Shui Shui walked to their room, opened the door to look for her sister, and saw that no one was in the room. She quickly came out and told Guan's father and mother, "Xing Xing is not in the room!"
Xingxing usually did whatever work she could, followed Dong Xiaomai to the fields, and occasionally played in the backyard. Because the mischievous children in the Guan family were always on Xingxing's case, the child stayed indoors except when working. Shuishui searched the backyard again but couldn't find her. Then he ran over to tell Guan's mother that his sister was missing.
Upon hearing this, Guan's mother immediately became anxious. She walked to the main room, kicked open the main hall door, and went into the east room. Mrs. Guan was sitting comfortably on the kang, with a half-quilt covering her legs. Old man Guan was leaning against the head of the kang, puffing on his pipe with a calm look. Both of them had stern faces, and they matched each other like a shoe horn.
Guan's mother calmed herself down, fearing she might lose control of her temper and hit someone, which would be disastrous. She took a breath to calm herself down and asked, "Mom, are you awake?"
Old Madam Guan twisted her lips and said, "Are there any rules? You didn't even come to say hello when you came back, and you started whining as soon as you walked in. Who gave you the guts? You don't like your own child, and you ask me for someone else. How would I know?"
"Don't know? With so many celestial beings gone, it's impossible for him not to know!"
"That damn girl has to suffer with you, what else can you give her?"
"You sold my child?" Mother Guan asked calmly and with certainty. Anyone who knew her knew that this was a sign of her getting angry.
"What do you mean by your child? That's our Guan family's daughter. What does that have to do with you? You're just a bitch, you're not even worth a damn! You're just a foundling."
Mother Guan didn't say a word, but looked at Old Lady Guan calmly as if she were looking at a dead person.
After a brief pause, he asked, "Where did you sell Xingxing?"
"What? What are you going to do? What does it have to do with you, a bitch, that I sell my granddaughter? You still dare to question me. You have become more capable after going out to the mountain for a few days? You bitch, not only am I selling Wakefulness today, I will also sell Sleepiness tomorrow. I will sell as many children as the second brother has. Who do you think you are? You still dare to ask, the girl is sold, get out of here, if you have the ability, go find it yourself!" After saying that, he spat a mouthful of old phlegm at Guan's mother.
Without even a second's pause, Mother Guan turned around and walked out of the main room, rushed into the kitchen, picked up the kitchen knife on the chopping board and returned to the main room. After entering the east room, she raised the kitchen knife and started chopping at Old Lady Guan.
At the beginning of winter, most elderly people wear thick clothes, especially the elderly couple of the Guan family who are very afraid of death. In late autumn, they put on thin cotton coats and trousers early. Although the old man Guan is almost seventy years old, he has never had any serious illness.
Old Lady Guan would call the village doctor at the slightest cough or sneeze, even though she'd been eating an egg daily and meat every three days. Although eggs and meat had been cut off during the famine of the past two years, she still lived a more comfortable life than most. Roupupu's face was rosy and radiant, a sign of well-nourished health.
When Mrs. Guan saw her second daughter-in-law coming at her with a kitchen knife, she frightened him and quickly raised her right arm to block the attack. Because she was wearing thick clothes and the kitchen knife was blunt, the sleeve of her cotton-padded jacket tore a small hole in her right arm. The cut was only about 5 centimeters of skin, and a few drops of blood dripped out. Mr. Guan hurriedly called his sons to help, hoping to tie up the crazy second daughter-in-law first.
The eldest, third, fourth and fifth child all rushed in with ropes, trying to subdue and tie up their mother.
Knowing Guan's mother's fighting ability, he just wanted to scare an old lady in her sixties, so Guan's father had remained silent and did not move. Now that he saw the brothers trying to subdue Guan's mother, he could no longer ignore them. In an instant, he rushed over and started fighting with several people.
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