In fact, based on the old lady’s love for that little girl, Zhang Xiaojuan was not sure whether the old lady would lose her mind and give all the money and tickets in her hands to her young sister-in-law as a dowry.
Under such circumstances, how could Zhang Xiaojuan not flatter the old lady in order to make life better for her own family?
“It’s crazy, it’s really crazy, that little wh*re actually dared to hit me.”
Miao Fengmei was shaking with anger.
She had never thought that the third daughter-in-law, who had been the most docile and weakest in the past, would actually push her one day.
“She even dares to hit her mother-in-law. This disobedient and unfilial thing is outrageous. Divorce, I want the third son to divorce her!”
When Miao Fengmei was helped up by her eldest daughter-in-law, her hands were still shaking.
She allowed that woman, a hen that didn’t lay eggs, to stay in the Xie family only out of consideration for her third son. Otherwise, for a woman like that, she would have packed up her bedding and kicked her out of the house long ago.
Now that the other party dared to push her, would she dare to poison her food in the future?
Miao Fengmei felt that such a daughter-in-law could not be kept.
“Mother, the Third Sister-in-law must have been careless. Seeing how flustered she was just now, did something happen to Sanya?”
The three granddaughters of the Xie family all have full names, but in the countryside, most people call others by their nicknames, such as Daya, Erya, Sanya, etc. If you call them out on the ridges of the fields, more than a dozen girls will respond.
Zhang Xiaojuan deliberately changed the subject.
She didn’t want the Third Brother-in-law to divorce his wife. Even though she always complained that Xu Chunxiu couldn’t earn work points and ate for free at home, Zhang Xiaojuan knew in her heart that if it were another Third Brother-in-law’s wife, given Xie Changzheng’s status at that time, especially since he didn’t have a son yet, a bunch of young girls would be vying to marry him.
At this time, if a poor and difficult-to-manage woman came, or someone with some background and means at home, it would be difficult for the old lady to control this woman and get all the allowances from Xie Changzheng.
The reason why the Xie family can live such a comfortable life now is because of the allowances that Xie Changzheng, the filial son, gives to Miao Fengmei every month.
Zhang Xiaojuan’s eldest son studies in the county and has to make a new set of clothes every quarter. He also has to wear Huili shoes that cost more than ten yuan a pair from the supply and marketing cooperative. Every time he goes home, he has to bring more than ten or twenty catties of fine grain back to school.
Such expenses are not something that she and her husband can afford with the work points they earn.
Zhang Xiaojuan was still waiting for her eldest son to eat state-funded food in the future and also looking forward to sending her youngest son to school when he was older. All of this was inseparable from the dedication of her Third Brother-in-law.
So, no matter what, Zhang Xiaojuan didn’t want her mother-in-law to really drive Xu Chunxiu out of the house.
“It’s just a little scratch. What’s the big deal?”
Miao Fengmei’s eyebrows jumped. She thought differently from Zhang Xiaojuan.
In Miao Fengmei’s opinion, no matter who her daughter-in-law became, her identity as Xie Changzheng’s biological mother would not change.
Now that the Xie family had not separated, the money earned by Xie Changzheng should belong to her. This was the truth no matter what.
She was just worried that if something really happened to Xie Wu, Xu Chunxiu would gossip outside and ruin her precious daughter’s reputation.
Thinking of this, Miao Fengmei no longer cared about the dull pain in her coccyx, quickly pushed Zhang Xiaojuan away, and chased in the direction Xu Chunxiu left.
Miao Fengmei has been working in the fields for many years, so her hands are quite strong. Zhang Xiaojuan was caught off guard and bumped into the door frame.
The Xie family’s house was a proper red brick house. Only the room where Xu Chunxiu and her daughter lived, as well as the kitchen and utility room, were old houses that had not been rebuilt. The walls were built with mud and large stones from the mountains, and the wall surface was uneven.
Zhang Xiaojuan’s back directly hit the protruding stones, causing her to grimace in pain.
“Old hag.”
Zhang Xiaojuan looked at Miao Fengmei’s back with hatred and cursed her.
But when she thought of her eldest son who had complained to her not long ago that his grandmother bought a Hero brand pen for his aunt but he didn’t have one, she suppressed her dissatisfaction and shamelessly followed her.
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Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 43.2
Okay… That’s a high load toxic family. So far, the eldest son was the only normal person.
It’s his third brother’s decision to give all his earning to their mother, leaving nothing for his wife and daughter. It’s his decision to leave their life line (living expenses allowances) on the hand who despise them (their mother). It’s also his third brother’s and their mother’s generous help which allowed him to sent his sons to school.
As an eldest, he can’t join military. Either their village banned school at his generation (as per normal at that time), his parent didn’t sent him there for ideological reason, or their father’s identity as “outsider”. Either way he lack the qualifications and cunning to be a cadre in the village. And he lack courage to break the law (trading in black market). Obviously, he can’t refuse their help.
So, he can’t outrightly confront and blame their mother. But, he also doesn’t enjoy how his mother and wife treat his third brother’s family. He even dares to dissuade his wife from enjoying the “good show” (a.k.a how their mother torture XCX and her daughter), which might have already lowered his value as “good man” (wife-slave).