Pei Songbai and Xia Wenhua kicked open the Pei family's door together, and immediately the dogs in every house around them started barking.
The two had already agreed on their plan at the door, and upon entering, they didn't hesitate at all, kicking open the door to the nearest room.
The youngest family, Pei Cuibai and his wife, lived here. They were having dinner when the door was suddenly kicked open. The family looked up, their faces still blank.
Pei Songbai grabbed Pei Cuibai and rained down punches on Pei Cuibai's face.
"ah!"
Pei Cuibai had barely realized that Pei Songbai had returned before she could even kneel down and apologize, when she was beaten until her head was swollen like a pig's.
While Pei Songbai was busy, Xia Wenhua was also busy.
She immediately overturned the dining table, then opened all the cabinets in the room, and put anything that looked familiar to her, whether it belonged to the original owner or to Pei's mother, into the cabinets.
Lin Zhaodi didn't care about the man at all; she looked at Xia Wenhua taking those things as if she wanted to rip out her heart.
"What are you doing? Put those things down right now, they're mine!"
It was perfectly justified for Pei Songbai to discipline his younger brother; he couldn't very well hit his sister-in-law.
Xia Wenhua didn't intend to start a fight as soon as she entered the door, but the three Pei brothers were not good people, and the daughters-in-law who were able to drive Pei's mother out were no pushovers either.
She didn't start anything as soon as she entered; she just wanted to pack up Pei's mother's things. But now that someone was insisting on barging in, Xia Wenhua wasn't going to be lenient.
Unable to win the argument, Lin Zhaodi started spouting nonsensical and offensive words, and Xia Wenhua immediately slapped her twice across the face.
"If your face doesn't hurt, why don't you continue?"
Xia Wenhua had almost finished packing up her and Pei's mother's belongings, and leaned against the kang table, coldly watching Lin Zhaodi.
"What...what are you doing with my things?"
Lin Zhaodi shrugged, finally deciding not to curse, but she still couldn't bear to let Xia Wenhua take all the things away.
Her words elicited a cold laugh from Xia Wenhua: "Your things? You think that just because you've driven me away and my mother away, your things are yours? How utterly ridiculous!"
There was no point in talking to these shameless people. Xia Wenhua finished packing her things, stepped forward, bumped into Lin Zhaodi, and pulled Pei Songbai out.
"Alright, that's enough. Just teach them a lesson to vent your anger. No matter what you say, they won't learn anything. Just leave them alone."
Her tone was contemptuous, and she never looked directly at Pei Cuibo and Lin Zhaodi from beginning to end; her entire being exuded disdain.
She had lived with these people for several years, and the original owner used money to avoid trouble. She never realized that the Pei brothers would abandon their own mother for money.
The same procedure naturally followed for the second and third sons' families. Pei Songbai had absolute physical strength to suppress them, and he was unwilling to listen to his younger brothers. He immediately gave them a beating.
Once Xia Wenhua had found her things, he turned and left, acting as if he were there to rob and plunder.
The place where Pei's mother and Xia Wenhua used to live has been occupied by children. Xia Wenhua went in to take a look and found that there was nothing there. She gathered up the things she was carrying and prepared to leave with Pei Songbai.
Pei Cuishan and the others finally came to their senses and came out of the house with bruises and swelling on their faces.
"Brother, don't listen to what others say. It's not what you think."
"Yes, brother, we're all brothers, don't you trust us?"
Pei Songbai is the most successful person in the Pei family, and no one wants to really sever ties with him.
Now that they realized Pei Songbai was angry, Pei Cuishan and the others were unwilling to let him leave.
"I believe you. Why would Mother be at my sister's house?"
Pei Songbai started hitting people as soon as he entered the door, so they knew that Pei Songbai probably knew something, but they didn't expect that even Pei's mother knew about Pei Cuihong's house. The three Pei brothers looked at each other and were speechless for a moment.
Wang Chunhua nudged Pei Cuishan, who remained silent for a long time. She immediately stepped forward with a smile.
“Brother, you’ve really wronged us. We’re raising money to treat Mother’s illness. We’re sending her to my sister’s house so she can rest for a while. Don’t listen to what those people outside are saying. Look, the money is right here. We really do want to get Mother treated.”
While Pei Songbai went to check other rooms, the three brothers had already made up their minds. Now, in order to gain Pei Songbai's trust, they all took out cash.
Xia Wenhua took a step forward and reached out her hand to Wang Chunhua: "Give me the money so I can see it."
"Sister-in-law, you..." Wang Chunhua choked for a moment, staring at Xia Wenhua with a sinister look.
"Didn't you say you'd raised enough money for Mom's medical treatment? Show me the money. If you haven't even raised the money, doesn't that mean you're still lying to people?"
Even if the Pei family members are cunning, they have never left Hongshan Village, so they can't cause any big trouble.
Xia Wenhua knew exactly what Wang Chunhua was going to say as soon as she opened her mouth, and she didn't expose Wang Chunhua's lies right away. She was much calmer than Pei Songbai, who was furious.
Before Wang Chunhua could even bring the money over, Xia Wenhua stepped forward and snatched it from Wang Chunhua's hand.
"Where's the passbook?"
She stood in the middle of the courtyard, her gaze sweeping over the Pei family members.
The Pei family members all thought that Pei Songbai and his wife had just returned, but they never expected that they would even know about the bankbook. For a moment, they looked at Pei Songbai and his wife and remained silent.
"Here, I'll go get it." Pei Cuichuan was about to enter when Liu Lingling stopped him.
"Have you already seen Mother?" She stared at Pei Songbai and Xia Wenhua, not wanting to miss a single change in their expressions.
Xia Wenhua didn't answer yes or no, but scoffed: "You think that since Songbai just came back and won't be back for a year, you can drag Mother to her death and we won't know the truth when we come back, right?"
Xia Wenhua learned about Pei's mother's illness from the villagers when she returned today. She kept wondering how the three Pei brothers could be so bold as to keep such a big thing from Pei Songbai.
Just now, after Pei Songbai arrived, they didn't fight back or talk back, but now they want to explain, finally letting Xia Wenhua understand the whole story.
They thought Pei's mother's illness was incurable and didn't want to save her, so they kept her illness a secret for now. They figured that if they kicked her out, she wouldn't live more than a few days without anyone to care for her.
Pei Songbai only comes back once every two or three years. This time he took his wife and children with him. Who knows when he will come back? It will be another three or five years.
With Pei's mother's savings book in hand and no one to supervise them, their conscience became less important.
Pei Songbai was a smart man, and he understood Xia Wenhua's meaning perfectly well.
His eyes were red, as if they were bloodshot: "That's our own mother, she raised us all by herself. She never let you suffer the slightest grievance, and you're going to disown your own mother for just twenty yuan?"
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