The Blessed Farm Girl Has a Spatial Storage
Chapter 70: Stealing a Cousin?

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Stealing a Cousin?

Seeing Liu Clan and Sun Mei whispering to each other, Zhao Clan coughed and said sternly, "Enough, let’s eat. Don’t worry about those things that are unpleasant to look at. Just live your own lives."

Hearing this, Liu Clan smiled at Sun Mei and quickly stopped talking, going to serve food to the children.

Zhao Zhitong and the other little rascals had already stopped listening to their Aunt’s gossip and were all sitting in their spots, eating.

Today, they were eating rice instead of porridge. Zhao Zhitong’s appetite had always been good. She was especially happy today, and with all the kids competing, she ate more than usual.

"Grandmother, look at me," Zhao Zhitong called out happily to her grandmother, holding her small bowl.

She took her chopsticks and shoveled rice into her mouth with gusto. In no time, her little bowl was sparkling clean. She put her bowl and chopsticks on the table and declared in her sweet, childlike voice, "Look, I’m first!"

Her grandmother couldn’t help but smile. "Have you had enough to eat?"

Zhao Zhitong nodded obediently. "I’m full! My tummy is all round."

Seeing this, the other little radish heads also began to wolf down their food. In a short while, all the little ones had finished eating.

Zhao Guifen, seeing that they had not wasted any food, let them go to the courtyard to continue learning words from Zhao Zhitong.

Thus, the little courtyard once again echoed with the sounds of reading, even more lively than before. This only made Granny Guan next door even angrier.

Hearing the curses drifting from next door, Zhao Guifen snorted, rolled her eyes in the direction of Mrs. Guan’s house, and then started chatting with her own daughter.

Sun Kang simply hid in the backyard, collecting herbs with his eldest son.

Zhao Zhitong led the group of little radish heads, squatting in the courtyard as they read and learned words. It was a very lively scene. The children were overjoyed each time they learned a new character. However, the atmosphere at Granny Guan’s house was tense.

After a session of indirect cursing for a while, Granny Guan drove her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson out to work.

Thus, right after lunch, Mrs. Guan’s son and daughter-in-law took their children out to work under the blazing sun.

Sun Goudan and Sun Tiezhu, a couple of the little ones, didn’t quite understand why their grandmother was always in a temper, so they asked their mother, "Mom, why is Granny always angry with Granny Zhao?"

Tie Dan’s mother rolled her eyes and snorted. "Hmph, your granny? She’s regretting it! That clever granddaughter from Aunt Zhao’s family was originally supposed to be ours!"

The children looked confused. "Huh? Why?"

Tie Dan’s father, standing nearby, glared at his wife when he heard her reckless words. "I’m telling you, don’t fill the children’s heads with such nonsense."

Tie Dan’s mother snorted. Not only did she not stop, but she became even more worked up, firing a barrage at Tie Dan’s father, "Am I wrong? Huh? Originally, wasn’t Zhao Dong supposed to be our family’s son-in-law? I tell you, it’s all your mother! She ruined their marriage. Now, great, our family has a scholar son-in-law, but so what? He’s a scholar; he looks down on our family!"

Tie Dan’s father’s expression soured further. Although he also felt his own mother was in the wrong, as a son, how could he discuss his parents’ faults? So, he put on a stern face and reprimanded, "That’s enough! What nonsense are you spouting in front of the children? Hurry up and go cut grass!"

Tie Dan’s mother had already endured a bellyful of Mrs. Guan’s temper at home. It was high noon, with the sun blazing fiercely; who would go out to work at such a time? But Mrs. Guan had insisted, cursing and swearing as she ordered them out.

Now that she was out of the house and away from Mrs. Guan’s gaze, she could finally vent her frustration properly, grumbling endlessly without restraint.

"Me, talking nonsense? Take a look around our neighborhood! Who doesn’t know about your mother’s disgraceful deeds? If your mother hadn’t interfered back then, Zhao Dong would have been our family’s son-in-law long ago! By now, we could have made a fortune, and we’d have a clever niece like Zhao Zhitong. My son could be learning to read and write with her, and maybe he could even become a scholar!"

Seeing his wife’s words becoming increasingly outrageous, Tie Dan’s father’s face turned livid. He grabbed her arm and said angrily, "Alright, that’s enough! I told you to stop, but you just keep getting more worked up."

Nearby, Sun Goudan and Sun Tiezhu stared wide-eyed as they watched their parents quarrel. Their eyes showed shock, as if they had just learned something astounding.

Sun Goudan and Sun Tiezhu were about the same age as Sun Daqing. Although they couldn’t fully understand the nuances of adult conversation, they could grasp the important information.

Thus, within a few days, Sun Goudan and Sun Tiezhu had spread the story that Zhao Zhitong should have been their little cousin all over the village.

Most of the adults knew the real situation and simply smiled dismissively when they heard it. The children, however, were different; they believed it to be true.

However, as rumors do, the story changed as it passed from one mouth to another.

By the time it reached the ears of Sun Daji, Sun Daqing, and the other little radish heads, it had transformed into: their family had stolen Sun Goudan’s little cousin.

At that time, Sun Daji and his brothers were on the hillside, helping Zhao Zhitong dig for one-point red.

Some children who came to play on the hillside saw Sun Daji, Sun Daqing, and Sun Daxiang. They gathered around and asked curiously, "Hey, hey, Sun Daji, Sun Daqing, is it true your family stole Sun Goudan’s cousin?"

The three brothers were stunned for a moment, then retorted angrily, "Who told you that nonsense? Our little cousin is our *real* cousin!"

Those children didn’t believe them at all. "You’ve all been fooled! All the neighbors are saying it. They say your little cousin should actually be Sun Goudan’s cousin."

To dare say his cousin wasn’t his cousin! Sun Daqing was instantly enraged. He slammed his basket on the ground, rolled up his sleeves, and charged forward. "I’ll teach you to spread nonsense!"

Sun Daqing was the tallest among his peers. The other children, terrified, turned to flee, but the smallest and thinnest among them was caught.

Sun Daji and Sun Daxiang also rushed up angrily, questioning the child pinned to the ground about who had spread the rumor.

Then, they traced it back to Sun Goudan and Sun Tiezhu.

The three brothers, furious, found Sun Goudan and Sun Tiezhu and sternly demanded that they clarify the rumor and apologize.

Those two had heard their mother say it with their own ears. Moreover, thinking that such a clever little cousin should have been theirs, that they should be the ones learning to read and write, and that Sun Daqing and his brothers were completely taking advantage of their family...

With these thoughts, Sun Goudan and Sun Tiezhu felt perfectly justified and declared confidently, "My mother said it herself! You did steal our little cousin! Your whole family are thieves!"

So, the three brothers beat up Gou Dan and Tie Zhu.

"WAAAH! You just wait! I’m going to tell my granny!"

Gou Dan and Tie Zhu ran home, crying and yelling after being beaten.

Sun Daqing and his brothers also rushed home anxiously. As soon as they arrived, they started shouting, "Grandma! Grandma!"

"Grandma, Sun Goudan and the others are out there spreading malicious gossip, saying our family stole his little cousin!"

"That Gou Dan even said his mother told him!"

"Little Cousin is clearly ours! They dared to spread such nonsense, so we gave them a good thrashing!"