Burp~~~
Xu Manzhi patted her round belly, let out a satisfied burp, and was so happy she was practically bubbling with joy.
She cleared out the snakes in the area.
They caught every snake—those climbing trees, burrowing in the soil, slithering through the grass, even the colorful snakes on the rooftops—leaving none untouched. Then, they swiftly removed the venom sacs and pulled out the fangs…
She also casually wove a basket out of rattan, put it all on the back of the bicycle, and sped back to the Jiang family home.
Yes.
She was impatient and wanted to be hospitalized.
She gathered all the information she needed to know and the enemy's situation in one go.
She searched through all the hospital staff, from the elderly to the doctors and nurses, not to mention any of the Jiang family's old secrets, even the details of the woman herself from her younger days, like the holes in her underwear and the red and white stains...
Keeping Zhou Xiangqun hanging on like this every day isn't a good solution.
One day, I'll run into Yan Lin and cause him to misunderstand.
It's not worth it.
She needs to urge Jiang Pengyue to step up.
"Zhizhi, you're back—"
Jiang Pengyue smelled an indescribable stench and was puzzled when she saw Xu Manzhi carrying a huge rattan basket on his back, from which blood was dripping.
She trembled all over as she asked, "What...what are you holding?"
Xu Manzhi looked wary.
She said coldly, "Don't try to take my things. If you want to eat, go catch your own. I won't share a single one with you."
As she spoke, ignoring Jiang Pengyue's shock, she dumped a basket of snakes into the Jiang family's backyard.
Rumble.
A stench assaulted my senses.
Jiang Pengyue screamed in terror, "Ah, snakes, snakes, so many, ugh~~"
Her vision went black, and she fell straight down.
"Yueyue, what's wrong? What happened?" Gu Meiyun peeked out from upstairs and immediately saw the colorful snakes in the backyard and blood on the ground. Her blood rushed to her head, and her high blood pressure was about to flare up.
When Jiang Mingda rushed home, Xu Manzhi had placed two wooden sticks on the coal stove, with a skewer of meat on them, sizzling and glistening with oil...
He strode forward, ready to question Yan Lin about his whereabouts.
Turning his head, he discovered that the house and the surrounding area were covered with colorful snakes hanging from ropes, and even the second-floor balcony had a whole row of them hanging there, which was quite shocking.
"You unfilial daughter, what are you doing?" he shouted sternly.
He started causing trouble as soon as he got back.
This unfilial daughter must be trying to fly to the heavens.
Xu Manzhi picked up a wooden stick and saw that the roasted snake meat was fully cooked and the toxins had been mostly cleared. She took a small bite and ate the meat without batting an eye, despite Jiang Mingda's scolding.
"Xu Manzhi!"
Jiang Mingda flew into a rage.
He was furious.
“What’s wrong? Speak properly. I’m not deaf. If you shout like that, you’ll disturb Mom and my sister. They both have heart problems and are lying in bed inside,” Xu Manzhi said.
Lying down?
An ominous premonition crept into my heart.
Jiang Mingda strode into the house and rushed to the first-floor room, where he found Gu Meiyun lying on the bed, sighing and moaning.
As soon as he entered the room, Gu Meiyun jumped up.
"Get Xu Manzhi away from me, get her away! If she doesn't leave, I'll move to my workplace starting tomorrow. I can't live like this anymore, sob sob sob sob—" she cried.
"What happened?" he asked.
Gu Meiyun kept sobbing as she stammered her story.
It turned out that Xu Manzhi had brought back a bunch of poisonous snakes from somewhere, which terrified her and Yueyue. She wanted to teach the unfilial daughter a lesson, but before she could even touch her, Xu Manzhi gave her a sarcastic remark that left her feeling choked with pain.
Xu Manzhi said, "Mom, I come from the countryside and I'm very uncouth, unlike my sister who knows proper manners. The news that Dad beat me so badly that I was hospitalized has already spread throughout Haicheng. Even the three-year-olds in the hospital know that the Jiang family is ruthless and cruel. They beat their own daughter so badly that she was disfigured. They're so biased. You don't want to be in the newspaper too, do you?"
It hit the vital spot with one move.
Gu Meiyun didn't know if she was genuinely stupid or just pretending.
The word "official" comes from one mouth.
But with Jiang Jiuhe's incident, the leaders were already having a headache, and the Jiang family couldn't afford to be in the news at this critical juncture.
Jiang Mingda pinched the bridge of his nose.
My head is throbbing.
Unable to comfort Gu Meiyun, he said, "Let's be patient for now. She's of marriageable age, and it's only a matter of time before she gets married. Once Jiuhe's matter is settled, we'll arrange her marriage."
"Mingda, my life is so bitter. How could I have given birth to such a wicked child? She is clearly here to bring misfortune to the Jiang family," Gu Meiyun sobbed.
She felt a little guilty when she saw Xu Manzhi off.
Now, that wretched girl is nothing.
Purely a scourge.
“I’ll think of something… Jiuhe can’t be locked up forever; he’ll eventually have to come out. At worst, our family can invest some money to fill the gaps in the equipment,” Jiang Mingda said.
The medical equipment that was purchased from abroad at great expense turned out to be nothing but scrap.
The amount is quite substantial.
The younger son was a little scared at the time.
He spearheaded this effort and also profited from it.
"You should have a good talk with someone and try to say as little as possible. After all, Yueyue is about to marry into the Zhou family, and we need to make it a grand affair for her so it doesn't look shabby," Gu Meiyun said.
"I know what I'm doing."
Jiang Mingda told her to go find Jiang Pengyue and try to set a wedding date for the two of them.
Gu Meiyun agreed.
However, as soon as she stepped outside, the air was filled with a strong stench and the blood from snakes. Every step she took felt like she was passing through the gates of hell.
She gritted her teeth and finally made her way to her daughter's room.
Jiang Mingda wasn't much better off.
He is afraid of nothing except snakes.
Surrounded by a riot of colors, he wished he could fly away and sweep all the snakes drying in one go.
It was getting dark.
The backyard of the Jiang family.
The aunt brought over a large table, which was covered with dishes, sliced fish, and a pure copper hot pot with charcoal inside, the rim of which was filled with water, and scallions, red dates and wood ear mushrooms floating in it.
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