Xiuli swallowed a mouthful of dry food reluctantly. Jinshui winked at her and swallowed it in one gulp, filling her mouth.

Xiu Li was stunned by what she saw.

The old lady was furious. Jinshui actually ate the entire dry food package and didn't remember to leave any for Fugui and the others. However, there was still some left for Xiuli.

He glared at Jinshui fiercely.

"I'll take care of you later."

Looking at Xiu Li, the voice was a little impatient, "Xi Li~"

Although his hands trembled a little when he heard the sound, he still followed his sister's example and stuffed the dry food into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.

There was some doubt on his face, but he didn't look timid as if he had done something wrong.

"What's the matter, grandma?"

The old lady pointed at the two of them with a trembling finger, and her voice trembled a little.

"I told you two to give the dry food to Fugui and Manguan, what's wrong with you, you disobedient bastards."

Normally at this time both of them would be so scared that their minds would go blank, not knowing how to respond, nor daring to respond, after all, the more they said, the more mistakes they would make.

Ever since Jinshui had money in his pocket, he spoke more confidently and was no longer timid. Although he didn't know if he would be able to make money in the future, he didn't want to suffer any more anger.

He looked straight at Grandma, not avoiding her stares and rolling eyes, and his tone was relatively calm.

"Is grandma confused? She just called our names, but didn't tell us to give the dry food to Fugui and Manguan. We didn't know about this. If we knew, we would have given it to them. Why is grandma pinning a false accusation on us?"

After saying this, he couldn't even believe himself. He actually refuted grandma, and he didn't stumble at all. What he said made a lot of sense.

He didn't dare show a smile on his face. That smug look could only be revealed unrestrainedly later when he was reminiscing about it. Now he could only appear pitiful and a little bit right.

After all, this is not at home. If it were at home, grandma would have already taken action. There are so many people here, and she is not in the right.

It was already offensive enough that his things were snatched away and given to Fugui and Manguan, and now he was turning the tables on them. Who knows how many people would stand up for him.

Even if there wasn't anything wrong, grandma probably wouldn't kill me. Plus, if she was angry and cursed harshly, I could still tolerate it.

I don’t know when I will have the chance to leave this home, leave here. It’s okay if she sells herself. It won’t be worse than now.

Ever since I heard that grandma wanted to sell me, my initial confusion, anger and resentment turned into a bit of anticipation and excitement.

If I talk back to grandma many times and make her angry and disobey me, she might have this idea again and I can escape from here. Although I don’t know what will happen in the future, and I don’t know if she will end up in another hell after being sold, at least I have hope now.

Xiuli didn't dare to say anything. After all, she was the elder sister and had been abused by the old lady in this family for a long time. She lowered her head, bent over, and was very scared.

He glanced at Jinshui and felt envious at her indifferent look, but he didn't dare to look at her any longer. He retracted his gaze and stared at the ground. He had a premonition that he was about to endure grandma's rage, and swallowed nervously.

Unexpectedly, the old lady did not get furious. She squinted her eyes and looked at Jinshui. This money-losing guy was indeed different from before. He was sharp-tongued and never gave in. He would even find loopholes in others' words to refute them.

I haven't seen her contacting other people recently, and it's impossible for her to contact other people. The epidemic is so serious now that people are not allowed to move around. Even if she wants to contact other people, she can't. It's really puzzling.

Never mind, I can’t think too much about it. The little tree is not well-maintained and straight, and dares to talk back to the elders. Today I have to let her know what the consequences will be. Let’s see if she dares to speak like this in the future.

And that Xiu Li, she is pretending to be scared for whom to see, she is not as good as Jin Shui, she is not the one who swallowed the dry food in one gulp just now, she has the courage to swallow but not the courage to be scolded, these two people must be taught a lesson today, otherwise it will be a rebellion.

The old lady turned around and tried to find a thinner branch, but there was none that suited her.

After looking around, I found one not far away. It looked okay, but I couldn't reach it. It was at Fugui's feet.

"My dear grandson, pass the branch at your feet to grandma."

Fugui understood what Grandma wanted to do. He didn't want to see Jinshui and Xiuli being beaten. Although he was somewhat unwilling to see them not given the dry food, he would not hit them.

Besides, if I hand this thing over, who knows how much they will hate me. No, I can't do this. It's not good to make enemies with my family.

Seeing Fugui shaking his head, the old lady sighed, "My precious grandson has a kind heart."

He turned to look at the second brother, his eyebrows straight up, and his voice became emotionless, "Second brother, bring that thing over here. Today I will teach the children some rules on behalf of you as a father. Without rules, there will be no order. How can you be the master of this family in the future?"

The second son didn't like the two girls in the first place, so he just let his mother do whatever she wanted, and regarded it as his filial piety as a son.

Handing over the thin branch, the old lady took it and turned it around in her hand. It was quite solid, with small thorns on it. If it hit them, it would probably leave a few bloody marks, which would be enough to teach them a lesson.

He glanced at Jinshui and Xiuli coldly and said, "Come here, both of you."

Hearing such a sound, they both shivered involuntarily despite the hot weather, as a chill spread all over their bodies.

But grandma's orders could not be disobeyed, so Jinshui and Xiuli walked slowly forward.

The old woman hit the ground with the branch, making a "swish" sound as it broke through the air and a "pa pa" sound as it hit the ground.

"Come on, stop dawdling and pull up your pants."

Others couldn't bear to watch it any longer, "Old lady, are you going to hit the child?"

The old lady rolled her eyes at the man and said, "You can see it if you are not blind."

When the man heard what the old lady said, he became angry, but seeing that she was old, he didn't want to argue with her.

"Hey, you, the two kids didn't say anything wrong, why did you hit them?"

The old lady would never give in to others when they had an argument. As long as someone said something, she would definitely talk back.

"My child is mine. I can beat him however I want. It's none of your business. How can I ask for your permission to discipline a youngster? You are so nosy."

Jinshui and Xiuli were already close. Four little hands covered with calluses lifted up the trouser legs, revealing scars of varying sizes, which made the onlookers gasp.

The man stepped forward and stopped the old lady, preventing the branch from falling.

"You're still beating them even after all this. Are you trying to kill them?"

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