C8 Stonecrop
"That's right, that's right. You're from rich and powerful Liu family. Do you take us idiots? We can't be too far away from making up lies." An old woman spoke up.
Dun Zi, that chubby little girl, turned around and saw Shen Qing standing in front of the crowd. She put down her hand and rushed towards Shen Qing, shouting,
"You b * tch, why didn't I drown you last time? You still have the face to come and make a ruckus in front of my house." You're the one who is looking to die by grabbing onto me, and you deserve to be pushed into the river. "
Shen Qing initially wanted to pretend to be weak, but when the rumors started to spread, she quickly found an opportunity to slip away. She didn't expect the murderer to attack her again.
From the looks of it, he wanted to knock himself down.
Seeing that Dun Zi was about to hit her, Shen Qing pretended to be frightened and suddenly lost her balance. She panicked and fell to the side, using her body as a shield.
Dun Zi didn't expect to miss Shen Qing. Something suddenly appeared beneath his feet, and he didn't stop in time. He fell forward ferociously, his fat face falling into the mud.
Everyone was surprised for a moment before bursting into laughter.
Dun Zi Niang sat on the ground with her back facing them and was still crying. She didn't know what was going on behind her, but she could hear the sound of laughter. When she turned around, she saw her precious son lying face down on the ground.
Dun Zi Niang scrambled to her feet and rushed to Dun Zi's side. "Darling son, what's wrong?" As he spoke, he reached out and picked up the block from the ground.
Dun Zi was stunned for a moment and then burst into tears.
Dun Zi Niang was afraid that her son would cry the most. If her son cried, she felt as if the sky would collapse.
"My good son, don't cry, don't cry. Mother will avenge you." After saying that, he put down Dun Zi and rushed towards Shen Qing.
Shen Qing no longer dared to throw her over her shoulder.
The thin and weak little girl was doing something that did not belong to her age in front of the villagers. It would cause everyone to be suspicious and maybe even make them think that she was a monster.
The worst thing was, Dun Ziniang would beat her up in public.
Shen Qing was still sitting on the floor, watching mother Dun charge towards her. She was thinking of taking her blow, so she decided to roll to the side to avoid it.
Suddenly, a voice came from afar, "Big sister, big sister! You are not allowed to bully my sister! "
Stone pushed his way through the crowd and saw his sister sitting on the ground. Dun Zi's mother was holding her hands in front of her with her back bent, ready to slap his sister in the face.
"You're not allowed to bully my sister!" The rock scuttled over, spread its arms, and used its tiny body to block in front of Shen Qing.
"Pah!" A resounding slap sounded.
Shen Qing raised her head and saw that Dun Zi Niang's thick hands had solidly hit the small face of the stone.
The stone tilted its head from the slap, but it still kept its arms wide open to protect its sister.
"Brat, you want to be beaten, right? I'll give you another slap! " He raised his hand to slap down again.
Shen Qing's heart tightened as she hurriedly got up. When her palm was about to land, she fiercely pushed Dun Zi Niang, causing her to firmly sit on the ground.
He turned around and pulled the stone over, only to see that on the left side of the stone face, there was a huge handprint.
Her large eyes stubbornly stared at Dun Zi Niang, her lips tightly pursed.
Shen Qing's heart ached. Although her brother had only known her for a day, Shen Qing had clearly experienced her brother's reliance on and protection of her sister.
Pulling the stone behind her, Shen Qing glared at Dun Zi Niang.
"Smelly woman, don't think that since my parents have passed away, we can be easily bullied. If you and your son dare to bully my younger brother again, I will throw your family's Dun into the mountains to feed the wolves!" If you don't believe me, just try it! "
Shen Qing originally wanted to beat him up for him, but as a junior, she couldn't easily make a move against her elders under the watchful eyes of so many villagers.
She had spent most of the night thinking about what Stone had told her before she went to sleep. If she wanted to live a peaceful life in this foreign world, she would have to follow the rules here.
This place was full of filial piety. Even though he was also someone who pitied his parents, he couldn't do as he pleased and cause trouble for himself.
Before he mixed himself in this world, trouble was the worst thing that could happen.
Shen Qing patted the mud off her body, picked up the rock, and left a few threatening words before heading back.
People automatically opened up a path. Dun Zi Niang was still sitting on the ground and shouting:
"Stupid girl, who are you trying to scare? You even threw my Dun into the mountains to feed the wolves? Be careful that the two of you will be taken away by the wolves tonight! "
With that said, he stood up and pulled Dun Zi towards the house. He suddenly realized that there were still many villagers watching.
"What are you looking at!?" Go away, go away! Don't stand in my way! "
After saying that, he twisted his broad and thick waist and pulled Dun Zi home.
Shen Qing pulled the stone and walked back without saying a word.
When they were almost home, Shen Qing opened her mouth first, "Why didn't you dodge when she hit you? Does your face still hurt? "
Shitou looked at his sister before turning his gaze to the front. "It doesn't hurt anymore. If I dodge, then that palm would have hit you. "
Shen Qing felt a warm feeling in her heart.
It was touching that such a young child could protect his sister like this. It was great to have a little brother.
Shitou wasn't like Dun Zi and his mother who said he was weak and useless. On the contrary, he was very brave. It was just that he didn't like to cause trouble and was sometimes even a bit scholarly.
Just as he was about to tell Shitou that his sister could protect him, he heard Shitou say,
"Elder sister, it's better if we don't enter the village when we have nothing better to do. Grandfather doesn't like us to begin with. Many villagers are afraid of Third Uncle and us, so they don't dare to treat us well. "
"Why are you afraid of our milk and third uncle?"
Shen Qing discovered that what seemed to be a simple village life was actually not simple at all.
"Who asked our milk to be unhappy. Our milk can stand at his door and scold him everyday, even our lord can't do anything to her." The villagers were afraid of her and did not dare to provoke her. As for Third Uncle, he's a famous hoodlum in our village, but we only have Third Uncle and Aunt in our hearts. Third Aunt's family owned a grocery store in the town. The shop assistant went back to his hometown to prepare for New Year's, so Third Uncle's father-in-law asked his family to help. Recently, Third Uncle is not in the village. Otherwise, once you enter the village, you will definitely see him wandering around. "
As Rock patiently explained, he arrived at his own thatched cottage.
The morning mist had long since faded, but the sky was still overcast.
The temperature felt colder than it had the day before.
"Shitou, be good and wait for me at home. Big sister will go to the back mountain to take a look. If you're lucky, I'll give you some game to eat." "It doesn't matter if we're unlucky. Let's go to the river to fish and continue to drink fish soup."
Shen Qing decided to improve her and her brother's lives. The first step was to improve the food before getting dressed and getting warm.
Last night, Stone had promised to let him eat meat every day.
"Sister, don't go to the back of the mountain, we can eat fish. The back of the mountain was too dangerous. No one dared to go there. He had heard from the villagers that someone had entered and never returned. Perhaps he had been eaten by a wild beast. Later on, everyone went into the mountains together to search for it, but they couldn't find it. "
Shitou held on tightly to Shen Qing, afraid that she might really go to the back of the mountain and never come back.
A few days ago, his sister had almost left him, but this time, no matter what, he had to protect her.