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Chapter 13 What Money

"Where did you hide the money?" Grandma Bai's face was a bit ferocious, the sunken eye sockets and the wrinkles on her temples were connected together, as soon as she opened her mouth, she sprayed spittle all over Bai Xin's face.

Bai Xin was so stimulated by the word "Qian" that the alarm bells sounded in his heart. He almost subconsciously touched the chest where Qian was hidden. Fortunately, he reacted in time, and his raised hand changed direction halfway, and instead touched the back of the beaten person. Forced to remain calm, he stared at Grandma Bai without blinking, but because of a guilty conscience, he asked loudly, "What money?"

Seeing his upright look, Grandma Bai felt even more angry. She couldn't help raising her hand and slapped him. The sound was extremely crisp.

Bai Xin felt as if a discus was slapped on his face, and his body staggered. At first, he was stunned, and he couldn't hear anything because of the buzzing in his ears, and then he felt a burning pain on one side of his face, white and tender. Immediately, five red finger prints appeared on his face.

The courtyard immediately became quiet, and the second aunt had no time to restrain herself, so she let out a gloating snort. The third family family looked over, and the second aunt was also a little embarrassed, pretending to cover up coughing a few times, but the others didn't pay attention to her, Cao Cao Shi and Da Niang yelled at the same time, and rushed over together.

The aunt was timid, and she didn't dare to defend Bai Xin. She just knelt on the ground and hugged him tightly, with her back to Grandma Bai. Mrs. Cao also opened her arms to protect her son, her skinny arms trembling like branches. With tears streaming down his face, his voice trembled, "Mother, listen to what Saburo has to say first."

Bai Xin's heart was full of hatred, seeing the people in front of him seemed to be separated by a layer of film, which was not real. He even thought that if Grandma Bai found out the money he had saved later, he would rather swallow all the copper coins , nor to them.

The second aunt said in a strange way, "What else is there to say? Then Mrs. Wang can say it clearly, you should persuade Sanlang to let him take out the money, anyway, it's only a dollar."

Mrs. Xu recalled what Mrs. Wang told her when she was washing clothes outside today. At that time, she didn't even care about her clothes. Her heart seemed to grow grass, and she had a faint sense of pleasure. She rushed home with the tub in her arms.

Bai Xin thought that someone saw him selling Cyperus cypress, and his voice was mechanically unsteady, "Which Wang?"

Mrs. Xu snorted, "Which one else? Isn't it just the one from the Yu family? She said that Xiaobao from her family gave you a piece of money to buy your oil beetle beetle. Mom, it's no wonder that Sanlang only caught so many these few times. It was sold, who knows how many times he sold it and how much money he made?"

Grandma Bai was instigated by Xu's words, and her heart was filled with anger, her eyes showed a fierce look. She was most angry because Saburo secretly hid money, but because she didn't enjoy eating oil shell beetles, she became even more angry. pour oil.

After Bai Xin heard the word Yu's family, he gradually calmed down. The membrane in front of him seemed to be torn open, and he felt that he had re-integrated into the world, and the pain on his face became clearer. He combined those key words, After thinking about it, he guessed it. He was so angry that he wanted to give Yu Xiaobao a good beating.

Bai Xin suddenly realized that his expression was too calm when he asked back just now. In order to show a clear conscience, he went too far. It was not at all like a teenager's reaction to beating, scolding and suspicion. The family is just villagers, if his reaction just now was seen by someone with a little knowledge, he would definitely be able to see the clue, just like his shrewd father in his previous life.

Biting his tongue hard, Bai Xin burst into tears, and said in a pitiful yet excited voice, "I didn't ask for his money. When I met Yu Xiaobao that time, he wanted to buy my oil beetle beetle for a dollar. But I saw that grandma wanted to eat it too, so I didn’t sell it to him, but he is so powerful, and I was afraid of offending him, so I finally gave him a few, and I didn’t ask for a penny.”

Although Bai Xin had a crying voice and his voice was a bit shrill, he spoke clearly.

The second aunt immediately snorted angrily, "You said you didn't want it, who would believe it? You wouldn't ask for a penny? Instead, give it to him for nothing?"

Everyone present didn't believe Bai Xin's words. After all, how could a child refuse the temptation of money?

Bai Xin scratched his neck, and wiped the corners of his eyes with his backhand. Although he was acting, he was angry at this moment, and the attack was not light or heavy, and it was the same with himself. Instead, he used this pain to stimulate himself. "I didn't want it. If grandma doesn't believe it, let's go to Yu's house now and confront Yu Xiaobao face to face."

When he said the word Yu Xiaobao, he almost gritted his teeth.

Grandma Bai showed hesitation. Seeing that Sanlang had a clear conscience, he felt a little bit of faith in her heart. After all, Sanlang was timid. If it was said that he didn't dare to ask for the money, it was not impossible, but at the same time, she was skeptical. manner.

The second aunt doesn't believe that Saburo doesn't want money at all. From her point of view, it's normal for Saburo to be greedy when he sees a penny. Besides, Saburo went out to catch oil beetles. There is nothing wrong with hiding the money, if it was her, she would do the same.

The second aunt thought that Bai Xin was lying, and was afraid that he would fool him, so she quickly said, "If Sanlang says that, we really have to go to Yu's house to confront him."

When she said this, she kept looking at Bai Xin, trying to find any flaws.

