Chapter 2: No Negotiation for the Best

The newborn baby seemed to sense the surging malice outside the door, its little mouth pursed, and it burst into an even sharper and piercing cry.

"Howl! Little bastard!"

Wang Chunhua outside the door cursed even more fiercely, and her knocks turned into kicks: "If you don't open the door, I'll take it off! Zhou Weidong! Kick it!"

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the already shaky door panel was kicked open, and the cold wind wrapped in snow particles rushed in.

Wang Chunhua, Zhou Weidong and Mrs. Zhou rushed in with anger.

Shen Lingning shuddered, and although her face was still pale and she leaned against the head of the kang, her eyes were no longer full of complete despair and weakness.

The spiritual spring stabilized her blood and qi, and the mental strength brought by the smoky crystal made her mind unusually clear. She could even clearly feel the tension transmitted from her daughter in her arms.

The three men's eyes swept through the small, bloody earthen house like hooks.

Seeing this, Aunt Wang gritted her teeth, wrapped Shen Ling in a quilt, and slipped out the door to look for someone.

"Oh, is it really born?"

Wang Chunhua glanced at the frail Shen Lingning and the swaddling baby on the kang, and a sardonic arc appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Capitalists' bellies are unlucky! Killing a man and giving birth to a money-losing thing? Humph, I don't know if it will survive a full month?!"

Mrs. Zhou's cloudy eyes didn't look at anyone, but stared directly at the paint-chipped mahogany cabinet in the corner.

——The most conspicuous thing in this earthen house is the only dowry that Shen Lingning brought from Shanghai. It looks valuable, and Mrs. Zhou licked her lips.

She poked Wang Chunhua's waist with her skinny fingers, indicating that she wanted something.

"Chen Lingning! Stop playing dead! My brother sacrificed his life for the public good! Hand over all his pension, food coupons, and belongings! It's not your turn as an outsider to monopolize the Zhou family's possessions!"

Wang Chunhua's saliva almost sprayed on Shen Lingning's face.

Shen Lingning forced himself to lift his heavy eyelids, his voice hoarse: "Sister-in-law, Wei Guogang is gone, the pension... has not arrived yet, Wei Guo's things... are what keeps me and my child alive!"

"Staying alive? By sucking my brother's blood? You're dreaming!"

"You killed my son, so you have to pay me back with something!"

Mrs. Zhou was finishing off the attack from the side.

Wang Chunhua suddenly stretched out her hand, and her rough fingers poked the swaddling clothes: "Hurry up! Otherwise, don't blame me for dropping this little loser to death!"

"Wow------!!!"

The baby in my arms cried again!

At the same time, a voice rang in Shen Lingning's mind, clearer and more urgent than before:

"Bad guys! Paper from under the counter! Tea seeds! Robbing! Mom, don't be afraid! I... will protect you! They... can't touch you! Hold on... The secretary... is almost here!"

Almost at the moment when Mengbao's thoughts fell!

Shen Lingning felt a weak but firm warm current flowing out from the baby in her arms, quickly covering her right hand that was tightly holding the IOU and the tea seed bag, as well as a small area around her!

An invisible and tough barrier was formed instantly!

Wang Chunhua was irritated by the crying and raised her hand to fan the swaddling clothes!

"Howling bastard!"

However, her palm hit an invisible, elastic, thick rubber wall when it was still half a foot away from the swaddling clothes!

"Ouch!"

Wang Chunhua screamed in shock. Her wrist was numb and painful from the huge reaction force. She staggered back a step, her face full of horror and disbelief!

Seeing this, Zhou Weidong thought his wife had slipped and fell, and rushed over to grab Shen Lingning, cursing: "Bitch! How dare you do such evil?!"

His strong hand just reached in front of Shen Lingning, also half a foot away from her body, as if pressing on a red-hot iron!

"Hiss! Hot, hot! This is weird!"

Zhou Weidong suddenly retracted his hand and looked at his fingers in horror, which turned red and burned with pain in an instant, as if they were burned by fire!

Shen Lingning felt very relieved!

My daughter's ability really works!

Although the range is limited, it is enough to protect her and the most important things!

She instantly understood her daughter's tactical intention - to delay time!

"ah--!"

Shen Lingning immediately burst into a shrill cry, his voice filled with fear and despair.

