"Mom," Da Niu's wife said to Niu Da Sao, "look, Captain Tian is even going to let her female subordinates go out and take a look."
"You are also her subordinate..."
"What business is it of yours?" Niu Da Sao waved her hand to interrupt her, "Captain Tian is taking subordinates, employees who work for the nursery."
"What are you? You're just the daughter-in-law of the Niu family, a daughter-in-law who doesn't want to do housework and still has the nerve to ask for pocket money."
"Where do you get the nerve to compare yourself to the nursery's employees?"
Da Niu's wife's eyes turned red: "I gave birth to two grandsons for the Niu family."
"Any woman can give birth," Niu Da Sao retorted. "Some give birth to more and faster than you."
"You've been in the Niu family for eleven years. After giving birth to Xiao Shan in the second year, you've been making trouble, unwilling to have more children."
"Er Niu's wife gave birth to a second child, a girl, and you bragged that you would also have a boy. If I hadn't goaded you, you wouldn't have given birth to Xiao Shui."
"Eleven years, even if it's two years per child, you should have had five by now. Are you proud of having two?"
Da Niu's wife was unconvinced: "Di Mei only joined the family a year later than me and only gave birth to Xiao Jiang in her third year."
"This indicates that Da Niu and Er Niu have problems with their bodies."
"Bullshit!" Niu Da Sao was so angry she cursed. In front of these tourists, the elder daughter-in-law dared to speak ill of her elder son. Who knows what she said behind his back.
"Mom," Er Niu took his daughter from his wife's arms. "What are you arguing with a white-eyed wolf for? It's not worth it."
Saying this, he took his daughter to the old courtyard for her grandmother to look after.
He went back to the small western-style building in the front to get his identification and call his elder brother.
Da Niu's attitude was also firm: "Wait for me, I'll go too. I'm tired. Back then, I should have listened to Mom."
"Yes," Er Niu sighed. "Mom said we would live a very difficult life."
"More than that," Da Niu thought of his grandmother who was always keeping an eye on their two small families. "Grandma is even more tired, watching over our wives for us for over ten years."
The two brothers were silent on the phone for a long time before hanging up.
When Da Niu came down, Er Niu had already been waiting with the identification for a long time.
Without a word, Da Niu also went back to his room to get his identification.
"Er Niu, did you call your father-in-law?"
"I did," Er Niu nodded. "They said they wouldn't interfere. A married daughter is like spilled water."
Da Niu looked at his wife. "My father-in-law said the same thing."
"Let's go, wife. From now on, you'll be completely free."
"Da Niu~" Da Niu's wife called out to her husband. "I won't divorce."
"I will," Da Niu said without delay. "If you don't agree, I'll sue for divorce, and then your reputation will spread far and wide."
Da Niu's wife looked at her husband grievance: "You're forcing me to die."
Da Niu shook his head. "You were the one who did something to force me first."
"Don't talk such nonsense. My time is precious, unlike you who are so idle."
Er Niu's wife had already been pulled onto the motorcycle by Er Niu.
Looking at the two broken motorcycles of the Niu family, Da Niu's wife's expression became determined: "Okay, divorce it is. Don't regret it."
Da Niu said coldly, "As long as you don't regret it. Remember, a good horse doesn't eat回头草 (look back at the grass it has already eaten), don't give me a chance to laugh at you."
...
The divorce of the Niu family's two sons caused quite a stir in the three villages of Kushan.
The wives of the other two villages couldn't understand why the two daughters-in-law of the Niu family, who lived enviable lives, were no longer together.
Soon, matchmakers started knocking on their doors.
Niu Da Sao didn't want to offend the matchmakers, so she pushed the matter onto her two sons, stating that her daughters-in-law lived with their sons and she wouldn't interfere.
The matchmaker first approached Er Niu, who lived closer.
Er Niu wanted to refuse, but thinking of his nearly eighty-year-old grandmother still watching his and his elder brother's children, he changed his mind.
"Since Auntie is here, I'll tell you about my elder brother's and my conditions."
