frightfiction Chapter 5 Going to the market
Chapter 5 Going to the market
"Humph, all the new things in this house belong to me. Why do you two have the right to snatch them from me?"
Ning Xin pouted and stretched out her little hand, trying to grab it without any hesitation. Ning Zhao was so scared that he quickly shrank back, trying to avoid those greedy little hands.
At this moment, Jiang Yuwei quickly stood up and stood in front of Ning Zhao. Her eyes were firm and serious as she stared directly at Sun, with a tone of dissatisfaction and accusation:
"Is this how you usually discipline your child? Let her be so unreasonable and bully other people in the family?"
Sun didn't care. She walked in slowly with a sarcastic smile on her face.
"It's normal for children to fight over things. Besides, in the Ning family, Xin'er is more likable than these two money-losing guys. It's just a pair of straw sandals. It won't be too late to give them to Xin'er after she's grown fond of them."
Jiang Yuwei picked up two pairs of broken shoes on the ground and brought them to Sun:
"Even if they are children, they can't be so unreasonable. What's more, Ning Zhao and Ning Wan are also members of this family, and their things have the right to be protected. You can't just indulge Xin'er because she is your favorite. Look at how worn out their shoes are. Why don't you, as an aunt, buy them a new pair of shoes?"
Ning Xin burst into tears upon seeing this:
"The new aunt is mean! The new aunt is mean! The previous aunts always gave new things to Xin'er first!"
Seeing this, Sun hurried forward and hugged Ning Xin's shoulders, coaxing her lovingly:
"Xin'er, don't cry. It's just a pair of broken straw sandals. Let's go to the market tomorrow and buy you a pair of beautiful embroidered shoes. They are a hundred times more beautiful than their straw sandals!"
Sun patted Ning Xin's back soothingly and said to Jiang Yuwei dissatisfiedly:
"What are you talking about? Do I need you to tell me what to do when I teach my child?"
Sun's eyes revealed hostility towards Jiang Yuwei. She glanced at the broken shoes on the ground with contempt and continued:
"These straw sandals were originally meant for bitches to wear. Xin'er is the Ning family's treasure, why are you fighting with them for them?"
Jiang Yuwei was angered by Sun's attitude, but she tried to remain calm, knowing that only reason could overcome such unreasonable prejudice.
She no longer paid attention to Sun, turned around and smiled and whispered to Ning Zhao and Ning Wan:
"These shoes are yours and should belong to you. No one can take them away at will. Don't worry."
Ning Zhao and Ning Wan's eyes sparkled with tears of gratitude. The two children took the initiative to stretch out their hands and tightly hold Jiang Yuwei's hands. They had never been protected like this before, and no one cared about their feelings.
Even their own mother was always tolerant for the sake of this family, always asking them to give their things to Ning Xin. Everyone seemed to have forgotten that they were just two children. Today, they seemed to have finally found a harbor to rely on.
Jiang Yuwei looked down at the two little hands tightly holding hers, with a gentle light in her eyes. She softly comforted them, "Dear, don't be sad. Since we have to go to the market tomorrow, I will weave the remaining cattails into straw sandals and we will sell them at the market. With the money, I will make a new set of clothes for each of you, so that you can wear them beautifully, okay?"
Her words were gentle and firm, as if they had a magical power that gradually calmed the two children. They raised their heads, their eyes sparkling with anticipation, as if they had already seen themselves wearing new clothes.
Jiang Yuwei smiled, her heart full of expectation and determination. She must work hard to make money so that her children can live a better life.
Jiang Yuwei is a clever woman. Under the moonlight, she began to get busy. She quickly and skillfully wove according to the regular size of children's shoes. Pairs of straw sandals gradually took shape in her hands. These straw sandals are not only strong and durable, but also have a simple beauty.
She was not satisfied with this, and the remaining scraps of cattails turned into lifelike little animals in her hands like magic. She skillfully wove them on the uppers of the shoes, and the little animals seemed to be jumping and playing on the uppers, adding a bit of liveliness and liveliness to the straw sandals.
next morning
Jiang Yuwei was woken up by Ning Zhao just after daybreak. She had been busy until midnight last night and then ran to the space to take a shower with the spiritual spring water.
Although I was sleep deprived, I felt full of energy. I didn't have time to eat breakfast. I just carried the straw sandals I had made last night in a backpack and rushed to the market with my two children.
Although there were oxcarts in the village that could take them to the market, Jiang Yuwei could not afford even the meager cost of the oxcart at the moment. So she decided to walk with the children. Fortunately, the market was not far from Ningjia Village, and the three of them arrived at their destination in just half an hour.
Jiang Yuwei had just found a stall to put down her straw sandals when a mother and son came in an aggressive manner. When the man saw Jiang Yuwei, a woman with two babies, he went up to her and overturned her stall without saying a word.
Ning Wan burst into tears upon seeing this. Jiang Yuwei didn't even bother to clean up the stall and hurriedly held Ning Wan in her arms to comfort her. Ning Zhao stood in front of Jiang Yuwei and Ning Wan with a serious face like a little adult, his eyes fixed on the fat man.
"Oh, you blind woman, you dare to steal my stall?"
Jiang Yuwei knew the man's intention, so she stood up neither humbly nor arrogantly and pulled Ning Zhao and Ning Wan behind her. She didn't want to scare the two children.
"Big brother, you said this is your stall, but do you have any proof?"
"Proof? My face is the proof. If I say this stall is mine, it's mine! What are you talking about?"
As the man spoke, he leaned his head forward. Jiang Yuwei looked at his mouth full of yellow teeth and couldn't help feeling a little nauseous, but these were nothing to her, who had survived the apocalypse.
So Jiang Yuwei looked at the crowd with tears in her eyes and said softly:
"I would like to ask fellow villagers to judge for themselves. He is a man who bullied me, a woman with two children, and overturned our stall, insisting that it was his stall. However, we were clearly there first!"
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei lowered her head and began to sob.
The man's mother saw this and was about to pull Jiang Yuwei's hair:
"Stop pretending to be pitiful!"
Jiang Yuwei raised her eyes and glanced at the woman who was rushing towards her aggressively. She pulled the child swiftly and moved her body lightly to the side. The woman immediately lost her target and stumbled to the ground, groaning in pain.
Seeing this, the man immediately put down the basket in his hand and hurried forward to help his mother up. However, at this moment, Jiang Yuwei took advantage of the situation and cleverly stretched out her foot to trip the man, causing him to lose his balance and fall straight onto his mother like a clumsy dog.
"Ouch, ouch, you damn son, do you want to crush your mother to pieces?" The old woman was choked and screamed in pain.
Jiang Yuwei bit her lower lip tightly, trying not to let her smile spill out. Her eyes were slightly red, and she said loudly with a little cry:
"Mother and son are really good at playing tricks. They can't compete for the stall, so are they planning to join forces to blackmail us, an orphan and a widow?"
She quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, and instantly put on a pitiful face. She looked at the crowd and begged:
"Fellow villagers, you must stand as witnesses for us, the orphan and the widow! They fell down by themselves, it has nothing to do with us."
Someone in the crowd immediately echoed:
"That's right, Niu Er has always liked to bully orphans and widows."
"Don't be afraid, we all saw it, they fell down accidentally."
Everyone was talking at once, when suddenly a man in official uniform broke into the crowd. He squeezed in front of the crowd, waved his hand to disperse them, and shouted loudly:
"Get out of the way! Don't block the road here! What happened? Tell me quickly!"