Chapter 2 Who knew she was so difficult?
Aunt Pei choked. She didn't expect Su Wanwan to be so cunning. She only wanted to kill Pei Changfeng as soon as possible. She heard that Su Wanwan was a jinx, so she didn't care about anything else and brought the person here in a hurry.
It seems that Su Wanwan is not someone who is easy to bully!
A bunch of people were watching, and Aunt Pei could only say "oh" reluctantly, and said with a fake smile, "It's like this, Changfeng is sick, and those things are piled up at home and no one cleans them up. It's a pity to get them dirty and broken, so I moved them back first, and I will return them all when he gets better. It's nothing, just two quilts and two bags of rice. If you can move them, I'll give them all to you."
"You kid," Aunt Pei began to wipe her tears, "I treat Changfeng as my own son, and you are my own daughter. How can I take your things?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers looked at Su Wanwan with something strange in their eyes.
"Thanks to my aunt, I heard that the scholar can go to the government office to get a stone of rice every month, and a subsidy of five taels of silver a year," Su Wanwan muttered to herself, as if she didn't realize it at all. "Since I'm married, I naturally have to manage the household. I will go to the town tomorrow to get all the money and rice for the past six months. Once I have money, my husband and I can live a good life."
Uncle Pei and Aunt Pei looked at each other and thought to themselves that this was not good. They had already taken back the money and rice a long time ago. Half a year's worth of rice was worth four taels of silver, plus the subsidy from the government at the beginning of the year, a total of nine taels of silver.
If Su Wanwan went there and the government investigated Pei Changfeng's fall from the cliff, wouldn't that be the end of it?
The surrounding villagers echoed, "Yes, you should take the money back and serve Pei Xiucai well. If you serve him well, you will have a good life in the future."
Su Wanwan blushed, "Changfeng is my husband, so I must serve him well."
Under the gaze of everyone, Uncle Pei said, "Yes, I have money, about five taels of silver."
Uncle Pei's wife pulled Uncle Pei.
"But we took the money back a long time ago and used it to treat Changfeng's illness," Uncle Pei sighed, "He was only breathing when I carried him back. If he hadn't been taking medicine for the past six months, I'm afraid he would have died. Not to mention the five taels, my family also spent a lot of money on it."
"You want money now, but we really don't have it."
Aunt Pei understood and started to cry loudly, "Is there any justice in the world? I have worked hard to serve them for half a year, and I was wrongly accused of taking their money! I will not live any longer!"
She threw herself against the wall, but Uncle Pei held her back, "Forget it! Changfeng's parents are gone, and we raised him. He is like our son! It's just money, take out the money you saved for Yaozu and give it to Wanwan first!"
"You're crazy. You've been spending money on others for the past six months, and now you want to use the money your own son would use to get married! Fine! You treat Pei Changfeng as your son, and then Yaozu and I will go!"
Uncle Pei and Aunt Pei started to argue, and the people around them began to accuse Su Wanwan of being ignorant. "Don't you know how hard your uncle's life is? You come here to ask for money. Are you going to force them to death?"
"Yes, little girl, don't be too greedy. Take the quilt and rice back first."
"She is so beautiful, but she has such a sinister mind, and she even schemes to get into other people's pockets."
Hearing the voices around her, Aunt Pei's face was full of pride. Let's see how Su Wanwan fights with her!
Su Wanwan didn't cry or make a fuss. She waited until Uncle Pei and Aunt Pei had caught their breath before she softened and fell to the ground, crying. "It's my fault. I shouldn't have come without knowing the truth. Changfeng and I shouldn't have come even if we were starving to death. Even if, even if there wasn't even a ladle at home, I shouldn't have come... wuwu... it's all my fault..."
She was so beautiful that I felt sorry for her when she cried. Pei Yaozu was the first to be heartbroken. He yelled at his parents, "Stop arguing. My sister-in-law is crying! We have meat at home. Hurry up and give her two pieces!"
Before Uncle Pei and Aunt Pei could react, they saw their son coming out carrying two large pieces of meat and the water scoop he had brought back from Pei Changfeng's house!
"Sister-in-law, just use it. If it's not enough, come to my house and get more!"
Su Wanwan smiled gratefully, "No need, this is your stuff, how can I take it?"
"What do you mean your home or my home? These were all taken from your house by my parents!"
Uncle Pei was too slow to cover the mouth of this rebellious son, and his face suddenly turned red. "Nonsense, this is clearly ours! Do you think I should take even a ladle?"
Aunt Pei also quickly explained, "This child just likes to talk nonsense!"
Aunt Li leaned over to take a look. "If I remember correctly, this gourd ladle has been used by the Changfeng family for more than ten years!"
