"Sister Chunmiao, I have an idea. If you do this..." Jiang Xiaoxiao whispered in Chunmiao's ear.

Following the words, Chun Miao's eyes gradually widened.

She looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao in disbelief: "Can this be done?"

"How will you know if you don't try?" Jiang Xiaoxiao winked at her slyly.

Chun Miao pursed her lips and looked at Chun Ya, who was silently beating eggs with her head lowered. She was heartbroken and looked like she had made up her mind.

At night, instead of going to the kitchen to sharpen a knife and brew medicine as usual, she shook Mrs. Zhao awake.

"What's wrong, Chun Miao?" Sister-in-law Zhao thought something was wrong with her and sat up.

After three meals of safflower medicinal decoction every day for the past few days, her health has improved a lot, the bruises on her body have disappeared, and her legs and feet have gained strength.

"Mom, my father took away the red flower herb Xiaoxiao gave me..." Chunmiao cried and wiped her tears, "Can you help me get it back."

Hearing this, Sister Zhao subconsciously looked at the empty bed beside her. Zhao Rascal had not been home for several days.

Where would he go at night... Naturally, she also heard the rumors circulating in the village.

But she thought that as long as no one saw it with their own eyes, it couldn't be true.

After covering her ears for a long time, sometimes she really deceived herself - the people in the village were all lying, and no matter how generous Zhao was, he would never have an affair outside.

Going to find Rascal Zhao now would undoubtedly mean that she would have to face the fact that she didn't want to face.

"Okay, I'll go with you." After a long silence, Mrs. Zhao finally nodded.

The mother and daughter left the yard quietly.

After the door was closed, eight-year-old Chunya slowly opened her eyes. She looked out the window and saw two figures walking towards Widow Xu's house.

Rascal Zhao has been staying at Widow Xu's place for the past few days, and his lower body has been so happy that he has forgotten all about it. He has also forgotten the fear he had before coming to Widow Xu in the first place.

Widow Xu was thinking about the wages of Rascal Zhao's two daughters, and thought that she would take advantage of these few days to get some wind and coax Rascal Zhao into giving half of the money to herself. She used her best to serve Rascal Zhao these days.

"Brother Zhao, when are you going to Jiang's house to ask for your daughter's wages?" Widow Xu lay snugly in Zhao Lai's arms, teasing Zhao Lai's withered chest with her fingers.

"What's the rush? We'll wait a few days before we talk." Zhao Lairai grabbed her hand and reached under him.

Widow Xu endured her nausea and continued: "Then if the money is distributed by then, Brother Zhao, will you give it to the person at home..."

"Give it to that yellow-faced woman?" Zhao Lairai snorted, "Is that yellow-faced woman worthy of it? Her face makes me so sick that I can't sleep. Even if I give it to you, I won't give it to that yellow-faced woman!"

Widow Xu was very proud when she heard this, but she still pretended to be worried: "But after all, her two daughters earned this salary. What if I don't give it to you..."

"She dares!" Zhao Rascal sneered, "It's just two girls who don't give me money for their films. I'll find someone to sell them to see if she still dares to disobey me!"

"Brother Zhao, you really love me..."

Moans began to come from the room intermittently again.

Sister-in-law Zhao, who had been standing outside the house for an unknown length of time, turned pale.

Next to her, Chun Miao clenched her fists tightly. Although she had expected to hear some unpleasant words, she didn't expect that Rascal Zhao would be so shameless!

Not only did Xiao miss her and her sister's wages, he actually wanted to sell them to Ren Yazi!

Chunmiao took a deep breath and barely suppressed the anger in her heart. She turned to look at her mother and thought to herself, should you give up on Rascal Zhao now?

This is the method given by Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Wanting to make her mother give up completely, she dragged her to listen to the corner between Zhao Zai and Widow Xu, breaking the last line of defense and delusion in her mother's heart, and letting her see clearly how Zhao Zai looked at her! Sister-in-law Zhao's face was as white as paper. She stood there blankly, silent, looking ahead blankly, not knowing what she was thinking.

Seeing her like this, Chun Miao felt a little distressed, and finally couldn't bear to say anything.

Until this moment, the bloody facts were in front of her, and she witnessed the affair between the two with her own eyes. She didn't know if her mother would completely give up on Zhao Rascal, but she must feel very uncomfortable in her heart.

"Mom, let's go." Chunmiao pulled the stunned Sister-in-law Zhao home.

Sister-in-law Zhao didn't resist, she just let her pull her away, like a soulless puppet on strings, her whole body was in a state of confusion.

However, when I got home, I found that Chunya was missing!

Sister-in-law Zhao's empty eyes gradually gained some emotion. She called out Chun Ya's name like crazy. Mother and daughter searched all over the house, but couldn't find Chun Ya.

"My Chunya...where will she go?" Mrs. Zhao cried and knelt on the ground. The successive blows made her unable to hold back and cried out in pain.

Chun Miao bit her lip in self-reproach. If she hadn't dragged her mother out in the middle of the night, Chun Miao would have disappeared...

Just when the two were heartbroken, Chun Ya came back.

Seeing that little figure, Sister-in-law Zhao rushed up and hugged her while crying: "Chunya, where have you been? You scared me to death..."

Chunya remained silent in an unusual way, not speaking, and allowed her mother to hug her and cry.

But Chun Miao found that Chun Ya was very dirty, her little face was stained with something unknown, it was as black as pot ashes, and the two hands tied at her sides were also dirty and black.

"Chunya, you..."

Before Chun Miao could say anything, a sudden scream from afar broke through the silent night.

"It's broken! Someone come quickly——"

There was a smell of gunpowder smoke in the cool night air.

A fire was lit in a direction not far away. The fire was so bright that it almost illuminated the night.

The neighbors all came out of their homes and were shocked when they saw the fireworks soaring into the sky. They all hurriedly picked up their own buckets to put out the fire.

Chun Miao had sharp eyes, and she saw that the direction in which everyone was rushing was exactly the direction from which they had just returned.

——Widow Xu’s house.

"Chun Ya, you, what are these on you?" Sister-in-law Zhao also realized it at this moment. Looking at the soot on Chun Ya's face, she asked in a trembling voice: "Then, you set the fire?"

Chunya still didn't speak, just lowered her head.

But this look is obviously acquiescence.

"Snapped!"

This slap sounded extremely clear and loud in the night.

Chunya was beaten so hard that she turned her head to one side. She looked at Mrs. Zhao, whose eyes were red, and burst into tears.

"Why did dad do that to us...Mom, tell me, why did dad do that to us...Didn't my sister and I do a bad job? I try to be hungry every day and don't eat, just hoping that dad He can be nice to us, but why should he go out to find other women..."

Chunya's cries were heartbreaking.

But in the middle of the night when people were gradually noisy, it didn't seem so noticeable.


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