Quick Wear: With the cub in hand, the world is mine

Hua Ke walked behind the three children. When she passed by the villagers' houses, the old widows who were familiar with her looked at her curiously. Some even boldly teased Hua Ke, "I thought you went downstairs to look for your little Linzi. When I went to see you last night, your Fugui said you were dead."

Because their men had died in the war, Shicheng Village was seriously short of labor, and the women all went to work in the fields to support their families. Everyone helped each other. Although Hua Ke was crazy, she would not attack them indiscriminately, so many people had a basically good attitude towards Hua Ke.

Hua Ke started to talk nonsense: "That's because my breathing was weak, and none of you went to find a doctor for me. If the doctor came, he would know that I was not dead, but just fainted."

"That's right. Your Liu didn't want to light the candles, so we couldn't see clearly in the room. Fortunately, you woke up in time. I tell you, Liu couldn't wait to bury you. She hated the hot weather and the stench, and she didn't want to keep the coffin for three days. Fortunately, my wife is not like her, otherwise I would have to crawl out of the coffin and take her away."

The three boys shuddered in the middle of summer when they heard the usually kind Grandma Chen speak in such a horrifying way. These grandmas are so cruel.

"By the way, where are you taking these three guys?"

"I want to settle the score with Lentils and Beans, because they threw stones at me and made me fall into the river."

"Well, the two boys from Liu Yi's family were brought up by Wen Xiaowan. You know her well. She wanted to be Xiao Linzi's wife since she was a child, but you snatched her sweetheart away. Who else should she hate if not you? Not only her, the one from Jin Bao's family also loves Xiao Linzi. Alas, it's a pity for Xiao Linzi. He is handsome, tall, mighty, and knowledgeable. He is the most outstanding in the whole Yanlai Town. He is really not a good match for a reckless woman like you."

Hua Ke: “…”

Does this old lady have emotional intelligence? Can she speak? She belittled her right in front of her.

Erniu looked at Hua Ke carefully, and A Zu's face looked a little unhappy.

Da Guang and Er Guang: “!!!”

Huh? Their grandmother likes Erniu's grandfather? So that's why their grandmother hates Granny Hua?

Hua Ke didn't want to continue chatting. She didn't have much impression of that Xiao Linzi, so she pushed Erniu and the others forward.

……

At Liu Yi's house at the entrance of the village, the two brothers, Lentil and Broad Bean, were sitting at the door playing with a half-dead katydid.

"Brother, do you think Granny Hua will seek revenge on us?"

"What's there to seek revenge for? She fell down by herself. You can't blame me for that."

Candou was absent-minded and didn't dare to say anything, but he secretly threw a stone over, which hit Grandma Hua's calf and caused her to fall down.

"Lentils! Beans!"

When they heard the sound, they turned around suddenly and saw Hua Ke's legs went limp with fear. Guilt and confusion flashed in Bian Dou's eyes. Didn't his brother say that he was not afraid?

"Da Guang and the other two said they saw you two throwing rocks at me and causing me to fall into the river. Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?"

Daguang: “…” He didn’t say that!

Lentil looked at Daguang and the others angrily, "They are talking nonsense! I didn't throw stones, I just laughed at you for being smelly."

Broad Bean replied in a low voice: "I didn't throw it away either."

"What should we do? They have all seen it. Either you two come with me to the government office, or I will take you to the river to drink some water."

Hearing the word "yamen", Candou pursed his lips and was about to cry, "I won't go to the yamen."

Lentil quickly responded, "It's useless for you to go. We won't harm you."

Wen Xiaowan ran out of the house, "My lentils and broad beans, who wants to harm you? Grandma will fight back for you at the risk of her life! Hua Ke? You are not dead?"

"Yes, Xiao Linzi said that I was not destined to die, and showed me the way back. How did you teach your children? You actually told them to throw rocks at my legs. The three children in our Wen family saw it."

"You're talking nonsense. My lentils and broad beans are very well behaved. They would never do that." Wen Xiaowan glanced at her two grandsons very quickly. In fact, she still believed Hua Ke's statement, but Hua Ke was her lifelong enemy. She had to protect her grandsons and could not admit even if she did something wrong.

"How is it impossible? Daguang, do you think it was Biandou and the others who instigated you to ask me to climb the tree? I am a kind-hearted old woman. For the sake of these children, I climbed up the tree to pick fruits for them. What happened? Your family threw stones at me."

Da Guang: “Yes…”

"The great poet Du Zimei had his thatch taken away by a child from the same village, and your family also took advantage of me because I am old and weak, and attacked me from behind. Can you be good citizens?"

"Brother Daguang and the others saw it. It was your Broad Bean who threw the stone. He threw it twice."

Candou stood up and glared at Daguang angrily, "Brother Daguang, you are talking nonsense. I only hit it once! I hit it right away, not twice."

"Hey, hey, everyone heard it. Candou admitted that he was the one who smashed it."

Liu Yi's neighbors came out to watch the show. "Oh, broad beans have also hit my windows, and it's winter."

"Both Lentil brothers have stolen eggs from my house, and they still don't admit it."

Hearing the neighbors' accusations, Wen Xiaowan drove them away with a dark face, "It's none of your business now. I apologized before."

Hua Ke said as she was about to pull Candou, "You bastard, come with me to the government office. I'm going to sue the officials. You're so young but you're full of bad intentions."

Candou couldn't break free, tears streaming down his face, "Oh, grandma, save me, I don't want to go to the government office, the officials will beat me to death."

At this time, Bian Dou's parents came back from the market. When Bian Dou's mother saw the people watching the show nearby, she knew that Bian Dou was in trouble again.

"Aunt Hua, what's going on? Put down the lentils first and let's talk it over."

"Erniu, I'll give you a chance to mend your ways. Tell Lady Biandou what happened."

Erniu was afraid that his grandfather would also take him to see the officials, so he told them in detail what had happened last night.

Liu Yi was brought back to Shicheng Village by Wen Xiaowan from the neighboring Furong Town and grew up. In order not to be excluded by other children, he always maintained a good image and was an honest man. When she heard about the bad things her son had done, she would directly use a carrying pole to beat him with lentils and broad beans.

Seeing the two children crying after being beaten, Hua Ke pulled them over and snatched Liu Yi's pole. "Little Liu, they are only six or seven years old, you can't always use beating to educate them. What if you hurt them? Even if they don't hurt, they will remember your brutal behavior for the rest of their lives. What if they don't support you when they are old?"

Biandou touched his buttocks and cried, "Yes, Dad, I will beat you like this when you are old, and I will not support you in your old age!"

Hua Ke: “…”

Liu Yi: "Aren't you beaten enough?"

Familiar with the process, Lady Biandou took out a basket from the kitchen, which contained ten eggs, a small can of lychee paste and a piece of newly bought pancreas. (Lychee paste: a dessert made from black plums and cinnamon, which does not require lychees but has the taste of lychees. Excerpted from "Food in the Song Dynasty").

"Aunt Hua, these are my apologies to you. We didn't know that Candou was so excessive. I hope you can forgive him. We will teach them well."

Wen Xiaowan snatched the two grandsons from her love rival, hugged Biandou and Candou and cried distressedly, "It's so unfair, your father can't tell right from wrong, he only knows how to please others, he might as well be someone else's son. Your mother is the same, she only knows how to give good things to others."