After Aunt Zhao and Li Dani left, Song Ning took advantage of Song Dahai and Liu Yuelan's inattention and quickly carried his basket up the mountain.
It's still early; we can get down the mountain before dark.
Traces of the places he had been before were still visible. Song Ning followed the path to the valley, went down, took out a bowl, scooped water from his spatial storage, and sprinkled it on the valley floor.
This place is so big that Song Ning only poured three or four bowls of water; otherwise, even if she scooped all the spring water out, she still wouldn't be able to finish watering it all.
She dug up two more potatoes from the ground, which looked a bit bigger than when she last came. Song Ning decided to wait another two or three days.
As we came down the mountain, we saw villagers burning incense and yellow paper at the foot of the mountain, with a few clods of earth placed in front of them as offerings.
Song Ning waited until the person left before descending the mountain.
On my way home, before I even reached the door, I could hear sounds coming from the yard.
“I’m your mother! This chicken is mine!” Li Guixiang said, one hand on her hip and the other pointing at Song Dahai.
Song Dahai remained silent, and Liu Yuelan also lowered her head.
"And you, you haven't even given birth to a son all these years, yet you still have the nerve to stay in our Song family! If I were you, I would have killed myself long ago!"
As soon as Liu Yuelan returned today, Aunt Zhao pulled her aside and said that Li Guixiang had come by while they were away.
The house where Song Ning and the others live is not locked; it's only secured from the outside with a latch. When Li Guixiang came in, she tried to enter, but Aunt Zhao happened to be there and stopped her.
Song Dahai and his wife were not home, and Aunt Zhao wouldn't let her in no matter what she said. Then she saw two chicks in the yard and took them away without saying a word.
Aunt Zhao wasn't someone to be bullied in the village. She picked up a stick from the yard and started hitting Li Guixiang's legs.
Li Guixiang was a bully who preyed on the weak. When she saw that Aunt Zhao wouldn't let her have her way, she could only slink away, shouting that this matter wasn't over.
No sooner had Song Ning left than Li Guixiang showed up at the door.
They immediately demanded grain and chickens, but Song Dahai and his wife refused and started cursing in the yard.
The sound was jarring, and Song Ning frowned.
"Where did this crazy woman come from?" Song Ning said as she entered the courtyard.
Before Li Guixiang could speak, Song Ning interrupted, "Oh, it's you! It's been a while since you've come to my house to beg for money. I heard you've run out of money?"
"You little slut, you little whore, when did it become your turn to speak?" Li Guixiang glared with her eyes wide open, her face so wrinkled it could trap a fly, and her face was covered in something white, which looked eerie.
Before, they at least had some sense of propriety when they came to beg for money, but now they're just robbing us outright.
“I heard that my cousin doesn’t recognize you anymore? It’s okay, anyway, my second aunt is still young, there’s still time, let her have another one, or…” Song Ning smiled.
"Aren't you like a withered tree that has come back to life? Hurry up and it's not impossible for you to have a child on your own."
"You, you, you little bitch, I'll tear your mouth apart!" Li Guixiang was furious. Her pale face, coupled with her current look of wanting to devour someone, was truly unbearable to look at.
Song Dahai couldn't bear to see his daughter suffer, so he quickly stepped in front of her and said coldly, "Mother, what are you trying to do?"
In the heat of the moment, Li Guixiang shoved Song Dahai, causing him to stumble. Fearing for his wife and children's safety, Song Dahai lost his temper and grabbed Li Guixiang, throwing her away.
Li Guixiang collapsed to the ground with a thud. Seeing that she hadn't gotten the better of him, she slapped her thigh and began to wail, "This is outrageous! My son and daughter-in-law are bullying this old woman! I'm starving, while my son eats white flour and rice every day! Who can judge this? Now even my granddaughter is riding roughshod over me! I can't live like this anymore..."
"If you want to howl, go back to your own house. What kind of behavior is it to sit in our yard? We think it's unlucky!"
Li Guixiang is Song Erya's grandmother, not her. Her job is to take good care of Song Dahai and Liu Yuelan. As for those who are not good to them, let them go back to where they came from. She will not serve them.
Besides, if Song Rui can disown her, why can't they?
The commotion quickly attracted people who were relaxing under the trees nearby. People love to watch a good show; back then, her grandmother would even skip lunch to watch the excitement.
Their house has no walls, so you can see everything inside from the outside.
Song Ning's attitude immediately softened: "Grandmother, our family is poor too. Who has lost their conscience and said that our family eats white flour and rice every day? Aren't they afraid that God will strike them down with lightning?"
“Look at our house, folks. Whose house in the village is more dilapidated than ours? If we really ate white flour and rice every day, would we not have money to repair our house?”
"Grandmother, you can't just keep taking advantage of our family, can you? You spent all the family's money on Second Uncle, you can't make up for it by taking it from our family, can you?"
Besides, we've never seen a single penny of the money you have. My father is a filial son, so he gave everything he earned to you and your two uncles.
My father fell and cracked his head in your yard last time, and it's still not fully healed. You have to leave us a way to survive!
Song Ning is just a young girl. How much injustice must she have suffered to say such a thing? Besides, who in the village doesn't know Li Guixiang's character?
It's likely that Song Erhai squandered all the family's wealth, so he's now trying to leech off the boss.
"They heard that the eldest son's family was doing business, so they came to ask for it again."
"I treated that good-for-nothing son like a treasure, so who can I blame?"
"Li Guixiang's favoritism is so extreme, it's almost to the other side of the mountain!"
Everyone chimed in with their comments, making Li Guixiang feel a little embarrassed, but the white powder on her face made it hard to tell.
"Hey Granny Li, that's enough. Everyone knows what kind of life Brother Dahai's family lives. Isn't Dahai your own son?"
Li Guixiang was unwilling to give up, so she turned her head and glared at the person who spoke. This turn of her head startled the people standing outside.
"My goodness, that scared me to death!"
"What is this old woman Li up to? She painted her face like a monster."
"Grandmother, we really have nothing left. Even if you sit here and die today, we can't come up with a single penny."
She refused to believe that with so many people around, Li Guixiang could afford to lose face.
With her in the family from now on, the Song family's old house won't be able to take even a single blade of grass from their property.
Li Guixiang was angered by Song Erhai last time, and she hadn't fully recovered yet. Now, she was angered by Song Ning, and her eyes started to turn black.
Song Ning immediately shouted, "Can someone go to the Song family's old house and call someone? We need to tell them that my grandmother's old ailment has flared up again!"
When he mentioned "his old problem," he deliberately emphasized it. If he really does faint, don't blame them.
Did they think they were as easy to bully as before? If they dare to come again, she'll teach them a lesson about the harsh realities of life!
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