Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 429: Sisi Gets Beaten
Even though Liu Sisi tried her best to keep her company, Ms. Yao only stayed for a short while before getting up to say goodbye.

She handed over the three lanterns, one large and two small, to Liu Sisi.

“Your father made these lanterns overnight, and I hurried to give them to you… Your brother, he… He doesn’t know how to do things in moderation, and as his younger sister, you shouldn’t be too upset with him…”

“Mom! What are you talking about?”

Without waiting for Ms. Yao to finish, Liu Sisi stood up angrily!

“Mom! If someone else were to say these things, I, Liu Sisi, would let them go, but I cannot accept it coming from you! In this world, is there any big brother like him who sells his sisters to curry favor? He sold Eldest Sister to get himself a wife, Second Sister to have a son, and me to indulge his own pleasures. In his eyes, is there any family affection left to talk about?”

Liu Sisi’s furious accusations left Ms. Yao at a loss for how to respond.

Tears streamed down her face as she quickly turned away, secretly wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes. Her voice was filled with sorrow, “Si Er, even if siblings break their bones, they’re still connected by their tendons. No matter what, you and your big brother are still siblings… Even if he’s not a good brother, he’s still your big brother! Besides, aren’t your days now getting better and better? All of this is credited to your big brother…”

“What credit does my big brother get? If ruining me can be considered a merit, then his merit is truly great!”

Liu Sisi couldn’t hold back her anger, as her tears blurred her vision.

Thinking of how she was wronged and died at the hands of her elder brother, and how this so-called mother knew nothing, how sad! How pitiful! How lamentable!

“By indulging him like this, do you think you’re spoiling him? You’re wrong! What you’re doing is harming him, do you understand? Do you know what it means to spoil someone to death? What you’re doing now is spoiling him to death! Spoiling him to the point he’s lawless, indulging him so much that he even climbs onto your heads to defecate, his excessive pampering has turned him into…”

“Stop talking! You stop talking! I told you not to talk…”

Suddenly, Ms. Yao let out a sharp cry, raised her head, and with a “smack!” slapped Liu Sisi across the face!

“I won’t allow you to speak of him like that!” Ms. Yao yelled at her!

Although the slap wasn’t heavy, it still stung her cheeks!

For a moment, she was completely stunned.

She covered her face, her eyes wide with disbelief!

It took her a long time to comprehend that she, she actually… slapped her!

Ms. Yao also slowly regained her senses, overwhelmed by what had just happened!

She raised her hand, looking at the one that had struck the slap, and slowly withdrew it, gripping it with her other hand, trembling all over.

For quite a while, her pale lips quivered, unable to offer any explanation.

“Si Er, I didn’t mean to…”

Liu Sisi didn’t speak, her eyes wide with disbelief and surprise!

This was the first time in her memory that she had been slapped, and yet the person who slapped her was her own mother, and for such a ridiculous reason!

As she thought about this, she couldn’t help but burst into laughter, which gradually grew louder and louder.

However, the grief in her laughter, inexplicably, made those who heard it feel heartache and dryness in their eyes.

“What happened? What’s going on?”

At the doorway of the kitchen, Di Yelei’s tall and robust figure appeared. In two strides, he came to Liu Sisi’s side, partially shielding her with his body.

Di Yelei carefully hugged Liu Sisi, anxiously reaching out to see her covered cheek, constantly coaxing her.

“Sisi, don’t cry, be good! What…what happened to you?”

Liu Sisi shook her head and pushed him away!

She suddenly uncovered her face with her right hand and couldn’t help but scream angrily at Ms. Yao.

“Since you protect him like this, why do you bother coming here? Why didn’t you just strangle me when I was born? Why raise me just to sell me off? I’m just your sold daughter, we have nothing to do with each other long ago! My life or death, as Liu Sisi, has nothing to do with you! Just go dote on your precious son, and see how he treats you in the future! I, Liu Sisi, am waiting, waiting for the day you’ll have nowhere to stand!”

Ms. Yao’s body trembled nonstop, but she barely managed not to cry: “Si Er, I…I didn’t mean to hit you, I was just too emotional just now. You shouldn’t have said that about your brother…”

“There’s no Si Er here, only the orphan Liu Sisi without parents. Madam, you’ve mistaken me for someone else!” Liu Sisi snorted coldly.

As she spoke, Liu Sisi strode forward, directly lifting the door curtain and turning her head to the side.

“Leave! Go far away! Since the moment I, Liu Sisi, was sold, I have been an orphan without parents! Don’t claim relations with me!”

Ms. Yao’s body shuddered again, searching herself awkwardly.

Seeming to find something, she ended up empty-handed, unable to find anything.

Elderly Mr. Di and a few children appeared one after another at the kitchen doorway, peeking in at the commotion inside.

Di Yelei stood where he was, his tall figure giving an intense oppressive feeling, making it hard for others to breathe. His sharp gaze didn’t blink, staring intently at Ms. Yao

Ms. Yao, in the end, didn’t say anything. She silently lowered her body and picked up the straw coat from the corner of the room, putting it on before donning a bamboo hat and finally, step by step, walked towards the doorway.

Passing by Liu Sisi, she paused for a moment and whispered,

“Si Er! Believe in your mother, I never thought it would turn out like this, I didn’t mean to hit you on purpose…”

“I don’t have a mother! My mother is long dead!”

Liu Sisi turned around coldly, looking away and stating the facts.

The originally weak blood ties seemed to vanish with her slap.

Ms. Yao whimpered softly, covering her mouth and crying as she left the kitchen. She couldn’t bear staying in this place any longer!

“Wait!”

She heard Liu Sisi’s cold-hearted call from behind her.

Ms. Yao turned her head in surprise: “Si Er, have you…forgiven me?”

“Haha! Mrs. Liu, you are too serious! I don’t deserve such forgiveness! I just wanted to remind you, Mrs. Liu, not to forget to take what you brought here with you! Although my house is poor, we are not so poor that we cannot afford a few lanterns!”

The joy on Ms. Yao’s face quickly faded, and in the end, she was too ashamed to show her face.

“No need, if you… if you don’t like it, just throw it away!” After saying this, she turned around and tried to leave.

“Wait! Mrs. Liu, even charity has to be given when the recipient wants it, right? Madam, here are the lanterns, please take them back the way you brought them!”

After saying this, Liu Sisi ignored Ms. Yao’s refusal, forcefully shoving the three lanterns back to her.