These clothes all belong to Ruan Jianguo. Before, the Ruanlin Family only sent clothes of Ruan Jiaojiao to the villagers. Ruan Jiaojiaoâs clothes were indeed good, presentable, and she was just a child. Many children tend to wear othersâ clothes, so they donât usually mind wearing clothes from other families.
But Ruan Jianguo is a grown man, and she always felt that giving them to others wouldnât be appropriate, worried that people might have thoughts about it. Nevertheless, she is naturally frugal and reluctant to throw them away, so Ruan Jianguoâs discarded clothes were kept upstairs.
This time she saw Xiu Jianlin wearing such thin clothes in the cold winter, without even a pair of socks, thatâs why she picked some good ones to bring over.
But who would have thought that, just as she was about to enter the door, she heard Liu Meiâs malicious words.
She stared fixedly at the pale-faced woman inside the room, whose complexion remained ashen even in the dim environment, and without giving the woman any chance to think, she stuffed the clothes she was holding into the also grim-faced Ruan Jianguoâs arms.
Turning around, she walked a few steps to stand in front of Liu Mei, who blinked nervously and said, "Aunt... Aunt... ah... slap!"
Ruanlin Family grabbed her hair with one hand and raised her other hand to slap her on the mouth, back and forth, delivering two sharp slaps.
Liu Mei was initially startled, stunned by the blows, and within a second regained her senses and began to struggle fiercely, screaming in high-pitched shouts. However, she had no arms and was extremely thin, facing someone like Ruanlin Family who was an expert at farm work, she could hardly resist, and could only shout loudly for Xiu Jianlin, "Xiu Jianlin, are you dead? Ah ah ah!" Before she could finish speaking, her head was knocked twice against the bedâs edge by Ruanlin Family, momentarily rendering her mind blank.
At first, Xiu Jianlin was also stunned by Ruanlin Familyâs series of actions, but as soon as he came to his senses, he immediately moved forward to pull Ruanlin Family away. However, just as he stepped forward, Ruan Jianguo grabbed his arm single-handedly, and when he looked over, although the other party said nothing, that gaze made him freeze in place.
Actually, Ruanlin Family, for all these years, although holding a fierce reputation in the village, truly only turned to violence once before, with Liao Zhaoji. But even with Liao Zhaoji, she hadnât hit anyone like this.
This was indeed the first time she was so furious that she lost all reasonâLiu Mei had really hit her sore spot.
After Ruan Jiaojiaoâs recent illness, she borrowed plenty of luck from the nine sons, not to mention the whole Ruan Family suffered greatly, especially Ruan Jiaojiao. Every time she saw her, her heart ached as if it would bleed, she had secretly shed countless tears.
Their entire Ruan Family risked their lives to retrieve this precious child, and normally within the Ruan Family, they wouldnât even dare utter the word "death," avoiding it altogether.
Yet now, this hard-earned treasure was being cursed in secret like this, how could she bear it in her heart, it was like digging into oneâs heart. If she had had a knife in her hand, she would honestly have stabbed right through.
She wished to turn back a few minutes earlier to slap herself hard, feeling that the pig grease must have clouded her mind to feel pity and sympathize with the Xiu Family!
The more regret she felt, the heavier her hand became, soon leaving Liu Mei without any strength to resist, lying motionless on the ground like a living corpse.
Outside, after playing games all day, Xiu Cheng had just reached the fence gate when he heard the commotion. His expression changed slightly, his steps paused, but soon returned to normal, spat out the Foxtail Grass in his mouth, and continued walking home.