Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 95 I'll beat you until you poop your pants

Zhai Qingming pushed Zhang Changyao, urging him to go home quickly while helping him analyze the situation.

Zhang Changyao knew perfectly well that this woman had been wronged and had come to seek justice.

"Dad, I've never seen old people like you, asking for things back after giving them away."

An elderly person should act like an elderly person. Is it something a human being would do to sit back down after defecating?

If you don't give me my donkey today, I'll cry myself to death at your doorstep.

Let my two children see that it was their grandfather, uncles, and aunts who drove their mother to her death.

She sat on the ground and threw a tantrum, but no one responded to her.

Zhang Changyao sensed something was wrong, based on past experience.

At this critical juncture, Yang Wuni should have jumped out and started arguing with her, right?

The door to their house was now tightly shut, and Yang Wuni and the two donkeys were nowhere to be seen.

Zhang Changyao didn't dare go home through the main gate, nor did he want to pass by Sui Yumi's side.

Even if she catches you, it's not worth it to get scolded or even see you.

Just as Zhang Changyao was hiding behind the courtyard wall, not knowing where he was going.

"Zhang Changyao... Zhang Changyao..." came Yang Wuni's voice from behind.

"Wu Ni, where did you put our two donkeys?"

Seeing Yang Wuni acting suspiciously, Zhang Changyao knew that she must have hidden the donkey.

"I put it in Zhai Qingming's yard and asked Xiao Si and Ya Dan to watch it for me."

"Judging from your sister-in-law's condition, she won't rest until she's extorted our donkey."

Yang Wuni pulled Zhang Changyao's hand to leave, not wanting to provoke this troublesome person.

"Wu Ni, we can't just hide away. This can't go on forever. We need to find a solution."

I'm going to find my aunt now and ask her to help mediate.

"Didn't Dad say he was going out to work to buy a donkey for my sister-in-law's family?"

Zhang Changyao waved his hand, telling Yang Wuni to go to Zhai Qingming's house to look after the donkey, while he went to the lower courtyard to find Zhang Shuhua.

He thought it would be a good opportunity to talk to Zhang Shuhua about Guan Shuyun and Hu Xiao.

Zheng Meizhi gave him a day, but his ideas were still immature.

We might as well discuss it with Zhang Shuhua as well, so we can know whether our approach is feasible.

Zhang Shuhua is giving Guan Shujia's child a neck massage.

This kid drools all day long; one neck isn't enough to keep up.

It got all wet in no time, and a large red patch appeared on her slumped neck.

Yellow, green, and blue fabrics were cut into diamond shapes and pieced together.

Each type of fabric is made of absorbent material; drool flowing onto it quickly seeps into it.

Only in this way will the child's neck not become wet and red.

"Changyao, have you eaten? There are two vegetable dumplings in the cupboard."

The cornbread was filled with dandelion; I remember that was your favorite.

Zhang Shuhua didn't look up, continued sewing her neck, and pointed to the cupboard to tell Zhang Changyao.

Zhang Changyao didn't stand on ceremony. He went to the cupboard and brought in a plate of vegetable dumplings, then sat down in front of Zhang Shuhua to eat.

While swallowing, Zhang Changyao told Guan Shuyun that she was pregnant and asked him to take her to find Hu Xiao.

Hu Xiao was forced by Zheng Meizhi and was terrified, so Guan Shuyun had no choice but to stay.

Zheng Meizhi wants to marry into Lao Guan's family and hopes that the child in her womb will take the surname Guan.

He told Zhang Shuhua all of these things in detail.

"Changyao, you did the right thing. Your older sister is just as stubborn as I am."

If you don't help her, who knows what stupid things this child might do.

Since she was so determined to be with Hu Xiao, and even got pregnant with his child.

If I, as the mother, were to stand in the middle, I would be being unreasonable.

However, I must make this clear from the start: Hu Xiao must be formally married.

You can't just leave it like this without any clear understanding. If a woman marries a man without a proper marriage, her in-laws will look down on her.

As for Zheng Meizhi wanting to marry into your second brother's family, there's no room for discussion.

Your second sister-in-law has worked hard in our Guan family, even if she hasn't done anything particularly meritorious.

She gave birth to ten children for our family, just like a piglet.

We can't go against our conscience and kick him out, giving a broken shoemaker a place to sit.

Zhang Shuhua bit off the excess thread, looked at her neck and smiled with satisfaction.

Aunt, you didn't understand what I meant. I didn't mean Zheng Meizhi marrying my second brother.

How many potential partners did Yutian meet? Why didn't any of them work out?

Isn't it because the woman disagreed with his half-tiger-half-sharp appearance?

Zheng Meizhi said she wanted to marry into the Guan family and that her children could take the Guan surname. Doesn't this perfectly meet Zheng Meizhi's requirements?

Go and discuss with Zheng Jingren about marrying Zheng Meizhi to our Yutian.

In this way, the Guan family's children didn't change their surname, and Yutian also got a wife—a win-win situation.

Zhang Changyao laid out his thoughts completely, which made Zhang Shuhua clap her hands in admiration.

"Changyao, I'm not worried about others, but your second sister-in-law, that stubborn old woman, might not agree."

She knows that Zheng Meizhi is pregnant with your second brother's child. If she marries Yutian, things will get messy.

"When the child is born, how will you address your second brother, me, and Yutian?"

Feeling annoyed, Zhang Shuhua picked up a pair of scissors and cut the scraps of cloth into pieces, then vigorously rubbed them in her hands.

"Auntie, I was just saying that. The rest is up to you family members to decide."

I went back home since there was nothing else to do. My sister-in-law was still at the door, making a huge fuss.

If we don't give her back our donkey, she'll die at our doorstep.

My father and Aunt Xiulan are hiding inside the house, too afraid to come out. I wonder what's become of them?

Zhang Changyao did not directly ask Zhang Shuhua to help.

He casually mentioned that he would be happy if Zhang Shuhua went, and wouldn't be upset if she didn't.

"Changyao, no one can handle your sister-in-law. Shall I go and take a look?"

It would be best if she could explain it clearly, but if she can't, then we can only let her act up to her heart's content.

Zhang Shuhua put on her clothes and shoes, picked up the two neck straps she had made, and walked in front of Zhang Changyao.

"Auntie, why are you holding that neck brace?" Zhang Changyao asked, puzzled, when he saw the neck brace in Zhang Shuhua's hand.

"Oh! These two are for your children."

What's left on the kang (heated brick bed) is for your older brother's children.

According to Wu Ni's prediction, she should give birth before autumn. All necessary preparations need to be made.

Don't let the baby be born and you have nothing to show for it, leaving you helpless and clueless.

"Auntie, you were right. Wu Ni and I weren't prepared at all."

I thought I'd have to wait until the baby was born before preparing little by little.

Zhang Changyao scratched his head and chuckled foolishly at Zhang Shuhua.

Before the two even entered Zhang Changyao's house, they saw two women wrestling at the front gate from afar.

"Oh no, Auntie, did Wu Ni and my sister-in-law get into a fight?"

Zhang Changyao kicked up his heel and ran home, stopping halfway there.

He looked closely at the two women, but neither of them was Yang Wuni.

One was Sui Yumi, and the other was Zhao Xiulan. The two of them stood on the cucumber trellis, neither willing to give way.

"Zhao Xiulan, it's all your fault, you old hag. If you hadn't married into the family, how could my father have treated us like this?"

"I'm going to beat you until you poop your pants today, then we'll see how you dare to act so cocky afterwards."