"Oh my, isn't that Mrs. Xiao? Someone actually dared to agitate her!"
"Mrs. Xiao is also bad. The Su family is already so poor, just look at how starved their family is. Where would she find money to extort!"
"Just take a look. They will certainly give money. If they don't, then this problem would never finish."
Su Mian frowned. The bystanders watching outside were increasing. If Mrs. Xiao continued weeping like this, the entire village would soon gather to watch.
Su Hong's family and Su Mian's family were only separated by Liu Er's family. Su Jin Biao was about to come over after hearing the noise, but he was restrained by Su Hong, "It wasn't you who hit him, what are you going to do over there?"
"Sis, little Long had stuck up for me."
"That's because of his stupidity! You should just stay at home and pretend to have heard nothing. Mrs. Xiao is a well-known vixen. She has the ability to extort 10 eris from people over nothing. This matter should not be enough for Su Mian's family to tear down their roofs," Su Hong patted her little brother's head.
"But, little Long is our cousin."
"So what if he is our cousin. Who told him to stick his head out for you? Remember this: if in the future there's an opportunity for you to stand up for him, don't do it."
Su Jin Biao did not fully understand, but he did not struggle anymore as he was completely restrained by Su Hong.
In the yard, Mrs. Xiao's weeping voice grew louder and louder. He Qin wanted to pull her up, but to no avail, as Mrs. Xiao was taller and larger than her. He Qin simply could not move her, "Mrs. Xiao, you do not need to worry. Quickly get up. It's already winter and it had just snowed. The ground is cold and you might get sick!"
"Aunty, please get up. I sill have some medicine here. It's just enough to wrap Xiao Liu Zi's injury. We need to quickly treat the injury. If we're too late, the wound would get inflamed," Su Mian and He Qin had finally got Mrs. Xiao to get up.
Hearing about wrapping Xiao Liu Zi's wound, Mrs. Xiao stood up, "What? You? You know how to wrap wounds?"
"I know a bit. If you can't trust me, you can go to the county hospital," Su Mian knew that information about her saving Liu Da had already spread around the village, but the majority of the people were skeptical.
Mrs. Xiao stopped weeping and wiped her nonexistent tears. She was thinking that making a round trip to the county hospital would cost quite a bit. The Su family was quite poor and would definitely not give her travel money.
Doctor Ma was also absent and she was still worried about her son, "Then let your sister Su Mian help you wrap it!"
A few people entered the house. Su Mian used clear water to wash the wound twice. Xiao Liu Zi's wound was only skin deep and did not injure to the skull.
Su Mian smeared a bit of antipyretic and analgesic medicine.
"Thank you, sister Su Mian," Xiao Liu Zi was very understanding. He did not even yelp in pain as Su Mian wrapped the wound.
"It won't leave a scar right. Our family's Xiao Liu Zi is supposed to go find a wife soon!" Mrs. Xiao looked at the inch-long wound with a bit of worry, but more than that, she wanted to make the situation a bit more serious. Although the Su family was poor, not having money did not mean that they had nothing.
Other people might not know, but she heard that Su Jiang Hai had woken up before daybreak to go to the county many times.
Hearing this, He Qin understood that she wanted to blame their family, "Mrs. Xiao, you need to base your words on your conscience. Liu Zi is only 14. It should be a few more years before he goes to find a wife! Our family's little Long is already 15, but we are not even rushing it. Moreover, the wound is only skin deep. It shouldn't be visible past summer."
Mrs. Xiao closed her mouth and did not speak anymore.
At this time, Su Mian had finished treating the injury. She rubbed Xiao Liu Zi's head, "Remember to come back after three days to change medicine."
Liu Zi expressionlessly nodded his head. He wondered why he felt that sister Su Mian was so pretty as if she had come out of a painting.
He Qin prepared a basket of tomatoes with 10 eggs and gave them to Mrs. Xiao, "Take this to fill Liu Zi up. We will carefully lecture little Long later."
When Su Mian saw the tomatoes, the corner of her mouth twitched. In this period of time, her family was already sick of eating them... Her mother truly knew how to package things.
After casting a glance at the vegetables in the basket, Mrs. Xiao's expression changed.
Want to make me leave with this?
Not a chance!
She intentionally relaxed her fingers, causing the basket to drop to the ground, causing the 10 eggs on top of the basket to crack on the ground.
He Qin felt very distressed. These were the last 10 eggs in their home.
"Oh. Sister. I'm sorry. I wasn't able to hold it steadily, and it slipped my hand," Mrs. Xiao apologized, but her expression wasn't the least bit apologetic.
"You obviously did it on purpose!" Su Jin Long was hopping mad as he glared at Mrs. Xiao with sharpened eyes.
