Time Travel: A Fisherwoman Goes to the Sea to Raise a Baby

Chapter 463 The Extortionist's Visit

Xu Yiyi was chopping ribs with a knife, the cutting board making a series of creaking sounds.

"Why is the restaurant open today?"

With two people suddenly gone, she thought she would have to rest for another two days.

Xu Anyang leaned against the wall, watching her movements: "We need to make money, right? Fatty Wang and Yunniang can cook, and we're skilled at it too, so it won't affect anything."

He also called over several of the children he played with in the tribe, and each of them took on a specific task.

"Let me tell you, Xu Ming and his wife are completely inhuman. Behind their great-grandparents' backs, they cursed Wu Yuan as a little mute in front of everyone. These two kids beat their Xu Yizhi into a pig's head."

Xu Anyang said angrily, "Don't curse Sanchuan Sihai! This fight had its reasons."

Xu Yiyi snorted and put the chopped pork ribs into the cooked porridge.

"Sanchuan Sihai never provokes trouble. Xu Yizhi deserved to be beaten."

Xu Anyang nodded affirmatively.

“You need to be mentally prepared. When you go back, Xu Ming and his wife will definitely cause you trouble,” Xu Anyang said.

Xu Yiyi took the cooked pork rib porridge out to feed the child.

"I'm afraid he won't come."

When they finished work and arrived at the dock, seven or eight children were crammed into a small boat, and Sanchuan suddenly remembered.

"Big sister, I lent our boat to Uncle. His boat is badly damaged and is still being repaired."

The wind was particularly strong that night. Xu Yiyi was holding Wu Yuan and sitting in the middle. When she saw that Si Hai still wanted to play in the water, she quickly pulled him over.

"Have you collected the rent yet?" she asked.

Sanchuan shook his head and placed the food box at his feet: "Uncle said he would give it to me, but I didn't take it."

That's good.

Ah Da has always been incredibly kind to his siblings, so it would be unreasonable for him to charge them money for such a small matter.

As the small boat docked, Xu Yiyi immediately smelled a foul odor.

The hurricane was powerful, and it washed a lot of fish ashore.

They picked up everything edible and took it home; the rest were used as fertilizer.

This means that you can smell this scent no matter where you go.

"Big sister, look at Wu Yuan, he even covers his nose."

Sihai said with a grin. Xu Yiyi looked down and saw Wu Yuan's little face scrunched up, his two chubby hands covering his nose, looking especially cute.

Seeing that he was about to vomit, she quickly quickened her pace.

……

When I got home, I found that the collapsed wall had already been repaired.

The house is spotless, showing no signs of having been through a typhoon.

“This was repaired by Uncle Pinghai and other uncles from the clan,” Sanchuan said.

No sooner had he finished speaking than footsteps were heard outside.

After Xu Anyang, who had returned home before them, delivered the message, his great-uncle and the others rushed over.

"Quick! Let me hug you."

Auntie's tone was somewhat urgent, and as soon as Wu Yuan saw her, he reached out to hug her.

"Oh my! Our Wuyuan knows I'm the Great Grandma."

Grandma said with a smile, and sat down holding the chubby baby.

"Didn't you say you could make sounds again?" Atsushi leaned closer and saw that Gouyuan's mouth was tightly shut.

"Wu Yuan, make a sound."

Sihai gently touched his little face.

The child obligingly responded with an "Ah!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

“I knew that the fat chicken we killed would be useful. The Sea Goddess must have heard our prayers and specially blessed the Five Abyss.”

For the first time, Asa was glad she hadn't been stingy.

“It’s also possible that the doctors in the prefectural city have better medical skills,” Xu Honglian said.

The mother and daughter chatted back and forth.

Grandma glanced at her husband sitting beside her, a smile playing on his lips: "Want me to give you a hug?"

As she spoke, her great-aunt was about to put Wu Yuan into his arms.

"I don't want to hold her! She'll cry again and give me a headache. Am I even going to sleep tonight?"

Uncle was on high alert. Wu Yuan, that brat, only knew how to target him. He would cry as soon as he got into Uncle's arms.

He spoke irritably, his beard twitching.

This piqued Wu Yuan's curiosity, and taking advantage of his inattention, he reached out and grabbed it.

"Look, look, this is a devil child! He's specifically targeting me."

Uncle Taiye leaned closer following Wu Yuan's momentum, and for a moment the scene became quite lively.

Xu Pinghai had a faint smile on his face, but it darkened when he saw the person coming in from outside the door.

In the glow of the lanterns, Xu Ming walked at the front with a stern face, followed closely by Ru Lan, who was holding Xu Yizhi's arm.

