Chapter 4013 The battle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
"Reflect?" Mother Lu looked at Zhang Shuilian, "What heinous crime has my son Dazhi committed? Should he be locked up in the room to reflect and not even give him dinner?"
"He..." Zhang Shuilian started, but was interrupted by Mother Lu.
"Even if Dazhi really gets into trouble, it's me, the mother, who will teach him. Why do you lock him up and deny him food?"
Facing Mother Lu's stern questioning , Zhang Shuilian felt guilty for a while, but she still bit the bullet and said: "Our father died early, the eldest brother is like father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like mother..."
"I'm not dead yet!" Mother Lu shouted, then pushed Zhang Shuilian away and strode towards the backyard.
Zhang Shuilian became anxious, stood on the spot, stamped her feet and cursed: "My family is going to suffer from the northwest wind. I asked him to write a letter to his adoptive parents, say a few nice words, and borrow some money by the way. , this again What’s wrong?”
“He refused to listen to us, couldn’t understand our family’s current difficulties, and even contradicted us. Is there anything wrong with us locking him in the room to reflect? !”
Mother Lu turned around and looked at Zhang Shuilian angrily: "The two hundred taels of silver given by the Luo family were all spent by the two of you, and now Da Zhi has to borrow it from the Luo family. Money, you treat us Is he a beggar? Da Zhi is a scholar!"
Zhang Shuilian walked up to Lu's mother and said with a blushing face: "What about a scholar? He also wants to eat and drink, right?"
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"Mom, you are getting older now, and your body and bones are not as strong as before. Apart from doing some housework, you can't do any other work. You have to rely on me and Daqiu to support you."
"The little ones in the family The younger brothers and sisters, except for the third child who can earn tens of cents a day, the others are just free earners.” It's a betrothal gift It’s the dowry again. Which part of it doesn’t fall on the shoulders of Daqiu and I, the eldest brother and sister-in-law?” If you can open the lid of the pot, you can eat as long as you have a mouthful of food, and you can worry less about other things."
"After a while, we won't have enough to eat, and then our family will sell it. And selling girls!”
After saying these words, Zhang Shuilian turned around and returned to the dining hall.
Seeing the other brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law at the entrance of the dining hall, looking towards this one, Zhang Shuilian's face fell and she yelled at these half-grown children.
"What are you looking at? Go back and eat. A bunch of people are eating for free, but they still have to meddle in things. You really think of yourself as a big shot, how shameless are you?"
The half-grown children shrank back with a roar. Everyone lowered their heads and ate quietly, not daring to make any noise.
In the yard, Mother Lu froze on the spot.
She knew that what the eldest daughter-in-law said was referring to Sang scolding Huai, and that she was the one with the big face...
Daqiu was also standing at the door of the house. He glanced at his mother standing in the yard, and then went into the dining hall. He glanced at his dark-faced wife who was picking up food for her son.
Da Qiu mustered up his courage, moved his steps and leaned towards Mother Lu, gently tugged on Mother Lu's sleeves and whispered: "Mom, let's go back to the house to eat..."
Mother Lu glanced at herself with red eyes. The eldest son, who was a head taller, said in a hoarse voice: "I won't eat, so give my share to Dazhi!"
Daqiu was anxious, "Mom, how are you going to do this? You I’m not in good health, so I can’t do without food...”
Mother Lu shook her head, "Mom is old and can't do any work. She can't help you. Your brother has different ambitions. He is growing taller. We can't let him starve. He has to study at night..."
Just as Daqiu was about to speak, Zhang Shuilian’s curses came from the canteen. The message came: "Are you dead, Big Ball? The food is cold. If you don't want to eat, I'll tell you now and I won't beat you at night. It's not embarrassing for me to be pretentious at my age!"< br>
Any fool can tell that the second half of this sentence was meant to be scolded by Lu’s mother.
"Da Qiu, give your brother your mother's share? Mom, please..."
Mother Lu held Da Qiu's hand and begged in a low voice. Big Ball looked embarrassed, twisting his body, with an expression on his face as if he was constipated.
"Mom, Shui Lian is still angry, I, I, I don't dare..."
Mother Lu's heart suddenly brightened up.
Such a submissive son is simply a replica of myself back then, and I was the same way with my husband back then.
"Lu Daqiu, what are you talking about? Are you going to eat or not?"
Zhang Shuilian rushed to the door of the canteen with a bowl of rice and shouted and cursed.
Big Ball trembled in fright.
Mother Lu let go of Da Qiu's hand and said, "You go back to the house to eat, and I'll go see Dazhi."
After saying this, Mother Lu walked sadly towards the backyard. go.
Behind me, Zhang Shuilian’s yin and yang voice came from behind, “Go, go, go, go see your son, a talented scholar, and persuade him not to be stubborn. Write a letter earlier and get the money earlier, and our family will buy rice earlier. Buy food, otherwise you will have to stop studying and go out to find a job to support your family!”
After walking around the Lu family, Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang returned to the inn where they were staying.
She didn't even bother to take a shower and just lay down on the bed.
“I walked around the Lu family and saw the family’s lifestyle, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the useless piece of double-sided tape. Panic!" Yang Ruoqing raised her hand and lightly punched her chest.
Luo Fengtang poured a bowl of hot water over and said, "Drink some water to moisten your throat. This night is like watching a movie all night long. I'm really tired."
Yang Ruoqing He sat up, took the bowl he handed over and took a few sips, "The big ball doesn't matter, Zhang Shuilian is not a good wife, and the whole family has to rely on the two of them even when they are young,"
"Dazhi Niang, I almost didn't recognize her before." Yang Ruoqing continued.
"She is only eight or nine years older than my eldest brother. I am twenty-five, and she is only thirty-something. Looking at her tonight, she is about the same age as my mother."
"My mother doesn't have as many gray hairs on her head. It's only been eight years since we last met. How come she's so old!" Yang Ruoqing shook her head.
Luo Fengtang said: "In the past eight years, it has not been easy for her, a woman's family, to raise the children of a large family and marry a wife for Daqiu."
"Marrying a rubbish wife , not only can't help share the burden, but also disturbs the family, it's better not to marry!" Yang Ruoqing muttered.
Luo Fengtang smiled bitterly, "So, marrying a virtuous wife is the principle."
Yang Ruoqing said: "With such a sister-in-law, life will be difficult for Dazhi. Let's give them so much money from the Lu family, and at night I only had to light a candle when I was reading, and it hurt my eyes."
Luo Fengtang could only smile bitterly again: "This is his own choice. Since we have discussed it, let's wait for the result tomorrow and see how he chooses!"
Yang Ruoqing nodded, rubbed her sore arms and walked to the bathroom.
“Take a shower, go to bed, and sneak over to Lu’s house tomorrow and the results will come out.”
(End of this chapter)