Chapter 285: Rebirth in the 1990s: Overbearing Flower Chapter 286: The Old Immortal

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

Chai Youqing was not happy to hear Chai Mi say she didn't care at all. She was just stating the actual situation.

It was just a fig leaf that no one had torn open.

In the eyes of those at the old residence, Chai Youqing was a dead-end line.

That was a harsh thing to say.

But in reality, those at the old residence had it on their lips behind his back; they looked down on Chai Youqing from the bottom of their hearts.

When Chai Youqing had two daughters, they said this; now that he had three daughters, they still said it.

There wasn't the slightest change.

In this era, the idea of preferring sons over daughters was extremely serious.

Even women felt that giving birth to sons brought glory to the ancestors, while giving birth to daughters meant they couldn't hold their heads up.

Even Chai Mi's mother Su Wan held this view.

Otherwise, how could she have had two girls and then want a third child? In this era, having a third child meant paying a fine.

Recently, because of the issue with Laosan Chai Xin, Chai Mi had gone to the village to speak up, and in the end, it was Liu Zhanggui and others who smoothed things over, and the village fined them one thousand yuan.

That was only after giving face to many people, so they were fined that little amount. But in reality, one thousand yuan was still a lot of money.

Of course, the one who filed the false accusation was Wang Huirong...

Chai Youqing was stung in the heart by Chai Mi's words "dead-end line," as if a piece of flesh had been gouged out, and cold wind seemed to pour in.

He opened his mouth, wanting to retort, wanting to say "continuing the family line isn't discussed like that," but the words stuck in his throat, dry and hoarse.

Yes, at the old residence, in his parents' hearts, in his younger brother Chai You De's mouth, wasn't he Chai Youqing just a "sonless line"?

Even if the old residence truly brought glory to the ancestors, that glory would not fall on his head; it would only become another reason to mock him for having no heir.

Without a son, there was no way to continue the family line... Although now Chai Mi managed the household, Chai Youqing had less pressure and didn't engage in as much internal exhaustion, but Chai Mi saying this today made Chai Youqing immediately start internal exhaustion again.

By rights, even if others said it, as Chai Youqing's parents—Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong actually shouldn't say it. Whether giving birth to a boy or a girl should be the same.

After all, there are plenty of people who don't have children, whether they are DINKs or have some disease.

People say all sorts of things, but deep down they still feel that those without boys will have no family later. A hundred years from now, when they are gone and the daughters are married off, this home will be gone too.

From ancient times to the present, it has always carried a discriminatory color.

The bewilderment in Chai Youqing's eyes deepened; that illusory and vague sense of family honor toward the "Old Chai Family" was smashed to pieces by Chai Mi's few cold truths.

He dejectedly lowered his head, his shoulders slumping even more, as if all the strength in his body had been drained, leaving only deep exhaustion and a sense of embarrassment at being exposed. The courtyard was deathly silent, only the intermittent wailing from the old residence in the distance added a touch of desolation and irony.

Su Wan looked at her husband's state and felt stifled in her heart.

Previously, Su Wan felt that giving birth to daughters was her failure to the Old Chai Family and to Chai Youqing. But now, after being educated by Chai Mi time and again, plus a whole bunch of chaotic messes, she felt resentment toward the people at the old residence in her heart.

Incidentally, Su Wan also felt resentment toward Chai Youqing.

But Su Wan still felt Chai Youqing had some redeeming qualities; although he wasn't quite "like a person," he was after all the father of three children.

She sighed, walked over and pulled Chai Youqing: "Alright, go back to the room. Standing here letting people laugh at you? Whether Chai Mi is reasonable or not, you know in your own heart, don't you? These years, you've given your heart and soul, what good words have you gotten in return?"

Chai Youqing was a bit distracted; being pulled by Su Wan like this, he actually fell directly down, sitting on the ground.

Chai Mi frowned, looking very annoyed.

"Ai ai ai... Dad, don't pull that death act on me! What's wrong, can't you live anymore? Have you eaten full meals for a few days and forgotten your own surname? I'm telling you today, you going to see the Old Man is fine. After all, you are her own son; seeing your own mother with a broken arm, feeling heartache is natural. But you weigh it yourself; I won't give money. If you have the ability, go earn money yourself; pulling this death act is useless. When my mom was hospitalized, I, as her daughter, raised the money for her medical treatment myself. If your mom needs to be hospitalized, it's the responsibility of you children."

Chai Mi said as she entered the room, boiling water to make tea.

Dealing with Chai Youqing's little mess all day couldn't be sorted out clearly.

Actually, Chai Mi understood and sympathized with Chai Youqing's current situation.

No matter what, this time Wang Huirong's arm was truly broken... they say a broken bone connects to the tendons. But listening to the noise at the old residence, Chai Zhongxiao was still beating Wang Huirong...

