Chapter 027 Chapter 27 Venting
It was already dark when Lin Yue returned home. The two kids had dinner at Aunt Zhang's house.
Aunt Zhang was worried for a long time when she saw that she had not returned for a long time. Now she kept asking her if she was in danger.
Although the two little ones were only two years old, they were already worried about their mother and surrounded her, calling her "mother" one after another. Lin Yue felt touched and guilty.
Lin Yue hugged the two children and kissed them each, patting their heads: "Baby, you are awesome. Mom is back and brought you some delicious candied haws. Are you happy?"
The two kids actually had never eaten Tanghulu before and could hardly remember what it tasted like, but they still nodded in support.
Little Lingling nestled in Lin Yue's arms, raising her arms to show her: "Mom, Auntie hit me, it hurts, blow on it!"
Since the two children could talk, Lin Yue often taught them to tell her if they encountered anything outside or were bullied by someone. Hearing Ling Ling say this, he quickly rolled up her sleeves and saw two particularly conspicuous purple pinch marks on her plump white arms, and he felt so distressed.
Aunt Zhang didn't expect such a young child to complain. She felt that she had not taken good care of the two children. She said in an awkward tone: "Today, the children were playing at the door and their aunt came over. I didn't pay much attention to them. Who knew that the two children would cry loudly soon. When I went over, their aunt had already run away and I couldn't catch up with them."
Lin Yue was holding the child and coaxing him. Hearing this, he immediately became furious and wanted to find Zhang Xiaoxi to settle the score. However, Aunt Zhang stopped him and said, "Don't forget, your mother-in-law is not a pushover. This is just a fight between two children. You went to her house in the middle of the night to make trouble for such a small matter. Don't you care about your reputation?"
Lin Yue thought about it and it was true. Even if she went there now, she couldn't beat Zhang Xiaoxi up. Sun Hongmei could even blame her and say that her daughter-in-law was causing trouble in their home. But she couldn't just let it go. If someone dared to bully her child, she would fight back. Others would think she was a good person!
She handed the cloth she bought to Aunt Zhang, one piece of sky blue and one piece of khaki T-shirt, with white buttons.
Aunt Zhang touched the two pieces of fabric and said to her granddaughter, "This blue color is really refreshing. It will definitely look good if made into a small jacket. Take a look. I say you have good taste."
Zhang Guixiang was very happy when she saw her new fabric. She asked Lin Yue, "Aunt, why didn't you buy a piece of fabric with flowers? This one is also beautiful, but a little plain."
Aunt Zhang said, "I think this one is better than those floral ones! A few days ago, your niece from the city came to our village. She was wearing the same color, and there were no messy flowers. It was so pretty! Her color is not as good as this one."
Niu's niece was indeed pretty and had a great temperament, very different from the girls in the village. When she came to the village a few days ago, many young people were fascinated by her. Zhang Guixiang also thought of that beautiful girl and blushed instantly.
Lin Yue laughed, grabbed a handful of loquat stems from the basket and put them on the table, then went home holding a child in one hand.
Aunt Zhang's family was well off, but she was reluctant to buy these snacks, so she chased after her and asked her to take them back. However, Lin Yue walked too fast, so she didn't catch up. She just laughed and scolded her for spending money indiscriminately.
On the way, she asked Lingling: "Does your arm still hurt?
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Xiao Lingling said: "My arm hurts!"
She asked again: "Why does your arm hurt?"
"Auntie pinched Lingling and also pinched Wanli!"
"Why did Auntie pinch you?"
"Auntie wanted candy, but she didn't give it to me and she pinched me."
After hearing this, Lin Yue was furious. Children in the village might not even get a piece of candy in a year. Lin Yue put a piece of White Rabbit candy in each of their pockets because she was not with them today. She told them to eat a piece of candy if they missed their mother and she would be back soon.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaoxi saw it and beat the two children.
If the two children had not been able to speak early, she would not have known that they were being bullied.
She kissed the top of little Wanli's head. Although the two children were the same age, Wanli had been very stable since he was young, like a big brother. Just now she was only concerned with comforting her sister, and didn't know that he was also choked. The little guy was very quiet all the time, and his sensibleness made people feel distressed.
The next morning, Lin Yue carried the two children on a shoulder pole and blocked Sun Hongmei's family on their way to work.
Zhang Xiaoxi is already 11 years old this year, and he does not go to school. His two brothers do go, but during the busy farming season they still go with their family to earn work points, and only go to school when they are free. At this time, he is not with Sun Hongmei, so I don’t know if he went to school.
Lin Yue saw Zhang Xiaoxi and grabbed her, asking, "Zhang Xiaoxi, why did you bully your two nephews? They were so young, how could you pinch their arms like this, huh?"
Zhang Xiaoxi was pulled away suddenly, and seeing Lin Yue's frightening expression, he was so frightened that he dared not say a word and stood aside with his neck shrunk.
