The carriage stopped, Xiao Si put down the horse stool and Song Wan Yue and Gu Yi got down from the carriage.
Song Ming saw what was really going on, and a small smile of triumph appeared at the corner of his mouth, before he lifted his foot towards the mother and son again and kicked them over.
“If you dare to kick them again, I’ll scrap your feet.”
Song Wangyue’s cold voice carried over.
Song Ming’s feet stopped stiffly in mid-stride.
The crowd of onlookers heard the sound and turned to look, seeing Gu Yi following him over and making way.
The two walked in and Song Wangyue leaned down to help Erma’s mother and son up. Song Ming’s daughter-in-law’s face could no longer be seen, and her eyes were swollen in one. Er Ya was shrinking in her arms in fear, crying uncontrollably.
“This is my family business, it’s none of your business!”
Song Wangyue raised her eyes, the coldness in them frightening Song Ming backwards two steps: “You, what are you doing?”
Song Wangyue ignored him.
“Xiao Si, go get a quilt from the house.”
Xiao Si answered and walked towards the house, Song Ming stopped in front of him, “You want to ……”
Xiao Si grabbed his hand and exerted a slight force, Song Ming let out a pig-like scream, the Song Gua’s inside the house saw it and was so frightened that she hurriedly laid down in a heap and lifted the quilt to cover her head.
Xiao Si pushed Song Ming away, went inside and took a worn quilt out and spread it on the floor.
Song Wan Yue helped both mother and daughter to sit over, took out a handkerchief to wipe Er Ya’s tears and coaxed her in a low voice.
Song Ming stood to the side in pain, not daring to move, and looked at Song Wan Yue with hatred.
“Sister, it hurts.”
Erma said with a low sob.
Song Wangyue turned her body and clearly saw the large bag on the back of her head, her face went cold as she also sat on the quilt and took Erma in her arms, “Make peace.”
Sighs of relief rang out all around.
Song Ming never expected Song Wangyue to say this and stared in shock, “What did you say?”
Song Ming’s daughter-in-law also looked at her instantly.
Song Wan Yue grabbed her hand, “I saw Daya today, she is doing very well in the Gu family, she is well fed, warm and has new clothes. The only thing she misses is you and Erma. If you make a divorce, you can take Erma to work for the Gu family, so that you can give the child a way to live.”
“No, I won’t divorce.”
Song Ming panicked, his intention was that Gu Yi would see the two of them being beaten and soften his heart and pay Daya in advance, so that he would have money to drink and eat meat every month.
“She was bought by Laozi at my expense, she was born as Laozi’s person and died as Laozi’s ghost, in this life she will not leave Laozi’s step.”
“Is there a deed of sale?”
Song Ming froze.
“Without the deed of sale she’s free and can be divorced.”
“You stinking girl ……”
Xiao Si took a step forward, and Song Ming was so frightened that he swallowed his words and took a step back.
The onlookers were silent.
They could see exactly what kind of life Song Ming’s daughter-in-law had led over the years.
They also felt that Song Ming was not a human being and Song Gua was not something, but they had never thought of encouraging Song Ming’s daughter-in-law to divorce.
“I, I won’t divorce.”
Song Ming’s daughter-in-law hung her head, her voice almost inaudible, she had two daughters, if she divorced, what would happen to them? What if she divorced her daughters? If she divorced her daughter, Song Ming would dare to sell her daughter! She had suffered enough in her life, she couldn’t let her two daughters follow in her footsteps.
As her words fell, Song Ming became complacent, “How about it, I told you, she can’t leave me for the rest of her life.”
“Think about it, if you don’t make peace, it’s questionable whether Erma will grow up safely.”
“What do you mean?”
Song Ming shouted loudly, Gu Yi gave a look over, Xiao Si once again took a step forward, Song Ming was so scared that he ran into the house, “I, I’ll give you this, don’t, don’t bully people too much.”
Song Ming’s daughter-in-law pinched the corner of her coat, not daring to look at Song Wan Yue, “I’m sorry.”
She knew that Song Wangyue was doing it for her own good, but she had no mother’s family to rely on, no one to back her up, and she didn’t have the strength to make a divorce.
Song Wan Yue sighed, her hand subconsciously went to touch Er Ya’s head, but when she thought of the big bag on the back of her head, she withdrew her hand.
“It’s just as well that we’re running out of firewood at home these days, so when you’ve recovered from your injuries, go cut some firewood and send it to my house.”
Song Ming came out at once, “You can’t do it for nothing, you have to pay, we’re not greedy for money, you’ll pay as much as you can for a bundle of firewood to sell in the county.”
Song Wan Yue looked at him slowly and leisurely.
Song Ming’s heart subconsciously tightened, but his face held up, although he couldn’t get the Gu family to pay Daya for her work in advance, it was okay to cut firewood to earn money. Besides, this smelly woman was a fast worker and could cut a lot of wood in a day and sell it for a lot of money.
“Let’s wait until she can go to the mountains and cut firewood.”
This was a promise, and Song Ming was subconsciously about to kick his daughter-in-law, “She’s fine, she can go up the mountain now.”
Xiao Si stretched out his leg to block it, and as if he had kicked a stone, Song Ming let out a miserable cry and planted himself on the quilt, holding his leg.
Song Wan Yue “just happened” to lift her foot to walk out, “accidentally” stepped on his leg, her body stumbled and almost fell, Gu Yi reached out to help her.
Song Ming let out another scream, so frightened that Erma tugged on Song Wangyue’s clothes and cried out, “Sister.”
Song Wangyue bent down and pulled her up, saying to Song Ming’s daughter-in-law, “Go to my house and I’ll give you some medicine.”
“I …… I won’t go.”
Song Ming’s daughter-in-law didn’t dare to look up into Song Wangyue’s eyes, “Er, Er Ya is bothering you.”
Song Wangyue gave Song Ming a warning look and led the shivering Erma out of the courtyard.
When she got into the carriage, she took Er Ya in her arms and carefully examined her injuries.
She and Er Ya were only two years apart, but Er Ya’s body was as thin as a three or four year old.
“Little girl, do you want me to have someone ……”
Song Wan Yue shook her head, people like Song Ming were hobbled meat, even if Gu Yi sent someone to teach him a lesson today, he would do it again in some time, the only way was to control him at the root.
After sending them to the door of the house, Gu Yi went back in the carriage, Song Wan Yue led Er Ya into the door, Liu Cui Lan happened to come out of the kitchen, seeing Er Ya covered in dirt, with teardrops on her face, she froze, “Yue Er, this is ……”
“Song Ming hit it.”
“This beast.”
Grandma Song also came out of the house at the sound of her voice and couldn’t help but curse a few times as well.
“Second Aunt, help me boil some water, I’ll lead her inside to find a garment.”
“You go quickly, the hot water will be ready soon.”
She went back inside to find clothes and helped Erma take a bath. Seeing that she had no injuries, she put her mind at ease and took a half-hot steamed bun to her, which Erma took and wolfed down.
Grandma Song looked at her with sour eyes, “That pig and dog is worse than a dog, sooner or later he will get his comeuppance.”
“We don’t know if he’ll get his comeuppance, but grandparents, we can’t leave this matter alone.”
Grandma Song sighed, “We can’t control it, you don’t know the people over there, once they are tainted, it’s impossible to pick them off again.”
“But if we don’t care, if big brother does become an official in the future, if they go around doing bad things in the name of big brother, they will cause a lot of trouble for big brother.”
