Chapter 579: Chapter 579: Hardship Chapter 579: Chapter 579: Hardship “Uncle, please, don’t get involved in this, my mother is almost dead, and yet you speak so heartlessly?” Mo Xiuzhi was both heartbroken and angry, as Mo Xiaoqiang wouldn’t help and even spoke with mockery.
“What do you mean by ‘heartless’? If your mother needs a doctor, the silver spent comes from the Mo family’s coffers, and I have a stake in it, too. How is it that I have no right to speak?” Mo Xiaoqiang was displeased as he glanced at Mo Xiuzhi, “Or do you also think that because your uncle has no sons, the family property naturally belongs to your second branch?”
Mo Xiaoqiang’s words were sharp and incisive.
It was only then that Mo Xiuzhi started to panic. With her mother in this condition and her father no longer caring for them, she and her mother were alone and powerless, she couldn’t afford to offend others.
“Uncle, you’ve misunderstood, your niece didn’t mean it like that,” Xiuzhi quickly changed her tone, appearing pitiful.
Old Lady Mo also hastily smiled and said, “Qiangqiang, don’t take it to heart, this foolish girl, she didn’t mean it, you are our family’s eldest son, of course, you have a say.”
Shortly after, Old Lady Mo turned her head to Xiuzhi, her expression stern, and scolded angrily, “What doctor to call for? How precious could the life of that Little Whore be? It’s just a little bleeding, what could be so serious about that?”
This time, Mo Xiuzhi finally experienced Old Lady Mo’s ruthlessness firsthand.
In the past, when Old Lady Mo treated Madam Xie’s family , she would snicker to herself, never dreaming that one day this scene would fall upon her own head.
Mo Xiuzhi was furious but dared not speak, “But….”
“But what now? Get back to work immediately, there’s so much work at home still undone!” Old Lady Mo shouted at her.
“Grandmother, I need to watch over my mother, she’s hurt so badly, she needs someone by her side to take care of her,” Mo Xiuzhi said cautiously.
“Care for what! You really think you’re some lady or miss from a rich household?!”
“Any more dithering and you won’t eat today, expecting free food without working, let me tell you, no way.” Xiuzhi was dragging her feet, reluctant to work, which made Old Lady Mo furious.
Times had changed, without Madam Ruan’s protection, Mo Xiuzhi truly feared there would be no food, so she sullenly hung her head, preparing to step toward the kitchen to work.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Old Lady Mo shouted again.
“Didn’t you tell me to work?” Mo Xiuzhi stopped in her tracks and said with a helpless look.
In the past, she always saw her mother doing household tasks, usually heading to the kitchen, so Mo Xiuzhi thought she was not mistaken in her direction.
“You foolish girl, not a bit of sense in you, don’t you see the chicken coop hasn’t been cleaned? Go clean it up quickly, so much chicken droppings, that Prostitute Madam Ruan hasn’t cleaned it for days, lazy to the point of death, making the whole house reek of chicken droppings, nearly stinking up to death,”
Mo Xiuzhi wore a bitter expression; truth be told, she had never done such dirty work before, and she didn’t feel like starting now, hesitating in her spot.
Old Lady Mo roared again, “What are you standing there for? Go at once.”
Mo Xiumei was sobbing, pouting with sulky lips, reluctantly saying, “Grandmother, that work is too dirty, I don’t want to do it.”
“Then do you still want to eat?”
“All this dirty work, if you young people won’t do it, do you expect this old maid to serve your whole family?”
Xiuzhi, with no other choice, trudged off to the tool shed, picked up a shovel and a special broom for cleaning the chicken coop, and made her way slowly to the chicken coop.
Seeing her, Old Lady Mo grew impatient once more and started scolding, “You foolish girl, dragging your feet even for a bit of work, hurry up, there are plenty of chores yet to be done.”