Zhang Fenglan was infuriated by Tian Wangdi's shamelessness and, trembling, she stood up.
"What nonsense are you spouting? We didn't split the household? When I was pulling through with three young kids without anything to eat or drink, where were you to share a piece of meat with me?"
"We didn't split the household? Then how come we lived in a leaky thatched cottage while you were in a spacious tiled house? A person must have a conscience."
Tian Wangdi, as indifferent as a pig about to be scalded, slapped his thigh and started rolling on the ground, wailing as he did.
"Mantun, if I had known you would leave us, your wife wouldn't care for your mother, I might as well have gone with you then?"
"We didn't split the household, and that's final. Your wife is full of malice, trying to drive a wedge between our united hearts. If you were still here, the family would never have fallen apart..."
