Chapter 317

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

Chai Mi's side was busy building a storehouse and making money selling dumplings, and she was even researching how to fry chicken—she could be said to be going full steam ahead.

But the Chai family's old house was much more miserable.

Chai Zhongxiao went in...

Wang Huirong's days weren't easy either.

Chai You De had urged Wang Huirong several times to agree to give the old couple's land entirely to Chai You De, claiming it was so the old couple wouldn't have to work anymore, and Chai You De and his wife would naturally support them.

But the realistic situation was that Wang Huirong was starting to regret it.

Back then she was beaten up by Chai Zhongxiao every day, so her mind was a bit confused; once Che Lianyun and Chai You De coaxed her, she went to testify, saying Chai Zhongxiao abused her domestically.

Now Chai Zhongxiao had gone in.

The good days Wang Huirong had imagined never came; instead, she was nearly starving to death.

Well...

Wang Huirong hadn't tasted meat for two months, and Chai Mi's family had big fish and big meat at every meal, so she finally couldn't hold back; after Chai Mi and Song Qiushui went out to set up their stall, Wang Huirong sneaked over.

Now Wang Huirong's arm wasn't hurting particularly badly anymore and could move, but it was a bit crooked.

Anyone whose arm had been broken knew that if you didn't go to the hospital to get it set and kept using your hand out of habit, it really could become deformed.

So Wang Huirong's arm was actually a bit twisted.

Still, at least it could be used...

It was just not very handy.

Wang Huirong had been listening to the movements at Chai Mi's house behind the courtyard all day lately, and after listening and listening, she figured out that Chai Mi and Song Qiushui would go out in the morning.

And these past two days Chai Youqing wasn't home, Su Wan was busy cooking for everyone and had no time, occasionally going out to buy vegetables and also not home.

So there were only Chai Xiu and the third child at home.

Chai Xiu was holding the third child and pacing around the courtyard, still muttering and grumbling about her sister Chai Mi's unreliability.

Fourteen purlins! This wasn't fourteen firewood sticks—where was a teenage girl supposed to get them? And "research it herself"?

Although she had already asked Chai Youqing to find a way, Chai Mi's brand of feminism really infuriated her.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got; she looked down at the third child cooing in her arms and complained: "Look at our sister, how good she is at ordering people around! Building a storehouse is such a big deal, her old mouth flaps and she says 'research it herself,' and the purlins just grow legs and run over? Do they think I'm Sun Wukong who can conjure them up?"

The third child didn't understand, grinning with a little mouth, drooling and smiling at her.

It seemed she could only do what she had instigated her father to do, using Village Chief Liu Zhanggui's banner to "get" some small trees from He Tao? But the risk... if she got caught, her sister would skin her alive.

Although originally Chai Mi definitely wanted to take advantage of you stealing a few trees, she was just too embarrassed to say it.

Chai Xiu naturally knew.

So this bad person could only be done by Chai Youqing.

Just as she was worrying herself sick, a rustling sound came from the courtyard gate. Chai Xiu looked up alertly and saw a familiar, slightly hunched figure leaning against the half-open gate, peering inside. Who else could it be but her grandmother Wang Huirong?

Wang Huirong clearly hadn't expected anyone to be in the courtyard; she ran into Chai Xiu, a flash of panic at being caught crossed her face, then she forced herself to calm down, gave a dry cough, pushed the door open and walked in, trying to straighten her hunched back.

"Xiu'er, is it just you at home? Where are your dad and mom?" Wang Huirong's eyes darted around as she asked, and her eyeballs uncontrollably glanced toward the kitchen. Her nose twitched slightly, as if greedily catching the lingering scent of last night's stewed chicken in the air. Her crooked arm hung awkwardly at her side, making her posture seem even more timid and pitiful.

Chai Xiu's heart went "thump." Her feelings for this grandmother were extremely complicated. Back at the old house, Wang Huirong's preference for sons over daughters was ingrained in her bones; she wasn't good to her and her eldest sister Chai Mi, beatings and scoldings were common, and good things were always reserved for Chai You De's two households. Later, the eldest sister "went crazy," stood up for herself, and split the household, and only then did life gradually improve. After that, the grandmother helped Third Uncle Chai You De testify, sending Grandpa Chai Zhongxiao to the police station, and what happened? Chai You De was no good either—he immediately turned his back on people and didn't care about her life or death; it was said she couldn't even eat a full meal at home, let alone meat. Chai Xiu felt resentment in her heart, hating her for being muddleheaded and biased, but seeing her now down on her luck with an injured arm, she also felt she was a bit pitiful.

Chai Xiu was, after all, not Chai Mi.

She was still too young; the hatred in her bones for Wang Huirong and Chai Zhongxiao wasn't particularly high.

Although she supported what Chai Mi did and knew Wang Huirong and Chai Zhongxiao were no good.

