Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

They said they would use a sweeping motion, but when it landed on Lu Weiguo, who was kneeling on the ground...

Like a dragonfly skimming the water, it constantly sweeps away the unseen bad luck in the void.

Upon release from prison, stepping over the fire pit signifies quitting gambling and sweeping away bad luck.

When Lu Weiguo met Lu Dewang's cloudy, tearful eyes, he burst into tears, crying like a 160-pound child.

Lu Weiguo had to stand tall and be the pillar of the family in front of his wife and children.

In front of your parents-in-law, you must be able to support your family and act like a responsible person; even if you have to pretend, you can't show any weakness.

Only when he saw his parents could Lu Weiguo become the child who was infinitely embraced.

"My child, you've suffered so much~"

The youngest son and eldest grandson are the old man's lifeblood.

Liu Yuqin stood to the side, wiping away her tears.

Lu Dewang, whose sharp tongue rivaled that of his mother-in-law, puffed furiously on his pipe.

Despite Lu Weiguo's repeated deceptions, he still believed in the child's true nature.

He always believed that the Lu family, three generations of poor peasants, with the sky above their heads and the black earth beneath their feet, could not produce any parasites who beat their parents, ate, drank, gambled, or whored!

"My child, get up quickly, your father has forgiven you."

Liu Yuqin felt sorry for her eldest son, and seeing Lu Dewang abandon the broom and search, she hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"Make him kneel!"

"Yes, Mom, I'll kneel down first and wait for my older brother and sister-in-law to come back before we talk about it."

Upon hearing this, Lu Dewang's gaze towards Lu Weiguo suddenly brightened.

Based on just this one sentence, he was convinced that Lu Weiguo had truly changed!

"The youngest child?"

Liu Yuqin did not understand.

"Men's business is none of our concern!" Lu Dewang said irritably.

"But we can't let him kneel like that forever."

"What? Weiguo is your son, but Baojia isn't!" Lu Dewang snorted. "If Weiguo doesn't kneel here, how will Baojia survive in the future!"

Liu Yuqin only realized what Lu Dewang meant after he finished speaking.

He stopped trying to persuade her and went out of the house to light a fire for his eldest son's house.

There is a particularly strange phenomenon in Northeast China.

In most families where the man is in charge in the older generation, the son will almost certainly marry a fierce wife.

After all, no matter how fierce or ruthless a father-in-law is, he's too embarrassed to argue with his daughter-in-law.

Therefore, the focus has always been on resolving the "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship," rather than the "father-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship."

The woman's family, on the other hand, would say the opposite.

The more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes him.

As long as the mother-in-law is the head of the woman's family, the son-in-law lives a life even more comfortable than a god!

The Lu family is no exception.

Don't be fooled by how Lu Dewang scolds Lu Weiguo as if he were his grandson.

It was as if the eldest daughter-in-law, Shu Ruizhi, was a mouse in the sight of a cat.

A year ago, Lu Dewang severed ties with Lu Weiguo, which was orchestrated by his eldest daughter-in-law.

However, no one can blame the eldest daughter-in-law for this.

Who let Lu Weiguo indulge in drinking, gambling, and other vices, squandering his family fortune like water?

"Dad, I'm back. I brought the 'dog skin plaster' (a traditional Chinese medicine for ailments), but... Fourth brother? Why are you back?"

"Who let you back! Get out! Look what you've done to the house!"

Before Lu Baojia could finish speaking, Shu Ruizhi interrupted.

Upon hearing this, Lu Baojia awkwardly shrank his neck.

Lu Dewang went even further, propping himself up with his hands and huddling in the corner of the kang (a heated brick bed), even hiding his tobacco pouch under the covers.

"Brother, sister-in-law, I've come to apologize. I was wrong before, and I won't gamble anymore."

Lu Weiguo turned to the side, nodded to his elder brother, and then stood up and spoke sincerely.

"Oh my god, is the sun rising in the west? Or has God opened his eyes and is making that scoundrel who sold his child to gamble come and admit his mistake?"

Are you just going to admit your mistake empty-handed?

Or have you sold all the children and are now preparing to sell their parents? The Lu family isn't well-off; they can't afford such mistreatment.

