Granny Fang didn't dare to get closer.
Hua Qingqing sneered. "Grandma, do you really think a bowl of egg sweet soup would make me keep slaving for your Yu family?"
"How much of my stuff have you guys embezzled over the years? My parents sent me 35 yuan for living expenses every month. That's 5,760 yuan in total over 13 years! You and Granddad sure have big appetites. With that much money, you could even buy a house in the capital!"
Wan Yindi, who was following behind, widened her eyes.
Her gaze darted back and forth between Granny Fang and Hua Qingqing, then finally fixed on the former with grief, indignation, and grievance.
So Qingqing's parents had been sending money back to the hometown! Granny Fang had taken Qingqing's living expenses. Thousands of yuan! And not a single cent had made its way to their second branch of the family!
Her husband, Yu Jianhai, was still toiling in the fields!
Only the eldest branch was living the easy life. They'd married a city girl. The couple worked in a factory. Their daughter, Yu Linxiu, was a temporary salesperson at the county supply and marketing cooperative, and their son, Yu Linsen, was in high school. The whole family hadn't even touched a bit of farm work!
Wan Yindi suspected that Granny Fang had secretly supported the eldest branch. The eldest son's position in the factory was very suspicious. And the bike Yu Linsen rode to school was also evidence!
Granny Fang didn't notice the strange look in her second daughter - in - law's eyes. All her attention was on Hua Qingqing. When she heard the specific amount, she couldn't help but tremble.
How could this burden calculate so fast? No, how did she know about this!
Granny Fang rarely felt guilty, but she didn't want to admit it. She still insisted stubbornly.
"Where did you hear that? There's no such thing. If your parents really sent that much money back, would our family still have to live such a hard life?"
How on earth did this burden know? The old couple hadn't told anyone. How did she find out?
It was only when their eldest grandson started high school that they'd mentioned it to the eldest son's family when buying him a bicycle. But the eldest son's family wouldn't have told anyone!
Hearing this shameless remark, Hua Qingqing suddenly glared and roared. "You still want to lie to me! Why has our family been living so hard? Because this money doesn't belong to you! You've been stealing my money, cheating me out of it. After you got the money, you didn't dare to spend it openly. You're just like thieves, sneaking around! Your whole family is like leeches, sucking my blood. You wouldn't even let me go to school and forced me to be your slave!"
"I'm telling you, I won't endure it anymore from today on. I must get this money back. I'll risk my life to get it back! Anyway, the doctor said I have a concussion. I might not even survive. If I die, I'll drag you all down with me. Open the door for me!"
Granny Fang was startled by her hysterical appearance. "How dare you! How dare you chop! You're getting too arrogant!"
"Fine. If you let me chop, I will!"
Hua Qingqing took the axe and hacked at the door lock twice. The lock was surprisingly of good quality. It took four blows to completely chop it off.
"You're rebelling! What a sin! It's not enough that we've given you a bite to eat, and now you're stealing and robbing!"
Granny Fang wailed and wanted to rush over to stop her but was afraid the axe would land on her. Then she thought of something and grabbed her daughter - in - law's hand and told her to go to the fields to call the men of the family back.
The wheat sowing could be delayed for a day. But if the things in the house were stolen, they might never get them back!
Wan Yindi was a bit reluctant. She also wanted to see how much of Hua Qingqing's stuff Granny Fang had taken.
"Mom, what if Qingqing chops you when I'm gone? I'd better stay with you..."
"Are you going or not? Or should I ask your husband to deal with you!"
Wan Yindi quickly ran off.
Hua Qingqing pushed open the door and rushed straight to the cabinet where Granny Fang hid her things. Ignoring Granny Fang's shouts outside, she quickly chopped a few times at the small lock on it. With a clatter, the lock fell to the ground.
The cabinet was filled with all kinds of nice things in jars, bottles, bags, and purses. There were wafer biscuits, rice candy, and even three cans of malted milk extract!
Hua Qingqing didn't hold back at all. She picked up the cloth bag beside her and stuffed everything into it.
After getting the food, Hua Qingqing walked around the house but didn't find the money. She saw a lock on the table with a key beside it.
Suddenly, she remembered that Yu Linsen had been complaining at the dinner table last week that the door lock of his room was broken. This new lock must have been prepared by the old couple for him.
That good - for - nothing Yu Linsen didn't deserve a new lock!
Hehe, this lock was hers now!
Hua Qingqing picked up the lock and the key. Holding the cloth bag in one hand and the axe in the other, she walked out. Granny Fang was lying by the door, crying. When she saw Hua Qingqing coming out, she quickly dodged.
Hua Qingqing returned to her shabby little room. It was a place for storing firewood and farm tools. Her bed was made up of several pieces of spliced wooden boards. There was some dry grass on the boards, and on top of that was a not - very - thick quilt. This quilt was given by Yu Jianchuan. Her original one was even thinner!
It was so cold in March. How could she sleep with such meager bedding?
Yu Jianchuan and Yu Jianhua were Granny Fang's third son and fourth daughter. They'd been watched grow up by Qingqing's mother, so they were nice to her, but they didn't dare to show it openly.
She decided that she had to solve the problem of a new bed as soon as possible.
Hua Qingqing put the things under the wooden boards and changed the lock.
The small wood - shed didn't originally have a lock. Anyone could just push the door open. There was only a long iron strip on the door for fastening. Now that there was a lock on it, it finally had its proper function.
Granny Fang was silently crying in the yard. Watching Hua Qingqing bustling inside, her heart ached. Heaven! What on earth was going on? How could things change so suddenly!
Hua Qingqing threw out the bundles of firewood and farm tools in the room. She took the axe and went to the well to wash her hands. Suddenly, she looked up at the house of the eldest branch.
The Yu family's house was in a square shape. Granny Fang and Grandpa Yu lived in the main house. The small house beside it was Yu Jianchuan's room and the kitchen. On the left and right were the houses of the eldest son, Yu Jianshan, and the second son, Yu Jianhai.
Yu Jianshan's house was obviously bigger because they'd built an extra room for the eldest grandson, Yu Linsen. The eldest daughter, Yu Linxiu, didn't have a room. Usually, she lived in the county dormitory. When she came back, she slept on a makeshift bed on the floor in her parents' room. Yu Jianhai's couple had a pair of twins. They didn't expand their house because Granny Fang thought it was a waste of money and refused to agree. Later, when the twins grew up, the second - branch couple had to partition off a room in their house with a curtain.
Originally, Granny Fang had wanted to force the original Hua Qingqing to clean up the wood - shed for Yu Linyun as a small room and then let her sleep on a makeshift bed in the old couple's room!
Of course, this matter had ended up in vain. Now that she thought about it, it should be because they were afraid that if they lived together, the original Hua Qingqing would find out the truth.
None of the old couple was a good person.
Why did these people get to live so comfortably with the original Hua Qingqing's money?
Hua Qingqing's eyes glinted with a restless light.
She directly walked over with the axe and chopped off the lock of Yu Linsen's room.
The walls of this room were whitewashed with lime. It was even brighter inside than outside! There was a bookshelf, a desk, and a thick quilt!
How dare he live so well without her permission?