But right now, it seemed the bad people had gotten their comeuppance.

Chai Xiu really didn't know how to treat Wang Huirong.

"My dad went to Uncle Song's house to build a warehouse, my mom... isn't home either." Chai Xiu held the third child, standing still, her tone neither cold nor warm, with obvious distance and vigilance. "Grandma, what's the matter?"

"Ah? Oh... nothing big, nothing big..." Wang Huirong said with her mouth, but her feet involuntarily moved toward the room door. "Just... just came to see you, see you all. Heard... heard you stewed chicken last night? Smells good..." She said, sniffing hard again.

Chai Xiu's heart jumped; she understood! Grandma was starving, smelled the meat, and with the adults not home, wanted to come steal something to eat! A nameless anger "whoosh" rose up. Pitiful as she was, this sneaky behavior was really disgusting.

Before, when Chai Xiu ate an egg, Wang Huirong wouldn't let her.

Although now her own family lived well, with meat at every meal. But that wasn't given by Wang Huirong and Chai Zhongxiao; it was money Chai Mi earned.

This chicken definitely couldn't be given to Wang Huirong to eat.

And Wang Huirong had hit Chai Xiu before; Chai Xiu remembered clearly.

Now she wanted to come take advantage of them; Chai Xiu's just-arising sympathy was instantly suppressed.

"Grandma!" Chai Xiu's voice suddenly rose, with its characteristic sharpness and displeasure, "What are you looking at? Just leftover food and dishes, nothing good to see! If you have something to say, say it; if not, go back, I still have to coax the third child!"

Wang Huirong was startled by Chai Xiu's shout, her face a bit embarrassed, and she glared at Chai Xiu in anger and shame: "You little brat! How do you talk to your grandma? No respect at all! I'm just seeing what's wrong? Can't I enter this courtyard? I'm your biological grandma!" The more she said, the more she felt she was in the right, her waist seemed to straighten a bit, "Where's your mom? Su Wan! Su Wan!" She shouted toward the courtyard, trying to suppress with the identity of an elder.

"My mom isn't here! Grandma, what exactly do you want?" Chai Xiu held the third child, walked two steps forward, blocking the room door, her little face tense. Although she was young and had a soft nature, after being with Chai Mi for a long time, that bit of protecting-home spirit came out at critical moments. She remembered her sister Chai Mi's usual crisp and efficient way of handling things; although she couldn't be as fierce, she couldn't lose in momentum.

Seeing Chai Xiu blocking the door and Su Wan not responding, Wang Huirong was even more anxious in her heart. The scent of the stewed chicken was like a hook, hooking her gluttony. She was hungry, she wanted meat so much! These past two months, at Chai You De's white-eyed wolf's house, she lived worse than a dog.

Now only Chai Xiu was blocking her, Wang Huirong naturally felt this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Then she pushed Chai Xiu and entered the house.

As a result...

Wang Huirong was stunned.

The two dogs in the house were gnawing on chicken legs; seeing Wang Huirong come in, they immediately panicked and started barking.

"What a sin!" A shrill scream was suddenly squeezed out of Wang Huirong's throat, drowning out the puppies' whimpers. Her one movable hand trembled as she pointed at the two dogs, her skinny fingers shaking like dry branches in the wind, "Feeding dogs?! Such good meat fed to dogs?! You... you are doing this on purpose to anger me to death!"

Chai Xiu frowned: "My dog, I feed it my own family's meat, what business is it of yours! This is breaking and entering! You'd better leave, or when my sister gets back, you'll see if she doesn't skin you alive!"

How could Wang Huirong be afraid of a seven-year-old child still holding a child? She pressed closer to Chai Xiu step by step, "I can't even look at my own granddaughter? You eat well and drink well, feeding meat to the dog! I, this biological grandmother, am starving with my front sticking to my back, can't even smell a mouthful of meat soup! Are your hearts made of stone? Or were you led astray by that crazy girl Chai Mi?!"

Her spittle nearly sprayed onto Chai Xiu's face. Chai Xiu looked at her grandmother's face, distorted by hunger and anger yet revealing a trace of pity, and that tiny sprouting sympathy in her heart was completely burned away by rage and grievance. The mistreatment suffered at the old residence, the eggs withheld, the beatings and scoldings endured, all surged into her mind clearly at this moment.

"Who let you come?!" Chai Xiu was anxious too: "What good food does our family have, that's Eldest Sister earning it from early to late! Was it given by the Old Chai Family? Was it given by you? When Grandfather beat you, who forced you to testify and sent him in? It was Third Uncle! It was Third Aunt! You're starving at their place now, and you think of us? What were you doing before?!"

These words stabbed directly into Wang Huirong's most painful wound.

Her face turned instantly deathly pale, her lips trembling, wanting to retort but momentarily at a loss for words.

Chai You De and his wife's ugly faces, Che Lianyun's fake coaxing and deceit, and her own muddleheaded confusion at the time, flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern.

