Chapter 138: Chapter 138

"Grandma, you saw it yourself, our family doesn’t have chickens. Where would we get eggs to lend to you? Your family has chickens, don’t you have enough for your grandson to eat?" Bai Ruxue said with a faint smile.

"It’s because of this wretched woman, secretly selling all the chickens! Otherwise, your brother wouldn’t be without eggs to eat. Now he cries every day, his health isn’t good, he needs eggs to nourish him! As the eldest sister, why don’t you help think of something?" Grandma Bai still spoke with kind words.

"Sold them? Hehe, Third Aunt sure has guts! Grandma, didn’t you hit Third Aunt? If it were my mom, you’d have beaten her so badly she couldn’t get out of bed, right?" Bai Ruxue asked coldly, giving her mom a warning look.

Wang Cuihua quickly pulled her hand out of Grandma Bai’s grip, scared out of her wits.

Earlier, she was fooled by Grandma Bai’s gentle talk.

If it hadn’t been for her third daughter reminding her, she would’ve thought this old woman had changed.

"What are you saying, you brat? I had my reasons! That chicken money was used for life-saving!" Li Guihua quickly reacted, looking at Grandma Bai’s displeased face, then turned to scold Bai Ruxia.

"Shut up, you wretch! I’ll deal with you later!" Grandma Bai pointed at Li Guihua, gritting her teeth in anger, then turned to Bai Ruxue "Xiao Xue! Grandma knows you’re capable. Just lend me some eggs, okay?"

"Grandma! Last year when we had three little chicks, weren’t they killed by Third Uncle’s three children? No matter how great I am, I can’t produce eggs out of thin air for you, can I? We really don’t have any!" Bai Ruxue couldn’t open this door; her family did have eggs, and they never lacked them, but if she gave them some, it’d become expected, and they’d keep coming back for more.

"Aren’t you the manager of the poultry farm? I saw those eggs piled up like a mountain at the brigade station. They’re so desirable! Xiao Sheng is your brother, a close relative. Can’t you give him fifty or eighty eggs to eat? He’s only six; can’t you show him some compassion?" Li Guihua, forgetting the warnings from Grandma Bai, started yelling.

"Third Aunt, even if the brigade station has thousands of eggs, what does that have to do with you? If your son wants to eat eggs and I have to give him fifty or eighty, how many children are there in the whole brigade who want to eat eggs? Shouldn’t I just stop running the poultry farm then? I’m just a manager; the farm belongs to the public, and I have no right to give away even one egg! Let go of this idea!" Bai Ruxue first addressed Li Guihua.

Then she turned to Grandma Bai, saying, "Grandma! There are no eggs at home to borrow! And don’t think about taking anything else! Regarding our relationship, I’m not saying anything now! But if I find out anything later! We’ll meet at the police station then!"

The warning was strong in her words! She warned Grandma Bai that if she didn’t take the hint and continued pestering, she’d have a future in prison to look forward to.

When Bai Ruxue said this, she was also testing to see if Grandma Bai would flinch at her words and back off for a while.

She was right to test, as Grandma Bai, hearing this, did not persist in borrowing eggs, instead venting her anger on Li Guihua.

"Wretch! Go home! I’ll deal with you there! If you don’t bring back our chickens from your mother’s house, I’ll beat you to death!" Saying this, Grandma Bai dragged Li Guihua back home.

Li Guihua still wanted to shout something, but was fiercely dragged away by Grandma Bai, stumbling as she was pulled out.

Wang Cuihua wanted to get off the bed but was glared at by Bai Ruxia, so she stayed put, not daring to move while Bai Ruyun quietly helped her mother soothe her younger siblings.

"I’m telling you, Mom! If you’re soft-hearted, then by all means go live with the old house people! Don’t blame me for not warning you! When they eat you up, leaving only bones, don’t regret it!" Bai Ruxue sent off the two, turned back and said coldly.

"Mom... Mom was wrong. Grandma spoke nicely and Mom got fooled, but it won’t happen again!" Wang Cuihua apologized, feeling a bit deflated after being reprimanded by her daughters.

"If Big Sis had arrived a bit later, our family’s eggs wouldn’t have been safe!" Bai Ruchuan complained, feeling resentful, "Mom you always forget the lesson after the pain!"

"Enough! Stop talking!" Bai Rushan stopped his younger brother! This brother had no filter, speaking without any tact!

His mom had Big Sis speaking for her, so she should have realized her mistake. If they kept criticizing, she might not be able to take it.

Wang Cuihua hung her head, her eyes red, but she didn’t cry. She knew this time it was her fault, she shouldn’t have been deceived by her mother-in-law’s kind words, her mother-in-law always came strong, but this time changed tactics, catching her off guard.

"Alright, alright! You guys, go prepare to cook!" Bai Ruxue clapped her hands, telling the little ones to go out.

"Okay, Big Sis!" Bai Ruyun was the first to get off bed and put on her shoes.

At the old house, Grandma Bai dragged Li Guihua back and gave her a good beating, along with Bai Dahe joining in, performing a mixed duo of mother-son assault.

Grandma Bai vented all the frustration and fear received from Bai Ruxue onto Li Guihua.

"Wretch, this is for taking things to your mother’s house, for selling our chickens secretly, for taking things back to your mother’s!" After saying these two sentences repeatedly, Grandma Bai finally sat on the bed, panting after a bout of hitting.

Li Guihua was beaten black and blue, too scared to make a sound.

Grandpa Bai watched coldly, saying nothing.

The egg-craving Bai Rusheng was also frightened, stopped crying, and obediently sat on the bed.

"Get up and move! Who do you think you’re fooling by playing dead?" After hitting finished, Grandma Bai saw Li Guihua lying on the ground unmoving and scolded.

Bai Dahe stepped up to pull her up "Worthless woman! Eating inside, grabbing from outside; if I don’t teach you, you won’t learn!"

Then led her outside and placed her on the bed in the eastern room belonging to the couple.

This beating left Li Guihua bewildered. Since entering the Bai Family, she’d never been beaten , at most cursed or slapped a few times.

She always incited her mother-in-law to bully the two sisters-in-law, never had there been a time she was so beaten!

Frustrated, her whole body ached and she burst into tears, but didn’t dare go back to her family, knowing they wouldn’t stand up for her even if she did - why bother asking for trouble?

Using the excuse of not being able to get up after being beaten, she laid on the bed and started thinking.

The mother-in-law was acting strange. Previously, if she went to the older brother’s house to borrow things and couldn’t get them, she wouldn’t leave; she always performed it successfully, stirring things up.

But today, her mother-in-law actually beat her, that wretched girl scared her off with just two sentences.

She clearly saw that her mother-in-law was scared, and Bai Ruxue mentioned the police station or something.

What exactly was going on that she didn’t know? Her mother-in-law must have a secret, and it’s related to the older brother’s house. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel-fire.ɴet

Realizing this, Li Guihua felt the pain lessen; she secretly vowed to uncover the secret and hold her mother-in-law firmly in her grasp.