The mother and daughter cut the white radish into strips about a finger wide and a finger long, laid them in a large wooden basin, sprinkled a layer of salt on top, and waited for a while before a lot of radish water seeped out.
This radish water has a strong, distinctive radish aroma.
Normally, the radish water was useless, but today, Su Yun'er poured it into another broken ceramic basin.
"Mom, I need to go pee." Little Tree had drunk too much water and now needed to go to the toilet.
"Hey, no need to run down there." Su Yun'er pointed to the broken earthenware pot next to her. "Isn't this ready-made?"
Little Tree scratched his head. Although he didn't quite understand what his mother meant, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He quickly grabbed the broken ceramic pot and ran to a corner to relieve himself.
Su Yun'er and Xiao Cao spread the squeezed-out radish strips onto several bamboo strips and carried them one by one into the yard, intending to dry them in the sun.
After finishing my work, the sun was about to set.
Su Yun'er rubbed her aching back and stood on the platform looking around.
Because she was standing on the platform, she immediately saw two people walking towards her in the distance.
These two people were none other than Su Yun'er's biological parents, Su Erhe and Feng Yueniang.
"Heh, they really came." Su Yun'er sneered.
"Mom, who's here?" Little Tree asked, tying his trousers with the drawstring.
Because he drank too much water, he had to urinate every now and then, and now that broken ceramic basin is almost full.
“Your maternal grandparents are here,” Su Yun’er replied casually.
The little tree and the little grass didn't like their grandparents because they were the ones who always told their mother not to be nice to them.
"Little Grass doesn't like Grandma and Grandpa." The little girl frowned, looking unhappy.
"Little Tree doesn't like it either. Grandpa says Little Tree is a bastard." Little Tree looked indignant.
Su Yun'er gently patted each of the children's heads.
"It's alright, Mother won't let them in. Xiaoshu, go tell Grandma not to come out if she hears any noise later." Su Yun'er said, turning around to put away the nearly full broken ceramic pottery basin.
As soon as I bent down and got closer, I was so overwhelmed by the pungent odor that my vision went black.
She coughed and backed away, her face full of disgust.
"Heavens, the radish water and boy's urine mixed together smell so bad!" Su Yun'er fanned herself with her hand in front of her nose, trying to blow away the stench.
After calming down, she took a deep breath, held it, and moved the pot to the edge of the platform in one go.
After delivering the message, the sapling climbed back up.
Seeing the children's puzzled looks, Su Yun'er smiled mysteriously: "This is the big gift I prepared for your grandparents!"
The two children immediately guessed what Su Yun'er was going to do and covered their mouths to laugh.
During this time, Su Erhe and Feng Yueniang had already arrived at the gate of the Chen family.
They also saw Su Yun'er and her two children standing on the roof.
The two exchanged a glance, and Su Erhe gave Feng Yueniang a signal to go knock on the door.
Feng Yueniang looked up at Su Yun'er on the roof and called out, "Yun'er, your mother and father have come to see you. Please open the door for us."
Su Yun'er looked down at the people below and sneered, "I have no parents, I was born from a stone."
“Yun’er, stop talking nonsense. Your parents know you’re upset. Let your parents come inside, and we can have a heart-to-heart talk as a family,” Feng Yueniang advised.
"I have nothing to say to you." Su Yun'er said impatiently. "Hurry up and leave, it won't look good if things get out of hand, and you won't benefit from it either."
Su Yun'er glanced at the basin at her feet.
However, Feng Yueniang and the other woman did not know what was in the basin; they were just trying to persuade Su Yun'er.
"Good child, come down and open the door quickly, your mother's neck is about to break from looking up." Feng Yueniang's face showed a bit of impatience.
Su Yun'er observed both of their expressions and actions.
When these two arrived, they didn't admit their mistakes or apologize. Instead, they made demands and gave orders. Their attitude remained tough, and they even came empty-handed. They were less worldly and socially adept than Wang Yue'e and the others.
Although Su Erhe and Feng Yueniang are biological parents, they have done so many bad things to Su Yun'er, and now they come to ask for financial assistance without offering any help whatsoever, they just bring their mouths.
Moreover, it was dinnertime, and smoke was rising from every household in the surrounding area. These two probably came to eat right on time.
Thinking of this, Su Yun'er had even less of a mood to waste on arguing with them. She picked up a broken water ladle and warned them one last time, "I don't have time to waste on arguing with you. I still have to go and prepare a meal for my family. This is my last warning to you. Get out of here, or don't blame me later."
Su Erhe had lost his patience. He stood with his hands on his hips, neck stiff, and looked at Su Yun'er in an unfriendly tone, saying, "You brat, can't you listen when I talk to you nicely?! You dare talk to your old man like that! Open the door for me! Don't force me... Ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was hit in the face with a ladle of unidentified liquid!
The ladle of water splashed all over his head and face, not only on him, but also on Feng Yueniang next to him.
"Ptooey! What is this? It stinks!" Su Erhe's face scrunched up as he sniffed the smell on his body; it was so stinky he almost vomited.
"I warned you all to leave quickly. Since you don't want to leave, then you can accept this great gift!"
Su Erhe was furious and wanted to swear, but as soon as he opened his mouth to curse "brat", he was hit with a bucket of foul water.
This time, a lot of liquid was not vomited out in time and ended up in my stomach.
Su Yun'er, standing on high ground, could see clearly and almost vomited.
The little trees and grass squatted nearby, initially covering their mouths to laugh, but now they burst into laughter.
"Yun'er, how could you, how could you treat your parents like this!" Feng Yueniang was smart enough not to stand still and gagging like Su Erhe, but jumped away and stood at a distance, her hand trembling as she pointed at Su Yun'er.
"Go ask around, if any heartless parents like you would want to take in someone like that?" Su Yun'er looked at the two below and noticed that Su Erhe was about to start cursing again, so she splashed another ladle of water on him.
Su Erhe was almost completely soaked.
Almost everyone around heard the commotion and some people came out to watch the excitement, but no one spoke up for Su Erhe and his companion; they all just laughed and joked.
The sun was about to set, and Su Erhe was smelly and cold. Every time he tried to speak, a bucket of foul-smelling water would come out. He was so overwhelmed by the stench that he forgot to stay away.
"Don't call yourselves my parents anymore. How many days have you ever loved me since I was little? You watched as Niu Shi treated me like a servant every day. She even sold me to the Chen family for a few taels of silver, and yet I still have to eat, drink, and work like a beast of burden for your family. Even if I owed you something in my past life, I've paid it off in these twenty years. We're even now, so get out of here!"
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