She knew all about Niu Xueqin's drama of crying for money. If she were to continue like this, Niu Xueqin might be able to sing for her again.
Moreover, Niu Xueqin's family probably did not have much food.
Her mother was lazy, her eldest brother was lazy, and the sister-in-law that married into the family was also lazy. If it were not for Bai Wenjing's help earlier, they would have starved to death long ago.
Forget it, forget it. She could not borrow this grain from this family.
Seeing her mother being so annoying, Bai Wenjing calculated the time. With such a delay, the three-day deadline would be over. She was not sure if she could return the grain, but she had to have an explanation first.
Without having the time to comfort Niu Xueqin, who was almost rolling on the ground, Bai Wenjing hurried to Buffalo Bay.
Niu Xueqin saw that Bai Wenjing had gone far away, so she stopped crying. She closed the door and walked to the kitchen.
When she saw that more than half of the vat of food was still under the bluestone slab, she could not help but oat her chest. She was secretly glad that her daughter was not messing around with her. It seemed that she had to find a place to hide quickly. She did not want her daughter to come back and take it for herself.
This delay took another day and night. Bai Wenjing almost did not stop rushing home. The soles of her feet had spouted a few blisters.
But even so, when she reached the village, the sun had already set.
When she stepped into the village entrance, an old lady caught up with her.
She vaguely remembered this old lady. It was Granny Wang from the village, Granny Wang chased after her and shouted, "Xue family, I'm talking about the Xue family. You should hurry back! Those brats at your house are probably going to turn the sky upside down. When I passed by your house just now, I heard a few kids whining inside. I'm afraid something has happened."
When Bai Wenjing heard that, she felt like she could not swallow her anger. She had worked hard to borrow food from outside, but those brats were making a scene at home. It was not a relief at all.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Finally, she looked left and right. She grabbed a stick as thick as a finger from the roadside and rushed home angrily.
She did not believe that she could not subdue those brats.
When she reached the door, Bai Wenjing heard the noise. The hand holding the stick could not help but tighten a little. Then, with a bang, she kicked the door open and shouted, "What are you guys doing!"
She thought that her voice was loud enough to at least intimidate them, but she did not expect that when she shouted, her throat felt itchy, but the three kids did not react at all.
They had all been yelled at.
This time, it was still Xue Xiaohua and Xue Baijun who fought. Xue Xiaohua was half a head shorter than Xue Baijun, but she did not show any signs of weakness. She jumped up and scratched Xue Baijun's face with her nails. Xue Baijun did not have the slightest bit of magnanimity as a big brother, he immediately pressed Xue Xiaohua to the ground and began to greet her with a slap.
The chubby Xue Bainian was even more amazing. He looked at the two siblings fighting and could not help but laugh. As he ran around the room, he imitated the strange cries of an old hen. He had not tied his belt properly. She was just about to remind him when Xue Bainian stepped on his belt and fell, coincidentally, blood flowed out when his mouth hit the floor. He immediately let out a howl.
This made her angry. She stood at the door and shouted again, "Xue Baijun, stop..."
Before she could finish her words, Xue Xiaohua had gotten up at some point. She took off her shoes and threw them at Xue Baijun. Coincidentally, Xue Baijun ran in front of her. He tilted his head and the shoes hit Bai Wenjing's face.
Xue Baijun was glad that he was not hit. He stood there, shaking his butt and making funny faces. he shouted arrogantly, "You can't hit me, you can't hit me..."
Bai Wenjing almost vomited blood. She was afraid that she had done something bad in her previous life when she met such a naughty child. Her face was burning with pain from the smelly shoes, and she could not take it, she picked up the stick in her hand and gave Xue Baijun's butt a hard slap.
"Ah!"
Xue Baijun jumped up and howled. When he turned around and saw that it was her mother, he said angrily, "Mother, why did you hit me!"
Xue Xiaohua also laughed out loud. As she laughed, she said, "You deserve it. Who asked you to hide when I hit you just now? Otherwise, I wouldn't have hit our mother."
Hearing this, Xue Baijun became even angrier. He rubbed his sore spot with all his might, gritting his teeth, he looked at her and roared, "Who asked you not to watch out when you came back? Just now, Xiaohua threw something, why didn't you know how to hide? You were stupid and didn't dodge, but you still blamed me! Xiaohua was the one who hit you!"
"You, you..."
Bai Wenjing pointed at Xue Baijun and was so angry that she could not speak. Xue Bainian was still lying on the ground and wailing because he fell. He did not show any signs of getting up.
Calm down. She had to calm down and deal with it with a smile. On the way back, she had already thought of using love and affection to change these few people.
Therefore, Bai Wenjing's final strike landed on the table.
After this strike, there was a bang. The children immediately shut up and looked at her angrily. No matter what happened, she was very satisfied with the result.
"Xiaohua, go and pull the chubby kid up to wash his face. Baijun, stand properly!"
Her mother had changed. She had become fierce.
The day before yesterday, she had told herself to be gentle, but now she had become fierce. Xue Xiaohua wanted to quibble, but she saw the wooden stick in Bai Wenjing's hand. She walked angrily to Xue Bainian's side, she directly grabbed her brother's collar with one hand and lifted him up.
Xue Bainian was strangled to the point that he could not breathe. His face was flushed red. He stood firm and coughed twice before starting to cry again. Xue Xiaohua saw that her mother was glaring at her. She covered Xue Bainian's mouth with one hand and pinched his little hand with the other, she dragged him to the kitchen.
The house was finally quiet.
When Xue Baijun heard this, he glared at her again. He shrugged and leaned against the wall with one foot in front and the other behind. He asked unhappily, "What now?"
Bai Wenjing could not help but want to get rough with him again.
"What's wrong? What do you think is wrong? As the eldest brother, you did not take good care of your younger siblings at home but started fighting instead. I went through so much trouble to find someone to borrow food, but for what? It was all because of you, you little b*stard! Look at you, look at the state of the house now!"
Xue Baijun muttered disapprovingly, "That little b*stard is also your biological child."
Biological child, biological child.
Bai Wenjing nodded her head angrily and finally threw the wooden stick on the ground. "Alright, that's it then."
After saying that, she did not go to tidy up the house anymore. Instead, she lay on the bed angrily in front of Xue Baijun.
She had her back to the children and was pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed. The three children were whispering behind her back, discussing whether she was angry.
She was indeed angry. The main reason was that she really could not think of what to do.
The sky was about to turn dark. The Yao family, who had their wheat piles burned, was probably going to come looking for her. However, the older children refused to change. They were as stubborn as an ox. What could she do?
Got it.
Bai Wenjing thought of a plan. Then, she slowly sat up and sighed with a dejected look on her face, she said to Xue Baijun, "Baijun, come here. I'm telling you when I'm gone, you have to be sensible and look after your two younger siblings. Don't fight all the time and don't cause such a big mess again."
After saying that, Bai Wenjing slowly walked out.
"Mother, where are you going?"
"Mother, what are you doing?"
No matter how the three kids behind her asked, Bai Wenjing did not say a word. She just continued to walk in the dark.
Xue Baijun looked at her mother's appearance and then looked at the two younger siblings behind him. After thinking for a moment, he slapped his forehead and said, "This is bad. I heard from Fusheng Murakami that he told his children to behave before he left to die. Our mother can't be thinking too hard, right?"