"Appearance doesn't matter, as long as they're not frighteningly ugly. Marital status also doesn't matter, but they shouldn't have children."
"As long as they are kind-hearted and can treat stepchildren as their own, this point must be written into the prenuptial agreement."
"In other words, when we remarry, we will write a prenuptial agreement. If you can't do that, don't waste each other's time."
The matchmaker's mouth twitched. "What are the terms of the prenuptial agreement?"
When Er Niu finished explaining the prenuptial agreement, the matchmaker's eyelids and corners of her mouth twitched together. Was this marrying a wife? This was marrying an old ox!
Er Niu stated that even with the most stringent conditions, there were still people willing to marry into Kushan.
The matchmaker agreed. Not to mention divorced women, even unmarried girls were willing to marry there.
Er Niu gave the matchmaker two hundred yuan. "Now is the busiest time. Please Auntie, put in extra effort. Otherwise, please come back after November."
The matchmaker smiled from ear to ear. "Okay, okay, Auntie will screen them carefully."
After sending the matchmaker away, Er Niu called his elder brother and told him about the prenuptial agreement he had just made up, asking his elder brother to cooperate with him.
Da Niu completely agreed with his younger brother's prenuptial agreement approach.
"If anyone comes to see us now, tell her to work as a temporary worker in the shop for three days and observe if she's truly diligent or pretends to be."
Setting aside the extreme measures of the Niu brothers.
When Lin Hua'er heard the news, she asked her husband to help her go to her grand-uncle's house.
Lin Guangde was washing the hair of his increasingly gentle wife.
More than half of his life had passed. This crazy wife was no longer crazy and depended on him in every way.
He let her out of the room to walk around, but going out of the courtyard was impossible.
"Uncle-grandfather, Aunt-grandmother," Lin Hua'er was not afraid of her Aunt-grandmother at all.
She had lived in her Uncle-grandfather's house for so many years that even when Aunt-grandmother had an episode, she had never harmed her and her sister.
No, when Aunt-grandmother had an episode, she didn't harm anyone; she only harmed herself.
Lin Guangde straightened his bowing, stooping crazy wife and wiped her hair with a dry towel. "Why have you come over?"
Lin Hua'er looked at the small western-style building opposite. "Where is Fourth Aunt?"
"She's gone to work at Eagle's Beak again. She's found a taste for washing dishes."
Lin Guangde's words contained no discrimination or dissatisfaction. He couldn't control what his daughter-in-law wanted to do.
Finding something to do was much better than the two daughters-in-law of the Niu family. "Are you looking for her?"
"Let me ask you first if this is feasible?"
"What is it?"
"It's about Duo'er."
Lin Hua'er's words made Lin Guangde look up sharply. "Are you talking about the Niu family?"
Seeing Lin Hua'er nod, Lin Guangde shook his head repeatedly. "There's a sixteen-year age difference between her and Er Niu."
"Can't you find a good match for Duo'er? Why are you setting her up with someone who's divorced and has children?"
Lin Hua'er shook her head. "I don't want Duo'er to get married. In this village, apart from the Li family, there's no family easier to get along with than the Niu family."
Lin Guangde had to admit this.
Although Niu Lao Da Sao's mouth was sharp, she was indeed a good mother-in-law.
Even though Da Niu and Er Niu had spoiled their wives to such an extent, she only scolded them verbally, unlike other mothers-in-law who instigated their sons to beat their wives.
Those two women could be said to have been spoiled by the entire Niu family.
If a clueless daughter-in-law was beaten a few times, she would become sensible.
"When your Fourth Aunt gets back, I'll ask her. You should go back quickly and stay at home, don't run around."
After helping his wife home, Chen Fu Cai and his wife analyzed men's psychology.
"They've already been fooled once. They won't spoil their wives again, even Duo'er."
"Besides, you haven't asked Duo'er's opinion."
"Right!" Lin Hua'er slapped her forehead. "I forgot! Hurry up and give me my phone."