Chapter 800 - 412: The Ruthless Fear the Reckless

Chapter 800: Chapter 412: The Ruthless Fear the Reckless

Li Laoda had been having a miserable time lately, and it was all because of Liu’er’s mother. Therefore, seeing his usually formidable youngest son actually being threatened with a knife by his father-in-law—even if Sun Jinshan wouldn’t really hack Changling and Liu’er—he still felt deeply displeased hearing it.

Sun Jinshan was half-dead with anger from the Li Family father and son’s words. Seeing that his son had already picked up his mother and left, he had no time to argue with his son-in-law and furiously followed them. Sun Tiezhu had originally wanted to carry his old mother on his back, but unexpectedly, Liu’er’s mother had likely suffered internal injuries and said her chest couldn’t be touched. Thus, he had no choice but to carry her in his arms.

After everyone had left, Li Changliang glared at Granny Hua and asked, "Did you attract all these people today, Mother? You don’t do any work all day. Having Liu’er serve you food and drink isn’t enough, you still have to bring trouble into our home?"

Granny Hua was terrified and hurriedly said, "I didn’t argue with anyone, nor did I badmouth the Third Scholar. I was just peeling celtuce here."

Li Changliang said loudly, "What time is it already? Does it take you a year to peel one celtuce? A few celtuces could be peeled in the kitchen in a moment. For this, you still ran outside? Do you think you’re stitching shoe soles? Liu’er has already finished cooking the meal, and you’re still peeling celtuce?"

Granny Hua was left speechless. She had brought the celtuce under the big willow tree to peel precisely to chat with the passersby. Who knew that Liu’er’s mother, for the sake of flapping her lips, would say such things and bring about this great disaster, causing her to be despised by her son?

Li Laoda was furious. He glared at her fiercely and said, "I’ll settle the score with you when we get home." After saying that, he entered the courtyard with his hands clasped behind his back.

Hearing this, Granny Hua trembled with fear. Looking again at Li Changliang’s ugly expression, how could she dare to go home? She waited until the father and son both entered the house, then frantically ran toward her eldest son’s house on her long, skinny legs, abandoning even the celtuce.

Li Changliang waited for a long time but didn’t see his mother enter the house. He came out to take a look and saw that under the big tree, only a solitary Lanzi was left, and his mother was nowhere to be seen. Knowing that she must have gone to hide at his older brother’s house, he couldn’t help but feel both angry and amused. What was even more infuriating was that inside the Lanzi, out of the four celtuces, only three were peeled, leaving one unpeeled. It was clear how lazy his mother was when it came to working.

He carried the Lanzi into the kitchen. Seeing it, Liu’er had no choice but to peel the remaining celtuce, then wash it, shred it, and toss it into the wok to stir-fry.

Her eyes were red and swollen, having just cried her heart out. When her mother was being beaten, Li Changliang had stopped her from going out, saying it would be good for her mother to learn a lesson, otherwise she would never remember.

But seeing her mother beaten like that, how could she remain indifferent? Therefore, she had sobbed uncontrollably in the house. Later, when Sun Jinshan verbally humiliated her, she felt even more devastated.

Li Changliang sat by the stove, helping her tend the fire, and consoled her, "Liu’er, don’t be sad. With your mother’s temper, as the younger generation, we can’t talk any sense into her. If we don’t let her suffer a loss, she’ll never learn to keep her mouth shut. Given the situation today, if you went out, would you have helped your mother or not? It was clearly her fault. If you helped her this time, would you help her the next time she causes trouble? Then wouldn’t you become just like her? If you didn’t help, you’d be scolded for going out anyway. It was better not to go out at all; what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over."

Liu’er sniffled and shook her head, saying, "I just kept thinking that it’s my own bad luck..."

Hearing this, Li Changliang’s heart ached. He hurriedly stood up, went over to hold her waist, and said, "How can you say you have bad luck? If you had bad luck, could you have met me? I treat you like a treasure. Liu’er, there was another reason I didn’t let you go out. I was afraid you’d always be manipulated by your mother. With her temper, you really can’t just go along with her."

Liu’er nodded with red eyes and said, "Changling, I don’t blame you."

Who exactly was to blame? The couple both stared blankly for a moment.

***

Zhao San and his wife entrusted their household chores to Huai Zi, asking him to look after the chickens, ducks, pigs, and other livestock. Then, carrying their son, they got onto Qingmu’s carriage and hurried toward Xiatang Market. Right after they left, the Sun Family father and son hurried over while carrying Liu’er’s mother. Seeing the carriage disappear at the end of the village road, their expressions turned incredibly ugly.

Sun Jinshan stared gloomily at the members of the Zhang family standing at the courtyard gate and said, "This isn’t over!"

Zhang Dashuan also flared up. He hadn’t said anything earlier, letting Huai Zi handle things. But now, seeing Sun Jinshan’s unrelenting attitude, he laughed out of sheer anger, "Even if you want it to be over, I’m afraid Third Brother won’t let you off! If anything happens to his Zhao Feng, just wait for your family to be ruined. Look at you! What, do you want to fight me too? Tell me, how did you turn out like this? With the things your wife said today, anyone would step up to beat her! How do you have the nerve to defend her in front of so many people? You weren’t like this before. At least you could do some decent things and speak like a human being. Now, you’re getting worse and worse."