Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 139 Diaper Bag

"Changguang, a woman like that should have her legs broken."

"Without legs, you can't go out and bend over, making yourself a cuckold."

"Zhang Changguang, why aren't you hitting him yet? You're practically bewitched, still hesitant?"

"Hey! Let's go! Let's go! People like that deserve to be bastards. I think what they said to Yumi was too mild."

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Those watching the spectacle weren't afraid of things getting out of hand, and they chimed in with their own opinions.

"Boss, you can't hit him. If you do, the family will really fall apart."

Zhang Kaiju grabbed the stick from Zhang Changguang's hand and stood in front of Sui Yumi.

"Dad, can you keep an eye on things? If you leave, my sister-in-law will still have to go out and chop wood."

Who knows, one day, someone's wife might find out and, unable to bear it any longer, jump into the river.

If she still doesn't give in, I'll have my older brother break her legs so she can't go out and cause trouble for other people.

Why didn't you and your elder brother dare to go see Guimei and her child lying in the coffin?

"How can we not break the legs of this wicked person, as a sacrifice for the deceased Sister-in-law Guimei?"

Zhang Changyao picked up Zhang Kaiju and placed him at Fangshan Corner, a little further away from Sui Yumi.

"Zhang Changyao, I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget. Just you wait and see how I deal with your family later."

As long as I live in this village with Yumi, and remain Old Zhang's daughter-in-law, you can forget about having a peaceful life.

With its pursed lips and pointed tip, the corn looked at Zhang Changyao as if it wanted to peck him to death.

"Sister-in-law, if you don't back down today, my brother won't dare to hit you, so I'll break your legs."

So that you won't come looking for trouble with me later when you've made it big.

Zhang Changyao snatched the wooden stick from Zhang Changguang's hand.

He suddenly raised it up and swung it over, making a crisp "smack" sound.

The wooden stick hit the wooden pole that was tied with the corn.

"Oops! I didn't aim right. Let me try again. This time, both legs together."

Sister-in-law, I'll return the insults you gave me this time.

Didn't you say that everyone in the Zhang family is a coward?

Now I'll show you the strength of the Zhang family men.

Zhang Changyao spat on both palms alternately, then raised the stick above his head, ready to exert force.

"Zhang Changguang, please save me! I was wrong, I'll never do it again."

Dad, I am Guiye and Guibao's biological mother. You can't just watch Changyao break my legs!

Guiye, Guibao, come quickly and save your mother, father, Changguang, please come quickly and save me!

Changyao, your sister-in-law is not human. She has let down the Zhang family.

If you spare me this time, I'll never dare to go out and seduce anyone again in my next life.

"Everyone, please...please help me beg Zhang Changyao. I don't want to be paralyzed on the bed."

At the last moment, Yumi completely surrendered, begging everyone she could.

A fresh, pungent smell of urine wafted from Sui Yumi's crotch.

Several people who were closer covered their mouths, their faces showing disgusted and wicked smiles.

The people who had been holding their breath, waiting to see Zhang Changyao's final move, were immediately deflated when Sui Yumi wet his pants.

Everyone knew perfectly well that if they yielded to Yumi, Zhang Changyao would stop fighting.

Zhang Changyao threw down the wooden stick in his hand and went to catch the two children without looking back.

Only after Zhang Changyao returned did Zhang Changguang dare to loosen his grip on the corn.

Once released, Sui Yumi dared not look Zhang Changyao in the eye again and pulled the two children into the house.

As the crowd dispersed, Zhang Changyao returned home, his limbs trembling.

"Huh? Zhang Changyao, you're really that amazing? I don't quite believe it."

Lin Qiu said you're incompetent; people beat you up at school.

"You didn't even dare to fight back." Liao Zhi exposed Zhang Changyao's weakness.

"You know what, I was really a coward back then. I'd never been in a war before."

Today was the same; if my sister-in-law hadn't been scared, I really wouldn't have been able to handle it.

