Chapter 35: Chapter 35 Asserting Dominance (1)_1 Chapter 35: Chapter 35 Asserting Dominance (1)_1 Feng Guizhi was just too honest, and the big bowl was so full of sesame seeds.
She walked carefully all the way home, afraid that if she walked too fast, the seeds might spill out.
Upon arriving home, she quickly transferred the sesame seeds to her own bowl and after asking her parents, she learned that the Lin Wei sisters hadn’t returned from pulling weeds.
Thinking that Xiao Shitou must be with them, she took Sister-in-law Guizhi’s bowl and headed out the door, so Xiao Shitou could bring it back with him, saving her another trip.
The place where the Lin Wei sisters went to pull weeds was not far from their house, where a pit had been originally.
With the heavy rains in summer, water had collected slowly, and with water came the steady growth of the wild grass around it.
Although there were no fish in the puddle, it was a haven for frogs in the summer, and Feng Guizhi even vaguely heard the frogs croaking last night.
It was the season for frogs to lay their eggs, and they loved to gather in places with water and grass.
Lin Yuan was so preoccupied with the sesame seeds in her hand earlier that she didn’t notice, but as she approached the puddle, she realized that quite a few people had gathered there.
Thinking that her sisters must be nearby, she quickened her pace.
Yet before she even reached them, she heard Xiao Shitou screaming anxiously, “Aunt, you really got it wrong, it wasn’t Sister Erya who pushed Sister Xiaohe down, she fell on her own, I saw it clearly!”
“You little brat, always bending the elbow outwards!
Don’t you even look who your real sister is?
Calling ‘Sister Erya’ with such affection, anyone who didn’t know better would think she’s your blood sister!
Hmph!” Lady Chen’s raspy voice rose again, barking like a broken gong.
However, Lin Yuan both heard and saw clearly now; Xiao He’s pants were covered in mud, it must have been her that accidentally fell into the puddle.
Lin Wei’s face turned red, holding Xiao Linshuang’s hand too tightly until it went pale from panic.
But Xiao Linshuang glared at Lady Chen, indignant, and yelled, “It’s not our fault Xiao He is clumsy.
She could fall into water just by pulling out a weed.
If it wasn’t for my second sister’s kind hand, she would be soaked through by now.
And you—blind as a bat—shouting and bullying people here!”
“You little runt, you dare to call me blind?
Good, just like your older sister, both of you shameless, worthless nuisances!
I’ll teach you a lesson for sure?” Lady Chen, a woman nearly thirty, was insulted by a five-year-old child calling her blind, and, enraged, she pushed aside her own daughter clutching her hand and rolled up her sleeves, ready to strike.
“Right, all a bunch of worthless nuisances!
Especially that Little Disaster Star, she’s made Grandpa and Grandma sick again!” Without looking, Lin Yuan knew who that back-up voice belonged to.
But at the moment, she couldn’t bother with that memory-deficient person; she had to protect her sister first.
All of a sudden, Lin Yuan dashed forward, aiming a kick at Lady Chen’s calf.
“Ow, my leg, my leg!” Lady Chen yelped in pain, forgetting all about attacking others as she bent over and clutched her leg, howling.
Seeing her older sister arrived, Xiao Linshuang straightened her back immediately.
Being only five years old, she was somewhat scared, but with her big sister there, suddenly she wasn’t afraid of anything and even started clapping her hands and cheering.
“You Little Disaster Star, all your family are worthless nuisances, even the baby in your mother’s belly is a nuisance, you all just wait to die out…” Lady Chen obviously hadn’t learned her lesson despite the kick, and as soon as she saw Lin Yuan, she began cursing vulgarly again.
Lin Yuan hated it when someone spoke ill of her family.
As she passed Xiao Shitou, she quickly shoved the bowl into his hands, then grabbed a fistful of Lady Chen’s hair and yanked hard.
Lady Chen felt both pain and numbness in her scalp and was pulled to the ground involuntarily by Lin Yuan’s pull.
That wasn’t the end of it.
Lin Yuan straddled Lady Chen, holding tightly to her hair with one hand while slapping her face a few times with the other until Lady Chen was in too much pain to curse, only wailing “ah, ah, ah.” But Lin Yuan wasn’t satisfied yet.
She grabbed a handful of grass and stuffed it into Lady Chen’s shouting mouth.
One handful wasn’t enough, so she grabbed another and stuffed it in too.
As she did so, she scolded, “I’ll show you how to spit filth, how to spit filth!
Worthless nuisance, you’re the real nuisance!
Don’t forget your daughter Xiao He is also a girl!
And here you are cursing others, you haven’t had another child in eight years, you’re the one who’s going to die out!
Serves you right for getting beaten at home!”