She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

She used to do kitchen work, but now she doesn't anymore and lets her dad do it. Her dad ran away overnight but he's not in a hurry. Are they going to be the next ones to run away?

Chen Xiangdong's hands were covered in feces early in the morning, and he was in a terrible mood.

He felt he couldn't let his mother continue to be so arrogant.

Just then, Zhu Wenying came out as well. Seeing the man's miserable state, she also became angry.

"Mom, Xiangdong is your own son, Baoyuan is your own grandson, the eldest grandson of the Chen family. How can you just throw your hands up and ignore everything!" Zhu Wenying said fiercely. She had long been dissatisfied with this mother-in-law and hadn't even settled the score for hitting her before.

Grandma Xia coughed. Sometimes she really didn't want to argue. She felt that these people were only sharp-minded when they were exploiting her, otherwise they were like people who couldn't understand human language. But there was nothing she could do. Sometimes she had to argue.

"Didn't you say yourself that this is the Chen family's grandson, and he doesn't even have my surname? Does your man not have hands or feet? Isn't he a human being? Can't he wash himself?"

"I'm a little confused. Why are you staring at me like that? Your husband just sits around doing nothing but holding the kids. Are you trying to treat him like royalty because you're so good to him?"

"You're pregnant, taking care of the baby, working, and doing housework all at the same time, and he just acts like a king, watching you do all that? Your parents paid for the marriage, and they'll help raise the baby and wife. You get the baby and the wife for free, and you're living the high life. Who can be as comfortable as him?"

"You're pregnant, you're suffering, but it wasn't me who got you pregnant. Isn't your man the culprit? Why do you have to order me around instead of him? Did you give me money or say nice things to me?"

"You always have such a long face, do I owe you something?"

Chen Xiangdong was furious. His mother was making him sound like a good-for-nothing. "Mom, what do you mean by that? You want me to do housework? What kind of man washes clothes, cooks, and feeds children? Do you want me to be laughed at to death?"

"If something breaks, I'm happy to fix it. But why should I do this little bit of housework?"

"As the old saying goes, men are in charge of external affairs and women are in charge of internal affairs. Women are born to do housework. Look around our compound, which man does housework?"

Chen Xiangdong looked unconvinced.

Grandma Xia pointed to some damaged areas outside the courtyard wall, "Isn't this something a man should do? Apart from your father patching up the wall, have you ever done anything about it?"

"Can your meager salary compare to that of an old woman like me? Do you even understand the difference between being the breadwinner and the homemaker?"

"If you can't even understand this, and you're unwilling to share some housework or childcare with your wife, you're worse than your father."

Grandma Xia concluded, "You're just a lazy and stupid dog!"

Zhu Wenying was a fool; all she knew was that Old Lady Xia had scolded her husband. She hadn't even realized that Old Lady Xia's words were actually beneficial to her before she opened her mouth.

"Mom, what right do you have to scold Xiang Dong? He doesn't gamble, doesn't gamble, doesn't smoke, and doesn't drink. He hands over all his earnings to the government. He's much better than those men in the compound. He's already a very good man. What right do you have to scold him!"

Grandma Xia opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, an embarrassed Grandma Yin walked in through the open door.

"I'm sorry, I'll be leaving right away. But, Wenying, I think my son is a bit better than Xiangdong. The two sons of Aunt Wang next door are the same. They not only hand over their wages, but they also don't gamble, whore, smoke, or drink. They can also cook, and the food they cook is especially delicious. They are good to their wives and parents!"

She paused, then said, "Of course, although beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you can't be that blind!"

After saying that, she turned and ran away, afraid of being scolded.

Zhu Wenying's loud voice finally broke through, and she said without thinking, "What kind of skill is it to cook a dish? A grown man cooking at home will be laughed to death if word gets out."

Grandma Xia: "Do you want to listen to what you're saying? The head chef at that state-run restaurant isn't a man? Did people laugh at him for cooking? You had to bribe people to make time for your wedding banquet!"