frightfiction Chapter 8: Kneel down and admit your mistake!
Chapter 8: Kneel down and admit your mistake!
When Su Banxia arrived at her fifth aunt's house carrying the fish, she bumped into Su Qingsong, the son of the third branch of the Su family, who was climbing a tree and raiding a bird's nest with a group of unruly playmates.
"Hey, Qingsong, look! Isn't that your cousin, Su Banxia?"
"Yes, I saw she was carrying a big fish. Your family is having a special meal tonight!"
Upon hearing this, Su Qingsong quickly looked down through the tree branches and saw Su Banxia carrying a large fish weighing about three or four pounds home. At this moment, he didn't care about taking bird eggs anymore, so he quickly climbed down from the tree and followed Su Banxia.
"Su Banxia, aren't you paralyzed? Where did you get the fish?"
Hearing this, Su Banxia turned around and glared at Su Qingsong, then ignored him and walked straight to her fifth aunt's house, knocking on the gate.
Fifth Aunt, are you home?
Fifth Aunt was picking vegetables in the yard when she heard Su Banxia's voice. Thinking that she had been bullied by Granny Liu again, she quickly got up to open the yard gate.
"Banxia, what's wrong? Did that old hag bully you again?"
Seeing her fifth aunt's nervous expression, Su Banxia smiled at her.
"No, Aunt Wu, I'm fine. I came here today specifically to bring you fish."
Upon hearing this, Su Qingsong, who was following behind, immediately became anxious.
"Hey, wait, these are my fish, why are you giving them to her?!"
Su Banxia had seen shameless people before, but never anyone this shameless. She turned around, glared at Su Qingsong, and cursed:
"Go somewhere far away and die, or I'll slap you!"
Su Qingsong's expression froze upon hearing this. When did his cousin, who had worked tirelessly for the Su family, become so assertive? Had she really been struck by lightning and gone mad?
Just as Su Qingsong was in a daze, Su Banxia hurriedly entered Fifth Aunt's courtyard, slammed the gate shut, and then handed the fish she was carrying to Fifth Aunt.
"Fifth Aunt, thanks to you I wasn't beaten to death by my grandma. Hurry up and cook this fish so you can feel at ease. Don't let my grandma and the others take it away."
Aunt Wu swallowed hard as she looked at the big fish in front of her. Although Aunt Wu's family was not doing badly, in this era, farmers usually couldn't eat meat for one or two months.
At this moment, Su Banxia was holding up a large, fresh fish, which made Aunt Wu's mouth water. So, after hesitating for a while, Aunt Wu rubbed her hands together and accepted the fish that Su Banxia offered.
"Banxia, I really don't know how to thank you. Why didn't you keep the fish for yourself?"
Su Banxia smiled and patted her round belly.
"Fifth Aunt, I've already eaten. This is a special gift I caught for you. You should hurry up and cook. I'll be going now."
As she spoke, Su Banxia turned and opened the door to leave. Seeing this, Fifth Aunt hurriedly called out from behind:
"Banxia, come visit often when you have time!"
Su Banxia smiled and nodded. As soon as she stepped outside, she ran into Su Qingsong, who was eavesdropping at the door.
"Get out of the way, get the hell away from me, none of you from the third branch of the family are any good."
Su Qingsong had already left because of the big fish he had caught, and now, hearing Su Banxia speak ill of the third branch of the family, he was furious and ready to hit Su Banxia.
Little did Su Banxia know that she had just finished eating the boiled fish she had made in the space kitchen, and now she had a lot of energy to release, which happened to coincide with Su Qingsong running right into the line of fire.
So, just a second before he was about to make a move, Su Banxia swung her hand and slapped Su Qingsong so hard that he spun around several times, his face instantly turning red and swollen.
After beating that person, Su Banxia felt much lighter and her mood improved significantly. Only then did she realize the wonderful use of the spatial kitchen.
After eating the food prepared in this kitchen, I felt much stronger and more refreshed. It seems I should eat more food prepared in this kitchen so I won't be afraid to confront that old woman Liu anymore.
As Su Banxia walked happily into her room, she was lost in thought.
After standing there stunned for a moment, Su Qingsong burst into tears and ran back to the third house to complain to his mother. In the past, when he wanted to hit Su Banxia, she never dared to fight back and just stood there and let him hit her.
So in Su Qingsong's eyes, Su Banxia was a weakling who could be bullied at will. Little did he expect that Su Banxia, whom he had always treated as a weakling, would slap him so hard that he cried. Now, he could only go to his mother to complain.
"Mom, boohoo, Su Banxia hit me just now!"
Su Qingsong covered his swollen cheek with one hand and kicked open the door to the third room.
Lin, who was secretly eating candied fruit inside the house, trembled with fright, almost spilling the fruit in her hand. Turning around, she saw it was her own son and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh dear, Qingsong, you scared your mother to death! I almost spilled all the candied fruit I just bought at the market today. Come and have some candied fruit. By the way, what were you saying while you were crying?"
As she spoke, Madam Lin picked up a candied fruit and stuffed it into her son's hand.
"Waaah, Mother, I don't want candied fruit! Waaah, Mother, that bitch Su Banxia dared to hit me! Look, she's swollen all over my face!"
Su Qingsong turned one side of his face towards Lin Shi.
"Oh dear, oh dear, my child, you've suffered so much! Look at your swollen face, doesn't it hurt?"
"It hurts, waah, it hurts so much, Mother!"
"Hmph, she's a good-for-nothing daughter of a concubine, how dare she yell at you? Come on, Mom will take you to beat her up!"
With that, Lin grabbed Su Qingsong's hand and stormed towards the door.
"Su Banxia! You worthless wretch, come out here! You bastard, why wasn't you struck dead by lightning? You've been living until now, causing endless trouble for our Su family!"
Just then, the second branch of the family, who were working in the fields, reached the courtyard gate. Su Hanzhang heard his third sister-in-law, Lin, cursing her daughter from inside the courtyard. He hurriedly went into the courtyard, put down his carrying pole, and anxiously said:
"Third sister-in-law, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?"
Lin glared at Su Hanzhang, annoyed, and said angrily:
"You still have the nerve to ask what happened? Are you blind? Can't you see that Su Banxia, that bastard, beat our Qingsong's face like this?"
As she spoke, Madam Lin pushed the still-crying Su Qingsong towards Su Hanzhang.
Upon seeing this, Su Hanzhang immediately flew into a rage. He grabbed the carrying pole beside him, kicked open the door, and dragged Su Banxia, who was sitting at the table waiting for them to return for boiled fish, into the yard.
Before Su Banxia could explain, Su Hanzhang kicked her in the back of the leg with all his might, causing her to kneel down directly in front of Lin Shi and Su Qingsong.
"You brat, why don't you ever learn? Look what you've done to your brother's face! Apologize to him right now! Beg him to forgive you!"
As he spoke, Su Hanzhang didn't forget to swing the carrying pole and hit Su Banxia hard on the back.