"Eldest daughter-in-law, are you really going to make things irreparable?" Zhou's father asked, his eyes filled with threat.
"Everyone else is telling me to get out of the Zhou family, but I'm not that shameless." Because of the grain hoarding, now is a great opportunity.
"Alright, alright, you've really made something of yourself, Chen Banxia. You won't listen to your in-laws anymore," Zhou's father said, completely ignoring the situation.
Zhou's mother thought the old man's words would be useful; her goal was not to force Shen Banxia away from the Zhou family.
But she couldn't bear to lose face if she took back what she had already said.
Seeing Aunt Zhu and her two children carrying things, he said, "Zhu Dazui, this is a matter for the Zhou family. What are you doing getting involved?"
"I invited them," Shen Banxia said without flinching.
Aunt Zhu wasn't afraid of Zhou's mother. "Wang Cuihua, I've never seen anyone like you. Your son has only been away on a business trip for a short time, and you're already trying to kick your pregnant daughter-in-law out. No mother-in-law in the past has ever been like you. You're supposed to be the team leader's wife, and you have no sense of responsibility at all."
These words really hit Zhou's mother hard. She had always been proud of being the team leader's wife, and now that she was being told that she lacked awareness, wasn't that embarrassing for the old man?
If the old man loses his position as brigade leader, he'll lose face among those women.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Don't you even know what Shen Banxia has done?"
Aunt Zhu curled her lip and said, "Who doesn't know you? You're always trying to take advantage of others. Your heart is always on your side. Who else can you see but your good-for-nothing daughter?"
"You, Zhu Dazui, I'll fucking tear your mouth apart!" he said, and was about to make a move.
Aunt Zhu looked eager to try, she wasn't the kind of old woman who was afraid of fighting. "Come on, Wang Cuihua, I've had my eye on you for a long time. You always hold your head up like a big rooster."
"Ahhhh, Zhu Dazui, you're the one who's like a rooster, your whole family is like roosters."
Before they could even argue, the two started pulling each other's hair and scratching each other's faces, leaving Shen Banxia completely bewildered.
Zhou's father came out and separated the two, getting a few slaps on his face as well. "What's all this fuss about? Do you both think you're still kids?"
The two of them snorted coldly in unison, completely ignoring the grand principles that Zhou's father was trying to preach.
Zhou's father's dissatisfaction with Shen Banxia was about to overflow.
I originally thought that marrying a cultured daughter-in-law would be helpful to both my son and my future grandson.
But now it seems she's completely unruly, unlike the second and third sons' wives, who always obeyed their elders' orders.
My thoughts have also changed.
"Eldest daughter-in-law, since you want to move to the clinic, then go ahead and move. We big shots can't control you anymore." That desolate figure clearly showed that she had been hurt.
Shen Banxia realized that she had really underestimated her father-in-law.
Looking at the crowd outside, sure enough, different voices were heard.
"Oh dear, Mingqian's wife is something else. Now that she's got a little bit of ability, she doesn't even respect her father-in-law anymore."
"That's right. I used to think our village was lucky, but now it seems like we might not be so lucky after all."
"There's nothing we can do; they're educated youth from big cities," someone said dismissively.
Some people offered hindsight advice, saying, "See? I told you, marrying an educated youth from another place is a bad idea."
“If this kind of unfilial daughter-in-law were in the past, well…” Before he could finish speaking, someone tugged at his sleeve.
Some people had different opinions, saying, "Wasn't it the brigade leader's wife who told him to get lost? No matter what, Mingqian's wife is pregnant."
“What’s wrong with an old person saying a few words? Mingqian’s wife has such a bad temper. I think she won’t be able to stay in the Zhou family for much longer.”
Aunt Zhu has a fiery temper. She used to get along well with Shen Banxia, and they were gossip buddies. After Shen Banxia saved her life, she became her savior. How could she allow others to talk nonsense like that?
"What do you know? Banxia wanted to stay in Zhoujiazhuang and serve us all. She even turned down a permanent job and a house offered by the director of the county hospital. You people are just spouting nonsense. I think it's not worth it at all."
Zhou's mother's voice was so loud that Aunt Zhu, who was next door, could hear it clearly.
The crowd gasped, "No way, Zhu Dazui, don't just open your mouth and spout nonsense. Nobody's that stupid."
They simply didn't believe it; it was something that could change the family's fate.
"Hmph, do you think Wang Cuihua told Banxia to get out of the Zhou family? It's because she didn't give her precious daughter a job."
"Ahhh, Zhu Dazui, shut your mouth!" Zhou's mother, having been exposed, bared her teeth and claws, and was about to tear Zhu's mouth apart.
Big Dog and Second Dog blocked them directly.
Zhou's mother was also pulled back by Zhou's father.
Aunt Zhu hadn't finished speaking yet. The feeling of having a big secret but not being able to tell anyone was really unbearable.
Now that I finally have the chance to speak freely, I must seize the opportunity.
"Look at you all, Wang Cuihua is feeling guilty now, isn't she? Sigh, I'm telling you, you guys are just blindly following along, trying to curry favor with the brigade leader and the others. Don't you ever think about it? If Banxia really goes to the county town, where will you find a doctor with such good medical skills and such a low price?" After saying that, she couldn't help but shake her head.
"Have you forgotten that in the past, when villagers got sick, they either just endured it, or when they couldn't endure it anymore, they could only wait to die? Besides, not to mention the county hospital, the commune clinic was so far away from us. If someone had a few illnesses or pains, who didn't suffer in agony?"
"After Banxia came along, my dog Gou Dan's fever was cured, and the person in the next village who was driven crazy by the fever, have you all forgotten that? Even I was saved by Banxia. And what about you people? Didn't you all go to Banxia for acupuncture or something? Did Banxia charge you a single penny?"
When she got emotional, Aunt Zhu couldn't help but shed a couple of tears.
Last time she was poisoned by snake venom, if it had happened before, she would have been dead long ago.
Even if the family is willing to take the person to the hospital, the distance is so far that by the time they arrive, the person will already be gone.
“I think you are all ingrates. A while ago, Banxia brewed the medicine that Mingqian picked to prevent colds. Didn’t that reduce the number of people catching colds? Banxia also took the initiative to visit the elderly in the village to check them and give them acupuncture.”
Shen Banxia felt a pang of bitterness in her heart. It turned out that someone had seen what she had done.
She didn't really think that much about it; she just did it because it was convenient.
The gossipers all lowered their heads, realizing that a daughter-in-law shouldn't be so confrontational with her mother-in-law.
But what would they do if they were pregnant, their husbands were not at home, and their mothers-in-law told them to get out?
I'm afraid it will be the same choice.
Zhou Mingjiao, who had been keeping a close eye on the situation in the yard, was furious. That damned Zhu Dazui!
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