"Why don't you leave the flowers and come down."
The sister stood under the tree and made a worried sound, then turned around to get a stool and find a way to pick up the boy.
But the boy was still panicked and frightened, and a commotion of chaos spread into the house.
When the woman who was serving porridge heard the cry of the boy in the yard, her face turned dark and she felt extremely fierce. She cursed "debt collector", turned around and walked out of the house with heavy steps.
Seeing the panic scene in the yard, the woman took a deep breath, stamped her foot hard, rushed forward with a ferocious look, kicked the tree, and roared like she was letting out her anger:
"Damn, what a careless thing!"
The woman was so angry that she kicked the peach tree so hard that the whole peach tree shook violently. The little boy, who was already nervously holding on to the trunk of the tree with trembling legs, was even more shaken and almost flew out.
The little girl screamed from underneath.
The boy clung to the tree trunk tightly, his little hands bleeding from the rough surface of the trunk, and he screamed in fear.
The woman stood up on the stool with a dark face, stretched out her arms and grabbed the boy heavily. Her adult height was just high enough for her to stand on him.
The woman grabbed the boy's waist, which had no flesh but bones, and used an adult's fierce strength to pull the boy down like an enemy regardless of strength.
The little boy's hands were still holding on to the tree trunk tightly and he didn't dare to let go. With such a strong pull, the boy's delicate palms were directly bruised and dripping with blood...
However, the woman turned a blind eye. After taking the boy down from the tree, she still yelled at him in the yard with her hands on her hips:
"You damn brat, I'm the only one looking after you two at home, and yet you two are still jumping up and down!"
"I'm in charge of what you eat, what you drink, and how you poop. You don't know how to worry about it, and you're still causing trouble for me!"
"That dead dad of yours has disappeared almost all day long. I am the only one left to take care of everything in the house. You are still here to cause trouble for me. You are really here to collect debts!"
The woman's scolding could be heard by the entire neighborhood in the alley, and everyone shook their heads. The woman had been like this for the past month or two, scolding the children very fiercely.
If nothing else, the neighbors will understand after hearing it often. This woman’s surname is Miao, so let’s call her Sister-in-law Miao.
Sister-in-law Miao was originally a lazy woman. She was always lazy, so she kept the house sloppy. She also loved money, was selfish, and was extremely aggressive.
Her husband seems to be a medical practitioner, and he is the most praised good doctor in Yuan City recently. A good doctor does good deeds, so everyone admires him and many people even respect him.
However, Sister-in-law Miao is not proud of her husband being a good doctor. Not only does she not think that her husband's being a good doctor is a good deed, but she despises her husband being employed by the government. Although she gets a couple of silver taels per month, it is not as good as the big ones. There are not enough medical clinics, and the good doctors are half-doing good. They accept children from Quanyuan City and do much more than ordinary doctors.
Sister-in-law Miao satirizes her husband all day long for doing good deeds with good intentions, but her own money bag is empty. She saves other people's children and homes, but her own family is extremely poor and has no money.
Because Good Doctors work for the government and do charity work, the monthly salary is indeed lower than that of Good Doctors who work alone. This is what Mrs. Miao dislikes.
The good doctor earned a great reputation, but when he returned home, he was only met with cynicism and disgust from Mrs. Miao, who asked him for money.
(End of chapter)