"Oh!" Zhuang Zhou looked at his sister-in-law. Her eyelashes were long, and her gaze was razor-sharp. She was clearly someone he would not want to provoke.
Damn it, I'll just swallow this. Let's say I was in the wrong! What could Zhuang Zhou say?
With a sigh, he went around back to see his father.
The moment he stepped out of the courtyard, he heard his sister-in-law continuing her tirade inside. "Sister, sister, look at what you've married! One glance tells me he's a useless freeloader! I told you I'd find you someone outside, find you someone-why were you in such a hurry? And he even brought that old burden with him! How miserable!"
"Oh, little sister, I know you've been to school and you're educated, but this was my choice. You-you should stay out of it!" Fortunately, Hu Die finally spoke up.
Then Hu Laodie's voice came from inside as well. "Enough, enough! We have Zhuang Zhou to thank for what happened today. We're all family, so why quibble? Su Lian, take another quilt over to his father tonight!"
Hu Laodie had spoken.
It was the first humane thing Zhuang Zhou had heard since marrying into their family.
It was also the first time Hu Laodie had spoken up for him.
His nose immediately began to sting. After all this time, the dark clouds had finally parted to reveal clear skies.
That put Zhuang Zhou even more at ease as he set about fixing up his father's room.
Beside the cowshed was a woodshed. It could shelter him from wind and rain, but it was terribly shabby.
When he got married, Zhuang Zhou had asked Hu Die's family to have his father's legs treated.
But they seemed to have developed amnesia and actually forgotten all about it.
Now Zhuang