In the end times, outside the safe zone are zombies and alien creatures. Humans not only have to compete with them for living space, but also have to prevent their things from being coveted by others.
Storage space is a good thing. At least the things stored in it will not be peeped at or stolen.
Unlike now, the two children have nothing except the jewelry on their bodies.
Even so, Geng's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are still thinking about it.
She understood that blindly tolerating would only result in more bullying from others. If she took a step back, they would take advantage of her. If she tolerated for a while, they would become more aggressive.
The original owner spoiled them, but Liu Qiaoer didn't.
Liu Qiaoer returned to the Liu family in a childish mood. Fearing that she would scare the children, she asked her sister to take the two children and stay outside first.
As soon as she returned home, Liu Qiaoer bolted the door to the yard.
He rushed directly to Grandma Geng's room, with a cold face, and stretched out his hand to Geng.
"Bring it here."
Geng was sitting on the kang, cross-legged, sewing shoe soles. When she saw Liu Qiaoer, she didn't even glance at her.
"Get out."
As expected, the original owner was too weak before, and Geng didn’t even take her seriously.
Liu Qiaoer snatched the shoe sole from Geng's hand and threw it to the ground.
"Give back what you have stolen."
Seeing that Geng was motionless and dazed, Liu Qiaoer climbed onto the kang and searched through all the drawers and cabinets.
Geng was so angry that she was shaking all over and went forward to pull her.
"Get down here! Who allowed you to rummage through my cabinet?"
In order to avoid Geng, Liu Qiaoer kicked the small table on the kang to the ground.
"It would be fine if you took the money from my selling my body, but those two kids have nothing left, and you actually have the nerve to steal their things. You are so shameless at your age, why don't you sell yourself and your whole family?"
When Geng saw Liu Qiaoer had messed up all the cabinets, she was so angry that she picked up a broom and hit her.
"Get down here, you shameless little bitch, get down here."
"No, if I can't find anything today, I won't come down."
Liu Qiaoer simply threw all the clothes and quilts at Geng, making the table and the floor all over.
Geng loved money and was afraid of wasting things, so she stopped beating him and kept cursing while packing up her things.
"They live in my house, eat my food and drink my drinks, so what's wrong with asking for some silver? If you dare to take it, I will skin you alive."
Finally, Liu Qiaoer found Lu Yunxi's jewelry, which was still wrapped in Zhang's handkerchief. She opened it and checked it, and found that nothing was missing, even the young master's gold lock was there. Then she wrapped it up again, put it in her arms, and jumped off the kang.
"Okay, if you dare to touch me, don't ask me to bring money home from now on. I won't give you a penny."
During the quarrel, my aunt also ran over. Seeing the mess in the room, she slapped her thigh and shouted, "What are you doing, you little bastard? You are going to piss off your grandma to death."
The eldest aunt told her mother-in-law Geng that the two children might be Magistrate Lu's flesh and blood. In fact, she wanted to use Geng to snatch the children's things and then sell the children.
My aunt gave birth to two sons, and all the things that Geng had robbed were given to her sons to spend. My aunt had been using this tactic of killing someone with a borrowed knife for many years.
Sure enough, the aunt took advantage of Liu Qiaoer's absence to contact the seller. Fortunately, Liu Erniu overheard it and quickly ran away with the two children.
However, she didn't expect that Liu Qiaoer, who had always been honest, would be so persistent.
Seeing Liu Qiaoer was about to leave, he stepped forward to stop her. He reached out to grab it, but Liu Qiaoer grabbed his arm and threw him onto the kang with her clever strength.
"If you dare to leave this door today, I will go to the government office to file a complaint. You are harboring the Lu family's child, and you are guilty of the death penalty."
Liu Qiaoer knew that her aunt would not let the children go easily.
She contacted human traffickers and asked Geng to steal the children's jewelry. They are truly a pair of robbers, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Okay, go ahead and sue me. I deserve to die for harboring a criminal. The government will not just arrest me. If I can't write two characters for Liu, my whole family will die."
Since Liu Qiaoer dared to come back to steal things, she was already fearless. According to the rule of survival in the apocalypse, whoever cherishes life will die first. If she doesn't even want her own life, what is she afraid of
The aunt-in-law was choked, and Geng also rushed over to grab it. Liu Qiaoer dodged, and Geng missed, but she scratched Liu Qiaoer's arm, leaving several scratches.
"You little bitch, you're dying, give my things back to me, or I'll beat you to death."
Liu Qiaoer snorted coldly: "This is all you are capable of. Don't forget that you have sold me once. Now I am a servant of the Lu family, not your granddaughter."
Geng's eyes widened, and seeing that Liu Qiao'er was about to leave, she used her trump card.
"If you dare to take another step, I will beat your mother to death and sell Erniu as well, you little bitch, I can't stop you."
In the past, Zhang and Liu Erniu were the original owner's weaknesses. Now, Liu Qiaoer could not allow them to bully Zhang.
Liu Qiaoer indeed stopped, turned around slowly, and raised the corner of her mouth to reveal a sarcastic smile.
"If you don't want my two brothers to get married, you can beat them up if you want, or sell them if you want, I won't see anything anyway."
"You threaten me with my mother and sister. I'm not afraid. But when the Liu family's reputation is ruined and no daughters marry into the family, the Liu family will be extinct. I wonder how you will explain to our ancestors after you die."
Geng was so angry at Liu Qiaoer that she fell backwards and threw the broom in her hand at her.
"You bastard, you actually cursed our Liu family to have no descendants. I will beat you to death..."
The aunt-in-law did have some concerns. What Liu Qiaoer said was right. Geng really bullied Zhang to death. It was a mother-in-law abusing her daughter-in-law. If it got out, how would her two sons get married
No family would want their daughter to marry into such a powerful family.
He took two quick steps forward and stopped Geng: "Mom, I think the things are not expensive. If she wants to take them, let her take them. With her mother here, she can get more."
Burning their boats and parting ways is not a solution. The only way to make money is to hold her in check for a long time. To put it bluntly, what they want is money.
After persuading Geng, the aunt persuaded Liu Qiaoer: "Qiaoer, you can take the things, but if you want them to live at home, we have to risk our lives to agree to it. Even if we don't tell anyone, it won't be good if the villagers find out."
"If we are captured by soldiers, your grandma will say that we have separated. At most, they will beat us up, but you, your mother, and your father will definitely be beheaded."
My aunt-in-law is not a woman who has never seen the world, and she understands some principles.
After all, Liu Qiaoer worked as a maid in the county magistrate's mansion, and she was the one who came forward every time someone asked her for money.
Liu Qiaoer narrowed her eyes slightly, gave a slap in the face and gave him a sweet date, which meant she wanted to negotiate.
"How much money do you want?" Liu Qiaoer asked pointedly.
The eldest aunt was startled for a moment, then smiled brightly: "Qiao'er has indeed become smart after working in the county magistrate's mansion for several years."
"Ten taels. As long as you collect ten taels, your grandmother and I will let you stay at home for three days."
It costs ten taels to stay for three days, which is more expensive than this bag of jewelry. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are like vampires who only care about money.
Unexpectedly, Liu Qiaoer just thought about it for a moment and actually agreed.
"Okay, isn't it just ten taels of silver? Today I went to the county town and happened to meet the children's relatives who came to pick them up. When I send the two children back, they will definitely give me a reward."