"Did you really take it from Pei Changfeng's house?
"This uncle is so evil-hearted!"
"That's not the case. Pei Changfeng can't move, and he can't use the ladle..."
"That makes sense. It's just a water scoop. After Pei Changfeng's parents died, he was raised by his uncle and aunt. If it weren't for his uncle and aunt, he would have no idea where to beg for food."
Aunt Pei was anxious, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't know!"
Aunt Li went to help Su Wanwan and said to Aunt Pei, "If you have a conscience, give some of the rice, flour and salt in your home to the young couple. Changfeng has been filial to you before!"
"Yes, yes. Changfeng buys rice and flour for them every month when he comes back from school."
Everyone was talking at once, and Aunt Pei's face turned red. After explaining a few words, she saw that she couldn't win the argument, so she threw half a bag of flour in front of Su Wanwan and said, "I owe you this for eight lifetimes!"
She wanted to take the meat back, but Su Wanwan protected it tightly and cried in Aunt Li's arms. When she saw that she couldn't get the things back, Aunt Pei closed the door and went to scold Pei Yaozu.
"You're crazy. If we give her all the meat, what will our family eat?"
Pei Yaozu smiled foolishly, "Pei Changfeng's affairs have nothing to do with Wanwan. She is so thin, what's wrong with eating some meat?"
Pei's mother was so angry that she fell backwards. "You can't give it all to me. Also, how can you tell anyone that we took Pei Changfeng's things?"
"What's the big deal? It's just a ladle."
"Okay!" Uncle Pei interrupted them in a deep voice and asked Aunt Pei, "Didn't you ask the matchmaker about Su Wanwan before proposing?"
"No," Aunt Pei said with a gloomy face, "It's all because of that stepmother Su Wanwan. When she heard that I was going to marry her, she praised Su Wanwan like a flower and even gave her a dowry of three taels of silver. If I had known that this bitch was so difficult to deal with, I might as well have secretly smothered Pei Changfeng to death."
"Anyway, Su Wanwan has already married into our family," Uncle Pei took two puffs of his pipe and said meaningfully, "When the time comes, no matter how Pei Changfeng dies, it will be because she is unlucky for him. It has nothing to do with us."
Uncle Pei sneered. If he wanted to blame someone, he should blame his nephew for being so unkind, otherwise he would not have done such a cruel thing.
Outside the yard, Aunt Li took Su Wanwan's hand and brought her two eggs and half a basket of amaranth from home. "Changfeng is a good child. Take good care of him. If you have any difficulties, tell me. I still have some rice for you."
The villagers were not wealthy either, so Su Wanwan thanked Aunt Li sincerely, "Thank you very much."
The village chief's wife also gave her five eggs and half a pumpkin, then sighed and left.
Su Wanwan was sweating as she carried a lot of things home.
It was already dark and her stomach was rumbling.
Although she had achieved a preliminary victory today, it would be difficult to get things from Uncle Pei's house in the future. But it didn't matter. If she couldn't get it, she could still rob it! Anyway, it was originally her husband's things.
Seeing Pei Changfeng, who was much cleaner, Su Wanwan couldn't help but whisper, "Luckily you married me, otherwise all these things would have been stolen by your uncle's family!"
"You have to live well and repay me in the future, do you understand?"
After muttering, Su Wanwan considerately put some water on Pei Changfeng's dry mouth, and then continued to work.
The Pei family's yard was not very old, but it was a bit old. There was still half a bundle of firewood in the kitchen, which were all small branches, without even a bunch of grass to start the fire.
Su Wanwan took some effort to light the fire, and sat in a daze on the chair with half of her leg broken.
"well……"
Su Wanwan sighed. No matter for public or private reasons, she hoped that Pei Changfeng could live well. Only if he lived, everything would be possible...
The water in the pot was boiling, and the aroma of rice soup came out little by little. Su Wanwan drank a bowl of white porridge first, and then when the rice was melted, she beat an egg into it, put it in a bowl and fed it to Pei Changfeng.
She didn't know how Pei Changfeng had been living during this period, nor did she know what he ate every day, but judging from his condition, he was probably living a miserable life. He was so thin that even her dog was fatter than him.
When the porridge was almost cool, Su Wanwan gently pinched Pei Changfeng's chin and fed him half a spoonful at a time, afraid that he would choke.
After patiently feeding him, Su Wanwan felt so tired that she was seeing stars. As soon as she lay down next to Pei Changfeng, she felt that she was about to be drowned by sleepiness. Before going to bed, she did not forget to encourage Pei Changfeng, "You must get better!"
After saying that, Su Wanwan, who was tired after a whole day, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
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