CHAPTER 145: CHAPTER 145: HU SHUANGCHENG ARRIVES (1)

Mid-March is the busy farming season.

If the weather is good, people set out to work in the fields before the sun rises.

When Hu Niangzi reached Liu’s house, there were already quite a few people walking along the village road.

In front of Liu’s house, there’s a village road.

She was there cursing furiously, attracting many who passed by to stop and watch.

"That Liu family, I’m telling you, your hen that can’t lay eggs, we don’t want it, keep it at home to crow!"

Liu Laoda, enraged, grabbed a stick and dashed out of the house, "Wretched woman, you curse one more time and I’ll break your leg!"

"So you can curse at will, but I’m not allowed to talk back? Hmpf, shameless thing! Your own daughter can’t give birth, making my Hu family leave without heirs, and yet you dare to curse at my door? What kind of thing is this?" Hu Niangzi moved to the side and continued cursing.

"You’re the shameless one, it’s your son who’s useless, why blame my daughter?" Liu Laoda lifted the stick and charged, "Your son is a good-for-nothing, yet you blame my daughter? If my daughter marries into another family, she will surely have a house full of sons and grandsons!"

"Oh, I’m waiting for your hen who can’t lay eggs to have a house full of offspring, I’ll even kneel and toast to you!" Hu Niangzi cursed with hands on her hips, stomping her feet.

"I’ll beat you to death, you vile woman!" Liu Laoda, fuming, charged at her with the stick.

Liu Er heard the shouting and cursing and ran over with a broom, the brothers chased Hu Niangzi for more than a mile before letting her go.

"Forget it, we’re not part of the same family anymore, why bother with her? Let’s find a better husband for Da Niu." Liu Er patted Liu Laoda’s shoulder.

Liu Laoda looked worried, "Er, Da Niu is in good health, it’s Hu’s son who’s the problem, but this nagging woman has ruined Da Niu’s reputation, afraid it’ll be hard to find a family anytime soon."

"Da Niu is only twenty by the end of the year, she’s young, we’ll slowly find a family, no rush." Liu Er consoled Liu Laoda.

Liu Laoda sighed, "That’s all we can do."

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When Hu Niangzi returned home, before she even walked into the house, she heard someone arguing in the main room.

From the sound, it was her daughter, back home, cursing her son.

Hu Niangzi stepped inside.

"That woman can’t give birth, gone is gone, why be downhearted?" Hu Niangzi’s daughter scolded, "And she’s lazy, just ask her to help with the child and she pouts, never seen such a lazy woman!"

"..."

"Cannot bear children yourself, no wonder there’s no empathy for other people’s children."

Hu Shuangcheng said irritably, "She takes care of two children and has to cook and wash clothes, how is she supposed to keep up?"

Hu Niangzi’s daughter sneered, "Oh, you’re defending her now? She’s not even your wife anymore! Shuangcheng!"

"Exactly, she’s not part of our family anymore, why bother talking about her? I’ll find a matchmaker tomorrow and find you a better one." Hu Niangzi walked over, advising her son.

Hu Shuangcheng didn’t want to talk, he shouldered a hoe and said, "I’m going to the fields to take a look." He then walked out.

"Hey, good-for-nothing!" Hu Niangzi’s daughter rolled her eyes at her brother.

"Shuangcheng, come back early for lunch, your sister’s here, we’ll make a few more dishes." Hu Niangzi shouted to her son who was walking away.

Hu Shuangcheng didn’t answer, he just went off without turning back.

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Ever since Liu Da Niu found out she was divorced, her mood has been low, whatever she does, her mind is not on it.

Several times she walked into a wall before snapping back to her senses.

The Great Princess coaxed and scared her, but nothing worked, she stayed in the same state.

This can’t go on.

The Great Princess pulled her two sisters outside the bedroom, "Hey, you two, think of a way to cheer her up, I’m worried she’ll end up harming herself."

The Second Princess only had food in her eyes, she couldn’t come up with a way.

"I, I, I can’t think of a way, don’t ask me." The Second Princess waved her hand.

"Useless!" The Great Princess rolled her eyes at her.

"What about you? Third Sister? You’re the smartest, father complimented you, and Third Brother always said you’re the smartest, you must have a way, right?" The Great Princess asked Li Yuzhu.

That’s high praise.

Even if she couldn’t think of a way, she’d have to.

Li Yuzhu tilted her head, thinking for a moment, "Without an oven, these pancakes taste bad and can’t be kept long."

The Second Princess nodded, "Yes, it’s not as good as baked buns."

The Great Princess frowned, "I asked how to cheer up Liu Da Niu, and you are talking about bread, Li Yuzhu, you learn the bad and only focus on food like Second Sister?"

"Don’t you care about food?" Li Yuzhu retorted, "You said yourself this morning that you’re sick of pancakes."

The Great Princess coldly laughed, "I don’t care, I don’t care how I eat without pancakes."

Li Yuzhu said, "No, you do care, you dislike the taste of pancakes, we all do, if Liu Da Niu has to figure out a way to improve the pancake taste, Second Sister always says baked buns taste the best, if Liu Da Niu then tries to make baked buns, she’ll be too busy to think of unpleasant things?"

The Great Princess realized.

She laughed and said, "Yes, yes, she won’t have the time to think of unhappy things when she’s busy, let’s go find her and ask her to make baked buns."

The three sisters went back to the kitchen.

The Great Princess started by asking, "Da Niu, we’ve been eating pancakes for the past few days, everyone is sick of them, we want to eat the baked bun treats you used to make, let’s make that?"

Liu Da Niu grimaced, "To make baked bun treats, we need an oven, but your family doesn’t have an oven, how can we bake?"

"Da Niu, where’s the oven you used before? Where is it? I’ll ask my brother to get it." Li Yuzhu also said.

Liu Da Niu felt more troubled, "My sister-in-law’s child got burned on the oven, my mother-in-law got angry and dismantled it, now there’s no oven."

"Ah? Dismantled? What a shame." The Second Princess sighed.

"Destructive old woman! How can we make baked buns without an oven?" The Great Princess cursed angrily.

Li Yuzhu thought for a moment and asked, "Da Niu, who made the original oven? Let’s ask him to make one for us?"

Liu Da Niu’s face fell further, "It was Shuangcheng who made it, with our families now at odds, he certainly won’t help to make another."

"What? Your ex-husband made it? Then there’s no way." The Great Princess said dispiritedly.

The Second Princess was also disappointed.

Li Yuzhu blinked and said, "Da Niu, do you hate Hu Shuangcheng?"

Hu Da Niu looked at her, "I... I don’t know."

Though her answer was vague, Li Yuzhu could see Liu Da Niu was reluctant to let go of the marriage.

After all, it was her mother-in-law who hit her, not her husband.

While the three sisters were talking in the kitchen, outside, Li Xing’an called out, "Third Sister, someone’s looking for you."

Li Yuzhu asked, "Looking for me?"

"No, they’re looking for someone else... come out first, I want to tell you something."

Li Yuzhu left the kitchen.

Li Xing’an glanced at the kitchen, pulled Li Yuzhu to a farther place and said, "Someone’s looking for Liu Da Niu, do you want to let him see her?"

Li Yuzhu squinted, "Hu Shuangcheng?"