Su Xingran ignored him, her gaze towards Old Lady Su somewhat profound. "Grandma, you just said you were going to hang yourself in front of our house, right? You should hang yourself at Uncle's house. Su Wenli falsely claimed someone's life-saving grace, and she made sure you couldn't give Uncle a hundred yuan, so you should hang yourself there. And you keep saying my mother is a barren hen, a money-loser. Humans don't lay eggs, and my mother is a human, of course she doesn't lay eggs. I'm a money-loser, then Grandma is a money-loser too. I'm a woman, so you are too. So I'm the youngest money-loser, you're the oldest, my cousin is, my aunt is, and my other aunt is too."
"You, you!" Old Mrs. Su wanted to curse her daughter, but she couldn't bring herself to say it. If she did, it would be like cursing herself and her daughter as well. "You short-lived wretch! You'll die a horrible death! You might as well have died when you fell down the mountain!" Vicious words continued to pour out. Mr. and Mrs. Su wanted to speak, but Su Xingran stopped them.
Don't worry, Grandma, I'll definitely outlive you, whether I live a short or long life. I'm lucky I survived the fall. "If I don't die, your good days are almost over," Su Xingran thought to herself.
Aunt, you came to our door first thing this morning, yelling at my parents and demanding money. You're worse than the bandits in those books. We three aren't ungrateful, but your family is. My parents have been good enough to you.
And you, Uncle, you're my father's older brother, right? Anyone who didn't know better would think we were enemies. I can't compare to your Wenli; I can't even lie as well as she can.
Su Xingran went berserk, feeling like she'd kick even a passing dog. She was indeed somewhat insane at that moment. She thought back to this day in her past life, when her parents were forced to owe a hundred yuan, which they paid off with work points and odd jobs, taking two years to finally pay it off. For those two years, her family didn't even have a single grain of white rice; they ate sweet potatoes, corn, cornbread, and wild vegetables. The suffering couldn't be described in a few words, or even just a few sentences. A nameless fire burned within her, and she wanted to kill that evil family.
Cousin, I don't know what I did wrong to offend you. Why are you trying to harm our family like this? You claim to be my savior, but your family comes to our door demanding money, not just a few dollars or ten dollars, but a hundred dollars. How could we possibly have that? You know perfectly well that we don't have any, but you still force us to take it. Even if it's a life-saving favor, no one will force others to give money or things like this. Who in the village will believe that saving someone was genuine or that you're just trying to extort money?
Yeah, Su, your family is going too far. You can't even raise your own daughter properly, and you still have the nerve to come to our door asking for money. All the work points we save up throughout the year, plus odd jobs, only amount to thirty or forty yuan a year. We still have to eat and use that money. And you just ask for a hundred yuan out of the blue. It would take us two or three years to save up even if we didn't eat or drink. You're trying to drive your own brother to his death.
And Wenli, that girl, is just too much. She lies without batting an eye; she's practically old enough to be married off. If Xingran hadn't clarified things and found evidence today, the Su family would have been in deep trouble. The villagers watching were all talking about it.
The Su family, including Old Man Su and Old Woman Su, fled in panic, unable to find any words to refute. They also didn't know that Wenli really hadn't saved that short-lived man.
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