CH 36.2
Chapter 36: Toss Part 1 (2) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
“Look, I said that the two of them didn’t have a good heart. No, they just cleaned up the house a while ago, and now they’re starting to search for Xiao Lang’s money. They think ten taels of silver are not enough, thinking that the child is hiding it. Humph, she didn’t even think about it either. The two of them had no land, and they had exchanged all the things they had fought so hard for food. These ten taels of silver might have been saved for a long time, and she thinks it’s too little!”
“Yes, yes, the child Xiao Lang is really pitiful. Without his parents, his only relative still robbed him of his things. Listening to what he said, Shouyun’s wife thinks he eats too much. Alas, older children have a big appetite when they’re growing up!”
As they talked, the topic shifted to the wicked things that Zhang-shi usually did.
Zhang-shi was completely dumbstruck. It was obviously ten wen, so why did Xiao Lang yell it was ten taels of silver?
When she reacted, she saw Xiao Lang sitting with his head down and wiping tears on the stone in front of her house. His thin back looked pitiful and aggrieved. Of course, she couldn’t see his face, and only guessed he was crying based on his slightly trembled shoulders.
Zhang-shi frowned, but then she thought about it. No, that indifferent child who wouldn’t cry even when his own father died, the person who looked at her with frost and didn’t look like a 10-year-old child would make such a pitiful look of real children?
Yes, he must be pretending!
Zhang-shi twisted her waist and ran out, grabbed Xiao Lang’s arm, and scolded: “Ah Lang, why are you talking nonsense! It was you who gave me ten wen and asked Aunt to keep them for you. Why is it 10 taels of silver now? You lied at such a young age. How did your father teach you?!” Wanting her to suffer a secret loss, there was no way!
Xiao Lang immediately lowered his head and shrugged his shoulders as if he was terrified.
A young daughter-in-law on the side of Zhang-shi couldn’t see it, stood up, and said to this side: “I said Zhang Chunjiao since you have benefited from others, you should be more generous. He can give you ten taels of silver, how can he hide money? You are relatives. Even if you take his money, no one else has the right to say anything. You don’t have to be afraid that someone will snatch it with you. You just have to admit it righteously and don’t have to say it was ten wen! Really ridiculous! Even if you sell a pot, you can make more than ten wen, right? Oh, I remembered, you don’t seem to have moved the pot from your brother’s house which is just right, what money do you want from this child, just go and dismantle the two pots in their house, ha ha ha...”
As if telling a funny joke, the daughter-in-law supported her waist and laughed, causing the people around her to laugh too. Their high and low laughter was full of irony.
Zhang-shi’s face was flushed. She wanted to defend herself, but she was also used to gossiping, and knowing that such things could not be explained clearly. She shouted loudly: “Who took his ten taels of silver was raised by the dog mother!” After speaking, she glared at the daughter-in-law, dragged Xiao Lang into the yard, and closed the door tightly.
“Ah, aunt, don’t hit me. I won’t talk nonsense anymore!” Xiao Lang looked at Zhang-shi coldly, but the words that came out of his mouth were as if Zhang-shi really beat him.
This was a naked provocation!
Zhang-shi finally understood. It turned out this kid was deliberately smothering her! Well, since you said I hit you, I can’t wear this dirty hat for nothing! Zhang-shi pulled her face, her eyes rolled, and she caught a glimpse of a stick on the wall. She ran over to pick it up in three or two steps and reached out to beat Xiao Lang.
Xiao Lang stood there motionless. Just when Zhang-shi thought he was frightened, he suddenly grabbed the long stick that was swung toward his back, and then with a force, he snatched the stick away.
“Pa!”
“Ah, aunt, don’t hit me!” Xiao Lang slapped Zhang-shi’s leg hard, and cried out with a calm face, abruptly covering the scream of pain that Zhang-shi wanted to shout.
Hearing the movement of Xiao Shouyun putting on his shoes, Xiao Lang sneered and dropped the stick in his hand, turned around, and ran towards the entrance: “Aunt, stop hitting. I’ll go hunting in the mountains. Don’t worry, I will give you everything I got, and I don’t want any copper coin for the money I sell!”
When Xiao Shouyun frowned and rushed out, he saw Zhang-shi standing alone in the yard, dumbfounded like a tree, and Xiao Lang had long since disappeared.
Listening to the clear and audible comments outside, Xiao Shouyun pointed at Zhang-shi in a low voice with hatred: “You fool, I asked you to ask for money, why did you say it was ten taels of silver? You even beat him when it got ugly. Do you mean to let others scold us for bullying him as a child? He ran out like this, the whole village should know about it in a while, you fool!”
Amidst her husband’s “fools”, Zhang-shi finally came back to her senses. Until now, she felt the burning pain in her thigh, and quickly defended: “I didn’t hit him, he hit me...”
“You give me a break. Does he hit you? Go out and ask, who will believe it!” Xiao Shouyun glared at Zhang-shi with disdain. She usually looked smart, but she was as stupid as a pig at the critical moment!
“I’m too lazy to bother you!” Leaving these six words, Xiao Shouyun walked away.
Zhang-shi stood there blankly. She didn’t care about her husband’s verbal abuse. At this moment, all she thought about was Xiao Lang’s abnormal behavior. He was only 10 years old, how could he have such a deep mind? Suddenly, she thought of Xiao Lang’s cold face, deep eyes, and the way he sneered at her while exaggerating and shouting...
A chill suddenly spread all over her body. Zhang-shi couldn’t help shivering. Xiao Lang shouldn’t be infected with something unclean, right?
Yes, it must be, otherwise, how could he have killed a wolf and returned?
