The old woman's gaze suddenly turned fierce. "You mean, you just saw Lin Xiu hiding a roast chicken in her arms?"
The second wife's grandson nodded repeatedly, swearing with his finger while drooling, "Grandma, I was just close by and smelled the aroma of roast chicken, it smelled so good!"
"You brat, how dare you hide food! I'll teach her a lesson!" The old lady spat fiercely, then grabbed her grandson and stormed out.
However, as soon as she knocked on the door, she saw Lin Anniang with disheveled hair and eyes that gleamed with hunger.
The old lady had seen these kinds of eyes before; she had also experienced many famine years and witnessed many chaotic scenes.
To be honest, Lin Anniang's gaze now is no different from that of starving disaster victims. This kind of person is capable of anything!
Add to that the other person's pale face, disheveled hair, stark white clothes, and eerie gaze, and the old lady was terrified.
She glanced at her grandson, trying to convince herself, "Third son's wife, Xiu'er brought a roast chicken from outside, why didn't you say so?"
"We all eat together, how can you three families eat alone?"
Her voice carried a hint of resentment, but it wasn't as arrogant as before.
"Mother, I haven't eaten for three days," Lin Anniang said in a hoarse voice.
"Everyone in my family eats together, so why hasn't anyone brought me food? Who's eating alone?"
Are you suggesting we expect her to suddenly jump up from her hospital bed and go eat by herself?
The old lady muttered, "It's not like I didn't call you, it's just that you wouldn't wake up on your own, your body is so weak!"
"If you had a son, how come you still can't stand up straight?"
The old lady spoke with absolute certainty.
However, Lin Anniang was fed up. She said coldly, "I've never seen a roast chicken before. If anyone dares to rush over, we'll all die together!"
As she spoke, she showed the scissors next to the door.
These scissors are clearly sharpened frequently; the blades gleam coldly in the moonlight.
The old lady led her grandson back a few steps, her hands trembling with fear.
"Don't be impulsive! I didn't tell you to take it out now. It's the same if you take it out tomorrow. Anyway, you and Xiu'er can't eat that much. You and Xiu'er can rest well then. Don't let her do any work in the morning!"
Lin Xingye, who was standing next to him, wanted to say something, but his mouth was suddenly covered.
"My dear grandson, listen to me, let's go back first. How could your third aunt be so heartless as to let you eat coarse food and wild vegetables? You are the male member of our Lin family, and you will have to support the whole family in the future. How can you do it without a healthy body?"
These words are full of implications.
However, the only response the old lady received was a loud bang as the wooden door was slammed shut.
Her face turned even uglier.
inside the house.
Lin Anniang looked at the only roasted chicken, tore off a small chicken leg, and handed it to Lin Zhu.
"Pearl, you must be starving after all these days! Come and have a bite!"
Lin Zhu kept shaking her head: "Mother, you eat first. My sister and I ate a roasted bird egg on the mountain!"
She only ate one roasted bird egg all day, and her tummy was already growling loudly from hunger.
However, Lin Zhu firmly handed the chicken leg to her mother: "Mom, you eat it. You need to eat to have the strength to get better!"
Lin Anniang across from her was in tears. She had realized her mistake too late, and now both of her daughters were living lives worse than animals.
The two children have hardly ever eaten meat in their lives. They usually only get to eat leftover chicken bones from the first and second wives' homes and drink a little bit of leftover chicken soup.
The child, tasting this for the first time, stubbornly chewed on the chicken bone, trying to swallow it, and almost choked to death.
All those events and scenes flashed through Lin Anniang's mind, and she gritted her teeth in hatred.
Of course, she herself is also very hateful. For so long, she has been working like a slave for the Lin family in a daze. If it weren't for this serious illness, in which she dreamed of the tragic lives of her future daughters, she would still be unable to wake up now!
"Zhu'er, eat. There's more here. Mother can't finish all of this. Wouldn't it be a waste if we left the meat?" She coaxed her second daughter to eat a small chicken leg, then broke off another chicken leg and came to the sleeping Lin Xiu's side.
Seeing the scratches on her daughter's face and her swollen legs, her tears flowed like a burst dam.
"Good daughters, you've all worked so hard." Lin Anniang said with a sorrowful expression.
She realized too late that in that magical dream, she would die from this illness.
The eldest daughter was sold to an elderly man with a broken leg in the next village, while the second daughter stayed at home to work. Her small body was beaten and scolded by the Lin family, and she eventually hit her head on the stove and died.
The last daughter, who was secretly sold by the old woman, was fortunate enough to be bought by a wealthy family. However, after that family had their own daughter and son, they listened to the master's words and locked her youngest daughter in the cellar to torture her, all in order to bring good fortune and ward off disaster for their own son.
Lin Anniang was so angry that she woke up when she saw her youngest daughter's fate, which gave her the opportunity to witness this scene.
Why now of all times? She can't even pull herself together anymore, because her body has reached its limit...
No, she can't die, she has to live!
Lin Anniang tore off the wings and drumsticks, secretly leaving enough meat for her two daughters. Finally, she took a big bite of the remaining roasted chicken and kept stuffing meat into her mouth.
I must live, live to protect my three daughters, and never let anyone bully them again!
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