Chapter 48: Chapter 48 Sneaking a Bite without Wiping Your Mouth Chapter 48: Chapter 48 Sneaking a Bite without Wiping Your Mouth Chiang Xiao had no hope for her Great-Uncle, but his indifference still made her feel stifled.
His second son wanted to beat her to death, and as the head of the family, he didn’t say a word.
You could at least ask what happened.
Before entering his house, Chiang Songhai couldn’t help but glance at his eldest brother, and Chiang Xiao couldn’t tell whether he was disappointed or not.
“Little Little, are you okay?” He put down his hoe and half a bag of herbs, and quickly came over to check on Chiang Xiao.
Over the not-so-high courtyard wall, you could still see Chiang Songtao carrying his burden to a corner of the yard.
Chiang Xiao raised her voice a bit, “I’m fine, if not for Second Uncle chasing after Aunt Caiyun, I would have been beaten to death.”
On the other side, Chiang Songtao paused, then finally turned his head.
“Little Little, don’t talk nonsense.” He said to Chiang Xiao, then turned to Chiang Songhai, “After dinner, bring Little Little over to sit for a while.”
Chiang Xiao sneered inwardly.
She could guess what Great-Uncle was going to say later.
“Ah, okay.” Chiang Songhai always listened to his older brother. Chiang Songtao asking him to bring Chiang Xiao over made him happy.
After all, a big family should be lively and bustling.
As for what Chiang Xiao said, he actually didn’t take it to heart.
In the past, even when Chiang Baohe really disliked Chiang Xiao, he never hit her.
He thought it was just a gesture, to scare her.
Chiang Xiao pursed her lips and closed the courtyard door.
If someone was at home, they usually didn’t lock the outside courtyard door. In the small mountain village of the 1980s, although there were many scoundrels, there were very few who dared to sneak into someone’s house to steal.
During the day, with people coming and going, it was inconvenient to always keep the door closed.
This could be described as a place where lost items on the road are not picked up by passersby, and houses are not locked at night.
Unfortunately, this did not prevent the filthiness and evil of people’s hearts.
“Little Little, why are you locking the door?” Ge Liutao asked, holding her hand. When she came back just now, the courtyard door was still locked.
Chiang Xiao made her complaint without any courtesy.
“Great Aunt came to steal sugar again, and she even scooped it out of the sugar jar to eat,” said Chiang Xiao. “Anyway, if you’re not at home in the future, I’ll definitely lock the door.”
Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao exchanged glances, both seeing the helplessness in each other’s eyes.
Chiang Xiao was about to tell her grandmother that she was heading to Shi Zhuang’s home to get some cabbage when Ho Laidi came running out with a pot spatula in hand, glared at Chiang Xiao through the courtyard wall, and then turned to Ge Liutao.
“Bring four eggs over.”
“What?” Ge Liutao thought she had heard wrong.
Chiang Songhai was also stupefied for a moment.
“I’ll say it again, bring four eggs over!” Ho Laidi glared at Ge Liutao, her tone very harsh and cold, “Chiang Xiao just now knocked over Dongdong’s bowl of scrambled eggs, and Dongdong is still crying.”
Chiang Songhai and Ge Liutao looked at Chiang Xiao.
“Little Little, is this true?”
Chiang Xiao blinked her eyes, “Great Aunt, did you see me knock it over with your own eyes?”
“You still want to deny it?” Ho Laidi had been holding back until Ge Liutao returned, and seeing Chiang Xiao trying to deny it, her face immediately darkened.
“Chiang Xiao, do you dare to deny what you’ve done?” Song Xiyun also ran out of the house, holding a stone in her hand, “Do you see? I even picked up the stone you threw! How can you behave as a sister? Dongdong’s bowl was full of eggs and he hadn’t even eaten two bites before it was all spilled!”
Chiang Xiao wanted to laugh; she had never seen greediness reach such an extent.
When she knocked over the bowl, there was only half a bowl of scrambled eggs!
Chiang Xiao faced their gazes without flinching, pointing at Song Xiyun’s mouth, “Great Aunt, you stole sugar from my house and you haven’t even wiped your mouth clean yet!”