Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 160 This woman is too fierce!

Zhang Heihu looked at his wife and said irritably, "Are you bored? Have you cooked, washed clothes, and fed the chickens?"

Shan Xiujuan pursed her lips, said nothing more, and hurried into the kitchen to get busy.

Hearing her daughter's cries, Mrs. Wang only wiped away her tears, but showed no intention of opening the door.

When she married her daughter to Chen Sanbao, she had inquired about his character.

Chen Sanbao is no good, and his daughter is greedy. It's no wonder these two can't live a good life together.

Besides, it's normal for women to get a few beatings from men; that's how every family lives.

Deep down, she also felt that her daughter had gone a bit too far.

She can't even afford to eat, so why should she study? She has money but refuses to use it to buy food, insisting on making her two children suffer with her.

Having a mother like her is the worst luck Gan'er and Yong'er could ever hope to have.

Ugh--

While sighing, Mrs. Wang went to the kitchen to watch her daughter-in-law busy herself, and sometimes she would give a few pointers to make her presence known.

Shan Xiujuan rolled her eyes the whole time she was working.

Zhang Junniang and Chen Sanbao, who were outside the door, finally got tired of fighting. Both of them were covered in mud and looked so disheveled that only their dark eyes could be seen.

Chen Sanbao said softly, "Let's go home, the rain is too heavy."

As he spoke, he even helped Zhang Junniang up, a fawning smile appearing in his dark eyes.

Zhang Junniang felt as if she had seen a ghost; this person seemed like a completely different person.

I just slapped her hard across the face and almost strangled her to death by choking her.

Now she's acting all gentle again, as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Junniang was in a daze. She shook her head, thinking she was having a dream.

She didn't know that Chen Sanbao was that kind of person.

That's how he treated Li Ruru's original body; when he hit her, it was like they were mortal enemies, and he wished he could kill her.

After the beating, he would smile obsequiously and say a few kind words.

This will not affect his ability to kill next time in the slightest.

Later on, Chen Sanbao even skipped the flattery and sweet talk in front of Li Ruru and just beat her one after another.

The difference between Zhang Junniang and Li Ruru is that Li Ruru is love-struck, while Zhang Junniang is not.

Li Ruru didn't know how to fight back; she only thought it was because she had done something wrong.

Zhang Junniang not only fought back, but also didn't let Chen Sanbao gain the upper hand at all.

The two are quite compatible when it comes to fighting; they are evenly matched.

Chen Sanbao was still a little scared after being kicked in the groin and bitten on the neck by Zhang Junniang.

This woman is too fierce; she's really not easy to deal with.

Zhang Junniang shook off his hand and silently gathered the grain on the ground.

Two bags of coarse grains became casualties of their war, scattered all over the ground, mixed with mud and rainwater, a pitiful sight.

Zhang Junniang grabbed at the scattered grain on the ground with her hands, then took off her outer robe and wrapped it up.

Chen Sanbao carried two bags of soaked grain on his back and walked towards Chenjia Village.

The rain was getting heavier, and Li Ruru's family stayed indoors playing cards.

But the rest of the villagers in Chenjia Village continued with their daily routines.

Pan Dayan even braved the rain and held an umbrella to come over and chat with Li Ruru about gossip.

"Aunt Pan, wipe your face." Li Ruru handed her a cloth.

Pan Dayan wiped her face haphazardly and said, "Your cloth is really soft."

He then smiled at Bailu and said, "This girl is really pretty."

Li Ruru lied and said, "This is my distant niece from my maternal family."

Pan Dayan said "oh" and after exchanging pleasantries, she got straight to the point in a second.

She slapped her thigh and said, "Oh dear, let me tell you, my neighbor, Old Chen, took his two grandsons to the village head to ask him to change their surnames, but the village head kicked them out. Old Chen ate all the pastries and even licked the plates clean. Can you believe how shameless he is?"

Li Ruru listened with great interest and chimed in, "Maybe he just doesn't have a face."

A single sentence made everyone laugh, and in this joyful atmosphere, Pan Dayan began to talk about other things related to the Chen family.

"Old Zhao is a brainless woman. She actually took her daughter-in-law to see some Taoist priest who claimed he could turn the world upside down and transform her into a man. It even cost her 100 coins."

"Tell me, what kind of situation is this? Whether it's a boy or a girl, it's all predetermined by fate. I don't know what she was thinking."

"Maybe it's because she's brainless," Li Ruru said while cracking sunflower seeds.

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Pan Dayan got more and more excited as she spoke, "Did those two siblings from the Chen family come to you asking for money and food?"

Li Ruru nodded. She knew there was nothing new in this village; nothing could be kept from everyone.

Pan Dayan said, "Hey, you don't know, they had another fight after they got home. Wang Shuixia even tried to hit Chen Huaidi, but that little girl pinched her hand and bruised it. She was screaming in the yard, scaring all my chickens and ducks."

"Your chickens and ducks are so pitiful, they have to suffer like this every day," Li Ruru said with a smile.

Everyone loves listening to Pan Dayan's gossip, especially Peipei, who finds it particularly cathartic.

Fortune's wheel turns, and now it's the Chen family's turn.

After listening for a while, Xiao Yishan went to find work to do on his own.

He came back after working for a while, his shoes and trouser legs were wet.

Li Ruru asked with concern, "Where have you been? Hurry up and change your shoes and pants."

Xiao Yishan stood still and pointed to the yard. "Godmother, those two ditches were just blocked. I went to clear them."

Everyone stood up and looked at the courtyard. It seemed that in just a short while, a lot of water had accumulated in the courtyard, and it was now slowly flowing into the ditch.

"You silly child, you don't even say a word before you start working, and you don't even bring an umbrella." Li Ruru tossed him a cloth.

Xiao Yishan wiped the water off his face and chuckled, "It's alright."

This little bit of rain is nothing.

Pan Dayan, holding an umbrella, went with Li Ruru to check the situation in the yard.

The water in the canal was flowing so fast it was almost overflowing.

Pan Dayan frowned and said, "Aru, is this ditch not fixed properly?"

Li Ruru looked closely but couldn't see anything wrong. She simply said, "It's probably because there's too much rainwater and it can't drain away."

Chu Xiu had someone repair the canal, and after it was repaired, she checked it and there were no problems at all.

Pan Dayan frowned even more deeply and said, "But there doesn't seem to be this much water in the ditch in my yard. I checked when I came over."

"The rain must have gotten heavier now."

This was the only reason Li Ruru could think of.

"Just be careful, don't let the water flood the house," Pan Dayan instructed, then pointed to Xiao Yishan: "That kid's good, he's observant."

Pan Dayan's words caught Li Ruru's attention. She checked each of the children's rooms one by one, and only after confirming that there were no leaks or water ingress did she feel relieved.

The kitchen was fine too; the chickens, ducks, and geese were all on their perches, and the straw shed kept them dry.

Just when she thought everything was fine, she saw that the room where the grain was stored was flooded.

The room was located in a low-lying area, and water from the yard flowed in, so Li Ruru's shoes got wet immediately.

Looking up, I realized that the roof was leaking everywhere.

The room was filled with her family's staple food: wheat, rice, and various peanuts and beans.

Even the pickled vegetables, dried potato slices, and greens were soaked.

Damn rain, it just won't stop.

While cursing under her breath, Li Ruru called out to the outside, "Chaochao, Peipei, Yishan, come here quickly."

The three people ran over quickly and were terrified when they saw the scene before them.

"Mother, what... what should we do?"

(End of this chapter)