Chapter 286: Rebirth in the '90s: The Tyrannical Flower, Chapter 287: All Are Despicable Schemes

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

Chai Zhongxiao's tobacco pipe bowl struck the threshold heavily, sparks flying.

Chai Zhongxiao, already rather angry, grew even angrier at this moment.

Wang Huirong was so frightened she trembled all over, nearly dropping it, thinking Chai Zhongxiao was about to beat her again.

When she was young, Wang Huirong had taken plenty of beatings.

Once Chai Zhongxiao ran out of money around the New Year and holidays, he started beating his wife.

Later, the times changed; after beating one's wife became illegal, Chai Zhongxiao didn't beat his wife as much.

Because of this, Wang Huirong enjoyed a long stretch of peaceful days.

After that, the children grew up, some marrying wives, some marrying off.

Because the old house had kept the land of the three daughters, life became prosperous.

But all of this was thanks to Chai Youqing and Su Wan doing the work...

Today, after many years, Wang Huirong was beaten again...

To be fair, Wang Huirong was quite comfortable at first...

But the comfort didn't last long before she was beaten until her arm broke...

After her arm broke, Wang Huirong knew fear and began to hide...

Chai Zhongxiao didn't look at Chai You De, nor at Wang Huirong.

His cloudy old eyes stared fixedly at the direction of Chai Youqing's courtyard, squeezing out a few words from between his teeth, full of the ruthlessness of desperation: "Good... very good! Chai Youqing... Chai Mi... you just wait for me! Seeing death without saving... fine! Let's see how long you can stay stubborn!"

Chai Zhongxiao had only started beating his wife because he felt Wang Huirong had spent all the money, feeling frustrated and stifled inside. As he beat her, he thought that if he beat Wang Huirong badly, and just happened to beat her badly enough, then as the "Filial Son," Chai Youqing surely couldn't ignore it, right?!

Who would have thought...

Chai Youqing really "saw death without saving"!!!

That threat Chai Zhongxiao squeezed out from between his teeth...

Was indeed quite frightening.

Fortunately, there was basically no one at the old house...

In the past, when the Chai family old house fought, at first there was a crowd watching the excitement, then it was clan relatives coming to watch the excitement, and finally almost no one was left, only Chai Zhongxiao's brother, that is, Lao Liutou, came...

Now, no one comes.

Neither Xiangli Chief Liu Zhanggui nor Chai Zhongxiao's brother Lao Liutou comes anymore.

It really is because Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong are too troublesome to deal with.

Fighting every damn day, whose family is idle enough to keep coming to pull a fight?

Mainly they can't be managed.

Also, Chai Zhongxiao is simply someone no one dares to touch now; he and Wang Huirong are utterly destitute, and everyone fears being cheated.

The result is that today, Wang Huirong's arm has been broken, and not even a rabbit-sized person is around.

Not to mention anyone "caring for" the injured Wang Huirong, not even anyone to look at her is left.

Chai You De still knelt on the ground, tears and snot smeared across his face, looking hopefully at his father to make a decision.

Wang Huirong's moans grew quieter, leaving only heavy, stifled gasps.

Every breath made her tremble all over with pain, yet she dared not cry out, fearing she would invite more fists and kicks.

She had already broken one arm; she certainly didn't want Chai Zhongxiao to beat her to death.

Going by the current trend, if she were beaten to death, probably no one would care.

"Father... father, what, what about my mother's arm? Can't... really let her just tough it out?" Chai You De asked timidly; he really didn't want to wait on a mother paralyzed on the kang.

Although Wang Huirong was usually not much good, she could still coax children.

If she were paralyzed, who would coax Chai You De's little son?

Chai You De was mainly worried about this.

As for whether his mother hurt or not, that was secondary.

Anyway, the one with the broken arm wasn't him Chai You De; Chai You De didn't hurt.

Chai Zhongxiao suddenly stood up, pointing his tobacco pipe toward Chai Youqing's house, his gaze icy cold.

"What to do? Hmph! Isn't Chai Youqing pretending to be deaf and dumb? Isn't that little slut Chai Mi not giving a single cent? Fine! Tomorrow morning, we'll go to the village! Go sit at the village committee gate! I want to see, with his mother's arm broken and her in agony, can he, as a son, keep sitting pretty under the name of 'Filial Son'! Let's see where he puts that face! The villagers' spit would drown him!"

Originally, Chai Zhongxiao didn't want to do this.

But this was all forced by Chai Mi; he had no choice but to resort to this despicable plan.

Last time, Wang Huirong livestreamed hanging herself in front of the village shop, with poor results.

Chai Zhongxiao concluded.

That was because she didn't go to the right place!

In the past, Chai Youqing was filial and had some moral principles.

But times are different now.

This damn Chai Mi has no moral pressure at all!!!

Even, every time Chai Mi could directly turn a situation unfavorable to her into one favorable to her.

Chai Zhongxiao was also at his wit's end.

After reflecting on the pain, Chai Zhongxiao felt it necessary to play things more ruthlessly.

