After stating her own attitude, the rest of her words became much easier to say.
Liu Zhaodi’s voice was weak but clear, "Dad died in an accident, and when Mom left, she took all the money from the house. After Grandpa and Grandma passed away one after another because of illness, not only was there no money left, but we also had a lot of debt due to medical bills, including the 316 yuan owed to Great Aunt and Auntie Shen."
"Hmph, good that you know!" He Cuihua snorted coldly, "If it weren’t for us giving you the money to treat your grandparents, they would have died even earlier!"
[Didn’t you just say you were Zhaodi’s biological aunt? Zhaodi’s grandparents... aren’t they your husband’s parents? When your husband’s parents were sick, it was only right for you to spend money on them!]
[I’m dizzy, you actually charged the few nieces and nephews for this money?]
[Giving birth to your husband is not as good as having an embryo!]
Liu Zhaodi had no reaction to He Cuihua’s words and continued, "After Grandpa and Grandma died, Great Aunt used the IOU to drive us out of the house, and Auntie Shen also took a lot of pots and pans from our house claiming debt repayment."
"Paying off debts is normal, if you girls can’t pay the money then you use the house to offset it, isn’t that right?" said He Cuihua, feeling completely justified, without the slightest sense of wrongdoing.
Li Qiufeng’s face showed a trace of unease, but expecting her to admit she was wrong was impossible.
[Speechless, a bit over 300 yuan and they’ve taken over the house? And this is their own niece; no matter how cheap a country house is, it’s worth more than three hundred yuan, right?]
[Saying three hundred is an overstatement, according to Zhaodi’s story, it’s clear that it was Great Aunt and Auntie Shen who together borrowed a bit over three hundred!]
[A total of a bit over three hundred... Once their grandparents died, they immediately drove the three children out and took over the house themselves.]
[Damn, how is this different from the ancient practice of wiping out a family?]
[I don’t know why, but Zhaodi’s voice is getting more familiar to me. I’m not sure, I’ll listen some more...]
Liu Zhaodi’s eyes gradually moistened with tears, "If it weren’t for the village chief uncle and several other relatives and neighbors who couldn’t stand it, stepping in to divide some land to Great Aunt and Auntie Shen, and helping us get the house back, we three siblings would probably be living in the pigsty by now."
"Later on, to take care of my younger brother and sister, I chose to drop out of school and stay home to farm."
"What support did Auntie Shen just mention? In the hardest two years, did Auntie Shen ever bring any food to us? Conversely, your son Erhu would often come to see us, I wonder if Auntie Shen knows."
Hearing this, Li Qiufeng’s expression changed as if she thought of something.
Li Qiufeng could no longer hold back, interrupting Liu Zhaodi’s words, "Those things are all from so long ago, Zhaodi, what’s the point of mentioning them now? Are you blaming me and your Great Aunt?
Back then, our family’s situation wasn’t any better, with many mouths and little grain. It was already quite good that our own family could eat and stay warm."
"Zhaodi wouldn’t dare," Liu Zhaodi responded quickly, those things she thought she had forgotten were suddenly surfacing in her mind one by one.
She had kept too many things bottled up in her heart for too long. Why not vent them out today while there were people willing to listen!
All her money and phone were with He Cuihua; if He Cuihua didn’t give them back to her, death was the only path waiting for her.
Under Jiang Ning’s gaze, Liu Zhaodi felt a surge of courage in her heart.
"Whenever Auntie Shen’s family cooked delicious chicken or duck, Erhu would run to our house with his bowl, eating meat and soup voraciously in front of us, smacking his lips, deliberately making noises."
"After he finished, he maliciously threw the leftover bones and scraps at us, laughing that we were little beggars who couldn’t eat meat all year, saying it was a reward for us."
"There was also Great Aunt’s Dazhuang, who did the same, often throwing stones at us, tossing firecrackers and cow dung into our yard. The forage that I’d spent all afternoon cutting was kicked away by him in one swift move..."
Liu Zhaodi spoke of many things, her pace both urgent and fast, revealing her inner turmoil.
The netizens in the live stream were also agitated, as each of the issues Liu Zhaodi brought up could make everyone’s fists clench, itching to punch someone!
[Damn it, this is so infuriating.]
[Are they really her aunts and not her enemies? I feel like my uncles and aunts are super nice to me, my aunties often buy me snacks.]