"I could make peppermint balm. I reckon it would be very popular if it were made this day. But it requires beeswax..." Thinking of this, Jiang Ling moved her hand slightly, and the interface of the system shop appeared in front of her.
Jiang Ling quickly bought a small piece of beeswax and then hid it in a jar.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Mom, Mom, it's Brother Lightning and Sister Xiaoyu, and other brothers, sisters, and younger brothers and sisters..." Jiang Wenxi opened the door and called out to Jiang Ling.
Jiang Ling came out of the old house and saw several children standing at the door. They all timidly called out, "Aunt Jiang, my mother... my mother said this can be exchanged for money, is that true?"
Jiang Ling glanced at the mint in the children's baskets. The mint was of good quality. Jiang Ling put all the mint in the baskets in a shady place in her house. While taking out some coins, she said to the children, "I will collect more tomorrow. Just bring the mint you have picked then!"
The children, holding the copper coins Jiang Ling had given them, all ran excitedly towards home.
"Suihe, Wenxi, you two wash these mints first. I'm going out for a bit," Jiang Ling said, pointing to a pile of mints that had already been sorted.
"You shameless slut! You really think you're rich now? You're a worthless piece of trash who can't even have a son!"
Jiang Ling had just pushed open the door and taken only a few steps when she heard cursing and swearing coming from behind her.
The voice sounded extremely similar to that of his former mother-in-law, Old Lady Lu. He turned around and saw that it was indeed that crazy old woman, who was walking briskly towards him with a livid face.
When the old woman saw Jiang Ling, she pointed at Jiang Ling with her finger while making even more vulgar remarks.
Jiang Ling was a little confused by Old Lady Lu's slightly crazy behavior. This woman hadn't caused any trouble for a while, so what was wrong with her this time?
"You worthless piece of trash who can't give birth to a son! How dare you show your face?" Old Mrs. Lu rushed to Jiang Ling's side like a gust of wind, pointing her finger at Jiang Ling's nose and shouting.
"That's enough, why are you making such a fuss?" Jiang Ling glared at Old Lady Lu and ignored her.
Unexpectedly, Old Lady Lu grabbed Jiang Ling's arm and said fiercely, "You good-for-nothing who can't give birth to a son! You're the one who ruined Chengyun!"
Jiang Ling was somewhat bewildered by Old Lady Lu's words. She frowned and asked with a stern face, "Old woman, explain yourself clearly! What do you mean I harmed Lu Chengyun?"
Lu Chengyun is the son of Jiang Ling's ex-husband's younger brother. Before the divorce, this child would have called Jiang Ling "Auntie".
"Pah! You good-for-nothing! Did you make my Chengyun go pick some 'spicy grass'?! It was you! My Chengyun accidentally tripped and fell on the back mountain, and his arm is all scraped and bleeding!" Old Mrs. Lu was so angry she was about to jump up and down.
His old face, etched with deep lines, was contorted with rage, making him look extremely ugly.
"Old woman, don't be so unreasonable. I didn't force you to pick the spicy grass. It was all voluntary. If you don't want your precious grandson to pick the spicy grass, why don't you just tie him up with a rope?" Jiang Ling didn't want to waste time with Old Lady Lu. She forcefully shook her wrist and broke free from Old Lady Lu's grasp.
"Mother... what's wrong?"
The arguing outside seemed to have disturbed the children who were washing mint. Jiang Suihe pushed the door open a crack and asked with a frightened look in her eyes.
"You little money-loser! You still dare to go out?" Seeing that she couldn't control Jiang Ling, Old Mrs. Lu immediately turned her anger on Jiang Suihe, who was pushing open the door.
She walked towards Jiang Ling's front door, pushed it open, and pointed at Jiang Suihe's nose, cursing viciously.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Ling was terrified and quickly ran towards her front door.
Jiang Suihe was caught off guard and was so startled by Old Lady Lu's shout that she froze on the spot, even dropping the Three Character Classic she was holding.
"You good-for-nothing, you still want to study?" Although Old Lady Lu was over forty, she was still sharp-witted and sharp-eyed. When she saw something fall from Jiang Suihe's body, she quickly pushed Jiang Suihe aside and picked it up.
Jiang Suihe panicked when she saw her book being taken away. She quickly walked up to Granny Lu and said, "Grandma! Give me the book!"
"Get lost! You little good-for-nothing, who's your grandma! You've grown so capable following in the footsteps of a good-for-nothing, haven't you? You even have money to go to school now? You good-for-nothing, if you don't give me five hundred copper coins as treatment fees today, I'll teach you a lesson!" Old Mrs. Lu looked at the book in her hand and suddenly smiled.
Looking at that smile, Jiang Ling felt a bad premonition.
The next second, Old Lady Lu, as if possessed, began tearing the book in her hand page by page.
The tearing sound of the book being ripped apart drove Jiang Suihe to a complete loss of reason.
"My book!! No!!" Jiang Suihe's tears immediately welled up in her eyes, and she rushed towards Old Lady Lu.
"Suihe!" Jiang Ling grabbed Jiang Suihe and shielded her with her outstretched hand. Then, she took a few steps forward, raised her arm, and slapped Old Lady Lu's face hard.
Old Mrs. Lu's face was instantly swollen and red from Jiang Ling's slap.
Jiang Ling was truly angry this time, even angrier than when she was framed last time. Especially when she saw the almost desperate look in Jiang Suihe's eyes, Jiang Ling's anger completely erased the last shred of her reason.
"You old hag, you're really asking for it! I've let you off the hook time and time again, do you really think I'm afraid of you? Today I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Jiang Ling said, rolling up her sleeves and shoving Old Lady Lu to the ground.
Before she could react, she plopped down on Old Lady Lu's lap and slapped her old face repeatedly.
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