Tang Cuihua ignored the barking of a group of dogs and refused to open the door no matter how much they cursed at her.
Cuiju bought the meat, but she didn't plan to marinate it.
"We'll have dumplings for dinner tonight. Cuimei, go cut some chives from the wall. Ju, go chop the meat, add some scallions and ginger, and I'll go organize the gifts they brought!"
Cuixiang looked at the two piglets and asked, "Big sister, will we be feeding pigs from now on?"
Cuihua sighed, "Two pigs? How can we afford to feed them? Tomorrow I'll carry them to my godparents' house. We can feed these three hens. People say they're just starting to lay eggs, which is the peak season for eggs, so we can raise them to sell. We don't have time or food to feed the pigs."
The fifty-pound bag was full of wheat, genuine high-quality grain. Cuihua was moved and, together with her sister, poured the grain into the wooden grain box.
When the bamboo basket was opened, there were actually about twenty pounds of meat and about thirty pounds of eggs inside. The eggs were mixed with dozens of pounds of millet, which surprised Cuihua.
"Such a generous gift, the Zhao family is clearly trying to pay back the debt in one go. We shouldn't have accepted it."
Tang Cuimei disagreed, saying, "Big sister, who can really calculate how much a human life is worth? Even if they're trying to pay back the debt in one go, they know in their hearts that they can't ever repay this debt. So it's not unreasonable for them to help us find our two younger sisters on this basis. You don't need to feel pressured like that."
"If you meet Zhao Xiaobo again at school,"
Tang Cuimei shook her head, "Don't worry, sister. I'll be graduating in a few months. How many more times will I see him? Besides, we're not in the same class. I don't know what you're going to say. I know, just stay away from him."
She took the meat that the Zhao family brought and handed it directly to Tang Cuimei.
"Put this meat away. We can't eat this much, and it'll save us the trouble of salting it. We'll eat it next time you come back."
Knowing that her younger sister had a secret device, she didn't plan to sell the eggs and millet. Instead, she had Tang Cuimei keep them for the family to eat slowly.
Just as they finished tidying up, the door made a loud banging noise. Tang Cuihua's heart skipped a beat. "Are they trying to force their way in?"
She lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then winked at Tang Cuimei, "Put away anything that shouldn't be in the house. Can we put it back in?"
Tang Cuimei nodded, "Anything but pigs and chickens is fine."
"Then put it away. You and Cuiju can take the pig and go out the back door to the Tao family and deliver the pig there."
Cuihua pulled Cuihong aside, gesturing for her to follow her toward the main gate. If things got really bad, she would open the gate and have a big fight.
"Okay, let's go and come back quickly, Fifth Brother, let's hurry up and go."
The second sister realized what the eldest sister was going to do and hurriedly called Cuimei to go to the backyard to catch piglets. Luckily, there were two baskets in the house, so the two of them each carried one. Seeing that there was no one at the back gate, they quickly opened the gate and walked towards the village entrance. Not long after they left, the Tang family members also gathered at the back gate. If their wall hadn't been high enough, they probably would have already climbed over the wall and come in.
Now, cousins from the Tang family were banging on the door from both the front and back. Cuihua was fed up with their jealousy. She told Cuihong to guard the back door while she and Cuixiang pushed open the bolt on the front door. When they tried to bang on the door again, they were caught off guard and missed. The force of the impact caused them to fall flat on their faces, along with the large logs they were carrying.
The gate was opened, and looking at the bustling crowd outside, not a single villager came out to stop them. Instead, they were all just onlookers. It would be a lie to say she wasn't disheartened. She coldly glanced around, then looked at her grandmother and aunt who were jumping and shouting, and gave a cold smile.
The sisters were both unmarried, but the insults they hurled at each other were absolutely vulgar and extremely offensive.
"Speak, what exactly do you want? If I remember correctly, my sisters and I have severed ties with your entire family, haven't we, Father?"
At the end of the crowd stood a man who looked more than ten years older than before. He was hunched over, with a stubble beard and thinning hair. Judging from his appearance, it seemed that after having a son, things had not gotten better; on the contrary, they had become increasingly difficult.
Tang Youtian didn't want to come here, but his eldest and second eldest brothers dragged him over, telling him to clean up the house.
What do you mean by "cleaning up the house"? He's not even on Tang Youtian's household register anymore.
Now, faced with his daughter's clear-headed questioning, he frowned, first glancing at his sister-in-law who had made a complete fool of herself, then at his brother and nephew with their ferocious expressions. For the first time, he didn't know how to answer his daughter's question.
Seeing that Tang Youtian remained silent, the eldest brother, Tang Youjin, grew anxious.
"You think you can just cut ties like that? No matter what, the Tang family raised you sisters. What, you think you can just sever ties like that? I'm your uncle, and let me tell you, if you want to sever ties with us, the only way is if you die! There's absolutely no way you can!"
The second brother, Tang Youyin, looked at Tang Cuihua with a mocking expression.
"What, you've hooked up with someone powerful and influential, and now you think you can ditch these poor relatives? How old are you to dare to make decisions? Such a big event, and you, a young girl, are going to entertain guests? Do you even have the right? That's the township head, the township head! Such a good opportunity, and you, a jinx, have ruined it. Have you lost your mind?"
Tang Cuihua initially thought he was a leader from the township, but later she learned from the conversation that he was no ordinary person. She had never even met the township head, let alone the town head. No wonder these vampire relatives were so anxious. They probably found out from the village head.
She sneered, "What does it have to do with you? Coming here to claim kinship? Pretending to be an elder? A good opportunity? For you poor relatives who are like leeches that you can't shake off, isn't this a good opportunity? But what does it have to do with us? You only know that he is the township head, but do you know why he came?"
When she saw the Tang family and villagers all eagerly listening for the answer, Tang Cuihua kept them in suspense, her face full of disdain.
"Hey, I'm not going to tell you, I'm not going to tell you. In a hurry? If you're in a hurry, go and ask them yourselves! Don't blame me for not warning you. I've already told them about what you've been doing all these years. We're guarding against you leeches and bloodsuckers pretending to be us to extort favors from them! They value the eight sisters led by Tang Cuihua, not a bunch of leeches like you! Bah, and you say we've been kicked by a donkey? I think you're the ones who've lost your minds. You're shameless to the extreme!"
Tang Youjin's chest heaved, and Tang Youyin's face turned bluish-purple. The youngest uncle, Tang Youliang, didn't care about any of this. He suddenly appeared out of nowhere and swung his weapon at Tang Cuihua's face. At the crucial moment, Cuihua dodged to the side.
Unexpectedly, after failing to hit him the first time, he reached out to hit him a second time, and this time...
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