Xia Juhua used her strong physique to make a way for herself among the crowds of people.
Looking at Xia Juhua walking away, Shi Tian felt that he had lost all his face.
"I'm so sorry, Sister Su Qing. My girl is confused. I will definitely teach her a lesson when I get back."
Su Qing had a cold face. "Humph, if you know you can't figure it out, don't put it out there to scare people. You keep doing it again and again. Who are you trying to annoy? If I had known it would be like this, my husband and I wouldn't have helped you go to people's homes to borrow money during the New Year. Not only did you not say a single nice word, but you also got yourself into trouble."
Su Qing didn't care about Shi Tian's reaction and went back to the house.
Seeing this, the Su family also went back to their houses.
Only Si Ya was held under Cheng Fangyi's armpit the whole time, staring with her big eyes, watching the farce in a daze.
The farce ended and the crowd dispersed.
Everyone chattered about Su Qing's house as they walked.
Shi Tian was caught by the village chief and Captain Zhao and scolded again. When he returned home, the house was pitch black and it seemed that everyone was asleep.
He tiptoed to the west room to check on the two children.
When he opened the door, he saw Shidan sleeping soundly on the bed.
He first went to look for Grandma Stone's house.
"Mom, do you see the stone?"
Grandma Shitou is becoming less and less mindful now. Shi Tian asked a few questions but didn't get any useful information, so he left.
At this time, a few coughs were heard from the woodshed.
When Shi Tian opened the door, he found Shi Tou curled up on a wooden board and shivering.
"Shitou, Shitou, it's Daddy, can you hear me?"
The stone didn't respond.
Shi Tian went forward to check and found that Shi Tou's forehead was burning hot. He picked up Shi Tou and walked towards the village clinic.
Looking at the light stone in his arms, Shi Tian felt very uncomfortable.
"Uncle Zhang, please help me check the stone. The child is shaking all the time."
"You've caught a cold and have a fever. Keep warm."
With the help of the light from the village clinic, Shi Tiancai discovered that there was a hole in Shi Tou's cotton-padded jacket, revealing a small bunch of straw.
He ripped open his cotton coat in disbelief and found it was full of straw.
No wonder the child is so cold.
Xia Juhua was very smart and knew that stuffing straw directly into cotton clothes would hurt her hands.
So they beat the straw into small pieces and made it soft, then mixed it with some old cotton, so that it would give the illusion that the cotton-padded jacket was full of cotton.
Uncle Zhang saw it but didn't say anything. He had been a barefoot doctor in the village for so many years and was used to the fickleness of human nature.
On the way back, Shi Tian's steps were a little heavy as he held the stone.
He put the stone directly into the west room.
Shidan was sleeping soundly, and he didn't know what he was dreaming about. There was a pool of saliva on the pillow.
Perhaps he had caught a little cold on the road, as soon as Shitou got into the bed, he heard Shidan humming a few times and then shrinking back in.
Shi Tian picked up the stitches of Shi Dan's cotton-padded jacket, revealing snow-white cotton inside, which formed a sharp contrast with the black cotton wool in Shi Dan's clothes.
Not knowing what he was thinking about, Shi Tian rushed into the woodshed and tore off Shi Tou's quilt.
My goodness, the quilt is not worth wearing out to see people. Xia Juhua didn’t even do the face-saving work. It’s all made of hard straw.
Shi Tianqiang suppressed his anger and went back to the house. "Xia Juhua, where is Shitou? Didn't you say that he and Shidan lived in the west room? Why did I only see Shidan?"
Xia Juhua was slapped awake, and before she could react, she started talking nonsense, "How should I know? Maybe the child went to the toilet."
I didn't expect that even at this point, Xia Juhua was still fooling him.
"Yes, he ran to the toilet in the woodshed. He went to the toilet wearing a cotton coat full of black cotton wool. He went to the toilet wearing a quilt full of straw." Shi Tian almost shouted the last sentence.
When the truth was revealed, Xia Juhua lost all sleepiness and sat up suddenly.
Seeing Shi Tian's dark face, he said with a stiff upper lip, "There's only so much cotton in the house. Shi Dan is the one who got into this big trouble. What's wrong with me putting him first?"
"The cotton I brought back is more than enough to make a thick set of cotton for the two of us, not to mention two babies. Tell me the truth, where is the cotton? Did you take it back to my mother's house?
"Xia Juhua, I only agreed to marry you after you promised me to treat Shitou as your own child. How long has it been since then? If I hadn't covered the child in the middle of the night, I wouldn't have known you were such a mean person who said one thing to your face and another behind your back."
Xia Juhua did not hide her feelings and cried loudly about how difficult it was for her.
"My nephew is almost frozen to death. As his aunt, what's wrong with me giving him some cotton? Am I supposed to watch him die?
I provided Shitou with food and clothing, and even sent him to school. What other stepmother could do what I did? Besides, Shitou moved to the woodshed because he was afraid of kicking Shidan's wound. How can I be blamed for everything now?
Seeing that Xia Juhua was determined not to repent, Shi Tian quickly helped her pack her bags.
"Go away! My Shi family can't accommodate a big Buddha like you. I work so hard out there just to keep my son well fed and clothed, not to help you raise your nephew."
Your nephew has no father or mother, so you, as his aunt, need to empty your husband's family's pockets to support him.
If you say so, I have several nephews and nieces, and Shidan doesn't need to worry about food, clothing, and shelter. I can give them all."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Tian had already helped Xia Juhua pack her things.
Seeing that he was serious, Xia Juhua finally panicked.
He clung to the crack of the door tightly and refused to leave.
"Shidan, don't sleep anymore. Get up quickly. If you sleep any longer, your mother will be gone."
Xia Juhua's howling did not wake up Shidan, but it woke up Shitou.
I saw him wearing his clothes, sticking to the crack of the door, looking at the two people outside the house.
"Shi Tou, tell your father quickly that your mother didn't abuse you. It was you who took the initiative to give up the cotton, and it was because you were throwing a tantrum that you went to sleep in the woodshed."
Shi Tou subconsciously took a few steps back.
She looked at Shi Tian with tears in her eyes, "Dad, I don't need Mom. I can cook, fetch water, and collect firewood. I can take care of myself. I don't need you to marry a stepmother to take care of me."
Although Shidan is five or six years younger than Shitou, he looks stronger than Shitou.
It's all his fault that the child has to endure this at such a young age.
"Don't worry, as long as you don't like it, Dad doesn't want it anymore."
Xia Juhua failed to make a fuss after all, and was sent back to her parents' home by Shi Tian in the middle of the night.
The next day, Shidan got up and started looking for Xia Juhua.
"Mom, mom, it's time to get up, put on your clothes and shoes, hurry up."
Because of illness, Shitou had just gotten up.
Seeing that Shidan had woken up, he took his clothes and started helping him put them on.
Shidan threw his hand away and said, "You are a bad guy. I don't want your help. I want my mother."
Shi Tian heard the noise and walked in.
Seeing Shidan punching and kicking Shitou, he scolded loudly: "Shidan, he is your brother, how can you talk like that."
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