Meng Yutang also felt his mother was being unreasonable. Seeing his second aunt and sisters surrounding their grandmother, he, as a boy, couldn't get close.
He angrily ran to Mei Shi and questioned her loudly with disbelief, "Mother, is this how you treat Elder Brother? Are you treating Bao'er well? You..."
He wanted to add, "Are you treating me well?" but he thought the question was improper and didn't say it.
Mei Shi was already frustrated that Qi Bazong hadn't taken the bait, and her younger son's outburst was the perfect outlet for her anger.
"You little brat, don't you even consider who gave birth to you? Don't talk about a daughter-in-law, even if your old mother wanted your lives, you would dare to hesitate, that would be unfilial."
The more Mei Shi spoke, the more wronged she felt. She slapped her own thigh and began to cry loudly in a rhythmic manner, "Why is my life so miserable... ah, marrying such a man, and now facing execution... ah."
"Such a man, wasn't that someone you snatched after working hard to undress?"
Liu Shi wouldn't indulge her and revealed her past disgraceful deeds without mercy.
"Liu Lihua."
"Don't call me by my name, I'm afraid of being dirtied by you."
"You!!"
"Remember, you stayed at our Liu family for several days, unwilling to leave, just to undress and seduce a man. Our entire family was so disgusted we couldn't eat for half a month."
"You!!!"
Mei Shi saw that everyone around was looking at her with playful eyes, their gazes filled with naked contempt, no longer hidden.
"You, Liu Lihua, I'll fight you to the death!" Mei Shi said, and then lunged to tear at Liu Shi.
Just then, Qi Yuanshan's stern voice was heard: "If you two, aunt and niece, feel wronged staying here, I don't mind sending you to the military camp."
"..."
After Qi Yuanshan's words, a deathly silence fell upon the scene. Apart from the bewildered children, everyone knew what awaited women in the military camp.
Mei Shi, who had been making a big fuss just moments ago, instantly fell silent, while Little Mei Shi was so terrified she went limp and couldn't get up from the ground.
Liu Shi's heart felt incredibly light.
Fu Xin Ci's admiration for Uncle Qi was as endless as a flowing river.
After admiring Uncle Qi, Fu Xin Ci secretly cursed Mei Shi in her heart, "Serves you right, are you still daring to cause trouble?
Heh, even if Mei Shi had the courage, she wouldn't dare now. Seeing her flustered, she wished she could dig a hole and bury herself.
Everyone had the same silent thought: Serves her right.
The troublemaker had finally quieted down, and probably wouldn't dare to cause any more trouble in the future. Qi Yuanshan's action was truly a one-time solution.
As the cooking smoke curled upwards, the aroma of meat filled the entire valley.
Qi He: The smell from one family's cooking was already fragrant. With four families cooking together, even if there were only a few pieces of pork skin, it was enough to make the onlookers' mouths water as they stretched their necks.
Fortunately, Qi He carefully squeezed the oil-paper package that Fu Xin Ci had stuffed into his hand when they left.
Seeing the proud look on his son's face, Qi Yuanshan's curiosity was piqued, and he asked, "Did Xin Ci give you something good again?"
"Hehe, it wasn't for me. This is what Sister Fu gave Father." Qi He smiled and then handed over the oil-paper package.
"Xin Ci gave it to me?"
"Yes, Sister Fu said to let you also taste the flavor of this crispy fish." At the end, Qi He seemed to be savoring it, smacking his lips.
"Is it really that delicious?" Qi Yuanshan had already smelled the fish aroma wafting from the oil-paper package.
"Of course it's delicious. I ate five of them then and still didn't have enough. Later, I ate two large meat buns."
"Were the meat buns also from Xin Ci?" Qi Yuanshan's interest was piqued by his son's words. The last time their garrison had eaten buns was during the New Year.
Just to eat a meal of steamed buns made from three kinds of flour, filled with cabbage and lard, without any meat, they had drunk thin flour soup for seven whole days.
Seeing his father fall silent, Qi He didn't say much, only thinking that he would discuss with Grandpa Meng and Sister Fu tomorrow, asking if they could help him bring back a few large meat buns next time they went to town for his father to try.
That night was particularly quiet. The aunt and niece, who usually loved to gossip, didn't dare to say any unpleasant words.
Fu Xin Ci sat by the door, hugging her knees, staring intently at the dark night outside through the mosquito net.
"Ci'er?" Fang Shi couldn't find her in the darkness and became a little flustered.
"Mother, I'm here."
"You child, why are you running to the door in the middle of the night?"
"Mother, it's nothing, I just couldn't sleep."
Actually, Fu Xin Ci wasn't unable to sleep; she had just had a dream.
She dreamt that on her last mission, they had found a complete underground warehouse beneath a large supermarket, filled with daily necessities.
Her companions looked at the dazzling array of items with changed expressions. If it weren't for fear of attracting monsters, they would have wanted to roar collectively.
As long as they could safely bring these things back to the base, their mercenary team would have enough supplies for a long time.
At that moment, she smiled the brightest; the time had come for her to shine.
She moved between the goods instantaneously, and in no time, all the items were collected into her space.
At that time, some of her companions were chasing her, chattering endlessly: "If it weren't for your spacious space, we wouldn't have been able to take so many things today."
Yes, even though her space was large, it was almost full today. The items were piled high, even on her father's pickup truck, which she had filled with Erguotou.
She remembered that their captain was a northerner who loved strong liquor. He would often mutter: "Brother has almost forgotten what Erguotou tastes like."
Haha, this time when they returned, they would definitely let the captain drink his fill.
Thinking of the captain's astonished expression when he saw all this Erguotou, her mood became extremely excited.
"Ugh." A sudden dull pain made Fu Xin Ci groan. She looked down and saw a mist of blood spreading from her chest.
Perhaps the person didn't want her to die so easily; she didn't die on the spot.
She turned around, leaning against the wall, and slowly slid down. She heard their vice-captain exclaim in shock, "What are you doing? Are you crazy?"
The alluring woman in front of her stared at her with shining, foxy eyes, like she was looking at her prey.
When she turned back to look at the vice-captain, she parted her red lips with a seductive gaze and said, "Darling, I've also awakened space abilities. I'm also a wood-element ability user. Think about it, I'm now a dual-element ability user. With me here, there's no need to keep this burden around."
"But even if we don't need her in the future, you shouldn't just kill people. Moreover, those supplies are on her. If you kill her, how can I account for it to everyone?"
The vice-captain was so angry he wished he could tear this prodigal woman apart with his bare hands.