Meanwhile, Xiaoman'er, who firmly believes that her grandmother is right, is instilling her own ideas into her second sister and expressing great dissatisfaction with the stingy behavior of Yue Jiuyue's family.
Erman'er felt that her younger sister was wrong, but at the same time she felt that her sister made a lot of sense. She couldn't refute her sister, so she could only remain silent. It was as if the Erman'er of the daytime was just a fleeting shooting star, gone in an instant.
Yue Jiuyue had no idea that someone with a big face was eyeing her little bit of money and wanted her to distribute it to everyone in the village. She had already washed up and gone to bed.
Her kang (heated brick bed) was connected to the stove in the main room. After the weather warmed up, neither the original owner nor she wanted to continue sleeping on the heated kang.
As for the bed, it was just a piece of stone and wood pieced together. When not in use, it was just a shelf to put things on, and when in use, it was a bed for sleeping. The kang (a heated brick bed) became a place to put things.
Although they didn't have much stuff to keep around.
The next morning, before dawn, someone was banging on Yue Jiuyue's front door again.
She opened the door to see who it was and what they wanted. Such trivial matters were none of Yue Jiuyue's concern. She turned over and continued to sleep soundly.
When the sun was high in the sky, Yue Jiuyue stretched, yawned, and lazily got out of bed.
"Hmm? Who is that?"
Yue Jiuyue gestured towards the door, where a little girl was playing with Xiaoman'er, but Xiaoman'er's bodyguard and day shift nanny, Lin Chaobei, was nowhere to be seen.
"Oh, that's the little girl who was knocked unconscious by her grandma last night. Before dawn today, she knocked on the door, saying she came to repay a debt of gratitude. The one who opened the door was the little girl's father. He couldn't very well lay a hand on his daughter, so he kicked her out. When I got up, I saw her playing with the little girl. I couldn't just kick her out, so that's how it was."
Liu spoke expressionlessly, clearly indicating there was something else going on, but she didn't say anything, and Yue Jiuyue didn't ask either; she didn't have nine lives.
Yue Jiuyue's silence does not mean that Liu Shi can hold back her questions.
Sure enough, not long after, Liu, who was tending the fire to cook porridge, suddenly lost her temper and threw the dry firewood in her hand into the stove, angrily complaining to Yue Jiuyue.
“Mother, you have no idea how shameless this little girl is! I told her not to coax the child and to go home, but she actually wiped away her tears and said that she came to repay a debt of gratitude and that we should ignore her and just give her a bite to eat.”
"Pah! Forget about her meal! She just wants to freeload off us! And she calls it repaying a debt of gratitude; I think it's more like revenge!"
Liu took a deep breath and exhaled, calming her agitated emotions considerably, before continuing to speak with Yue Jiuyue.
"Mother, let me make this clear first: this brat isn't getting any breakfast this morning! If she wants to watch the baby and coax Xiaoman, then let her. It's her own choice, and we can't get rid of her no matter what."
I'll just wait and see. If she doesn't get this food, will she still repay the life-saving grace? Tch! Trying to play tricks on me! Doesn't she even have the 'cunning' in her head?
Liu went on and on, then stared at Yue Jiuyue with a look that seemed to ask, "Are you on my side or not?" and waited patiently for Yue Jiuyue to nod.
How could Yue Jiuyue possibly disagree?
"Alright, you are the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lin family, so you should be in charge of this household!"
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