Chapter 231 Poor Little Cousin
Moisture gradually appeared in her eyes. She bit her lower lip and knelt in front of Liu Cuilan with a plop.
The sudden action startled everyone.
"Aunt, please let me see grandma. If I can't get the things back, I'll be beaten to death!"
As she spoke, she kowtowed hard on the ground, and a layer of dark red blood soon appeared on her forehead.
"What are you doing, kid? Third brother, quickly help your cousin up."
Liu Cuilan's eyes were full of distress, and she hurriedly instructed Su Xiaoxiao to help the man.
Su Xiaoxiao helped the person up. Liu Cuilan sighed, "If you want to see it, then go ahead. But your grandma is also a stubborn person. Whether you can get this thing or not is none of my business."
Su Pandi nodded quickly: "Thank you, aunt."
She went to the west wing where Wang Chunhua lived, but just a few minutes after entering, she heard a burst of indistinct curses from the room.
The old lady didn't speak clearly, but she was very powerful when scolding people.
Su Pandi came out of the room with red eyes and bowed to us: "Aunt, I'm going back first."
Liu Cuilan felt sorry for her and hurriedly stopped her: "It's so late, there probably won't be any food at home if you go back, so stay and eat something together."
Su Pandi stood there with a conflicted expression, but his stomach was rumbling.
Su Xiaoxiao walked over and dragged her to the table without saying anything. "We are all relatives. Stay for dinner. What are you afraid of?"
"Thanks."
After a long silence, Su Pandi spoke in a low voice.
Su Xiaoxiao noticed that her eyes were red.
The Su family’s dinner has been quite sumptuous recently.
A large pot of braised pork and potatoes, two plates of stir-fried vegetables, and a soup was considered a good meal in that era.
When the two little brothers saw the food on the table, they picked up their chopsticks with shining eyes and started eating.
Su Xiaoxiao picked up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks, but before she put it in her mouth, she saw Su Pandi holding the steamed bread in his hand in a daze.
"What are you looking at? Eat quickly. We are all family, but no one treats you as a guest."
Knowing that she was embarrassed, Su Xiaoxiao turned the braised pork in her hand and put it directly into her bowl.
Su Pandi was a little flattered: "Thank you, cousin, I... I can do it myself."
It was the first time someone was so nice to her. Su Pandi stared at the meat in the bowl, and her eyes became even redder.
Su Xiaoxiao picked up another piece and put it in her bowl without saying anything, urging her, "Eat it quickly, or else the fourth and fifth brothers will finish it all."
This child is so skinny that he looks like a layer of skin stretched over a skeleton. It is really heartbreaking to see him.
Seeing that Su Panddi didn't move her chopsticks, she picked up a few more pieces of meat and put them in her bowl.
Su Pandi nodded vigorously, then carefully picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
The pork belly, with its alternating fat and lean parts, had an enticing aroma. It was the first time in her life that she had eaten such delicious meat. In the past, it was never her turn to have the meat, unless it had fallen on the ground or was dirty or rotten.
Her mother often told her that girls are outsiders and will get married sooner or later, and everything in the house belongs to her younger and older brothers.
So when her younger brother and older brother were in school, she could only work in the fields and take care of the whole family at home.
Her mother told her that this was the fate of girls: to work, get married, give birth to children and work, and that would be her life forever.
Can……
She looked at her cousin, who was smiling at her, and suddenly asked a random question: "Cousin, my mom said that girls don't deserve to go to school or work. Is that true?"
Su Xiaoxiao was filled with righteous indignation. She didn't expect that her second aunt was such a bad person.
The Qing Dynasty has been gone for many years, but people still adhere to the old idea of favoring boys over girls.
She put down her chopsticks, took Su Pandi's hand, and said seriously: "Pandi, sister tells you, men and women are the same. We can do what boys can do. There were female emperors and female generals in history."
Su Pandi looked at her with bright eyes: "Cousin, you are more capable than my mother, so what you said must be right."
After she finished speaking, she smiled, but her smile was bitter: "It would be great if I were also my aunt's child, cousin, I really envy you."
Su Xiaoxiao didn't know how to comfort her. People in this era were conservative and backward in their thinking. In the minds of many people, women should take care of their husbands and children and take care of the family.
She couldn't tell her that men and women would be equal in the future. She just silently picked up another piece of braised pork for her with her chopsticks and said, "Eat well. When you grow up, you can leave home and do what you want."
Su Pandi nodded vigorously, picked up the meat and started eating.
She eats very fast, which she learned at home. When there is no one to protect her, people will learn to protect themselves.
After the family had finished their meal, the two little brothers touched their round bellies and burped at the same time.
Su Pandi hurriedly stood up to help Xu Zhaodi clean up the dishes. The two occasionally looked at each other, as if looking at a mirror, one was the past and the other was the future.
Su Xiaoxiao suddenly wanted to help this little cousin.
If she continues like this, she will become the second Xu Zhaodi.
But how can I help?
Before she could figure it out, someone banged on the gate.
The noise of banging on the door was very loud, as if someone was venting their anger.
Su Wenbing hurried out to open the door, and as soon as he opened it, he saw Zhang Guifang standing at the door with a fierce look.
Zhang Guifang looked up and saw Su Pandi standing in the main room with a long face.
"You silly girl, you only know how to play outside. It's already so late, why don't you hurry home and cook?"
"Are you deliberately trying to starve us to death?"
As she spoke, she seemed to feel unsatisfied, so she picked up the thick stick that was blocking the gate next to her and hit Su Pandi with it.
Su Pandi didn't react in time and was hit on the arm. His eyes immediately turned red, but he stood there and didn't dare to move.
Normally, if she dodged or resisted when she was beaten, she would only be beaten harder.
Seeing her forbearing and aggrieved look, Zhang Guifang was even more furious: "I'd rather raise a dog than you, you heartless bastard! Get the hell out of here!"
As he spoke, the stick in his hand was about to fall, but Liu Cuilan grabbed it and threw it away: "She is your own daughter, how could you be so cruel?"
"What's it to you if I discipline my own daughter?"
Zhang Guifang glared at Liu Cuilan fiercely, but was frightened by her aura and reluctantly dropped the stick.
"What are you still standing there for? Come back with me!"
She didn't dare to get angry at Liu Cuilan, so she could only vent her anger on Su Pandi.
Su Pandi called out timidly, "Mom."
"Aunt, cousin, I'm leaving first."
After thanking the two of them, she followed Zhang Guifang away.
"Why are you walking so slowly? There's so much work waiting for you at home. Hurry up, there's still a lot of work left in the fields. Once you finish cooking, get back to the fields."
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