The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 57 Man'er's Sad Story
Upon hearing the commotion, Chen Sufen and Liu Yue'e rushed to the door.

Then they saw Gu Dahan driving a horse-drawn carriage, while Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe pulled a flatbed cart, on which lay a finely dressed young man and a pig.

Confused, Liu Yue'e asked, "Where are Mother and my sister?"

The carriage stopped, and Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua led Lu Zhaozhao down from the carriage.

Chen Sufen couldn't care less about anything else; she was both surprised and delighted to see Gu Dahan.

"Dad, what brings you home?" Chen Sufen asked excitedly, tears streaming down her face.

Tong Huaqiong briefly introduced the Lu siblings to Chen Sufeng and Liu Yue'e, while Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe led Lu Zhaoyang into the courtyard.

After the flatbed wagon came to a stop, Gu Jingzhe and Gu Taohua began unloading the supplies they had purchased.

Tong Huaqiong felt that something was missing this time when she went home.

Yes, before, when Man'er came home, she would rush up and happily call for Grandma, but today no one called for her, so she was quite unaccustomed to it.

Just as I was about to ask where Man'er had gone, I saw her squatting in front of the pigpen, crying in front of the feeding trough.

"What's wrong with Man'er?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Chen Sufeng pursed her lips and smiled, "She woke up this morning and couldn't find the piglet, so she got sad. I told her the piglet would come back tonight, but she didn't believe me. She's been guarding the pigpen all day."

Man'er squatted in front of the pigpen, her small body trembling.

Tong Huaqiong was heartbroken.
When Man'er heard Tong Huaqiong returning home, she did not turn around.

Today was supposed to be a happy day. Her mother had made a new dress from the little floral fabric that her grandmother had given her. She planned to wear it and show it off to her friend Daya when the pigs were cutting grass.

Daya never believed that her grandmother had changed for the better, and she didn't believe that her grandmother had bought her a new floral fabric. She wanted to show Daya that her grandmother had really changed and had become very loving towards her.

She carried her small basket to the pigpen and found that the piglets were gone.

Gu Yaozu told her that he saw his father and third uncle tying the piglets to the car in the morning, probably to sell them or slaughter them for meat.

Man'er was terrified.

Her second and third uncles could very well sell or slaughter her piglets.

What Gu Yaozu said next completely broke little Man'er down.

"Grandma knew about this too. When the piglet was tied up, Grandma even said she'd take it to Pingchuan County and cut off its testicles or something."

Man'er was already subconsciously afraid that Tong Huaqiong's transformation in the past few days was all for naught, and that she might be possessed by Tong Dajiao one day. Yaozu's words confirmed her worries.

How does Grandma treat the piglet now, compared to how she treated her before?
They're going to cut off the piglet's testicles.

It's over! It's over!

The wicked grandmother from the past is back.

Man'er had no interest in showing off her clothes to Daya. No matter how Chen Sufeng explained to her that the pig at home would be alright and that her grandmother would not continue to turn bad, Man'er just wouldn't believe it.

She squatted in front of the pigsty and cried for a whole day.

Chen Su-fen couldn't persuade her otherwise.

Tong Huaqiong called out, "Man'er, your little pig is here."

Hearing Tong Huaqiong's call, Man'er dared not turn around, afraid that she would encounter her former wicked grandmother.

Look how scared the child is!
Tong Huaqiong left the Lu siblings behind, walked to the pigsty, took Man'er's hand, and said gently, "Man'er, Grandma is back."

Tong Huaqiong's kind voice finally made Man'er unable to hold back anymore. She turned her head, threw herself into Tong Huaqiong's arms, and burst into tears.

All the worries and grievances from the whole day were released.

Good heavens, the crying was earth-shattering.

Man'er: "Grandma, did our little pig get slaughtered by Second Uncle and Third Uncle? Waaaaaah!"

Tong Huaqiong: "If your second and third uncles dare to slaughter pigs, I'll kill them. They've taken the piglets to Pingchuan to see a doctor."

Man'er: "Waaaa, Grandma, I'm so scared you'll turn into a bad grandma!"

Tong Huaqiong: "Grandma promised you she'd always be a good grandma, and Grandma promises she won't turn bad."

