Just as Mingyue was about to enter the house, she felt her palms tighten.
She looked down and found that it was Yizhi and Muzhi who were holding her hands, one with a shy smile and the other with an indignant look on his face.
Xingzhi, who was standing by, looked at his brother's hand with envy and also cast a concerned look towards his mother.
The children are all worried about her!
"Don't be afraid, mother will be fine." Mingyue said to them soothingly, then led them into the house.
Just as they were about to enter the gate, Mingyue let go of her sons' hands and walked in first.
Mingyue had just stepped into the house when a broken bowl hit her head.
Mingyue realized something was wrong and quickly took a step back. The next moment, the bowl shattered at her feet.
At the same time as the bowl broke, Old Lady Jiang roared, "How dare you hide, you useless thing?"
Jiang Huiyue was gloating beside him, and she didn't forget to flatter Mingyue: "Second sister is so capable now that she dares to instigate Panmei to beat Xue'er. How can she still take you seriously?"
Jiang Xueer even pretended to be pitiful: "Yes, grandma, I was trying to persuade Jiang Panmei to come back yesterday with good intentions, but he didn't appreciate it and even beat me."
Being provoked by her most beloved daughter and granddaughter, Old Mrs. Jiang became even angrier.
She slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Mingyue's nose and scolding: "You useless piece of trash, it's ok that you can't give birth to a daughter, but you raised such a money-losing thing who dared to attack my cousin. If you had given birth to him, I should have drowned him, so that this dead thing wouldn't hurt my Xue'er."
Even though Mingyue had expected Mrs. Jiang's reaction, hearing such words from her mouth still made Mingyue feel sick, indescribably sick.
She couldn't understand why someone could be so biased? Why could the world favor girls over boys to such an extent
Mingyue was just about to demonstrate to Old Lady Jiang what true unfilial behavior was, but she found a thin figure blocking her way, and the figure was even trembling slightly.
Jiang Xingzhi mustered up his courage and looked at his grandmother, pleading in a slightly panicked manner: "No matter how wrong I am, it's all my fault. Please don't scold my mother."
But Mrs. Jiang was frightened by his face and blurted out: "Where did this ugly freak come from?"
The moment he heard this, Jiang Xingzhi's shoulders suddenly slumped. He quickly lowered his head and subconsciously took a step back, not daring to look at his grandmother's disgusted eyes.
Mingyue's face suddenly darkened. She took two steps forward and blocked Xingzhi behind her. She looked up and stared at Old Lady Jiang, sneering, "You can't even recognize your own grandson. Are you getting old and confused? And you said Xingzhi hurt Jiang Xueer. Jiang Xueer, have you ever told your grandmother that it was you who hurt Xingzhi's face like this?"
Jiang Xueer bit her lower lip and said nothing. For some reason, she always felt that her second aunt, whom she had always ignored, was particularly scary today.
Jiang Huiyue reminded quietly: "Mom, this ugly bastard is Jiang Panmei."
Only then did Mrs. Jiang realize that this ugly guy was actually the disobedient and money-losing guy.
She had disliked this money-loser in the first place, and now his face was disfigured and he might never get married in this life. She disliked him even more, and of course it was impossible for her to stand on his side.
"He's just a money-loser. Xue'er hurt him, so what's the big deal? On the contrary, he," Mrs. Jiang said, her heart was like a bucket of oil poured on it, and her anger ignited: "He actually dared to fight back, it's simply outrageous." Mingyue laughed in anger: "You mean Xingzhi should just stand there and let Jiang Xue'er torture him to death?"
You have to know that Xingzhi's entire face was injured, but Jiang Xueer only had a small blue spot at the corner of her mouth, and not even the skin was broken.
"What are you doing? I don't understand what you are saying, but I tell you, a money-losing piece of shit is a money-losing piece of shit, and it won't be a pity even if he really dies. In my opinion, he's in the state he is in now, it's better for him to die." Old Mrs. Jiang looked at the ugly face with disgust and said very harshly.
Jiang Huiyue also chimed in: "That's right. This man has lost his face. No one will look up to him in the future. He will be a burden if he lives. It's better for him to die early. Maybe he can be reborn as a woman in the next life and have a good rebirth."
A smug smile appeared on Jiang Xueer's face again. Even if Jiang Panmei was injured so badly, her grandmother and mother were on her side!
Jiang Xingzhi's body was shaking more and more violently. If his mother hadn't been standing in front of him, he would have collapsed and wanted to run away.
But he couldn't escape. If he escaped, what would happen if his grandmother and the others hurt his mother
Jiang Xingzhi's fingers hidden in his sleeves dug deeply into his palms. The intense pain coming from his palms also made him regain some of his spirit.
Mingyue looked at these three generations of grandparents and grandchildren with distorted values and took a deep breath before she calmed down her urge to hit anyone.
Mingyue asked calmly, "So? So why did you ask us mother and son to come here? What do you want to do?"
Mrs. Jiang didn't even think about it and said without hesitation: "Of course, let Jiang Panmei apologize to Xue'er and let Xue'er fight back."
Jiang Huiyue gently shook her mother's arm and coughed twice deliberately.
Mrs. Jiang seemed to remember something and added, "Oh, by the way, you also have to pay back the betrothal gift from the butcher Li. Just think of it as Jiang Panmei's apology to Xue'er."
Mingyue couldn't help laughing as she listened. They really were able to constantly refresh her understanding of shamelessness.
Jiang Huiyue was dissatisfied with Mingyue's attitude and asked with a frown, "Second sister, what are you laughing at? Do you know that according to the rules for men hitting women, Jiang Panmei's beating Xue'er is not so easy to resolve. If we send him to the government, his hands will be cut off."
"That's right. If we didn't think of ourselves as a family, we wouldn't be so easy on him." Jiang Xueer said this as if it were a blessing, as if she had already convinced herself.
Old Madam Jiang slammed the table and made the decision directly: "Then let's put it this way. Panmei, go and apologize to Xue'er! Mingyue, go and talk to the pig-killing woman Li, and ask her to come to you to pay the debt in the future."
Mingyue turned around and pointed to the outermost gate of the Jiang family, and said to Jiang Xingzhi: "Xingzhi, take Yizhi and Muzhi out first, and wait at that gate. Mother will come out soon."
Jiang Xingzhi was a little hesitant, his clear eyes full of worry.
Mingyue touched his head and said in an especially gentle voice: "Be good and listen to me, mother will be fine."
Seeing the determination on his mother's face, Jiang Xingzhi finally nodded, and walked out of the door holding his brother's hand, looking back every few steps.
Without her sons around, Mingyue can now work freely.
(End of this chapter)