Chapter 4: The tacit understanding of the five mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

“You’re lying!”

Qian Xiaolan’s words were interrupted by Sun Honghua, who rushed over. “You little bitch, you’re trying to kill me! When did I ever say I was going to take you to see that fortune teller? That’s feudal superstition! Would I do something like that that would get me killed? I know you resent me for finding you such a husband, but I’m doing it for your own good! I know you despise Lao Ba Gu for being a brute, and you want to marry into the city, but you have to recognize your own identity! You’re an orphan, and you only graduated from junior high school, which city person would want you?” The onlookers: “…” It sounded good, but none of them believed Sun Honghua’s words.

They had all lived in the same village for over ten years, and everyone knew what kind of person Sun Honghua was. It wasn’t strange for her to go to a fortune teller and beat her niece. What made them curious was that Qian Xiaolan had always been timid and shrinking back, but today she suddenly spoke so many words accusing Sun Honghua and her daughter, which made them feel surprised. At the same time, they felt a little relieved, this child finally knew how to fight back. Seeing everyone looking at her curiously, Qian Xiaolan wasn’t nervous, she sniffed and retorted to Sun Honghua: “I didn’t despise Lao Ba Gu, and I didn’t want to marry into the city.

 It was my cousin who said that Lao Ba Gu was a brute, that he could break an iron gate with one hand, and that he would beat me to death. The rumors that I wouldn’t marry Lao Ba Gu were also spread by you because you wanted me to be miserable in my husband’s house.” After she explained, everyone understood.

 Hu Guifen, who had been a little unhappy since last night when she heard that her son was being rejected, felt relieved. Sun Honghua didn’t like this, she shouted loudly: “Nonsense! Your cousin is still young, she wouldn’t say such things, don’t slander her randomly!

” Sun Honghua said this and subconsciously raised her hand to hit someone, but she noticed the shining eyes of everyone, immediately realized that she was outside, so she put her hand down and glared at Qian Xiaolan. Qian Xiaolan was worried that she couldn’t control her temper and fight with Sun Honghua in public, so she dodged behind a woman who was watching the show, poked her head out and continued to retort: “I’m not lying, my cousin said that because Lao Ba Gu has a bad temper, he’s so old and still can’t find a wife, that’s why he’s willing to pay a high dowry of one hundred yuan to marry me. She also said that your family is willing to take in a good-for-nothing like me who brings misfortune to my parents, you should be grateful. After I get married, I should bring back more things from my husband’s house to show filial piety to you, otherwise, you won’t support me, and I’ll be bullied to death in my husband’s house.

” Everyone was stunned, Qian Mudan was indeed a mother and daughter with Sun Honghua, the words she said were exactly the same as her mother’s. The woman in front of Qian Xiaolan was so angry that she rushed forward and hit Sun Honghua: “Nonsense! You two are just farting! Our Lao Ba wouldn’t hit anyone!

” Hu Guifen went to hit her, her three daughters-in-law naturally wouldn’t just watch, they all rushed forward to help their mother-in-law beat her. “Sun Honghua, you shameless woman, your family has already taken my daughter’s parents’ things, and you still want to eat them up to our Gu family?” “Tsk, you stinky old woman, don’t go around asking if our Gu family’s cheapness is so easy to take?” Sun Honghua didn’t react and was directly stunned, Qian Xiaolan only then noticed that the person she had casually used as a shield was her future mother-in-law, Hu Guifen. Now seeing the four of them rushing to fight, she naturally joined the fray.

 The eldest sister-in-law of the Gu family hugged Sun Honghua’s left side and left hand, the second sister-in-law pressed down on Sun Honghua’s right side and right hand, and the third sister-in-law sat on the ground and hugged Sun Honghua’s legs. Hu Guifen beat Sun Honghua, Qian Xiaolan handed her a stick, and then pretended to accidentally step on Sun Honghua a few times. Sun Honghua howled in pain, the onlookers were stunned for a moment, forgetting to step forward and pull them apart. The future mother-in-law and daughter-in-law team worked together to beat up Sun Honghua, it was so satisfying.

When they had vented their anger and were pulled apart by everyone, the five of them looked at each other and smiled, feeling refreshed. Hu Guifen was the most protective person, Qian Xiaolan had helped her before, and now she was her chosen daughter-in-law, half of the dowry had been given yesterday, she was considered half of the family, so naturally she wouldn’t allow Sun Honghua to bully her anymore.

Although they had already beaten her up, she was still worried that Sun Honghua’s family would find ways to bully her when she went back. So, she said, “Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, go and call your husbands and your father, and your second uncle! Third daughter-in-law, go and call Qian Changcai.” As soon as she finished speaking, someone said, “You don’t need to go, someone has already gone to call the brigade leader and the others.” Hu Guifen didn’t say anything else, she turned her attention to Qian Xiaolan. Qian Xiaolan belatedly felt awkward, she blushed and apologized: “Mother-in-law, I’m sorry! I didn’t notice you were behind me before.”

 Hu Guifen patted her arm indifferently: “It’s okay, you didn’t notice and you could still hide behind Mother-in-law, this shows that you have already accepted our Gu family from the bottom of your heart, Mother-in-law is happy. You are also destined to be part of our Gu family, look how well we cooperated just now.” Qian Xiaolan was speechless, she smiled even more awkwardly. Hu Guifen brushed the stray hair on her forehead to the side, looked at the bloody wound with heartache, and assured her: “Xiaolan, don’t worry, the men in our Gu family are all very fond of their wives, Lao Ba will never touch you with a finger, don’t listen to those ill-intentioned people talking nonsense.

 The blood on this wound has already scabbed over, you must have lost a lot of blood before. When we finish this, Mother-in-law will take you to the health center to get some medicine to apply, it’s hot now, don’t let it get infected.” Since she was a child, no one had ever cared for her like this except for the director’s mother, Qian Xiaolan couldn’t help but sniffle. Luckily, the brigade leader arrived at this time, relieving her discomfort. The brigade leader’s surname was Gu, he was Gu Yanqing’s second uncle, as soon as he arrived, he roared at the onlookers: “What are you all doing here? Don’t you want to farm? Don’t you want work points? Don’t you want food? Get out, get out, all of you go back to work!

” Everyone was still afraid of the stern brigade leader, after he roared, they all went back to their assigned fields. However, they held their farming tools in their hands, but their necks and ears were stretched out. The brigade leader didn’t care about them, he looked at Sun Honghua, who was lying on the ground, her face intact but looking like she was about to die, and asked Hu Guifen with a frown: “Sister-in-law, what’s going on?” Qian Xiaolan stepped forward and took the lead, “Brigade leader, I’m sorry, it’s all because of me, Mother-in-law was only standing up for me, don’t blame her for not being united.

” Without waiting for the brigade leader’s response, she blabbered and explained the whole story. She also briefly talked about her situation at Sun Honghua’s house over the years, emphasizing that Sun Honghua’s family didn’t do any work and didn’t allow her to resist, otherwise, they would all beat her up. Hearing this, the brigade leader looked at Sun Honghua with eyes that could eat people.