Back to the 70s: My Wife is Both Fierce and Crazy

Chapter 17 Brothers Rebel
“Yes, sister-in-law, our families should have resisted long ago. What they are doing is wrong. Since the village doesn’t care, we’ll ask for leave tomorrow and go to the commune to complain. I don’t believe that the great Xia Kingdom has no place to reason with us.”

Bai's third sister-in-law is from the next village. If she hadn't fallen for Bai's third uncle, his marriage might have been delayed indefinitely.

After all, with such a bad reputation, which family would dare to marry their daughter into that family?

She was a strong-willed person, and although her family favored boys over girls, they wouldn't mistreat the children like the Bai family elders did.

After she got married, her family was well-off. Although her family didn't give her anything, they also didn't ask her for anything.

She was already very content with that.

Her in-laws have always bullied her by acting like elders, and she's wanted to fight back for a long time, but her family is too weak to help.

Luo Chunhua also cried, "Waaah, why is our life so miserable? Everyone says that if you have a stepmother, you'll have a stepfather, but no one is as cold-blooded and heartless as our family."

Suddenly, the three sisters-in-law embraced and wept bitterly, and their men all wore expressions of pain on their faces.

"Don't cry. Your father is here today, so let's clear things up." Uncle Bai took a deep breath. "Father, you shouldn't come to any of our three families anymore. We'll still provide you with your old age allowance, but it'll only be for you. She has nothing to do with us."

Uncle Bai pointed at Granny Bai, "I've never eaten a single grain of rice from her, let alone drunk a drop of her milk. Raising her is what her son should do. Dad, do you agree to this?"

Bai Jing was still thinking about her father's salary, so when her second uncle said that, she naturally agreed, "I agree."

He strode forward and said, "Grandpa, give me the money. If you don't, I'll take my two uncles and aunts to the commune tomorrow. Don't say we've cut off your lineage."

Bai Jing's words were more intimidating, since Old Man Bai and Granny Bai knew she was capable of doing such a thing.

"I... I already agreed, didn't I?" Old Bai shrank his neck. "I was delayed by the arrival of the second and third sons. Don't keep talking about going to the commune. We're a family. The commune can't manage every family matter."

He reluctantly took out the money, while shouting, hoping to make Bai Jing back down.

"Whether the commune takes care of it or not is not up to you. How do you know the commune doesn't take care of it if you don't try?" Bai Jing rolled her eyes at him, and without thinking, she snatched all the money from his hand.

"How come there's only this much?" Six years' worth of salary, no matter how much you spend, shouldn't be all that's left, right?
Fearing her husband might let something slip, Granny Bai immediately shouted, "Such a big family shouldn't be struggling to make ends meet! Your uncles are young and can't work, so they all have to live on this little bit of money. You heartless wretch, are you trying to force my whole family to their deaths?"

When Bai Jing saw her start yelling again, she directly hit her with a stick, making her scream loudly.

"Did I tell you to speak?" Bai Jing pointed at her with the stick in her hand. "Do you even have the right to speak here? Don't make me remind you what you're doing."

"you."

"Shut up, you idiot. If you say another word, I'll have your two sons beaten up tomorrow. I'm sure they'd be happy to suffer for their mother."

What a coward! Why was she so dense in her past life?

If they had done this earlier, those families wouldn't have suffered for so many years.

"I don't care. Six years' salary, more than 1,200 yuan. I don't believe it's only a dozen yuan. If you don't give me 500 yuan tomorrow, I'll smash your house. Try me if you don't believe me. Anyway, this is a family matter. Let's see who can say a bad word about me."

Bai Jing put the money into her pocket, then pointed at the two of them and threatened them.

That money belongs to her family; no one can embezzle it.

What retirement money, what filial piety money, it's all bullshit.

The old man has so many sons, why should it be her family who gets it?

If you want to give, we can split the cost equally.

"No, I really don't have that much." When he heard that she wanted five hundred yuan, the old man was completely shocked.

He had never seen so much money before.

On the contrary, Granny Bai, upon hearing Bai Jing's words, silently calculated her hidden savings, totaling about eight hundred yuan. Over the years, she had accumulated quite a bit. But giving that worthless woman five hundred? Dream on, she'd rather die than give it to her.

"No, I have no money."

"Heh, then let's give it a try. At worst, I'll trade my life for the lives of your whole family of four. Anyway, I've had enough of this kind of life." Bai Jing didn't believe them.

"Get out of my house now. If I don't see the money by tomorrow, I'll come to your house with a knife and see who's afraid of whom."

With that, Bai Jing led the two of them down the mountain.

What are we staying for now, to eat?
No.

They weren't even given a drop of water.

When Uncle Bai Er and Uncle Bai San saw their father looking at them with pleading eyes, they immediately turned their heads away.

"Get out!" Bai Jing shouted again when she saw them dawdling.

"Let's go, let's go." The two helped each other down the mountain.

This farce, using domestic matters as an excuse, has come to an end.

"Second Uncle, Third Uncle, come inside." Bai Jing dropped the stick in her hand and stepped forward to support her still crying mother. "Second Aunt, Third Aunt, let's go inside and talk."

What Bai Jing didn't see was that her two uncles were trembling after defying their own father, showing that they were genuinely afraid of him.

If it weren't for Bai Jingqi taking the lead, they would probably still be living a life of hiding and waiting.

It was getting dark, and a fire was lit in the kitchen, while tung oil lamps were lit inside the house.

The three sisters-in-law were still crying, but there was a hint of relief on their faces.

Bai Jing and her second sister began processing the three pheasants she had brought back; enough for everyone to have a meal together.

"Uncles, your water supply is gone. Could you help us fetch some water?" Seeing her two uncles sitting there looking somewhat helpless, Bai Jing asked them to do some work.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the two immediately stood up. "There's no water left? Okay, I'll fill the jar."

If the family needs water, they have to fetch it from the well behind the house, the same place where Bai Jing hit Bai Zizhong.

It's not far, but it involves going up and down slopes. Normally, Bai Jing and her friends can't carry water themselves; they have to lift it by hand.

The water buckets were made of wood, which were already quite heavy. With the weight of the water added, no one in the family, except her mother, could carry such a heavy load of water.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Second Uncle and Third Uncle."

Bai Jing worked quickly and soon put the three chickens into the pot.

Smelling the aroma, the second and third aunts realized they had been there too long.

“Sister-in-law, we must stand up for ourselves from now on and not let them bully us anymore. Xiaojing is right, they are bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong. As long as we stand up for ourselves, they will not dare to bully us anymore.” Aunt Bai wiped away her tears and said with a smile.

Aunt Bai agreed wholeheartedly. "That's right. It's his business if my brother wants to be filial. We won't follow him anymore. Sister-in-law, you still need to keep an eye on your brother. If you really can't control him, you should separate." Aunt Bai was a woman of her own mind.

If it weren't for her husband, she would have already started a fight with her in-laws.

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