My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 48 The Eight Trigrams are Human Nature

Cheng Ruoan and his two companions returned to the dilapidated temple with a cartload of wooden crates and two empty mule carts.

She was still thinking about how to persuade the Xia family to steal the medicine.

As soon as I reached the entrance of the dilapidated temple, I heard a huge commotion inside.

Da Hua cried her heart out: "You are my mother! I am your flesh and blood, Xia Yaozu is just your nephew!"

There were also sounds of Zhao and Xia's wife arguing, and Xia Shoucai shouting and cursing.

Cheng Ruoan felt like she was going to go blind even before she stepped inside!

"Sis, I'll carry you on my back. Let's hurry and see what's going on."

Cheng Ruotong jumped off the mule cart, picked up Cheng Ruoan, and ran inside.

She wasn't concerned about who hit whom or who insulted whom; it was simply because "gossip is human nature."

Cheng Ruotong's motto in life: "It's stupid not to watch the excitement!"

Cheng Ruoan had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

It's estimated that Xia Yaozu woke up and told his family that Da Hua had injured him.

While still on Cheng Ruotong's back, Cheng Ruoan shouted at the top of her lungs, "Dahua, Third Aunt is back!"

Sure enough, as soon as they entered the dilapidated temple, Da Hua burst into tears and rushed to Cheng Ruoan and Cheng Ruotong's side.

As soon as Cheng Ruoan got off Cheng Ruotong's back, Dahua snuggled into her arms.

"Third Aunt... Waaaaah..." Da Hua cried so hard she could barely breathe, and only when she hugged Cheng Ruo'an did it feel like she was hugging her own mother.

Standing not far away, Xia Shi, glaring at her with resentment, was nothing like her mother!

Cheng Ruoan was stunned when she saw the big flower. "You...who hit your face?!"

Big Flower's hair was torn and her clothes were ripped, but that was that.

However, her once beautiful face was now swollen, with both cheeks swollen and a long red mark on her left cheek.

Upon closer inspection, Cheng Ruoan realized it was a minor abrasion; any deeper and it would have bled.

"Third Aunt...they hit me, they all hit me..." Da Hua just hugged Cheng Ruoan and cried.

She was twelve years old, and her head was already as tall as Cheng Ruoan's chin, but she was still tiny and pitiful when she was huddled in Cheng Ruoan's arms.

In the counterfeit version, Cheng Ruo'an said that she would support Da Hua.

Then I will definitely support you to the end.

"You brat! Who's your mother?! Come here right now!" Xia was so angry that her finger trembled as she pointed at Dahua.

When did this good-for-nothing become so close to Cheng Ruoan?

Yes, yes.

If she hadn't gotten close to Cheng Ruoan, how would she have dared to hit their Yaozu?!

"Si Dahua! You come here right now! I'll count to three, then you come here!"

"one!"

Snapped.

Xia had only counted once when a loud slap landed on her face.

"Sister!" Xia Shoucai swung a carrying pole and charged towards Cheng Ruoan and Dahua, "I'll fight your Si family to the death!"

But before the carrying pole could fall, it was kicked away by Shaoyang, who had just entered with the mule harnessed.

"Little sister, are you alright?"

After regaining their senses, Cheng Ruotong and Shao Yang simultaneously expressed their concern for Cheng Ruoan.

"Xia Shoucai, are you crazy?! It wasn't my little sister who hit her, why are you hitting her with a carrying pole?!"

The slap on Xia's face was not delivered by Cheng Ruoan.

It was Zhao who did it.

Cheng Ruoan was also stunned for a moment.

what's the situation?

"I'm not dead yet, what are you pretending to be?!" Zhao had just finished arguing with Old Woman Xia, and Old Woman Xia had pulled out a lot of her hair, but she still pounced on Old Woman Xia and gave her a good shove!

Zhao was in a disheveled state, but at that moment she looked just like a mother hen protecting her chicks.

