"Xiaxia, you must not do that again in the future. No matter how bad they are, they are still your grandmother and uncles. You can’t hit them. If word gets out, do you still care about the reputation of a girl’s family?" Thinking about what happened yesterday, Ms. Wang still felt a chill down her spine.
However, she has always been docile, and the first thing she thought about after everything was over was Yang Chuxia’s wrongdoing.
"Mhm, Mother, I understand. I’ll be careful in the future. Now, please tell me how things turned out afterward?"
Yang Chuxia agreed verbally but secretly thought to herself: Humph, those people better not provoke her again; otherwise, she wouldn’t hesitate to hit them.
Besides, they aren’t the real grandmother and uncles of this body, so hitting them won’t lead to divine retribution. What does she have to be afraid of?
"Afterward, your second uncle and aunt went out to return the money given by the sea envoy, and your grandmother gave them an extra silver tael, only then did they release your cousin Li Chun."
"And what happened after that?"
Ms. Wang paused and then laughed, "After that, your second uncle and aunt took your cousins back to town. Then Land Officer Yang declared that your grandmother must not sell any children. Otherwise, he would force the entire family out. Your grandmother was originally unwilling to agree, but when she saw Lord Land Officer ordering people to pack our belongings, she gave in."
So that’s what happened. It seemed that when she had fainted, Old Lady Hua didn’t take advantage of the situation and sell her off.
It turned out that Land Officer Yang made the tough decision. Now it seemed that she should thank him. But that’s fine, when she becomes successful in the future, she will not forget about him.
"Mother, I will never forget Lord Land Officer’s kindness in the future."
"Good child, we should indeed be grateful to Land Officer Yang. Otherwise, our family would have been completely ruined."
"Yes, when our lives get better, we’ll repay Lord Land Officer’s kindness." As Yang Chuxia spoke, her eyes swept across the dilapidated room, secretly thinking that making money to improve their lives is now a top priority.
"By the way, where’s my father?" It seemed that since she woke up today, she hadn’t seen the original owner’s father or the two younger brothers and one sister.
"Your father went to the fields early in the morning. Your eldest brother brought lunch to your father at noon, and your younger brother and sister went out to play after having some corn porridge."
Ms. Wang didn’t say much, but Yang Chuxia still picked out the key points from her words.
"Mother, do we always eat this corn porridge?"
"Yes, our Yangshu Village is not by the sea, so we can’t fish. Therefore, all the families are poor, and we have corn porridge for lunch and dinner."
"Then where did the steamed buns come from at noon?"
Ms. Wang sighed, "Those were for your grandmother and great-uncle. They said that they were hurt yesterday and needed to eat more to recover."
"Bullshit! They’re all as fat as pigs, and they still need to recover?" She remembered the half-naked Old Lady Hua, whose belly was so big it could make oil. And she still needed to recover? But Ms. Wang, emaciated and skinny, was the one who needed to be taken care of.
"What’s with you, child? Why are you using such foul language?"
"Oh Mother, never mind my words. I just want to ask you, does my father also eat corn porridge when he’s working hard in the fields?"
"Yes, it’s always been ," Ms. Wang nodded.
What? In the original owner’s memory, her cheap father seemed to work in the fields from dawn to dusk and only came back when it was dark. Was it so laborious, he could only eat corn porridge?
And yet her layabout great-uncle, just because he was beaten a few times, could eat steamed buns?
Damn it! This was too infuriating. As expected, Old Lady Hua was an evil stepmother. But her oppression ends today. From now on, they should not think of bullying the third branch of the family again. Now that she, Yang Chuxia, had taken over all of the original owner’s possessions, she would definitely take on the responsibility of protecting her family.