Chapter 148 Provoking the Wrong Person
They were natural and enthusiastic, and there was not a trace of arrogance in their words.
Shen Cuifen's younger sister took her hand and asked her what color clothes she liked.
At that moment, she felt like Cinderella who had stumbled into a fairy tale world.
Everything around us seems so real, yet it feels unreal.
At that moment, it felt like someone had twisted her heart hard.
On what grounds?
Why is it that some girls are cherished and protected while others are discarded like trash?
Whenever the night is quiet, she thinks of that dinner at Shen Cuifen's house and those warm smiles.
So when Yang Juanhua muttered about wanting to find someone to marry without spending any money and become Lu Weidong's wife, the first name that popped into Lu Shuixian's mind was Shen Cuifen.
At that moment, she almost couldn't wait to say the name.
She wanted to see Shen Cuifen dragged into this bottomless abyss as well, to experience what it was like to be despised and manipulated.
As long as Shen Cuifen entered the Lu family's door.
She was the one who suffered, she was the one who was unlucky, and she was the one who was used as a tool.
Lu Shuixian, on the other hand, could watch from afar, sneering.
Serves you right!
Aren't you doing well?
You try living like this now!
As Shen Cuifen watched the figure receding into the distance outside the door, she felt a mix of emotions.
She knew that this parting might be the last time she could turn back.
Shen Cuifen glared back defiantly!
Facing Lu Shuixian's resentful gaze, she was not afraid at all; instead, she raised her head.
She has suffered enough over the years and will never again allow anyone to trample on her dignity.
Do you hate me?
Lu Shuixian has had terrible luck these past few years, and she deserves it!
Shen Cuifen knew very well that Lu Shuixian's misfortune was not accidental.
It was her selfishness and narrow-mindedness that gradually pushed her to the brink of despair.
Heaven has eyes, and retribution never fails to come; it's just a matter of whether it comes sooner or later.
Now that she's reaping what she sowed, what right does she have to complain?
Such a twisted person deserves retribution!
Good and evil will eventually be rewarded; it's not that they won't be, it's just that the time hasn't come yet.
Shen Cuifen never believed in unprovoked disasters, nor in pure luck.
Everything Lu Shuixian is suffering today is the result of the causes she planted in the past.
She once tried to ruin other people's lives, and now she's fallen into the abyss herself. Who can speak up for her?
Lu Shuixian gritted her teeth and quickened her pace to catch up with Yang Juanhua and Lu Zhongping.
Her cheeks were sore from bulging, and her teeth felt like they were about to break.
She didn't want to fall behind, and she certainly didn't want to look pitiful.
Even if her heart was in turmoil, she had to put on a calm and composed appearance.
After seeing off these three jinxes, Shen Cuifen felt relieved enough to return to cooking.
The smell of cooking oil mixed with the aroma of food in the kitchen made her relax a little.
She let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and retied her apron.
Finally, it's quiet. I don't have to face those cold faces and fake smiles anymore.
At this moment, she finally regained her rhythm.
Just as I heated the pan and was about to pour in the oil, I heard familiar footsteps outside.
The sound of "da da da" came from afar and grew closer.
A smile involuntarily crept onto her lips, but her hands didn't stop moving.
"Mom! Mom! I just ran into my grandma and aunt on the street! They were carrying a lot of things, were they going out?"
Lu Zhongshun shouted as he lifted the curtain and rushed in.
He opened his eyes wide, his tone full of curiosity.
"Wow! Mom! We're having pork ribs today? It smells amazing!"
He twitched his nose a few times, took a deep breath, and exaggeratedly clutched his chest.
"Oh my, the aroma is so strong it can waft all the way to the village entrance!"
As she was about to reach for the ribs by the pot, Shen Cuifen slapped her hand away with lightning speed.
While stirring the vegetables in the wok, Shen Cuifen glanced at her son.
This child is innocent and naive, and he doesn't understand anything. It is precisely this simplicity that makes her even more determined to protect him as he grows up.
Upon seeing this, he was furious.
This kid was holding a huge bunch of peach blossoms!
The pink and white petals are layered upon each other, looking beautiful and charming in the sunlight.
But Chen Cuifen's heart sank instantly.
This is not a wildflower, nor was it picked randomly from the roadside.
It was a peach tree branch from Aunt Li's orchard at the east end of the village!
Those peach trees were what people relied on to sell for money to pay for their children's schooling!
"Oh my goodness! Who told you to pick other people's peach blossoms? So many blossoms, they must have yielded dozens of pounds of peaches! Do you know that's their entire year's harvest!"
She dropped the spatula, strode over to her son, and spoke in a hurried and angry voice.
If everyone were like him, carelessly squandering the fruits of others' labor...
How can the villagers get along then?
She was so heartbroken that she stomped her feet.
If my hands are free, I'll definitely have to hit him a couple of times with the spatula.
She raised her hand as if to hit him, but then softened her stance and ended up just gently poking his forehead.
"You're such a worry!"
Then look at him, covered in dust and dirt, his face smeared with black and white patches.
There were still a few bits of grass stuck to his forehead, and a mud stain on the tip of his nose. He looked utterly disheveled.
That appearance didn't evoke pity; instead, it made people even angrier.
This kid's got a bad temper; he must have been living too comfortably lately to dare to act like this!
If we don't discipline them now, what will become of them in the future?
"Guizhen! You cook this, I need to discipline this little brat!"
Shen Cuifen was so angry that her voice rose eight octaves, and she slammed her finger against the edge of the pot, her eyebrows and eyes bulging.
Lu Guizhen wanted to say a few words of advice, but she only opened her mouth.
Before he could speak, his gaze swept over the pile of peach blossoms on the ground.
Her heart clenched, and she swallowed back the words she was about to say, "Don't be too fierce."
Without saying a word, he reached out and took the spatula, stood up and took over the cooking.
Lu Guizhi was stuffing firewood into the stove, holding a dry branch in one hand and poking at the embers with the other.
Seeing his mother grab a tree branch to discipline his younger brother, he couldn't help but grin, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth.
Hey, this kid finally messed with his mom.
She usually hides behind her grandma and acts all well-behaved, but this time she's really messed up. She's going to get a beating!
"Mom! Listen to me!"
Lu Zhongshun held up the remaining small bunch of peach blossoms in his hand, jumping up and down anxiously, his face turning red, waving his hands to explain as he backed away.
"I didn't throw it on purpose, the wind blew it there..."
"I won't listen!"
Shen Cuifen's eyes widened, her gaze sharp.
She quickly scanned the area around the stove, her gaze landing on the dried peach tree branch in the corner, which she then casually pulled out.
The branch still had tiny thorns, and she gripped it tightly as she approached Lu Zhongshun.
Startled, Lu Zhongshun turned and ran, almost tripping over the threshold.
Just then, Song Qiaoying came in after washing the vegetables, carrying a wet bamboo basket.
He darted behind his grandmother and clung tightly to the corner of her faded coarse cloth dress.
She curled up into a ball, her head almost burying itself under her grandmother's arm.
"Grandma, help me! My mom's going to hit me! She's really going to hit me!"
Lu Zhongshun's voice was trembling with tears as he looked back and tried to push his grandmother away.
When Song Qiaoying looked down at the handful of broken peach blossoms, her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately understood what had happened.
"You brat! You deserve it!"
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