Before Jiang Qingyue had time to sort out the confusion, Old Lady Jiang over there saw her and her eyes lit up instantly.
The old lady didn't care about the people around her and immediately opened her mouth and shouted, "Qingyue, you are finally here, please save your third sister and Xue'er, they didn't damage the statue of the goddess on purpose, please go and talk to the county magistrate."
When the people around heard the sound, they couldn't help but look towards Jiang Qingyue, with a bit of wariness and disgust in their eyes.
Jiang Qingyue's face darkened, and she felt both angry and amused.
She was just a snack shop clerk. How could she have the nerve to talk to the county magistrate
Moreover, the third sister and Jiang Xueer did something wrong and were seen by so many people, so they should have been punished.
Jiang Qingyue took a deep breath, walked forward and held her mother's arm, and said in a gentle voice: "Mom, Huiyue and Xueer will definitely be punished. I think we should invite a doctor first, so that we can treat them later..."
But before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by the old lady.
The old lady looked at her with resentful eyes, shook off her hand, and raised her voice to curse: "Jiang Qingyue, you are so good, don't think I don't know what you are up to. I think you just can't stand seeing your third sister do well. You wish your third sister would die here, and that would be what you want."
At this moment, the old lady's eyes were not looking at her daughter at all; she would look like this even if she was looking at her enemy.
Jiang Qingyue felt bitter and angry at her own mother's malicious speculation, and her expression became increasingly ugly.
But she didn't want to be laughed at by outsiders, so she suppressed her anger and tried to persuade her again: "Mother, we are all ordinary people. If we make a mistake, we will be punished. It's not that I don't want to save my third sister and Xue'er, but they did such a thing. Even if I go to ask the county magistrate, it will be useless!"
The old lady was not a reasonable person, especially because she was a bully and feared the strong. She didn't dare to act like a spoiled child in front of outsiders, but she acted like a scoundrel to her eldest daughter without any scruples.
She snorted coldly and turned her head away from her daughter, but threatened fiercely: "I don't care about that. If you still want to recognize me as your mother today, then find a way to rescue your third sister and Xue'er. Their faces have been ruined. Do you want them to lose their lives?"
This was not what Jiang Qingyue had in mind, it was clearly what Jiang Huiyue and her daughter had done to themselves. Besides, if she had this ability, she would not have been just a waiter.
But she also knew that it was impossible to explain the truth to her mother.
Jiang Qingyue closed her eyes and finally made up her mind.
She took two steps back and said in a resolute voice, "I'm sorry, mother. They and their daughter have suffered this fate because of their own fault. I don't have the ability to save them, and I can't save them. Since mother doesn't want to acknowledge me as her daughter, I will leave now and will not be a nuisance to you again."
Having said that, she turned around and was about to leave.
Mrs. Jiang was confused. She didn't really want to force her eldest daughter to break off the relationship. She just wanted to force her to find a solution. If her eldest daughter really left, what would she do? What about the third daughter and Xue'er
The old lady didn't care about her old face anymore. She quickly grabbed her eldest daughter's arm and said loudly, "You are not allowed to leave. If you leave, what will happen to your sister and niece?"
Jiang Qingyue sneered at herself. It turned out that her mother always only thought about her third sister. She always felt sorry for her second sister, but wasn't she also pitiful
The second sister was so protective of Panmei and the others, and was willing to leave the Jiang family to live a new life. She also had two daughters, and it was time for her to wake up and think about her daughters.
Thinking of this, Jiang Qingyue pulled her arm out of her mother's hand and shook her head: "Mom, we have separated." She and the man and daughter were all driven out. She was no longer a member of the Jiang family, and of course she didn't have to take care of her third sister's family anymore.
"What do you mean by this? Don't you want to take care of me? I raised you up, you heartless thing, how could you..." Old Mrs. Jiang's lips trembled violently, but there was panic in her eyes.
Facing the gazes of the people around her who were watching the fun, Jiang Qingyue was surprisingly calm.
She said calmly, "It was you who didn't want me first, it was you who kicked me out of the house, and it was you who said I would follow my third sister for the rest of my life."
Mrs. Jiang's head buzzed and she almost lost her balance.
She did and said these things, but she did it only to force her eldest daughter to admit her mistakes. She knew in her heart that the third daughter was unreliable, but she had become accustomed to doting on her and putting her first in everything.
Besides, the third brother is so miserable and his second half of life is ruined. What's wrong with her being nicer to him
The old lady felt that she had done nothing wrong, and she felt that her eldest daughter was cruel: "Jiang Qingyue, she is your own sister, how could you..."
"I'm just her sister, and the sister who was separated from the family. I really can't control her." Jiang Qingyue interrupted her mother, but didn't want to stay and listen to her say something more hurtful, so she said, "Besides, I'm doing what you wish, so you should be happy," and then she turned and left.
She was supposed to work in the shop today, but she had to speak well of the other employees to get a chance to come out. But... it's really not worth it.
However, even when Jiang Qingyue was leaving, she still heard her third sister cursing her second sister, and shouting that the goddess looked like the second sister.
Jiang Qingyue was inexplicably concerned about this matter and decided to find some time to go to the Temple of the Goddess of Heaven to see what the statue looked like to make her third sister so crazy.
The old lady really felt dizzy this time. She was anxious and angry.
She quickly covered her forehead, looked at her eldest daughter's back, then looked at her younger daughter who was still going crazy over there, and she felt even more dizzy.
But the people around her don't tolerate her and are just waiting for the county magistrate to come out and file a complaint!
The county magistrate finally showed up after a long delay. After learning the whole story, he decisively chose to act according to the law and punished Jiang Huiyue and her daughter by flogging them 100 times each.
When the old lady heard the news, she felt dizzy and sat down on the ground.
But the people cheered and wanted to throw vegetable leaves at the ugly mother and daughter, so that they would never dare to humiliate the Goddess of Heaven again.
As the screams of Jiang Huiyue and her daughter rang out, Old Mrs. Jiang finally pulled herself together and decided to listen to her eldest daughter and find a doctor to take care of the family.
When leaving, the old lady couldn't help wiping away her tears.
Originally they went to the temple to pray for blessings, how come it turned out like this