"Collecting firewood?" Chen Xiaoru sneered, "You can't collect firewood until dark? Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid?"
Mother Chen grabbed Chen Laizi's ear and said, "Tell the truth!"
"Ouch! It hurts! You stinky bitch, let go, my ear is going to fall off!" Chen Laizi jumped up and down in pain, like a cat whose tail was stepped on, his facial features distorted. "I'll tell you, I'll tell you, isn't that enough?"
Mother Chen loosened her grip a little, but still held on tightly: "Hurry up and tell me! Don't try to play tricks!"
Chen Laizi rubbed his red ears and said with a bitter face: "I have nothing to do today, so I went for a stroll in the village to see if there is any... ahem, way to make money." His eyes wandered for a moment, then quickly turned back.
"What's the result?" Chen Xiaoru crossed her arms and glanced at him sideways.
"I saw a crowd gathered in front of Widow Wang's house, making a lot of noise and a bustle." Chen Laizi became excited and described it with a beaming face. "I squeezed in and saw, wow, Widow Wang was caught stealing a man!"
"Who is it? Who is so bold?" Chen's mother also became interested and no longer cared about pulling Chen Laizi's ears.
"Who else could it be? It's Chen Daniu from the east end of the village!" Chen Laizi curled his lips, "That scene, wow..."
Chen Xiaoru thought to herself that this Chen Daniu was not a good guy either, and he must have taken advantage of Widow Wang a lot.
"What happened next? What did Chen Daniu say?" Chen Xiaoru asked.
"Chen Daniu?" Chen Laizi laughed heartily. "What could he say? Of course he wasn't happy about it. He turned hostile right then and there! He refused to let Widow Wang in no matter what. He even said that he had paid every time, so the money and goods were settled and no one owed anyone anything!"
"Bah! Shameless!" Chen's mother spat, "This Chen Daniu is not a good guy either!"
Chen Xiaoru sneered inwardly. These two, one willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten, were both very difficult to deal with. She had no interest in these gossips and was more concerned about something else: "Dad, tell me the truth, did you gamble with the family money again?"
Chen Laizi's face froze, his eyes evasive. "No... no! Girl, please don't wrongly accuse me! I really didn't gamble today!"
"You really didn't gamble?" Chen Xiaoru narrowed her eyes, a hint of threat in her tone, "You'd better not let me find out, otherwise..."
Chen Laizi shuddered with fear. He knew his daughter was a powerful figure. If he really angered her, he would suffer the consequences. His eyes rolled, and suddenly he remembered something. He said quickly, "Daughter, I really didn't gamble! If you don't believe me, look, I won a little money today!"
As he spoke, he pulled out a few copper coins from his pocket and handed them to Chen Xiaoru like offering treasures: "Look, this is what I won today, all for you, all for you!"
Chen Xiaoru looked at those pitiful copper coins, feeling both angry and amused. This guy is really a hopeless case!
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