Ye Zhaodi tried hard to explain that the shirt was thrown to her by a customer who went to the tailor shop to make new clothes, but the customer didn't want the clothes anymore because they were dirty.

"Aunt, look here - there are traces of ink here, it's dirty! The customer ordered a few new clothes and threw away the old ones. I secretly picked them up."

Ding Yuqin glared at Ye Zhaodi fiercely. She saw that the little girl didn't seem to be lying. Besides, she knew how hard it was to be an apprentice. Many masters didn't pay them wages and just ordered them around.

I don’t think this girl has the money to buy new clothes!

As a result, Ding Yuqin believed what Ye Zhaodi said and snatched the shirt from Ye Zhaodi.

"You silly girl! Why are you wearing a shirt as an apprentice? This shirt belongs to me! Remember, if you have such good stuff in the future, remember to bring it home and let me take a look first."

Ding Yuqin poked Ye Zhaodi's forehead hard with her fingers, leaving red fingernail marks.

Then he walked away happily, holding the shirt that still looked new.

Ye Zhaodi looked at Ding Yuqin's back, gritting her teeth, feeling unwilling.

That shirt was given to her by Chu Yue! It's hers!

But she couldn't tell the truth. Chu Yue had been very good to her. If Ding Yuqin knew that she was not an apprentice in a tailor shop but a salesperson in a grocery store, Ding Yuqin would definitely extort her wages, eat and drink for free in the grocery store, and maybe even force her to steal things, just like what Ye Zhigang did in the cannery.

She must not cause trouble for Chu Yue!

No matter how angry Ye Zhaodi was, she still had to clench her palms and hold it in.

But she didn't expect that Ding Yuqin somehow found out the real price of the shirt today.

Faced with Ding Yuqin's repeated questioning, Ye Zhaodi remained silent. She lowered her head, and the dim light fell on the side, making it impossible to see the expression on her face. She looked more like a thin little girl standing in the corner.

But Ding Yuqin had no mercy at all. She stared at Ye Zhaodi as if she wanted to cut off two taels of flesh from her body.

Ye Zhigang drank his wine and ate his meat without even raising his head, let alone asking for help from Ye Zhaodi.

Ye Fugui had a greasy mouthful of food, stared at Ye Zhaodi with a playful smile, and said cheerfully, "You are going to be beaten, you are going to be beaten, beggars!"

Seeing that Ye Zhaodi remained silent, Ding Yuqin slammed her hand on the table and pressed her again, "Ye Zhaodi, I'm giving you one last chance. Will you tell the truth? What on earth do you do all day? Where did the shirt come from? It's five dollars a piece. Did you buy it yourself? Where did you get the money?"

Ye Fugui wiped his mouth and suddenly said, "Mom, she must have stolen our money! She is a beggar, and she is also a thief! Mom! She must have stolen our money!"

Ding Yuqin actually believed what a child said and shouted at Ye Zhaodi, "Did you steal money from home? You little bastard, you don't learn your lesson!"

"I didn't steal the money!"

Ye Zhaodi suddenly raised her head, revealing a pair of eyes filled with anger. Hatred, resentment, grievance... were all hidden in her eyes. They had been suppressed for eight years and were almost about to burst out.

When Ding Yuqin saw her like this, she became even angrier.

Bang!

She slammed the table and stood up. "I was fooled by you last time, and I really believed your lies! You little girl, take off your clothes, I want to search you! Let's see if you stole any money! If you dare to hide a penny, you will suffer!"

When she found the shirt last time, Ding Yuqin became suspicious and wanted to search Ye Zhaodi, but unfortunately she was fooled.

This time, she was determined to strip Ye Zhaodi naked and examine her carefully.

This is going to peel off a layer of Ye Zhaodi's skin.

Ye Zhigang spoke at this time, but he just frowned and said, "How can you manage the household if you can't even take care of a little girl like you?"

This is Ye Zhaodi’s uncle, the man who lives in her father’s house, eats her father’s bloody money, and takes over her father’s job.

Ding Yuqin walked towards Ye Zhaodi aggressively.

Ye Fugui didn't even eat the pork belly, and shouted, "Mom, search her! Search her! Strip her clothes off! She's a thief, a thief!"

Ye Zhaodi stepped back, subconsciously covering her stomach with her hands.

No! She can't be searched!

Under normal circumstances, she would have been searched, but Ye Zhaodi would not have found a penny or even half a steamed bun on her. Over the years, she had figured out Ding Yuqin's character, and she had carefully hidden the wages given by Chu Yue and would never let Ding Yuqin find out.

But not today... No!

Can't be taken away!

"I didn't steal anything from you! I didn't steal anything!"

"You little bitch, you said you didn't steal, so you didn't steal? I'll know if I stole anything after I searched you!"

Ding Yuqin had no intention of letting Ye Zhaodi go. She stretched out her hands with sharp nails, and went straight for Ye Zhaodi's flesh.

Ye Zhaodi has had a lot of things taken away from her, her home, everything she has... She doesn't want to be taken away again!

This belongs to her!

Bang!

When Ye Zhaodi was backing away, she bumped into a cabinet against the wall, on which were placed a Sanwu clock and a feather duster.

When she saw the feather duster, Ye Zhaodi reached out and picked up the feather duster without thinking.

She confronted Ding Yuqin, "I said I didn't steal! Why are you searching me?"

"Why? Just because you are a poor creature without parents, and because you and your disabled brother were raised by us! Ye Zhaodi, are you trying to rebel? How dare you attack me?" Ding Yuqin cursed fiercely.

When she saw the feather duster, she remembered Chu Yue’s cruelty in the grocery store and how embarrassed she was when she was kicked out of the store.

Perhaps the psychological trauma was still there, so Ding Yuqin did not approach again.

When she looked at Ye Zhaodi, she felt as if the person standing in front of her was the female owner of the grocery store.

how so?

Ding Yuqin frowned tightly.

In this gap, Ye Zhaodi thought quickly. She pushed Ding Yuqin away, suddenly rushed out of the house and walked to the yard outside.

She yelled at the top of her voice, "Someone is being beaten - help - someone is being beaten - help - uncle and aunt - uncle and aunt - help -"

"You stinky girl—"

By the time Ding Yuqin reacted and wanted to reach out to grab Ye Zhaodi, it was too late.

Ye Zhaodi shouted louder and louder, with tears in her voice.

The space in the family compound was narrow, with the houses close together. Before, when they quarreled in the house, people next door could hear it as long as they pricked up their ears. But now, after Ye Zhaodi shouted like that, the neighbors stopped pretending and came out to watch the fun.

Heads popped up from the next door house and the yard. They were all people from the cannery and the neighbors who had watched Ye Zhaodi grow up.