"How outrageous! It's just some wild vegetables, you can find them anywhere. Why do they have to steal from the children? This is intentional, it's absolutely vicious!"
Wei Lanfen, who was squeezed at the front, frowned, her tone full of contempt for Zhao's despicable behavior.
This isn't about stealing wild vegetables at all; it's clearly about deliberately bullying people and harming children. How can there be such wicked people!
Her in-laws were kind people; they treated their sons, daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters the same. They couldn't stand families that didn't treat their daughters like human beings, so they angrily started cursing.
If Chen An hadn't been there, she would have said even worse things.
The other villagers glanced at Chen An upon hearing this. After all, she was his mother. Wouldn't speaking like that displease Chen An?
But Chen An's expression remained as somber as before, his eyes fixed ahead, clearly unconcerned about what others said about Zhao Shi.
Everyone immediately understood – he was furious!
Before the family was divided, the children and daughter-in-law could suffer without anyone saying anything. Now that the family has been divided, the mother is still bullying the children and even causing someone's death. Who wouldn't be angry?
The crowd surrounded Cheng Yue and the others, walking forward together. "Come on, we'll go with you. The Zhao family is capable of doing something like this, so don't expect them to get away with it so easily!"
Most of the villagers were warm-hearted and kind-hearted. Cheng Yue glanced at everyone and silently made a mental note of them. There were some people she was not familiar with, and her impression of them was vague.
But she will not forget those who helped her.
"Sister-in-law Lanfen, could you please go and call out to Sister-in-law Xiangxiu? Cuicui got scratched while protecting the two sisters."
“Okay, you guys go ahead, we’ll be there in a bit!” Wei Lanfen readily agreed and turned to go to Zhao Xiangxiu’s house.
This Zhao woman is beyond description; she even preys on other people's children!
After Wei Lanfen finished speaking with Zhao Xiangxiu, she was about to leave together when she suddenly stopped and turned back to the village head's house. This kind of thing had to be settled by the village head.
The village head frowned so deeply that it could trap a fly. He had been annoyed by the trouble caused by Erlaizi's family all morning, but Cheng Yue's words of good news made him feel a little better.
Before he could even enjoy his peace of mind for half a day, Zhao did something like this again! The village head sighed deeply, "They never stop causing trouble!"
Upon hearing this, Madam Feng was also filled with indignation. "How could Zhao be so heartless as to harm the children? If the two children hadn't been lucky, someone might have died!"
The village head didn't say much, and quickly left his house. Feng and Wei Lanfen followed behind him and headed towards the village entrance.
At this moment, Zhao was happily feeding the pigs grass. She couldn't afford to offend Cheng Yue, so giving those two girls a beating would be good.
Even her parents never loved her, so why do those two girls get to love them?
She was wearing new clothes, and her face had gotten round from eating so much, but she still couldn't stand the sight of her.
Back in her parents' home, her older and younger brothers ate dry food, while she could only eat porridge, and sometimes she couldn't even get porridge.
They did the most work, ate the least food, and never escaped being woken up by hunger in the middle of the night.
After she got married, her sisters-in-law disliked her, and her mother-in-law also tormented her.
We're all women, so why does she suffer so much while her daughter-in-law and granddaughter get to be cared for?
Holding the wild vegetables she had stolen, Zhao felt no remorse whatsoever. On the contrary, she felt that she had been kind enough compared to her parents and in-laws.
Li Manying leaned against the doorway, cracking sunflower seeds and marveling at how her mother-in-law, who was so tired of even going to the outhouse, had actually dug up two baskets of wild vegetables early in the morning. It was truly remarkable.
See? If she doesn't do the work, someone else will!
Just as Li Manying was grimacing and complaining, she saw a dozen or so villagers surrounding Cheng Yue's family and walking towards them.
Although she couldn't see everyone's expressions clearly from a distance, her intuition told her that it wasn't a good thing!
Li Manying was shocked and uncertain. When she looked at the two baskets of wild vegetables at Zhao's feet, she felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head. "Mother! Did you steal these wild vegetables from your second son's family?!"
Zhao's droopy eyelids bulged as she glared. "Rob him? That's my own son, everything he has is mine, why would I need to rob him?"
So what if they stole it? Do they dare ask for it back? She's his own mother; if she makes a scene, does he think he can have some self-respect?
They wouldn't accept her dried sweet potatoes, nor would they let her ride in their oxcart, and they took it as if they were in the right. But who can't pick these wild vegetables? Once she gets them, they're hers!
Li Manying rolled her eyes and pointed at the front door, angrily saying, "I told you long ago not to mess with the second son's family, see for yourself!"
Zhao turned around and saw a group of people walking towards her house, and she felt a little flustered.
The villagers were all as if they had been bewitched by Cheng Yue, and they would only speak up for her, leaving them completely isolated and helpless.
Especially seeing Chen An there, she felt even less confident. He had come even though he was limping. She, the old woman, was not as good as those two brats!
Why would such a small matter warrant the whole family's involvement?
Zhao let out a sigh of relief. It was just a little bit of wild vegetables; she should consider it a gift from her granddaughter, and that was only right.
Thinking of this, Zhao straightened her body. She refused to believe that with so many people around, her second son's family would dare to openly disobey her as their mother.
"Zhao! How dare you, a wet nurse, steal wild vegetables from children? Look at the two children's legs, they've been hurt so badly!"
Grandma Sun, the oldest person in the crowd, spoke up first. She had just been getting firewood at her doorstep when she saw Cheng Yue and the others walking aggressively forward. After asking them a few questions, she followed them.
Zhao didn't hold back just because Granny Sun was old, and mocked her, "Aunt Sun, don't think that just because you're an elder you can throw mud at me like that."
You accused me of stealing wild vegetables? Which eye of yours saw that? Are you just getting old and your eyesight is failing?
Grandma Sun was so angry that she banged her cane on the ground, and the villagers couldn't stand it anymore and started to criticize her.
"Sister-in-law Zhao, is this how you talk? Aunt Sun is our elder, can't you speak properly?"
"Yes, she clearly did something wrong, yet she's so self-righteous. You say Aunt Sun is old, but won't you get old one day too?"
Zhao said nonchalantly, "Even though I'm old, I have filial sons and grandsons who will take good care of me. I'll never have enough happiness to enjoy!"
Unlike you, none of you are any good, so poor you can barely afford to eat, yet you still have the leisure to care about me.
"You'd be better off spending that time weeding in the fields, so the crops don't fail to grow well and end up starving!"
After Zhao finished speaking, she became even more confident, and her previous panic disappeared without a trace. Yes, why was she panicking?
She also has sons and grandsons, all of whom are very successful. Which of these fools in the village is more fortunate than her?
And the second son's family, they just run a small business, what's there to brag about? When their two grandsons become officials, their little things won't even be worth mentioning!
"Zhao, how could you be so vicious! You made a mistake but refuse to admit it, and you even curse everyone to go hungry!"
Food is the most important thing for people. What everyone fears most is a poor harvest and going hungry. Hearing what Zhao said, everyone's eyes widened in anger.
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