Old Wang heard from the villagers that his eldest son had become successful and now owned a big house, so he wanted to go and see for himself. He and Li, of course, were not going to let go of this opportunity to take advantage of him.

If what the villagers said is true, then they will have to take their children to their older brother's house to ask for some things back.

Before we even reached Liu Dashi's house, we ran into his eldest son's grandsons on the way back, carrying large and small bags, each of them wearing new shoes.

When Old Wang saw this, she realized that what the villagers had said must be true, otherwise how could the children have the money to buy these things?

Seeing Liu Sisi and the others about to walk over, he immediately shouted, "You ill-mannered brats, don't you see Grandma and Second Aunt and Third Aunt? You don't even know to greet them when you see them."

The village women, seeing the commotion, all turned to look in this direction.

Liu Sisi was about to speak when Liu Sifu stopped her.

He shielded his younger siblings and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Grandma? Now you know you're my grandma? A few days ago, when my brother was kicked away by my second uncle and his life was in danger, you didn't even glance at him, and instead you scolded us. Do you treat us like your grandchildren?"

"If Sisi hadn't found the ginseng and saved Lele, Lele would be dead by now."

"Have you ever seen a grandmother treat her grandson like that?"

Everyone in the village knew that Old Wang was biased, but when they heard that the old woman didn't care even if her grandson was about to die, they all started whispering among themselves.

"That old Wang has always treated Liu the eldest poorly, her favoritism is outrageous. But he's still her own grandson, how can she not care about him even when he's dead! Her heart is truly black!"

The village head's two daughters-in-law, Song Cuihua and Niu Xiuhe, spoke from the side.

“You unfilial brats! I am your grandmother! How dare you speak to your elder like that? If you were to behave like this, I would not hesitate to beat you all to death.”

When Old Wang heard someone criticizing her, she pointed at Liu Sisi and her siblings and started cursing again.

He choked on his saliva because he spoke too quickly and coughed several times.

He and Li quickly patted their mother-in-law's back.

He turned around and yelled at Liu Sisi and the others, "You bunch of little bastards, are you tired of living? You even dare to talk back to your grandma? I think you're all asking for a beating."

Liu Da Wa noticed the books, writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones in Liu Si Qiang and the others' hands, and pointed at them.

"Mother, I want the one they have. Give it to me. How dare those worthless things use such things? They don't even study."

Liu Dalang pointed to the shoes on Liu Sile's feet and said, "Mother, I want shoes. Give me new shoes."

Upon hearing this, He pretended to come over and snatch the things from Liu Siqiang and the others.

Li didn't move; she wanted to wait until her second sister-in-law had gotten her hands on it before taking a share.

Liu Sisi tugged at Liu Siqiang's hand. "Second brother, you take third, fourth, and fifth brothers and your younger brother and go first. Take the things back and then go call Dad over."

"Yes," Liu Siqiang nodded, pulling his younger brothers through the crowd towards home.

As Liu Sile walked, she covered her shoes with her hands, as if afraid they would be stolen; she looked quite comical.

He didn't manage to grab anything! Seeing that everyone had run away, she wanted to go after them.

"Listen to this! Calling her own grandson a bastard—is that something a human being should say? And her second daughter-in-law even joined in! Even Liu Da-wa and the youngest Liu Da-lang dare to insult their cousin and steal things from him!"

"It seems these kids have been bullied quite a bit by them. They've already separated from the family, yet they still come to snatch other people's things. They're really shameless."

"They've started openly robbing people. Do you see any family where an aunt would just reach out and snatch things from a child? Only Old Wang could raise a daughter-in-law like that."

Aunt Li and Aunt Liu chatted back and forth.

He had only taken two steps when Liu Sisi grabbed her leg.

"Second Aunt, please stop hitting us! Back when we lived in the old house, you and Third Aunt would take our things and beat us, and that was bad enough. But now that we've separated the family, please let us go!" Tears streamed down her face as she spoke.

While crying, Liu Sisi secretly gave Liu Sifu a wink.

Liu Sifu immediately understood and pulled Liu Sisi up to protect her behind him.

"Yes! Second Aunt, if you want to hit someone, hit me! Don't hit my sister anymore. I used to work in the fields with my parents. You didn't do much work either. You just stayed at home with Third Aunt and Grandma, beating and scolding my younger brother and sister, saying they ate too much. Now we've separated from the family and we don't eat at your house anymore, so please leave us alone!"

The villagers' gossip grew even louder. As the saying goes, "It takes only a mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of legwork to refute them." If you're not righteous, don't blame me for being ruthless. Liu Sisi didn't care whether they had hit her before or not; now that there were so many people, the more pitiful the story, the better.

"What are you two little bastards saying?" When did I ever hit you?

He immediately spoke up to defend himself. When Old Wang heard her two grandsons talking such nonsense, she took a few steps forward, picked up a stick, and wanted to hit Liu Sisi and her brother.

Liu Sisi and her brother didn't dodge; if they took the hit, it would confirm what they had just said.