Chapter 219: Chapter 219: Buy Rat Poison Chapter 219: Chapter 219: Buy Rat Poison Da Ya’s hand trembled as she reached out, and Zhang Guihua showed no mercy, wielding the bamboo board and striking hard.
“Smack! Smack! Smack!”
The sound of the bamboo board hitting her hand resonated throughout the room.
“Granny, it was me who broke it, don’t hit big sister!”
Zhaodi tried to rush over and grab Zhang Guihua’s hand, but Er Ya held her back, “Don’t talk anymore, don’t let big sister suffer in vain.”
Big sister had already taken the blame upon herself, and if Zhaodi came forward and admitted guilt now, her grandma would punish them both.
She fixed Zhaodi in place with a look of disapproval and some condemnation.
Zhaodi bit her lower lip hard, using all her strength to not rush over and clamp onto Zhang Guihua’s arm with her teeth.
Da Ya also clenched her teeth, struggling to keep herself from crying out in pain.
Zhang Guihua, who regularly worked in the fields, had a strong grip—after a few hits, red welts swelled on Da Ya’s hands.
Sun Lixia watched the expressions of everyone in the room with satisfaction, feeling extremely pleased.
This time, I’ll teach you a lesson, to see if you dare to offend me again.
Zhao Xiaojuan looked at her daughter with heartache but dared not plead for mercy, as children should be taught a lesson for their mistakes.
In this era of severe scarcity of resources, wasting food or damaging household items, even if unintentional, was considered a serious offense.
Jiang Changhai, who had heard the whole episode from the next room, said to Jiang Mianmian, who was obviously not focused on her homework, biting her pencil, “Daughter, take some pain relief oil to your aunt later.”
“Mm,” Jiang Mianmian nodded, hesitated for a moment but still did not ask her dad to plead for mercy.
After all, the fabric of that era was truly precious.
And every hit Da Ya took felt like it was striking Zhaodi’s heart, making it throb with pain.
Big sister was taking the punishment for her; those hits were originally meant for herself.
Zhaodi’s face looked awful, filled with anger, resentment, and hatred—these negative emotions were furiously destroying her reason.
She really wanted to go to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, buy a bag of rat poison, and come back to poison all these evil people to death.
Fortunately, her remaining reason managed to suppress that dangerous idea.
Killing people to pay with one’s life—it wasn’t worth it for these people!
By the end, Da Ya’s hand had swollen up so high it was about to burst, and finally, Zhang Guihua stopped the punishment.
“This is to teach you a lesson; if you damage the household items again, you can forget about having this hand,” Zhang Guihua admonished after she finished hitting.
“Yes, I understand, granny, it won’t happen again,” Da Ya answered, enduring the pain.
Zhang Guihua, seeing that Da Ya was remorseful, snorted coldly, picked up the bedsheet, and walked out.
“Remember, be more careful in the future and don’t make me unhappy,” Sun Lixia, at that moment, resembled a fox exploiting the tiger’s might.
Once only their family was left in the room, Zhao Xiaojuan looked sympathetically at Da Ya’s swollen hand, gently blowing on it, “Mom will get a wet towel to soothe it, it’ll feel much better.”
Da Ya, whose hand was almost numb from the pain, still endured, saying, “Mom, it doesn’t hurt that much…”
“Big sister, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault,” Zhaodi said, her eyes red and voice hoarse with regret.
It was her fault for impulsively using such a childish method to retaliate against Sun Lixia, causing her big sister to suffer on her behalf.
Da Ya gently rubbed her head with her other hand, softly saying, “It’s okay, Zhaodi, your sister knows you didn’t mean it.”
Zhaodi, who had been holding back tears, finally couldn’t hold back anymore because of Da Ya’s words.
Tears streamed down her cheeks, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”