Li Zhenzhen never dreamed that her good son would curse her for the sake of outsiders.
She said incredulously, "Dog Egg, were you born to me or to Zhen Wanwan? Instead of helping your mother, you're cursing her for the sake of outsiders!"
Gou Dan was frightened by his mother's expression and silently hid behind Zhen Wanwan, glancing at her from time to time.
Ignoring Li Zhenzhen's hurt expression, Erniu added insult to injury, "Mother, you can't scold Aunt and the baby in your belly."
"Aaaaaah! Shut up! I raised you with such hardship, and this is how you repay me?" Li Zhenzhen looked at the twins with disappointment in her eyes.
Seeing how much the twins defended her, Zhen Wanwan was quite touched. All her efforts in educating them over the past few days had been worthwhile. However, she couldn't let them be labeled as unfilial.
"Dog Egg and Er Niu, do you still remember how I taught you to treat your parents and elders?"
Gou Dan and Er Niu exchanged a glance and nodded in tacit agreement.
"My aunt said that we should respect and love our parents and elders, and care for our younger siblings."
"My aunt also said that we should listen to our elders, but if they say something wrong, we should patiently dissuade them and not be blindly obedient children..."
Zhen Wanwan was very pleased that they remembered, and then praised them, "You guys are great! I'll give you a reward later."
The sight of a loving mother and filial children stung Li Zhenzhen's eyes. She never imagined that all the years of devoted care she had given to her twins, raising them to adulthood, would be less valuable than just three or four days with Zhen Wanwan.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and her heart ached. Her hatred for Zhen Wanwan reached its peak.
Li Zhenzhen, her eyes red from crying, said to Zhen Wanwan with resentment, "You are such a vicious woman! You actually dared to try to drive a wedge between us, mother and children. I have indeed lost this time, but don't be so smug, there's still a long road ahead..."
What do you mean by sowing discord among you?
Zhen Wanwan was not satisfied with this statement, and she never intended to ruin the mother-son relationship between Li Zhenzhen and Gou Dan Er Niu.
If Li Zhenzhen stayed obediently and didn't scheme against her, she would teach the twins to take good care of her in her old age.
Thinking of this, Zhen Wanwan felt that her good intentions had been taken for granted, and she immediately retorted to Li Zhenzhen, "As their aunt, how could I possibly harm them!"
"Look at them now, how are they any worse than when you were in charge? You say I'm trying to sow discord among you, but which eye of yours and which ear of yours did you see or hear that?"
At this point, Zhen Wanwan retorted without hesitation, "If you think that way, it means you have something to hide. You wouldn't be plotting against me behind my back, would you?"
Zhen Wanwan spoke in a question, but Li Zhenzhen heard it as an affirmative statement. She looked at Zhen Wanwan with a panic, then turned to look at the crowd.
She wondered if that person didn't want to cooperate, which was why they betrayed her!
Zhen Wanwan carefully observed the change in her eyes and followed her gaze, only to find that it was Zhao Si, the least noticeable person in the group.
That must be the person who talked to Li Zhenzhen that day.
But I haven't offended him at all. Could it be that he's taking pity on my beauty?
She touched her face, which was covered in pimples, and immediately dismissed the guess.
Sigh, it's bad enough that we have to endure wind and rain while fleeing for our lives, but we also have to guard against the schemes of bad people.
I'm so tired!
"Li Zhenzhen, I advise you to stop thinking about this. If I run into trouble on the road, you'll be the first person people suspect!" Zhen Wanwan threatened her.
Li Zhenzhen glared at her through gritted teeth, thinking that her previous plan with Zhao Si was probably going to fall through.
She needed to discuss a plan with him again when she rested at night, otherwise she was afraid that Zhen Wanwan would drive her crazy on the way.
The argument between the two came to an end. Zhen Wanwan took out two pieces of malt candy from her bundle and quietly put them into the twins' mouths. The twins tasted the sweetness and covered their mouths, chewing them in small bites.
Little Tiger and Da Ni and Er Ni watched the twins drooling with longing, while Zhen Wanwan continued feeding them as if it were a machine gun.
After the children quieted down, satisfied, she lay on the ground thinking about how to deal with Li Zhenzhen and the others' schemes.
"Sigh, this is so hard for me..."
As soon as Qu Huaiyuan arrived, he heard Zhen Wanwan sigh. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "Madam Zhen, have you encountered any difficulties? If you think I can help you, please tell me."
Zhen Wanwan wasn't annoyed that her train of thought had been interrupted: "Brother Qu is here, but is Auntie running out of medicine?"
Counting the days, the eye drops were almost used up, so Zhen Wanwan took two bottles from the medicine box and handed them to Qu Huaiyuan.
"Yes, thank you very much, Madam Zhen..."
Qu Huaiyuan didn't stand on ceremony and readily accepted the offer. He continued the conversation by asking, "I noticed that Madam Zhen seemed troubled earlier. I wonder if I could help Madam Zhen relieve her worries?"
"Hey, it's nothing. I'm just a little worried about whether Chief Escort Lin and the others can find shelter from the rain. The sky is so gloomy and it looks really scary."
Zhen Wanwan was not exaggerating at all. Not long after Lin Biaotou and his men left, the sky turned dark and it looked like a heavy rainstorm was about to begin.
She had already covered the donkey cart with the oilcloth she bought in Qingshi Town to prevent her clothes from getting wet when it rained.
Other villagers followed Zhen Wanwan's example and wrapped their luggage in oiled paper.
As darkness fell and the wind picked up, Zhen Wanwan and the children helped Grandpa Zhen hold down the oilcloth to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.
"Dad, what should we do? Our eldest and second brothers haven't come back yet. Where will we hide if it rains heavily?"
Zhen Wanwan squinted her eyes to prevent the sand and dust from blowing into them again.
Grandpa Zhen pressed down on one corner tightly, he was also very anxious: "Cough cough cough... We need to find a place to block the wind, otherwise this wind is too deadly."
Zhou Xiaoshan also protected his own cart. He took a moment to say, "Uncle Zhen is right. We need to find a sheltered place to wait for them to come back."
"Ah! My things!"
Suddenly, someone shouted, and everything went black before Zhen Wanwan's eyes.
"Wanwan! How are you?"
"aunt……"
"Oh dear, it died young..."
Grandma Li hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the things off her face, then asked with concern, "Oh! Wanwan, are you alright?"
Grandpa Zhen couldn't spare a hand to help, so he could only watch helplessly as Zhen Wanwan went about her business.
After her vision returned, Zhen Wanwan finally saw the worried looks in her family's eyes. She smiled and replied, "I'm fine."
Then my nose started bleeding.
What's wrong with you?
She saw that everyone in the Zhen family was looking at her nose in horror. At first, she didn't understand what was going on, but after she saw the spatula in her mother's hand, tears started streaming down her face.
She raised her hand to wipe it away, and her hand was covered in blood!
Damn it...
What did she do to deserve this? Why is she so unlucky?
Waaaaah...
"I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry..."
The culprit has arrived!
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