"What gives you the right to use the fruits of our family's labor to flatter your mother-in-law? What makes you think you can do this?!"
At this moment, Song Lili suddenly had the idea of separating the family, separating Song Jianshe and Xia Niu, and not caring what they wanted to do in the future.
"I..." Song Jianshe was speechless when asked the question, and even more ashamed and embarrassed by what Song Lili said.
This time, Song Lili confronted Xia Niu again, saying, "Didn't I tell you not to do those low-class things again? Didn't I warn you?"
"Or do you really think I won't do anything to you?" A cold smile played on her lips. "Then you're wrong. This time, I won't let you off so easily."
After saying that, she looked at Song Jianshe and said, "Take back as much as you gave away. If you can't take it back, then you and your husband will have to pay it back yourselves."
"In the days to come, there will be no food for you at home. If you want to eat, you'll have to find your own way." After saying that, he turned to leave.
"By the way, it's best not to touch those vegetables in the private plot, otherwise... hmph."
Song Lili left, and Song Yongren also went back to his room with a cold face. Song Fang even snorted at her older brother several times.
When only the couple remained, Song Jianshe stared blankly at the empty space, lost in thought. The grain that had been there earlier had been taken away by Song Lili.
Song Jianshe's mind kept replaying his sister's face, her face as cold as ice, devoid of any warmth. So, he had made a mistake, had he?
“Jianshe, we…” Xia Niu looked at Song Jianshe cautiously.
"Go ask for food." Song Jianshe took a deep breath and turned to leave.
Xia Niu immediately grabbed Song Jianshe's arm. "No, that's for my mother. We can't take it back."
Song Jianshe stared at Xia Niu with a dark expression. "Why?"
Xia Niu felt a little flustered. Looking at Song Jianshe's bad expression, she was afraid. Finally, she said with a sob in her voice, "Jianshe, it wasn't easy for my mother to raise me."
"With so little food, wouldn't it be better to make her life a little easier? I...we'll go and beg Lili, and she'll forgive us."
This time, Song Jianshe was so angry he laughed. "Xia Niu, why?" he asked.
"Why should my great-grandmother and sister suffer just because your mother raised you with such difficulty? Why is my great-grandmother's hardship so worthless?"
"What makes you think Lily will forgive you, forgive me? Where does your confidence come from? Just because she's my sister?"
He scoffed, "Then let me tell you, you're wrong. Lili won't let you off the hook just because of me." Of course, she won't let me off the hook either.
"If you can't get the grain back, then you'd better think about what you'll eat from now on." Song Jianshe shook off Xia Niu's arm and stormed out the door.
Xia Niu watched Song Jianshe storm off, fear in her eyes. But she also felt a sliver of hope, thinking that Song Jianshe was wrong.
How could a younger sister be so heartless towards her own brother? She wanted to give Xia Jun the best, and Song Lili must feel the same way.
However, Xia Niu heard the same words twice from both Song Lili and Song Jianshe, which made her feel uncertain and uneasy.
In the end, she convinced herself that Song Lili wouldn't do it.
Song Lili, whom Xia Niu considered a good person, has now found Zhang Qinghua. This time, she will definitely not try to smooth things over.
"How much grain did my family receive?" That was the first question she asked Zhang Qinghua when she found her.
"What's wrong? Is something wrong?" Zhang Qinghua immediately went to get the ledger to check, asking with concern.
"It's not that it's wrong, it's that Song Jianshe, that idiot, gave it away, so I need to know how much it was in order to get it back."
Zhang Qinghua breathed a sigh of relief; at least it wasn't his fault.
"Give it to Chen Erhua?" Zhang Qinghua only needed to think for a moment to know who Song Jianshe had given it to.
Song Lili nodded somewhat helplessly, "Yes, please help me see how much there is in total."
“Okay,” Zhang Qinghua immediately flipped through the ledger. “Although the weather was bad during the autumn harvest this year, the harvest was quite good.”
"After paying the grain tax, there's more grain left over than last year, so we'll distribute more. Let me take a look at your family's property."
Zhang Qinghua looked through the list line by line and said, "Found it. It weighs a total of four hundred jin, about four bags."
“Song Jianshe…” Song Lili gritted her teeth in anger. Song Jianshe only brought back two bags, which meant that half of them were given to Chen Erhua?
Chen Erhua's face is really big.
"Thank you, I'm going back now. This time I'll make that idiot Song Jianshe cry for his parents, otherwise it will be a waste of all the time I've put up with him."
Song Lili was furious. She figured that Song Jianshe had given Chen Erhua a bag of money at most, and the majority of it was probably in his own home.
But unexpectedly, half of it ended up in Chen Erhua's pocket. How could she possibly eat it? Wasn't she afraid of being stuffed to death?
Song Lili was tied to the ground all year round, and in the end, the fruits of her labor were given to others, making her a stepmother. Did she agree to that?
Song Lili stormed off, but Zhang Qinghua, worried about her, followed her to the Third Brigade to ask Chen Erhua for more grain.
Unexpectedly, in the Third Brigade, they saw Song Jianshe pacing back and forth, but he didn't dare to enter the Chen family's house to ask for food.
Seeing Song Jianshe's cowardly behavior, Song Lili's anger intensified, and she gritted her teeth whenever she saw him.
"Song Jianshe, you idiot!" Song Lili was consumed by anger and all she wanted to do was vent her frustration. She wanted to beat Song Jianshe up whenever she saw him.
So, Song Lili followed her heart, rushed over and punched Song Jianshe in the cheek, silencing him completely. He could only manage to call out, "Lili..."
Then, Song Jianshe felt a burning pain in his cheeks, especially around his eye sockets, where he could feel the swelling returning rapidly.
But before the pain from that first blow had subsided, Song Lili struck again, this time at Song Jianshe and his son, using most of her strength to smash down.
"Ugh..." Song Jianshe groaned in pain, curling up like a shrimp to relieve the agony. It really hurt so much.
He had always known that Song Lili was very strong, but now that he had experienced it firsthand, he realized that he had underestimated her before.
This strength is greater than that of any other adult man; in any case, Song Jianshe cannot compare.
"I'll beat you to death, you idiot! All you ever do is cause trouble for me. Is your brain filled with shit?"
"I thought everything was settled, and then you came out to cause trouble. Go ahead and do it yourselves, what gives you the right to give away my things?"
"Those are all things I worked hard for. Why do you give them away to others? What right do you have? Have you ever thought about how Dada and Fangfang feel?" Song Lili suddenly felt very sad, for herself, and for Dada and her sister.
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