Chapter 36 Grandma Qiao's Fierceness

Perhaps because he wasn't tall enough, the other person stood on tiptoe, and the exposed half of his shoulder swayed back and forth.

"Mother-in-law, are you home?" The visitor was Chen's mother.

Chen's mother's eyes swept around the yard and she saw Grandma Qiao picking sweet potatoes into a winnowing basket in the corner of the yard. She was immediately delighted, turned around and jogged in through the front gate.

Upon entering and seeing the four people in the courtyard, her gaze first lingered on Fu Yu, the most unfamiliar person, for a moment, before shifting to Qiao Qiao, who was sitting on a small stool eating breakfast.

His eyes fell on the small enamel bowl in front of her, and when he saw the food inside, the happy expression on his face vanished, replaced by astonishment.

She slapped her thigh, pointed at Qiao Qiao's bowl, and shouted with a pained expression.

"Mother-in-law, this...this little girl, how can she eat so well? Isn't this just wasting food?!"

In Chen's mother's eyes, the girls were all a waste of money; as long as they didn't starve, that was fine.

There's no need to eat so well.

Seeing Qiao Qiao eating steamed egg custard with minced meat for breakfast, I felt incredibly sorry for her.

Especially considering that Qiao Hai didn't receive such treatment, she found it even more incomprehensible.

Although she had heard a little about it from Chen Yulian, that the Qiao family doted on their daughters more than their sons, she only listened and never took it seriously.

Seeing it with my own eyes now, I am truly shocked.

She thought with a pang of regret, "Such a good thing is better taken back to her eldest grandson than wasted on a worthless person!"

The Qiao family is really wasting things; I don't know what's wrong with their brains.

"This is my sister. She can eat whatever she wants. It's none of your business!" Qiao Hai didn't like hearing Chen's mother say that.

From the moment Qiao Qiao came to the Qiao family, she was always served special meals, better than everyone else.

The four boys in the Qiao family were at the age when they were growing up, and no matter how greedy they were, they would never covet what their younger sister had in her bowl.

Firstly, the adults in their family have been instilling these ideas in them since childhood, unconsciously forming a fixed mindset that it is normal and appropriate for their younger sister to eat special meals.

Secondly, they genuinely love and cherish their younger sister. As long as she is happy eating, they would gladly give her a piece of meat each without hesitation.

Besides, this doesn't even require them to cut off their own flesh; it's just to let their younger sister eat better. Why is that wrong?!

Besides, my sister lost so much blood the other day, she needs to replenish her body.

Why can't we eat better?

So when Qiao Hai heard what Chen's mother said, he immediately became unhappy and retorted with a raised neck.

"Qiao Hai!"

Before Chen's mother could react to Qiao Hai's words, Grandma Qiao, who was carrying a winnowing basket to the cutting board, spoke up in a low voice.

She looked at Qiao Hai coldly: "This is an adult's conversation, how dare you interrupt? If you keep spouting nonsense, believe me, I'll chop your mouth off right now!"

As Grandma Qiao said this, she picked up a sweet potato that had been mauled by a hoe, threw it on the knee-high tree stump cutting board in front of her, and chopped it hard in the middle.

The force was so great that it not only cut the sweet potato in half, but also embedded a small part of the blade into the cutting board.

It was as if she would really chop off Qiao Hai's mouth if he said another word.

Qiao Hai was so frightened that he fell silent. He wiped his mouth, picked up his bowl, ran into the kitchen, slung his army green satchel over his shoulder, said "I'm going to school," and ran off in a flash.

Even Chen's mother, who was listening nearby, felt a pang of sympathy.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that when Grandma Qiao said those words, her eyes were fixed on her mouth, as if she were about to chop off her own mouth.

She was so shocked by her own thoughts that a chill ran down her spine.

After watching Qiao Hai run away, Grandma Qiao looked at Chen's mother and said, "The boy is growing up and becoming unruly. His mouth is a bit dirty, but please don't mind it."

Chen's mother hurriedly shook her head and waved her hands, then smiled awkwardly: "It's alright, it's alright. That's just how boys are; they're a bit mischievous."

Chen's mother had always been a little intimidated by Grandma Qiao.

There's no other reason.

Because Grandma Qiao had a rather fierce reputation in Qiao Family Village.

Years ago, the men from both families were fighting in the war. Then one year, news came back that their men had all died.

As the saying goes, "A widow's door is always full of gossip," and that's absolutely true.

The fact that all of Grandma Qiao's children are good-looking shows that she was also very beautiful when she was young.

When the man in the house suddenly disappears, those low-class thugs and hooligans start to get restless.

Taking advantage of the darkness and the absence of people, they often did despicable things such as throwing stones at the Qiao family's gate, or climbing over the wall into the yard to whistle into the house.

If an ordinary young wife encountered such a situation, wouldn't she be trembling with fear at home, keeping the door tightly shut, not daring to breathe?

But Grandma Qiao didn't. She chased after them from inside the house, carrying a sharp wood-chopping knife.

Not only did they chase the thug for over a mile, but they also cut off one of his legs, scaring him so much that he collapsed on the ground and wet his pants, making the whole village aware of the incident.

That wasn't enough; she even brandished a machete and made threats in front of the entire village.

She said that if anyone dared to enter her house without her permission, they shouldn't blame her for cutting their neck with this knife.

From then on, no one dared to provoke her anymore.

Now, when Chen's mother saw the kitchen knife in Grandma Qiao's hand, she inexplicably felt a chill down her spine.

She stood awkwardly to one side, hesitating for a long time.

She then whispered, "Mother-in-law, I think Dongzi should be back by now. Where is he?"

She peeked into the several open rooms but didn't see anyone.

Turning to Grandma Qiao, he said, "When do you think we should have him go to the hospital to pick up Yulian? It's not good for her to stay in the hospital all the time; it's such a waste of money, isn't it?"

Including today, Chan Yuk-lin has been in the hospital for a full six days.

However, the Qiao family has yet to come forward to bring her back.

Chen's mother and the Chen sisters were getting a little anxious.

Especially Chen's mother, who naively thought that the Qiao family was dissatisfied because her daughter had given birth to a girl, and that's why they abandoned her in the hospital.

As for Chen Yulian's complaints to her, such as Grandma Qiao not taking care of her during her postpartum period and not bringing her meals, she didn't take them seriously.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with what Grandma Qiao did.

They gave birth to a girl, not a boy, so what's there to take care of?

Forget about taking care of her, if Chen Yulian were her daughter-in-law, she would make her go to work in the fields that very day.

However, it's not good for Chen Yulian to stay in the hospital all the time and not be brought back.

She feared that if too much time passed, the Qiao family would really not want Chen Yulian as their daughter-in-law anymore.

After that, her youngest son could no longer get any benefits from Chan Yuk-lin.

She was still hoping to recoup the dowry money her youngest son would have received from his marriage proposal by getting it back from this daughter.

We can't let her be abandoned by the Qiao family.