"So what if I did it intentionally. My family's Liu Zi has hurt by you to the point where he shed blood. You want to make me leave with just a basket of damaged goods? You think I'm a beggar?"
He Qin's complexion sunk. She had already heard about Mrs. Xiao's moral conduct, but today, she witnessed it first hand, "You don't want food? Then what do you want?"
"If you want money, we don't have any," Su Jin Long was afraid that He Qin would be kindhearted and give them the money. Money was something his father had worked hard to earn.
"Sister, don't think that I don't know brother Su had been going to the county with the furniture he made. You should have earned quite a lot right! Today, I won't ask for much, just give me 10 eris and I will leave with Liu Zi!" Mrs. Xiao placed her hands on her waist and spoke with self-confidence as if she was in the right. It was as if the Su family truly did owe her 10 eris.
Hearing this, Su Mian put down the gauze that she had not packed away yet and walked over.
She did not remember this event in her previous life, thus she did not know how He Qin dealt with this.
However, she was present in this lifetime. From now on, no one will ever think of making things hard for her family, nor should anyone think of extorting money from them.
"So what if my dad earned some money? That was earned from his skill and hard work. That doesn't have anything to do with you at all! If you want money, go earn it yourself!"
"So what if you are a widowed mother. You think that people should give you anything you want just because you are a widowed mother?"
"It's not like we were the ones who made you a widow."
"On what basis do you come to my home and ask for money? You think we should just give you what you want?"
"You...you..." Mrs. Xiao could not say anything but 'you' for a while.
This little girl really needs some spanking!
"What a good little girl. You are truly clever and eloquent. It's no wonder that you did not study well in senior middle school and went to seduce a teacher. You truly don't deserve to go to senior middle school!"
"It's my own choice whether I go to senior middle school or not, I don't need you to criticize me! Which of your eyes saw me seduce a teacher? What evidence do you have? Careful that I don't report you to the Interstellar Court of Law for slander!"
Su Mian pressed hard step by step, causing Mrs. Xiao to drawback little by little.
In her previous life, she was timid and cowardly, causing her to carry the accusation of seducing a teacher for her entire life.
Towards people who slandered and harmed her name like this, she would now publicly criticize them whenever she saw them. She will criticize them to the point where even their mothers would not recognize them.
Mrs. Xiao was stunned.
This little girl is normally timid, when did she become so formidable.
Su Hong even told her yesterday to extort Su Mian's family and that they would definitely give whatever she wanted.
"You, you are simply bullying us, widow and orphan!" Mrs. Xiao angrily pointed at Su Mian. Acting shameless was her strong point. She did not believe Su Mian could deal with her.
Su Mian took another step forward, "How did I bully both you widow and orphan? I had already wrapped Xiao Liu Zi's wound. You threw the food that my mom gave you on the ground. What else do you want? Tell me what consists of not bullying you two!"
"Want money? Let me tell you, fat chance!"
"If you want to stay here, then stay here. Forgive us for not accompanying you. Mom, let's go back."
For a moment, only Mrs. Xiao and Xiao Liu Zi remained in the outside kitchen. She did not want to just walk away like this, but the other party had already shut her out, ignoring her.
When Su Mian reached the door, she turned her head and warned her, "I forgot to tell you, Our family does not welcome you here. If you still don't leave, you are trespassing. I can sue you all the same!"
"You... you bully!"
"If everything previously was bullying, then I bullied you today!" After she finished speaking, Su Mian shut the door with a slam.
Mrs. Xiao also cried for a bit longer but seeing that no one was paying attention to her anymore, there was no point in continuing. Only then did she bring Xiao Liu Zi away.
She wept endlessly on her way back. The people who loved gossip in the village asked what had happened, "It's all that shrew Su Mian who bullied us, widow and orphan!" Soon, the reputation of being a shrew was attached to Su Mian's name
After they left, Su Mian called Su Jin Long over.
Su Jin Long understood his sister the most. She was definitely going to get angry at him and quickly tried to explain, "Sis, she had really stolen older cousin's wild chicken that he worked hard to catch. He even used a slingshot to hit cousin's arm and it hurt so badly that he could not move it for half a day. It was only then that I retaliated. You know, among the village youths, I have the best aim."
Su Mian was speechless. This brat still had the galls to show off.
"In the future, don't think of entering the Interstellar Army. Go, continue being a good-for-nothing!" Su Mian's expression became cold. She could not become softhearted right now. She must definitely cure Su jin Long's sickness of wanting to stick out for others!
"Sis, didn't I only accidentally hit him this time? I won't do it again next time."
"Next time? Being used by others once is not enough for you?" It was clear that this boy did not know where he went wrong. Su Mian felt her heart ache as she remembered his tragic death from his past life.
She only had this little brother. He Qin could not bear children anymore and they were the only children in the family. In the end, one was imprisoned, and one was executed by a firing squad.
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