Chapter 67 Door-to-Door Visit

"Hmph! So what if I cut ties with him? He's still my own son! Shouldn't he be filial to us during the New Year?"

With her hands on her hips and head held high, Qian Daniu shouted loudly, looking both unreasonable and arrogant.

Upon hearing this, his heavy expression instantly darkened, but he quickly regained his composure.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, stared coldly at Qian Danu for a while, and then decisively gave the order.

"Alright, since that's the case, then you just stay here and wait patiently! Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, you two hurry up and catch a chicken to kill."

"Okay!" the eldest son's wife and the second son's wife replied in unison, and then quickly walked towards the chicken coop.

Not long after, they returned, each carrying a plump hen.

Once inside the yard, one of them quickly grabbed the chicken's wings and neck, while the other skillfully picked up a cleaver.

With a swift movement, the knife fell with a sharp "crack," and the poor chicken didn't even have time to struggle before its neck was snapped, killing it instantly.

Seeing this, the others also sprang into action. Some quickly started a fire to boil water, while others took over the dead chicken and began to remove the feathers and clean the internal organs.

In an instant, the entire courtyard was filled with a busy and lively scene. Before long, a bowl of bright red chicken blood was placed in a bowl to the side…

"You two are despicable! Aren't you afraid of choking to death? You actually killed my two chickens! They're my lifeblood! I can't live like this! Waaah..."

Qian Danu's face was streaked with tears, and she kept slapping her thighs with both hands, crying so hard that she was completely distraught and on the verge of death.

It felt as if her heart had been stabbed twice with a knife, the pain almost suffocating her.

Just then, a man with a gloomy and heavy expression slowly walked out of the room.

His sharp, eagle-like eyes stared coldly at Qian Danu, and he uttered a chilling remark.

"Hmph, if you really don't want to live anymore, then go ahead and die. No one will stop you. Die somewhere far away so you don't dirty our place."

Qian Daniu trembled at the sight of Shen Zhong's fierce gaze and cold words. She instinctively shut her mouth, not daring to utter a single breath, for fear that saying another word would anger Shen Zhong.

Seeing this, Qian Ahua quickly reached out and gently tugged at her sister-in-law's sleeve, signaling her to get back to work.

Then, Qian Ahua turned around nonchalantly and continued to boil a pot of water, which she would use later to pluck the feathers off the two chickens.

Qian Danu secretly glanced at Zhong Chen's dark and gloomy face. Although she felt extremely wronged, she could only swallow her anger for the time being.

She looked around and realized that she didn't seem to have anything to do there, so she gritted her teeth, stomped her foot, turned around and quickly walked out of the courtyard, heading towards Shen Zishan's house at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, Mr. and Mrs. Shen Zishan had just finished their meal, and Ma Aning was quickly clearing away the dishes on the table.

Suddenly, a rapid and violent knocking sound rang out, startling Shen Zishan, who couldn't help but frown.

"Who is this? It's so rude of them to knock on the door like this during the New Year! It's really outrageous!"

Muttering to himself, Shen Zishan got up and walked towards the door. At the same time, he turned back to tell the two children playing on the bed, "Be good, babies, stay in bed and play, okay? Daddy's going to see who's here."

As he spoke, Shen Zishan took a few steps to the door, raised his hand to pull the bolt, and then pushed the door open forcefully.

When Shen Zishan finally saw that the person standing outside the door was actually Qian Daniu, his previously calm face couldn't help but pause slightly in surprise.

Qian Daniu stood there menacingly, glaring angrily at Shen Zishan inside the door.

Before Shen Zishan could even speak, she interrupted him, saying, "You heartless bastard! On such an important day as the Lunar New Year, you didn't even come to see your father and me! We, the old folks, were eagerly waiting at home, and what did we get? Nothing!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Zishan's face instantly darkened, and he coldly looked at Qian Daniu, saying, "What exactly do you want to do here?"

However, Qian Daniu did not seem to be intimidated by Shen Zishan's cold attitude. Instead, she became even more furious and cursed, "You heartless bastard! I raised you with great difficulty, and now that you've grown up, you don't care about the lives of us old folks anymore?"

"If you don't give me an explanation today, I'm not done with you!" With that, she lunged at Shen Zishan, baring her teeth and claws, seemingly ready to attack him.

However, Shen Zishan reacted quickly, grabbing Qian Daniu's outstretched hand and forcefully shoving her aside.

Then he frowned and said impatiently, "Old lady, it's the New Year, why aren't you staying at home? Why are you coming here to cause trouble? Are you trying to bring me bad luck?"

Qian Daniu clearly hadn't expected Shen Zishan to be so impolite. Her eyes widened, and she pointed a finger at Shen Zishan, her voice trembling with anger as she questioned, "What...what did you just call me?"

Faced with Qian Daniu's questioning, Shen Zishan replied expressionlessly, "Grandma, do you expect me to still call you 'Mother' like I did when I was a child? We've long since severed ties."

Then, Shen Zishan resumed his indifferent expression and asked again, "So, what is it you want? If it's nothing important, please leave. I have my own things to do and don't have time to waste with you here."

Seeing that Shen Zishan was unmoved by reason, Qian Daniu was annoyed, but she suppressed her anger and quickly said, "Hmph! On New Year's Eve this year, everyone else's family is having a lively and joyous reunion, but we old folks can only keep an empty house."

"As the son, even if you've severed ties, shouldn't you at least show some concern? You should at least send some holiday gifts!"

After hearing Qian Daniu's words, Shen Zishan couldn't help but sneer and replied sarcastically, "Grandma, you really know how to joke! Don't you have two other sons? They are much more filial than me."

"No matter what, it's not my place as your son, who you kicked out long ago, to deliver New Year's gifts to you, is it?" After saying that, he ignored Qian Daniu and slammed the door shut without hesitation.

Qian Daniu stood there, frozen in place, for a long while before her muddled mind gradually came back to its senses.

Her eyes widened, her face contorted with rage, and she unleashed a torrent of vicious curses like a machine gun.