12dz Chapter 43 Isn't this just being a scoundrel?
Chapter 43 Isn't this just being a scoundrel?
Upon hearing this, Sun's eldest daughter-in-law, who was usually timid and submissive and always obeyed her, hesitated and even considered refusing.
Her face immediately fell longer than a donkey's.
Hmph, does she think she can't be controlled just because the family has separated?
"You lazy old woman, you think you're all grown up now that we've separated from the family? I kindly asked you to help me weed the fields, but you wouldn't go. How can you be so lazy? Are you trying to drive me crazy because you think I'll die of exhaustion?"
Liu was so frightened by her mother-in-law's overbearing manner that she took a step back, her face turning pale.
"Mother, that's not what I meant, I meant..."
Seeing that her eldest daughter-in-law still wanted to refuse, Madam Sun immediately pressed her harder.
"What do you mean, what do you mean? You've been doing farm work for so many years. You could do it before, so why can't you do it now that we've separated? We've separated, but we're not severing ties. And Qingchuan, I heard you carried timber today before lunch. You're afraid of getting hurt in the fields, but why aren't you afraid of carrying timber?"
One or two of them are like lazy donkeys trying to grind grain; they all need to be disciplined!
Shen Xiaotang looked coldly at her stepmother's self-righteous appearance and couldn't help but sneer.
Break off the relationship?
It’s not impossible!
Once she's done with this busy period, she can continue to brainwash her parents. Ideally, she should get her grandfather to write a letter severing ties with her, so that when she makes money in the future, the whole family won't swarm around her like leeches, sucking her blood.
The sooner you sever ties, the sooner things will be clean!
However, for the sake of his reputation, the master would not easily write a letter severing ties, unless the two families completely broke off relations and things became very ugly.
This matter is a bit difficult to handle.
She temporarily put the matter of the severance agreement out of her mind, immediately went around half a table, and stood in front of her mother.
"Grandma, we've separated our family now. If my parents were to help you weed, harvest the crops, and grow the grain, would they give us some of it? You know, we only have four acres of dry land. It hasn't rained for three months straight, and the crops are almost dying of drought. When that happens, we won't have enough food, and we'll have to rely on you, Grandpa and Grandma, for help."
What?
Just for helping to weed for a few days, we have to share their grain?
I want to eat fart!
“You brat, how come you’re so good at scheming? You’re only weeding for two days, why are you dividing up the grain? We’re all family, isn’t it normal to help each other out? Besides, your parents are my son and daughter-in-law, so they should work for us and take care of us.”
Shen Xiaotang sneered, "So Grandma also knows that we're family and should help each other out?"
"Then tell me, how can someone only ask their son and daughter-in-law to help, but not be willing to help them at all? Isn't that just being a scoundrel?"
Ms. Sun asked in confusion, "What does 'playing hooligan' mean?"
Sorry, I accidentally used a word that's too advanced for my age. But to deal with this shameless old hag, I have to just read and respond randomly!
"It's nothing, it's just that my dad's injury has just healed, and my mom has to take care of us, so she can't leave. Why don't you go back and ask your second and third uncles to go to the fields to weed? It's good that there are many hands make light work."
Sun immediately objected, "What do you mean by 'many hands make light work'? Your second and third uncles are studying hard to become top scholars in the future. How can they work in the fields? Asking you to help weed won't be a loss for you. In the future, no matter which of your uncles passes the imperial examination and becomes an official, your whole family will benefit from it. Don't be hypocritical after getting a good deal."
Look at this empty promise!
They're all so cunning and clever, do they think her parents are fools?
"Hehe, when my second and third uncles become officials in the future, will they be able to find a job for my father, or give my parents a hundred or eighty taels of silver? Or will they be able to live forever if my parents smell the auspicious smoke rising from their ancestral graves?"
both are not!
Sun was so angry that her face turned red, and she was filled with rage but couldn't find a single word to refute him.
