Chapter 167: Chapter 167 Little Huzi Defies His Father_1 ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽
Meng Yunhan, however, declared aloud, “My son, Little Huzi, doesn’t bring misfortune on his father. If he really did, why am I still fine?”
Then she picked up the wooden bucket, trudged back home, leaving the crowd behind in awkward silence.
Once inside, Meng Yunhan angrily hung the laundry out to dry before returning to her room.
“Little Huzi, Little Huzi, how could you possibly bring misfortune onto your father? All those people are mistaken. If anyone were to cause harm, it would be me, not you. You are mom’s treasure, mom’s treasure.”
Then, bowing her head, she gave Little Huzi a gentle kiss before stepping out again. She still had to gather pigweed for a meal.
The two pigs at home needed feeding.
Zhang Cuihua and Zhao Fang, the sisters-in-law, also believed that Little Huzi had brought disaster onto his father. Otherwise, why would the third child have encountered an accident at the precise moment Meng Yunhan gave birth to Little Huzi?
What are the odds of that happening? They were certain that Little Huzi has indeed brought misfortune to his father.
So, they cautioned their children to not visit their grandparents’ house.
Zhang Yunxuan, the child, paid a visit to Yun Family every day, regardless of the weather conditions. The moment he heard cries from inside upon seeing the closed door, he knew for sure his aunt must have gone out to harvest pigweed.
He gently nudged the gate open and proceeded towards Meng Yunhan’s room.
Given that most houses in the village remained unlocked, Zhang Yunxuan pushed open the door.
“Little brother, don’t cry, little brother, don’t cry. Brother is here, brother’s here.” Zhang Yunxuan anted to embrace Little Huzi but then remembered his aunt mentioning that he was too young to do so and could potentially injure the baby.
“Little brother, don’t cry, don’t cry.”
“Uncle, uncle, come soothe your baby brother, wake up uncle…” Seeing that his attempts at soothing Little Huzi were ineffectual, Zhang Yunxuan too started crying, meanwhile shaking Yun Hao’s arm, urging him to rise and pacify Little Huzi.
Yet, Yun Hao didn’t react at all.
On returning, Meng Yunhan noticed the wide-open door and cries resonating from her room. She hurriedly dropped her basket on the ground and sprinted towards her room.
“Little Zhuzi, you’re here.” Upon entering the room, Meng Yunhan spotted Zhang Yunxuan. Quickly, she scooped up Little Huzi in her arms, his tear-streaked face indicated he was hungry and had soiled his diaper.
Fortunately, she had placed some oil paper underneath; otherwise, the cotton stuffing would be drenched.
Meng Yunhan rushed to get things done.
“Aunt, the other brothers refuse to play with me.”
“What happened?” Meng Yunhan handed over some wild blueberries and strawberries, she had in her pocket, to Zhang Yunxuan.
Feeling upset, Zhang Yunxuan said, “They are calling baby brother Huzi a disaster-bringer, they say he caused uncle’s misfortune.”
Meng Yunhan’s demeanor turned grave. Damn these hurtful rumors.
Little Huzi, her child, whom she carried for ten months, was being falsely accused. She didn’t know how to curb this nonsense. Only a few people in the family knew about Yun Hao’s accident coinciding with Little Huzi’s birth.
Could the two sisters-in-law be spreading these rumors?
The thought made Meng Yunhan’s heart ache even more.
Despite the gestures of respect she had shown towards them, they resorted to defaming Little Huzi maliciously. What was their intent?
Her feelings for them abruptly cooled down.
It seemed they had mistaken her kindness for weakness.
She decided firmly that she would need to have a word with her sisters-in-law.
She intended to discuss this matter with her parents-in-law as well. Their sons would be the ones to face embarrassment, and naturally, they would prioritize their sons over their daughter-in-law.
She was painfully aware of this disparity.