Chiang Songtao lifted his eyelids slightly and glanced at him, his voice grave, "Look at you all, don’t you have no trouble? Matters have their own hierarchy of urgency and importance, but right now, my nephew is seriously injured. He can’t even speak, let alone swallow a bun!"
The implication was that they were still being criticized for hiding here and eating big white buns.
Chiang Songhai wanted to ask how Chiang Baohe was, but he changed his words as they came to his lips. "This is a hospital. We have doctors and nurses for everything. Those of us who are old, weak, sick, or disabled can’t really help. Since you didn’t come here to visit us, Brother, you better hurry and take care of Baohe. Since you say it’s so serious, why have you all come?"
At those words, even Chiang Xiao felt like giving her grandfather a thumbs-up.
This was the most relaxed she had felt in all the times they had confronted the Old Chiang Family.
She added coolly, "Uncle, my grandfather ended up in the hospital because he was injured by Chiang Baohe, and my grandmother is here because she was beaten by people led by your wife. With all this happening, you can’t possibly expect our two families to continue interacting like relatives, can you? And to expect the injured uncle and aunt to visit the nephew who assaulted them? Chiang Baohe must not be afraid of shortening his life!"
Her words laid out the truth of the matter, enlightening the onlooking crowd.
The nephew and his wife had landed both of the older couple in the hospital, and it was already kind of them not to hold a grudge. And still, they should care about the nephew’s well-being?
Anyone with the slightest bit of temper wouldn’t stand for it!
Moreover, after this family arrived, they didn’t show any concern and didn’t apologize; instead, they still wanted to oppress others?
"Tsk, I’ve seen shameless, but I’ve never seen quite such disgusting shamelessness!"
"We all heard the man upstairs last night screaming and cursing, cursing at a woman. What he said was really ugly, every filthy word imaginable was flying out. It was really offensive to the ears."
"Isn’t it? The vulgarity, I felt it was just like that old woman from a moment ago."
"Didn’t you hear? That’s the man’s own mother."
The murmurings of the onlookers turned the faces of the Old Chiang family members an iron blue.
"Stuff it! What do you lot know? Spouting crap here! Did they give you buns to eat or pee and poop to clean up? You’re all rushing to be lackeys!" Ho Laidi couldn’t help but lash out at them.
Apparently, she had truly enraged the onlookers, who immediately retorted, each with a remark of their own.
"This old woman really stinks!"
"Smelly old woman, no wonder nobody cares about you, having you as a relative is like a curse for eight generations!"
"And that man is no good either, letting an old woman out to wail ! If it were me, I’d have slapped her several times already!"
Chiang Baoguo’s face was as black as ink.
Chiang Songtao hadn’t expected Chiang Songhai to retort this time, nor had he anticipated that the townspeople would join in the cursing.
It’s not surprising, after all. Everyone in the village knew the nature of their family, being fellow villagers and seeing each other all the time, living so close. If they offended Ho Laidi, they were worried about not having peace in their own homes. But these people in the hospital, whether from the town or other villages, what did they care?
Who would tolerate their nonsense!
Ho Laidi was stunned for a moment and then saw Chiang Xiao standing there with a look of enjoying the drama, which immediately directed her fury toward Chiang Xiao.
"I was wondering why a family as poor as clattering cans suddenly had money for the hospital. Chiang Xiao, you little vixen, you’ve got some skills attracting a man who’s willing to spend so much money on you!"