Chapter 5: Home thieves are hard to guard against
Su: "Mom, it really wasn't me. When I went in, Jin Bao was running out with a purse in his hand."
Upon hearing this, Song burst into tears: "Oh, our Third House is easy to bully, right? You put such a big hat on our Jinbao's head, woo woo"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi looked at Su and asked, "Mother, did you really see Jinbao take the silver?"
Su: "No, I only saw him take a purse."
“Ouch…”
Xu Zhiyi interrupted Song and said sarcastically, "Aunt San, don't be so anxious to cry out! Save it for later!"
After saying that, he walked straight into Song's room and pulled out Xu Jinbao who had been hiding in the room.
"Wow, grandma, Jinbao is scared." After Xu Jinbao was pulled out of the yard by Xu Zhiyi, he immediately cried and rushed to Grandma Xu.
"Oh, Jinbao, don't cry. You're your darling grandson." Upon seeing this, Grandma Xu patted Xu Jinbao on the back to comfort him.
He raised his head and looked at Xu Zhiyi, his expression suddenly changed, and he shouted angrily: "You money-loser, you scared Jinbao, you will be in trouble!"
Xu Zhiyi ignored her and just stared at Xu Jinbao and asked, "Jinbao, did you go to the nurse's room to get the purse today?"
After hearing this, Xu Jinbao pouted and said, "I didn't, you are wrongly accusing me, you lose money."
Hearing Xu Jinbao's words, Xu Zhiyi frowned.
Song: "Did you hear that? My Jinbao didn't take it. Don't cry thief!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Oh? Really?"
"Oh, that's a pity! Fortunately, you only lost the pink purse, which only contained some copper coins. The blue one contained a lot of silver coins."
After hearing Xu Zhiyi's words, Xu Jinbao blurted out a retort: "You are lying, I just took a blue purse, and there are only copper coins in it..."
Song, who was standing by, was so scared that she quickly went over to cover his mouth, but she was still a step too late.
"Grandma, isn't the truth now revealed?" Xu Zhiyi looked at Old Lady Xu with eyes full of sarcasm.
"Mom, let me help you into the room to check the wound on your back."
Su: "Daya, I'm fine. I haven't had time to make lunch yet."
"Mom, why do you care about them? Doesn't the Xu family have two daughters-in-law?" As he said this, he forcefully pulled Su away.
Song looked at Old Lady Xu's dark face and quickly distanced herself from the truth: "Mom, I don't know either! I didn't ask Jin Bao to do this."
"Okay, okay! Why don't you give me the silver?" Old Mrs. Xu was so angry that she wanted to slap Xu Jinbao, but when she looked at her little precious grandson, she turned around and slapped Song in the face.
“Bang!!”
"Ouch!" Song covered her face which was hit, feeling extremely aggrieved.
Li, who was standing by, saw this and quickly said, "Third sister-in-law, even if you return the silver, who knows if you have secretly hidden some of it? Don't forget, our eldest wife also has a share of the public treasury's silver."
"Sister-in-law, I haven't even had time to open my purse, how could you have hidden it?" Upon hearing this, Song was so angry that she jumped to her feet.
"Hmph, you can say black is white. Now that it's in your hands, whatever you say is right," Li said sarcastically.
"Sister-in-law, you are such a bully!"
When Old Lady Xu heard the two people quarreling, her head started to hurt. She yelled, "Okay, stop quarreling. I know how much money I have. Who dares to cheat?"
After Xu Zhiyi pulled Su into the room, he treated the injury on her back.
Seeing that the medicine was ready, Su quickly put on her clothes and prepared to go to the kitchen to cook.
"Mom, you should stay in your room and rest today. You are not allowed to go anywhere." Xu Zhiyi saw that Su couldn't sit still again, so he quickly said it.
"Mom, I don't believe that if you don't cook today, they will have to wait to starve? Are all the people in the family paralyzed in bed except us mother and daughter?"
Su: "Alas, Daya, your father died early. In the Xu family, as long as there is a place for mother and daughter to stand, mother thinks that we should do as much work as possible! At least they will not let mother and daughter starve to death."
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyi got angry: "Mom, don't forget, the Xu family also has the eldest aunt and the third aunt, three daughters-in-law, why are you the only one who works so hard? The other two are like young ladies..."
Hearing this, Su reached out and touched Xu Zhiyi's head: "Daya, your aunt and third aunt have your uncle and third uncle working in the town, and they pay money to the government every month. Your father passed away early, and our family... Alas!"
Xu Zhiyi: "The problem is that the money in the public treasury has nothing to do with us, mother and daughter. They can't spend even a penny of the money on us."
Su stared at Xu Zhiyi for a while, feeling a little strange. Normally, Daya couldn't even say more than five sentences a day, so why did she suddenly start talking nonstop and even dare to kick her breast?
Like a completely different person? It felt like the person in front of her was not her daughter, but someone who looked just like Daya?
But looking at the small red mole under her earlobe, it is still there. That is her Daya. Am I overthinking it?
If your family members are only interested in squeezing you dry and leaving you with no remains, you should be calculative about everything and stay away from them.
At this moment, the angry curses of Old Lady Xu were heard outside.
"Su, did you die in your room or something? It's already so late, why don't you get out and cook for me? Pah, you're going to get itchy if I don't scold you for a day, right?"
"And you, Daya, you money-loser, hurry up and get out to the ancient well to get today's water. Come out, hurry up and come out. Are you hiding in your room laying eggs?"
Su listened to the scolding of Old Lady Xu outside and felt very uneasy: "Daya, Mommy should go and cook! Your grandma is losing her temper!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Mom, you should rest in your room obediently"
As he spoke, he opened the door, came out, and closed the door behind him.
Looking at Old Lady Xu, she said coldly, "Grandma, my mother was injured by you today. She needs to rest for ten days or half a month. From now on, let the eldest aunt and the third aunt take turns to cook!"
Li, who was sitting under the eaves, immediately retorted when she heard this: "What? Hasn't this always been your and your daughter's job? Why do you want me to help you two?"
"That's right, my second sister-in-law is not feeling well, but we still have you, Daya. Your aunt and I are busy, as we still have to finish our embroidery work later."
Old Mrs. Xu: "You are a money-loser. Did you hear me? Your aunt and third aunt can earn money, but you and your mother only know how to eat for free."
"Eating for free? Do you dare to say that to all the villagers in Liuhe Village? Besides, what does the money earned by my aunt and my third aunt have to do with me and my mother? The money they earn only goes into their pockets, not into the pockets of my mother and me."
"Grandma, didn't you just say that daughters-in-law and granddaughters should be like me and mom? Now, I should also give my aunt, third aunt, oh, and your other two precious granddaughters a chance to be filial to you!"
"You...you...are rebelling..." Old Mrs. Xu was so angry that she gasped.
Xu Zhiyi ignored the anger of Old Lady Xu and turned to walk towards the room. Suddenly, he paused and stepped back a few steps, looking at the stunned Li and Song.
"Aunt, Third Aunt, behave well. Grandma has high hopes for you two! Don't let grandma down! Oh, remember to call me niece when the meal is ready!"
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