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

"You little brat, I saw you sneaking out this morning! What's wrong? Did you go deliver eggs to someone?"

You little bastard, you've really grown up! It must all be your wife's doing, that jinx, giving our family a grandson.

"Your belly is like a hen's egg, you're a piece of trash! Marrying you is the worst luck our Zhang family has ever had!"

Zhang Wei and his wife hadn't entered the house yet.

The old woman inside the house sat cross-legged by the door, holding a cane in her hand.

He pointed at the couple and started cursing.

However, since Zhang Wei was his son after all, in the end, he vented all his resentment on his second daughter-in-law.

He cursed her relentlessly for a long time without calming down, then raised his cane and smashed it down on the daughter-in-law's head.

The movements were incredibly practiced, as if they had been performed millions of times.

However, this time, Zhang Wei, who was standing to the side, did not dodge.

Instead, he stood directly in front of his wife.

*Smack!*

With a crisp sound, the cane struck Zhang Wei's head hard.

The next moment, a stream of blood dripped down from the top of his head.

Startled, Old Wai's wife dropped her cane and rushed forward.

"Oh dear, my silly son, why did you shield this jinx from me? Look at what happened to you, does it hurt? You're the Zhang family's son, you can't afford to get hurt."

If you didn't know that this was the one she had picked up, it would look like a picture of a loving mother and filial son.

But the next moment.

"It must be you, you slut! What kind of spell have you cast on my son this time, making him take the beating for you! You don't deserve it!!"

Come here, grandson, look at this. Never marry a woman like that again. She's the one who's caused so much trouble for our family.

"You want a belly, but there's no sign of pregnancy. You can't even do the work as well as others. You're a piece of trash, you son of a bitch! Remember that, grandson?!"

Not only did she curse her second daughter-in-law, but she even dragged the child along to curse her own mother.

Children who are spoiled from a young age have long lost their own correct values.

Standing next to the old lady, I felt like I was the one who made the decisions in the family.

Not only did she nod in agreement, but she also pointed at her mother and said, "Go get me an egg right now, I'm starving! If you keep acting like this, the Zhang family won't take care of you anymore!!"

I'm not taking care of you anymore...

I won't raise them...

These words kept swirling in Zhang Wei's mind.

He often saw his mother beating his wife, and he would always run into the house in fear.

In his mind, stopping his mother was unfilial.

Who hasn't been beaten as a child?

So she had no idea that her son would say such things about his wife.

This is the first time I've seen my son point at something like this.

It's as if it's referring to him.

My heart shattered into pieces in an instant, all those memories from the past coming together.

This finally made him understand why his wife had said there was no one in charge of the household.

It's not just that there's no one in charge; this whole family isn't human, including himself!

"Snapped!"

Just as the little boy was about to go up and pull his mother to cook for him.

Zhang Wei could no longer hold back. His calloused hands, hard from farm work, slapped his son hard across the face.

In an instant, everyone was stunned.

The old lady looked at Zhang Wei in disbelief.

The son forgot to cry and covered his face in disbelief.

Even the daughter-in-law, who had long given up hope, felt a glimmer of hope rekindle in her heart.

"That's your mother! How dare you talk to your mother like that! Come here! Apologize to your mother!"

Zhang Wei grabbed his son by the collar and dragged him in front of the woman.

"No!!" The son stubbornly covered his face, turning his head to the side, refusing to even look at his mother.

"No way! He's not my mom! He's just a useless piece of trash we've raised!! I don't have a mom like that!!"

The little boy wasn't afraid at all, and even blamed the slap on his mother.

She broke free from the large hand and hid behind her grandmother.

What do kids know?

What I can say is what the elders taught me.

"That's right! Why should my grandson apologize to her? And you, what do you want? You don't hit your wife, you hit my grandson. Are you trying to rebel too?!"

"Mom, you... I won't say anything to you, but if your eldest grandson continues like this, you'll spoil him rotten. He doesn't even respect his own mother. What will he do in the future..."

Zhang Wei gritted his teeth and lowered his voice when speaking to the old lady.

But this only fueled the little boy's arrogance.

"So what if she spoils me? She's my grandma. She spoils me, but why doesn't anyone spoil her? She eats at my house and lives at my house, so she should be part of our whole family."

"You!!" Zhang Wei was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"My grandson is right. Yu Hong, go cook. I'll teach you a lesson after my grandson has eaten. My grandson is the greatest."

The old lady was protecting her grandson, and it was clear that the little boy was saying the same things she often said.

At that moment, the woman just stared at Zhang Wei.

There was no speaking, and no action.

She didn't know whether Zhang Wei's promise at the Lu family's door was serious or not...

She didn't want to gamble with her grievances any longer.

She even wished that someone would protect his wife like the Lu brothers did.

"Mom, I'll say it again, make him apologize."

Zhang Wei clenched his fists tightly, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, whether from fear or something else, it was unclear.

She just stared at her son like that.

"No! I won't! Hehehe~~~ You want to hit me? Hey! My grandma's protecting me, you can't hit me!"

Can't hit it?

He doesn't get angry when talking to his mother.

Having been beaten since childhood, he had long since ingrained this fear into his very bones.

But to hit one's own son...

Without saying a word, Zhang Wei stepped forward and pulled his son out.

The old woman tried to stop him, but Zhang Wei was, after all, a grown man; he simply turned his body to the side.

He then shielded the old lady behind him.

"Didn't you say you couldn't hit me? Didn't you say you wouldn't apologize? Let's see how long you can keep up this stubbornness, let's see how long your grandma can protect you!!"

She dragged her son out the door.

Lock the door from the outside.

Then, a series of pitiful screams and the sound of sticks hitting buttocks echoed from inside the courtyard.

Zhang Wei's wife just watched coldly.

Seeing her son's bottom bruised and battered, she felt no emotion whatsoever, even calmer than when she saw a stranger being beaten, or a cat or dog being beaten.

Only the old woman inside the house seemed to be being beaten as well; her screams were louder than the screams of her own father when he died.

"Don't hit my grandson! It was that slut who seduced him! Son, you're not like that, my grandson!!"

Listen to your mother, let her out. I'll give your wife a good talking-to. We're truly on the same page, mother and daughter! ~~ ...