Seeing that Jiang's mother had actually gone to pay, he jogged to the bar and said, "Xiao Wang, according to our shareholder standards, give me a 40% discount."

After paying the money and agreeing to deliver 20 jin of cleaned crayfish and 20 jin of snails to their restaurant the next day, everything was settled. Even if Qian Lu was still full of complaints, they left.

Chen Xiuhua took the money and insisted on buying Er Ya a piece of cloth to make new clothes, and Wang Meili nodded repeatedly.

Because of Er Ya, her family has this business. She is so lucky to have married into such a family. Moreover, Jiang's mother is willing to help her own family. Er Ya has no selfish motives at all and really wants them to live a good life.

Er Ya twisted her body, unwilling to accept it: "Grandma, Aunt, I have clothes, you don't need to buy me any."

Wang Meili pressed down on Er Ya: "Be good, I'll buy you a set, as a way for your aunt to thank you."

After much hesitation, he couldn't win against the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and finally gave Er Ya a floral dress.

Their tug-of-war surprised the fabric vendor: "Your family is so kind. This is the first time I've ever seen an aunt rushing to buy clothes for someone. Little girl, you're so lucky."

Wang Meili smiled when she heard this. She said that she had actually treated Er Ya very badly before, but now she didn't know why, she just liked the girl more and more.

Er Ya smiled sweetly: "Yes, everyone in my family treats me very well because I'm smart, pretty, and cute."

Looking at her daughter's shameless behavior, Jiang's mother nodded and said, "You silly girl, I'm completely impressed."

After choosing the fabric and paying, the Jiang family prepared to go home. They didn't have much left, and Qian Lu would be asking for a lot more money tomorrow, so they had to hurry home to get it.

Er Ya's family was also going home. Jiang's mother was fine, but she still couldn't overexert herself. On the way back, she went to the butcher shop and bought two sets of pig offal.

Originally, there wasn't one available; one family had reserved it for him, but it hadn't arrived by now, so it was sold to Er Ya.

Er Ya learned from him that because of Er Ya's words, the sales of pig offal in the entire market had skyrocketed, and the ones he kept were just delivered from a neighboring town.

Not long after Er Ya left, Sun Xiaocao rushed over and tossed the money to the butcher: "Where's the offal I was supposed to get? I'm here to get it."

The butcher said that the meat had just been bought and was no longer available, which made Sun Xiaocao so angry that she cursed, "Who is this damned bastard who is blocking my path to wealth? If I find out who it is, I will curse her and her eighteen generations of ancestors."

No matter how much she scolded, the pig offal wouldn't come back. Sun Xiaocao was worried: if the pig offal was gone, what would happen to tomorrow's business?

As soon as Er Ya's family arrived in the village, they ran into Old Lady Shen. Before Lin Jianguo could even greet her, Old Lady Shen spat out a mouthful of saliva, glared at them, and turned and left.

It seems I really offended her last time, but this is actually a good thing, as it saves us a lot of trouble.

Er Ya returned home, drank a few sips of water, and then wanted to run outside again. Jiang's mother quickly asked her, "Where are you going again? Aren't you tired?"

Er Ya called out, "I'm going out to do something, I'll be back in a bit. Mom, don't forget to tell Aunt Tao Hua to wash the pig offal."

She went straight to Lin Xiao's house after leaving the gate. Just as she arrived at their door, Lin Xiao came out supporting his arm. Er Ya noticed the streaks of blood on his arm and heard a series of shrill curses coming from the yard.

"Brother Lin Xiao, what happened to your arm?"

Lin Xiao looked up and saw it was Er Ya. He quickly covered his arm with his hand and said, "It's nothing, I just bumped into you. Er Ya, when did you come back from your grandma's house?"

He finally managed to find time to visit Er Ya the day before yesterday, only to learn that she had gone to visit relatives and hadn't had a chance to see her in the past two days.

Er Ya pulled his hand away and looked at it carefully: "What do you mean you're fine? You're bleeding. Come on, let's go up the mountain, I'll find you some herbs to stop the bleeding."

Er Ya pulled Lin Xiao down the mountain, found some white spear roots, picked a piece of the rootstock, crushed it with a stone, and had Lin Xiao apply it to his wound.

Imperata cylindrica root is a very common plant. When you are injured and bleeding, you can pick the flowers and place them on the wound to press it down, and the bleeding will stop quickly. In springtime, when there are no flowers, you can dig up the roots, mash them, and apply them to the wound for the same effect.

Er Ya originally wanted to apply the ointment herself, but after thinking about it, she decided against it. There's a difference between men and women, and besides, he only injured his arm, not his back.

Lin Xiao grimaced as he applied the medicine. It was quite amazing; the pain stopped immediately, and he felt an even greater admiration for Er Ya.

Seeing that he had finished applying the medicine, Er Ya asked, "Brother Lin Xiao, can you tell me how this injury happened? Don't lie to me and say that you bumped into it yourself. These are obviously marks left by a stick. I'm not a three-year-old child, I'm not that easy to fool."

Upon hearing Er Ya's question, Lin Xiao's face immediately darkened: "This injury was inflicted by my father."

Er Ya asked curiously, "Why did your dad hit you?"

“My grandfather said that I was old enough to go to school, so he tentatively asked my parents for their opinion during dinner. My mother’s face immediately darkened, and she said that if I went to school, who would do the housework?”

"And then? He hit you?"

Lin Xiao lowered his head and said, "I also wanted to go to school, so I said I could work after school. My mother said I was talking back to her, and she picked up my younger brother and was about to leave. My father, in order to get revenge on my mother, then..."

Er Ya said angrily, "If you have a stepmother, you'll definitely have a stepfather."

Lin Xiao said helplessly, "Er Ya, what should I do? After my father beat me, I don't know what my mother said to him, but he wants to separate from me. He's determined this time. No matter how much my grandfather and I begged him, it was no use. Er Ya, I have no home anymore."

How can this be? What's the difference between separating from a seven or eight-year-old child and kicking him out of the house? How is he supposed to live in the future? They really don't want him as their son anymore.

Er Ya looked at Lin Xiao's pained expression and patted his shoulder comfortingly: "Brother Lin Xiao, do you still want to go back to that home?"

“I don’t know either. Actually, when Dad said he wanted to separate from me, I was a little happy. I thought I was finally free from that annoying younger brother and my stepmother who liked to complain to Dad. But then I thought about my grandfather. What would happen to him after I was gone?”

“Brother Lin Xiao, think it over carefully. If you still want to go back to that home, we’ll go to the village chief and ask him to get justice for you. If you don’t want to go back, this place is so close to the mountains, you won’t go hungry.”

To be continued!