Liu Zhaodi said nonchalantly, "Just take it, Mom. You said you were busy at home, but you still came to see me!"
Mrs. Zhao retorted, "What's the big deal? How long have you been away from home? Why don't you let your mother come to see you?"
After hearing this, Liu Zhaodi was so moved that she was about to cry.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Mrs. Zhao spoke up, "Give Wumao that small bag of food. It's okay, I'll go home. Otherwise, your sister-in-law must be hungry. She was thinking of sending you food and didn't eat anything this morning!"
Liu Zhaodi's voice was hoarse. Thinking of her own mother's hard work, she said directly: "Mom, I don't want this. Take it home. Wumao has nothing. There is no shortage of food at home. Look at how thin you are. Take this back and eat it with my father and you two!" As she said this, she was about to give the cloth bag to Mrs. Zhao.
Mrs. Zhao was unwilling, and the two pushed each other back and forth for a few times. Then, due to Liu Zhaodi's insistence, Mrs. Zhao had to take the cloth bag and leave again!
Liu Zhaodi looked at her mother's aging back, feeling extremely distressed. Few people knew that Mrs. Zhao had come to the Dongfeng Brigade. Thus, a few days passed without incident.
Early in the morning of that day, Li Aimin was in a hurry to go to town. He had run out of money, so he wanted to take some money to buy things in town. He deliberately took out the box where he hid his money, but when he opened it, he found that there was only a little money left in the box!
Li Aimin immediately became anxious. He had not touched the money since he put it there. How could it be lost?
Then I thought about what Liu Zhaodi said when we were going to bed a few nights ago, saying that her sister-in-law from her natal family was about to give birth. Could it be that Liu Zhaodi took the money?
So Li Aimin went to find Liu Zhaodi.
He patiently asked, "Zhao Di, where did the money go?"
Liu Zhaodi glared and lied, "How should I know what happened? Maybe one of Sanni stole it!"
When Li Aimin heard this person lie, he was furious and called Li Taohua over. "Sanni, come here and tell Dad, did you take the money?"
Li Taohua said weakly, "No, Dad, how dare I take the money from home."
"Okay, you didn't take it. What about the 50 cents? Did you take it?"
Wumao looked at Li Aimin, who was staring at him, and said in fear, "No, no, Dad, where can I get the money? Besides, I don't know where the money is hidden!"
Listening to the two children's answers, Liu Zhaodi felt a little nervous.
Li Aimin looked at Liu Zhaodi and spoke slowly, "Tell me the truth, did you take this money?"
Liu Zhaodi shouted angrily, "I told you, I don't know. Why are you asking me?"
Zhang Xiuzhi, who was separated by a wall, heard Liu Zhaodi's angry shouting and knew that the two were arguing. She didn't want to intervene at first, but as she heard the situation getting more and more intense, she had to go and take a look. Before leaving, she asked Ermao to call Niu Cuihua.
Niu Cuihua originally planned to take Li Mingxi to the market, but Ermao came to tell them that the third family had a quarrel, so she had to give up and took Li Mingxi back to the old house. As soon as they entered the house, they heard Li Aimin and his wife arguing constantly.
Li Aimin was furious, his face red, Liu Zhaodi was also furious, Wumao stood by, bewildered, Sanni seemed to be gloating, and Zhang Xiuzhi kept trying to persuade him. Niu Cuihua knew that the third child was good-tempered and would not usually get angry unless Liu Zhaodi did something excessive.
"What's going on?"
When Li Aimin saw his mother coming, he felt even more ashamed to face people. He sighed, "Mom, don't worry about it. This is between us!"
Seeing the frustrated look on the Third Brother's face, Niu Cuihua guessed that the matter was probably very serious. She slowly said, "What's the matter? Third Brother's wife, tell me."
Liu Zhaodi lowered her head in disappointment, not daring to say anything.
Seeing that she couldn't get anything out of these two people, Niu Cuihua asked Wumao, who was standing nearby, "Wumao, do you know what happened to your parents?"
Wumao has been a little afraid of Niu Cuihua since he was a child, and he is still the same now. He can only be heard stuttering.
"I, I don't know either. Just now, my dad went to get money to go to town to buy something, and who knows, he started arguing with my mom.
Niu Cuihua looked down upon her grandson. He was already in his teens, but still so timid. She scared him so much that he stuttered just by asking him a question. What would she do in the future?
But now is not the time to worry about this, so I can only patiently ask, "What did your father say?"
Liu Zhaodi glared at Wumao and kept winking at him, telling him not to speak, but Wumao seemed not to understand what she meant and answered on his own.
"My dad said there was less money and asked if my mom had taken it, and then they started arguing."
Niu Cuihua understood now that it must be Liu Zhaodi who stole money and took it back to her parents' home again. She felt helpless about this. No one asked her to take care of her parents' home, but if she devoted herself to them wholeheartedly, who could stand it?
Liu Zhaodi secretly glanced at Niu Cuihua, only to see her staring at her, and hurriedly lowered her head.
Niu Cuihua shouted, "Liu Zhaodi, I've told you so many times that if you want to help your parents, you can, but don't always use my son's things to help them. Why don't you listen?"
Liu Zhaodi retorted, "Isn't it because my mother's family is having a hard time? Besides, my sister-in-law is about to give birth. She fainted several times. The doctor said she's malnourished and needs nutritional supplements. She's fine, but I was worried something might happen to the child, so I gave my mother some money!"
Niu Cuihua was just about to yell at her.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Li Aimin suddenly started howling, "Liu Zhaodi, didn't you just say that the two kids took it? If mother hadn't come, you wouldn't have admitted it?"
"What do you mean by helping your mother get some money? Is that a little money? Calculate how much you got yourself. If I hadn't gone to check today, I wouldn't have known that our family is short of so much money. You might as well just give the whole house to your mother's family!"
Liu Zhaodi muttered, "Isn't it just a little money? Is it really that serious?"
Li Aimin roared, "What do you mean by a little money? Look at how much money we have left at home. And what are you saying about your mother's family not having a good life? Go home and see what your brother is wearing? Look at what I'm wearing."
Liu Zhaodi was dissatisfied. "He's already a father, so what if he wears nice clothes? Besides, aren't your clothes good too?"
"Yes, what's wrong with him wearing nice clothes? Look at Wumao, your own son. Why do you say you love him? Look at what he's wearing?"
When they heard Li Aimin say this, they immediately looked at Wumao. They saw that his collar was yellow and slightly wrinkled, with several large patches on his chest. His trouser legs were a little short, exposing his ankles, and the shoes on his feet were tattered, with his toes faintly exposed.
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