Although Bai Xin looked directly at her, she caught sight of Second Aunt's malicious expression out of the corner of her eye, and snorted coldly in her heart.

Grandma Bai was a little hesitant, and looked back at her second daughter-in-law, "Well, the Yu family's mother-in-law has always been fierce, so she shouldn't confront each other for this little money, right?"

The second aunt saw that her mother-in-law didn't want to let it go, so how could she agree, so she made up a lot of reasoning, "Mother, that's not the case. Their Yu family has a great career, so can they still falsely accuse Saburo? Besides, what can the Wang family do today?" Our Bai family scolded us a lot, if it's true what San Lang said, we didn't ask for Yu Xiaobao's money, at least we have to make it clear and return our family's innocence, if San Lang lied..." She paused, her eyes turned to Bai Xin, "Anyway, this matter needs to be clarified."

Bai Xin was very glad that he didn't sell the oil beetle mantis to Yu Xiaobao at that time, as expected, he couldn't take advantage of it easily, and at the same time made up his mind that he had to go around when he saw Yu Xiaobao's evil spirit in the future.

Grandma Bai was moved and stomped her feet, "Yes, go and explain it to his Yu family."

After finishing speaking, he looked down at Bai Xin again, with a fierce light in his little triangular eyes, and warned sharply, "I'll ask you again, do you want Yu Xiaobao's money? If you prove that you are lying to me, I will strip you when you go home." your skin."

Her words made Mrs. Cao and the aunt tremble at the same time. The aunt leaned on Bai Xin's shoulder and whispered, "Third Brother, you must admit your mistake."

Mrs. Cao looked at her son, her eyes were like broken beads, and her face was as white as paper, "Sanlang."

Bai Xin looked at his mother and sister reassuringly, then raised his head, looked at grandma with burning eyes, and said without evasion, "We must confront each other face to face."

Dafang's family had complicated thoughts. Of course they hoped to clear Saburo's innocence, but because of their temperament, they were afraid of confronting the Yu family.

Seeing this, Grandma Bai breathed a sigh of relief, holding Bai Xin tightly with one hand, and half pulling and half dragging him out. Bai Xin has short calves, so he couldn't keep up, staggered a few steps, and almost fell down.Naturally, the second aunt would not give up this opportunity to watch a good show, and followed immediately. Although Cao was a little scared, she would not let her son face it alone, and followed behind with her head bowed.

Sanfang Ding's eyes rolled around, and he wanted to go out with a pair of daughters.

However, San Niang and Si Niang struggled a bit, the former pouted, "I won't go, if San Lang lied to someone, he would be exposed on the spot, it would be too embarrassing."

Ding used some strength in his hand, but still pulled them out, "Silly boy, go with mother and go and have a look."

She winked suggestively, but San Niang and Si Niang didn't understand immediately, but they knew that their mother had a purpose, so they obediently followed.

Er Niang had a similar idea to San Niang and Si Niang. Although she also wanted to watch the excitement, it was inevitable that things would go up in a while, and she was a little scared.

Mrs. Ding left some distance from Grandma Bai and the others, walked to the door, turned around and asked, "Mother, Mother, and Mother, please take good care of the house."

After speaking, he quickened his pace and left.

Erniang glanced out the door, scoffed, then looked at Auntie and Wuniang with contempt, as if she had decided that Bai Xin had hidden the money secretly, and then wandered back into the house.

Wu Niang was the youngest, and she was so frightened that she was dumbfounded. She had been crying silently just now, and she dared to cry when everyone left. She clutched the corner of her sister's clothes tightly with her little hand, and asked intermittently: "Third brother...Third brother ...are you all right?"

The aunt's heart was pounding, and she didn't know how to answer. The more she thought about it, the more she felt wronged. It was obviously only a penny. Even if the third brother hid it secretly, it was the oil shell beetle he caught in exchange for it. Why is this?She hugged Wuniang tightly, compared to Wuniang who was only frightened by Grandma Bai's thunderous anger on the surface, the aunt was even more sad. Seeing that there was only one second mother in the family at the moment, she even had the idea of ​​​​running away. I can't help but imagine how to make money after I go out. Maybe it's better to be a servant of a rich family than to stay at home.

The whole group of the Bai family walked in the village mightily, attracting many people to point and point. Only then did Grandma Bai realize that it was a trivial matter, but the whole village knew about it, and all the women in the village had long tongues. , I don't know what the story will be like, the more she thinks about it, the more angry she is, she puts more strength on Bai Xin's hand, and takes the opportunity to pinch it a few times.

Grandma Bai didn't just pinch, but after picking up the piece of meat, she twisted it half a circle. After she let go, the skin on the spot was burning hot. Bai Xin gritted her teeth without saying a word. With the pain in her body, she felt more and more hatred in her heart.

Mrs. Xu saw that he met many people on the road, and he didn't feel ashamed at all. He wished for more people to come. He wanted to grab a few people and said, in his heart, he didn't regard Dafang as a family at all, and wished they would lose face. .

The three mothers fell a certain distance, but they still couldn't stand being pointed at. The third mother and the fourth mother wanted to go back, and lowered their heads and whispered, "Mom, what do you want us to do?"

Ding couldn't make his words too obvious, so he pulled one with each hand and quickened his pace, "Follow me to have a look."