After Zhao Yi took Jiang Bai away, the Zhao family was in an uproar.
The group blamed each other, and the one who was scolded the most was the second son's wife.
Everyone criticized her for making up the amount when borrowing money, and then she was the first to scold Jiang Bai, which angered Zhao Yi.
The group started bringing up old grievances and couldn't help but complain that she was the one who first suggested using diluted milk to make milk tea.
Speaking of this, the second son's wife was furious. Pointing at the group of people in front of her, she retorted loudly, "You're blaming me now, but didn't you all tacitly agree to this? After I did this, not a single person objected, did you?"
As she spoke, seeing the guilty expressions on her family's faces, she turned to Old Lady Zhao and said, "Furthermore, it's not my idea to waste the seasonings from the previous day and to use them the next day; it's my mother who made me do it."
Grandma Zhao quickly explained, "I only told you to secretly use the seasoning from the previous day. Who told you to keep using seasoning that you hadn't finished for several days?"
Sometimes, the ingredients would go bad, and they could smell them, but when they were soaked in milk tea, the guests couldn't smell it, so the second son's wife would calmly continue using it.
The second son's wife felt extremely wronged: "But we didn't have enough money to buy a new one! I was only trying to do what was best for the family."
"I think you're just a troublemaker," Old Master Zhao declared, summarizing the matter.
Since this matter has become such a big deal, someone has to be brought out to take the blame from the whole family. This will help increase the cohesion among the other family members.
These are the rules that Old Master Zhao summarized.
Previously, the scapegoat was Zhao Laoda, but after he went out to do business, the position was passed on to his two children. Later, Jiang Bai married into the family, and the person being scolded became Jiang Bai.
Zhao Laosan was the youngest and most favored, and his wife also benefited from this. Zhao Laoer was straightforward and didn't like to cause trouble. His wife was even more dim-witted and was always used as a weapon by Zhao Laotai, going wherever she was told.
The second son's wife was so upset by this experience that she couldn't speak.
She looked at her husband with hopeful eyes, expecting him to say something good about her, but instead she saw only disappointment in his eyes.
The second son's wife couldn't take it anymore in an instant; tears streamed down her face, and she ran away crying.
Watching his wife's departing figure, Zhao Lao Er felt a pang of heartache and asked worriedly, "She didn't go back to her parents' home, did she?"
"Let her go," Old Master Zhao sneered. "Let's see how long her family can keep her."
"No one should go to pick her up. Let her come back on her own," said Old Mrs. Zhao, deliberately staring at Zhao Lao Er. Seeing her second son bow his head in agreement, she said, "I'm going to teach this troublemaker a lesson today."
Zhao Lao Er kept his head down, keeping track of the moment, and planned that in a few more hours, once everyone in the family had calmed down, he would bring his wife back.
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When the second son's wife ran away, she didn't think about going back to her parents' home; she just felt too sad and wanted to come out and cry.
She had only run a few dozen meters when she encountered the woman who had persuaded the Zhao family to move into Zhao Yi's newly built old house on the day Zhao Yi held his banquet.
The woman was startled to see her second son's wife coming out crying, and asked, "What's wrong? Did Zhao Lao Er bully you?"
The second son's wife wiped her tears hard with her sleeve and shook her head.
The woman looked the second son's wife up and down a few times, and seeing that she had no injuries, she was certain that she had not been beaten.
The woman breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that she hadn't been beaten.
Seeing that the second son's wife was being coy and unwilling to say what had happened, she leaned closer and whispered, "Did your eldest brother agree to let you move into his newly built house?"
Only then did the second son's wife remember this whole thing.
She had just broken ties with Zhao Yi, and the possibility of her moving in was zero. Thinking back to her outrageous remarks yesterday, she felt as if her face had been ripped off and trampled on.
She couldn't help but turn cold and glare at the woman: "What's it to you?"
"Oh dear, I was just trying to comfort you, why are you acting like this?" the woman said anxiously.
She said, "If I hadn't seen Zhao Laoda and his wife holding hands and walking sweetly toward their new house on the street, I wouldn't have remembered this at all."
Hearing this, the second son's wife gritted her teeth in hatred: "They're still holding hands? All lovey-dovey?"
“Of course,” the woman said, clearly disapproving of the scene. “They dare to do this in broad daylight. What will they do when they’re in a secluded place? They’ll be kissing and hugging each other. The world is going to the dogs.”
The second son's wife suddenly felt dizzy: "They were still hugging and kissing?"
She suddenly realized that everything Zhao Yi and Jiang Bai had just done at the Zhao family was a play they had put on, and that they had deliberately done all of this to alienate her from everyone.
Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and walked fiercely toward the newly built house.
"Wait, I was just making that up." The woman quickened her pace, trying to stop the second son's wife, but she couldn't catch up.
She quickly called out from behind, "Don't spread this around."
The second son's wife had no interest in paying attention to her. She was busy looking for Zhao Yi and Jiang Bai to expose their true colors, but she came up empty-handed.
Zhao Yi and Jiang Bai had just left when she arrived. Seeing the locked door, she kicked it hard.
The second son's wife hurried towards the village entrance again. When she saw that Zhao Yi's carriage was no longer there, she knew that the two of them had left, so she squatted down dejectedly.
She can't go back to the Zhao family for the time being, but she can't go back to her parents' home either.
Her second sister-in-law just gave birth to another daughter who was a financial burden, and with three older brothers, there are now nine children in the house. There's barely any room to turn around.
If she goes back, her mother will only give her a few words of advice and then hurriedly urge her to come back.
Even if she insists on staying, there's not even a place for a person to live in the house. Does she have to sleep in a pigsty?
And just thinking about how her three sisters-in-law always look at her with disdain and contempt is truly disgusting.
Thinking about it too specifically, the faces of her three sisters-in-law appeared in her mind, and the second son's wife couldn't help but gag several times.
After vomiting, she wiped her mouth and was about to stand up when a male voice rang out beside her.
What are you doing here?
The second son's wife looked up and saw Wang Mazi smiling at her.
When he smiled, his face was covered with layers of wrinkles, his face was full of pockmarks hidden in the folds, his eyes were so small that they were just slits, his teeth were yellow and uneven, and one was missing from the side.
The second son's wife stared at his face for a few seconds, then looked down and vomited again.
This time I really threw up; I vomited up everything I ate this morning.
Seeing her behavior, Wang Mazi's smile faded, and his expression grew increasingly grim.
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