Ruyan gently wiped away her tears with her sleeve before pulling Liu Shi into the house.
The room was pitch black, without a single ray of light, and reeked of mildew. Erniu, who was following behind, then opened the curtain, and the room became a little brighter.
On the kang (a heated brick bed), a petite old woman was curled up, coughing incessantly: "Ruyan, who is she? Is she your eldest sister?"
Liu paused for a moment. She thought that her mother would never think of this poor daughter after all these years, but she didn't expect that her mother would still remember her.
The old woman looked very weak; her lips were cracked, her hands trembled incessantly, and a cracked eyebrow with mold spots lay beside her pillow.
Liu grabbed the old woman's withered hand: "Mother, it's all my fault for being unfilial. Mother, what kind of life are you living?"
The old lady exclaimed excitedly, "Yes, Ugly Girl?"
As she nodded, Liu rubbed her eyes, plotting how to avenge her mother.
Ruyan sat to one side, her eyes fixed on Jin Erniu, and said excitedly, "Mom, my brother-in-law is here too."
Only then did Madam Liu realize that the old lady was blind. She quickly turned to Ruyan and asked, "Ruyan, what happened to Mother's eyes? How come she can't see?"
Ruyan sadly held Liu's hand and said, "Sister, since you left, there has been no food for Mother and me. We were locked in this dark room. I ran out to beg for food, but I didn't expect that as soon as I finally got a bite to eat, Ning snatched it away before I even got to the door. I hit Ning, and Mother ran over to stop the fight to protect me, but Ning used a broom to gouge out Mother's eyes!"
After Ruyan finished speaking, she burst into tears.
Liu had no idea that such a shocking thing had happened in her house while she was away, and that she had no idea at all.
"Liu Datong, don't you know anything about these things? You are the pillar of this family, how can you let a woman cause trouble at home? Are you even a man?"
Everyone knows that Liu Datong is weak and incompetent, and that the Ning family is the one in charge of this household.
"Sister, I'm helpless. There's nothing I can do but rely on your sister-in-law to manage the household. If she leaves, what will my child and I eat?"
Liu burst into tears and grabbed Liu Datong, shouting, "Why? This is your mother who raised you! Why don't you have any sense of protecting your mother? You coward!"
Ning Shi unwrapped all the gifts Liang Shuyan had prepared outside, and she was so angry that she was trembling all over. What kind of gifts were these? They were wrapped in layers and layers of packaging, but what she found inside made her so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.
A pile of dog poop, a wooden sword, and a stone.
Ning squatted in the yard and vomited for a long time before running in and yelling at Liu: "You have such a vicious heart! I thought you would prepare something good for us, but all you brought was dog shit and stones. Our family doesn't need your kind of trash. Get out of here now!"
Ning was used to throwing tantrums at home, and she immediately started tearing at Liu. Erniu, who was sitting to the side, had long been unable to stand it anymore. He picked up the moldy eyebrow that had been on the table and shoved it into Ning's mouth, grabbing her hair and saying, "You bitch, how dare you treat an old woman like this? Then you can eat this steamed bun first!"
Liu looked at Jin Erniu with gratitude, becoming even closer to him: "Erniu?"
Just moments ago, Liu Datong was weak and incompetent, but now, seeing his wife being pinned down by Jin Erniu and struggling frantically on the ground, he rushed forward, grabbed Erniu's lower back, and shouted, "Run, wife!"
Ning got up, spitting out the moldy steamed bun from her mouth, her eyes red, like an angry lioness.
"Jin Erniu, how dare you meddle in our family's affairs! I'll make sure you're dead today!" Ning Shi casually took a pair of scissors from her sewing basket and stabbed at Erniu.
Liu's eyes widened, and with a swift step, she pushed Ning down, grabbed her hair, and slammed her head against the wall repeatedly.
"Ugly girl, hurry up and give it to her, that's your sister-in-law."
At this point, Madam Liu was so furious she could no longer control herself: "If you don't want to die, shut up! When she was hitting your mother, you pretended you didn't see anything. What, now that you see this woman being beaten, you feel sorry for her and even know to save her? What about your mother? She gave birth to you and raised you, you beast!"
Ning grabbed Liu's arm and bit it. Liu's eyes widened instantly, and she grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed Ning's thigh repeatedly. The room was filled with a strong smell of blood and Ning's pig-like screams.
Liu Datong collapsed to the ground, hugging Ning Shi and bursting into tears.
"Mother, pack your things, let's go. My father didn't leave behind anything of value when he was alive. Although you can't see, you can still hear. Your son only thinks about this slut!"
Ruyan shrank back in fear, and seeing Ning Shi lying on the ground, she whispered, "Sister, will she die?"
"If she had that intention, she'd probably be dead by now. How could she still be alive? She's about to sell you to a brothel, and you're still siding with this woman?"
Ru Yan's eyes turned to Liu Datong, who was kneeling helplessly to one side: "But, brother, what about him?"
"Those who do evil will not live long!" said Madam Liu.
Erniu carried the old lady on his back, and took Ruyan and Liushi with him, and left the house.
Liu Datong chased after her: "Ruyan, you can't leave. If you leave, you'll never come back!"
Liu snorted coldly: "Liu Datong, why didn't you leave your mother here? Do you think Ruyan can still earn some money? Are you planning to sell Ruyan to a brothel after we leave to earn some money to treat that disgusting woman's illness? Is that it?"
"You, you wait! I'm reporting this to the authorities. You think you can just walk away after injuring someone?"
"Alright, let's go to the government office together. I'll also tell you how you blinded Mother and how you tried to sell Ruyan into prostitution. Father left Li's property to you to take care of Mother. Now that you've taken care of her like this, if I take Mother away now, tell me, shouldn't this property belong to me?"
Liu Datong remained silent.
Jin Erniu pointed at Liu Datong and said, "You call yourself a man? You can't even take care of your own mother and sister. If it were me, I would have found two pounds of cotton and smashed my head against it!"
Liu Datong collapsed to the ground, muttering, "If the authorities investigate, I won't even have this dilapidated home anymore? God, why are you doing this to me?"
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