coobybook Chapter 369 They Killed Mother
Chapter 369 They Killed Mother
"Go and weed the fields and make compost. Hurry up! All you do is eat for free all day long!" Tian Guilan put her hands on her hips and shouted at Cuihua at the top of her voice.
Cuihua timidly glanced at the sky and muttered softly, "Mom, it's getting dark."
Upon hearing this, Tian Guilan was immediately furious. She slammed the table and shouted, "Just because it's dark is an excuse for you to be lazy? What other daughter-in-law is like you? You're lazy and only care about food! Your father even said you had a mental problem and told me not to push you, but I think you're just lazy! When I was a daughter-in-law, I went to work in the fields before dawn and even in the middle of the night. I wasn't as spoiled as you!"
Cuihua didn't say anything else. She came to the yard silently, her eyes full of tenderness. She grabbed a handful of fresh grass and put it in the rabbit cage, and said softly, "Eat it obediently and wait for me to come back." Then, she picked up the basket and went out.
Tian Guilan leaned against the doorway of the main hall, a hint of dissatisfaction on her lips. She squinted at the rabbit Cuihua brought over and muttered, "She's always whining with that beast. She's such a loser!"
After a while, Tian Guilan seemed to have thought of something. She walked into the yard and looked at the gray-white rabbit in the cage. After looking it up and down, she said to herself, "This rabbit is quite fat. If I kill it and eat its meat, it will taste good." As she spoke, a greedy look appeared on her face.
Cuihua was carrying a heavy backpack and walking with heavy steps along the winding path.
By this time, the sky was already dark, and the surrounding scenery had become blurry. I happened to run into Aunt Wu, who was returning from Xiuying's house after a satisfying meal.
Seeing Cuihua like this, carrying a huge basket on her back and looking exhausted, Aunt Wu guessed that she was going to work in the fields. She hurried over and called out to her, "Child, it's so late, it's almost dark, why are you still going to work in the fields?"
Cuihua lowered her head, timidly, her voice as soft as a mosquito's hum: "Mom let me go."
Aunt Wu looked at Cuihua's timid appearance, feeling angry and pitiful. She couldn't help but say, "You are so stupid that it makes me feel distressed. Tian Guilan is not your biological mother. You just do whatever she tells you to do? Don't you resist?"
Cuihua slowly raised her head, her eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment, and she stammered, "Resist? Dad said that as long as I'm gentle and kind, people will like me and want to be my friend. If I resist, won't no one like me?"
Aunt Wu sighed heavily after hearing this, took Cuihua's hand, and said earnestly, "My child, to deal with a wicked person, you must be even more wicked than she is, otherwise she will always bully you. Your kindness and gentleness must be used in the right places. You can't just tolerate such a wicked person."
"You haven't eaten yet, right? Come and try it. This is Xiuying's roasted rabbit. It tastes amazing!" Aunt Wu said enthusiastically. As she spoke, she opened the half roasted rabbit wrapped in kraft paper. The aroma of the roasted rabbit instantly filled the air.
"No, no, no, you eat it, I don't eat rabbit meat." Cuihua's face turned pale instantly when she saw the rabbit meat. She was so scared that she quickly took a big step back, and her body trembled involuntarily, as if she had seen something extremely scary.
Seeing this, Aunt Wu quickly wrapped up the rabbit meat again, smiled apologetically, and muttered to herself: I have never seen such a timid and fearful girl. I am afraid that she is being bullied by Tian Guilan at home and can't even live a normal life.
No, she has to help her! Thinking of this, Aunt Wu took out a packet of powder from her pocket and handed it to Cuihua, saying solemnly: "Child, this can temporarily make people lose the ability to move. It's also easy to use, just sprinkle it over. But you have to be careful not to inhale it."
Cuihua responded softly, her voice as soft as the buzzing of a mosquito or fly: "Hmm." She stretched out her slightly trembling hand, took the medicine powder, and put it carefully into her bag.
However, her eyes revealed a hint of hesitation and confusion, which she shouldn't need. When she was at her mother's house, her father had told her that harmony was the most important thing. Only in this way could she gain a firm foothold in Futian Village and be accepted by everyone.
Aunt Wu stood there, gazing for a long time at Cuihua's back as she walked away with the basket on her back. Her frail figure looked pitiful in the dim light, and as Cuihua's footsteps faded, Aunt Wu's eyes filled with self-blame.
She slowly closed her eyes, sighed deeply, and murmured to herself, "It's all my fault. It's all because of my bad advice that this child has suffered so much. I was so stupid. How could I not have expected this outcome?"
Cuihua worked in the fields until late at night. All was silent, with only the faint moonlight to keep her company. She dragged her exhausted body, her full backpack on her back, and walked home with heavy steps.
When she returned to the Zhao family's house, it was dark and silent. Everyone was asleep, as if the whole world had forgotten her.
Cuihua tiptoed to the kitchen. Her throat was so dry that it was about to smoke. She picked up the ladle and drank a sip of cold water.
At this moment, she caught sight of the grayish-white rabbit skin hanging on the side. Suddenly, her heart tightened, as if it was being tightly grasped by an invisible big hand.
Cuihua didn't have time to think about it and ran to the rabbit cage in the yard. When she arrived in front of the cage, she stared at it carefully. Seeing that there were only the two rabbits from the Zhao family, her eyes, which were originally full of expectation, turned into despair.
"Mother! Mother! Mother was killed? They killed Mother?" Cuihua shouted at the top of her lungs, her voice full of pain and anger, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
The loud "bang" sounded particularly thrilling in the quiet night.
Zhao Cunliang and Tian Guilan were awakened by the sudden loud noise while they were sleeping. Before they could fully wake up, the door of the room was kicked open with a creaking sound.
The cold moonlight poured into the room like water, illuminating a bloodless face. The face was as pale as paper, and the eyes were wide open, with madness and anger in them, staring at them intently.
Cuihua's hair was disheveled, and she looked like a madman. She gnashed her teeth and yelled, "You killed my mother?"
Zhao Cunliang and Tian Guilan were so frightened by this horrific scene that their hearts and livers trembled. They screamed "Ah!" and jumped up from the bed, trembling all over. Their faces turned pale and they shouted incoherently: "There's a ghost! There's a ghost!"
"Did you kill my mother?" Cuihua roared loudly, her voice sounded particularly shrill in the middle of the night, as if it was a fierce ghost from hell.
Zhao Cunliang and Tian Guilan were so frightened by Cuihua's crazy appearance that they supported each other and crawled out of the house to the next door where Guangzong was sleeping. Once inside, Zhao Cunliang locked the door behind him...