Chronicle of the 70s
Chapter 71 - 069 Delusional Disorder at Midnight

Chapter 71: 069 Delusional Disorder at Midnight

Thinking about it, Ge Sanmei threw the fire poker on the ground and stood up in fury.

No, I have to find a way to demand more, otherwise it’s a massive loss; or at least get that bicycle, so the second child won’t have to suffer going to school. The more she thought, the more she believed she was making sense, and she happily slapped her thigh.

An Cuicui watched Ge Sanmei leave, brushing the dust off herself, picked up a rag and ran to the stove to take out the freshly steamed eggs, shouting towards Gangzi who just learned to walk in the courtyard, "Gangzi, come eat the eggs."

Ge Sanmei left the kitchen with a somber look, and the following Wu Zhaodi, seeing her daughter-in-law hurrying towards the beams, quickly caught up, shouting several times without a response. Anxious, old Mrs. Wu hastened her pace.

Finally, catching up after a spurt of running and walking, Old Mrs. Wu grasped Ge Sanmei who was ahead and asked, "What in the world is this, where are you going!"

Ge Sanmei shrugged off Old Mrs. Wu’s hand with a ferocious look, "I’m going to find Li Huai Ren, to ask him why he deceived us!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhaodi’s heart sank, and she turned to run back. On the way, she ran into her granddaughter who had just come back from visiting Jishui Team and quickly said, "Quick, go call your daddy and mom, your second aunt has gone to Uncle Huai Ren’s place." Saying this, she ran towards the hills without looking back, not caring about her age.

Li Xiangwei, who was behind, frowned and rushed towards her own house.

Approaching Li Huai Ren’s house, Ge Sanmei was initially stunned by the sight of the big red door; she heard that Xiang lived with Li Huai Ren in a nice house, but only upon seeing it did she realize the rumors didn’t do it justice. Onlookers could even see a kitchen made of red bricks—how wealthy this place was.

With this in mind, she resolutely started banging on the door furiously.

It was just after dinner, and Li Xianglu was in the kitchen steaming buns for the next day. Hearing the banging on the door, she frowned but still went to look outside.

The door was yanked open, which made the previously imposing Ge Sanmei stagger backward.

Li Xianglu’s face darkened upon seeing the two people.

Ge Sanmei, frustrated to find no outlet for her anger, pushed the door trying to barge in. Li Xianglu stood up straight and blocked Ge Sanmei’s path, immediately stopping her.

Li Xianglu coldly asked, "What are you trying to do, auntie? Why are you barging into other people’s houses unprovoked? Are you planning to steal something?"

Ge Sanmei, pushed back and being called auntie by Li Xianglu, changed her expression, "You, Li Xianglu, dare to disown your own mother! You cursed thing, disowning your own mother like that!"

Li Xianglu coldly snorted, not knowing what play Ge Sanmei was trying to perform by showing up suddenly, but it definitely wasn’t good, "Auntie, what are you saying? I’ve been adopted out now and have nothing to do with your family. If you barge into people’s homes for no reason, I will have to report this to the Team, and the militia there won’t listen to your excuses!" Saying that, she went to close the door.

Ge Sanmei was taken aback at first when she heard about reporting to the Jishui Team, a bit intimidated, but then she thought of the bicycle, thought of what the eldest daughter-in-law had said about tens of thousands of yuan, and a surge of boundless courage welled up in her heart: "Go ahead and accuse, you go accuse, I don’t believe it, I can’t decide for my own daughter, born of my own womb, to whom she’s adopted, still my own flesh and blood! Anyone dares to stop me, I’ll fight them tooth and nail!"

Li Xianglu was instantly amused with anger, her eyes exuding a cold intent as she said, "It seems Auntie won’t shed tears until she sees the coffin. How can there be no one in this world that you fear? Well then, let’s go ask the schools in the county, how can a child from a family that believes in superstition and disregards national laws and decrees study in school! I think the Hong Guards would very much like to have a chat with you!" Since some people have no shame, why should she herself care about those so-called faces.

No sooner had Li Xianglu finished speaking than a group of people came running up behind her. Old Mrs. Wu charged forward like a cannonball, leaped up, grabbed Ge Sanmei by the hair, and ripped it off, kicking furiously without restraint, and cursed without stopping like a magic wand, "Good for you, Ge Sanmei, you’re going to ruin the entire Li Family, you’re going to ruin my son."

Suddenly, it was a cacophony of screaming, a scene full of uproar.

The anger that had been surging in Li Xianglu’s chest also gradually subsided.

Mr. Li from next door, the Qin Family, also heard the commotion and came out. Seeing his own family’s courtyard gate turned into chaos, he squeezed through the crowd to protect his granddaughter.

Li Xianglu nodded at Mr. Li to indicate that she was all right.

By now, Ge Sanmei had been beaten black and blue by Mrs. Wu, her hair like a chicken coop as she lay on the ground, wailing, "I raised a white-eyed wolf, a Ge San white-eyed wolf born after ten months of pregnancy, why can’t I come to see my own daughter! Why!" exclaimed as she glared angrily at the surrounding people.

Li Xianglu sneered, "Auntie, did you come to see me? Then what do you mean by barging into my home? I’ve been legally adopted away, I am no longer the daughter of you, Ge Sanmei, why bother?"

Hearing this, Ge Sanmei looked up fiercely and stared at Li Xianglu, "You heartless, cheap wretch, you dare to ruin your second brother, your own dear second brother, you actually want to destroy his reputation! He’s going to be an official!"

Li Xianglu laughed coldly, "An official? That kind of person who would sell his own sister for his future? If so, God must be blind!"

At the mention of the curse on the second brother, Ge Sanmei suddenly stood up and reached out to grab Li Xianglu, but a tall figure stepped in the way, pushing Ge Sanmei to stumble!

Seeing who it was, Ge Sanmei sniffed and spat on the ground with disdain, "Hmph, you’ve found a lover before you’re even fully grown!"

At this moment, Elder Wu Zhaodi had caught her breath, and hearing the second daughter-in-law’s disrespectful ravings against her own daughter, she grabbed a livestock whip from a bystander’s hand and lashed it across Ge Sanmei’s face.

With a loud snap, the whip sounded, leaving Ge Sanmei stunned, incredulously turning her head to look at her mother-in-law.

Liu Aidang also arrived at this moment, with Li Dafu running hard behind, lamenting the trouble that this sister-in-law always seemed to cause.

When he reached them and saw a red mark slanting across Ge Sanmei’s face, he was startled and then shouted for a few women to pull the person away, apologizing to Li Huai Ren as they walked.

Li Huai Ren protected his granddaughter and coldly stared at Li Dafu, "Dafu, you are my junior, today I will give you face, but if there’s a next time, I will report it to the county, and I’ll see if you can still remain the head of the Jishui Team!" After finishing, he pulled Li Xianglu and walked back home.

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