He had made up his mind: just hitting was useless; he had to blow this matter up, make it known to everyone, make Chai Youqing and Chai Mi be pointed at and reviled!

He, Chai Zhongxiao, used to be a person of some standing in the village too; he just didn't believe he couldn't tear through that bit of face Chai Youqing had!

Continuing the family line? Having no heir is the greatest unfilial act? Pah! With this charge of "unfilial piety" right now, let's see how Chai Youqing bears it!

Of course, the most important thing was to go make trouble in the village.

Others might not be afraid, but the Xiangli Chief is afraid...

It was time to put some pressure on Liu Zhanggui.

Last time Che Lianyun pressured the village, Liu Zhanggui scraped together ten thousand yuan overnight...

That was because Chai You De's head got beaten.

Now Wang Huirong's arm is also broken, so go make trouble in the village.

If the village ignores it, go make trouble in the township.

If the township ignores it, go make trouble in the county.

Make trouble until someone deals with it!!!

"Dad... then what do we do today?" Chai You De asked somewhat awkwardly.

Go file a complaint tomorrow; all day today plus tonight, won't Wang Huirong die of pain?

The taste of a fracture, Chai You De knew deeply. That taste, however unbearable it could be, it was that unbearable.

Chai You De considered himself a real man, but last time when his leg was broken, he went to the hospital, got anesthesia, took painkillers, and still hurt so much he couldn't sleep for four or five nights.

The problem is not going to the hospital, just toughing it out...

Can Wang Huirong endure it?

"What to do? Hehe..." Chai Zhongxiao looked at Wang Huirong impatiently: "If it weren't for this wasteful bitch eating up all the money, the family wouldn't be like this. Wang Huirong..."

Chai Zhongxiao glared at Wang Huirong viciously: "Were you a gluttonous wife reincarnated? You only know how to eat! Stuffing yourself every day... why don't you eat yourself to death!!!"

Wang Huirong didn't dare retort.

Although she had made the dumplings, they were all eaten by Chai Zhongxiao... she only drank a little dumpling soup.

In the end, she still got beaten!

This damn thing, who can she reason with?

The problem is, in the Chai Family...

Chai Zhongxiao IS reason!!!

Wang Huirong didn't dare resist, could only lower her head and not speak. If she said the wrong thing, she'd get beaten again...

As for going to the hospital?

As long as her good-for-nothing son Chai Youqing doesn't spend money, how could the remaining two sons possibly spend money?

As for her remaining two daughters?

Wang Huirong sighed: If only she had a daughter to take care of her, that would be nice...

"Tidy up. Chai Mi isn't coming to the door with rotten ideas, looking for reporters? Then tomorrow we'll prepare a big loudspeaker, go through the streets and alleys, finally to the Xiangli Office. Publicize her. If she doesn't submit afterwards, we'll go to the market and publicize. Let's see if anyone cares about this unfilial piety business. Let's see if Chai Mi is afraid or not?" Chai Zhongxiao said in a rather unpleasant tone.

Hearing this, Chai You De's eyes lit up: "Dad! Brilliant! Really brilliant! Then Chai Youqing will have to come even if he doesn't want to! Not coming is unfilial! Let the whole village scold him to death! Let's see if that little slut Chai Mi still dares to act crazy!"

Che Lianyun inside the room, listening to the noise outside through the window crack, curled her lip, silently cold-laughing.

Che Lianyun actually knew very well that Chai Zhongxiao's set of tricks was fundamentally useless.

Because Chai Mi fundamentally doesn't care about that set of old thinking.

Using unfilial piety to mess with Chai Mi basically has no effect.

Anyway, Che Lianyun felt in her heart that Chai Mi was simply a person without ethics.

However, Che Lianyun also didn't oppose Chai Zhongxiao going to make trouble.

Make trouble, the bigger the better, best if it angers those two old undying things to death, just right to free up the house!

"Two old undying things. What things are they!" Che Lianyun grumbled resentfully in her heart: "No ability but messing around all day. Have money live, no money die. How did I get eight lifetimes of bad luck, living in partnership with these two old undying things!"

Che Lianyun now looked down on Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong very much. But she still didn't have any excuse to chase these two out.

She had to find an excuse, chase these two old undying things out.

Chase these two old undying things out, her own son marries a wife, only then will there be a place...

The radio's Meaning-yaya singing...

Singing "Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars".

This era didn't have TVs yet, good radios were rare items.

Che Lianyun liked to listen to some vulgar Northeast Northeast Errenzhuan and such when she had nothing to do. Anyway it suited her quite well.

She even began calculating, once the in-laws really passed away, how to tidy up this house so her son could marry a wife.

Live in the East Room, or the West Room?

"Dajun, you say if your Grandpa and Grandma died, you marry a wife and go to the East Room, or our current room?"

Chai Dajun was squatting on the ground sneakily eating something, eating a sausage. Che Lianyun spent money to buy it, he ate very happily.

