Chapter 60: Fighting in the Morning

"Aying, have all the beasts left?" Su Laoer and Su Laosan came out cautiously with hoes in their hands.

"Let's go, Second Uncle, Third Uncle!" Su Ying poured out the bath water and packed up her things.

"What's going on? Why is that girl with the wild beast?" the two were curious.

"Maybe it's an abandoned baby raised by wild beasts!" Su Ying smiled.

"An abandoned baby raised by wild beasts?" Su Lao San thought it was too fantastical. "Don't wild beasts eat humans?"

Several strong men have died in hunting in the village, so why would they not eat an abandoned baby but keep it?

"Of course wild beasts eat people. As for why they didn't eat Atang, it might be fate!" Su Ying didn't want to explain too much. "Okay, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, go to bed!"

Su Lao Er and Su Lao San wanted to continue chatting, but seeing that Su Ying was very tired, they had to swallow their words and said, "Rest early!"

"Second Uncle, Third Uncle, just read this and forget about it after a good night's sleep! Otherwise it will cause trouble!" Su Ying warned.

"Oh, I know!" Su Lao Er and Su Lao San nodded.

When the other people in the room heard this, they understood what Su Ying said.

The beasts are gone, and I can finally sleep peacefully.

Su Ying came to Old Lady Su's room and saw the old lady lying on the ground motionless.

"?" Su Ying looked at Su Lu, "Grandma is asleep?"

"She fainted!" Su Lu whispered, "Aying! Are you really not afraid?"

Just now, Su Lu was guarding the old lady alone, and she was shaking with fear. When the tiger jumped in, the old lady Su fainted with a cry.

Su Lu's legs were so weak that she couldn't get up. She couldn't even escape and could only leave it to fate.

But the beast didn't come to eat people at all, but to eat rice balls!

Su Lu was stunned and couldn't believe her eyes. It was the first time she saw humans and wild animals living in harmony.

"That night when we first met, I was so scared! Now I'm not afraid anymore!" Su Ying patted her cousin, "Go to sleep!"

Su Ying hadn't slept since last night and had been busy until now. Her eyelids became heavy and she fell asleep immediately.

"Hiss!" Su Ying was awakened by the pain just after falling asleep and opened her eyes with difficulty.

"Lazy bone! Still sleeping? It's already dawn!" Old Mrs. Su took back the crutch that was poking the person and said angrily.

Su Lu covered her shoulders with her hands, as if she had been beaten.

Old Mrs. Su hit Su Ying. She lay on Su Ying to protect her and was hit twice with the stick.

Seeing that she couldn't hit Su Ying, Old Lady Su started poking people with her cane.

Su Ying was already skinny and bony, and the crutch poked her bones hard, causing her excruciating pain.

"How are you?" Su Ying came to her senses and pulled her cousin over to check. There were two red marks on her back.

"Lazy bones! Go to work!" Seeing that her two granddaughters were not moving and were dawdling, Old Mrs. Su hit them with her crutch again.

"Bang!" Su Ying grabbed the cane and threw it out, glaring at Old Lady Su. "If you hit me again, I'll burn you like firewood!"

"You! You dead girl! You unfilial thing!" Old Mrs. Su scolded.

This damn girl is getting too independent and is taking herself less and less seriously!

Last night, when a wild beast broke in, that damn girl didn't even move and didn't come to protect her, causing herself to faint.

When he opened his eyes and saw Su Ying sleeping like a dead pig, he immediately became angry. He couldn't get rid of the anger in his heart unless he beat her a few times.

But what's wrong with this girl Su Lu? She usually keeps silent, but now she goes to protect Su Ying!

Su Ying even threw away her crutches! This is so rebellious! Has the world gone crazy?

"Ah!" Old Mrs. Su was so angry that she went crazy.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Su Bucheng asked outside the door.

As soon as I got up, I heard my mother cursing, and then saw the crutch being thrown out.

