Chapter 14 Did the third brother bully you? I'll beat him to death.
"Third brother, third brother, the mouse!" Little Su Bao shouted hurriedly.
Tang Shan grabbed a broom from the side, her eyes widened, and she rushed over instantly.
He swept the broom down, and the little mouse instantly scurried into its hole.
Little Su Bao isn't afraid of mice at all. In the past, when she was really hungry, she would even want to eat any little mouse she saw...
But her mother had said that baby mice shouldn't be eaten, so she held back!
She dared not talk to anyone else; she only dared to talk to the little mouse secretly by herself.
But her yard was so poor that even the little mice didn't want to stay there!
The little baby thought for a moment, then immediately looked at the mouse hole on the ground.
She jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed) and ran barefoot to the wall.
Before Tang Shan could react, she skillfully stretched out her thin little paws and rummaged through the mouse hole.
Tang Shan was startled when she saw this and rushed over to pick up the little dumpling.
"Why did you go into the mouse hole? Don't you know that mice can bite people to death!" Tang Shan shouted gruffly.
His brow furrowed, instantly giving him an air of authority.
Little Su Bao was startled, and her hands trembled slightly.
She was holding a small metal box in her hand, but she didn't dare to move at all!
"Why are you being so fierce? How old is Xiao Su Bao? How old are you?" Madam Qian came in from outside and looked at her son with a hostile expression.
"Mom, no, just now Xiao Su Bao went to catch a mouse with her bare hands, I was just worried about her!" Tang Shan said to Qian Shi with a wronged look.
Mrs. Qian was also looking at her son, but out of the corner of her eye she suddenly saw the iron box in Xiao Su Bao's hand.
"This thing seems somewhat familiar to her..."
"This is your father's secret stash of money!" Qian suddenly shouted.
Tang Shan was taken aback and also saw what Xiao Su Bao was holding.
It was a rusty iron box that looked quite old.
The metal box had no lock, so Xiao Su Bao handed it to Qian Shi.
The little boy glanced at Tang Shan furtively, afraid that Tang Shan might suddenly hit him...
Tang Shan didn't look at the box. Although he seemed carefree, he was sometimes very perceptive and naturally noticed the changes in Xiao Su Bao.
He blushed slightly: "Little Su Bao, I'm sorry, Third Brother didn't mean to be mean to you. Third Brother was just worried that the mice might bite you!"
Little Su Bao clasped her hands together, clutching her clothes, and shook her head softly, "It's...it's okay, Little Su Bao is fine!"
After saying that, the little dumpling raised its head and tried to smile at Tang Shan.
Tang Shan breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw Xiao Su Bao's appearance.
He turned his head and subconsciously looked at his own mother.
Qian had been tough for half her life, but now she was shedding tears.
"That damned father of yours, how... how could he be so heartless!"
Madam Qian opened the iron box, inside were ten taels of silver, a silver hairpin, a letter, and a receipt...
The receipt they had been searching for for so many years was actually pulled out of a mouse hole by Xiao Su Bao!
She said that the man's secret stash of money was hidden in the closet back then, but it's gone now...
Unexpectedly, it was stolen by a little mouse.
That letter was the last love letter that Tang's father left for Qian...
Tang's father considered himself a cultured man and always liked to write love letters to Qian, especially in the first few years after their marriage.
Qian was a rough and uncultured woman who used to dislike reading. However, in order to understand the love letters her husband wrote to her, she managed to learn all the words, which were full of twisted and distorted meanings.
Unexpectedly, those love letters were destroyed in an accident, leaving her with absolutely no hope left.
The words written in this last love letter warmed Qian's heart.
She wiped away her tears, looked at the silver and the receipt, and finally felt at peace.
Little Su Bao looked at Qian Shi nervously, thinking that it was the box she had found that had made her mother cry.
I felt a little scared.
Will her mother hit her...?
In the past, if she touched her older sisters' things, they would beat her!
"My good daughter, you are my lucky star, my lucky star, thank you!"
When Qian saw the anxious little baby, she immediately snatched him from Tang Shan's arms.
Holding her little baby, her eyes were filled with tenderness and gratitude.
Hearing the noise, Sun Cuihua and Wang Xiuer ran over. The two men had gone to the village and weren't home.
"Hey! Mom, why are you crying! Did the third brother bully you? I'll beat him to death!" Wang Xiuer shouted fiercely.
This third brother always makes Mom unhappy; he really needs to be taught a lesson!
As he spoke, Wang Xiuer rolled up his sleeves, ready to rush over and fight.
Her parents said that once she married into the Tang family, she must be filial to her mother-in-law. They could beat her husband, her son, and even her brother-in-law, but she had to protect Qian Shi.
She was very stubborn, so Tang Shan and Tang Si were often disciplined by their second sister-in-law when they were young.
Sun Cuihua quickly grabbed Wang Xiuer's arm.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Sun Cuihua felt that this matter was probably related to Xiao Su Bao. This little girl could make the iron peach tree bloom, so she must be very capable.
"It's alright, it's alright, Mother is just happy!" Madam Qian smiled as she wiped away her tears and reached out to roll down Wang Xiuer's sleeve.
Looking at the second son's wife's fierce and unruly manner, I was speechless.
"Can't you not be so impulsive!" After saying that, Mrs. Qian took out the receipt again.
She carefully examined the words on it; they were very clear, and even the handprints were clearly visible.
Reassured, Qian put the item away and then took the iron box, saying, "This is the receipt from the village chief of Zhao Family Village to your father. Little Su Bao found it!"
At this point, she couldn't help but say to her two daughters-in-law and third son, "Little Su Bao is a lucky star. You must not bully her. The fact that the family has money now is all thanks to her. Otherwise, you'd be eating dirt!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiuer immediately patted her chest and said, "I understand, Mother!"
"Mother, I have some fabric left over. It's a bit small anyway, so I'll make a dress for my sister-in-law!" Sun Cuihua had been planning to make one anyway, but she hadn't told anyone.
She's always been a very sensible person, so she knows when to say what.
Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on Qian's face.
“Alright, you decide this!” Madam Qian didn’t refuse, but after thinking for a moment, she added, “Make it a little bigger, children grow quickly!”
"I understand!" Sun Cuihua said.
Wang Xiuer, who was standing to the side, looked at Su Bao with her brows furrowed tightly. Then, she picked her up like a little chick.
Qian was so frightened that she almost hit Wang Xiuer twice, but then she saw Wang Xiuer touch Xiao Su Bao's toes!
"Mother, I'll make shoes for her!"
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