Because he was afraid of being seen by Chai Zhongxiao, so he never stood up.

"Ah..." Hearing Che Lianyun ask him, Chai Dajun was a bit stunned: "Still live in the West Room. If my Grandpa and Grandma are both dead, living where dead people lived, how unlucky?!"

"Eh..."

Che Lianyun opened her mouth, then said: "Then by that logic, I can't let them die in that room, I have to let them die outside."

Outside the room.

Chai Zhongxiao looked at Wang Huirong curled up on the ground, face ashen, and impatiently kicked her foot.

"Wail! Keep wailing! Save some energy, tomorrow you'll have wailing to do! Wail for the whole village to hear! Let everyone see how Chai Youqing acts as a son!" Wang Huirong was so scared she shuddered, instinctively wanting to swallow back her moan, but choked into a violent coughing fit, pulling at her broken arm, vision going black in waves.

"Tomorrow..." Wang Huirong was a bit scared: "Tomorrow still go shout? My throat hurts so bad... Husband, why not buy me a few painkillers? Too painful!"

"Bullshit! You took painkillers, so do you think you'll still look like your arm's broken tomorrow?" Chai Zhongxiao refused outright: "When the time comes and you're not in pain anymore, people will say you were faking it."

Wang Huirong was rendered speechless...

Ugh... then I guess I just have to endure the pain.

By afternoon, everything finally quieted down.

Hearing that the old residence had no more noise, Chai Mi didn't take it to heart either.

Since Chai Zhongxiao wasn't beating Wang Huirong at this moment, Chai Mi didn't mind going over to add fuel to the fire...

"Chai Mi, why are you chopping dumpling filling again? Are you going to set up a stall tomorrow?" Su Wan, hearing the sound of Chai Mi chopping dumpling filling, came out from the room and asked.

Chai Mi smiled and shook her head: "Tomorrow I'll continue resting. Tomorrow I'm going to the market fair. Not setting up a stall anymore; if you set up a stall every day, people will eventually get tired of eating them. Keep their appetite hanging a bit, go again in a few days."

"Then why are you wrapping dumplings?" Su Wan, holding the child, frowned and asked in puzzlement.

"What... can't our family eat dumplings ourselves?" Chai Mi said with a smile.

"Mom, you know I've earned a bit of money. But I go out selling dumplings every day, and instead our own family hasn't eaten any. I figured, today I'll wrap a meal of dumplings for you to eat too."

Chai Mi indeed hadn't cooked dumplings at home for a period of time.

Always going out to set up a stall selling dumplings, not eating at home herself, that wasn't right.

Moreover...

Chai Mi had her own plans.

"Xiu'er, go call your father in a while. I reckon he went to Second Uncle's house. You go call him."

"Mm."

Chai Xiu answered and went out.

Chai Mi made dumplings at home, while Chai Xiu arrived at Chai You Fu's house.

Sure enough, Chai Youqing was at Chai You Fu's.

"Second Brother, I have no way either. At home your sister-in-law disagrees, Chai Mi disagrees too. Now Mother's arm is broken... sigh..." Chai Youqing said with a worried look.

"Our Old Chai Family has become the laughingstock of the whole village... Father makes trouble every day. You say, how to handle this?"

Chai You Fu and Song Qiuping fell silent for a while.

Until they saw Chai Xiu arrive, then they brought Chai Xiu inside.

"Eldest Brother, don't say this anymore." Song Qiuping wasn't too willing to stir up conflict with Chai Youqing, but what Chai Youqing said, Song Qiuping truly didn't like hearing: "Xiu'er came to call you to eat."

Chai You Fu also said: "Eldest Brother, you should go home... Mother's matter, I can't manage it. Can't manage it; if you want to manage it, you go try..."

Chai Youqing returned empty-handed.

Returned home, and saw Chai Mi was wrapping dumplings.

Chai Mi gave Chai Youqing a sidelong glance, then ladled a bowl of steaming hot dumplings and handed it to Chai Youqing: "Dad, you go deliver these to Grandmother..."

Chai Youqing blanked for a moment, but still took the dumplings and went out the door.

Chai Mi shook her head, let out a cold laugh.

"Xiu'er, you believe me? Your dad definitely won't come back home in a bit."

Chai Xiu's eyes turned: "Definitely. Dad going to the old residence now is purely courting death. That man, too self-righteous, wants to meddle in everything, but doesn't have the ability. If I were him, I'd just stay quiet and squint."

Chai Xiu was very smart, saw through the crux of the problem at a glance: "A dad with no money, even dogs find annoying. The problem is he himself isn't aware. He thinks he's filial... hehehe... what the old residence wants for filial piety is money. Dad blindly meddles, going there and not getting beaten would be good enough. But Eldest Sister I think you did right, with Dad like this, that's just how it is. This time let him suffer a bit too. So he stops blindly meddling all day."

"Mm. In a bit lock the main gate. Lock the room door. Let him stay outside." Chai Mi said rudely: "Let him go pretend to be filial."