บท 4: Damned Grandma Comes Knocking
บรรณาธิการ: Henyee Translations
Bai Xue finally managed to coax Wang Cuihua to sleep. She instructed her siblings to keep an eye on her and came out of the room. She took out two eggs from the interspatial supermarket and threw them into the pot.
Just as she was about to go out and pick up some firewood to cook the eggs, she looked up and saw the host's father, Bai Daliang, coming in with a bag of things.
"Xue, what are you doing?" As soon as Bai Daliang came in, he saw his eldest daughter busy and asked worriedly.
"Dad, I took out two eggs I had hidden earlier and wanted to cook them for Mom. Mom is still unable to have breast milk!" Bai Xue was glad that she was not impulsive enough to cook eight to ten eggs earlier. Otherwise, she would have trouble coming up with a good excuse.
"I'll cook! You just woke up from your injury and your body is still weak. Go back to your room and wait!" As Bai Daliang spoke, he took off the bag on his back. It was actually filled with food.
"Dad, where did you get the food?" Bai Xue asked curiously.
"I got it from your grandmother! Xue, go in quickly. It's cold out here!" Bai Daliang put down the food and went out to pick up firewood. Bai Xue went back to the house and waited. To be honest, she did not know how to use this big iron pot.
Not long after, Bai Daliang finished cooking the two eggs in the pot and sent them in. He woke Wang Cuihua up and gave them to her. Under Bai Xue's supervision, Wang Cuihua did not have the chance to share the eggs and ate them herself. After all, breast milk for the babies was the top priority.
Bai Daliang went out and cooked millet porridge. He originally wanted to cook cornmeal paste, but when he thought about how the children had not eaten properly for a few days, he decided to cook millet porridge instead.
The family ate a bowl of hot millet porridge, and the two newborns drank sugar water and fell asleep.
"Daliang, didn't she say that the grain was sent to your third sister-in-law's family? Where did you get it?" Wang Cuihua asked as she looked at the roughly 10 catties worth of corn flour.
"With Mom's personality, how could she give food to others?" Bai Daliang said angrily. "When I went over, the family was eating cornmeal pancakes. I was so angry that I took the rest of the corn flour back!"
"Huh… Didn't they say anything?"
"No matter what I say, it won't work. I'm taking my own family's food!" It was obvious that Bai Daliang did not want to say anything else and cut the conversation short.
Bai Xue knew that this matter was definitely not over. According to the memories left behind by the original owner of the body, every time her grandmother snatched something away, it was impossible to get them back.
To be able to get so much food back this time, something must have happened. She just did not know what it was.
"Dad, are you alright?" Bai Xue asked.
"What could possibly happen? Hurry up and get on the bed after you're done cleaning up. Don't you know how cold it is staying on the ground?" Bai Daliang's eyes flickered.
Bai Xue was sure that something must have happened, and it was definitely not a small matter.
Bai Daliang was actually quite worried. He knew his mother well. Although he was taking back his family's food, his mother would not let it go just like that.
"Cuihua, go back to the brick platform bed and take care of the babies. I'll hide the corn flour!" As Bai Daliang spoke, he picked up the corn flour and went out.
Bai Daliang said nothing, but she knew what he was thinking. He was afraid that his mother would come and snatch it again.
Bai Daliang had just hidden the food supplies and returned to his room when an old woman's scolding sounded outside.
"You stupid boy. How dare you steal my food? Is there any justice? Daliang, come out here!"
The children in the house surrounded Bai Xue and looked at her. They seemed to be asking her what to do.
"Big Sis, I'll break Grandma's legs and kick her out!" Bai Ruchuan was the first to rush out.
"Chuan, sit down!" Bai Xue pulled him to sit down.
"Big Sis, don't stop me. Grandma has gone too far. I'm going to beat her to death!" Bai Ruchuan's eyes were bloodshot and he was trembling with anger.
"Big Sis, I'll help Chuan. I won't let anything happen to him!" Bai Ruxia also wanted to crawl down.
"Xia, don't cause trouble!" Bai Ruyun pulled her away from the ground.
During this period of time, Old Madam Bai was still making a commotion. The neighbors had already heard the ruckus and came out to watch them.
"Xia, Chuan, no matter what wrong Grandma has done, as her grandchildren, it's wrong to hit her. When the time comes, regardless of our reasons, people will think we're at fault!" Bai Xue gathered her siblings together. "We…"
As the children talked among themselves, Bai Daliang heard his mother coming over. He comforted Wang Cuihua and asked her to stay in the house to take good care of the children. He then walked out.
When the old woman saw Bai Daliang come out, she pounced on him to beat and scratch him. She kept scolding him. "Damn you, Bai Daliang. You unfilial son. It's fine if you don't show your filial piety to your parents, but how could you steal our food supplies?"
The more she spoke, the more agitated she became. She cried even more loudly, "Everyone, come and judge. He stole his own parents' food. How could anyone be as unfilial as him? If they have babies and need food, they should have worked to get their own food. How could he snatch mine?"
Bai Daliang really could not stand his mother's howling and distortion of the truth. She was clearly the one who came to snatch his wife and children's food every time, but in the end, she blamed him for being unfilial.
Every time, he endured it because she was his mother, the mother who had given birth to him and raised him. This time, she ignored the possibility of her biological grandchildren starving to death and snatched all the food. He really could not stand it. Since she was so biased, there was no reason for him to hold back.
Bai Daliang pushed away the old woman who was still hitting and grabbing him. "Mom, are you done?"
This time, he really exploded. "We've already moved out. Why do you keep coming over to plunder my family's food time and time again, ignoring the life and death of my children? I want to ask, is there a mother like you in this world? You only treat Third Younger Brother's children as your biological grandchildren. Then what about mine? Do you know that almost three lives were lost when Cuihua gave birth last night because she didn't eat for a few days? Huh?"
The old woman was pushed like this and fell to the ground. This time, she poked a hornet's nest. She patted the cold ground and wailed.
"Everyone, look at him. He's attacking his own mother. Oh god. My leg is broken. Little brat, you're twisting the truth. You were the one who took the kitchen knife to snatch our family's food in the morning, and you still say that I stole it from you! You unfilial son! I'm going to the commune authorities to report you!" As she spoke, she looked around. Perhaps someone had accompanied her here but did not dare to come out at this moment.
When Bai Xue saw this, she gave Bai Rushan a look. Her brothers and sisters caught her drift and ran out.
Bai Rushan knelt down when he arrived and cried, "Grandma, I beg you, please stop it! You're really driving us to our death. We're also your biological grandchildren, right?"
With this cry, the onlookers outside the courtyard wall sighed.
When the old woman saw that the situation was not right, she immediately stopped crying and shouted, "You little brat, what nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by driving you to your death? Aren't you perfectly fine and well? Get up and stop messing with me!"
"Grandma, you said my father stole your food, but I clearly remember you coming over two days ago and taking our supplies. My mother begged you to leave the supplies alone since she was saving them for when she gave birth. Don't you remember what you said? You said it was no big deal to give birth. Your eldest grandson was still hungry and waiting for food at home!" Bai Xue said as she walked out of the house. She had the memories belonging to the original owner of the body, so she remembered everything clearly.
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