Changping Village.
After struggling for a while, Ms. Liu finally entered the room, washed her face, drank some tea, sat on a stool, and gradually calmed down a little.
In order to avoid suspicion, the eldest Sun family and Wang Cuilian had gone back early. The rest of the people in the main room were all members of the old Yang family.
"What's going on? Didn't you two go to the county town to sell sawdust together? Why did it happen again in the blink of an eye?" Lao Yangtou sat on the stool, frowning, and after asking, he knocked the table with the dry tobacco pole in his hand.
It seemed that the table was the brains of Mrs. Liu and Yang Huaming. Seeing this made Mr. Liu even more afraid to act out any more.
"We went to the county town to sell sawdust, but after selling the sawdust, he took away most of the money."
"He said he was going to visit Yongjin for a few days and sent me home first. I was careful and pretended to go home but followed him secretly. I saw him going to a brothel on the other side of the county dock."
"I followed him in, and then I saw him going in to drink with a woman from the brothel in his arms. That woman was Xiaojuan!"
"What? Why did Xiaojuan go to a brothel? Are you from the fourth family's eyesight?" Lao Yangtou asked again.
Ms. Liu raised two fingers and swore: "Why am I so blind? That vixen Xiaojuan is dead and burned to ashes. I can recognize it at a glance when mixed in a pile of plant ashes!"
Mr. Tan spat, "Dirty thing, an unlucky guy who is under the pressure of thousands of people. The fourth child is also unlucky. Even the stones in the pit are rare!"
Mrs. Liu said: "He doesn't care about the smelly rocks in the latrine, he simply can't forget Xiaojuan!"
Mrs. Liu's eyes turned red again, "When I think about the past few years, he never mentioned Xiaojuan at all. Sometimes when others mentioned her to him, he would still look disgusted, which made me feel uncomfortable."
"We've been working together for a long time, are you all trying to fool me?"
"If you can't let go of Xiaojuan, go find her back. At worst, I'll move her position."
"What I hate the most is this kind of pretending to be disgusted, thinking about it in my heart, and looking for it when I get the opportunity. What do you think of me? Am I a dead person?"
As Mrs. Liu talked, she covered her face and started to cry again.
Yang Huazhong, Sun, and Bao Suyun could only sigh and offer some pale advice.
Old Yangtou was silent for a moment, and then spoke again: "The fourth one went to see Xiaojuan. Maybe it's not what you think. Maybe it was just like old friends meeting to chat a little bit about Tiedan."
"After all, there is a son between them. The fourth child's family, don't make a fuss about it."
Ms. Liu raised her face, which was full of tears, and looked at Lao Yangtou in astonishment. The anger and frustration gathered little by little in her eyes.
What was filling his belly seemed to be no longer the internal organs, but the overwhelming anger. The anger wanted to rush out, but was blocked by a barrier at the throat.
That barrier is a matter of seniority, human relations, and the long-standing suppression of the father-in-law's status as an elder.
Even the fierce Mr. Liu was hesitant at this moment. However, a voice of justice resounded through the hall like thunder.
"Old man, you gave your mother's shit!"
This righteous voice came from Mrs. Tan. Mrs. Tan put the tea bowl in her hand heavily on the table and pointed at Old Yang's head with trembling fingers:
"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. The fourth child is like that because he has a father like you!"
"You men don't have any good things. As long as you are not dead, your fancy will not die."
"In this matter, I stand by the fourth daughter-in-law to the death. This matter is the fourth daughter-in-law's fault. The fourth daughter-in-law is not a human being. A good family does not want it. If she insists on getting involved in that fishy stench, she will not come back!"
Tan's scolding made the whole room silent.
The corners of Lao Yangtou's mouth twitched several times, but he couldn't find a chance to argue.
Mrs. Liu, on the other hand, looked at Mrs. Tan with tears streaming down her face. For the first time, she felt that this mother-in-law was really nice!
After Mrs. Tan finished scolding Old Yangtou, she turned around and came to Mrs. Liu in person. For the first time, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears on Mrs. Liu's face.
"Don't cry. I have the final say in the old Yang family. As long as I'm here, I won't let that vixen Xiaojuan in again!"
"I will send someone to the county town to capture him later. If he doesn't come back alive or dead, then he will never come back. I will treat him as if I had given birth to a son!"
"mother……"
"That's right, I am your mother. I will make the decision for you and for us women!"
Mrs. Tan took Mrs. Liu's hand, glanced at Old Yang's head and Yang Huazhong with awe-inspiring eyes, and then said: "What are we women? To give birth to children for you men, and to use them for washing and cooking?"
"Wave when you want it, kick it away when you don't want it?"
"We women make up half of this family. Without us women, you guys are just playing ball!"
"It doesn't matter whether they are old or young, as long as they are interested in playing tricks, they will be killed by me. If they want to wander outside, don't embarrass yourself in front of them!"
Seeing Old Yang turning his face away, Mrs. Tan directly called his name: "Old man, did you hear that?"
Old Yangtou had no choice but to turn his face. There seemed to be a few big words written on his face: 'I can't afford to offend you, but I can't afford to hide'?
"You are scolding me for being the fourth child. Why do you have to involve me? You are always holding on to that old thing to pay for it!" Lao Yangtou muttered, his eyes still not daring to face Tan.
Tan spat out, "I didn't want to talk about old things, but you spoke for the fourth child and defended him. This shows that you also think so in your heart."
Mrs. Tan looked at Old Yangtou's legs covered with a thin blanket on the wheelchair and sneered: "It's a pity that your legs are useless and you can't run or jump. Otherwise, even the iron cage can't hold you!"
Old Yangtou has been trying to avoid Tan, but Tan has been pressing forward step by step. Old Yangtou can't hold himself tight and his face looks ugly.
A black cloud floated above his head, and the dark clouds above his head pressed down on the city. It seemed as if something violent was brewing in the thick black clouds, and when they collided, there was only one trigger point left to detonate the whole place.
Seeing this, Yang Huazhong, Sun and the others couldn't sit still. Everyone, including Old Yangtou and Tan, went into battle.
What was originally a war between the Liu family and Yang Huaming's condemnation finally evolved into the Tan family versus Lao Yangtou.
It was difficult for Mrs. Tan to be persuaded. The old lady's fighting power was getting stronger and stronger, and she found out everything about sesame seeds and rotten millet.
Including the incident when Old Yang had an idea of Yu Xingkui's mother when he was young, Mrs. Tan told her everything.
This made Old Yang blush. Fortunately, Yu Xingkui stayed in the guest room and did not come over. Otherwise, everyone would be embarrassed.
It was not until the end that Bao Suyun pushed Old Yangtou out of the house and sent him back to the guest room. Yang Huazhong persuaded Tan with sincere words, and Sun patted her on the back and coaxed her with sugar water. Tan's mood finally calmed down.
Madam Liu stood aside and watched with tears in her eyes. Seeing that everyone had abandoned her and ran to comfort Madam Tan, Madam Liu was a little dumbfounded.
