards Beishan. However, he walked around the village but couldn't find his mother.
Wang Songbai went to several familiar homes and knocked on their doors to ask, but Hu Xiaohong didn't come, so he started to panic.
While he was considering whether to continue searching tomorrow, the light from the electric baton flashed across the gutter next to him, and a familiar piece of cloth came into view.
It’s his mother!
Hu Xiaohong fell directly into the drainage ditch next to her, half of her body was soaked in mud and water. It was the end of September now, and she had to wear more clothes in the morning and evening. It was understandable that she would fall into the ditch at this time.
Wang Songbai touched his mother's body and found her cold. His face turned pale with fright and he quickly helped her out of the ditch. Fortunately, her mouth and nose were not in the water. He reached out his hand to check her breath and found that it was still warm. He breathed a sigh of relief.
Thinking of his mother lying here for half the night, cold and wet, Wang Songbai felt a little nervous, and most of his resentment towards his mother disappeared at once.
Although his mother was in her fifties, she had been in good health over the years. This sudden fainting must have been caused by the anger she had just received from the two siblings. Wang Songbai hurriedly fished her out of the ditch and carried her home on his back.
It was already the late night. According to the time when Hu Xiaohong rushed out of the house, five or six hours had passed.
Wang Songbai put Hu Xiaohong on the kang, called Li Yuqin and Wang Songhua to come over to clean her and change her clothes, then trotted to Tian Cai's house.
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