Chapter 10: Open Plunder and Secret Strife

  The man's mouth is like a machine gun firing cannons, making people's heads swell. Indeed, they are a family of one virtue, and the woman's mouth is sharp as a knife.

  Liu Qin listened beside, she wasn't stupid either. When she saw these people arrive earlier, she had already guessed roughly what was going on. Now hearing these words, she understood even more why, and her heart was filled with anger, causing her entire body to start trembling slightly. A pair of eyes were filled with pain.

  Marrying her husband was what Yulan considered the happiest and most fulfilling thing, although he was a rough man from a poor family background. However, he was truly good to her. Throughout their many years of marriage, until his passing, he insisted on not letting her go out to work hard. The household basically relied on him for support, while she only did some light chores to pass the time. At that time, all the women in the village envied her. Later, due to a family division, her husband brought them to live in a small town using his abilities. Everyone said she was very fortunate, but on her husband's side, his mother and father, as well as his older brother and younger sister, thought she was a lazy woman who only came up with excuses every day. If there wasn't something going on, it would be impossible for them to not stir up trouble. However, her husband never put the things they stirred up in his heart, choosing instead to unconditionally believe in her, filling Yulan's heart with emotion. She tolerated these people and sometimes when they made a fuss, she would give some money to her mother-in-law's side, but that was only because of her love for her husband. But what were these people now? Were they trying to suck her blood and eat her flesh?

  The old woman's actions were very thorough, she stretched out her hand without blushing at all, and calmly pulled the money into her hands. She then turned her head to look at Liu Qin, and got angry again, "I said are you deaf? We're all saying we're hungry——"

  "Ma——" A sharp female voice, filled with anger and intense displeasure.

  As soon as the old lady heard her daughter's voice, she softened again. The cold face immediately filled with smiles, "Oh, mom, you know that Yu'er is not angry, not angry at all."

  Su Yuer still refused to give in, her mouth still muttering away, "My son was frightened, don't you know that you should comfort him a little..."

  The old lady's face lit up with even more smiles, nodding repeatedly. The Su family still hasn't had a good marriage to this day. The eldest son is not promising, the family is poor, and his temper is bad. He directly drove away his wife, who never came back. Thinking about how she was stingy in the past, unwilling to let the eldest son take wedding photos with his wife, they dragged it out for two years. In those two years, the eldest son's violent temper scared people away. For so many years, he couldn't find a wife because of his temper, and everyone knew about it. It made her regretful to the point of turning green. Now that she finally found one, she wouldn't let go. However, for now, they haven't even taken a glance at each other's eight characters (astrological signs). Moreover, since her daughter was spoiled from a young age, she naturally indulged her a bit. She carefully took out a 50 yuan note from the money on the table and stuffed it into her daughter's hand with a smile.

  Liu Qin, standing by the side, was so angry that her heart was churning and a mouthful of blood almost came up. "Mom, this money is for Ruo Ruo, she's going to school tomorrow and hasn't paid tuition yet, and living expenses are still not enough, I've been thinking of ways."

  "You're never satisfied, I raised my son to be so big, after marrying you, you didn't take good care of him, he left early and didn't have time to repay me for raising him. Now I'm taking some money, what's wrong with that? This money must have been earned by my son. You're still expecting this money to be earned by you? My son married you, all these years, every year during the Spring Festival, you just bring a little something to dismiss me, do you really think I'm a poor and ignorant old woman who can be easily fooled?..." The old lady was furious, her mouth kept firing, her face getting uglier and uglier, but the money in her hand was getting closer and closer, without any intention of letting go.

  Su Yu'er took the money, although her eyes were still fixed on the old lady's hand holding the cash, but she had also restrained herself a lot. She knew that this time coming over was mainly because of her brother's matter. Although she often quarreled with her brother, after all, she was still on the side of her own family members. Her brother was at an age where he should be married, and if the Su family didn't have any descendants, it wouldn't be right. So now wasn't the time to quibble over money, but rather to focus on a common goal, "I'm telling you, Liu Qin, your conscience has been taken away by dogs! Mom is almost starving to death, hurry up and make something for us to eat. Do you really want mom to starve to death here?"

  "What's wrong with you? Su Yuer, don't talk nonsense. We just finished dinner and there's no food at home. Today is not a market day, where do you expect me to go buy groceries?"

  Su Yu'er suddenly stood up from her seat, hands on her hips, and shouted at Liu Qin: "Liu Qin, are you shameless? There's no one in this town who doesn't know how to buy vegetables. Are you trying to cheat us? If you really have a conscience, there's a restaurant not far from your house, why didn't you go cook some dishes for us? What is your heart made of, so cold, so hard, and so vicious? Is it because my brother died early that you don't recognize us as relatives? You should know that the life you have now, being able to live in this town, was all given to you by my brother. And yet, we came all the way here, and you can't even give us a meal to eat...

  Because Su Yuer's voice was extremely shrill, and the big gate was broken and hadn't been repaired in time, this sound gradually attracted a lot of onlookers. These people all roughly knew the temperament of the Su family, but now that things had come to this pass, there were still people starting to point at Liu Qin, one by one standing at the entrance not daring to come in. However, those whispered conversations, one added to another, no longer counted as whispers.

  The situation outside was seen and remembered by Liu Qin, but her expression remained calm. The young girl's words had amused Liu Qin. Cooking a few dishes, Su Yuer was indeed clever, but did she not know that the restaurants outside were targeting outsiders? In the town, unless it was a special occasion or a grand celebration, people would only go there to eat occasionally. The prices were not something to be taken lightly. With what Su Yuer earned in a day, the cost of one dish could cover her and her daughter's expenses for several days. Yet she casually mentioned cooking a few dishes as if it didn't cost anything? Cooking a few dishes was not something you could get by just stretching out your hand and asking someone to cook for free.

  "Mom, don't you have anything else to say to me? Let's go inside and talk." Seeing her mother standing there, trembling with rage but unable to say anything, Su Mo Ruo slowly stepped forward to support her mother, her voice not too loud or too soft, just loud enough for the few people in the house to hear.

  "You're just a little punk, how dare you talk back to me like that!" Su Youcai's eyes bulged out like a bear's, his mouth spewing curses at Su Moruo without any semblance of seniority or dignity. On the contrary, it made people feel that he didn't consider Su Moruo as family at all, not even as an acquaintance. The tone and words he used, especially "little punk", could never be uttered by a senior. Clearly, he didn't put himself in the position of being Su Moruo's elder.

  Upon hearing this, Su Mo raised her head, raised an eyebrow, and curled up a smile that was not quite a smile. Suddenly, she transformed into a sinister and cunning person, and her voice carried a hint of evil spirit. "It seems you don't know my reputation in this town." The few words were spoken extremely clearly, and not only the people inside the house but also those timid onlookers outside heard them loud and clear. Everyone felt as if a chill had run down their backs.

  Su Youcai's heart and mouth turned cold, and he couldn't help but shudder, but immediately realized that something was off. He didn't want to show his fear, and if he really did, he would lose face big time. Not daring to meet Su Mo's eyes, he gritted his teeth and shouted at Liu Qin: "This little scoundrel, how were you raised? You dare speak to your elders like this!"