novelraw Chapter 161
Chapter 161
As soon as Yang Dafu saw Song Nianchu, his body trembled subconsciously. But then he remembered that he hadn't done anything wrong today, so he immediately straightened his back.
"Song Nianchu, don't look at me with such deep hostility every time you see me. I'm just accompanying my wife on her visit back to her maiden home today. I haven't done anything."
Song Nianchu narrowed her eyes, sizing up Yang Dafu and Mu Jingmei, who was still kneeling on the ground.
"What kind of visit home is this? Do you need to kneel for a visit home? To me, you two look like monkeys that escaped from the zoo, putting on a monkey show specifically for everyone to watch."
"You..." Yang Dafu's face alternated between red and pale from her mockery, yet he couldn't find the words to refute her. He couldn't beat her in a fight either, and he was so infuriated he almost passed out.
At this moment, Mu Jingmei, who was kneeling on the ground, finally looked up.
"Sister-in-law, I know you don't like me and think that my mother dotes on me, but I've never eaten a single grain of rice from your family. Why do you always harbor such deep malice toward me?" Mu Jingmei said these words with a deeply aggrieved tone.
Song Nianchu's brows furrowed tightly as she listened. She felt that Mu Jingmei was exactly the same as before, with every sentence carrying veiled accusations. It was precisely because of this behavior of hers that Mu Haoxuan and Mu Yongnian had suffered so much at home previously.
It was just a pity that she was not Mu's mother, nor was she afraid of these underhanded tricks.
"I do indeed dislike you. But do you know why? Back then, to force you to marry him, this man almost beat your parents to death and nearly killed your brothers."
"To save you, your older brother even went so far as to marry into my family. Your mother, always keeping in mind that you are a daughter, never could bear to let you work hard, and always gave you whatever good food the family had. Your five or six-year-old little brother was so hungry he had to go catch fish in the sea and almost drowned. But what did you do?"
"In order to make your own life a bit more comfortable, you didn't hesitate to marry this man who almost destroyed your family. When your brother went to beg you to come back, you refused to even step out the door, and even demanded to sever all ties with us."
"It's fine if you want to get married. After all, you are an adult and can take responsibility for your own choices."
"But since you chose to cut ties with your family back then, why are you making such a big show of bringing this man, whom your family utterly detests, back here now?"
"Can't survive in the Yang family anymore? Do you want your mother to get people to back you up?" Song Nianchu enunciated every word clearly.
"I didn't, I'm doing very well!" Mu Jingmei quickly retorted.
"Since you're doing so well, why come back? Could it be that you have ulterior motives?" This retort was exactly what Song Nianchu had been waiting for.
"I don't. What could you possibly have that I would want?" Mu Jingmei's tone grew anxious, clearly betraying her guilty conscience.
"How could we not? You should know that our village has built a workshop now, and the villagers' lives are gradually improving. Who knows, maybe you got jealous and wanted to come back to freeload, or perhaps to sabotage our village's collective income." Song Nianchu dragged out the last few words.
Hearing this, the onlookers immediately realized what was going on.
Exactly. Mu Jingmei had already severed ties with the Mu family to marry Yang Dafu. Plus, she claimed she was doing well, so why would she come visiting?
Could it be that she really had her eyes on the village's collective economy?
"A married daughter is like spilled water, especially a degenerate like her who didn't listen to her parents and ran off to a man's house on her own. Our village doesn't welcome you. Get out of here right now!" Voices demanding them to leave immediately erupted from the crowd.
After all, everyone's lives had finally gotten a little better, and no one wanted anyone else to ruin it.
No one wanted to go back to the bitter days of going hungry every day.
"Right, right, right! Chase them away immediately!" As soon as that person spoke, it immediately drew agreement from the others.
Mu Jingmei hadn't expected Song Nianchu to actually guess the purpose of their visit. The gaze she directed at her carried a trace of toxic resentment.
"Song Nianchu, slandering me like this, are you trying to force me to my death?"
"Then are you going to die?" Song Nianchu asked back without a hint of fear.
She knew selfish people like Mu Jingmei better than anyone; she absolutely did not have the courage to seek death.
"You!" Mu Jingmei's face turned livid and then pale.
Behind her, the villagers were still incessantly telling them to get lost. Mu Jingmei felt as if the ground beneath her feet was turning scalding hot.
Looking at the tightly closed courtyard doors in front of her, she raised her voice and shouted.
"Mom, if you don't come out, I'm going to be forced to death by them."
As soon as her words fell, the tightly closed doors of the Mu family were actually opened from the inside.
"Mom..." Mu Jingmei rejoiced. Just as she was about to call out, a basin of slop splashed right into her face, drenching both her and Yang Dafu from head to toe.
"Ahhh! What is this? Why does it stink so much?" Mu Jingmei could no longer keep kneeling and immediately jumped to her feet.
"This is the slop our family has been saving for three days. I'll say it one last time: get out of here! If you ever come to our door again, this is the treatment you'll get!" Mu Deyi stood in the courtyard holding the slop bucket, his gaze cold.
The look he gave Mu Jingmei held not a single shred of warmth.
"You actually dared to splash slop on me! Believe it or not, I'll..." Yang Dafu had never suffered such humiliation in his entire life. He subconsciously wanted to lunge forward, but Song Nianchu stepped in front of him first.
"I already warned you to leave just now. You were the ones who brazenly refused to go. What, now you want to lay a hand on your father-in-law?"
Looking at Song Nianchu, Yang Dafu's clenched fists tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened, before finally letting go.
He had already been drenched in slop; he didn't want to go back covered in injuries as well.
"What are you still standing here for? Hurry up and come back with me." Yang Dafu had a belly full of suppressed anger with nowhere to vent, so he unleashed it all on Mu Jingmei.
He grabbed her, threw her onto the donkey cart, and drove the cart away himself.
After all, if they didn't leave now, the two of them really would become monkeys in a zoo.
Seeing those two appetite-ruining people finally leave, Song Nianchu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, there's nothing left to see here. Everyone, go back," Song Nianchu said, sweeping a glance over the surrounding onlookers.
Everyone respected Song Nianchu nowadays. Once she spoke, naturally no one dared to linger, and they all left one after another.
In an instant, only their own family members were left at the entrance of the Mu family home.
Mu Deyi, who had been tense for a long time, suddenly lost strength in his hands. The bucket dropped, and his entire body swayed unsteadily.
"Dad." Mu Shi'an quickly stepped forward to support him.
"Dad!" Mu Haoxuan and Mu Yongnian also hurried forward.
"Hurry up and help Dad back inside to rest." Song Nianchu also stepped forward to lend a hand.
After returning to the house, Song Nianchu poured Mu Deyi a cup of warm water and gently rubbed his chest, finally helping him catch his breath.