Chapter 104: I Think It's Just What They Deserve

Qu Aihua endured it again and again, thinking, You think I don't want to say it directly? What a dead old woman! If it weren't for the child in my belly not being implicated, I wouldn't bother getting involved. Now, no more nonsense; straight to the point: "That depends on what price you can offer for Chuxue?"

Liu Pozi frowned: "What do you mean by that?"

Qu Aihua rolled her eyes: "Naturally, you must show sincerity. Do you think just saying a few soft words with your mouth will make them loosen their grip?"

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

The following words were not spoken out but were blocked by the old man Liu, who had been silent all along: "My daughter-in-law's words make sense. Chuxue's temper is even more stubborn than before, and we are in the wrong regarding the injury on the mountain ridge and the leg treatment. If we still want to use our status as elders to suppress people as in the past, I'm afraid it will backfire."

Before Liu Pozi could say anything else, the old man Liu made the final decision: "Aihua, at this time, if your grandmother and I step forward, it probably won't end well. Jianqiang is also someone who can't speak well. I think you should take the trouble to go over there."

Qu Aihua naturally did not want to, but since the words had been said this far, she could only agree: "Fine, I'll go over there. I'll just treat it as visiting my second uncle, but it wouldn't be right to go empty-handed."

Liu Pozi's face looked very bad, but she also knew this was not the time to get angry: "The house was visited by thieves just a few days ago; what good things do we have? Let Jianqiang go to the corner of the backyard and dig up two radishes from the pit to take along."

Qu Aihua's face changed directly: "Those radishes are so pithy they could be fed to pigs. You want me to take them to the Second Branch?"

Grandma, do you want me to go there begging, or do you want them to kick me out? If you want to beg, you must look like someone begging. What time is it? Can we stop making a fuss?"

The old man Liu also thought this old woman had no brain: "Alright, go get ten eggs out."

Liu Pozi glared at Qu Aihua and opened the cabinet with a pained expression: "These are what my nephew respectfully offered me. Let's see if they can't eat themselves to death."

While cursing, she took them out, but just as she had retrieved half the eggs, she suddenly started wailing: "Why is my fate so bitter? Who was that short-lived ghost that stole my life's savings accumulated over most of my life? The eggs my nephew respectfully offered me, I couldn't bear to eat myself, yet now I have to give them to that debt-collecting ghost."

The few people in the room had very bad expressions; their memories instantly returned to that morning.

Since there were no very small children in the family now, the family's eggs, besides supplementing the old couple's bodies, were for the pregnant eldest daughter-in-law to have one boiled egg a day.

That day, Liu Pozi habitually opened the cabinet early in the morning to get eggs, but she thought her eyes were playing tricks on her: "Old man, come here quickly. How can I not see the things in the cabinet?"

The old man Liu initially didn't want to pay attention to her, but then he heard the old woman muttering: "Is there something wrong with my eyes?"

He casually stood up lightly; the position he stood in allowed him to see the entire interior of the cabinet, which was empty.

He stepped forward a few paces, confirmed it wasn't an optical illusion, and let out a loud roar: "Where are the things?"

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

For a moment, the Liu family was thrown into chaos. Not long after, Seeing Seeing Seeing Ge Xiulan also started shouting: "Which heaven-piercing person touched my stuff?"

Afterwards, Liu Laosan ran over: "Dad, Mom, go take a look quickly; the kitchen has also been emptied by someone."

Just as this side finished, the voice of the eldest branch's little daughter, Liu Ruhua, came from the other side: "It's bad; our family's chickens have also been stolen."

The old man Liu hurriedly shouted: "Liu Laosan, go check the cellar quickly."

But not a moment later, Liu Laosan ran back: "Dad, it's empty; the cellar is empty too."

Liu Pozi also stopped crying and got up to scold, saying whatever was most unpleasant to hear. Not long after, the outside of the Liu house was surrounded by people watching the spectacle.

Liu Shangan quickly found the village cadres, but they couldn't figure out what was going on either, so they had to ask someone to report it to the public security bureau.

But after some investigation and questioning, the public security comrades had not a single clue; there wasn't a trace of theft. Not to mention anything else, the cabinet in the old couple's room wasn't even pried open with a lock. What kind of thief has such ability?

In the end, this matter was not investigated to any result.

Fortunately, the old man Liu was cunning enough; he had stored some grain in the cellar of the old house, which solved the immediate crisis.

Those close relatives or in-laws who heard the news also sent some things over, which prevented the Liu family members from starving.

They hadn't even recovered from this when such a thing happened again; how could Liu Pozi bear it?

The Second Branch, living in the same courtyard, naturally heard the commotion over there. Liu Mother looked at her youngest daughter with some confusion: "Xiao, what's going on?"

Chunxiao looked out of the courtyard once before vividly recounting the events that happened that morning.

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

Chunxiao said with a look of schadenfreude: "Not just my grandmother's money; the First Branch's private savings were stolen too. You didn't see it; my eldest aunt cried even more bitterly than my grandmother."

Chuxue naturally understood why; Seeing Seeing Seeing Ge Xiulan had long regarded the public funds as the property of their First Branch, so naturally, she was heartbroken.

Liu Father frowned and said: "How many people must have come to empty even the things in the cellar?"

Chunxiao, however, pouted and said: "I think it's just what they deserve."

Liu Father disagreed: "What nonsense are you talking?"

Chunxiao refuted: "I'm not talking nonsense. They clearly stored grain in other places, but during the division of the family, they only gave us enough grain to eat for a few months. If that's not what they deserve, then what is?"

Chuxue spoke up at this moment: "Chunxiao, what do you mean by that?"

Chunxiao said with a puffed-up face: "After the house was robbed, Grandpa secretly took Eldest Uncle and Third Uncle to the old house at night. I saw them using a flatbed cart to bring back quite a lot of grain."

Upon hearing this, Liu Father's heart grew even colder.

Liu Mother suddenly spoke: "Chuxue, do you think your grandfather and grandmother might set their sights on you?"

Several people looked at Chuxue simultaneously.

Chuxue's lips curled into a wicked smile: "That's why I was thinking of building a house."

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

She was even confused; before, they couldn't even afford the money for Dad's leg treatment, yet now they suddenly have money to build a house?

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

After listening, Chunxiao's eyes sparkled: "Second Sister, really? Can our family pay off the debts now? And still have surplus money to build a house?"

Chuxue smiled and nodded at her: "Yes."

Just then, the little girl jumped up excitedly: "That's great! Second Sister, you're really amazing."

Not knowing what she thought of, she suddenly stopped: "Second Sister, then what about the house we just divided?"

Liu Father and Liu Mother also looked at Chuxue.

Chuxue pointed to the next door: "This house, my Third Uncle will definitely fight to take. Don't worry; even if he doesn't want it, as long as the price is right, those in the village who lack houses won't be uninterested."

Chunxiao said with a worried expression: "But with my grandmother's rowdy nature, who in the village dares to want it?"

Chuxue pinched her cheek: "There are plenty of families in the village who aren't afraid of trouble. Who would fear her for the sake of relationships and benefits? Don't worry."