Chapter 47: Chapter 47 On the Verge of Death
“Why have the neighbors beco so strange today?” Madam Xie shifted the load from one shoulder to another, turned around, looked at their retreating figures, and murmured to herself.
Xuexue’s heart skipped a beat. Could sothing have happened at ho? Was it Chuner?
“Mother, let’s hurry back ho.”
With that thought, Xuexue left a word, left Madam Xie behind, and started running ho as fast as she could, alone.
“Hey! Xuexue, you girl, run slower,” Madam Xie’s call ca from behind.
With her mind full of worry for her sister, Xuexue paid no heed and kept running swiftly.
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“Chuner, Chuner, your mother and sister are back. Co out quickly,” Xuexue shouted loudly as soon as she entered the Mo family’s courtyard.
“Oh! After wandering about all day, you finally decide to co back?” Auntie Sun, her face caked with makeup, was wearing a gaudy dress, laughing and whispering with Mo Xiaoqiang gleefully at one side, looking triumphant.
Now, Auntie Sun had changed her hairstyle, letting a few strands of hair fall in front of her ears, which seed to have captured Mo Xiaoqiang’s attention again, and she was in a good mood.
Tired of listening to Auntie Sun’s gossips, Mo Xiaoqiang, upon seeing Xuexue return, also wore an expression of displeasure: “Xuexue, where did you and your mother go today? No one did the chores at ho, and because of that, our entire family had to go hungry this morning. It was too much.”
“Don’t you have hands or feet? Do you all starve to death without my mother’s care?” Anxious to find Chuner, Xuexue was too agitated to care about her tone.
“Husband, look, what a shrew Xuexue has beco under her sister’s influence,” Auntie Sun said provocatively, looking at Xuexue.
Mo Xiaoqiang, with a displeased face, glared at Xuexue and said, “You really don’t know your place.”
“Hmph.”
Xuexue glanced at them sidelong, snorted coldly, and ignored them, again shouting, “Chuner, Chuner, where are you?”
“What are you howling for? That loss-making girl won’t die. She’s lying in the room,” Old Lady Mo ca out from the house, saying impatiently.
“What happened to Chuner? It’s not ti for bed yet,” Xuexue looked up at the sky. Although it was dark, dinner hadn’t been eaten yet, and it certainly wasn’t the ti to rest. Chuner usually refused to go to bed until night had fallen. Why was she asleep so early today?
“What could have happened? Today, you, the elder sister, played truant from cooking and went off to play instead. Mother-in-law had no breakfast and, in a fit of anger, gave Chuner a beating,” Auntie Sun said with pride. As long as those few mother and daughters suffered, she felt happy.
Upon hearing this, Xuexue beca furious and retorted to Old Lady Mo, “Grandmother, how can your heart be so black? How could you bring yourself to hit Chuner when she’s so small?”
“Tsk, she’s just a loss-making good-for-nothing. What’s wrong if the mother-in-law disciplines her? Xuexue, you, a junior, should not disrespect your elders. Has your elder sister not taught you how to respect your elders?” Auntie Sun was inwardly pleased with Xuexue’s misfortune and purposefully stirred up trouble.
Old Lady Mo, who had beaten her granddaughter until she was almost breathless, initially felt sowhat guilty, but upon hearing Aunt Sun’s insinuations, her anger flared again: “You little wretch, are you itching for a beating? Do I, an old maid, need you to discipline ?”
“This black-hearted and nefarious old devout woman, do you want to kill us mother and daughter before you’ll be happy?” Xuexue was also enraged.
Madam Xie, who had been following behind, carrying a basket, arrived at this point. As soon as she entered, she saw Xuexue cursing Old Lady Mo.
“Xuexue, have I not taught you always to respect your grandmother? Do not insult her,” Madam Xie set down her shoulder pole and rebuked Xuexue with a stern shout.
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