"Just because you say you didn’t pick them up doesn’t mean you didn’t, do these chicken eggs have your family’s name written on them?" Wang Aihua had always been domineering, and although Zhang Hualian had Tang Zhengde’s protection since marrying into the Tang Family, she often felt aggrieved when Tang Zhengde was not around.
In the past she was naive, thinking that her mother brought this upon herself for insisting on marrying Tang Zhengde.
"Aunt, these chicken eggs don’t have your family’s name written on them either," countered Tang Yue.
"Xiao Yue, let it be," Zhang Hualian saw Tang Yue and Wang Aihua about to start arguing and, worried about Tang Yue’s reputation, hurriedly whispered while gently pulling Tang Yue’s hand.
"I don’t care, those two chicken eggs were definitely taken by you!" Wang Aihua was adamant that the eggs were taken by Zhang Hualian and relentlessly demanded their return.
Tang Yue, familiar with Zhang Hualian’s temperament, said before she could return the eggs, "Mom, if we didn’t take them, we didn’t take them, why should we return the eggs to them?"
"Aunt, you hide the chicken eggs and now accuse my mom of taking them?" Tang Yue pursed her lips, really unable to take a liking to Wang Aihua, truly not knowing what she was blind to in her past life to think that the aunt had treated her well.
Aunt Wang Aihua was always instigating disputes between her and Zhang Hualian, without her inciting, she wouldn’t have been so willful.
"Tang Yue, how can you speak like that?" Wang Aihua saw the chicken eggs she was about to get slipping away, and her words carried a hint of anger, "When adults are talking, why is a child interrupting?"
Silent, Tang Yue climbed over the bamboo fence and headed towards the corner where the toilet and firewood were piled up, reaching her hand in to dig around.
Wang Aihua’s eyelids twitched, and she suddenly screamed, "Tang Yue, what are you doing?"
"Mom, look quickly, Tang Yue is tearing down the house," Wang Aihua loudly exclaimed, not minding making a big fuss.
Before long, Tang Yue pulled out two chicken eggs, saying, "Aunt, aren’t these the eggs you hid? You always hide them here, don’t you change the spot?"
"Aunt, you hide the eggs and blame it on my mom and sister?" Tang Jun firmly stood on his sister’s side and loudly complained, "Granny Tang, Aunt hid the eggs to feed Tang Xian and Tang Min, then falsely accused my mom of stealing eggs, Granny, won’t you manage Aunt?"
Tang Jun was young, and he was the best at acting spoiled in front of Granny Tang.
Granny Tang came out upon hearing the noise, and seeing the eggs in Tang Yue’s hands, her face turned grim instantly, "Wang Aihua, I’ve been wondering why eggs were frequently missing; turns out you’ve been secretly hiding them here!"
"Mom, I didn’t..." Wang Aihua’s voice weakened, trying to defend herself but not knowing what to say, she pathetically explained, "Mom, I really didn’t know the chicken went there to lay eggs."
"Aunt, only a hand can fit into that space; a hen couldn’t get in there," Tang Yue reminded.
Wang Aihua was instantly enraged. Tang Min, upon hearing the noise, came over and seeing her eggs gone, shouted at Tang Yue, "Tang Yue, you’re just a burden; what right do you have to slander my mom? And besides, those eggs are ours, my mom can put them wherever she wants."
"My sister is not a burden," Tang Jun, hearing this, jumped up and lashed out at Tang Min.
Tang Min, being younger and a girl, not as strong as Tang Jun, was hit several times by him.
Originally very upset, Tang Yue, seeing Tang Jun like this, worried he would be punished, quickly separated them, "Xiao Jun, let go."
"Sister, don’t be angry, I’m sticking up for you," Tang Jun said excitedly, looking like he was ready to stand up for Tang Yue.
"Enough, let go now. Playing the brother without acting like one, playing the sister without acting like one," Granny Tang, watching the scene, scolded with a stern face, "Tang Yue bears the name Tang."
"But she’s not born to my second uncle," retorted Tang Min with a pout.
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