The boy's cheeks were swollen and shiny, and his eyes were squeezed into slits, making him look like a pig's head.

Hearing the noise, Xu Yiyi came out from under the grape trellis.

The hem of her dress brushed against the chrysanthemums that were about to bloom, carrying with it a bittersweet fragrance.

Uncle frowned as he watched the family enter.

Before they could even speak, Rulan patted Xu Yizhi on the back, and immediately burst into tears.

Xu Yiyi raised an eyebrow and glanced at Sanchuan and Sihai.

"Shut up!" she whispered sternly.

Xu Yizhi's crying stopped for a moment. He glanced at his mother furtively, and when he saw Xu Yiyi's fierce expression, he immediately stopped wailing.

"What are you doing here again?" Xu Pinghai asked impatiently.

Xu Ming snorted, greeted his great-uncle and great-aunt, and then looked at Xu Yiyi.

"Let me be frank, Sanchuan and Sihai beat my son up like this, you, as the eldest sister, have to give me an explanation, right?"

The night breeze shifted, and the grape leaves on the trellis rustled, revealing their silvery-white backs.

Grandma was worried that Wu Yuan would catch a cold, so she quickly carried him into the inner room.

Sihai shouted, "You were the ones who insulted Wuyuan first, otherwise we wouldn't bother hitting him."

"That's right, that's right! You were the ones who called Wu Yuan mute first! You didn't dare say anything in front of Grandpa and Grandma, but you gossiped about him in front of us. Shame on you..."

Sanchuan made a face at Xu Ming and his wife as he spoke.

"We were just saying it casually, we didn't do anything to you! But you two have really ruined my Yizhi's life." With that, Rulan pulled Xu Yizhi closer.

The kid's entire face was swollen and distorted, with bruises spreading from his forehead to his chin, making him look like a pig's head that had been beaten on a butcher's chopping board.

Rulan raised her hand and pushed Xu Yizhi: "Yizhi, don't be afraid. You tell me, were these two the ones who hit you?"

Xu Yizhi felt a little timid in front of so many people.

But his parents were watching him, so he paused for a moment before slowly speaking.

"Yes...they hit me. Sanchuan sat on me and pinned me down, while Sihai kept punching me."

Xu Yizhi said, feeling wronged.

San Chuan scoffed, "That's because you have a foul mouth. Not only did your father and mother curse my Wu Yuan, but you did too, and you even spoke ill of him to the world. It's no wonder I hit you."

If parents have such sharp tongues, how can you expect their children to be any better?

"I..." Xu Yizhi was so provoked by his words that he was about to curse.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Sihai clench his fist.

He immediately chickened out.

The uncle's gaze towards Xu Mingzai clearly showed some dissatisfaction.

"Even so, you can't hit people! The two of you ganged up on my Yizhi, don't you owe us an explanation?"

Rulan was holding back her anger.

Xu Yiyi raised an eyebrow: "Perfect timing. My Sanchuan said his head hurts. It must have been from Xu Yizhi this morning. Hitting someone on the head is no small matter. I need to take Sanchuan to the clinic. Here's the money."

When Xu Yizhi heard her speaking so earnestly, his eyes immediately filled with doubt.

"Did I hit it?" he murmured.

Sanchuan knew what his older sister meant as soon as she opened her mouth, and at that moment he cleverly clutched his head and said it hurt.

"Ouch! You have to take this seriously if you bump your head. Sanchuan is a scholar, and if he damages his head like this, it will be a lifelong problem."

Asa wasn't very perceptive and thought that Sanchuan had actually bumped his head.

She hurried over and patted his head.

“Nonsense! If you really hit your head, would you still be able to work a day at the restaurant?” Rulan hurriedly said.

"Sanchuan hasn't been feeling well all day and has been lying in the restaurant all day."

Xu Anyang quickly chimed in, "Sanchuan is so sensible. He was afraid we'd worry, so he kept quiet until Sister Yi came back and he couldn't hold it in any longer."

He said this with great sorrow.

"You..." Rulan choked for a moment, "But he looks perfectly fine, while the injuries on my Yizhi's face are real, everyone saw them, you can't deny it!"

Xu Yiyi snorted: "My Sanchuan has a terrible headache right now, didn't you see?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sanchuan, quite appropriately, cried out even louder, "Aiyo! Aiyo!"

"Uncle! Aren't you going to do anything about this?" Xu Ming suddenly spoke up.

Uncle gave Xu Mingzai a deep look, then tapped the bluestone slab with his cane.

Xu Pinghai immediately spoke up: "It's normal for kids to fight and play, but as their older brother, I have to say something to you. You are all elders, and Wu Yuan is your own nephew. When you called him mute, weren't you afraid that Yin Li would feel heartbroken in the afterlife?"

