"Of course, if you don't believe me, just watch."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Anan climbed up quickly. He hugged the thick branch and shouted to Su Man below, "Auntie, you've got it."
Persimmons were thrown down one by one, about ten or twenty in total.
Previously, they were blocked by the leaves and treetops and could not be seen. Now that there are so many persimmons, many people around have looked over.
It would be fine if other villagers just took a look or two, or at most sighed and wondered why they didn't notice it, but the Wang Fu family was not like that.
Wang Fu was spoiled by Aunt Wang Liu and became lazy and gluttonous. He was already furious last time when he didn't get to eat Su Man's eggs. Now he was so greedy when he saw Su Man had so many persimmons.
These days they either drank wild vegetable porridge or ate sour fruits. When Wang Fu saw the big yellow tomatoes, his mouth kept secreting saliva.
"Mom, I want to eat persimmons too!"
Aunt Wang Liu threw a handful of wild vegetables she had finally found into her backpack and pounded her waist. "Don't worry, Fu'er. I'll find some for you later."
"When can I find it? Wang Man has it ready. I want to eat it now."
Although Aunt Wang Liu wanted to ask Su Man for it, she had lost everything last time she tried to get the eggs. That damn girl was determined not to care about them now, and if she asked, she would probably be disappointed again.
But seeing how much Wang Fu wanted to eat, she couldn't bear to let the child just watch.
Seeing Zhou Anan throwing one after another down, Aunt Wang Liu's eyes rolled and she suddenly came up with an idea.
She pulled Wang Fu and said, "Fu'er, your sister is at odds with us now. She might not give it to me if I ask for it. But you are her brother, and you are so much younger than her. She should take care of you. So, you just watch from the side for a while. If anything falls and she doesn't have time to pick it up, you can eat it."
Aunt Wang Liu thought, after all, Wang Fu is Wang Man's younger brother, and she has the nerve to ask for something when he is just a persimmon.
"I'll go right away and bring back a few more for Mom."
"Oh, so rich."
Aunt Wang Liu was so happy to see her little son that he even remembered to bring some back for his mother when he went to pick persimmons. He was much better than the heartless Wang Man.
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So, Wang Fu secretly hid behind the tree, waiting for Zhou Anan to throw down more persimmons.
Su Man had already put all the persimmons into her backpack. She looked up and said, "An An, it's almost done. Come down quickly, or you might run out of energy and fall down later."
"I understand, Auntie."
Zhou Anan was about to come down when he suddenly saw two big ones. He said happily, "Aunt, there are more here. I'll pick them before coming down."
As soon as he finished speaking, two more persimmons were thrown down.
Wang Fu seized the opportunity, rushed over, grabbed one in each hand and ran away.
Zhou Anan stood high up and spotted the thief at a glance. She said anxiously, "Auntie! The persimmons were stolen!"
Su Man saw that this was too much, and caught up with Wang Fu in three or two steps. She grabbed Wang Fu by the collar and said, "Where are you running to!"
Wang Fu was running so fast that he got caught by his collar. His eyes rolled back and he almost fainted. "Ahem, ahem, ahem, Wang Man, what are you doing?"
He was disrespectful when he was at home and never called Wang Man "sister". Now he called her by her name.
Wang Fu is already sixteen years old this year and is tall. He broke free from his restraints and turned around to escape.
At this moment, Zhou Anan also jumped down from the tree. He blocked Wang Fu's way and said, "Give the persimmons back to us!"
Ten-year-old Zhou Anan only reached Wang Fu's shoulders, but he was still as imposing as ever, "You thief!"
"Who are you calling a thief?"
Seeing people looking over, Wang Fu argued, "I picked it up from the ground. How can you say it's yours?"
His shameless words made Zhou Anan furious. "What do you mean you picked it up? I picked it from the tree, and you stole it from my aunt before she could even pick it up!"
"You damned brat, if you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up!"
Su Man sneered, "Try to touch An An."
Grandma Zhou and Zhou Pingping were also attracted over. Zhou Pingping saw her brother being bullied and refused to stand for it. "If you dare to hit my brother, I will beat you to death!"
Seeing that the Zhou family had arrived, Aunt Wang Liu, who had been observing secretly, could no longer sit still, fearing that her son would suffer.
"What are you doing, bullying my son?"
Aunt Wang Liu blocked Wang Fu's way and said, "It's just two persimmons, and you still want to hit me?"
"Yeah, I just wanted to beat him up, what's wrong?"
Su Man said as if it was a matter of course, "Don't even mention two persimmons. I won't allow anyone to steal even a single needle or thread in my house. Since he has the guts to do this, he must bear the consequences."
"What do you mean by stealing? This mountain is your home. How can we take things from the mountain? It's none of your business!"
Aunt Wang Liu was being unreasonable and refused to admit that her husband Wang Fu had stolen anything.
Su Man didn't argue with her. Without saying a word, she took out all the wild vegetables she had picked in the morning from her backpack.
"Hey! What are you doing!" Aunt Wang Liu was anxious and tried to snatch it, but was stopped by Zhao Yuru and Zhou Anan.
Seeing Aunt Wang Liu jumping up and down, Su Man raised her eyebrows and said, "You picked these wild vegetables from the mountains, right? What the hell does it have to do with you if I pick something from the mountains?"
"you!"
Aunt Wang Liu was speechless.
Zhang Fengxi, the fourth aunt who was collecting wood ear mushrooms nearby, laughed at her and said, "Sixth aunt, you are so old, but you only know how to bully the younger ones. You even taught your son to be a thief."
"What did you say!"
Aunt Wang Liu was already embarrassed, and after being insulted by Zhang Fengxi, she was even more furious. She trembled and said, "Don't talk nonsense! When did my Wang Fu steal anything?"
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