“Look, I said that the two of them didn’t have a good heart. No, they just cleaned up the house a while ago, and now they’re starting to search for Xiao Lang’s money. They think ten taels of silver are not enough, thinking that the child is hiding it. Humph, she didn’t even think about it either. The two of them had no land, and they had exchanged all the things they had fought so hard for food. These ten taels of silver might have been saved for a long time, and she thinks it’s too little!”
“Yes, yes, the child Xiao Lang is really pitiful. Without his parents, his only relative still robbed him of his things. Listening to what he said, Shouyun’s wife thinks he eats too much. Alas, older children have a big appetite when they’re growing up!”
As they talked, the topic shifted to the wicked things that Zhang-shi usually did.
Zhang-shi was completely dumbstruck. It was obviously ten wen, so why did Xiao Lang yell it was ten taels of silver?
When she reacted, she saw Xiao Lang sitting with his head down and wiping tears on the stone in front of her house. His thin back looked pitiful and aggrieved. Of course, she couldn’t see his face, and only guessed he was crying based on his slightly trembled shoulders.
Zhang-shi frowned, but then she thought about it. No, that indifferent child who wouldn’t cry even when his own father died, the person who looked at her with frost and didn’t look like a 10-year-old child would make such a pitiful look of real children?
Yes, he must be pretending!
Zhang-shi twisted her waist and ran out, grabbed Xiao Lang’s arm, and scolded: “Ah Lang, why are you talking nonsense! It was you who gave me ten wen and asked Aunt to keep them for you. Why is it 10 taels of silver now? You lied at such a young age. How did your father teach you?!” Wanting her to suffer a secret loss, there was no way!
Xiao Lang immediately lowered his head and shrugged his shoulders as if he was terrified.
A young daughter-in-law on the side of Zhang-shi couldn’t see it, stood up, and said to this side: “I said Zhang Chunjiao since you have benefited from others, you should be more generous. He can give you ten taels of silver, how can he hide money? You are relatives. Even if you take his money, no one else has the right to say anything. You don’t have to be afraid that someone will snatch it with you. You just have to admit it righteously and don’t have to say it was ten wen! Really ridiculous! Even if you sell a pot, you can make more than ten wen, right? Oh, I remembered, you don’t seem to have moved the pot from your brother’s house which is just right, what money do you want from this child, just go and dismantle the two pots in their house, ha ha ha...”
As if telling a funny joke, the daughter-in-law supported her waist and laughed, causing the people around her to laugh too. Their high and low laughter was full of irony.
Zhang-shi’s face was flushed. She wanted to defend herself, but she was also used to gossiping, and knowing that such things could not be explained clearly. She shouted loudly: “Who took his ten taels of silver was raised by the dog mother!” After speaking, she glared at the daughter-in-law, dragged Xiao Lang into the yard, and closed the door tightly.
“Ah, aunt, don’t hit me. I won’t talk nonsense anymore!” Xiao Lang looked at Zhang-shi coldly, but the words that came out of his mouth were as if Zhang-shi really beat him.
This was a naked provocation!
Zhang-shi finally understood. It turned out this kid was deliberately smothering her! Well, since you said I hit you, I can’t wear this dirty hat for nothing! Zhang-shi pulled her face, her eyes rolled, and she caught a glimpse of a stick on the wall. She ran over to pick it up in three or two steps and reached out to beat Xiao Lang.
Xiao Lang stood there motionless. Just when Zhang-shi thought he was frightened, he suddenly grabbed the long stick that was swung toward his back, and then with a force, he snatched the stick away.
“Pa!”
“Ah, aunt, don’t hit me!” Xiao Lang slapped Zhang-shi’s leg hard, and cried out with a calm face, abruptly covering the scream of pain that Zhang-shi wanted to shout.
Hearing the movement of Xiao Shouyun putting on his shoes, Xiao Lang sneered and dropped the stick in his hand, turned around, and ran towards the entrance: “Aunt, stop hitting. I’ll go hunting in the mountains. Don’t worry, I will give you everything I got, and I don’t want any copper coin for the money I sell!”
When Xiao Shouyun frowned and rushed out, he saw Zhang-shi standing alone in the yard, dumbfounded like a tree, and Xiao Lang had long since disappeared.
Listening to the clear and audible comments outside, Xiao Shouyun pointed at Zhang-shi in a low voice with hatred: “You fool, I asked you to ask for money, why did you say it was ten taels of silver? You even beat him when it got ugly. Do you mean to let others scold us for bullying him as a child? He ran out like this, the whole village should know about it in a while, you fool!”
Amidst her husband’s “fools”, Zhang-shi finally came back to her senses. Until now, she felt the burning pain in her thigh, and quickly defended: “I didn’t hit him, he hit me...”
“You give me a break. Does he hit you? Go out and ask, who will believe it!” Xiao Shouyun glared at Zhang-shi with disdain. She usually looked smart, but she was as stupid as a pig at the critical moment!
“I’m too lazy to bother you!” Leaving these six words, Xiao Shouyun walked away.
Zhang-shi stood there blankly. She didn’t care about her husband’s verbal abuse. At this moment, all she thought about was Xiao Lang’s abnormal behavior. He was only 10 years old, how could he have such a deep mind? Suddenly, she thought of Xiao Lang’s cold face, deep eyes, and the way he sneered at her while exaggerating and shouting...
A chill suddenly spread all over her body. Zhang-shi couldn’t help shivering. Xiao Lang shouldn’t be infected with something unclean, right?
Yes, it must be, otherwise, how could he have killed a wolf and returned?
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