Jiang Yuwei naturally didn't forget her promise to the two children, so she went to the yard and used the leftover scraps to make two bamboo dragonflies for Ning Zhao and Ning Wan. The two children were overjoyed to receive the toys and played happily in the yard, only showing their childlike smiles at this moment.
"Um, I'm all better now."
Jiang Yuwei was leaning against the window watching two children play with bamboo dragonflies when she heard Ning Huaizhi's deep voice. She went into the room and saw that he was still sitting on the toilet. She quickly went over and helped him to the kang (a heated brick bed), while she went to clean up the toilet.
Seeing that Jiang Yuwei seemed unconcerned about the dirt and fatigue, and had even thoughtfully made this toilet for him, Ning Huaizhi's goodwill towards her increased even more. So he awkwardly said:
"Thank you... thank you."
Jiang Yuwei waved her hand impatiently and said:
"Since we are husband and wife, there's no need for thanks for everything."
Jiang Yuwei felt that since she had taken over the original body and become someone else's wife, she should fulfill her duties as a wife. Ning Huaizhi's current unfamiliarity made her feel embarrassed.
Jiang Yuwei was about to take the toilet out to clean it when she heard a commotion in the yard:
"Ning Zhao, you want to die! Where did you get this good stuff?"
"Bring it here, let me play with it!"
Ning Zhao clutched the bamboo dragonfly tightly to her chest, pursed her lips, and stared warily at the boy who was a head taller than her.
"Ning Zhao, you're such a stingy child. I don't know who you take after. It's just a broken bamboo for your brother to play with, what's the big deal? Listen to your aunt, here, give it to your aunt!"
Seeing her aunt Ning Yunyun reach out to snatch it, Ning Zhao pulled Ning Wan back a step and whispered to her:
"No, Auntie, this was made by Mother for me and Wan'er, it can't be given to anyone else."
“Mom, look at how stingy he is. Why waste words with him? I’ll just beat him up and take it from him.”
As Jiang Yuwei carried the toilet out the door, she saw Ning Yunyun and her two sons trying to snatch Ning Zhao and Ning Wan's bamboo dragonfly. She shouted:
"Zhao'er, Wan'er, get out of the way!"
Ning Zhao heard Jiang Yuwei's voice and instinctively turned around. She grabbed Ning Wan and ran a few steps away. Jiang Yuwei didn't stop what she was doing and threw the excrement from the toilet at Ning Yunyun.
Before Ning Yunyun could react, she was splashed with filth. The two children who had been standing next to her covered their mouths and noses in disgust and shouted:
"Mom, you smell terrible."
"Mother! You're so dirty, you still have poop on you."
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei put the toilet aside and said in a panic:
"Oh dear, oh dear, what should we do? I didn't mean to. Didn't I just shout for you to make way? Why are you still standing here like a block of wood?"
As Jiang Yuwei spoke, she turned to Ning Zhao and asked:
"Zhao'er, did I tell you to hide just now? Did you hear me?"
Ning Zhao nodded obediently and said:
"Mother, I heard it, that's why I pulled my sister away. I don't know why Aunt didn't hide."
Xu Feng, standing to the side, continued to cover his mouth and nose, speaking impatiently:
"That's right, Mom, we heard it too. Why didn't you move away?"
Xu Jing also stood far away, constantly fanning away the surrounding stench with his hand, afraid that the foul smell would get on him. He frowned and echoed:
"Yes, Mother, my brother and I both heard it."
Jiang Yuwei suppressed a laugh, then scooped up a large basin of cold water and poured it over Ning Yunyun before she could speak, hurriedly explaining:
"Yunyun, you're so dirty, it's really unpleasant to look at. Let me help you rinse off first, and then I'll have Xu Feng and Xu Jing boil some hot water for you to wash properly. You can stay here tonight. You'll definitely be disliked by your in-laws if you go back looking like this."
Ning Yunyun had already been doused with excrement, and now she was doused with a bucket of cold water. She was now soaked to the bone, shivering from the cold as she screamed in a shrill voice:
"I think you did it on purpose. You're up to no good. My mother was right when she said you were a jinx. The Ning family was unlucky to marry you. Humph, my good-for-nothing brother of mine died on the battlefield. It would have been better if he had died a quick death. Now he's back with a paralyzed body. What's he doing here? He just wants to eat and drink for free in the Ning family and have the Ning family support your whole family of four for free."
When Chen Guixiang and Old Man Ning returned from the fields, they saw their youngest daughter looking disheveled as soon as they entered the door. Chen Guixiang quickly dropped her hoe and was about to help her daughter up, but her daughter smelled so bad that she gritted her teeth and didn't dare to take a step closer. She just frowned and asked:
"How did you end up like this?"
Ning Yunyun stomped her feet in anger, rolled her eyes at Jiang Yuwei, and snapped:
"It's all because of you, my jinxed daughter-in-law! Mother, look what you've done to me!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly scolded Xu Feng and Xu Jing:
"What are you two standing there for? Go to the kitchen and boil water for your mother to bathe. Do you really want your mother to catch a cold and die in her bed?"
Hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, Ning Yunyun couldn't help but shiver. It was indeed a bit cold, but Ning Yunyun still strained her neck and shouted:
"It's not that serious. Why are you scolding my son? Who do you think you are?"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei snorted coldly and said:
“As their aunt, I have the right to advise them. Since you say so, then don’t let your precious son boil water, and you don’t need to take a bath. Just stand here in the cold wind all night, and go back to your husband’s house tomorrow after the dirt on your body has dried.”
After Jiang Yuwei finished speaking, she waved to Ning Zhao and Ning Wan and said:
"Let's go back to our room and sleep. Out of sight, out of mind."
With that, she led the two children back into the house.
Ning Yunyun watched Jiang Yuwei's retreating figure, stomping her foot in anger and pointing at her while cursing:
"Mom, look, look, she's even pooping on my head, and you're not doing anything about her, just letting her be so arrogant!"
Chen Guixiang looked at her daughter with a complicated expression and said helplessly:
What brings you here today?
Ning Yunyun turned her head and yelled at her two sons who were still standing there dumbfounded:
"What are you all standing there for? Are you really going to freeze me to death? Are you going to have your father find you a stepmother? Go and boil some water."
The two children then realized what was happening and hurriedly ran to the kitchen hand in hand.
Ning Yunyun then frowned, turned to Chen Guixiang, and said coquettishly:
"I came to see my parents, and I heard that my good-for-nothing brother is back, but he's disabled. How could I not come back to see such a big thing?"
When Chen Guixiang heard her mention Ning Huaizhi, all her dissatisfaction was written on her face, and she started yelling at the top of her lungs:
"He really is a good-for-nothing. He would have been better off dying on the battlefield, at least he wouldn't have come back to be a burden on our whole family. You have no idea how much money I spent on him. The day he came back, I asked Uncle Ning to come and treat him. The next day, that jinxed wife of his snatched my purse and went to town to buy medicine for him!"
Upon hearing Chen Guixiang's words, Ning Yunyun's eyes widened in anger, and she immediately retorted:
"Mother, you have such a hard life. You're old and you've been stuck with such a spendthrift family. You mean well, but this man is already crippled, and you still have to waste money to call a doctor for him. You really don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of the household!"
The mother and daughter stood at the door, shouting and cursing in unison, attracting many neighbors and villagers who were returning home from the fields. They all stood at the door, wanting to see what kind of trouble Chen Guixiang was up to now.
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