Chapter 16 I Really Eat It
Ye Daquan didn't believe her. He changed his mind and his face darkened:
"Okay, you little bitch, is it because you hate your aunt that you falsely accuse her of eating poisonous roots so that you can coax us into feeding her shit?"
As soon as these words came out, Old Man Ye also reacted: "Jinhua, stop messing around."
Ye Jinhua felt so wronged that she glared at Ye Caiping fiercely: "It's hard to persuade the damned ghost with good words. If you insist on quibbling, then wait for death!"
Having said that, he turned and ran away.
"You stupid girl, stop right there!" Ye Daquan pointed at her back and shouted, wishing he could throw the shit in his hand at her.
But if I spilled it, not only would the whole house stink, but it would also be troublesome to clean up, so I just had to hold it in.
"Brother, she also cares about us." Ye Caiping said.
"No, this damn girl did it on purpose."
"Okay, stop arguing." Old Man Ye frowned and looked at Ye Caiping again: "You really didn't eat?"
Ye Caiping said, "Don't worry! If we really want to die, we might as well find a crooked tree and hang ourselves. Why suffer that?"
Old Man Ye frowned. Although what happened today was strange, what Caiping said made sense.
How painful it is to die from eating poisonous roots. You will foam at the mouth, have unbearable abdominal pain, heartburn and lung burn. I heard that you will have difficulty breathing. It is such a torture.
"I'm glad you're okay." Old Man Ye sighed, then turned back to Ye Daquan and said, "Don't blame Jinhua for this. She must have seen it wrong."
"Jinhua came back to find you, Dad, because she cared about us so much," said Ye Caiping.
"Okay, for my little sister's sake, let her go." Ye Daquan snorted and took the bucket of manure to the toilet.
After pouring the manure back into the toilet, Ye Daquan washed his hands and knocked on Ye Jinhua's door again: "You naughty girl, if you do something naughty again next time, I will break your legs!"
Ye Jinhua in the room was almost angry to death. She hid under the quilt and kept spitting and cursing, "Go ahead and curse!" When these three, mother and daughter, are all dead, let’s see if you can still laugh.
In the evening, Old Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Du came back from town.
As soon as Mrs. Du entered the house, she heard that Ye Jinhua had made trouble today, her face turned dark, and she pulled Ye Jinhua, closed the door, and whispered a lesson to her.
"Did your head get hit by the door? Why are you wrongly accusing her for no reason? You know that if she says one thing, you can say a hundred things back. It's strange that you can accomplish anything, you stupid girl."
As he said this, he poked Ye Jinhua's head hard with his finger.
"Mom!" Ye Jinhua opened her hand, "I didn't wrongly accuse her! I saw them eat the poisonous root with my own eyes."
Mrs. Du was stunned. No one knows a daughter better than her mother. She could tell at a glance whether her daughter was lying or not.
She couldn't help but ponder: "Did you really eat it?"
“Definitely ate it!”
"Then it's already two hours from noon, why hasn't the poison taken effect yet?"
Ye Jinhua was confused by the question: "This... At that time, I saw them eating something white and sticky..."
"There's a poisonous root on the ground... Wait! I see, they didn't eat the poisonous root, they ate something else. They deliberately put a poisonous root on the ground to make me misunderstand!"
Ye Jinhua gnashed her teeth and stamped her feet fiercely as she spoke: "Okay! They are deliberately trying to hurt me!"
After hearing this, Mrs. Du also felt that this was the case and her face darkened.
It must be because I went against Ye Caiping a few days ago, and Ye Caiping dug a hole for her daughter to step into, so as to teach them a lesson.
Mrs. Du was furious when she thought about it. What hated her was that they had no way to deal with Ye Caiping.
"That vicious woman! She'd better pray that she can get married within four months. Otherwise, if she falls into my hands, I will make her marry an ugly man."