"you you you……"
Sun was so angry that her eyes rolled back and she almost fainted.
Shen Qingchuan and Liu were stunned to hear their daughter fight back on their behalf, leaving their sharp-tongued stepmother speechless.
Seeing that their stepmother was almost fainting from anger, the couple finally spoke up to dissuade her.
"Tang'er, say less. She is your grandmother. You can't be disrespectful to your elders."
elder?
Does she fit too?
She feigned obedience and said, "Father and Mother, I understand." She quickly apologized to her stepmother, "Grandma, I'm sorry, I accidentally said too much, hehe."
Just as Mrs. Sun was about to scold her step-granddaughter, the step-granddaughter apologized first, making her feel like she had punched cotton. She was so angry that she almost gritted her teeth.
Shen Qingchuan, who had been silent all along, spoke up, “Mother, now that we’ve separated the family, we should ask my second and third brothers to do any chores. They’ve all started their own families and have children now. We can’t just rely on you and Father to do it. A man has to be responsible for his wife and children. He has to act like a man.”
What the hell?
This means that her son is all talk and no action, and has no manly qualities.
Seeing his mother so angry she couldn't speak, Shen Xiaochuan quickly chimed in, "Elder brother and sister-in-law, Mother is still an elder. Why is it so difficult for you to help her? You've separated the family, so why are you so heartless?"
Shen Qingchuan said with a stern face, "In the past, when your sister-in-law and I went to work in the fields, we took care of all twenty mu. Why didn't you lend a hand? Where is your humanity?"
"I...I was busy studying, why are you dragging me into this, brother?"
"Alright, if you don't want to do it, then don't. Don't come looking for your elder brother. Today we'll help weed, and tomorrow we'll have to help harvest the grain. If you don't want those sixteen mu of land, we can talk to the village head and have it all divided up for us."
In the past, he was too honest and never thought the worst of people. He worked hard without complaint, thinking that he couldn't hold a grudge against his family. Now that he has come to his senses, he has spoken his mind and found that it wasn't so difficult after all.
In the end, Sun was so angry that she couldn't persuade her stepson and daughter-in-law, so she had no choice but to lead her youngest son home in a sorry state.
The whole family was at home, just staring blankly, waiting for her to cook. It almost made her want to vomit!
After Sun left, Shen Xiaotang immediately closed the gate and bolted it.
"Dad, Mom, next time we come back, don't forget to lock the door from the inside. Don't let just any Tom, Dick, or Harry come into the house. Don't come over easily, because it's never a good thing."
Shen Qingchuan and Liu Shi nodded in agreement. "We understand, but she is, after all, your stepmother. Don't let just anyone talk about her, lest someone overhears and spreads the rumors, tarnishing your reputation."
She wasn't afraid at all; she was determined to earn money so she could move her parents to town.
Shen Qingchuan couldn't help but chuckle as he recalled how his daughter had just silenced her stepmother.
"Your mother and I are both clumsy with words. When we encounter injustice, our brains fail us, and we don't know how to refute it. But you, I don't know who you took after, have such a clever tongue. You just made your grandma quite angry."
Liu quickly replied, "It's good to have a mouth; you won't suffer losses in the future. Isn't that better than us two gourds with sawed-off mouths?"
“What Fengniang said is true. Tang’er is smart and eloquent. If he were a boy, he would definitely pass the imperial examination and become an official.”
His lazy and good-for-nothing younger brothers have been studying since they were young, but after all these years, not a single one of them has passed the imperial examination and there seems to be no hope for them.
The food had gone cold, and with food scarce at home, the family couldn't bear to waste it, so they had no choice but to finish it.
After lunch, under the scorching sun, Shen Xiaotang carried a bucket to water the vegetables, while Xiaoyu helped her.
The couple also carried the last piece of wood they found in the woods back.
According to the blueprints, compare the dimensions, and saw the wood.
start!