Chapter 85: A Bad Habit
As a result, the family in the old house lived in chaos. Every day, the grandchildren were fighting, and the third daughter-in-law was cursing and swearing at others.
"My poor head of the family, you were thrown into jail out of nothing. How can we orphans and widows live? All the cunning people have left this family, leaving us, the easy-to-bully orphans and widows, to suffer here. Third son, oh third son! We can't live like this! Some people just want to bully us, the third branch. Who made us stupid? We didn't know how to divorce, and we don't have a reliable family. I don't care whether I suffer or not, but pity your two big sons! They are so hungry that they are unrecognizable!"
She rubbed the clothes and cried.
Mrs. Wang Liu jumped out of the shed in anger, "I asked you to wash clothes, but you act like your mother has died. My third son will be born in a year at most. Who are you crying for?"
"Mom, I have to cook and wash clothes. There are so many mouths to feed and so many clothes to wear. Why do you let me do it all by myself? The boys from the second house are obviously many years older. Why don't they come to help? For example, if we go into the mountains to chop wood, it will take us half a day to chop and only carry a few sticks back. It won't be late for dinner. My sons are still young, and they have to carry barberry wood and plant vegetables."
Mrs. Wang Liu scolded, "What time is it now? These are hard times. How could a little work tire you out? I think you've been so cunning and treacherous that you've developed all these bad habits."
The third son's wife refused to give in. "Don't say that, mother. It's been so long since the second wife went back to her parents' home, and she hasn't come back yet. Daya also ran away with her mother, and the second wife's eldest son is still in school. What's the point of studying at this time? Dad is in jail, and mom ran away. As a scholar, shouldn't he come back to fulfill his filial piety and take responsibility for the family? Mother, can you be fair and let the second sister-in-law come back to share some of the burden? Otherwise, you can wash your and dad's clothes yourself, and wash the clothes of the second wife's children, and cook their own meals..."
Normally, she wouldn't dare say these words.
Life is hard now, so she has decided to give it her all.
Wang Liupo took off the soles of her shoes and was about to hit the third daughter-in-law, "You stupid woman, what are you talking about? I'm an old woman, do I still have to serve you? Fine, if you don't cook, I'll do it! Don't eat, you'll starve me to death, you're asking for a beating, Dalang is a student, preparing to take the exam for the scholar, how can he delay his studies? Our family's future prosperity depends on Dalang! Second daughter-in-law, did I ask someone to speak for her to come back? Did I ask anyone to speak for me? Am I deliberately favoring her?"
The third son's wife dodged and retorted, "Please stop talking about Dalang. How long has Dalang been a student? How old is he? He's almost twenty! He's taken the exam to become a scholar several times, but he didn't pass. Does he want to keep taking exams until he's old? Most of the money in our Wang family has been spent on him. And our Xiaowu hasn't even been to school yet. If we were to go to school, who wouldn't be able to pass the exam to become a student?"
Now, not only was Mrs. Wang Liu angry, but Old Man Wang in the shed was also so angry that he threw things.
It makes a clanging sound.
The third daughter-in-law was addicted to talking back, so she just threw it all out. "Besides, second sister-in-law, she's been back to her parents' home for so long, just to escape and not want to come back to suffer and live a hard life. Maybe she's looking for a man. Who doesn't have a parents' home? If you only know how to oppress your daughter-in-law, I'll go back to my parents' home tomorrow morning. If you don't give me food, I'll go back to my parents' home to eat! That loser from the fourth room who only gave birth to a money-losing child knows to divorce, so why can't I? I have hands and feet, and I can give birth to a son. If I divorce, are you worried that I won't find a man to support me?"
Wang Liupo was so angry that she took off her shoes and chased after him. She was panting and almost couldn't catch her breath.
If this happens, three sons will go to jail and three daughters-in-law will get divorced!
Old Wang’s family doesn’t know how people will laugh at them!
If I had known this earlier, I would not have taken the ten taels of silver, nor would I have allowed the fourth son’s wife to divorce, and would not have let Erya get what she wanted.
If life really becomes difficult, the fourth room's one slut and two maids can be sold for more than ten taels of silver.
Loss.
It’s a big loss.
The divorce of the fourth wife set a bad precedent for the second and third wives. This is a disaster and they all want to run away!
Oh my God, this is going to kill the Wang family!
Just when the quarrel was getting out of control, Goro suddenly came back from outside.
Wu Lang shouted, "Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, good news, great news! Our Fifth Uncle is back! Fifth Uncle is home!!!"
Mrs. Wang Liu's dizziness and shaking legs were gone. "What?"
Old Man Wang in the shed rushed out, "What's going on? Tell me!"
Wu Lang put down the fish basket and said, "I heard from some of my friends in Wangjia Village that a group of hooligans from the neighboring county came today, holding the book about women written by Jiang's father, and wanted to force Jiang to marry him. They couldn't be driven away, and they weren't afraid of reporting to the authorities. At the critical moment, my fifth uncle came back. The villagers saw it, and it was really my fifth uncle. Dabao, Erbao, and Sanbao were all very happy..."
Mrs. Wang Liu sat down on the ground. "Oh, God has a vision! That's great. Wu'er is back. This life won't force us into a dead end. My Wu'er is finally back! Wu'er, you used to be the most filial to your parents. They said you ran away and didn't want them anymore, and died outside. I didn't believe it. You are finally back. I want to find my Wu'er..."
Old man Wang was also excited.
He remained calm and said, "Wait, we need to think it over. We can't just go there rashly."
"Why are you so rash? I want to tell my Wu'er about the character of that bitch Jiang and ask him to divorce her. Jiang is disrespectful to her elders and has sent all three of her brothers to jail. I want to teach Jiang a lesson..."
Old Man Wang smacked his lips. "The fifth child's personality is different from the fourth child's. Although he's filial, he's more principled. Jiang still has the letter of severance we signed back then, kicking Dabao and the others out. We went too far back then, but now that the family is reunited, Jiang must have been the first to complain. We have to come up with a decent excuse, otherwise, things will be tough for the fifth child."
This time, Mrs. Wang Liu suppressed the urge to run away and said, "Master, whatever you say, I will listen to you."
"Let's talk inside." Old man Wang looked up at the sky. Finally, there were clouds in the sky and it was not so dark anymore.
There’s a saying that goes, “Wait until the clouds clear and the sun and moon appear.”
good!
***
It's time to go to bed at night.
There was only one big kang in the room that could accommodate people. Jiang Lianzhu slept at the innermost part of the kang. Next to her were Nanbao, Erbao, and Dabao.
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