Chapter Seven: Whose Hungry Dog Barks

  Jiuniang had been here for five days, and from the memories of her original master or others' mouths, she roughly guessed that Chu Dongyang's foster mother, Li Shi, was a domineering and unreasonable person, but she hadn't actually seen her yet.

  Although they had never met before, Jiuniang could guess from this sharp voice that the person outside was indeed Li.

  Hearing his voice before seeing him!

  "Jiuniang, you shameless and worthless thing, get out of here!" Li Shi had just walked into the courtyard when she saw the fire in the kitchen. With her hands on her hips, she began to scold: "You're just a piece of trash that the Fang family raised, nothing but a two-tael silver purchase! They call you a daughter-in-law, but really you're just a servant girl! You lowly thing, in broad daylight, in front of the whole village, you dare to ride on your own husband's back, making the Yang family a laughingstock. You don't care about your own face, but don't drag down the Yang family's reputation too!"

  Chu Dongyang's hand holding the chopsticks paused for a moment, and he looked up at Jiuniang with increased puzzlement in his heart.

  Although Jiuniang had met with Li since she got married, the number of times they met could be counted on one hand. However, every time she went to see Li, she came back in tears.

  Chu Dongyang had injured her leg and was cooped up at home every day, feeling suffocated and irritable. She didn't get enough care from others, but they knew she was very afraid of Li Shi.

  But at this time, Jiuniang's face showed a look of confusion, incredulity, shock... all sorts of complex expressions, but not a hint of fear.

  It seems that after Jiuniang's illness, she has really changed into a different person!

  Jiuniang was stunned for a while, and when she looked at Chudongyang, she couldn't help but click her tongue and say: "This scolding is really fierce! Listening to the tone, it seems like she wants to skin me alive! Do you think if I hide in the kitchen and don't come out, will she come into the kitchen and drag me out for a good beating?"

  Chu Dongyang's eyebrows moved slightly, and from her tone, it seemed like she really wasn't afraid. He let out a sigh of relief in his heart, then picked up a piece of braised hamster meat and stuffed it into her open mouth, saying lightly: "Won't happen!"

  Jiuniang's eyes widened in surprise, astonished by Chu Dongyang's action of feeding her. Was he trying to show intimacy between husband and wife, or simply trying to shut her up?

  She was stunned for a while, then puffed out her cheeks and chewed on the meat in her mouth, asking: "If that old woman scolds me when I come to the door, but as a daughter-in-law I hide and don't see her, isn't that an unfilial behavior?"

  In ancient times, the most important thing was to respect one's parents and ancestors. "Not obeying one's parents" was even listed as the first of the "seven outs". Although Jiuniang wasn't a native of this land, she more or less understood these things.

  "Get out and follow your husband! Besides, she's not even my birth mother." Chu Dongyang said, looking at her with a raised eyebrow, "Or are you trying to get scolded in front of her?"

  Uh, what Chu Dongyang means is that Li's mother isn't his birth mother, so Ninth Sister doesn't have to consider her as a proper madam?

  "I'm not full yet, and I'm being forced to send it away for scolding!" Jiuniang also started eating with her head down, whispering: "After all, she is your stepmother, I thought you would put filial piety first!"

  Li took all the reward silver that Chu Dongyang got for his military achievements and used it to build a new house, buy dozens of acres of good land, and became a small landowner in Xinghua Village. However, when Chu Dongyang returned injured, he was abandoned in the old mansion, not even given food, and Li only spent two taels of silver to buy him a wife.

  Li's family has done this much, if Chu Dongyang treats her as his mother with respect and filial piety, then such a foolishly filial man, Jiuniang really owes him two words - stupid!

  Fortunately, Chu Dongyang is not a coward!

  Li stood with his hands on his hips in the courtyard, scolding for a long time without seeing anyone come out. Not only did he not stop, but he became more and more energetic, even directing his spearhead at Chu Dongyang.

  "We Yangs have worked hard to raise you, and don't even mention how much food we've spent. This great kindness of ours is something you won't be able to repay even in your next life! And now you're doing well, not only are you ungrateful, but you're also ruining the face of our Yang family! Our Yang family is really unlucky, raising a white-eyed wolf like you!" Li said, spitting a mouthful of saliva on the ground with a "ptui" sound, and scolded: "Get out of here quickly for your old mother!"

  If Chu Dongyang was still that frontline general who killed enemies and had a majestic aura, Li wouldn't have dared to scold him like this. But now he's just a crippled defeated general who was sent back, no different from a useless waste, what is there for her to be afraid of?

  Li saw that he had been scolded for so long, except for the fragrance floating out of the kitchen, there was no movement inside, and his heart was even more angry.

  I just ran into the new daughter-in-law of the Gao family next door, Yunniang, on the road. She was holding a bowl of meat in her hand, and it smelled particularly delicious. At that time, she felt strange, and when she saw me, she looked like she had seen a ghost, hastily called out "Aunt" and hurriedly ran home with the bowl.

  The fragrance is just like what's coming out of this kitchen, it turns out that Yunniang got a bowl of meat from here!

  How can you give such delicious meat to outsiders without giving any to your parents?!

  Li clenched her teeth and stormed into the kitchen with a fierce aura.

  Just as I reached the kitchen door, I heard Jiuniang say: "I don't know whose dog is barking so fiercely outside, it must be starving. Let's throw these bones out for the dog to eat later!"

  Li's anger surged violently, almost exploding, and then he heard Chu Dongyang say calmly: "Whose dog is still running around at this late hour? It must be a wild dog from the mountain that came down to forage. If it doesn't leave, watch me shoot it dead with one arrow, and tomorrow we'll have dog meat stew!"

  Does he not know how to repay? Then the silver coins he exchanged for his life were truly fed to dogs!

  Li's body suddenly shook, and he inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine. Chu Dongyang's leg was indeed injured, but it was said that his archery skills were unaffected, and if he really used an arrow on himself...

  If he really dares, a thunderbolt will strike this little beast dead!

  Thinking of this, Li's confidence was boosted again, his momentum rose, and with a dark face and hands on his hips, he went into the kitchen.

  "Are your ears deaf or is your mouth mute? I've been calling you from outside for so long, didn't you hear me? Hiding in the kitchen eating meat, huh? All day and night, all you know how to do is eat, eat until you die!" Li entered the kitchen, her eyes first glanced at the bowl, looking at the fragrant meat and half a bowl of it, she got so angry that her heart hurt.

  Jiuniang couldn't help it and burst out laughing. Her laughter made her look even sweeter as she said in a soft voice, "So it was you who called out in the courtyard just now? My husband and I both misheard and thought it was some stray dog that had wandered in!"

  Mr. Li was so angry that his eyes almost spat out fire, clenched his fingers, and hated to pounce on Jiuniang's smiling face and tear it apart.

  This cheap woman, she's really gotten on my nerves, actually daring to insult her like that.

  She thought so in her heart and was about to do so when Chu Dongyang raised his eyes to look over, his gaze sharp and cold, like a knife tempered with ice, cutting towards her head-on, making her involuntarily take a step back.

  At this time, Jiuniang's gentle and soft voice was heard, "Mother, are you thirsty? My daughter-in-law has made some soup, would you like a bowl?"

  After shouting and scolding outside for so long, isn't your mouth dry?