Chapter 22: Is Dongzi's job more important than my husband's leg?

Old Woman Liu looked at her old man obscurely, asking him with her eyes what he was going to do.

Old Man Liu didn't speak, but walked straight into the main room and sat in the head position, lit a pipe of dry tobacco for himself, and frowned, thinking quickly about how to start the conversation later.

Chuxue let Xia Qiu help Liu Mu into the main room, and she moved a long bench in: "Mother, sister, sit down."

Ge Xiulan spoke up with sarcasm to stop them: "You made such a shameful thing, and you still dare to sit?"

Chuxue wasn't afraid of her: "Eldest Aunt is really interesting. You did something shameful yourself and don't know shame, so why wouldn't we dare to sit?"

"You dead girl, I am your eldest aunt, how are you talking to your elder?"

"An eldest aunt should have the appearance of an eldest aunt. Do you have it?"

"Second branch's wife, are you just watching and not caring?"

"I don't think my Chuxue did anything wrong. Eldest sister-in-law, what do you want me to care about?"

Old Man Liu, sitting at the head, was annoyed by their arguing: "All of you, shut up."

Just as he finished speaking, the eldest and third Liu sons hurried into the house: "Father, we are back."

The two brothers were sent by their father early in the morning to tidy up the private plot. Because it was a distance from the village, they didn't hear the noise in the village.

On the way back, the two of them had already learned from Ruhua what had happened.

When the eldest Liu son entered the courtyard, he happened to hear the conversation in the house: "Second branch's wife, look at the good things you've done, stirring up the family and making it restless. Look at how angry you've made Father and Mother."

Liu Chuxue was amused by this blatant shamelessness: "Eldest Uncle and Eldest Aunt are truly a couple, equally shameless."

Hearing this, the eldest Liu son sank his face: "Chuxue, how is it that you, a girl, are becoming more and more out of line? Is this something a junior can say? Have you read your books into a dog's belly? If the Chen family knows your character, have you thought about the consequences?"

Heh, he was threatening her: "Let them think what they want. I can't just be bullied and not know how to refute, or I'd be a fool. What do you think, Eldest Uncle?"

These words made the eldest Liu son feel a bit guilty. Thinking of what his wife had done, he couldn't help but soften his tone: "We are a family, it's inevitable to have bumps and bruises. It was a slip of the tongue, how can it be bullying? Your eldest aunt has no culture and speaks without thinking. Chuxue, don't hold it against her."

He really knew how to shift the blame. She was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Old Man Liu swept a glance outside the courtyard and saw people lying on the courtyard wall. He knew that even if he drove them away again, it would be of no use. He knocked the pipe bowl heavily on the sole of his foot a few times: "You all know what happened today, let's talk about it."

Liu Mu spoke first: "My husband's leg cannot be dragged any longer. Since no matter how I beg the family, they won't care, we can only find a way ourselves. Is this also wrong?"

Ge Xiulan was holding back her anger and ignored her eldest daughter-in-law's pulling: "You are right to want to save the second brother, but the family hasn't been divided yet. Who does the money you borrow count for?"

"Eldest sister-in-law, do you have any conscience? Why did my husband get injured? Wasn't it for this family?"

"He wasn't the only one who went to repair the reservoir in the village. Everyone else is fine, only he had an accident. Can you blame the family? It's just that he is useless."

Liu Chuxue didn't want to waste time here anymore and took a step forward: "Grandpa, Grandma, now is not the time to argue. My father is urgently waiting for money to save his life. If you have any thoughts, say them quickly. Don't make us guess, and don't force me to go crazy."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 23 =====