"You... you little girl understand shit!" Wang Huirong flew into a rage out of humiliation, raising her one good hand to hit Chai Xiu, "Unfilial! You dare talk back to your grandmother!"

Chai Xiu hugging her younger brother, couldn't dodge in time, watched as that slap was about to fall. Just then——

"Wuu... woof woof woof!"

The two puppies in the corner, gnawing on chicken legs with great relish, were completely enraged by Wang Huirong's sharp voice and sudden raising of her hand.

The instinct to guard their food made them drop the bones, baring their newly grown little milk teeth, letting out threatening low growls from their throats, and pouncing at Wang Huirong without hesitation! Though small in size, their momentum was fierce.

They directly bit onto Wang Huirong's leg.

"Aiyo!" Wang Huirong caught off guard, only felt a sharp stabbing pain in her calf.

The puppies' teeth weren't deep, but enough to scare her out of her wits. She screamed and jumped around, flailing her arms and legs wildly, "Get lost! Dead dogs! Get lost!"

Chai Xiu was also stunned by this sudden turn of events. She hadn't expected the two puppies that usually only whimpered to be so protective of their master when fierce.

Watching Wang Huirong's wretched dodging and screaming, she felt both vindicated and a bit panicked.

Weighing the pros and cons, Chai Xiu hugged Lao San and ran outside.

While running she shouted: "Someone come quick, my grandmother's gone crazy, fighting with my family's dog for food, bit my family's dog."

Wang Huirong's face turned completely black:!!!

"Unfilial! All unfilial under heaven!"

Wang Huirong both shocked, angry, and scared, tears and snot smearing her face, pointing at Chai Xiu cursing violently, "Good you Chai Xiu! You... you're just like your sister, both white-eyed wolves that can't be tamed! Daring to set the dog on me! I'll let the whole village see how you abuse your biological grandmother! Where's Su Wan?! Make her come out! Look at the good daughter she raised!"

Chai Xiu had no time to waste words with Wang Huirong, ran in a puff of smoke to Song Qiushui's house.

Seeing there were many people, she started talking: "Terrible, my grandmother's really gone crazy. Fought with my family's dog for meat, then bit the dog... after that still wanted to bite me... my grandmother's got rabies."

Everyone was still working, hearing Chai Xiu say this, they immediately felt a bit of existential doubt: Holy shit! Wang Huirong's really fucking ruthless! Fighting a dog for food, and biting the dog! In all my life, truly fucking witnessed a ruthless person!

Chai Youqing heard and immediately got anxious, wanted to go home and check, but was stopped by Chai Xiu.

Chai Xiu knew Chai Youqing's character well.

If this Chai Youqing went back, he'd definitely go soft-hearted again.

Going soft-hearted won't do!

Chai Xiu immediately said: "Dad don't go home. If you go home, isn't it embarrassing? You have to go back slowly, or not go back. My grandmother's like that, you as a son, it doesn't look good on your face either."

Chai Youqing froze awkwardly, a bit at a loss.

Liu Zhanggui, who was chatting and boasting, saw this, then he'd go himself.

Afterwards Liu Zhanggui pulled Song Qingshan and went back with Chai Xiu.

The rest also wanted to watch the excitement, but were all stopped by Liu Zhanggui.

"Don't go watch the excitement. This side is busy as hell. You guys hurry up. Besides, Wang Huirong's even fighting with a dog, what if she bites you guys, how to handle it?"

Afterwards Liu Zhanggui even pretended to ask Chai Xiu: "Did that Wang Huirong bite you? Need to go get shots?"

Chai Xiu hehehe laughed: "No. My grandmother's not as good as a dog..."

Liu Zhanggui and Song Qingshan's old faces reddened: Xiu'er's linguistic talent, really fucking something.

But that Wang Huirong is really a dog, you say she's idle with nothing to do, fighting with a dog, what for?

Idle with nothing to do practicing her teeth?

All fucking sixty-something years old, can she fucking out-bite a dog?

Truly fucking convinced.

Of course, actually Liu Zhanggui and Song Qingshan both didn't quite believe it.

The two of them just thought Chai Xiu was teasing for fun.

Result: a group of people arrived at Chai Xiu's house, instantly dumbstruck.

Only saw Wang Huirong hugging the dog, currently fighting with the dog for a piece of muscle in the dog's mouth...

Everyone: Er...

Holy shit!!!

Wang Huirong really fucking didn't bite the dog, actually fighting with the dog for food!!!

Is this still human?

Gone crazy?

Liu Zhanggui rubbed his eyes, confirmed he hadn't seen wrong.

He was a bit bewildered: "No, Lao Song ah... you say this... am I doing a rather unqualified job?"

Song Qingshan: "That's completely unqualified. Wang Huirong's so poor she's fighting a dog for food..."