Qi Yue shook his head. "I think he hasn't come out yet! I haven't heard Du Yueming say that."
Xiao Yihan nodded, "That's good, this woman is obviously a calculating woman, she should be taught a lesson.
Send someone to keep an eye on it and instruct them to protect the descendants of the revolutionaries and prevent anyone from harming your sister-in-law in the future."
After breakfast the next day, except for Chu Jingqiu and a few others, the rest of the educated youth went up the mountain to chop firewood.
Shi Aihong heard a lot of noise outside, so she hurriedly dropped the sweater she was knitting and ran out to see what was going on.
I saw Da Laba, Fatty and a few other women jogging towards the east end of the village.
Shi Aihong yelled, "Auntie, you are running so fast, what are you doing? What happened?"
The loud speaker ran and shouted, "Du Yueming's sister-in-law is arguing with her mother at the east end of the village. Let's go and take a look. Shi Zhiqing, come with us!"
Shi Aihong said loudly, "Aunt, you go first! I'll go back and put on some clothes, and then I'll go."
She ran back quickly and shouted as soon as she entered the house: "Sister Pingping, something bad has happened. There's a quarrel going on at Du Yueming's house. Let's go check it out!"
Zhang Pingping threw down her sweater and asked anxiously, "Did you find out who was arguing with whom?"
Shi Aihong gasped and said, "I heard...the loudspeaker said...it's Du Yueming's sister-in-law and his mother arguing. Let's go check it out!"
Zhang Pingping thought for a moment and said, "Yueming and I aren't married yet, so it's inappropriate for me to go and watch them quarrel. Why don't you three go and see what they're fighting about?"
Shi Aihong urged, "Sister Zishan, Jingqiu, hurry up, if you go too late it will be over and you won't be able to see anything."
Lin Zishan glanced at her speechlessly, "Aihong, we're already fast enough. We should put on our cotton-padded jackets! You're acting like you're asking for my life. Look how anxious you are. You're such a gossip."
The three of them held hands and walked quickly towards Du Yueming's house at the east end of the village. When they were still some distance away from Du Yueming's house, they heard a burst of crying from Du Yueming's house.
The roof and walls of the Du family's house were full of people, and there were a few children lying on the branches of the trees in the yard.
Shi Aihong pulled Chu Jingqiu and squeezed in, all the way to the yard.
Du Yueming's sister-in-law Gu Yufeng was sitting on the ground crying, and Du Yueming's mother was standing aside with a gloomy face.
Du Yueming's father was squatting on the ground smoking a pipe, while Du Yueming's brother Du Yuehai was squatting on the side with his head in his hands.
Gu Yufeng slapped her thigh and cried, "I won't live any longer, I won't live any longer. You are so biased and unjust. Why can't an old man treat everyone equally? If you don't explain it clearly today, I won't live any longer!"
Mother Du said with a dark face, "Let everyone judge for themselves. When Yue Hai got married, in addition to giving you a hundred yuan betrothal gift according to village rules, I also gave you an extra twenty yuan and made new furniture for you.
Now it has been almost ten years, and Yueming is getting married soon. According to the village rules, I gave Pingping a betrothal gift of 300 yuan, as well as "three turns and one ring", and also made a new set of furniture for Yueming. This is not too much, right?
Qingmin just got married a few days ago, and he married an educated youth. The betrothal gift I gave to Pingping is not much compared to what Qingmin gave!
But the eldest son's wife insisted on making up the "three turns and one ring" for her. We all rely on earning work points to make a living, how can we have so much money to make up for her!"
Gu Yufeng wailed, "Yueming is a company commander in the army and earns so much in allowances! He earns 80 yuan a month, why don't you take this into account?"
Du's mother pointed to the six red brick and tile houses in the family and said, "My eldest daughter-in-law, check your conscience. Did you build these big houses? I, Yueming, saved money and sent all my allowance home to build them.
How about this, if you feel that I, as an elder, am not doing justice, then you and the eldest brother will pay as much as Yueming has paid to the family over the years, and I will make up for it."
Gu Yufeng quickly got up from the ground, ran to Du Yuehai, and beat him with her hands.
"You coward, your whole family is bullying me and you're just standing there watching. I'm not going to live with you anymore. I'm going to take my two children back to my parents' home."
Du Yuehai was so furious after being beaten by her that he stood up and pushed Gu Yufeng, causing her to stagger.
Gu Yufeng howled even louder. Like a madman, she lowered her head and rushed into Du Yuehai's arms, "Here, here, just beat me to death, just beat me to death!"
Du Yuehai grabbed her hair and started beating her. Gu Yufeng was not to be outdone and grabbed Du Yuehai's face with her hands.
Father Du was so angry that he shouted: “Enough, stop making trouble, eldest daughter-in-law, if you feel it is unfair.
Go to your mother's house and call your father and mother over, and ask your family. If the betrothal gift your father gave to your younger brother is the same as that given to your older brother, I will make up the difference for you without hesitation.
Ask the people in our Qingshan Brigade, if the betrothal gifts for the eldest and second sons of a family are the same, I will make up the difference for you."
A villager with several sons nearby chimed in, "That's right! Isn't this going to cost the old man his life? This is totally unacceptable!"
"Yue Hai's wife usually looks quite smart, but I didn't expect her to be such a jerk. You really can't see through a person until you encounter something!"
Gu Yufeng continued to act recklessly and said, "Every family's situation is different. Yueming earns so much money, he should at least help his brother and sister-in-law!
I don't care what other people's families are like. I'm just talking about our family's affairs. You can either make up for it or split up the family and give me these houses.
Yuehai is the eldest son, you two elders should follow me and let Yueming live in the old house in the old house. Then I will not make trouble and will not have to do the "three turns and one ring".
One villager said: "This is outrageous. He is simply a troublemaker."
"Exactly. The five fingers are evenly spaced. Elderly people treat their children equally. I think Yue Hai's mother did the right thing."
"It's Yueming's own ability to make money. You are considered another wife. How can you be thinking about Yueming's money?"
When Gu Yufeng heard the villagers pointing at her and gossiping about her, she angrily yelled, "Get out, get out of my house. You are meddling in other people's business. What does my family's affairs have to do with you?"
The loud speaker couldn't stand it any longer and shouted, "Yufeng, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but if I lived the same life as you, I would wake up laughing in my dreams.
When you got married, everyone knew that the dowry the Du family gave you was the largest in our village.
You have been married for so many years and have only given birth to two girls for the Du family, but Yueming's mother still provides you with good food and drink.
Tell me, have you ever cooked a meal in all these years since you got married? You eat a bowl and your mother-in-law serves you another bowl.
Unlike us, who have to take care of the old first and then the young, your two children were raised by your mother-in-law and have slept with her since they were young.
The new house you live in was built by Yueming. According to the village rules, the elderly follow the eldest brother, and the eldest brother lives in the old house. No matter what, it is not Yueming's turn to move out. If anyone has to move, it should be you!"
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