Chapter 172 Everyone has a scale in their heart!
What a smart kid!
Yang Lihua was satisfied and helped them up. When she was about to say something, the old man came back with his children and grandchildren.
Zhuzhu ran in like a happy little rabbit and hugged Yang Lihua's thigh directly.
"Mom, your most lovely daughter is back!"
Yang Lihua bent down, hugged her daughter, kissed her, and asked, "Did you have fun? Are you hungry?"
Zhuzhu nodded seriously and wanted to say something, but when she looked at the person next to her, she covered her mouth mysteriously.
Yang Lihua understood and patted her daughter on the back. "We have guests at home. Tell mother later."
At this time, Old Man Tai also took off the basket on his back. Tai Jizong calmly sent the basket to the east room and asked Tai Yongning to guard it.
"What happened?" Grandpa Tai sat next to his elder brother and asked.
Master Tai San sighed, glared at Tai Jijin and his wife with a look of disappointment, and then told them what had just happened.
Chunhong was smart. She pulled her sister and quickly kowtowed to the old man. He was the head of the Tai family!
Erya was also very eloquent and said directly, "Sixth Grandpa, I will be obedient and work hard in the future."
The old man patted her little head, feeling a little sad. After all, this girl was only four or five years older than Zhuzhu.
Fortunately, I was rescued today, otherwise if I had gone into that dirty place, my life would have been ruined.
"Get up, you are a child of the Tai family, there is no reason for others to abuse you. From now on, as long as you do your duty at home, we will not let you go hungry as long as there is a bite to eat in our family."
"Thank you, Sixth Grandpa!" Erya cried again. She tried to wipe her tears with her sleeves, but ended up wiping herself into a calico cat.
Yang Lihua gave a wink, and Chunhong took her sister back to the backyard to wash and tidy up.
Old Master Tai looked at the timid Tai Jijin and Sun Meihuaer and snorted coldly.
He didn't want to scold Sun Meihuaer, but he would not show mercy to Tai Jijin.
"Look at you, such a wimp! You're really bringing shame to your father! Back then, your father was a man who had traveled far with a merchant caravan and was quite knowledgeable! I never thought he would marry your short-sighted mother and give birth to a fool like you!
"A good man in his thirties, raising a few children is as hard as peeling your skin off. If it were winter and the snow blocked the door, you might have a reason, but now you can survive by eating wild vegetables, and you want to sell your children to that filthy place. Aren't you afraid that your father will come back to find you in the middle of the night and slap you in the face?"
Tai Jijin admired his deceased father very much. After hearing these words, he felt guilty and sad. He covered his face and started crying.
But Mr. Tai did not let him go and continued to scold him, "Cry, you still have the nerve to cry! When your mother was alive, you listened to her in everything! Now that your mother is dead, you are ordered around by your wife! You are the shadow puppet in the shadow play, you let others manipulate you, don't you have a brain?
"Counting both the North and South Villages, look around, who's as cowardly as you? If it weren't for your father's kindness and the fact that all of your children are Tai family blood, I'd really kick you out of the village!"
I have to say that the old man was really angry, and his words were so hurtful.
Tai Jijin burst into tears, fell to his knees and kowtowed, "Sixth Uncle, I know I was wrong. Woohoo, I won't dare to do it again!"
Old Master Tai ignored him, glanced at Sun Meihua who was pretending to be dead, and finally gave him a few words of admonition.
"We in the Tai clan believe that we treat our wives well. No matter how poor or difficult our lives were, we never asked any of our wives to go back to her parents' home to plunder, or sell them for food, or gamble away their wives!
"But everyone has to have a scale in their heart! We, the Tai family, have done the right thing, and we also want you to live a sincere life in return! These children in the village were born from your belly, but they are also the blood of our Tai family, and they are the descendants of the Tai family!
"You can teach them on a daily basis, and you should also do the work, but if anyone wants to mistreat these children, don't blame me and the clan leader for being rude! Do you understand?"
"I understand!"
Not only Sun Meihua who had curled up into a ball, but also the women from other families responded in unison.
They were not angry at what the old man said, after all, their children were among the children the old man protected.
They knew they would never do such a heartless thing, so the old man was not scolding them.
Even though they were a little angry, they hated Sun Meihuaer.
If this young widow who had remarried hadn't caused any trouble, how could she have been beaten like this?
So, when Sun Meihua and Tai Jijin walked out of the Tai family gate in disgrace, the women from other families followed behind them, spitting at them, and they really wanted to drown these two people who had brought trouble to them.
Seeing that it was time for lunch, Mr. Tai San said a few words to his old brother and then went home.
The Tai family's door was closed, and it was finally quiet.
Chunhong led Erya to wash her hands and face. Without having time to wash her hair, she found a pair of scissors and cut off most of it, then tied it into two small braids.
Finally, Erya changed into Chunhong's clothes and looked a little like a new person.
The two sisters didn't have time to say anything more and rushed to the kitchen to help Liu Dongniang make lunch.
Liu Dongniang was kind-hearted and comforted Erya for a long time. After the meal was ready, she served two separate portions for the two sisters and asked them to go back to the backyard to eat and chat in private.
In the main room, Tai Yongning came out to eat with the old man and others as they came back from the mountain.
Now that there are no outsiders around, Zhuzhu can finally present her treasure.
She held the big bowl, her dark eyes rolling around, and cautiously peeked outside before excitedly saying, "Dad, Mom, Zhuzhu found some ginseng treasures again! Sell them, all for money!"
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