si-mexico Chapter 54: Sister-in-law Huo and her daughter were abandoned
Chapter 54: Sister-in-law Huo and her daughter were abandoned
Song Zhuxin frowned and stared at the Zuo clan elder. Seeing that he was spitting everywhere, there was a stubborn expression on his wrinkled face.
He repeatedly emphasized that it was normal to steal food from others during famine years. Isn't this a fallacy?
His voice was like a candle in the wind, but it was filled with ruthless logic, which made her feel uncomfortable.
She couldn't stand it any longer and said, "Old man, you talk so much, have you ever seen the outside world?
Have you always lived in these deep mountains and forests? Your descendants here are so ignorant, just like humans who have just evolved from monkeys."
"How do you know I've never seen the outside world? Let me tell you about my recent personal experiences, not the past.
About half a year ago, Lao Yan and I went to Liangzhou City to buy necessities for the village.
Finally, we spent ten taels of silver to buy some food, but we were still hungry after eating half of it.
But we were reluctant to eat it and saved it to bring back for the children. However, when we walked out of the city gate, it was snatched away by a group of refugees.
They even stripped Lao Yan of his clothes and made him walk naked. Although it was summer, he was still very sad.
Seeing that Lao Yan was very sad, I helped him grab a piece of clothing. Looking at the man's desperate eyes, I still grabbed the clothes for Lao Yan.
After we walked a long way away, the group of women and children knelt down to thank me and said that I was a good person!
Not only did they not hate me, they even thanked me profusely because I didn't cook and eat them.
Do you think I am a good person or a bad person?
In fact, after I came back, I also felt deeply ashamed and uneasy.
I kept asking myself: Was my behavior robbery?
I also think robbery is shameful, but what would you do if you were in that situation?!"
What the Zuo clan elder did not tell the Huo family was that he was a secret guard of a criminal official and did not dare to cause trouble at the city gate.
He watched helplessly as Lao Yan was robbed and stripped of his clothes. He had to wait until he was far away from the city gate before he dared to snatch other people's clothes.
Listening to the words of the old man in front of him, Song Zhuxin felt a strong sense of disgust in his heart.
His view that morality was nothing but waste paper cut through her soul like a sharp blade.
But she didn't dare to easily judge whether he was a good person or a bad person, because the old man's eyes were terrifying.
Song Zhuxin looked at the barren fields outside the pigpen. The gray land seemed to be longing for the nourishment of rain.
The wind blew up a cloud of dust, and the air was filled with a dry smell, as if it was also angry about the old man's remarks.
"Under that circumstance, what the Zuo clan elder did was not wrong. You are naturally a good person." Huo Ziyuan said flatteringly.
He saw that the Zuo elder was staring at his wife with sharp eyes and was determined to wait for her answer. He was afraid that she would anger the Zuo elder.
"Ziyuan, you actually said he is a good person?" Song Zhuxin's voice was filled with some incredible indignation.
Yan Tianyou didn't want to listen to Song Zhuxin's outburst, so he quickly shouted, "Uncle Zuo, we can weigh it now."
"Okay, who in the Huo family will help me look at the scale?"
"Xin'er, go and take a look." Old Madam Huo looked at Song Zhuxin with encouraging eyes.
"Okay." Song Zhuxin could only bite the bullet and take a step forward. She was used to using electronic scales and had no memory of using a hand scale.
"This basket weighs ninety-eight kilograms. Did Madam Huo Sanshao see it clearly?"
"Ah."
"It's a total of 565 kilograms. Can you calculate it? Is it correct?" asked the Zuo elder after weighing it.
"The total is correct." Song Zhuxin felt a little unfamiliar with the scale, but she could still calculate several hundred kilograms of potatoes correctly.
"Rounded up to six hundred kilograms, according to what Miss Lu said, we can only let six people out. You two can discuss which six people to replace."
"Mother, you say." Song Zhuxin knew that this was something that would offend people, and she didn't want to make the decision.
"Xin'er, you are the head of the Huo family now, you decide on this matter!" Old Madam Huo didn't want to make a decision even more.
The palms and backs of the hands are all made of flesh, how can she decide who to give up!
"Third sister-in-law, just tell me quickly that these potato seeds are yours." Huo Wanyu urged. She didn't want to stay in this pigsty for a moment.
"Mother and Ziyuan must go out. Wanyu is a girl, and it's not good for her to wait in the pigpen. Xiaoxuan has wanted to go out for a long time. There is still one spot available. The eldest and second sisters-in-law can decide for themselves!"
Song Zhuxin gave the last spot to Mrs. Huo and Mrs. Huo's second sister-in-law. She was not so stupid as to make the decision for them.
"Qing'er is only three years old and can't stand the smell here. Sister-in-law, can you let Qing'er go out with Xiaoxuan?" Second Sister-in-law Huo looked at her sister-in-law expectantly.
"Second sister-in-law, it's not that my eldest sister-in-law doesn't want to, but Xiaoxuan can't leave me. Let my daughter Xia'er stay here with Qing'er!"
"Xiaoxuan is already eight years old, and he has his mother and his third brother's wife to take care of him. Does Xiaoxuan want to take Qing'er out too?"
Huo Xiaoxuan was pinched by his mother and shouted, "No, I want my mother. Xuan'er can't live without my mother."
Seeing Xia'er and Qing'er looking at him with tears in their eyes, Huo Xiaoxuan didn't want to choose them, but his mother pinched him too hard.
Mrs. Huo held her two crying daughters in despair and watched the Huo family leave the pigpen.
She thought of the scene when she left Lu Zhitao behind. At that time, she felt no pity but only relief.
She was glad that it wasn't her who was left behind, but she didn't expect retribution to come so quickly!
Lu Zhitao was happily eating potatoes stewed with wolf meat when she saw the elder of the Yan clan and the Huo family coming to the dining room.
Song Zhuxin looked at her provocatively, and her eyes seemed to say: Lu Zhitao, wait and see.
Lu Zhitao gave Song Zhuxin a look that said, "I'm waiting for you to come at me."
"Tao'er, I'll go teach her a lesson." Mo Lengzhou saw Song Zhuxin looking at his fiancée with resentment, and he asked Lu Zhitao unhappily.
"There's no need for you to teach her a lesson! She's fighting for what she wants, and I'm fighting for what I want. It all depends on who has the ability to conquer whom."
Lu Zhitao said calmly that the heroine was a character created by her adopted sister, and her appearance and personality were very similar to her adopted sister.
Song Zhuxin in the book is a modern person after all. Although she is not kind, she is less cruel than the people in the end times.
"Tao'er is too kind. She targeted you like that, but you still gave in to her." Mo Lengzhou whispered in her ear.
"It's not that I'm kind, but she took out so many potatoes. We should eat them and then plant them quickly." Lu Zhitao changed the subject.
"Okay, we'll use that well water. Maybe we'll grow a lot of potatoes soon. Tao'er, I'll make sure you have a full meal every day from now on."
Mo Lengzhou promised seriously. Although he gave her all his potatoes today, he knew she still wanted to eat more.
"Mo Lengzhou, the water in that well is really different. We will definitely have enough to eat in the future." Lu Zhitao echoed.
In fact, she knew that the water in the well was just ordinary well water, and the radishes and cabbages were grown by her using her supernatural powers, and had nothing to do with the well water.
Huo Ziyuan looked at the perfect couple sitting in the main seat and asked Song Zhuxin beside him, "Xin'er, you've always been kind, why do you always target her?"