Wang Xiuqin's outrageous actions disgusted Lin Ye. It's like a scholar encountering a soldier—you can't reason with him!
Lin Ye turned around and grabbed the chickens from the coop. While looking for a knife, he said, "Fine, it's the Little New Year today. I'm not going to argue with you or fight. You can lie there if you want. It's cold on the ground anyway, so you deserve to freeze to death!"
Lin Gou Dan, wearing only a thin cotton-padded coat, was indeed very cold lying on the ground. He looked at Wang Xiu Qin with pleading eyes and begged for mercy, "Mom, should I get up? It's so cold!"
"You just lie there properly. Don't you know there's not a penny left in the house? We won't even be able to eat meat for the New Year. You were hit by Lin Ye's wall, he has to compensate you. We're not leaving until he gives us a hundred yuan."
Wang Xiuqin glared at him, forcing him to give up all his ideas.
At this moment, Lin Ye had already found a knife. He deliberately walked to the courtyard gate, and in front of Wang Xiuqin and Lin Gou Dan, he grabbed the chicken by the neck and swiftly stabbed it, causing blood to splatter on the spot.
Wang Xiuqin felt a shiver run through her heart, but remained calm on the surface. Lin Gou Dan, on the other hand, was so frightened that he wet his pants. A warm stream soaked his crotch, turning his pants into two distinct colors.
"This chicken is not behaving properly; it should have been killed a long time ago!"
Lin Ye muttered to himself, then fetched a basin of boiling water from the house. He grabbed the chicken by its feet, soaked it in the water for a few minutes, and then began plucking its feathers.
When Lin Gou Dan saw his wide, sweeping movements, his body would twitch with each pluck, as if Lin Ye were plucking his hair.
"Mom, let's go back, I can't take it anymore!" Lin Gou Dan pleaded with a sob in his voice, "I don't want to eat meat anymore, let's just eat plain rice this New Year."
Ever since Lin Gou Dan was hit by the wall, he has been traumatized and has become much more timid.
Wang Xiuqin ignored him and let him lie on the ground, trying to morally blackmail Lin Ye into handing over money!
After so many encounters, Lin Ye had figured out Wang Xiuqin's tendency to bluff. The more he paid attention to her, the more excited she became, so he simply ignored her.
After plucking the chicken's feathers, Lin Ye took out a chopping board and chopped the chicken into pieces. The way he chopped the chicken with such force that Lin Gou Dan was terrified just by hearing the sound. He looked away, too afraid to watch.
Wang Xiuqin was furious. Why didn't Lu Wanqing and Lin Xiaocui come out? Lin Ye ignored her and just kept attacking a chicken, leaving her no chance to do anything.
After a while, snowflakes began to fall from the gloomy sky.
Lin Xiaocui leaned out of the window and shouted excitedly to Lu Wanqing, "Sister-in-law, it's snowing!"
"A timely snow promises a good harvest; our lives will definitely get better and better next year," Lu Wanqing said with a smile.
Several people in the kitchen steamed the prepared glutinous rice cakes in a pot. Before long, the steaming hot glutinous rice cakes were ready, and a fragrant aroma of osmanthus filled the air, refreshing and delightful.
Lu Wanqing packed several glutinous rice cakes into an aluminum lunchbox, added a generous amount of bright green pickled garlic, covered it, and handed it to Lin Xiaocui, saying:
“Captain Wang hasn’t returned to the village yet for the Lunar New Year. Take this to him and eat it while it’s hot.”
When Lu Wanqing saw her off, she found her another umbrella.
Outside the courtyard gate, Wang Xiuqin, who had been sneaking around knocking, saw Lin Xiaocui come out with a lunchbox. Her face immediately broke into a smile, and she said to Lin Gou Dan with an air of pride, "See? I told you this method would work. Your sister brought us some food."
However, Lin Xiaocui walked out the door, bypassed them, and headed towards the brigade headquarters.
"You brat, weren't the good things for me?" Wang Xiuqin scolded, chasing after her.
Lin Xiaocui walked away in a hurry, without turning her head, and said, "I'd rather feed it to the dogs."
Aso no Soeko's snowball, baring its fangs, seemed to be prompting someone to cue it.
Wang Xiuqin had been chasing after Lin Xiaocui, intending to teach her another lesson, but Xueqiu bared its teeth and looked like it was about to tear her apart, so she had no choice but to obediently admit defeat.
As the snow fell heavier and heavier, a thin layer of snow covered Lin Gou Dan's body, making him almost blend into the world.
When Wang Xiuqin's forceful approach failed, she switched to pleading and crying, kneeling on the ground and begging Lin Ye for pity and some money so she could have a good New Year.
Lin Ye's house was the former brigade headquarters, so it was inevitable that some people would pass by. When they saw Wang Xiuqin and her son crying and complaining at Lin Ye's door, they would stop and gossip for a few words, which would only make Wang Xiuqin cry even harder.
"Lin Ye, please have pity on us! Heaven is watching what people do, so don't go too far! You've earned so much money this year, even a little bit from your own pocket would be enough for us to have a good New Year!"
Hearing her words, passersby shook their heads. Even an upright official can't settle family disputes. Wang Xiuqin used to be a shrew; how did she end up in such a state?
Don't let her get to you, you'd better leave quickly!
Their concerns were not unfounded. A few days ago, Lin Gou Dan was hit by a wall, and He Shu Juan kindly notified Wang Guangming, who took him to the hospital. After emergency treatment, he was saved.
Wang Guangming paid over twenty yuan for medical expenses himself and went to ask Wang Xiuqin for the money back, but she didn't have a penny. She even said that He Shujuan and Wang Guangming were meddling in other people's business. She said she had experience with Lin Gou Dan's injuries and that he didn't need to go to the hospital at all. She said he could just bandage him up at home. If he really needed money, he should go to Lin Ye. It was Lin Ye's wall that broke Lin Gou Dan's clothes.
Wang Guangming was furious. How could there be such an unreasonable and domineering person? He wasn't a saint either. This money would definitely be deducted from her family's work points later.
He Shujuan was also angry, so she went to her house to ask for a penny for fever-reducing medicine. After she recovered, Wang Xiuqin grabbed a carrying pole and chased her away, saying, "Who can prove that I took your medicine? You're taking advantage of my misfortune, you're all obsessed with money."
After this incident, He Shujuan naturally spread her glorious deeds everywhere. Everyone in the team knew that Wang Xiuqin was an ungrateful and treacherous person. Although she looked pitiful now, she had only herself to blame.
Wang Xiuqin knelt and cried for half an hour, but no one paid any attention to her. Her knees, however, felt cold and started to hurt.
Only then did they realize that Lin Gou Dan was lying on the ground, his body already frozen stiff.
"Gou Dan, Gou Dan, are you alright?" Wang Xiuqin brushed the snowflakes off him and helped him up.
Lin Gou Dan's pants were now frozen stiff from being wet with urine, and he was starting to lose his senses: "Damn it, don't bother me! I just saw a fat goose, and I was just about to eat it!"
This was terrible. Wang Xiuqin panicked. Wasn't there a story about the little match girl? Before she froze to death, she saw that thing.
"Dog Egg, you absolutely mustn't die!"
Wang Xiuqin cried her heart out; this time, her tears and snot were seven or eight parts genuine.
Two young men carrying large camouflage bags and dressed in soldiers' uniforms walked over, chatting and laughing, only to witness her wailing and crying.
As one of them approached, he saw Wang Xiuqin, his eyes widening in surprise, and he shouted, "Mom, it's you!"
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