Man'er: "Yaozu said Grandma cut off the piglet's testicles, waaaaah. Will the piglet die?" Tong Huaqiong: "."

The pig's testicles were indeed cut off.

"Yaozu is talking nonsense. Why would I cut off a pig's testicles for no reason? Yaozu, you're trying to scare your sister Man'er. I'll cut off your testicles too!" Tong Huaqiong said.

Yaozu was excitedly coming to find Man'er to tell her that the little pig was back when he heard his grandma say that she was going to cut off his testicles. He was so scared that he covered his crotch and dared not move forward.

"Grandma, you're not lying to me? Did Little Pig really go to Pingchuan County for treatment?" Man'er asked, then added with some worry, "What illness did Little Pig have? Was he cured?"

Tong Huaqiong nodded and said, "Of course it's true, our little pig has already come back after his doctor's visit."

"Waaah, where is it?" Man'er's tears were destined to never dry until she saw the little pig.

Tong Huaqiong regretted not telling Man'er before tying up the pig. Look how worried the child was; she must have been heartbroken all day, her little face all wrinkled from crying.

Tong Huaqiong roared at Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe: "Dashu and Jingzhe, you two bastards, take Man'er's pigs to the pen first!"

Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe were helping Lu Zhaoyang up, preparing to help him down from the flatbed cart.

Hearing Tong Huaqiong's angry roar, they dared not disobey.

"I'm sorry, Young Master Lu," Gu Jingzhe said.

The two brothers put Lu Zhaoyang down, picked up the piglet, and walked towards the pigpen.

Lu Zhaoyang was left completely bewildered.

This further confirmed to him that in the Gu family, pigs were more valuable than people.

Man'er's eyes lit up when she saw the little pig.

"Grandma really didn't lie to me, the little pig is home." Man'er wiped away her tears and reached out to touch the little pig's head.

The little pig grunted twice, looking utterly dejected.

Yeah, who could get excited about being slapped?

In her past life, Tong Huaqiong accompanied her classmate to get their cats spayed. The kittens were unhappy when they woke up, and the male cat that had been spayed quickly went from a handsome young cat to a greasy, fat, and lazy old man.

I'm afraid this little pig will soon turn into a fat, greasy pig.

Turning into a big fat pig is great; that's exactly the effect Tong Huaqiong wanted.

Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe carefully put the pigs into the pigpen.

Fortunately, thanks to Chen Sufeng and Man'er's careful maintenance, the pigsty was not dirty at all; otherwise, Tong Huaqiong would have felt truly sorry for the cut the pig had made between its legs.

To comfort the pigs that had lost their eggs, Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Dashu to fetch fresh pig feed and Gu Jingzhe to fetch wheat bran and corn to mix in.

"Mother, Master Tan, who performed the castration, said that we can't feed her now, we can only feed her tomorrow morning." Gu Jingzhe kept Master Tan's medical advice in mind.

I had forgotten.

Tong Huaqiong nodded and said, "Then I'll feed him tomorrow morning."

"Man'er, the piglet has just recovered from its illness and can only be fed tomorrow morning. You can't give it anything to eat today." Tong Huaqiong saw Man'er take a handful of grass and carefully instructed her.

Fortunately, Man'er listened to Tong Huaqiong and took the grass far away from her.

"Grow up quickly, little pig, grow up soon." Man'er stroked the little pig she had lost and found again, and smiled happily.

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself that given Man'er's feelings for this pig, she was afraid that when it was ready to be slaughtered, Man'er would be crying behind the butcher.

By the light of the lantern, Tong Huaqiong saw that the wounds between the pig's legs had been treated very cleanly and neatly. Apart from being slightly red, there were no other problems.

"Did the pig castration go smoothly today?" Tong Huaqiong asked her two sons.

“At first, Master Tan was unwilling, but it was my third brother who persuaded him,” Gu Dashu said.

Tong Huaqiong nodded; Gu Jingzhe did have some skill.

"How much did it cost?" Tong Huaqiong asked sternly.

The family is still quite poor, and it's not easy for her to take out two taels of silver to give to the pig for eggs. If her sons dare to withhold her money, she can directly become the vicious stepmother of both sons.

(End of this chapter)