"What did you say, Chen Dalai? Who is petty?"
Chen Sanyou got angry when he heard this, and he took off one of his shoes and threw it at him: "Get out of here! Don't pretend to be virtuous in front of me."
These words reminded him of the past and he couldn't help but get furious.
Damn that bald Chen! He dared to come over and ridicule me when I ignored him.
Seeing Chen Sanyou suddenly furious, Chen Changsheng knew that this guy was going to go crazy and beat people up again, so he quickly ran away, and only turned around and cursed after running a long way:
"You old thing! You hit me when I was talking to you nicely! Just wait! I'll tell the clan leader that you are getting more and more rude as you get older. You are unreasonable! You are unreasonable!"
Of course Chen Changsheng did not go to find the clan leader, because the clan leader was Chen Sanyou's eldest brother, and going to find him would be asking for trouble.
He walked back angrily with his hands behind his back. On the way, he met Chen Laoshuan, so he pulled him aside to argue.
"Do you think Chen Sanyou is infuriating? I was talking to him nicely, but he actually threw his stinky shoes at me...
Who am I doing this for? Dongcun is not doing his job all day and is messing around with all sorts of things, causing our villagers to start to be restless and not be able to farm peacefully. How can this be tolerated? I will go tell the head of the village and ask him to take good care of it."
Chen Laoshuan glanced at him and said calmly, "Then hurry up, or you'll miss lunch."
Chen Changsheng: …They are all so weird, just like Chen Ergou!
"Hmph!" He snorted and turned away. He was really like a rat in a bellows, biting both ends.
Chen Laoshuan ignored him and went home.
He still remembered that this guy was so unkind that he got spanked. Now his buttocks hurt when it was cloudy.
Besides, I have so many worries, so how can I have the time to listen to other people's complaints
This year, his second son failed the college entrance examination again, and Chen Laoshuan was so depressed that he couldn't even eat.
Before I reached the door of my house, I heard ghosts howling and wolves howling coming from the house.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw my second daughter-in-law, Han, beating the child with a bamboo stick without any sense of shame.
Her granddaughter Chen Wan is already nine years old this year and is old enough to marry into a husband's family, but Han is still nagging her. Isn't she afraid that the child will be harmed and won't be able to find a good family in the future
"That's enough! Are you done yet?"
For the first time in his life, Chen Laoshuan angrily scolded his second daughter-in-law, "Look at what you've done to Wan'er. What on earth are you making such a fuss about?"
Han was startled by her father-in-law's sudden scolding and stopped immediately.
Chen Laoshuan was still not satisfied, and continued, "Han, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but look at what a mess you've made at home. Which of our neighbors doesn't secretly poke at our backs? Can you be quiet every day? Erlang can't even hold his head up when he goes out, so how can he concentrate on studying?"
Han didn't dare to retort, threw away the bamboo stick, turned around and went into the room.
Chen Wan sobbed for a while and then ran out of the yard.
Chen Laoshuan ignored him and went back to his room angrily.
Feng was sitting on the kang spinning linen. She glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong with you today? You suddenly started scolding me."
Chen Laoshuan sat down on the edge of the kang, took off his shoes and sat cross-legged on the kang. He took a few sips from the small teapot, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Do you think the child of the Jiang family in Dongcun is our second son's?"
Feng was sorting out the thread without looking up: "Who knows? You don't care, so why are you suddenly bringing this up?"
Chen Laoshuan took another sip of tea and smacked his lips. “Everyone has heard that the Jiang family has made a fortune. First they caught big fish, then they planted golden ears, and now they have a magic gourd. Even outsiders have come to see it…”
"You finally believe it?"
Feng suddenly became alert and stretched her neck and said, "I also saw the magic gourd, but unfortunately I couldn't touch it. It is said that touching it will bring good luck. Look at those poor people in East Village, they are all full of energy now.
