Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 170 Using a rice bowl to chop a big bump on the head

Zhang Changyao, who had been standing on the ground outside the outer room listening for a long time but dared not go inside, came in and stopped him from leaving.

He pondered for a long time in the outer room, realizing that if he didn't provide her with fine grains, Yang Wuni's fourth sister would break off all ties with her.

He had no other choice but to ask Lu Shi for help, hoping that Lu Shi might have some connections.

"Zhang Changyao, don't take on so much responsibility. What if Uncle Lu can't get his hands on cheap, high-quality grains?"

Yang Wuni looked at Zhang Changyao with a cold face. She knew her own man well; getting him to ask for help was harder than climbing to heaven.

"Fourth Sister Wu Ni, go to the granary and find someone named Qiao Liu."

Take me, Liao Zhi, for example. I asked him to get me some cheap, high-quality grains.

If he doesn't charge you money, you don't need to pay him.

I'm the one who got this kid into the grain depot; consider it his way of repaying the favor I did for him back then.

After you get the grain, tell him not to tell my father about this.

Liao Zhi and Zhang Changyao shared the same thought: they realized Yang Juhua had misunderstood Yang Wuni, and they knew they couldn't just not help her.

"Wu Ni, listen to this, your brother-in-law and this guy lying down are much better than you."

Without even thinking, you'd say one person won't do, two won't do, and you'd rather have a stranger.

Hearing Liao Zhi say there was a trick to it, Yang Juhua didn't rush to leave and sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Fourth Sister, you don't care about Fifth Sister at all. All you do is scheme to take advantage of others."

Your family's pig butcher isn't short of money, so why do you have to go through the trouble of digging a hole to buy cheap grain?

Liao Zhi himself couldn't even swallow coarse grains, so he didn't ask anyone to buy refined grains.

You don't care whether others are in a difficult position or not; you're happy just to take advantage.

Yang Deshan, who had been lying down pretending to be asleep, couldn't help but sit up and talk to Yang Juhua.

"Uncle, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you're in charge of the household. Everyone has to be frugal."

If you don't save money penny by penny, how will you build a big house and buy a car in the future?

Yang Juhua didn't get angry with Yang Deshan; she knew her uncle sided with Yang Wuni.

"Fourth girl, people say that if you save money, there will be a hole waiting for you."

Yang Deshan straightened his clothes, put on his shoes, and went downstairs to help Zhang Changyao cook.

"Wu Ni, you are so lucky now. You found such a good man as your brother-in-law, and your uncle is here to keep you company."

Unlike me, when I was in postpartum confinement, I had to take care of everything myself.

My old lady would give me a bowl of this every meal.

Millet porridge with no visible grains of rice, and egg sauce with one egg a day.

When she gets old, I'll give her rice porridge and egg sauce every day.

Yang Juhua touched Yang Wuni's pajamas with envy, then looked at the mountain of packages piled on the ground.

"Fourth Sister, you can't treat the elderly like that. The children should learn from this."

Yang Wuni lost her earlier enthusiasm and lowered her head to fiddle with the child.

"Wu Ni, this is the money that Fourth Sister secretly saved up. Put it away so your brother-in-law doesn't see it."

Yang Juhua took advantage of the moment when Yang Dianjun went out to urinate.

He quickly pulled out a handful of loose change and stuffed it under Yang Wuni's pillow.

"Fourth Sister, no...no need, I...my family doesn't have money, Zhang Changyao can earn it."

Yang Wuni's tears welled up in her eyes.

She had always thought that her fourth sister didn't care about her and was heartbroken over this.

"Wu Ni, listen to your fourth sister and keep some spare money."

If your brother-in-law treats you badly, take the money and leave this house.

"When the time comes, your fourth sister will find you a butcher, so you can eat meat every day."

Yang Juhua leaned closer to Yang Wuni and spoke to her in a low voice.

"Fourth sister, if our family has any money, it's all with me."

If I take it all, Zhang Changyao and his child will have no money left.

Besides, he doesn't do anything to make me angry. If I leave home, he'll go crazy, won't he?

Yang Wuni couldn't understand what her fourth sister meant by those words.

Fearing that her fourth sister would worry about her, she had no choice but to explain to her.

"Fourth Sister, do you think Zhang Changyao is that man with the butcher knife?"

Your brother-in-law was so scared when he saw your father that he almost stopped breathing.

Our Wu Ni has a temper similar to your father's; it's good enough that she doesn't bully Zhang Changyao.

"If Zhang Changyao dares to cause trouble, Wu Ni can subdue him in no time."

Yang Deshan, carrying the dining table in, told Yang Juhua with a smile.

Yang Juhua lowered her head, a hint of loneliness flashing in her eyes.

One hand was touching her thigh, where the man had kicked her this morning, and the spot was still throbbing.

After dinner, Yang Juhua and Yang Dianjun went home separately.

Zhang Changyao politely filled half a bag with raw peanuts for each of them.

Yang Wuni was so angry over those two half-bags of raw oysters that she ignored Zhang Changyao.

"Wu Ni, don't be angry. Fourth Sister and Little Brother came, how can we let them go back empty-handed?"

The meat your fourth sister gave you could buy several bags of shaobing (a type of snack) for our family.

I heard from my brother-in-law that my fourth sister's husband hit her this morning.

"We're her family. If we don't give Fourth Sister some face, won't she suffer even more?"

Zhang Changyao grabbed Yang Wuni's long braid and tried to reason with her.

"Fourth Sister and Little Brother are such cowards, they're always acting all tough like they're something special."

She wilted when she saw her fourth brother-in-law, like a dog with its tail between its legs.

I was in postpartum confinement, otherwise they would have twisted my head off.

When my fourth sister was in confinement after childbirth, I walked over to visit her, and she was so scared that she didn't dare to invite me to stay for a meal.

Now she's still finding fault, saying her family didn't care about her during her postpartum period.

I know she's afraid I'll do what I did before—chop her man's head open with a rice bowl.

Yang Wuni forcefully poked the quilt with her fingers, venting her dissatisfaction.

"Wu Ni, go see her on your own. Why won't your fourth sister feed you?"

You were just visiting someone's home, why did you chop off their man's head?

Zhang Changyao grabbed Yang Wuni's hand and rubbed her reddened knuckles.

"Hmph! They just think I'm a jinx and are afraid I'll bring bad luck to their family."

At that time, I only had a rice bowl in front of me. If I had a knife, I would have stabbed him to death.

"Wait until I'm out of my postpartum period, I'll break his arm and see if he dares to hit my fourth sister again."

Yang Wuni was furious, her big eyes wide open.

"Wu Ni, don't say that in front of the children."

I'm now afraid that Wenda will grow up to have the same temper as you.

"If this kid had your temper, he'd beat me up twice in three days, wouldn't he?" Liao Zhi said with a smile.

"Why are you hitting me twice in three days? If you don't behave, I'll hit you three times in three days."

Yang Wuni was amused by Liao Zhi's words and said without getting angry.

"Wu Ni, you need to take a day off in between. It's not interesting to play every day."

Besides, who would hit a person who has no feeling? That's no different from hitting a piece of wood.

The more I hit her, the angrier I get. She'd rather treat me like a piece of stinking dog poop.

As Liao Zhi spoke, his tone lowered, and he choked up, closing his eyes.

"Zhang Changyao, come with me quickly, your two fathers are fighting."

Your father is carrying a knife and is about to kill your father-in-law, who has been drinking too much.

He's lying on the floor under your dad's house; I can't pull him out.