The young couple from the farm fights back

Chapter 155: The Vice General Gets Angry for the First Time

When Liang heard her mother-in-law's curses, her calm face froze at first. There were many things she couldn't understand before, but after hearing her mother-in-law's words, she finally understood.

She said that after her father-in-law passed away, her mother-in-law became more and more dissatisfied with her, and it turned out that she was the one who blamed her father-in-law's death.

"Mother, what I'm saying is completely unreasonable. Everyone in the capital knows that my father-in-law was wounded on the battlefield in his early years, leaving him with many illnesses and a weak body. Before I came into the family, my father-in-law's health was already at its end. You're blaming my father-in-law's passing on my shoulders, but I don't take the blame."

Old Madam Cheng had scolded Liang before, but she had never been as eloquent as she was today. When she was directly confronted, her old face turned red and blue with anger.

"How dare you! Who gave you the guts to speak to me like that? Do you still respect your elders? Do you still have me, your mother-in-law, in your eyes?"

Seeing Liang being scolded, Da felt very happy, but her face still had that miserable look.

She wished that Liang would add more trouble to her aunt's head, and it would be best if she could anger her aunt and divorce Liang, so that she could make room for her as the legal wife.

Even if Liang had her family's support, what good would it do? General Liang had died in battle half a year earlier. With only a useless brother left to accompany the army, what could he accomplish?

Without the support of her natal family, the master, who had always been filial to his aunt, had to obey her arrangements and divorce Liang.

"Mother, your daughter-in-law has always respected you and has never done anything against you. Even though you, as an elder, are biased, your daughter-in-law has never had any complaints. But today, it was Kang'er who started the trouble in the noble mansion. Fortunately, the noble was magnanimous and did not make it a big deal with our family. Don't you know why Kang'er was beaten today?" Liang said, glancing at Da with contempt.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Da refused to comply. "Mother, this is not true at all. It was clearly the eldest lady who disliked me and Kang'er. She treated me coldly in front of the nobles, and Kang'er was even beaten. Mother, even if our Cheng family is defeated now, the master is still a general of the rebel army. How can he suffer such humiliation on a mere island?"

"Humiliation?" Liang was almost laughing in anger. "Before we left today, the master told us not to be disrespectful in front of the noble. What, you didn't take it to heart?"

Mrs. Da's neck stiffened when she heard this. Of course she remembered, but she denied it. "Master has never seen the so-called nobleman you mentioned, so naturally he doesn't know. How could a nobleman work in the fields? It would be ridiculous to tell others about it."

"Mother, the eldest lady must be relying on her so-called noble status and the sworn sisterhood with her to look down on you."

Mrs. Da was very clever in directing her anger towards Old Lady Cheng. Obviously, she had infuriated Old Lady Cheng to the point of being furious. As a woman who had been a noblewoman for half her life, how could she possibly let a peasant outdo her?

Bang~

Old Madam Cheng swept the table, knocking over the scalding teacup.

The hot tea almost splashed onto the shoes of the two women below. Liang stood there calmly, but Da, who was sitting on the chair, was startled.

"Good of you Liang--."

"Madam, the master is here."

Before Old Madam Cheng could finish her words pointing directly at Liang, an old maid came hurriedly to report.

Before she could recover from her shock, she saw her son striding into the hall. Seeing his ashen face, she knew that he was also very angry about what happened today.

"Son, you're finally here. Tell me about Liang. She's actually thrown our Cheng family's reputation into the ground."

Liang rolled her eyes again and looked at Cheng Yizhong seriously. She thought that the master must have heard what Lady Li had told him and had come to the backyard specially.

Cheng Yizhong took a deep breath, ignored his mother's accusations, put his hands on his hips and glared at Cheng Kang who was crying in Da's arms.

"Kneel down for me!" His voice was filled with suppressed anger.

Ding~

Madam Cheng was about to continue her accusation when her breath was choked by fear. Mrs. Da, who was wiping her tears, looked horrified, and Cheng Kang shuddered all over.

The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were so confused that they couldn't react for a while.

Cheng Yizhong was so angry that he gritted his teeth, stepped forward, grabbed the boy from Da's arms, and kicked him in the knee.

Boom~

Cheng Kang, who was kicked to his knees by his father, cried out in pain: "Ah~! It hurts, Grandma, Mom, Brother Kang hurts~"

Da was horrified and quickly stood up to help him: "What happened to the master? Oh my god, Kang'er——"

Unexpectedly, just as Da stood up, Cheng Yizhong, who had always been very tolerant of his wives and concubines, raised his hand and directly knocked Da down on the chair, scaring her so much that she burst into tears and her breathing was choked.

Old Madam Cheng came to her senses. She had never seen her son so angry before. She was obviously a little scared, but she felt even more sorry for her eldest grandson.

"Son, what are you doing!"

"Shut up!" Cheng Yizhong ignored my mother's words again and kicked Cheng Kang to the ground again.

Old Madam Cheng covered her trembling heart, feeling as if her eldest son was scolding her.

Eight-year-old Cheng Kang had never been beaten and scolded like this by his father. He was in so much pain that he couldn't control himself, but he didn't dare to cry out loud. He pursed his lips and tears fell.

Mrs. Da felt so much pain in her heart that she knelt on the ground crying and held her son in her arms: "Master, Kang'er is your eldest son, how could you hit him like this——"

Madam Cheng also said, "Son, you are tearing out the flesh of my heart."

The words of my mother and concubine made Cheng Yizhong, who never cared about the affairs of the women in the backyard, deeply aware of the situation.

He was wrong in the past. He took Liang's obedience to my mother and her tolerance of Da for granted.

The words Lady Li had sent him today made him feel as if he had been slapped several times in the face. He thought that Cheng Yizhong was fighting outside so hard that his wife and children at home could live a good and stable life.

Lady Li was right. If a man can't even manage his own family, how can he manage his army? If he can't even handle his family affairs properly, how can he care for the people?

"Mom, I won't blame you for what you don't know."

Cheng Yizhong's indifferent tone, which was concealed under extreme forbearance, made Old Madam Cheng's hand, which was wiping her tears in the middle of crying, freeze in mid-air.

Immediately, Cheng Yizhong kicked the kneeling Da mother and son.

"Ah!!! Master~" When had Da ever seen her master so angry and fighting with her and her son?

"In the past, you relied on your mother to treat the eldest lady badly. For the sake of my mother, I gave you the face of a concubine."

Cheng Yizhong's words were like a bolt from the blue. The old lady shuddered and turned away guiltily.

She thought her son was unaware of these things, and she always relied on her son's obedience to promote her own niece, Da.

Da's sobs choked again. She had hoped to play it safe, as she always did, to gain the man's sympathy. But the man's words pierced her like never before.

What does the master mean by this? Does he dislike her?

Even if it wasn't for her aunt, how could the master dislike her because of their childhood sweetheart relationship?