Chapter 15 - 15 Chapter 015: Not Daring (1/2)

15 Chapter 015: Not Daring

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“What I said wasn’t wrong. It was all due to the negligence of mother. If she hadn’t pressed those two stupid girls so hard, why would I have to cook?” Zhuang Qinghe continued to sob: “These past few days, I’ve been cooking and working non-stop. Look at my hands; they’re filled with blisters…”

Mrs. Song glanced at Zhuang Qinghe’s palm, noticing visible signs of soreness. Compassion welled up in her heart.

Under normal circumstances, these tasks would have been done by the two troublesome girls. Her daughter should never have been burdened this way. Now that the pair had abruptly usurped their duties and established a separate household, all the chores had fallen onto her daughter. How could this even make sense?

After all, the blame rests squarely on those two preposterous girls!

If they hadn’t been so reckless and gone off to establish a separate household, things at home would have remained peaceful. How did it come to this predicament, with her becoming so despised by Zhuang Ruman?

Mrs. Song looked into the house with growing concern. The steamed cornbread in her hand was getting unpalatable by the minute.

After pacifying Zhuang Qinghe and Zhuang Yuanzhong for dinner, Mrs. Song tidied up and brought cornmeal paste along with the cornbread into the house. She put on a brave face and said, “My dear, you worked hard all day. You need to eat something to keep your strength up…”

“I fried peanuts for you, eat with that, have some.”

Zhuang Ruman returned in a huff not so long ago, and by now, his stomach was demanding food. Ignoring Mrs. Song, he took the food and started eating.

Seeing this, Mrs. Song’s apprehension eased, she sat down by the bed and began to cautiously lower her voice, “Dear, Qinghe is still young and ignorant, don’t be too hard on her. As for this situation, I know that it’s my fault.”

“In the past, I treated them the same way and they never dared to complain. They didn’t dare to mutter a word, who would have imagined that these two would gather the courage to petition the village chief in favor of establishing a female household…”

Zhuang Ruman felt the peanuts in his mouth lose their flavor. He gave Mrs. Song an annoyed look.

Who would have known that you could be so foolish?

Life has become unbearable. They kept quiet until now because they still thought they could tolerate it. What were they supposed to do when they couldn’t handle it anymore?

Who could have guessed? It seems that even a pig could figure it out; but, not you!

As she noticed Zhuang Ruman’s darkening face, Mrs. Song was too scared to continue her rambling. Instead, she quickly changed the subject, “Dear, I’m not saying that I remain entirely blameless, but what those girls did was wrong too…”

“But in any case, we must figure out a way, dear. We can’t just let it end this way, right?”

“What else can we do?” Zhuang Ruman sulkily shot back at Mrs. Song: “Didn’t I tell you what Zhuang Jingye, that old bastard, said when I came back this morning?”

“Didn’t he say that since those two imbeciles have established their own household, from that point on, they wouldn’t have any relation with our family? That we should close our doors and live our lives peacefully, and if there is any dispute among neighbors, he, the village chief, will not refrain from mediating.”

“Isn’t this just a warning that we should stop bothering those two stupid girls?”

“His words were completely flawed; so what if they’ve established a separate household? They are still of the Zhuang family, our own nieces. Blood is thicker than water!”

Mrs. Song was disgruntled, “As elders, don’t we even have the right to scold them?”

“Of course, you do, and that old bastard also stated that if we cause any troubles for those two reckless girls and stir up a commotion, he will not intervene but go directly to Master Kuhanzhai!”

Zhuang Ruman said, grinning wryly.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Song’s face turned pale.