Transmigrated as My Aunt in the 70s

Shou Chengzu listened to the villagers’ gossip, his face turning red and then pale, feeling resentful towards his own mother. Shou Yaosong and Old Lady Shou were also shocked; they had truly not expected Shou Jizu to attempt suicide. Their hearts ached for a moment, after all, he was their own flesh and blood.

But as soon as Shou Jizu was rescued by Tian Xinhua, both of them flew into a rage. Old Lady Shou cursed loudly, "I bore you and raised you with such hardship, and you just use death to frighten me? If you’ve got guts, go ahead and let me see you do it!"

"Enough, you two have gone too far. He’s your own son, don’t be so biased. I saw last night’s meat with my own eyes; a bowl so full that the meat was poking out. How is that not enough for you both? Don’t be too greedy!"

Shou Yaowu was trembling with anger. His biological parents pushing their own son to death over a bowl of meat; if this farce were to spread, Huangkeng Village would be labeled as a backward village again, which infuriated him.

"Yaowu, it’s really not the meat; it’s truly sweet potatoes, I am not lying to you," Shou Yaosong insisted anxiously.

Now Shou Yaowu and the other villagers started to doubt as well. If Old Lady Shou had said so, they would not believe it, but now Shou Yaosong was repeating it over and over, and they started to believe him somewhat, their suspicious gazes shifting between Shou Jizu and Tian Manlan.

Shou Jizu had come back to his senses. Seeing the villagers’ looks, he held Tian Manlan, who was still crying in his arms, even tighter, fearing that his wife’s thin face would reveal the truth. His eyes turning red again, he cried out, "Daddy, it really is meat, how could I possibly deceive you with sweet potatoes? You can’t wrong me and Man Lan’s good intentions!"

Now everyone was confused, everyone insisting they were right. Shou Jizu’s behavior didn’t seem like an act; what was really going on here?