Chapter 101: I Think It's Just What They Deserve

Qu Aihua endured and endured, thinking, "You think I don't want to say it directly? What a dead old woman." If it weren't for the sake of the child in her belly not being implicated, she wouldn't bother getting involved. She didn't talk nonsense anymore and went straight to the point: "That depends on what kind of price you can offer Chuxue?"

Old Lady Liu frowned: "What do you mean by that?"

Qu Aihua rolled her eyes: "Naturally, you have to show sincerity. Do you think you can just say a few soft words with your mouth and make her loosen her grip?"

Old Lady Liu stood up directly from the edge of the kang: "What?..."

The words behind didn't come out, but were blocked by Old Man Liu, who hadn't spoken: "The grandson's wife's words make sense. Chuxue's temper is more rigid than before, and we are in the wrong regarding Shanliang's injury and leg treatment. If we still want to use our status as elders to pressure people like before, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive."

Without waiting for Old Lady Liu to say anything else, Old Man Liu made the final decision: "Aihua, at this time, I'm afraid your grandmother and I won't have a good result if we step forward, and Jianqiang is someone who doesn't know how to talk. I think you should go there."

Qu Aihua was naturally unwilling, but since it had come to this, she had to agree: "Fine, I'll go there. I'll just treat it as visiting Second Uncle. But it's not good to go empty-handed."

Old Lady Liu's face was very ugly, but she knew it wasn't the time to be angry: "The house was visited by thieves a few days ago; where would we have any good things? Let Jianqiang go to the pit in the corner of the backyard and dig up two radishes to bring."

Qu Aihua's face changed directly: "Those radishes are so pithy they could be used to feed pigs. You want me to bring them to the second branch?"

"Grandma, are you trying to make me go beg for help, or are you trying to get me kicked out? If you want to beg, you have to have the look of begging. What time is it? Can we stop messing around?"

Old Man Liu also felt that this old woman had no brains: "Alright, go get ten eggs."

Old Lady Liu glared at Qu Aihua and opened the cabinet with a pained expression: "These were given to me by my nephew as a sign of filial piety. Let's see if they don't choke to death."

While scolding, she took them out, but halfway through, she suddenly started wailing: "Why is my life so bitter? My savings for half a lifetime were stolen by some short-lived ghost. I couldn't even bear to eat the eggs my nephew gave me, and now I have to give them to that debt-collecting ghost."

The faces of the people in the room were very ugly, and their memories suddenly returned to that morning.

Because there were no very young children in the family now, besides the eggs for the old couple to nourish their bodies, there was one boiled egg a day for the pregnant eldest grandson's wife.

That day, Old Lady Liu habitually opened the cabinet to get eggs early in the morning, but ended up thinking her eyes were playing tricks on her: "Old man, come here quickly. Why can't I see the things in the cabinet?"

Old Man Liu didn't want to pay attention to her at first, but then heard the old woman muttering: "Is something wrong with my eyes?"

He stood up casually, and from his position, he could see the full view of the cabinet. It was empty.

He stepped forward a few times, confirmed he wasn't seeing things, and let out a roar: "Where are the things?"

Everyone in the rooms heard the commotion and ran in. After asking the reason, they were all dumbfounded.

For a time, the Liu family was in chaos, and not long after, Ge Xiulan also started screaming: "Which heaven-killing person touched my things?"

Afterward, the third son ran over: "Dad, Mom, you guys go look quickly, the kitchen has also been emptied."

Just as this was finished, the voice of the eldest branch's youngest daughter, Liu Ruhua, came from the other side: "It's not good, our family's chickens have also been stolen."

Old Man Liu shouted anxiously: "Third son, go to the cellar and look."

But not long after, Liu Laosan ran back: "Dad, it's empty, the cellar is also empty."

Old Lady Liu couldn't even care about crying anymore; she stood up and started scolding, using the ugliest words she could think of. Before long, the area outside the Liu house was surrounded by people watching the show.

Liu Shangang quickly brought the village cadres, but they couldn't make heads or tails of it either, so they had to report it to the Gongan.

But after some inspection and questioning, the Gongan comrades didn't have any clues either. There wasn't a single trace of theft. Not to mention anything else, even the locks on the old couple's cabinet hadn't been pried. What kind of thief could have that ability?

In the end, there was no result from the investigation.

Fortunately, Old Man Liu was cunning enough to store some grain in the cellar of the old house, which solved their urgent need.

Those close relatives or in-laws heard the news and sent some things over, which kept the Liu family from starving.

They hadn't even recovered from that when such a thing happened again. How could Old Lady Liu bear it?

The second branch, living in the same courtyard, naturally heard the commotion on the other side. Liu Mu looked at her youngest daughter with confusion: "Xiao, what's going on?"

Chunxiao looked outside the courtyard and then vividly recounted what had happened that morning.

Liu Mu was shocked: "You mean your grandmother's money was stolen?"

Chunxiao said with schadenfreude: "Not just my grandmother's money, the eldest branch's private money was also stolen. You didn't see it, but my eldest aunt cried even more miserably than my grandmother."

Chuxue naturally understood why. Ge Xiulan had long regarded the public money as the eldest branch's property, so she was naturally heartbroken.

Liu Fu frowned and said: "How many people must have come to empty the cellar as well?"

Chunxiao curled her lips: "I think it's just what they deserve."

Liu Fu disapproved: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Chunxiao retorted: "I'm not talking nonsense. They clearly still had grain stored in other places, but when the family separated, they only gave us enough grain for a few months. If that's not what they deserve, what is?"

Chuxue asked at this time: "Chunxiao, what do you mean by that?"

Chunxiao said indignantly: "After the house was stolen, at night, Grandpa secretly took Eldest Uncle and Third Uncle to the old house. I saw them use a flatbed cart to pull back a lot of grain."

When these words were spoken, Liu Fu's heart grew even colder.

Liu Mu suddenly spoke: "Chuxue, do you think your grandparents might set their sights on you?"

Several people looked at Chuxue.

Chuxue curled her lips into an evil smile: "That's why I'm thinking of building a house."

Chunxiao didn't know about the previous matters: "Second Sister, what are you talking about? Where would our family get the money to build a house?"

She was a bit confused. Before, they couldn't even take out the money for Dad's leg treatment, and now they had money to build a house?

Liu Mu pulled her youngest daughter over and explained it to her in a low voice.

After hearing it, Chunxiao's eyes lit up: "Second Sister, really? Can our family pay off the debts? And have extra money to build a house?"

Chuxue nodded at her with a smile: "Yes."

She watched the little girl jump up in excitement: "That's really great. Second Sister, you're so amazing."

Not knowing what she thought of, she suddenly stopped: "Second Sister, then what about this house we just separated into?"

Liu Fu and Liu Mu also looked at Chuxue.

Chuxue pointed to the next door: "Third Uncle will definitely fight for this house. Don't worry. Even if he doesn't want it, as long as the price is right, those in the village who lack housing won't be unmoved."

Chunxiao said with worry: "But with Grandma's way of making a scene, who would dare to want it?"

Chuxue pinched her cheek: "There are plenty of families in the village who aren't afraid of trouble. Who would be afraid of her when it comes to their own interests? Don't worry." ===== CHAPTER 105 =====