Everyone looked toward the courtyard gate in the direction of the sound, and saw Chen Guixiang leading Old Man Ning, the two men from the second son's family, and Ning Yunyun's family into the courtyard.
Seeing this family, Jiang Yuwei subconsciously frowned and quickly stepped forward to ask:
"Who do you think it is? It's Grandma! How could I not invite you to dinner? But today it's a hot pot dinner in our courtyard. I wonder what gifts Grandma, my second brother, and my sister-in-law have prepared for me?"
The group of people who had just entered the courtyard were immediately embarrassed when they heard that Jiang Yuwei wanted gifts and that they hadn't prepared anything, arriving empty-handed with only their fists in their hands. Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei continued to smile:
"The villagers have all brought us gifts today. Although I don't care about these things, it's always good to have auspicious signs, since everyone knows they've come to give our family a hot pot dinner."
Chen Guixiang looked at the way the villagers were looking at her and said;
"I, I didn't know you were having hot pot today, so we didn't bring any gifts."
Jiang Yuwei glanced at Chen Guixiang and said:
"What? You didn't bring a gift? Mother-in-law, you only know to come for dinner, but you don't know you should bring a gift?"
Hearing Jiang Yuwei's sincere question, the villagers began to whisper among themselves:
"What do you mean you don't know about hot pot? I think you're just stingy and don't want to give anything away."
"Yeah, I think they just want to eat and drink for free."
"That's right, that's right. I heard that when the eldest son's family was building a house, not a single member of the Ning family came to help. Now that the house is finished, they're coming here empty-handed to freeload."
"Hey, don't you know what kind of person Chen Guixiang is?"
Chen Guixiang, her face alternating between pale and flushed, listened to the murmurs of the crowd, then stamped her foot and said:
“I am Huaizhi’s parents. I have to bring gifts when I come to your house for dinner. What kind of father gives gifts to his son?”
Jiang Yuwei pondered for a moment and nodded, saying:
“Mother-in-law is right. You have never cared about our eldest son’s family, so it is only natural that you did not bring any gifts. After all, none of you came to help when we built our house. But now you come as soon as you smell the food. Your nose is even more sensitive than a dog’s. This is in line with your usual style of being a greedy old man who only takes in and never gives out.”
Seeing Jiang Yuwei speak of her mother like that, Ning Yunyun could no longer hold back. She stepped forward, blocking Chen Guixiang, and pointed at Jiang Yuwei angrily, saying:
"You, you wretch, how dare you talk to your mother-in-law like that! You deserve to be struck by lightning! You unfilial wretch, how could your parents have given birth to such a black-hearted wretch like you? I think even the village idiot is more sensible than you!"
Jiang Yuwei raised an eyebrow, reached out and grabbed Ning Yunyun's index finger that was pointing at her, then twisted it hard, causing Ning Yunyun to wince in pain and cry out.
"Ouch, it hurts! My finger! Let go of me!"
Jiang Yuwei not only didn't let go but increased her strength, saying calmly:
"Who do you think you are to talk about filial piety in front of me? In the Ning family, you have to call me sister-in-law. How dare you stand up and lecture me? I don't know how your parents raised such a dog who doesn't know his place, doesn't understand right from wrong, and barks wildly everywhere."
Seeing Jiang Yuwei bullying her daughter, Chen Guixiang, who was standing behind Ning Yunyun, was already furious. She stepped forward and forcefully pulled Jiang Yuwei's hand away, saying:
"You damned woman, how dare you bully my Yunyun! Second brother, beat this bastard to death! Our Ning family will never be any better off without her!"
Ning Chunlin, who was standing to the side, heard Chen Guixiang's words and reached out to slap Jiang Yuwei's face. Before Jiang Yuwei could react, a mud ball hit Ning Chunlin's raised wrist. Ning Chunlin cried out in pain, clutching his wrist and jumping up and down.
Ning Huaizhi, standing to the side, stared coldly at Ning Chunlin and said in a deep voice:
"If you dare to lay a finger on your sister-in-law, I will kill you."
Ning Chunlin then noticed Ning Huaizhi's gloomy face. He had never seen his older brother like this before. The oppressive aura emanating from him made Ning Chunlin forget the pain in his wrist and he didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Old Man Ning, standing at the very back, also noticed the change in his boss. He sighed heavily and said:
"Have you had enough? Go home!"
Ning Huaizhi looked at his father and said:
"Wait a minute."
Then he turned to Jiang Yuwei and said with a smile:
"Yuwei, today is a good day. There's no reason to kick people out. Let's make room for them to eat."
Seeing that Ning Huaizhi had already said so, Jiang Yuwei could only nod and say:
"Come in."
Seeing Jiang Yuwei's indifferent attitude, Chen Guixiang wanted to leave in a huff, but when she turned her head, she saw the food on the table and immediately swallowed. What a spendthrift! Why did she have to make such a good hot pot meal? She even prepared ten dishes and a soup. What a waste! She didn't even offer her any of this food.
Chen Guixiang thought that if her family didn't eat, wouldn't it all benefit others? So she gritted her teeth and followed Jiang Yuwei into the courtyard.
Jiang Yuwei simply moved a small kang table from her house, placed it on the ground, spread some dry grass on it, and smiled:
"Mother-in-law, everyone brought gifts, so it's not appropriate to ask them to leave the table. We're all family, so please make do with sitting here."
Just as Chen Guixiang was about to burst into a tirade, Old Man Ning pulled her back and shook his head. Chen Guixiang glanced at the abundant food on the table next to her and then restrained herself and sat down.
Seeing that they had taken their seats, Jiang Yuwei brought over a plate of cold bean sprouts and cold spinach, and then ignored their table.
Seeing this, Madam Sun angrily said:
"Mom, look at Jiang Yuwei's behavior! She arranged this shabby table for us, and we have to sit on the floor to eat. That's not all. Why did she only serve us two plates of cold dishes and then ignore us?"
Ning Xin, who was sitting next to her, burst into tears upon hearing this.
"Meat, Mom, I want meat! Others can eat meat, I want meat too!"
Seeing Ningxin crying and making a fuss, Madam Sun felt even more distressed, so she got up and called out:
"Jiang Yuwei, why are you taking so long to serve the food? Where is all the meat on this table? Can't you see the children are starving!"
Jiang Yuwei glanced at Madam Sun and said:
"How dare you address me by my name? You Ning family members truly have no sense of hierarchy. If you want to eat meat, just wait!"
After saying that, she ignored Chen Guixiang's table and went to busy herself pouring herbal tea for the other villagers. Xu Feng and Xu Jing saw the herbal tea in Jiang Yuwei's hand and went to snatch it, but Jiang Yuwei calmly continued to pour tea for the other villagers as if she didn't see the two children.
Ning Yunyun's face flushed red with anger upon seeing this:
"Mother, look at Jiang Yuwei's shameless behavior! She won't even let the two children have a sip of herbal tea!"
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