Sun Hongmei was not going to do it, and shouted angrily: "What are you going to do? How can a sister-in-law bully her sister-in-law like this? You are a troublemaker, I think you are rebelling! The child got hurt, and you blame Xiaoxi? Who knows where the child got hurt!"
Lin Yue said: "Everyone saw Zhang Xiaoxi beating people. The two children were only a little old, and they were pinched like this! Besides, the ones who were beaten were your grandchildren, don't you feel sorry for them at all? You are such a good grandmother!"
There were already many people on the road watching the excitement. Looking in the direction Lin Yue pointed, they saw that the arms of the two children were bruised and purple. It was obvious that they had been hit hard. Someone criticized them, "That was too harsh, Xiaoxi, they are your nephews, you have to protect them, how can you bully them?"
Sun Hongmei cursed, "Bah! What do you know? Why are you just talking nonsense? It's not necessarily our Xiaoxi who did it! Who saw our Xiaoxi bullying others? Call him here! If you can't call anyone today, I will never forgive you!"
Aunt Zhang's voice came from the crowd: "I saw it. What happened? Yesterday, Wanli's mother sent the two children to me and I took care of them. I saw with my own eyes that his aunt pinched them. The children cried loudly!"
Aunt Zhang's family is full of people, and no one dares to provoke them. Sun Hongmei saw Aunt Zhang stand up, and she didn't dare to target her. She could only continue to fire at Lin Yue: "His aunt is the elder of the two children, why can't she teach her a lesson! Besides, you are the mother, and the child was injured because you didn't take good care of him? It's your own problem, why are you looking for trouble with Xiaoxi!"
Lin Yue laughed out of anger after hearing this. He grabbed Zhang Xiaoxi's arm and squeezed it hard, saying, "Mother-in-law is right. Now your daughter has been strangled too. According to what you said, it's your fault as a mother who didn't take good care of her. Don't come to me! Oh, and, she's already grown up, she should learn some manners, don't go out and cause trouble all day, and let people beat her up at home!"
After saying this, he picked up the shoulder pole, carried the child on his shoulder and walked away, not caring how Sun Hongmei was swearing and swearing on the ground behind him.
Zhang Shouren and Zhang Shouyi did not go to school today. They left late. After Lin Yue left, they heard people talking about it and knew what happened. They caught up with Lin Yue halfway and gave each of their two nephews a piece of sorghum candy: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, we will take good care of our sister in the future and won't let her do this again."
After saying this, he ran away in a flash.
These two pieces of candy were probably what the two of them saved during the Chinese New Year and were reluctant to eat. Lin Yue once again sighed in his heart: Good bamboo shoots come out of bad bamboos!
Although she had kept her distance from her parents-in-law in the past two years, she got along well with her two brothers-in-law. Occasionally, the two brothers would give their two nephews something delicious and fun, although it might be just half a cake, Lin Yue also remembered this kindness in her heart.
Lin Yue went to her parents-in-law's house to give money, and occasionally she would buy something that the two brothers could use and send it together. Of course, she always put it in the open, and she had to let others know about her contribution, and she would not be taken advantage of.
On the way to work, she ran into Wang Baodong again. He had a slicked-back hair today, and wore a neat Zhongshan suit, a pair of Jiefang shoes, and a piece of grass in his mouth, standing at the side of the road in a nonchalant manner.
Someone saw him dressed like this and joked, "Wang Baodong, you are dressed so formally today, where are you going to get married?"
Wang Baodong spat the grass in his mouth at the man, cursed with a smile, and stared at Lin Yue.
Lin Yue felt uncomfortable being stared at by him and glared back fiercely.
Wang Baodong was not afraid after being glared at like that. Instead, he ran over and said earnestly, "Sister-in-law, aren't you tired of carrying these two children every day? Come, I'll help you!"
As he said this, he touched Lin Yue's hand which was on the shoulder pole.
Seeing his nasty hand reaching out, Lin Yue stomped hard on the back of his foot. She used a little less force this time, otherwise Wang Baodong's foot would probably be broken.
Wang Baodong was stepped on by her and he sat on the ground with his back bent in pain, holding his foot and screaming.
Passersby saw this and laughed without taking it seriously, saying jokingly, "You deserve it! Who told you to flirt with someone else's young wife? Widow Liu called you every day but you didn't go. Why did you have to stare at someone else's innocent wife?"
Lin Yue didn't want to hear such words and left without looking back.
After walking a long way, I heard Zhang Shoucang scolding people behind me: "Why are you standing on the road watching all the excitement when you are not going to work? Wang Baodong, do you look like a farmer dressed like this?"
Wang Baodong yelled, "I'm not going to do this today! Bitch, just wait for me!" The last sentence was obviously directed at Lin Yue.
Lin Yue heard Zhang Shoucang scold him again, but he didn't pay any attention to it and didn't even turn his head.
The next few days were calm and peaceful. Wang Baodong stayed at home for four or five days before going out, and Zhang Xiaoxi never appeared in front of Lin Yue.
Lin Yue thought that her life would continue to be so dull, but she didn't know that a "surprise" was waiting for her ahead.