Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

In fact, Chen Lang had never thought about bringing Li Xiuzhi and her daughter back at this critical juncture. His original plan was to wait until he had dealt with all the matters concerning the division of the family before bringing the mother and daughter back.

But some people never think about others when they are enjoying themselves, but they are not happy when others are enjoying a peaceful life.

We are not talking about Qin here, because even if Li Xiuzhi is not there, there is still another daughter-in-law who can do the housework.

That’s right, I’m talking about the Qian family.

During this period, Li Xiuzhi was away, and all the household affairs fell on Qian's shoulders. This was definitely a hellish torture for a woman who was used to a life of luxury.

Although Chen Sanlang could help with some of the burden, he was a man after all. In this society where men were superior to women, it was a shameful thing for men to do housework, and outsiders would say that they were "unruly husbands."

So Chen Sanlang always washed clothes in the middle of the night when no one was around.

After a few days, Chen Sanlang's mental state was visibly depressed. He was very tired when he went to work, and his sleeping time was also occupied. It was impossible for him to be in good spirits.

Qian felt sorry for her husband, but she felt even more sorry for herself. She couldn't bear the hardship of doing housework, so she naturally wanted to call Li Xiuzhi back.

Qian didn't dare to tell Qin about this matter directly, because Chen Lang now gave money to the family every day and his status was very different from before.

Qian didn't even dare to mention this matter to Chen Lang, for she was afraid that Chen Lang would beat her.

After much thought, there is only one way left, spreading gossip.

I told the villagers that Li Xiuzhi was a lazy woman. In order to avoid working, she hid in her brother's house and stayed there for seven or eight days. It was really outrageous.

The villagers actually didn't believe it at first, but as the saying goes, a lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth. After hearing so much gossip, and considering that Li Xiuzhi had never appeared in the village, the villagers gradually believed the story.

When Chen Lang learned about these rumors, they had already begun to become destructive, so he had to curb the momentum immediately, not only for Li Xiuzhi, but also for the smooth division of the family later.

Just imagine, if the rumors were allowed to spread without being stopped, when Chen Lang chose to pretend to be bitten by a snake in order to divide the family property and died of his injuries, the villagers would most likely give Li Xiuzhi the label of "husband-killing woman".

This is not Chen Lang's unfounded worry, but it is unreasonable for country people to spread gossip.

Chen Lang's words immediately took effect. The women around looked at Qin in disbelief and asked questions one after another.

"Qin, is what Erlang said true? Xiuzhi can only eat half a black steamed bun in your house in one day?"

"She does all the housework?"

"That's what I was saying. Two daughters-in-law from the same family, one full of life and the other pale and skinny. It seems Qian doesn't do anything at your house at all, and during the busy farming season she goes straight to her parents' home."

"If this kind of daughter-in-law were in my house, I would definitely break her legs! Let her hide and live!"

Qin's face turned ashen, and the joy of receiving the money disappeared at this moment. She glared at Chen Lang fiercely, then turned and left.

She wanted to refute him, but Chen Lang's expression made it very clear that if she dared to refute him, Chen Lang would continue to expose the family's ugly affairs, and then the Chen family's reputation would be completely lost.

Watching Qin fleeing in panic, Chen Lang thought about all the sad things in his life and forced himself to hold back his laughter.

At this time, the women surrounded Chen Lang again and asked her about what happened to Li Xiuzhi and Qian in the Chen family.

Chen Lang was also very clear about what he would do to Qian Shi, just as he had treated Li Xiuzhi badly.

There is no law that prohibits men from gossiping.

Besides, once men start gossiping, women really have nothing to do, not to mention that Chen Lang is a scholar and is much more awesome than Qian when it comes to gossiping.

After a cup of tea, Qian's image in the hearts of these women had fallen to the bottom.

Seeing that the food was almost cooked, Chen Lang got up and went home.

As soon as he stepped into the house, he heard Qin scolding him: "You bastard, what are you talking nonsense about outside?"

Chen Lang looked innocent: "Mom, I'm telling the truth! Is there a single word I said that's false?"

Qin's face turned green with anger. "Don't try to play tricks on me. Do you really think I can't figure out what's going on in your mind?"

"Don't you just want to tell people outside that the entire Chen family abused Li Xiuzhi?"

"Now that everyone thinks so, the Chen family has lost all face. Are you satisfied?"

Chen Lang sneered and said, "The Chen family has lost face. Mother is getting anxious when she finds out."

"Why didn't mother react when Xiuzhi was humiliated?"

"You don't care about Xiuzhi's reputation, but I, as her husband, do."

"I'm putting this out there. If I hear anyone in my family slandering Xiuzhi's reputation outside, I will definitely not tolerate it. Mom, don't forget that I'm educated. If I want to bully someone, my whole family combined won't be my match."

"If you want to save the Chen family's reputation, then if someone says something bad about Xiuzhi in the future, you have to help me."

After saying that, he swaggered into the house, leaving Qin furious on the spot.

It is impossible that Qin Shi didn't know who spread these rumors about Xiuzhi, but not only did she not stop them, she also allowed the rumors to ferment.

Chen Lang would never believe that there was no other ulterior motive behind this.

At the same time, Qian, who was hiding in the house and eavesdropping, was trembling with fear.

In fact, when the rumor first started spreading, Qian was also worried, because the previous "hairband" incident made Qian realize that Chen Lang's attitude towards Li Xiuzhi and her daughter had changed a lot.

But after careful consideration, Qian decided to take a risk.

Firstly, she really couldn't stand the heavy housework, and secondly, she felt that Chen Lang's attitude change towards Li Xiuzhi was probably just a flash in the pan.

Otherwise, how could he tolerate Li Xiuzhi staying out for so long? If he really loved his wife and children, he would definitely want to be with them every day.

Only if you dislike someone will you tolerate them being away from home for a long time.

However, Qian forgot that she often went back to her parents' home to stay for ten days or half a month. According to her logic, Chen Sanlang did not like her at all.

But it's too late to say these things now. Chen Lang heard the rumors and launched a counterattack.

Chen Silang has not yet married, and Chen Yaomei is also still unmarried. Once the Chen family's reputation is ruined, it will directly affect the marriage of these two people.

By then, will this family still have a place to stand?

The more Qian thought about it, the more frightened she became. She even cried while hugging her two children.

Every year, when the two little kids saw their mother crying, they would naturally cry too.

After hearing this cry, Qin in the yard could no longer sit still and walked over quickly.

"Why are you crying? It's all your fault!" Qin said gritting her teeth.

Qian looked at Qin and cried even harder.

Chen Lang in the room treated the quarrel between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law as white noise and fell into a sound sleep in a short while.