Liu Shile raised an eyebrow as she listened. In the time it took to talk to her older sister, her cheap mother had already blamed her second brother. She was really good at shifting the blame!
“Indeed, someone did something despicable, but it wasn’t Shihua, it was Shiping!”
Just as she was about to speak up in defense of her second brother, she heard her eldest sister's cold voice. Turning her head, she saw that everyone's eyes were filled with barely suppressed anger.
Zhang Sumei was in the middle of a tirade when she suddenly heard her eldest daughter say this. She glared at her, feeling like her lungs were about to explode with anger, and shouted, "Liu Shixi, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"Your brother is such a well-behaved boy, how could he be such a jerk? You're not eating today unless you explain yourself clearly!"
Liu Shixi looked at her mother without backing down at all, and said softly to her younger sister, "Lele, help me into Mom and Dad's room. I really should make this clear."
"Mom, why don't you take Shiping back inside? Let's have a proper talk. This can't just be left like this."
At this point, she took a deep look at Liu Shiping, who was still crying there, and her feelings were quite complicated. Perhaps, only her mother thought he was well-behaved and cute.
Zhang Sumei felt a lump in her throat. It seemed that the children had really grown up and dared to talk back to her. Did they not take her seriously at all?
She was trembling with anger, but she was so angry that she could barely speak. Seeing her eldest son speaking so seriously, and then looking at her son crying his eyes out, she felt a strange sense of panic.
"Xi'er, is your foot serious?" Liu Weisong was already worried about the child's injury, and when he saw them return, he asked anxiously.
Liu Shixi lowered her eyes, then looked at her father and forced a smile, saying, "Dad, don't worry, I'm fine now."
Luckily, someone helped me when the accident happened. Later, Lele took me to the clinic to treat my injuries, and I only need to go back for a dressing change in a few days.
Liu Weisong breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this and nodded repeatedly, "Good, good, it's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright. Be sure to be careful when you go out in the future, and don't go too far when you're cutting grass."
He actually wanted to suggest that they let someone else feed the cows, but considering the current situation at home, he swallowed his words.
There's no other way. Our only source of income is raising dairy cows. If that's gone too, what will we do?
With three children needing to go to school and a family of five needing to eat, the family couldn't survive without other sources of income, so he had no choice but to keep quiet.
Liu Shixi nodded, oblivious to her father's hesitation, and sat down, lost in her own thoughts.
Liu Shile remained silent. At this moment, she felt it was better to be invisible, so that her older sister could settle accounts without her having to intervene.
Sigh, if I had known my older sister would make a move, I wouldn't have resorted to underhanded tactics. Liu Shiping's crying is really annoying.
That's right, she really hit me hard with that slap. Although there weren't any visible marks, it definitely hurt, and it will hurt for a long time.
This is why Liu Shiping kept crying, but everyone else thought he was acting, since he usually liked to use this trick to deceive people.
Even Zhang Sumei herself thought that her son was crying because he wanted more benefits.
So she talked to her son about what food she had made for him, patiently told him not to cry, and led him into the house.
I've already given him several meaningful glances, why is the child still crying?
She frowned. This child is usually quite clever, so why is he being so tactless right now?
"Alright, alright, Ping'er, stop crying. Come inside with me. I'm going to settle accounts with your older sister!" She was in a bad mood but couldn't vent it on her lucky son, so she could only vent it on others.
The boss who provoked her was the perfect target, and at this moment, she didn't even care about causing trouble for Liu Shile.
Upon hearing this, Liu Shiping's small body stiffened. He had taken those herbal packets and thrown them into the river to play with them.
Unfortunately, Zhang Sumei, who was in a bad mood at the moment, did not notice her son's strange behavior and pulled him into the house.
As soon as she entered the house, her eyebrows shot up. "Old Liu, look at your children. Except for me, Ping'er, none of them respect me. Now even the eldest is like that!"
What have I done to deserve this? I raised them with so much hardship, and they're already treating me like this before they've even really grown up. What will they be like when they're old?
As she spoke, she used the power of tears to her advantage. Well, the two of them, one big and one small, cried, which scared the baby so much that it started crying too.
For a moment, the cries of adults and children were enough to give anyone a headache. Liu Shile almost slammed her hand on the table, but someone beat her to it.
Although Liu Weisong didn't know what was going on, seeing that his boss's expression was off, he patted the cabinet next to him heavily and said, "Enough, stop crying, let's talk things out!"
After saying that, he looked at Liu Shixi with a solemn expression and asked her earnestly, "Xi'er, is there something you want to say?"
This time, Liu Shixi didn't hesitate and nodded. "Second brother's herbal medicine pack is effective, but I've lost all my herbal medicine packs, so I didn't bring them with me when I went out today."
She used to always bring it, so she always returned safely every day. But when she went out, she couldn't find the herbal medicine bag, so she didn't bring it.
She thought that it wouldn't matter if she didn't bring it for a day, but little did she know that this wishful thinking would lead to a great loss for her. If it weren't for good luck, she might not even be alive.
The thought of almost meeting the King of Hell made even the good-natured Liu Shixi angry. So she stared straight at Liu Shiping and said in an icy voice, "Shiping, where did you take the herbal medicine packet?"
"You heartless wretch! You can't even clean up your own mess, how can you say that your brother took the herb packet?"
"It was clearly that damn herbal remedy that didn't work, and you heartless bastard are blaming it on my Ping'er!"
As she cursed, she reached for a broom next to her, intending to hit Liu Shixi. Liu Shile's eyes narrowed slightly, and she gently stopped her hand.
With a faint smile on her face, but a hint of coldness in her eyes, she said, "Mom, calm down. My older sister is still injured. Don't hurt her."
Zhang Sumei rarely hit Liu Shixi; she usually hit Liu Shihua and Liu Shile. But now that someone has wronged her son, she can't stand it.
"You, you let go of me! If I don't beat this brat awake today and teach her a lesson, I'm not her mother!" So how could she tolerate someone pulling her along to hit her?
She is usually a gentle person, but at this moment she was quite fierce, her eyes filled with malice and ruthlessness.
Liu Shixi's personality is actually a bit like Liu Weisong's; she hopes for a harmonious family, so she doesn't really care about many things.
If this had happened in the past, she probably would have tolerated it if she saw her mother so angry, but she almost died today!
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