Chapter 16: Chapter 0016: My Own Home 4_1 Chapter 16: Chapter 0016: My Own Home 4_1 “Qingyun, I met a lot of kind people today. Some gave me buns, some gave me cornbread, and another gave me a small bag of rice. You should eat the buns quickly. Once you’re done, I’ll boil some water for you to bathe. Some kind people even sent you old clothes and shoes!”
Feng Qingxue carefully chose her words when telling this to Feng Qingyun.
“Sister, the bun tastes so good! I’ve never had something so delicious before.”
Feng Qingyun’s eyes lit up the moment she saw the buns. She had just taken a bite when she heard Feng Qingxue’s words.
“Rice? Clothes?” Feng Qingyun was extremely surprised, “Sister, are kind people really that good? Do I really have clothes to wear now?”
Feng Qingxue took out the rice and clothes with one hand while holding the bun in the other.
Upon seeing these items, Feng Qingyun had no more doubts—she was just excited and started to jump around in joy.
“Sister, this is amazing! I have clothes to wear, I have shoes to put on, and we’ll have rice porridge to drink!”
“Lower your voice, don’t make too much noise that others will hear.”
Hearing Feng Qingxue say this, Feng Qingyun immediately shut her mouth. She cuddled next to Feng Qingxue, hungrily eating her bun, her eyes stuck on the clothes and shoes in the basket, full of excitement and delight.
“Sister, this is so great. I’m so happy, I have clothes to wear, and shoes too.”
Feng Qingyun couldn’t contain her excitement, and kept repeating these sentences while eating.
Feng Qingxue smiled, “Qingyun, I promise you, I will make sure you have a good life.”
“Mm!” Feng Qingyun believed that her sister wouldn’t lie to her.
After finishing the bun and easing her hunger a bit, Feng Qingxue asked Feng Qingyun to stay at home and watch over their basket while she went to move their belongings from the straw shed.
All of their belongings consisted of pottery jars, wooden basins, ceramic bowls, and some firewood.
From the original owner’s memory, she knew firewood was also very precious.
Therefore, Feng Qingxue put the ceramic bowl in the pottery jar, then the pottery jar in the wooden basin, carrying the wooden basin in one hand and a bundle of firewood on her back in another. However, just when she was about to leave the straw shed, Feng Er Sao interfered.
“Feng Qingxue, you can go, but the firewood must be left behind, it’s ours.”
Feng Er Sao had a bitter and harsh tongue instead than a bitterly sarcastic face. She couldn’t stand seeing the house she and her husband wanted, being taken by Feng Qingxue and her sister without giving anything in return.
Feng Qingxue gave a cold smile, “Really? But this firewood is something that I painstakingly carried back from the mountain.”
Although the original owner was not weak, she was afraid to confront her brother and sister-in-law. However, the current Feng Qingxue would not be bullied so easily.
“I say it’s ours, so it’s ours.” Feng Er Sao stubbornly insisted.
“Well then, let’s have everyone come and judge this matter. Maybe we can ask the team leader to reallocate the grains that were distributed after autumn. The original owner often worked and had work points, so the amount of grain she received based on these points was definitely more than just twenty to thirty jin of sweet potatoes. Moreover, Feng Qingyun should also have some rations. I can only say that everything else was swallowed by our two brothers and sisters.”
This kind of thing is not enquired if the people don’t tell the officials.
Feng Qingxue never sought anyone’s help, so relatives would not bother. Everyone knows that officials have a hard time dealing with domestic affairs.
Hearing Feng Qingxue say this, and seeing her firm attitude—which was quite different than before— Feng Er Sao backed down. She really didn’t dare to let others judge the matter, because they were inherently unfair. Feng Er Sao gave Feng Qingxue a resentful glare, spat on the ground, turned around and went back to the house to discuss it with her husband and her sisters in-laws.
Many people, like Feng Er Sao, take advantage of the weak but fear the strong.