"Don't call me mother! I can't stand it!" Old Madam Su retorted, "You raised such a good girl! Who can control her? This is outrageous!"

Old Mrs. Su huffed and puffed, cursing with all her might and energy.

Su Ying and Su Lu followed closely behind, ignoring the old lady completely and picking up the wooden basin to fetch water to wash their faces.

Su Bucheng smiled helplessly, thinking that only his daughter had the ability to poke the old lady's lungs.

"Why don't you sleep more?" Su Bucheng saw dark circles under his daughter's eyes and she was yawning.

"I want to sleep! Didn't you see what the old lady was doing? If it weren't for Ah Lu protecting me, I would have been hit by two more sticks! Ah Lu's back is all swollen! Her beating was no better than that of the yamen runners!"

Su Ying complained to her father.

"Da Lang, you can spoil her as much as you want. She has become such a lazy person. Who will want a lazy girl like her in the future?" Old Mrs. Su was furious when she saw the father and daughter talking and laughing.

"Mom, Ying was tired all day yesterday. She deserves to sleep a little longer!" Su Bucheng said good-temperedly.

"Tired? Who isn't tired? Who's idle? Is she the only one who's precious? Dalang, you, our family is not like before when we were in Chang'an City!" Old Mrs. Su taught her son a lesson earnestly.

"It saves money, it saves money!" Su Bucheng responded casually.

After everyone had washed up and had not yet had breakfast, they all went to weave bamboo beds.

It is called a bamboo bed, but in fact it is just a bamboo split in half, strung together with hemp rope to form a bamboo board, and padded with stones underneath, and the simple bed is ready.

It's just as hard, but much better than sleeping on the ground. At least my head won't feel as heavy as if it were filled with cement.

"Sister-in-law!" Wei came to the stove where Du was cooking porridge.

It was Xiao Qin's turn to cook today, but for some reason she hadn't gotten up yet.

Su Shiyan went in and called out, but Xiao Qinshi ignored him.

There are so many people waiting for breakfast, we can't keep waiting.

After Su Laoer said the words of divorce yesterday, he suddenly felt relaxed all over, as if the heavy stone he was carrying had been lifted off his back.

Just mind your own business and let Xiao Qin do whatever she wants. She really doesn't have the energy to fight early in the morning. She will be exhausted both physically and mentally.

"Hmm!" Mrs. Du smiled, broke the Hu pancake into pieces and cooked it into the porridge.

"It smells so good!" Wei took half a Hu pancake and broke it off.

The porridge mixed with Hu pancakes was thick and had an enticing aroma. Everyone's stomachs started to growl again, even though they had eaten so much last night.

Old Mrs. Su, who was cursing, also stopped and waited attentively for breakfast.

Su He woke up when he smelled the fragrance. It took him a while to think about what happened last night.

He sat up suddenly and saw Xiao Qin sleeping next to him. She had no broken limbs. There were people talking and laughing outside the room. His heart sank into his stomach.

Rubbing his eyes, Su He found that there was no change in the yard from yesterday. He rubbed his eyes again, but still no change.

"Where are those ferocious beasts?" Su He asked everyone, but no one answered her.

"Su Ying! You cooked so much dry rice last night, don't even think about sharing it with everyone else!" Su He thought of the soy sauce rice crust in his dream.

Su Ying ignored her and was preparing the offal and the remaining pork head meat. She would boil them in braising liquid later, otherwise they would become smelly.

Su Lu and Xiao Tao were both helping, and the three sisters worked together in perfect harmony.

"Hey, I'm talking to you! Su Ying!" Su He pushed Su Ying.

"What? You want to fight in the morning?" Su Ying put down the pig intestines in her hand, stood up and walked towards Su He.

"You, don't come over here!" Su He covered his nose and quickly backed away.

He disliked the smell of shit on Su Ying's body, as his hand had just touched her intestines, which was very disgusting.