Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

chapter 73

Chapter 73: Filial Piety

The scene suddenly fell into silence, with no one speaking.

The faces of Ms. Wang, Ms. Zhao, and others changed from pale to green, and Di Gaoyuan’s face also looked bad.

Only Di Ah-bao seemed unperturbed, yawning loudly, rubbing his eyes, and turning to leave the room: “Ugh! I’m so sleepy, you guys stay here, I’m going back to sleep.”

As he passed by Liu Sisi, he reached out to pull Di Xuan’s ear, which frightened the two children and made them hide behind Liu Sisi.

Liu Sisi was annoyed and glared at Di Ah-bao’s retreating back, thinking that he had grown up crooked indeed!

What would become of him in the future?

Seeing Di Ah-bao leave, Ms. Wang also wanted to slip away but was stopped by a fierce glare from Ms. Zhao, forcing her to return.

“Why is it that he, as their son, can leave, but I, as their daughter-in-law, have to stay and serve by my father-in-law’s sickbed? I’m not afraid of being laughed at if I say it out loud!”

Naturally, Ms. Wang was not one to be trifled with and couldn’t help muttering a few complaints.

“What a joke! Who dares to laugh at you, Ms. Wang? Ha!”

Di Ah-bao was Ms. Zhao’s darling, and when she heard Ms. Wang’s complaint, she couldn’t help but scold her loudly: “It’s all because of you, the troublemaker, who keeps stirring up trouble and making a fuss! My husband ended up spitting out blood and passing out, and my Di family must have had bad luck for eight generations to have married such a white-eyed wolf like you!”

“How am I the white-eyed wolf or the troublemaker? Why don’t you talk about your precious baby boy? If he hadn’t repeatedly defied Mr. Land Officer, how could Mr. Land Officer have scolded my dad for not disciplining him properly? If Mr. Land Officer hadn’t scolded my dad, would my dad have used family punishment?” Ms. Wang retorted without a second thought.

Ms. Zhao couldn’t let her daughter-in-law get the better of her and immediately returned the scolding: “It’s you! How come this troublemaker doesn’t say that the whole thing started because of you! That’s 20 taels of silver, and when it was just a little bit to honor your parents, you pushed and pulled. I think your conscience has been eaten by dogs!”

“That money is from my family! Why do you want ten taels just by stretching out your hand? Do you think that’s ten wen? If my conscience had been eaten by dogs, I would have left and been snoring long ago! Why would I be staying here guarding this place?”

Ms. Wang scolded ambiguously, smugly responding: “Your precious baby boy even hit his own father, and then he covered his head and went back to sleep! Such an unfilial son, and you still treasure him! I spit!”

After being accused like this by her daughter-in-law, Ms. Zhao was enraged!

“If it weren’t for your big brother Gao constantly instigating, would my husband have coughed up blood in anger? Let me tell you, Ms. Wang, if anything happens to my husband, this account will be on your head…”

In a short time, the quarrel between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was in full swing.

Their loud quarrels grew louder and louder, while Liu Sisi held her lips tight and hugged the two children, not saying a word.

Seeing the two becoming more and more excessive, she suddenly roared in anger!

“Shut up! When are you going to stop?”