Chapter 209: The Ruan Family’s Current Situation
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The Ruan family… was in a miserable state.
Shu Yu thought that with Lu Sanzhu’s personality, he was exaggerating when he said that half of the Ruan family’s courtyard had been demolished.
She did not expect it to be real.
Half of the wall in the Ruan familys courtyard had been knocked down, and even the kitchen was largely affected. Out of the two stoves, only one was left.
The already damaged cabinet was crushed into pieces by the broken wall. Standing outside, one could see the remaining half of the kitchen.
The cows and pigs in the yard were gone, though the chickens were still clucking.
The bacon, corn, and other food that used to be hanging in the corridor were gone, and even the door to the central room looked like it was about to collapse.
Collapsed mud was still piled up, and no one had cleaned it up. At this moment, a dog was peeing under the corner of the wall, scaring the chickens inside and making them cluck even louder.
()ld Lady Ruan, who was in the house, heard the noise and hurriedly ran out.
Shu Yu immediately hid in a corner and watched as Old Lady Ruan chased the dog away.
“Get lost, you mangy dog! The next time you come to my house to pee, I’ll stew you and have dog meat!”
Shu Yu looked at Old Lady Ruan. Half a month ago, the latter was still high-spirited and arrogant. Now, her back was hunched and she had lost weight. Her face looked even more ferocious and mean.
After she scolded the dog, the impatient voices of the Ruan family’s two sons could be heard.
“Mom, can’t you let it rest? It’s already noon. Aren’t you going to let me rest?”
“That’s right. Can you stop messing around? Our family was destroyed because of you. Just stop.”
Old Lady Ruan shrank her neck after being scolded. She didn’t dare to argue and hurriedly entered the house quietly.
Shu Yu stood outside and watched the process. She could not help but smirk sarcastically.
As expected, the wicked would be tortured by the wicked. The Ruan family was really “quite lively” now.
She took one last look at the Ruan family and turned to leave.
Xiang’s home was at the foot of the mountain. Her in-laws did not want her, and many in the village could not tolerate her, so she lived far away.
Shu Yu’s forehead was covered in sweat. She suddenly missed the modern short-sleeved T-shirts and shorts. They were much more refreshing than this long dress.
She exhaled and crossed the small bridge in the village before she finally saw the houses at the foot of the mountain.
She quickened her pace, but before she could get close to Xiang’s house, she heard a few angry voices.
“Fu Xiangdi, look at what you’ve done! Didn’t my youngest just scold you a little? To think you pushed him into the water! If the river wasn’t shallow, he would have drowned and you would be a murderer!
“There’s also my third son! Fu Xiangdi, you were the one who threw the cocklebur onto his head, right? I can’t even pull it off. What should I do?”
Shu Yu looked from afar and saw two women with two teenage boys standing at the door of Xiang’s house.
Opposite the four of them stood a thin and weak girl. She was not tall, not even comparable to the two teenage boys.
From their conversation, Shu Yu knew that the girl should be Aunt Xiangs daughter, Fu Xiangdi, who was one year younger than her.
Hearing this name, one could tell how much the Fu family preferred sons over daughters back then.
It was no wonder that after Xiang’s husband died, the Fu family chased her out and also threw out Fu Xiangdi, who was only two years old at that time.
Fu Xiangdi was now thirteen years old, but the pressure of life all year round made her look bad, whether it was her complexion or her height..