Tsk tsk, I tried to persuade Erlang to touch it, but he refused. Now he can’t touch it even if he wants to. The magic gourd was sold by the Jiang family. Hum, this family is short-sighted and only cares about money. They actually sold all the treasures given by the gods.
Chen Laoshuan stroked his beard, thinking, "You said, if we bring that child back, will we have a chance to pass the Erlang Academy Examination?"
"That's right!" Feng slapped her thigh, "We should have come back a long time ago. We threw away such a good fairy boy. I'm not saying anything bad about Han, but she is such an unlucky woman. She never does anything serious. She finally gave birth to a useful child, but she threw the child away. Our Erlang is unlucky for marrying her."
"That's enough!" Chen Laoshuan glared at his wife, "Stop talking nonsense."
Feng moved the spinning wheel away, got off the kang, patted her clothes and said, "I'll go ask Han where the child was lost."
Chen Laoshuan said nothing, just held the teapot and squinted his eyes, thinking about something.
Feng walked to the door of the second room and shouted, "Han, come out. I want to ask you a question."
After a long while, Han finally lifted the curtain and left the room. "What's the matter?"
Feng rolled her eyes at her second daughter-in-law, pushed her aside and walked into the room.
Chen Changping was sitting at his desk copying the Book of Rites and did not notice my mother's arrival.
Feng sat down on a chair nearby, glanced at her daughter-in-law who had followed her in, and said, "You and your wife are both here today, so I'd like to ask you, is the girl picked up from Jiang Sanlang's house in East Village ours?"
Chen Changping frowned, put down his brush and turned to look at his mother: "Mom, why do you think of asking this? I'll say it again, the child picked up by the Jiang family has nothing to do with us."
Feng's mouth twitched, and she turned to ask her second daughter-in-law, "Do you think so too?"
Han looked at her husband quietly, mustered up her courage and said, "Mom, why don't we go to Jiang's house and take a look."
"Han!" Chen Changping was furious. He stood up suddenly and overturned the chair. "You don't mind being embarrassed, but I do!"
Then he said to Feng: "Mom, can you guys be quiet? How can I have the mood to study when you are making so much noise?"
He failed the college entrance examination for several years in a row and was extremely depressed. Although he changed several schools, he achieved little success.
So he studied at home and had no plans to go to the county school for the time being.
I didn't expect that there was no peace at home, either the children were crying or the adults were arguing, and now they were talking about the child who was lost a few years ago.
When he heard this, he felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly, as if the most secret, fearful and regretful scandal in the depths of his heart had been dug out and exposed, leaving him with nowhere to hide.
Seeing that her son was very resistant to this matter, Feng didn't dare to say anything more and had to get up and leave.
Han also followed out.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other and understood each other tacitly.
After they left the yard, Chen Fengshi asked, "Han, what do you think? Is that child really ours?"
Han nodded: "I think so, mother, why don't we go and have a look quietly without letting my husband know."
There has been no sign of pregnancy for more than three years, and Han has become increasingly anxious. If it weren't for the incident that Chen Ergou's wife had caused last time, she would have wanted to go to the Jiang family and steal the child back.
Whenever she mentioned recognizing the child to her husband, he would immediately get angry and would not be in a good mood with her for several days in a row.
Today, the mother-in-law suddenly asked about it, which was exactly what Han wanted.
"Well, it's settled. Let's go to the Jiang family when we have time. If it's not ours, we can't blame the Jiang family." Feng touched her hair and said to her second daughter-in-law, "Han, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but don't make Erlang angry in the future. He has a headache from all the quarrels every day. How can he study well?"
Han was very obedient this time, lowering her eyebrows and responding, "I know, mother."
"Oh no! Someone jumped into the river!"
Suddenly, villagers' cries came from a distance: "Help! Help!"
"Who jumped into the river?" A villager came out of his house.
"Go and have a look, it seems a child has jumped into the river."
"Oh, whose child is this? Why is he so depressed..."
Several villagers hurried towards the sound.
Han and Feng glanced in that direction, but didn't take it seriously and turned back to the house.