She stood in front of Cheng Ruoan and Da Hua, shielding them behind her, and scolded them with her hands on her hips:

"Xia family, I've finally seen through you today, and I've seen through your Xia family! You want my Si family's daughter to be your Xia family's child bride?! You don't deserve it?! Bah!"

"Third brother's wife, quickly tell your sister to call your mother and children back, and tell your brother-in-law to call Erlang's family back too!"

"The Xia family is trying to rob and kill our Si family!" At this moment, Zhao Shi couldn't care less about her personal grudges with Cheng Ruo'an and immediately stood on Cheng Ruo'an's side.

Cheng Ruoan's focus remained on the words she had used to insult Xia Shi earlier, "My brother-in-law is here, the Xia family can't do anything bad. Mother-in-law, what did you just say about a child bride?"

Shao Yang clenched his fists and roared, "I've killed over twenty bandits, and I'm still not satisfied. I want to see who dares to touch my sister and her mother-in-law!"

How could the Xia family dare to make a move?

They all looked away when they saw him.

But in reality, only Xia Shoucai, his parents, and Xia Shi were there.

Even if Shao Yang weren't there, Cheng Ruoan could easily deal with them with just a few stun gun pokes or a few bullets.

Da Hua's clothes were so badly torn... it was hard to imagine the worst, so Cheng Ruo'an asked Cheng Ruotong to accompany her to the mule cart outside to change her clothes and clean her wounds.

After the child left, Cheng Ruoan asked Zhao Shi again, "Mother-in-law, tell me, what exactly happened?"

"Your sister-in-law... no! When Dalang comes back, I'll make him divorce her!"

She is completely unworthy to be our Si family's daughter-in-law!

Zhao was so angry that her hair almost stood on end. She pointed at the Xia family and started cursing them before telling Cheng Ruoan what had happened.

This morning, after Cheng Ruoan and the other two left, Si Silang asked Boss Qian to bring over a doctor from the surrounding area to check the pulses of the children.

This doctor has a good reputation in the surrounding area.

After showing the children the picture, he said that the two children were just young and had inhaled too much sleeping pills, so it was normal for them to be unconscious for two to three days. There were no other abnormalities in their bodies for the time being.

However, this is on the premise that the child inhales ordinary sleeping pills, rather than a new variety mixed with other medicinal ingredients.

In other words, if the sleeping gas was poisonous, he wouldn't be able to tell just by taking the children's pulses.

According to the doctor's experience, even the most counterfeit sleeping pills on the market are not powerful enough.

So it would be best to show him the sleeping gas or the recipe.

Si Shaoheng was also worried, so he called Dalang and Silang back to the mountains to see which side, the bandits or the refugees, had won, and to look for any more of the sleeping gas they used.

As soon as they left, Boss Qian sent the doctor back home. The second wife, fearing for her life, insisted on going with the doctor back to the pharmacy to get medicine.

Seeing that the children were all dirty, Cheng's mother asked Boss Qian's wife to take them to the river to wash up.

The entire dilapidated temple was now empty except for the Xia family, Zhao Shi, and Da Hua, who stayed behind to take care of Daya and Si Niu.

Behind the dilapidated temple were several run-down side rooms, where a few children who were still asleep were.

Zhao was drinking tea and eating snacks in the front courtyard and didn't notice that Xia Yaozu had woken up behind her.

He woke up and threw a tantrum, claiming that Da Hua had beaten him up. The Xia family then went to Xia Shi and demanded that Da Hua pay for the medicine.

He immediately asked for one hundred taels.

Having no other option, Xia went to Zhao, but Zhao certainly wouldn't give it to her.

Xia said she would take Da Hua to apologize to Xia Yaozu, hoping to minimize the amount of money they could pay.

A short while later, Zhao heard Da Hua shouting from the back room, "Grandma, help!"

When Zhao tried to go into the room to look, she was stopped outside by Xia, Xia's sister-in-law, and Xia's old woman.

She picked up a stick before she could "fight" her way in.

I was almost furious when I went inside!