Wang Yanmei had one foot on the stool, eating a steamed bun and a piece of pickled vegetable with relish, the smacking sounds of which were somewhat irritating.
Upon hearing this, she opened her mouth and spat, spraying bits of pickled vegetables all over Pei Tiantian's face: "Eat eggs? Do you think everyone can afford eggs? Those chickens only lay two eggs a day, there's no way you'll get any."
She believes that her granddaughter must have eaten worse in those families before, but she still lived a good life.
Girls don't need to eat this well.
Anyway, I'll get married eventually.
Hearing this, Pei Tiantian felt a little sad. At Aunt Song's house, she had meat, eggs, and white rice to eat every day.
In fact, Pei Tiantian's life before was not as good as it was with Wang Yanmei. There were often times when she didn't have enough to eat. But after eating better food at Song Yanzhi's place, how could she stand being asked to come back and eat such coarse food?
But looking at her grandmother's sharp face, she dared not speak.
But her face showed a regret that she couldn't detect.
Before dawn, she carried a basin of clothes to the well to wash them. It was still early and a bit cold, and no one was there yet, so she didn't have to worry about not having a place to wash her clothes.
The family compound now uses water that they fetch from here.
If you don't have a lot of clothes, you can just carry water back to wash them.
So before, when I was at Aunt Song's house, I always washed my own clothes at home.
But Wang Yanmei's family had too many clothes, including her grandfather's dirty clothes, her grandmother's clothes, and her uncle's clothes.
Everyone's clothes were big and dirty, so they had to take them to the well to wash. There was a water pipe there, plugged with corn stalks; you could pull it open to get water. If you came late, the spot would be taken, and you'd have to carry water yourself. She was too young to carry water, which was why Wang Yanmei had her come so early in the morning.
Pei Tiantian pulled out the corn stalks, and the icy water splashed onto her hands, making her shiver.
Although the weather is not cold now, the temperature of the well water is very low.
She trembled as she poured laundry detergent over her hand, but the cheap detergent stung her already healing scars.
Before, at Aunt Song's house, we always used fragrant laundry detergent that was gentle on our hands.
Washing clothes doesn't hurt at all.
But the house at Grandma's was not well-maintained, and her hands, which were almost healed, suddenly started to itch again.
When the sun rose and everyone came over with basins of clothes, Pei Tiantian's hands were red and swollen from being soaked in water.
The mountain of clothes piled up to the side stunned everyone.
"Why is this child washing clothes here so early in the morning?"
"Oh dear, these little hands are all soaked like this. How can Xiao Song take care of children like this? It's too much!"
"Yes, has she gone mad? No matter what, that person is still her husband's benefactor. She's abusing his child; isn't she afraid of retribution?"
Some people, enjoying the spectacle, felt that Song Yanzhi had gone too far.
They had seen the two siblings washing clothes for their son at the door earlier.
It's absolutely wicked of her to have someone do her family's laundry so early in the morning.
They were unaware that Pei Tiantian was already staying at Wang Yanmei's place, so naturally they blamed Song Yanzhi.
I just think she's gone mad, otherwise why would she treat a child like that?
Anyone with children would find this unbearable.
A group of people pulled Pei Tiantian along. The grievances she had felt all morning and the burning pain in her hands made her burst into tears, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Even when people around her asked if Song Yanzhi had asked her to do it, she didn't deny it.
She thought vengefully, "If Aunt Song hadn't rejected me, I wouldn't have to do so much work."
Everyone said they felt sorry for them, but after offering a few words of comfort, they all went back to their own business.
Pei Tiantian went home, while Wang Yanmei had already gone to work.
Seeing that no one was home, she went to Song Yan's house.
She wanted to see if anyone helped her sweep the yard in the morning, to see if her brother did all the chores.
If someone causes her trouble and says she treats her badly, she can say that those people have misunderstood and it has nothing to do with her.
Anyway, it wasn't her fault.
Aunt Song brought this upon herself.
They ran over excitedly, only to find that Song Yan's house was locked.
She was a little confused, then turned around and saw Li Tiezhu's grandmother, and hurriedly asked, "Grandma Li, where are Aunt Song and the others?"
Aunt Li glanced at her. She didn't really like the two siblings, especially the child. Xiao Song and his sister weren't bad off. They were fed and cared for, and all they did every day was help with chores, yet people still gossiped about them.
After that, the child kept running to Wang Yanmei's place, and she saw him there several times.
Others might not know, but she knew Wang Yanmei's character well. She was incredibly harsh on her daughter-in-law, Song Yanzhi. Yet, her adopted daughter was always running off to Song Yanzhi's side, which showed that she didn't respect her adoptive mother at all.
So he lifted his eyelids slightly and said casually, "Your Aunt Song and Uncle went to visit your parents' home early this morning. What, you didn't know?"
Pei Tiantian was stunned. "They...they went to my parents' house? Then...what about my brother?"
Aunt Li said impatiently, "Of course they went together."
Pei Tiantian was stunned.
My brother is already able to go back to Xiaobao's maternal grandparents' house with Aunt Song, but he didn't invite her.
Does Aunt Song really not want her anymore?
Thinking of this possibility, Pei Tiantian suddenly felt like crying.
She thought that if she came over now and saw her brother cleaning by himself, she would laugh at him and say he deserved it.
It's his fault for not speaking up for me.
Unexpectedly, he was able to go to his grandparents' house with Aunt Song.
A surge of regret welled up from the bottom of my heart.
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