Chapter 8 Rolling Screaming and Wailing

  These years, the silver received from Chu Dongyang was all in Li's hands. However, she wasn't a person who would deprive herself of good food. The Yang family had meat at every meal and their stomachs were never short of oil and water!

  The red braised pork in that bowl was so fragrant that it made her drool, and she couldn't help but feel greedy.

  She scowled and said in a harsh tone, "Your father and I have been working hard in the fields until dark for many years. How can we afford to eat now? You all stop eating, take the remaining meat back, so I don't have to cook in the dark!"

  Li said this with a dark face and glared at Jiuniang fiercely, as if she would pounce on her and bite her if Jiuniang didn't agree to her demands.

  What is this? It's clearly robbery!

  Jiuniang was indeed shocked by Li's crudeness and her heart skipped a beat, the smile on her face momentarily stiffened, but soon returned to its usual sweetness as she said: "Since you don't mind our leftovers, then take these back with you!"

  These words were both saliva and leftovers, Li heard them and was so angry that his liver was smoking.

  Jiuniang continued to speak in a gentle and considerate tone, "It's so dark outside and the road is not easy to walk on. Mother didn't bring an oil lamp to light the way, and at her age, her eyes aren't what they used to be either. If mother trips and spills the meat halfway, it would be terrible! Why don't I escort mother back instead? These past few days, my husband and I haven't had any rice to cook with. Look at us, eating only vegetables without rice, our stomachs are not full. It's a good opportunity for me to go to mother's place and bring back half a bag of rice!"

  "You little slut, how dare you curse me to fall! Are you trying to curse me to death? Do you still want to go to my house to carry rice? Bah! You stinky shameless cheap thing, watch me not tear your stinky mouth apart!" Li was now unable to bear it, this little good-for-nothing not only dared to talk back like this, but also wanted to take advantage of her family's rice, her anger rising up, she let out a loud shout and rushed over, her five fingers spread wide, planning to first grab her hair and then scratch her face.

  Jiuniang took one look at the situation and secretly thought it was bad, she didn't think this old woman would actually take action.

  Just as Li's nine-yin white bone claws were about to strike, she backed away, holding onto the table edge. She was thinking of how to dodge Li's attack or grit her teeth and fight back when a strong gust of wind swept past her ear. Suddenly, Li let out a shrill cry like a pig being slaughtered, followed by a barrage of curses, her sharp voice piercing her eardrums.

  "You ungrateful wretch, you cripple, how dare you lay hands on me! May heaven strike you dead with lightning, you ingrate!"

  Chu Dongyang gripped Li's wrist, his face dark and his eyes cold as he pushed her away: "You'd better shut up right now and get out of here! Don't bring up the fact that I was raised by you! You've always known I'm not someone to be trifled with. In the past, I let things slide, but from now on, if you don't come looking for trouble, I'll still show you respect as my mother. But if you continue to be so reckless and ruthless, don't blame me when I use a stick to drive you out!"

  Before joining the army, Chu Dongyang had only one meal a day at Old Yang's house and was not allowed to eat his fill. He was also intentionally made to do heavy and tiring work. To put it nicely, he was a foster son; to put it bluntly, he was just a servant who was only fed once a day, with a life worth less than a dog's!

  Chu Dongyang remembered that the old Yang family had raised him, and he also remembered this kindness. After joining the army, all the subsidies were given to Li's family, which was considered as repaying this kindness.

  But he returned injured, and unexpectedly, Li's move was so ruthless. Chu Dongyang, who had never been very concerned about money, also remembered this matter at this time.

  Mrs. Li was pushed by Chu Dongyang and retreated several steps, bumping into a stool and falling to the ground with a thud. She refused to get up and instead rolled around on the ground, screaming at the top of her lungs: "Heavens! Open your eyes... My son is hitting me! His hands are so heavy, he's trying to take my life! I worked hard to raise him, but he repays me with ingratitude! Please, heavens, strike this ungrateful child dead with lightning!"

  Li's voice was originally sharp and her verbal skills were top-notch, so at this time she scolded in a series of curses that sounded like wailing.

  Jiuniang looked at Li's rolling on the ground and turned to Chudongyang with a headache, whispering: "What should we do now? She's making such a racket that the neighbors next door can hear..."

  Chu Dongyang grasped her shoulder, his face gloomy, and said coldly: "Let her cry and make a fuss! What can be done about it? Can she dare to drag me to the government office? Besides, that official has some connection with me, he won't wrong me."

  Li heard Chu Dongyang's cold words, her angry voice stopped abruptly, and her eyes filled with hatred shot towards Chu Dongyang, shouting: "You wild boy, wait until my son Xiaoxian becomes a high-ranking official, I will definitely send you to eat prison food!"

  Scolded and continued to roll over and howl.

  "Have you eaten yet?" Chu Dongyang suddenly looked at Jiuniang and asked lightly.

  "Full!" Jiuniang's mouth twitched slightly as she nodded.

  "Clear up the dishes on the table and bring me a basin of water." said Chu Dongyang.

  Jiuniang asked inexplicably: "What's the point of fetching a basin of water?"

  Isn't it going to be a bit of a problem for Dongyang to use water to splash Li? The water in the pot seems to have boiled...

  "Fetch water for me to rinse, of course! It's getting late, go back to your room and rest!" Chu Dongyang sat back on the stool, looked up at Jiuniang standing beside him, his hand pressed gently on his injured leg.

  The ninth girl was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Good!"

  The two of them chatted leisurely, ignoring Li completely, no matter how hard she tried to perform, they treated her as if she were air.

  Just then, Old Man Yang suddenly rushed into the kitchen and saw Li rolling on the ground. He was shocked and angry, asking: "Old lady, what's going on?"

  Yang Lao Tou was originally lying in bed, but he couldn't sleep and decided to come over and watch the commotion. As he walked nearby, he heard his wife's unique wailing cry, and felt something was off. Moreover, the neighbors next door had opened their doors and were stretching out their heads, whispering and occasionally bursting into mocking laughter. His heart skipped a beat as he hastily ran towards the old mansion.

  Li saw Old Man Yang arrive and became even more arrogant, gave him a signal with his eyes, then suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Jiuniang.

  Everything happened too quickly and suddenly, Jiuniang dodged but couldn't avoid it, her hair was tightly grasped by Li's wife, who fiercely tore at it.

  Chu Dongyang had originally sat down, but when he realized Li's intention, it was too late to stop him.

  He hastily stood up, but because he used too much force, a severe pain shot through his leg, causing him to heavily sit back down on the stool.

  "Let her go!" The pain in his leg made Chu Dongyang's face turn pale, the flames dancing on his face, making his expression even more gloomy and terrifying, like a god of death.

  Li was furious at this time, where would she still care about Chu Dongyang? She tore at Jiuniang's hair, hating that she couldn't even peel off her scalp, who let this little cheap woman calculate her family's rice and curse her to death, could she spare her lightly?

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