"You...what are you doing? I didn't touch you, don't blackmail me!" Mrs. Yang was a little panicked in an instant.
But now there are more and more people, and the key is that they were all called here by her.
Everyone saw Xia Zhiliao lying on the ground twitching, and the way they looked at her became strange.
The Xia family dotes on this little girl, after all, she was not beaten by her own father.
"Oh my god, what a sin! How can such a grown-up bully a child?"
"Who said it wasn't true? Even if you don't like it, you can't do anything to a child. What are you thinking?"
The onlookers have made their own judgments after seeing this situation.
Xia Zhiliao listened and said, "That's why we don't comment before seeing the truth. But Mrs. Yang deserved it."
If I hadn't realized her motives, I would have been led by her.
"I... I didn't, it's me... I'm injured, they pinched my foot, and it still hurts!" Mrs. Yang explained to everyone.
At this time, Old Lady Xia and others also came out. Seeing Xia Zhiliao lying on the ground, Old Lady Xia's heart almost stopped beating.
Xia Jinxiu rushed over and said, "Mrs. Yang, do you have any shame? You sneaked into my house just to attack Zhiliao? There really isn't a single good person in your family!"
Xia Chenshi has always been a coward, but when her daughter was bullied, she stepped forward and said, "How could you have the heart to do that? If anything happens to my cicada, I will fight you to the death."
"It's fake, no, I didn't do anything!" Mrs. Yang felt waves of pain in her feet, and she was still facing everyone's accusations.
Xia Jinjun cleared his throat. After all, he had never done such a thing before. But he had to admit that the little girl's method was quite useful in dealing with difficult people.
"I didn't, don't talk nonsense, don't point at me, this kid is just pretending."
"How old is the child? How can he pretend to be so real? You old woman bullied him and threw dirty water on him."
"That's right, Zhiliao is such a well-behaved child. He greets everyone he sees. I've never seen such a nice child."
"I...I can't explain it clearly!"
Mrs. Yang felt that she was really unlucky. She was clearly the one who was injured, so why was she being scolded so badly?
"They...my feet!"
"Humph, if you dare to touch my child, or even my feet, I will chop you off."
"That's right. You've already attacked someone's child. It's a relief for you if I don't chop off your feet."
Mrs. Yang didn't expect that the people she called would blame her, "I... forget it, I can't explain it clearly, get out of the way, get out of the way."
When Mrs. Yang was about to leave, Xia Jinxiu refused to accept it and said, "Old hag, what are you going to do?"
Xia Zhiliao quickly grabbed her aunt's arm, "Aunt...Aunt."
"Oh, he recovered. This child is really lucky and blessed."
Xia Jinxiu was not stupid. She glanced at her little niece, who was scratching the palm of her hand at that moment.
Xia Jinxiu immediately understood what was going on.
She curled her lips imperceptibly and glared at her in reproach, "You are really scary, little girl."
Mrs. Yang also took the opportunity to slip away.
Everyone pointed at her back and scolded her for a long time, but when Xia Zhili calmed down, everyone expressed concern for her for a few more times and then left.
Xia Zhiliao returned to the house and explained the situation. Xia Chen also patted her forehead and said, "You scared me to death."
"That's right, this girl has too many tricks up her sleeve." said Old Lady Xia.
"Hey, grandma, I don't have many tricks up my sleeve, but that guy is definitely looking for a chance to blackmail our family."
Xia Jinjun nodded, "Fortunately Zhiliao's brain was quick, otherwise he would have been controlled by Mrs. Yang."
Old Lady Xia sat on the kang and smiled coldly, "She has been blind and fierce all her life, and she won't suffer any loss. When your father died early, she often laughed at us orphans and widows, but within two years, she became a widow too."
"You deserve it!" Xia Jinxiu said.
"But they are also widows. Her sons, tut tut tut... can't be mentioned. Although you don't have much luck, but at least mother didn't teach you to do bad things."
Old Mrs. Xia felt that she was still better than Mrs. Yang.
"She can't compare to grandma." Xia Zhiliao leaned on the old lady's shoulder like a lackey and flattered her.
Everyone nodded in unison.
"Yes, mother treated all of us daughters-in-law well, but that old woman Yang asked the pregnant daughter-in-law to fetch water and chop firewood. She tortured her to death. She is so cruel."
Xia Chen saw it with her own eyes, so compared to them, her mother-in-law was really pretty good. Even though she would scold her before, she never let her do any heavy work while she was pregnant.
Even during the years when Zhiliao was unable to speak, she never mentioned giving the child away.
Old Lady Xia pursed her lips, "Can I be the same as her?"
"That's right, grandma is a good and sensible grandma." Xia Zhiliao continued to flatter her, and everyone smiled and nodded after hearing it.
"What her sons do, and what my sons do, I'm sure they will be more successful than them in the future." Old Mrs. Xia is very content now. After all, the family has much more money, and her sons all have serious jobs.
The next day, Xia Jinjun and Xia Jinyu found ten men in the village and paid them thirty cents a day to go and reclaim the wasteland.
Xia Zhiliao sighed, saying that this was the only way due to the low labor force, otherwise an excavator would come quickly.
The news that the Xia family bought the barren mountain also spread in the village. People said all kinds of things, most of them wondering why they spent dozens of taels of silver to buy that thing?
A barren mountain is not like a field.
But more people were sighing that the Xia family was really different now. Dozens of taels of silver were taken out quietly.
There are also those who are secretly happy, after all, the men can make some money.
No matter what others said, the Xia Jinjun brothers had the soil in some fertile areas plowed and planned to plant fruits and vegetables.
As for those with thin soil, they planned to grow medicinal herbs. Of course, all of this had been planned by Xia Zhiliao.
And the little girl had already thought of it when she went up the mountain that day.
The two brothers just did what they were told.
"Second brother of the Xia family, are you really not going to study anymore? Studying and becoming a high official is not better than suffering this."
When the men were taking a break, drinking water and chatting, someone couldn't help but ask about Xia Jinjun out of curiosity.
Xia Jinjun smiled and said, "There are many people who study, but not everyone can become an official. I don't think there's anything wrong with it now."
"That being said, it's such a pity." Ding Dali said.
"It's not a pity. Aren't we all doing things to make money? When I build this mountain, I will have a much more comfortable life than being an official." Xia Jinjun stood up and looked at the mountain in front of him. The melancholy in his heart was still there, but he felt more at ease.
"Speaking of which, my second sister-in-law is really talented. Her embroidery alone can earn you dozens of taels of silver to buy a mountain."
The man didn't think anything was wrong after he finished speaking, but the person next to him pushed him and winked at him.
Ding Dali smiled after realizing it belatedly, "Second brother of the Xia family, I don't mean anything else. I just...ah, I'm not good at talking."
"What's the big deal? Your second sister-in-law is not only virtuous but also capable." Xia Jinjun admitted frankly that he was a gigolo and there was nothing he couldn't say.
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