Chapter 15
Sang Luo stopped and looked at Li. Shen Jin's mouth was just begging for food. She finally knew where the root of the problem came from.
It was the first time that Sang Luo had seen someone so rude. All the self-cultivation she had acquired after living in the mountains for several years was lost.
Her eyebrows jumped, and before she could even think about whether to retort or not, Shen Jin's face appeared beside Li.
"Mom, she didn't want to eat it. She took half a bowl of fish and gave it to Grandma Chen. I saw it!"
"Mom, I want to eat fish, too."
Li's face was fixed with a smug look of sarcasm. She pursed her lips, her eyes gradually turned cold, and a few words jumped out from between her teeth.
"An ungrateful bastard who can't even support his family."
Speak slowly, word by word.
Shen Jin followed beside him, sticking out his tongue and making faces, imitating him: "White-eyed wolf!"
Sang Luo's expression turned cold, and her eyes moved across the faces of Li's mother and son, finally meeting Li's gaze.
"Aunt San should be more polite. I heard that Chen Lie replaced Uncle San at the age of sixteen and went to the battlefield. When you say these words, just think about it. If it was Uncle San who went there, the one who is in a worrying situation now should be transferred."
Sang Luo patted her forehead seriously when she said this: "Look at me, I forgot that I heard from the villagers that Chen Lie was a very good person. If Third Uncle died on the battlefield, he would not have done such a thing as to drive Third Aunt and several cousins out, Third Aunt, right?"
Li's hair was about to explode, her eyes narrowed, and she glared at Sang Luo: "Who are you cursing to death? Is there anyone as disrespectful as you? It seems that our family's food rations for the past few months have been fed to dogs, right?"
Sang Luo glared at her and said, "Look at what you said. We were just talking about the facts, but Aunt San couldn't stand it just by listening to it? Then our Xiao An and An Ning's brothers lost their lives, and were separated by you, Uncle San and Aunt San, to fend for themselves. Who can they complain to?"
"Listen to what you say again. You call me a beggar on one hand and an ungrateful wolf on the other. I would like to respect you as an elder, but do you behave like an elder?"
Her voice was crisp and her pronunciation was clear. In just a short while, people around had already poked their heads out to watch the fun.
Li was so choked that she couldn't say anything back. Her face was swollen like a pig's liver. Her fingertips trembled as she pointed at Sang Luo twice. She suddenly covered her face and howled, "This is really a case of gratitude for a small amount of rice and a large amount of rice for a large amount of rice. We have raised the three children of the eldest wife for so many years, but instead of gratitude, we have brought them hatred?"
The noise was so loud that Shen San, who had been listening to the noise in the house, hurried out. He looked around and saw that the neighbors on both sides were looking in. He clenched his fists, suppressed his anger, and shouted, "What are you making a fuss so early in the morning!"
She turned around and said to Sang Luo: "Sang, your Third Aunt saw you fleeing from the famine and kindly brought you back to give you a place to stay. I don't know how much gratitude you deserve, but at least you should show respect, right?"
He is very good at putting on a hat.
Sang Luo had no parents since she was little. The orphanage was not a harmonious and happy place. She grew up in a bumpy way. She usually did not cause trouble, but she was definitely not a pushover when things got tough. When she heard this, she sneered, "Uncle San, don't use this to pressure me. Aunt San gave me half a bag of grain in exchange for me to be Chen Lie's wife. What was she thinking? Everyone in the village could see it clearly."
"As for the favor, I'm here. I've been fleeing all the way here. If Third Auntie really gives me a way to live, I will definitely be grateful and repay her even if it means tying a knot with a grass and a ring."
"But the villagers all saw what happened after I came to Shili Village. I don't need to tell you, right? I almost starved to death on the mountain the night before yesterday. Xiao An came to ask for food in the middle of the night, but you, Uncle and Aunt, just pretended not to hear. I'm not blaming you. This is what Xiao Jin said yesterday. If it weren't for the kindness of Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen who sent food up in the middle of the night to save my life, I, Sang Luo, would now be reunited with my lost parents, brothers, and the man I haven't met yet."
"So, you and Third Aunt should really not talk about favors with me in the future."
Shen San and Li had never known that Sang was such a sharp-tongued person, and they were choked and dumbfounded for a moment.
Li was quicker to react. She spat at Sang Luo before her husband could react. "You are such a good talker. We husband and wife can't argue with you! But no one in the family needs to be fed for the rest of their lives after the family branches out. You should have stood up on your own after the family branches out. Can you blame us for this? Do we owe you anything?"
Sang Luo refused to take the blame. "What you said depends on how the family divides the property. There is no land, only a hilltop that has not been reclaimed. I need to be extremely capable to feed three mouths, right? Look around the village and see which family divides the property like this. The two small bags of grain are meant for me and Xiao An and An Ning to buy land and grow crops and harvest them."
"Yes, we are the younger generation. If you want to say that this family property is all accumulated by you, and you don't owe us anything, except for the two hills that the government gave us for free when we settled down, which should have been the eldest house, I have nothing to say. But calling you a beggar on the left and an ungrateful wolf on the right is meaningless, right? I am almost starving to death. Even if Xiao An wants to eat in the middle of the night for me, a disappointing sister-in-law, won't you open the door?"
"Since you are so cruel that you don't care about the life or death of the younger generation, then you don't have to act like an elder. The family has been divided into two families. When you meet and talk in the future, you still have to have basic courtesy. Don't you think this makes sense?"
She raised her voice high, and the last sentence was directed to the neighbors. Shen San and Li looked around and saw that everyone was watching the show at the door of each house, pointing and whispering in their direction.
Although Shen San couldn’t hear clearly, he knew it was definitely not a good thing.
His breath was stuck in his throat, his ears were buzzing, and he almost vomited blood.
Mrs. Chen came out after hearing the noise and listened to the entire conversation between the two. The old lady had been enduring the couple for several months, always thinking that it was someone else's family affair, and kept her mouth shut.
Now hearing that Li was begging for food and looking down on others, he finally couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Alright, Third Shen, our two families fled all the way here and are now neighbors. I, an old woman, will take advantage of my age to say something. Don't overdo some things. Let's not talk about other things. Back then, your eldest brother was killed for protecting your family's food and water. Little An's mother died because she couldn't stand the blow. You two were able to survive because of your brother's protection. Do you admit this?"
"Not to mention that you changed Alie's name to let him replace you on the battlefield. Everyone in the village knew about it."
"So, in the future, when it comes to Xiao An and An Ning... and A Lie's wife, you two should check your conscience before you act. Ask yourself if you can live with it. Also think about whether you dare to face your brother, sister-in-law, and nephew in the underworld."
The complexions of Shen San and Li turned from red to black, from black to white, from white to blue, and from blue to purple... It was simply too exciting.
Shen San's face changed like a palette, and in the end, it swelled into the color of liver.
He still dared to act like an elder in front of Sang Luo, but nothing he said would make sense to Old Lady Chen, who had escaped with him and knew their family's situation well. In the end, he could only flick his sleeves, pull his wife with one hand and his son with the other, turn into the yard, and slam the gate behind him.
Sang Luo curled her lips, her mood not affected at all by the slamming of the door.
However, Mrs. Chen, seeing that the gate of the Shen family's courtyard was closed, walked a few steps to Sang Luo, pulled her to her own courtyard, and glared at her with disgust.
"Are you stupid? No matter how dishonest their actions are, they still put you under great pressure due to their seniority. Why are you just arguing with them? Do you care about your reputation?"
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