Du Jianshan stood at the edge of the pit, watching the gushing spring water, a satisfied smile on his face.
The crowd gathered around the bubbling pit, dancing with excitement.
The college students abandoned all decorum and excitedly slapped their thighs.
Wang Tieniu grinned widely, hands on his hips, looking quite proud.
Only the Ma siblings stood outside the crowd, like two wilted eggplants that had been hit by frost.
The bright red handprint on Ma Jinbao's face hadn't faded yet, and now it was covered with a layer of ashen gray.
He stared intently at the gushing spring, his lips trembling, wanting to say something but unable to utter a word, completely dumbfounded.
Ma Chunmei's face was ashen, as if painted green, her chest heaving violently, and she was grinding her old teeth to powder.
Wang Tieniu, with his sharp eyes, noticed the two plague-like figures' gruesome deaths and deliberately raised his voice, yelling at Ma Jinbao, "Hey! Ma Jinbao! How about that? Stunned, aren't you?"
"Who was that jumping up and down cursing just now, saying Brother Du was fooling ghosts? Did a ghost dig this water for you? Doesn't your face hurt? Huh?"
These words were like a red-hot needle, piercing Ma Chunmei's taut nerve!
She abruptly turned her head, her eyes blazing with venom as she stared intently at the still-dazed Ma Jinbao beside her: "It's all your fault! It's all your fault, you useless piece of trash! What were you yelling about?"
"That's great! He actually found it! And there's so much water!"
She pointed at the puddle, her fingers trembling: "This is just the first one! What about the rest? If he finds a few more, all the credit will be his! The company commander will treat him like royalty!"
"How will we survive in Baiyang Fort then? We'll be starving and at the mercy of others!"
After being berated by his sister, Ma Jinbao snapped out of his daze and a surge of anger rose within him.
He retorted, his neck stiff, "Blame me? Sis! How dare you blame me? If you hadn't dragged me here, would I have suffered like this?"
"I'm the one who got beaten! I'm the one who carried the load! I'm the one who dug the hole until my arm almost broke! What did you do besides stand there and babbling on and on?"
"you!"
Ma Chunmei was so overwhelmed by his thrusts that she almost couldn't catch her breath, her triangular eyes widening in shock.
"You little brat! How dare you talk to me like that? I'm your older sister! If you weren't so incompetent, unable to even handle Ayiguli, would Du Jianshan be able to ride roughshod over us?"
"Useless! You've been useless since you were a child! I should have drowned you in a chamber pot back then!"
These words enraged Ma Jinbao.
"You're the one who's useless! You're just a shrew! What else can you do besides throw a tantrum? Where were you when I was being beaten? Now you know how to curse me?"
"If you hadn't been so foul-mouthed and offended the company commander, would we have been punished to plant those eight hundred trees?" Ma Jinbao was completely desperate, and all his pent-up grievances, anger, and fear erupted.
"I'll beat you to death, you heartless ingrate!" Ma Chunmei completely exploded, screamed, and pounced on him with her claws outstretched. She grabbed Ma Jinbao's hair with one hand and scratched his face with the other!
"Ah! You dare hit me! You shrew!" Caught off guard, Ma Jinbao was grabbed by the hair and yelled in pain. His eyes turned red, and he reached out to shove his sister without a care.
The two immediately started fighting, hurling the most vicious insults at each other.
I'll strangle you!
"You old hag!"
"waste!"
"shrew!"
I should have punched you to death back then!
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