Chapter 364 Chapter 365: Damn (Happy New Year to all my friends)
Mother Zhou patted her shoulder and sent her out with Yang Chunyan. "If Yan beats you before the money is borrowed back, you can take Qiaoling to your uncle's house."
Luo Haili shook her head and said, "I won't go. I'll wait for you at Yan's house."
Her aunt-in-law didn't like her to go, for fear that she would ask her uncle to borrow money. No one's money comes from the wind. She hadn't paid back the money she borrowed last time, so she didn't have the face to borrow a second time.
If she could leave the Yan family, she would pay back the money she borrowed first when she earned money.
Mother Zhou sighed, thinking of the candies at home, and said, "Wait for me."
Luo Haili nodded, watching her stride towards the main room, and turned to look at Yang Chunyan, "Little cousin, you are not feeling well, don't worry about me, go and have a rest."
"I'm fine." Yang Chunyan glanced at her, thought for a moment and said, "Cousin, as the old saying goes, the arrogant are afraid of the stupid, and the stupid are afraid of the desperate. When you need to be tough, you have to be tough."
She felt that Luo Haili had been living under the care of her stepmother since she was a child and was used to doing things according to her stepmother's mood. She married into the Yan family under such circumstances and was cautious in everything because she had no confidence.
Luo Haili was stunned. "Be tougher?"
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Yes, you earn your living with your own hands, and you don't wait for Yan to make money to support you, so why should you let him beat and scold you?"
If you try too hard to please others, they will not treat you well. Instead, they will treat you like a piece of meat to be slaughtered and stewed as they please. "
Luo Haili: "But my husband took 200 yuan of betrothal gifts from his family and didn't buy me a penny of dowry."
Yang Chunyan: "You worked like a slave for so many years in his house, did you do it for nothing? Don't even mention 200 yuan, you should pay back 2,000 yuan."
Mother Zhou came over and said loudly, "Chunyan is right. You have been married to the Yan family for seven years. You have worked hard to earn work points, and you have raised pigs and chickens to help Yan Yongxin pay off his gambling debts. The total amount is more than 200 yuan."
Luo Haili thought about the gambling debts she had paid off, and it seemed like it was really more than two hundred yuan...
Mother Zhou handed her the candy and said, "Take it back and give it to Qiaoling. Be tough. You don't owe the Yan family anything. If they dare to beat you, go to the brigade and find the brigade cadres to make a big fuss."
"Yeah!" Luo Haili put the candy in her pocket, said goodbye to Zhou's mother and Yang Chunyan, and walked home.
As she walked, she recalled the years she had been in the Yan family. She was still earning work points even when she was pregnant. Qiaoling almost gave birth in the rice field. The eggs that her aunt and others sent her during her confinement were all sold by her mother-in-law.
The past flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern...
The Yan family lived in Guangming Brigade, which is located in the northeast corner of Funiusha Brigade. It took more than two hours to walk back along the mountain road, and it was almost noon when they got home.
When Luo Haili reached the entrance of the village, she saw Qiaoling squatting under the big poplar tree at the entrance of the village, staring at the road at the entrance.
Yan Qiaoling is just five years old this year. She is thin and small, with two braids of dry yellow hair. When she saw Luo Haili, she happily went to greet her, "Mom, you're back?"
"Well! Auntie gave you some candy." Luo Haili picked her up and fed the candy she had already peeled into her mouth, "Is it delicious?"
Yan Qiaoling reached out and took the candy out of her mouth, "Mom, take a bite."
Luo Haili felt warm in her heart and kissed her, "Mom has eaten at my aunt's house."
"Oh!" Yan Qiaoling then put the candy in her mouth, her cheeks puffed up, chewing the crispy candy like a little hamster, "It's delicious! So fragrant!"
Luo Haili held her and sat down at the foot of the steps, waiting for her to finish eating. "Is your husband home?"
Yan Qiaoling shook her head. "No, grandma was cursing at home, saying that she had taken two chickens and left. I was scared, so I came out to wait for you."
Luo Haili touched her head and said, "Don't tell grandma that you ate candy when you get home..."
"I know, grandma wanted to take it away." Yan Qiaoling looked at her like a little adult, "Did your aunt lend you the money?"
Luo Haili picked her up and walked back. "My aunt's family has no money. Are you hungry? Mom will take you back and cook some sweet potatoes for you. When your husband comes back later, you should hide in the house and don't come out. Do you understand?"
Yan Qiaoling hugged her neck tightly, "He wanted to beat me up if he didn't get the money. I hid it so he couldn't see it, so he couldn't beat me up."
Luo Haili's heart ached, "Mom won't let him hit you."
When the mother and daughter returned home, they saw Mother Yan standing in the courtyard with a dark face. Seeing the mother and daughter coming back, she said, "You jinx! Ever since you, the jinx, came into our Yan family, there has been no peace in our family."
Luo Haili carried Yan Qiaoling into the main room without answering, took out two candies from her pocket and gave them to her. "Eat candies in the room, mom will cook sweet potatoes for you."
"Oh!" Yan Qiaoling climbed onto the stool and sat down, "I'll have one."
When Luo Haili went out, she saw Yan's mother still cursing in the yard. She ignored her and went to the kitchen, picked up a few sweet potatoes, soaked them in a basin, scooped some corn flour and started cooking.
Seeing that she didn't respond, Yan's mother chased her to the kitchen door, put one hand on her waist and pointed at her with the other, "Bitch, you ruined the family...I want to ask you where did you put the chicken?
Even if I sell you, you’re not worth as much as my chicken… Your ears are clogged with shit…” I don’t know where she learned all those dirty words.
Luo Haili listened to the insults and the words said by Zhou's mother and Yang Chunyan rang in her ears. She became so angry that she picked up the water used to wash sweet potatoes and splashed it at Yan's mother with a "splash".
"Ah~" Yan's mother was confused by her sudden action.
Seeing her like a drowned rat, Luo Haili suddenly felt happy, and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously...
"You vicious bitch, how dare you splash water on me~" Mother Yan watched her wipe the water off her face, then reached out and picked up the broom against the wall and hit Luo Haili on the head, "I'm going to beat you to death today..."
Luo Haili raised the basin to block the broom that was coming at her head, turned around and picked up the chipped kitchen knife on the stove, holding the handle tightly with both hands, but her legs were out of control and began to tremble like sieves, "I'm not afraid of you, I'm not afraid of you..."
"How dare you take a knife!" Seeing her holding a knife, Yan's mother was not afraid at all. She swung a broom and knocked the knife out of her hand. She grabbed her hair and slammed her against the stove, "You useless bitch, how dare you rebel..."
There were two muffled "bang, bang" sounds, and Luo Haili felt her head "buzzing", and she felt dizzy. She fell down with blood flowing down her hair...
"Oh no..." Seeing this, Yan's mother was stunned for a moment, then turned around and ran away.
Seeing Yan's mother running away, Yan Qiaoling got down from the stool and ran towards the kitchen. Seeing Luo Haili lying on the ground, she rushed over and burst into tears, "Mom, Mom..."
After shaking her for a few times and seeing that she didn't move, he saw the blood on the ground and turned around and ran out, "Third Grandma, my mother is bleeding, grandma hits my mother..."
Auntie Yan heard the shouting and came out, "What happened to your mother?"
Yan Qiaoling pulled her home and said, "Grandma hit Mom and she was bleeding."
Auntie Yan quickly picked her up and ran away. Seeing Luo Haili lying in a pool of blood, she quickly helped her up and shouted outside, "Help, help, hurry up..."
(End of this chapter)
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