Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 110 The Trouble Brought by a Pair of Pants

Chapter 110: Chapter 110 The Trouble Brought by a Pair of Pants

As soon as the woman finished speaking, a group of women by the bridge burst into raucous laughter.

Li Xiulan felt she lost face and said with some annoyance, "Who said we aren’t giving anything? I’ve been too busy taking care of my man these days to bother with that, so what’s the rush?"

The Secretary’s daughter-in-law overheard this and suddenly remembered, not only had Li Xiulan’s family not come over to express their thanks, but even her own brother-in-law’s family hadn’t done so either.

It truly was against the norms. After all, if it hadn’t been for Luo Qiao’s intervention, Gao Shunyi might have lost his life. Then what kind of disaster would have befallen her brother-in-law’s family?

Knowing Li Xiulan and the kind of person she was, she might not have let her brother-in-law’s family off so easily. Thinking about it made her feel somewhat frightened, so she stood up and left the bridge’s side, planning to go home and discuss the matter with her husband.

Luo Qiao returned home, drank some water, and prepared to lie down for a bit, as she would have to return to work soon.

However, before Luo Qiao could lie down, she heard children’s shouts of alarm from across the village. Originally, she wanted to ignore it and continue resting, but then she heard a woman’s interrogative voice, as well as Stone’s name.

She quickly got up, ready to get off the bed, thinking that the alarming shouts just now couldn’t possibly be Stone, could they?

She put on her shoes and ran outside.

The voices were audible, but the crops in front made it hard to see what was happening on the other side of the river. Only the children’s crying and the adults’ scolding could be heard.

By the time Luo Qiao got there, she learned that the whole incident had started over a pair of pants. This month, it was Stone’s turn to stay at his second uncle’s house. The second uncle’s eldest son, who was a year older than Stone, had fallen into the water while playing, and his pants were too wet to wear.

When he ran back home to change pants, he noticed that Stone was wearing pants he had not seen before. Although they weren’t new, there were only one or two patches on them, so he demanded that Stone take them off and give them to him.

Stone refused, and the two children began to shove each other, just as they were seen by their second aunt.

She had just come out of the kitchen, carrying the leftover sorghum flour soup from a big pot, which was intended to mix with pig feed. But she was so angered that she forgot it was freshly ladled from the pot.

She splashed it directly onto Stone, who fortunately dodged just enough to turn away, causing the scalding soup to land on his back. This act was witnessed by people chatting under the trees.

Everyone criticized The Second Wife of Sun Family, Kong Yuru, for being inhuman. Luckily, Doctor Gao was nearby, and he reacted immediately by pulling Stone into the river and having him lie in the water.

When Luo Qiao arrived, Stone was already soaking in the water, along with Sun Shengyuan from The Second Wife of Sun Family, who was also Stone’s cousin; his small arm was affected as well.

Luo Qiao felt a pang of sympathy for Stone. Being scorned by others was bad enough, let alone being beaten and abused from time to time. And now they even dared to throw soup that had just been used to boil noodles at someone—how malicious their hearts must be.

The incident also alerted the head of the commune and Secretary Zhang Dezhen. After learning the cause, Secretary scolded The Second Wife of Sun Family, and Doctor Gao said he was powerless to treat such extensive burns.

He had already examined Stone and saw that his entire back was blistered and needed immediate attention at the commune health clinic. Upon hearing "health clinic," Secretary Zhang Dezheng grew agitated as his own brother had just sent over a hundred yuan there.

But there was no other option since Doctor Gao had said he could not handle such extensive burns by himself, so the Secretary ordered The Second Wife of Sun Family, Kong Yuru, to take some money and follow him to the health clinic. However, Kong Yuru adamantly claimed they had no money at home.

A villager watching by the side said, "What about the compensation money for Stone’s mother? You should hurry up and use it for the child’s treatment."