Chai Mi gasped: Damn this, beating his wife, and beating her to death?

Although Wang Huirong had a decent build and was stout, she was over sixty years old; she couldn't take a beating anymore!

The question was, why?

Chai Mi had been busy for more than half a month, not paying attention to the family's mess, and truly didn't know why those few immortals at the old residence had started fighting.

Chai Mi then waved to the girl: "Xiu'er, come over."

Chai Xiu obediently came over: "What is it, Sister?"

"They..." Chai Mi tilted her head toward the old residence, winking and asking: "What's wrong with those few? Why are they fighting again? Do you know why?"

"I know. Because the Old Man did something a couple of days ago... let me think... I've forgotten a bit. Was it the last time the Old Man fainted or hanged herself or something? That time Chen Shuyi went to treat the Old Man, spending over three hundred." Chai Xiu said with vivid detail: "After that, the old man seemed to be because our Second Uncle still owed him money, he had six or seven hundred yuan left, but the Old Man spent over three hundred by herself. So there were only three or four hundred yuan left... The Old Man thought she had money, so she had to spend it. Watching you wrap dumplings, she thought we were eating them ourselves; she heard you getting up at midnight every night to chop dumpling filling and wrap dumplings. After that, the Old Man's unwillingness to be outdone, disgusting, inexplicable, meaningless self-esteem came up..."

Chai Xiu laughed as she said: "After that, the Old Man also chopped filling and wrapped dumplings."

Chai Mi frowned: "How come I didn't hear it?"

"She chopped filling during the day." Chai Xiu pouted and gestured: "The Old Man wrapped dumplings during the day. You see, Eldest Sister, you chop filling at midnight; the Old Man knows you chop filling, but she doesn't dare get up at midnight, afraid you'd hear her, and then you'd insist the Old Man was finding fault, and she'd get beaten..."

Chai Mi looked embarrassed: "Er... no, Xiu'er. You make it sound like your Eldest Sister is like that shrew too. When did I ever beat Wang Huirong..."

Heaven and earth as my witness.

Chai Mi really had never once laid a hand on Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong.

She hadn't even scolded them.

Although Chai Mi hated these two people to the bone, she only scolded Sang to scold Huai, never speaking plainly.

After all, facing social moral pressure, Chai Mi hadn't been too excessive.

She just wandered within the range outside the moral level and within the legal level.

Chai Xiu hehehe'd with a laugh, revealing two little tiger teeth……

That expression seemed to say: Eldest Sister, who are you trying to fool?

"Eldest Sister is naturally a broad-minded person, she wouldn't hit Old Man. But Eldest Sister usually leaks domineering aura, just a tiny bit of leakage, and Old Man was nearly scared to death……" Chai Xiu hehehe'd laughing as she spoke: "Old Man must be scared. After all, Eldest Sister you beat Chai You De and Che Lianyun and Chai Chunfang, the only ones left are her and Chai Zhongxiao."

Chai Xiu spoke with absolute conviction: "If I were Wang Huirong, I'd definitely feel guilty in my heart. This Chai Mi has beaten everyone who should be beaten, only herself is left…… then the next one is definitely herself ah…… Sister, look…… Old Man must be thinking exactly that."

"Forget it. You, day in day out…… speak the key points." Chai Mi pursed her lips impatiently and said: "Nothing but idle chatter."

Chai Xiu nodded aggrievedly: "Anyway Wang Huirong also kept making dumplings. You don't sleep at midnight chopping dumpling filling, she doesn't sleep during daytime either chopping filling and wrapping dumplings. Afterwards Old Man was still pleased, the first couple days she even asked me: Xiu'er, do you want Grandmother to give you a few dumplings to eat? You taste-test whether Grandmother's dumplings are delicious, or your Eldest Sister's dumplings are delicious?"

Chai Xiu described it vividly and colorfully.

Chai Mi understood now.

So it turns out Wang Huirong's mind isn't normal ah…… Chai Mi herself wrapped dumplings to go set up a stall and earn money. The result? Competitive Wang Huirong also wrapped dumplings, except hers was just forcing herself to eat them.

Not to mention the old house is now poor to the point of clinking empty, even a wealthy family couldn't withstand eating dumplings every meal.

How much money do you earn, eating dumplings every meal? That takes tycoon-level wealth.

Problem is, Wang Huirong definitely isn't a tycoon.

Chai Mi also understood then why Wang Huirong got beaten……

Chai Mi drank a sip of tea on her own, then thought for a while.

This matter is just Wang Huirong spending all the old house's meager money on eating dumplings.

Given the old house's current situation of famine everywhere, eating dumplings these few days, the bit of money Chai Youfu repaid is also gone.

