"Who is it? Come out now!"
Zhang Xiaoya heard Chen Gang's voice and started vomiting again...
After a while, she stood up straight, covered her mouth, and walked out of the toilet.
"Heh, long time no see, Chen Gang."
"You've mistaken me for someone else, I'm sorry."
Startled, Chen Gang quickly lowered his head and ran away with the manure cart.
"Tch, you even mistook someone for someone else. It's embarrassing enough, but to mistook someone for someone else is even more embarrassing." Zhang Xiaoya curled her lip in disdain and walked away.
Chen Gang pulled the manure cart to the entrance of the management office, and the administrator came out curiously when he saw this.
"It's not time to leave work yet, what are you doing here with your cart?"
"This funnel is broken, we can't finish it, let's try again tomorrow."
He left without waiting for the administrator to speak, his face expressionless.
"Hey, then you should at least take the manure to the field and dump it there. What are you doing leaving it here?"
Otherwise, even if you work for free today, are you still going to work or not?
Chen Gang stopped, hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around and pulled the manure cart away.
"That's more like it. Doing half and then abandoning the other half is so irresponsible."
Chen Gang pulled the manure cart toward the field, but his mind was in turmoil.
He never expected to run into Zhang Xiaoya here. How embarrassing it would be to do such a shameful job and be recognized by someone he knew.
His father was really heartless. He was the one who went to the countryside and cleaned the latrines, while his older brother didn't have to do anything.
Meanwhile, Chen Gang's older brother was still fast asleep at home, but He Hua was woken up by Chen's mother to wash the whole family's clothes.
"So many, how are we going to wash them?"
"What do you mean, how do you wash it? Wash it by hand! You don't even know that? And you're supposed to be a high school student."
Chen's mother looked down on He Hua and felt very comfortable ordering her around.
"I'm not washing. Whoever wants to wash can wash. It's so cold, go ahead and wash in it."
Besides, I'm pregnant with your Chen family's child, shouldn't you treat me to good food and drink?
"How dare you make me do chores? How could you, as a mother-in-law, do such a thing?"
Chen's mother never expected that He Hua would actually rebel against her, her mother-in-law. Where was her authority then?
“I’m your mother-in-law. You do whatever I tell you to do. You’re pregnant, not like your arms and legs are broken.”
Everyone goes through this, right? Are you the only one who's precious during pregnancy? Everyone else is treated like dirt during pregnancy?
If you don't want to do it, you can get out of my house. We haven't even officially recognized you as our daughter-in-law yet, and you've already lost all sense of shame.
"You, you old hag, you sweeping woman, get out if you want."
I don't even want to be your daughter-in-law, as long as Brother Chen Gang wants to.
No wonder she lost her job and became a cleaning lady, humph.
After He Hua finished scolding, she turned around, went into the room, and closed the door.
"Hmph, I'm just going to roll back into the house anyway. If you want me to get out of the Chen family, you'll have to wait until your next life."
I'll stay right here and fight you all until you're all coughing up blood.
"You shameless woman, get out here! What kind of daughter-in-law talks back to her mother-in-law like you?"
"Get out of this house, you bitch, open the door!"
Chen's mother pounded on the door, and when her hands hurt, she kicked it with her feet. After kicking it several times, there was no sound from inside the house.
"Kick it, kick the door until it breaks, and if it falls down, it'll crush you, you old woman."
"That bitch, humph, I'll deal with you when I get back from work."
He Hua sat on the bed for a while. She walked to the door and looked out through the crack, but there was no one there.
Hmph, I'll fight her. Then, she opened the door and swaggered out.
She went into the kitchen and rummaged through things here and there.
Seeing the cured meat, I was overjoyed and immediately started cutting it up, then stir-fried it with some greens.
After eating and drinking her fill, He Hua didn't even wash the dishes. She clapped her hands and went back to her room to lie down.
Not long after, Chen's mother made a point of returning home after finishing her work at noon.
Upon entering the house and seeing the kitchen in such a mess, I was instantly furious.
Who messed up this kitchen? Her husband isn't home, and her eldest son didn't get up until the afternoon. It must have been that bitch He Hua who did it.
Chen's mother immediately flew into a rage, "He Hua, you lazy woman, you don't even know how to clean up after yourself!" With that, she rushed towards He Hua's room.
He Hua had heard the commotion and locked the door beforehand. "Old hag, if you keep making a scene like this, when Brother Chen Gang comes back, I'll tell him you're bullying me, and we'll see whose side he takes."
"Don't try to scare me with my son. This isn't over yet, you lazy woman, lazier than a pig!" Chen's mother yelled as she searched for her keys.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside; it was Chen Gang returning.
As if she had found a savior, Chen's mother rushed towards Chen Gang, "Hey, third son, why do you smell like poop?"
Disgusted by the smell on Chen Gang, Chen's mother kept a distance and began to exaggerate He Hua's faults.
Chen Gang frowned, walked towards He Hua's room, and knocked on the door. "He Hua, open the door and have a good talk with my mother."
He Hua refused to open the door and shouted loudly from inside the room, "Brother Chen Gang, Mom has been targeting me all along. I'm pregnant and I still have to put up with this."
Chen Gang turned to look at his mother, who was furious. "Mom, He Hua is pregnant. Just let her have her way. Besides, she's family now."
Chen's mother's eyes widened. "You're actually siding with her? Humph... As long as I don't acknowledge her, she's not a member of our family."
Chen Gang ignored these trivial matters and went into the kitchen. Seeing the mess, he felt very impatient.
He walked out of the kitchen and asked angrily, "Mom, you don't even keep the kitchen clean when you're home. Look at the mess it is."
What are we having for lunch? Did you cook?
"Hmph, it's not like I made this happen. If you want to eat, go cook for yourself. I'm not your mother."
"Okay, I'll cook."
Chen Gang felt incredibly frustrated; this kind of life was worse than living in the countryside.
In the countryside, he was at least treated like a king, with people serving him. At home, however, he was like a servant, being ordered around to do this and that.
"Third brother, didn't you go to deliver manure? Why are you back in the middle of the day?"
Still half asleep, Chen Jin woke up and curiously asked Chen Gang a question.
"Oh, brother, the latrine hopper broke, so I came back."
"It's your turn to go this afternoon. Don't you dare not go! If you don't want to go, ask Dad to go instead. I'm not going."
"Third brother, you are so unfilial. You always make excuses to do things for your father."
“Brother, you’re so filial, why aren’t you going? You’re always sleeping in at home.” Chen Gang retorted angrily.
"I'm your older brother, how can you talk to me like that?"
"What did I say? Was I not telling the truth?"
"You, third brother, it seems it's time to teach you a lesson."
Chen Jin immediately rushed over, intending to slap Chen Gang, but Chen Gang blocked it with a fire poker and then hit Chen Jin hard.
At this moment, Chen Jin picked up a stool from the ground and threw it at Chen Gang, who dodged and missed.
"I told you to hide, hide..."
Chen Jin smashed whatever he could find in the kitchen, eventually even breaking a hole in the water tank.
Instantly, the kitchen became a vast expanse of water. Water flowed everywhere, even overflowing into the yard, alarming the others inside the house.
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