Song Dingxiang [Completed]

C45. Quarrel.

Chapter 45

Fang shi wanted to take Song Yulan home, but Wang shi naturally did not want to. Seeing that the New Year was approaching, and her daughter-in-law was taken back to her parents' home because she was miscarriage, wasn't this directly hitting her in-laws' face?

Song Dingxiang heard the cries and curses outside and quickly rushed out. She saw her eldest sister being carried out by her own brother, while Wang shi was crying and shouting as her son and husband were trying to stop Song Junshan.

However, she was held back by Zhang shi, and Xu Dashan and his father were also blocked by Song Zhiyuan and Song Zhicheng.

Li shi also heard the commotion and came out one after another, understanding the situation from the curses, their faces looking grim.

"In-law, you really raised a good son and grandson!" Li shi shook off Old Madam Xu's entanglement. "Take the eldest girl and leave, this family is no longer tolerable!"

Upon seeing the situation, Old Mr. Xu and Old Mrs. Xu hurriedly called their other sons and daughters-in-law to surround the mule cart at the door. Because the mule had been ridden away by Song Junli, it was really difficult for the Song family to leave.

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TNote:
徐老太太 (Xú Lǎotàitai): Mrs. Xu (an elderly woman with the surname Xu).
徐老爺子 (Xú Lǎoyézi): Mr. Xu (an elderly man with the surname Xu).
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While wrapping her daughter in a quilt to keep her warm, Fang shi directed others, "Go, bring out the eldest's dowry, we can't live like this anymore!"

Song Dingxiang, afraid of the Xu family taking advantage, informed her aunt and took the opportunity to escape.

Song Yulan had quite a few dowries, including some furniture. Among them were a pair of camphorwood boxes specially bought from the south, with carvings of mandarin ducks playing in water on them.

However, those boxes were not in Song Yulan's room. Song Dingxiang searched other people's rooms and found them in Xu Xiujuan's room.

Seeing the boxes being carried out and their contents scattered on the ground, Xu Xiujuan couldn't help but scream, "That's my box, what are you doing? Put it down, put it down!"

Fang shi cursed, "You?! How dare you?! These are the dowries I gave to my daughter! Alright, alright, not only does your family care about the little silver of the daughter-in-law, but the men steal the daughter-in-law's money for medical treatment; even the sister-in-law steals the sister's dowry. None of you are good people!"

Their arguing and the crying children attracted a crowd of onlookers. Not long after, the village chief rushed over in anger, saying, "What's going on? It's almost New Year's and there's no peace?"

Song Xingyi walked over with a smile and blocked the people, saying, "I'm sorry, but this is our family affair. It really doesn't trouble Village Chief Xu too much."

"A daughter married away is like water poured out. Have you not heard that when a daughter-in-law suffers in her in-laws' house, the entire family comes to take her back, shouting and hitting?"

Wang shi, with disheveled hair, slapped her thigh. "Just because you have money, you can act recklessly?!"

Fang shi was so angry that she laughed, saying, "Let's all be fair here. Is this just a little annoyance? Her son wanted to seek a better future without spending his own money and was only concerned about the little silver my daughter had. When refused, he resorted to violence, causing my daughter to have a miscarriage! I used to think my daughter was living well, but now that I see it, wow, it's really an eye-opener. My daughter was lying sick on the kang, and Xu Dashan, this beast, deceived her into giving him money for medicine to gamble with. There was no warmth in the house, the mother-in-law was afraid of wasting firewood and didn't even bother to heat up the kang. Is this an honest way to make my daughter die?"