Chapter 261 Does Mother Need Help?
Song Chunxue's newly bought dagger stabbed Cheng Laowu in the groin.
Just one inch off, and he would have been childless.
"Agh... Song Chunxue, I'll kill you!"
Cheng Laowu sat on the ground, hugging his legs and howling, "Father, Mother, come quick! Your son is going to be killed by the Jiang family widow!"
Song Chunxue walked over and pulled the knife out of his leg.
"Aaaaaah! Song Chunxue, I'll fuck your mother..."
"Smack!"
Song Chunxue slapped him and pointed the bloodied knife at him, "Try swearing again?"
"You threw the kitchen knife first. I came to retrieve my own belongings, and you tried to kill me."
"You'd better shout louder and call everyone in the village over here. If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll just burn all your tools and see if you dare to take my things again."
"I moved out, I'm not dead. You're just a thief, and you think you're in the right?"
Just then, the sound of a cane came from behind.
"What happened?"
"Song Chunxue, do you really want to kill someone?"
Song Chunxue bent down on Cheng Laowu's lap and wiped her dagger clean.
"Old Cheng, it's been a while, you're in great shape."
Song Chunxue picked up a chipped kitchen knife from the side and said, “I came to retrieve what your fifth son stole, and he threw the knife at me. If I hadn’t learned a couple of moves, your Cheng family would be facing a murder charge right now. Your grandchildren all saw it.”
She questioned in a deep voice, "If I had done what he did and thrown it on his forehead, your son wouldn't be hurting his leg now, he would be hurting his head."
"If you don't believe me, you can ask your daughter-in-law and grandson."
Old Man Cheng slammed his fist on the ground in anger. "Fifth son, did you take the things?"
The fifth brother gritted his teeth, sweat pouring down his forehead from the pain.
"They're just two broken shovels..."
"Enough, shut up!"
Old Man Cheng looked at his fifth son with a mixture of disappointment and anger, so angry that he could hardly breathe.
He calmed himself down, leaning on his cane, and glared at Song Chunxue, saying, "You've already hit her and stabbed her with a knife, but these are just a few old objects. What more do you want?"
"What else do you want?" Song Chunxue asked coldly. "Do you think I enjoy coming to the Cheng family?"
“I locked that shovel in the yard because I was afraid someone would take it. You were in the wrong first, and you even tried to attack me with a kitchen knife. If I hadn’t been outmatched, I would be the one lying on the ground today. Old Cheng, do you think I’m so easily dealt with?”
Old Man Cheng was so angry he gasped for breath, pointing his cane at Song Chunxue, "You..."
“Old Cheng, please watch your mouth. If you say another word, it’ll be no different if your son gets stabbed once or twice. You can report it to the authorities, and we’ll go to the county office to reason with them,” the fourth brother reminded him from the side. “Anyway, I’m willing to risk going to jail with your second son.”
“The grass on our land was pulled by your fifth son. Many people in the village saw it. Are you still trying to play dumb? My eldest brother is also a member of the Jiang family. If you don’t respect him, you’re just looking down on the Jiang family.”
“Even a rabbit will bite if you’re pushed too far, let alone us humans. If you’re going to rely on your numbers and refuse to admit that you’ve done something immoral, then we’ll retaliate in kind and steal and burn everything in your house. Who’s afraid of who? It’s not like anyone can’t do something immoral.”
The fourth brother retorted, "If everyone were like you, we wouldn't have anything to worry about in the future. We could just take your donkey away in the middle of the night. Anyway, your name isn't on it. If you're so capable, lock the donkey inside the house."
"..."
"..."
The entire Cheng family was so angry they couldn't speak.
Song Chunxue felt very gratified. Her fourth brother's mouth usually made her angry, but he could also anger outsiders and speak up for her. She would be more tolerant of him for the time being.
Seeing Old Man Cheng angrily banging his cane on the ground, Song Chunxue looked up and asked, "Old Man Cheng, do you think this makes sense?"
"If your fifth son can apologize to me and promise not to steal my things again, I will also apologize to him and pay for his medicine."
Cheng Laowu was so angry that he cursed, "You stinking..."
"Fifth Brother, shut up!" Old Man Cheng was so angry that he threw his cane, which hit Fifth Brother on the head. "I told you not to take advantage of others and disgrace the Cheng family. Get up and apologize to them, or you'll have to acknowledge me as your father."
At this moment, the four members of Cheng Lao Si's family arrived, and Cheng Lao Da's family also gathered outside the gate, looking like they were going to support Cheng Lao Wu.
Song Chunxue understood that if Old Man Cheng was reasonable, he couldn't side with Cheng Laowu after things had come to this point.
The Cheng family is quite large now, with a bunch of younger generations. If they find out that their fifth uncle likes to steal from others and even gets away with it, there might be many thieves among the younger generation of the Cheng family in the future.
"Hurry up, so many children are watching. Do you want them to know that you stole and are in the right, don't you?" Song Chunxue said calmly. "If this is the upbringing of your Cheng family, then this apology is unnecessary. Anyway, I'm not the one who suffered the loss."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Old Man Cheng stepped into the courtyard and kicked the fifth son twice.
"What an embarrassing thing to do, quickly apologize to them."
"Dad, how can you side with outsiders? Who can prove that I stole those things... Ah!"
Cheng Laowu got hit on the forehead with a stick.
“Who can prove it?” Song Chunxue laughed. “Last time I found my pitchfork in your yard. Everyone in this village knows that you took my things without even asking. Today, Lao Si and I found a lot of my things in your thatched hut.”
She sighed, "Forget it, I'm not losing out today anyway. Fourth brother, let's go."
Old Man Cheng shouted, "Stop!"
"Fifth brother, quickly apologize."
Song Chunxue smiled slightly, "No need, I feel uncomfortable hearing insincere apologies."
"Oh, by the way, don't throw a kitchen knife around like that next time. If you hurt someone and then get your head chopped off, the magistrate will judge that you brought it on yourself." She reminded him with feigned sincerity, "It's not good to teach children bad things. Last time your daughter-in-law threw a shovel and cut the child's foot, so your family must be quite something."
After saying that, Song Chunxue led the fourth brother away.
Old Man Cheng was so angry that he hit the fifth son with his cane.
"You shameful wretch."
"Dad, my leg!"
"Are you so poor that you have to steal from others?"
"Dad, Dad, stop hitting me! Ouch! My leg is injured!"
"I'll beat you to death."
"Mom, please do something about my dad!"
...
Old Man Cheng has been forced into a corner today. If he doesn't make a statement in front of so many of his children and grandchildren, the Cheng family will be branded as a traitor who condones theft.
When Song Chunxue and her son returned home, Li Dazui was still in the yard.
"Wow, you guys are amazing! You all came back safe and sound. Old Man Cheng even beat up Old Man Cheng. Tell me, how did you manage that?"
The fourth brother sat down beside him with a smile, "Let me explain in detail to you, you wouldn't believe it..."
Song Chunxue went to the kitchen to prepare the dough for noodles for dinner, and also tidied up the house inside and out.
An empty house loses its vitality and is easily damaged, so she also had to mix mud to cover the courtyard wall and clear the weeds behind the house.
"Mother, do you need help?"
Turning around, I saw the eldest brother coming over with a shovel and a bag of things.
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