Why don't you look at your sister-in-law? Our parents are old and worthless, why don't you sell your older brother and sister-in-law too?

The eldest sister-in-law, Shu Ruizhi, was heavily pregnant, her eyes filled with disdain.

She hadn't gotten pregnant as early as Li Xiulian, and it was a difficult time for her to conceive.

She hadn't even tasted the chicken and goose eggs that her in-laws had saved up for her.

So she had her in-laws sell the money to pay off Lu Weiguo's debts.

Not to mention that Shu Ruizhi was already a notorious shrew in the surrounding area.

Even an ordinary woman couldn't bear such a great injustice.

"Sister-in-law, you're right. I was wrong before. Time will tell. I really won't gamble this time."

I just quit gambling, so I'm still relatively new to it. But once my nephew is born, I'll definitely give him a big red envelope (gift money).

Lu Weiguo knew he was in the wrong, but for the sake of his parents and older brother, he couldn't afford to offend his fierce sister-in-law.

"Oh my, as expected of someone who married a high school student, even their speech has become so refined. Time will tell."

I've been staying at your house too long! I've witnessed how your family mistreats me, a pregnant woman!

There's no way someone could be this unreasonable!

"Shu Ruizhi!" Lu Baojia couldn't stand it and spoke up to stop her.

"They even called me by my full name! Why is everyone in the Lu family surnamed Lu?! Are they bullying me because I'm not a member of the Lu family?!"

Wow!

My sister-in-law is incredibly powerful and terrifying!

Lu Weiguo felt that she was only half a step less impressive than his mother-in-law.

The words he had prepared in his mind were suddenly silenced by his sister-in-law's words.

He rarely went home before, and only knew that his sister-in-law was a strong fighter.

I didn't know it was this strong!

She glanced with heartache at her eldest brother, Lu Baojia, whose face was red and neck bulging from holding his breath.

Lu Weiguo smiled and shook his head: "Sister-in-law, what are you saying? Our Lu family is just missing someone like you to make the decisions, isn't it?"

Besides, what's wrong with being educated? My wife's family are all teachers. When my nephew is born, I'll have your sister-in-law plead with your family, and my nephew can go straight to school in the county town.

Let him also become a cultured person.

When the topic of children came up, Shu Ruizhi straightened her back, touched her slightly protruding belly, and revealed a kind smile.

Northeasterners value education and love their children, and regardless of Shu Ruizhi's temper, this is definitely her weakness.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Should I sign and put my fingerprint on this?"

"No need for that," Shu Ruizhi said with a smile. "But, fourth brother! You can go home; we'll have plenty of food for you."

"You can't even steal a single hair from the house!"

After Shu Ruizhi finished speaking, she swayed her increasingly robust buttocks as she walked out of the house.

"Hey, fourth brother, you're really not going to gamble anymore? Does your sister-in-law know? She's just stubborn but soft-hearted, don't mind her."

As soon as Shu Ruizhi stepped out, Lu Baojia, hiding his embarrassment with a smile, went up to Lu Weiguo to inquire about his well-being.

"Brother! We're really not gambling anymore. Xiulian already knew. Let's put the band-aid on Dad first. And what was that you didn't finish saying?"

Lu Weiguo didn't want to dwell on this matter too much.

Lu Baojia didn't want to bring up the embarrassing scene that had just happened.

She slipped on her slippers, got onto the kang (heated brick bed), and turned Lu Dewang over.

As Lu Baojia applied the plaster, he said, "Old Mrs. Chang said that if you only need one or two plasters, that's a small matter. Villagers should help each other."

But my dad's fall was serious. He won't recover in less than a hundred days, and he'll need at least twenty or so plasters.

She doesn't have that much dog skin.

People in the 1970s and 80s rarely cheated; the dog skin plaster was really made from dog skin mixed with dog urine and a few doses of traditional Chinese medicine.

Especially for traditional craftspeople like Mrs. Chang, whose dog-skin plaster is an absolute must-have for treating bruises and sprains!

Lu Baojia's voice was hoarse. He cleared his throat and continued, "However, she said that recently a kind of fox that can breathe fire has appeared in the mountains, and that its skin can be used to make ointments."

The medicine will cure the illness; it all depends on whether we, as sons, are filial enough and dare to go up the mountain to catch it.