Deliberately raise the volume to a level that can be heard clearly outside the house:

"Help! Murder! The Zhou family is trying to kill us, an orphan and a widow! It's not enough to just steal the pension, they're also trying to steal the IOU for the last rations that Weiguo left for his children!

Even newborn babies are beaten to death!"

While she was crying, she deliberately wiped her hand across the wound on her forehead that was scratched by Wang Chunhua's nails, making the blood flow down her cheek more obviously, staining half of her pale face red, making her look particularly miserable and pitiful.

"Lin Sanquan owes me five dou of life-saving grain! That was earned by Wei Guo with his life!

You guys want to rob too! Where is justice? Is there still law? "

"Oh my God, Zhou Weiguo's body is still warm, and his family is coming to eat him up!"

The villagers who had already gathered outside the house because of Aunt Wang's calls for help heard Wang Chunhua's screams and Zhou Weidong's cries of pain inside.

Hearing Shen Lingning's tearful accusation, the atmosphere suddenly exploded!

"Oh my god! How can the Zhou family be so cruel!"

"Listen! They even beat the children of martyrs! They even snatched IOUs! They have no conscience!"

"Quick! Go call the Party Secretary! Someone's going to die!"

Wang Chunhua and Zhou Weidong in the house were shocked and angry. They wanted to get close to Shen Lingning to snatch the IOU and the cloth bag.

But as soon as you get close to the invisible barrier, you will either get your wrist bounced back in pain, or feel like you are touching something scorching hot!

There is no way to break through!

"Witchcraft... witchcraft! This unlucky star knows witchcraft!"

Wang Chunhua screamed fiercely but weakly. Looking at Shen Lingning's miserable appearance with blood all over his face and the invisible obstacles around him, she felt a chill in her heart.

When Mrs. Zhou saw that the two older ones were blocked, she rolled her eyes and wanted to use the same trick again to steal the rattan box on the kang.

Shen Lingning was quick-witted and quick-handed. He grabbed a broken pottery bowl on the kang and smashed it hard at Mrs. Zhou's feet!

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound, fragments flew everywhere!

"Old hag! If you dare touch my mother's things again, I'll let you do that!"

Shen Lingning shouted sternly, with bloodstains on his face and his eyes as sharp as a knife, which actually frightened Mrs. Zhou so much that she shuddered and retracted her hand.

"Mom... hold on... right away..."

The thoughts of the cute baby in my arms came, the voice became smaller and smaller, and the lips gradually turned white.

Seeing that the barrier was becoming thinner and thinner, it could no longer hold.

At the critical moment——

"Stop it! Stop it! This is lawless!"

A roar sounded at the door like thunder!

Ma Zhenshan, the old branch secretary of Majiaji Brigade, was wearing an old military cotton-padded jacket that had been washed out and a tattered felt hat.

He stood at the door with an angry face, leaning on a shiny jujube wood cane.

Behind him were several villagers who had rushed over after hearing the news. They were all stunned by the scene in the house. A room covered in blood, and there was a newborn baby?

this?

Wang Chunhua's foot suddenly stopped in mid-air, and Zhou Weidong's attempt to pull it apart also froze there.

Mrs. Zhou took the opportunity to break free, hugged the blue cloth purse and shrank into the corner, avoiding his gaze.

"Ma... Secretary Ma?"

A trace of panic flashed across Wang Chunhua's face. She brushed away the messy hair on her forehead and then straightened her neck.

"You've arrived just in time! Please give us some justice! This capitalist bastard has killed my brother and is trying to steal his pension and the things he left behind!

It is only natural for us, the Zhou family, to come and take back our own things!"

Shen Lingning collapsed on the cold muddy ground, gasping for breath.

She didn't care about all this and struggled to lift the hand that was not stepped on, and spread out the palm covered with mud and blood - the IOU soaked in sweat and wrinkled.

"Ma...Uncle Ma..."

Her voice was so hoarse that it was almost inaudible.

"The pension... they stole it... This is... the IOU that Weiguo left for me... It's Lin Sanquan's debt... They... want to steal it too..."

Ma Zhenshan's eyes swept across the messy earthen house, the bloodstain on Shen Lingning's forehead, his messy hair, and his messy bloody clothes.

It then swept over Mrs. Zhou, who was huddled in the corner holding a blue cloth purse, and finally fell on Wang Chunhua's domineering and mean face.

The knuckles of his hand holding the crutch turned white from the force, and veins bulged on the back of his hand.

"Good! What a great old Zhou family!"