Zhang Changyao blushed and joined Liao Zhi in mocking themselves.

"Zhang Changyao, your sister-in-law is really lucky to have met you guys."

If she were to encounter someone like me, I'd probably break her leg in less than two sentences.

Yang Wuni, who was feeding Liao Zhi, said with a smile.

"Wu Ni, Liao Zhi, actually I really have the thought of breaking her legs."

You didn't see how Sister Guimei looked when she was hugging her child.

Now, when I close my eyes, all I can see is that final, desperate gaze between that mother and daughter.

Zhang Changyao's eyes reddened, and a few tears fell.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Liao Zhi's cough interrupted Zhang Changyao's thoughts.

"Liao Zhi, are you sick in the stomach? Why are you coughing so much?"

Zhang Changyao touched Liao Zhi's chest, looking at him with concern.

"Zhang Changyao, it's nothing. He's just suffering from a 'rich man's disease' and can't eat coarse grains."

I cooked the millet porridge until it was very soft, but he still said it was stuck in his throat and he couldn't swallow it.

I wouldn't dare give him cornmeal either, because he said he couldn't stand the taste of corn.

Yang Wuni smelled the millet porridge in the bowl and squinted her eyes in delight.

"Liao Zhi, this is all the conditions we have right now; we don't have any fine grains."

"Or I could go to the granary tomorrow and ask your father for some fine grains so you can have a special meal?"

Zhang Changyao was stumped and, frowning, came up with a solution that was hardly a solution.

"Zhang Changyao, if you dare to go to my father, he will carry me back."

I don't want the hired nannies to serve me; they mistreat me when no one is around.

Whenever I talk too much, they gag me.

If I dared to complain, they would prick my hair with needles.

There was another one who was even more despicable; he scalded my feet with boiling water.

She said she wanted to test whether I really had no sensation.

I've never eaten whole grains since I was a child, because I think they make my throat feel dry.

Don't worry about me, I'll get used to it slowly, and I think I'll be able to swallow it.

Liao Zhi pleaded, opening his mouth as he waited for Yang Wuni to feed him porridge.

"This won't do. I'll think of something tomorrow."

Zhang Changyao lowered his head, calculating the remaining money in his household.

No matter how you calculate it, you can't misappropriate the money for Yang Wuni's childbirth.

"Zhang Changyao, go to town tomorrow to buy envelopes, paper, and pens."

I'll teach you how to write, mail your work to publishers, and earn royalties.

Several of my classmates are editors, and they are very interested in rural life.

You gather some old stories from years ago, write them down, and I'll review them for you.

"Just use the money you earn from writing to buy me some food."

Seeing that Zhang Changyao kept his head down and didn't speak, Liao Zhi suggested a last resort.

After he fell ill, he became disheartened and stopped contacting any of his friends and classmates.

Seeing how much trouble Zhang Changyao was going through to get him something to eat, I couldn't bear it.

"Liao Zhi, I...can I do it?" Zhang Changyao picked at his fingers, becoming shy.

"Who can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics and be proficient in all eighteen weapons from birth?"

I learned it little by little. Is it something a man should say if he says it's no good before he's even written it?

What's the thing men hate most? The word "no."

If I say you can do it, you can, even if you can't.

"If you keep eating coarse grains, I'll starve to death. When Lin Qiu comes back looking for you, are you going to show her the bones?"

Liao Zhi pretended to be angry, gulped down a mouthful of porridge, and couldn't help but start coughing again.

"Okay! Liao Zhi, I'll listen to you and give it a try. You wait and see."

"I'll go cut willow branches right now and weave a mat for you." Zhang Changyao went down to the ground to find a sickle.

"Third Uncle, where are you going?" Guan Yutian pushed open the door and followed behind him, asking.

"Yutian, is something wrong?"

Zhang Changyao looked at Guan Yutian, who was sticking close to him and never leaving his side, and asked.

"Third Uncle, my father wants you to come with him to pick up my wife tomorrow."