These words really hit home.

Xu Ming gave Xu Yiyi a deep look, his hatred returning.

He snorted coldly, grabbed his wife and children, and turned to leave.

Sihai paused, his hand gripping the bow and arrow still: "They're leaving already?"

"Do you expect me to fight you if I don't leave?" Xu Yiyi snatched the bow and arrow from his hand.

This child was rather impatient. As soon as Xu Ming entered the house, he ran in excitedly to get his bow and arrows.

If there's even the slightest hint of trouble, a fight will have already broken out.

"If your second uncle had any conscience at all, he wouldn't have continued to cause trouble for you when I mentioned your father," Xu Pinghai sneered.

After all, the couple was in the wrong, having humiliated the orphan of their deceased brother. In terms of patriarchal principles and morals, Xu Ming had already lost miserably.

……

"Honey, are we just going to let it go like this? I haven't even started making a scene yet," Rulan asked, puzzled. Hadn't she already decided to get the money when she left home?

Xu Ming gave her a disdainful look: "Xu Pinghai has already said that, how dare you ask for money?"

"What's there to be embarrassed about? Just because their father is gone doesn't mean everyone has to give in to them, right?"

Ru Lan was furious. Those two little brats from Sanchuan and Sihai seemed to be unharmed, but her Yi Zhi was a different story.

Her face was so swollen that even her mother could hardly recognize her.

Is she not even allowed to seek justice?

"That's enough. You did call him mute," Xu Ming said impatiently, and walked home first.

Grandpa Xu sat motionless in the courtyard, which startled the three of them when they entered.

"Father, why aren't you asleep yet, it's so late?"

Rulan cursed the old bastard in her heart, but on the surface she showed great concern.

Grandpa Xu asked in a somber tone, "Where did you go?"

Xu Yizhi walked over with a wronged expression: "Grandpa, you have to stand up for me! Sanchuan and Sihai beat me up and even scolded me."

Grandpa Xu looked him up and down.

When did this happen?

He hasn't been home all day and has no idea what happened.

"Regarding what happened this morning, the two of them beat me up."

Xu Yizhi said, sobbing.

Grandpa Xu gave him a disdainful look: "Useless! Get out of my way. Sanchuan Sihai is younger than you, and you can't even beat him."

His tone was very dissatisfied.

Xu Ming immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Father didn't dislike those children as much anymore.

"Grandpa, you don't love me anymore." Xu Yizhi said in disbelief.

"What exactly happened? Sanchuan Sihai couldn't have hit you for no reason, could they?" Grandpa Xu said.

Xu Ming instinctively felt that he couldn't say it.

But before they could stop him, Xu Yizhi spilled the beans.

"My father, mother, and I called Wu Yuan a little mute, and then they beat me up."

Xu Ming's vision went black, but Grandpa Xu suddenly burst into laughter.

"Then you're even more useless. You started this mess, so it's only right that you got punished."

Grandpa Xu spoke without any mercy.

Xu Yizhi, the only precious child of the second wife, had never been beaten or scolded since childhood, but tonight he was so upset by his grandfather's attitude that he cried.

Grandpa Xu chuckled, but his eyes held no smile: "If you cry again, get out of here, you're giving me a headache..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the room on the eldest son's side lit up.

Xu Zhengci, still half asleep and wearing an overcoat, opened the door.

"What's going on here?"

Meiyi carefully opened the window and looked out. She knew that the second son's family had just gone out.

Taking a child out so late, they must be going to ask Xu Yiyi for money.

But judging from the looks of it, it seems like it didn't work out.

"Shut up, you're giving me a headache."

Grandpa Xu said through gritted teeth, but before he could even touch the baby, Grandma Xu quickly came out and picked him up.

"You're really getting more and more regressive as you get older. You're getting angry with a child?"

Grandma Xu tenderly stroked Xu Yizhi's head: "Did you get the money?"

She looked at Rulan, who was standing to the side and being held back by Xu Ming from speaking.

Seeing her shake her head, Grandma Xu spat.

"I think you're the real good-for-nothing. You're so loud at home, yet you can't even handle a little girl."

Grandma Xu cursed and swore, then picked up Xu Yizhi and tried to leave.

Xu Zhengci saw through her intention and quickly went inside to get dressed.

"Are you crazy? What's it to you? You meddle in everything. How did I end up marrying such an idiot like you?"

Mei-yi lowered her voice and scolded.

"I'm worried about Mother going out alone so late." Xu Zhengci said, trying to shake off her hand, but he couldn't.