Next, it's drinking the northwest wind again.

"A bit interesting."

Meanwhile, Chai You De ran back to the old house.

The moment he entered the courtyard, the wailing became clearer, it was Wang Huirong groaning in pain.

Wang Huirong's arm is truly broken, her face is swollen too, and there are many handprints.

Clearly not a single slap mark, should be many slap marks.

Because one can't even distinguish how many fingers are on Wang Huirong's face.

Wang Huirong's hair also fell out a clump, one shoe also fell off, her trouser leg also tore open……

The broken one should be the left arm, she just now raised her hand to block Chai Zhongxiao hitting her with a rolling pin and that's when it broke.

But Wang Huirong also doesn't dare say too much……

It hurts, she can only endure!

After all the family has no money at all, a fracture can only be left to heal on its own……

And Chai Zhongxiao with a black face squatted at the neighbor's door smoking his tobacco pipe bowl, smoke swirling, expression unclear.

Chai You De "Ordinary" knelt before Chai Zhongxiao, slapping his thigh and wailing: "Father! Father ah! It's over! Eldest Brother's whole family is black-hearted and rotten-lunged ah! Chai Mi that little slut said, not one cent! Also said if you want money all six children must come together! Where am I supposed to find those money-losing goods? Can they care about our mother's life or death? Chai Youqing that useless waste, doesn't dare fart a single one, all listens to his daughter! They're watching mother die in pain right before their eyes ah Father!"

Chai You De's tears flowed huahua, as if he Chai You De was the most filial under heaven……

But actually, Che Lianyun is currently on summer vacation at home, inside the room listening to the radio, listening to the radio while coaxing the child, completely ignoring the outside.

As for whether Wang Huirong would be beaten to death by Chai Zhongxiao, Che Lianyun doesn't care in the slightest.

If she dies, just carry her out.

Perfect!!!

Watching Che Lianyun's eldest son Chai Dajun's age is also grown, reached the age to marry a wife. If both Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong die, that's good!

Dead, just right to free up space!

Not dead, still fucking occupying the latrine without shitting!

Just fucking disgusting!

Current Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong, long ago are no longer the Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong of half a year ago.

Before Chai Zhongxiao had money, several dozen mu of land harvest was very good. As in-laws, back then Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong were the best in-laws.

This courtyard's new house, basically all built with Chai Zhongxiao's money. Total spent over thirty thousand, Chai Zhongxiao himself paid twenty-seven thousand…… later also borrowed eight thousand from Chai Youqing.

Result after building the new house, Che Lianyun still had three thousand yuan left.

That feeling, cool to the max!!!

As for mother-in-law Wang Huirong, before she was even more incredibly good.

Because Che Lianyun had to work, the coaxing children work, basically all fell to Wang Huirong. Che Lianyun gave birth to two sons, both raised coaxed by Wang Huirong.

The children also grew up in Wang Huirong's room.

Food clothing housing transport, all provided by Wang Huirong.

Not only that, during new year festivals, Wang Huirong would also give some lucky money and such. School tuition, she'd also sponsor some.

So, Wang Huirong before was also a good mother-in-law.

But……

Che Lianyun now simply doesn't want to look at Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong.

These two people are really useless.

Useless/Waste!

Garbage!

Nothing at all!

Her own work promotion that title, ten thousand yuan spent given to Chai Chunwei, to this day still no news.

Life is even more a tangled mess.

Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong ever since Chai Mi came over and tossed things up twice, repaid the money owed to Chai Mi's family, it can be said misfortunes never come singly.

Savings gone not to mention, also got sued by Sun Yuguang.

Afterwards, the money he previously borrowed from other people's Credit Union would also have to be repaid.

Of course, Chai Zhongxiao had no intention of repaying it.

Anyway, he, Chai Zhongxiao, had no money.

Of course, not repaying the debt during the famine, Che Lianyun didn't care too much about this matter; at worst, he would just arrest Chai Zhongxiao and put him in the bamboo cage prison.

It wouldn't kill anyone.

The problem was that there was no income anymore.

Previously, Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong had several muwu of land that could be called land ensuring harvest regardless of drought or flood. However, it was all managed by Chai Youqing and Su Wan... Chai Youqing and those two fools were willing to give everything without seeking any reward.

They managed the land very well, producing twenty or thirty thousand catties of grain every year.

Casual income would be five or six thousand, or seven or eight thousand.

But this year's harvest was poor, a year of great drought. Chai Youqing irrigated his own family's land himself, but neglected the Laozhai land.

Chai You De couldn't do the work, and Chai Zhongxiao didn't go either.

So this year's harvest was ruined.

No income, only parents-in-law who spent money—what kind of parents-in-law were they?

They were just two old immortals!!!