After hearing this, Ye Jinhua's anger subsided. There was no light in her eyes and she pursed her lips.
If that time really comes, will grandpa and dad agree?
Besides, even if my younger sister-in-law really gets married, so what?
Despite her father's doting on her, the family continued to support her husband's family as before, and they were left with nothing but a hollow shell.
When will this terrible life dominated by a horrible sister-in-law end?
"Jinhua?" Seeing her daughter suddenly look dejected, Mrs. Du couldn't help but call out to her.
Ye Jinhua glanced at her and said calmly: "Instead of thinking about these things, it is better to think about what we should eat after the bag of brown rice at home is finished."
Mrs. Du's face changed slightly. She had noticed recently that the porridge at home had become a lot thinner, and she felt hungry right after eating it.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Du quickly walked out the door.
Soon, they arrived at Old Lady Ye’s room.
Old Mrs. Ye was leaning on the bed resting.
They didn't take a oxcart to the town, and it took them an hour and a half to walk there and back. As her legs were not in good condition, she was very tired.
Seeing Mrs. Du coming in, Old Lady Ye opened her eyes and asked, "Did you mention Jinhua?"
In the eyes of Old Lady Ye and others, today's incident was Jinhua wrongly accusing Ye Caiping so that Ye Caiping could be fed manure water.
Mrs. Du's face darkened. What does it have to do with her daughter? It was obviously Ye Caiping who framed her daughter!
But she has no evidence!
Mrs. Du suppressed her anger and frowned, "Mother, how much food is left at home?"
Old Lady Ye sighed slightly: "It won't last for a few days."
As she was talking, Wei came in with two coarse porcelain bowls in her hands: "Mom, I'm going to cook. Hey, my sister-in-law is here too!"
Mrs. Du nodded at her.
Old Mrs. Ye got out of bed, went to the chest of drawers and unlocked it.
For farmers, rice is the most important thing and is kept locked in the head of the family's room, while vegetables are kept in caves.
Old Mrs. Ye took out the rice bucket, opened the lid, and saw that only half a bucket of yellowish brown rice was left, which looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen pounds.
Old Mrs. Ye scooped out a cup of rice from a rice cup and poured it into Wei's chicken bowl.
It looks like it's only about one pound, which is the amount for one meal for fourteen people in a family.
If a person wants to eat his fill, he needs to eat at least two taels of rice in one meal.
Now the rations for five people have to be divided into fourteen portions...
Old Mrs. Ye opened another cloth bag and scooped a cup of rice bran into another bowl: "Okay, go cook!"
Wei sighed and turned to walk out.
Mrs. Du saw that the rice at home was getting less and less, and she was worried: "The remaining food at home will not last for a few days. Also, what should we do during the New Year... Oh!"
Old Lady Ye said, "Let's take it one step at a time. If it doesn't work, I'll go back to my parents' house and borrow some money."
Mrs. Du pursed her lips and said nothing more, then turned and left the house.
At dinner, everyone looked at the porridge which was even thinner than at lunch. They all knew what was going on and looked worried, but no one said much.
It was not until noon the next day, after lunch, that Old Man Ye sighed and said, "There is not much rice left at home. Second brother's family, don't use brown rice when cooking in the evening."
Wei sighed woodenly.
Everyone's faces turned pale, meaning that they would only eat radishes for dinner.
But there's nothing we can do, everyone knows the situation at home.
Just as everyone was about to leave, Ye Caiping suddenly said, "Wait, Dad, I have something to say."
Old Man Ye looked back at her, and Ye Caiping said, "Yesterday Jinhua said that I ate poisonous roots..."
Ye Jinhua's face changed and she suddenly jumped up: "It's my fault, okay!"
This was my fault because I was stupid and was tricked. She has been taught a lesson! What else do you want?
Do I have to bring it up again and again so that I can give her a beating?
"No, you are right. I really ate the poisonous root yesterday at noon." Ye Caiping said.
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