klisemfg Chapter 380 Er'er Fights
Chapter 380 Er'er Fights
Just as Li Xiuying was about to turn the tide, Xu Yiyi arrived first.
With a bang, he was kicked back onto the mudflat.
She was careful not to kick him in the stomach.
"Xu Yiyi! Xu Er'er, you shameless bullies!"
Even the wind couldn't drown out Li Xiuying's screams as the group arrived late.
"Hey! Isn't this Sooyoung? And you two, what are you doing here?"
By the light of the lantern, an aunt finally managed to see who was fighting.
A large fish was thrashing about on the ground, as if trying to escape while they weren't paying attention.
"Sister Zeng, you be the judge! I caught this fish first, and she insisted on taking it from me. When she couldn't win, she started hitting me..."
Li Xiuying said aggrievedly, while Sister Zeng, being a sly gossip, darted around with her eyes darting about, as if she were plotting something.
He immediately put on a smiling face, "If that's the case, then Er'er is in the wrong. You're not a child anymore, how could you do something like stealing someone's things..."
After saying this, Sister Zeng looked disgusted.
"It seems that children without parents are bound to be ill-mannered."
Xu Yiyi's eyes instantly turned fierce, but softened again in a moment.
"According to you, only children with parents are well-mannered. Then how come Xu Tiandong steals chickens and dogs all the time? Is it because you can't teach him well? Or is he just a bad person to begin with?"
Xu Yiyi appeared confused.
As soon as she finished speaking, Sister Zeng's face fell.
His son is so young, how could he understand these things?
"Tian Dong is just a child, he's just curious. Besides, we're all from the same clan, so taking it is fine, how can it be called stealing?"
Sister Zeng subconsciously tried to excuse the child.
Xu Yiyi and Er'er rolled their eyes at her simultaneously.
"Xu Tiandong is only four months younger than me!"
Er'er said angrily, "He's a child, but I'm not?"
That chubby boy is a nuisance to everyone in the clan.
……
While the three were arguing, Li Xiuying secretly picked up the fish from the ground and prepared to run away.
The next instant, the fish that had already been caught was picked up by someone.
Li Xiuying looked up following the hands, "Mother! What are you doing? These are my fish."
Aunt Li ignored her and stuffed the fish into Er'er's small wooden bucket.
They also picked up the little crabs that had escaped.
"Don't think I didn't hear you. You clearly stole Er'er's fish. You're supposed to be the older sister, how dare you take things from your younger sister? How can you be so shameless?"
Aunt Li said sternly, and subconsciously began to scold her daughter.
"Me, fighting with her? I caught them with my own abilities. It's her who's fighting with me. Besides, where did I get a sister? Always protecting other people's children, are you still my mother? Or are they actually your and Xu Yinli's children?"
Li Xiuying stared fiercely at the woman in front of her, a bitter smile on her face. She lowered her voice and said the last sentence, which was instantly drowned out by the wind.
Sure enough, she would never receive any favoritism from her mother.
What elder doesn't protect their own? But she's the one who always sides with someone else's child.
A hint of grievance flashed across Li Xiuying's face, and her gaze towards Xu Yiyi was clearly unfriendly.
"I saw it first, then I went to my older sister to get the harpoon, and when I came back to catch the fish, it accidentally jumped in front of you."
Er'er explained in detail in front of everyone that if Li Xiuying had found the fish first, she wouldn't have come to snatch it.
The little girl snorted, recalling the fleeting hint of grievance in Li Xiuying's eyes, and bent down to throw the fish back into her fish basket.
Then, before she could react, she pulled her older sister away.
Behind me, Aunt Li's grumbling began again.
The next moment, Li Xiuying threw the fish out right in front of her.
"I don't care anymore."
The fish that was just now being fought over has turned into something resembling stinking dog poop.
Neither of them wanted either of them.
"Are you out of your mind?! Er'er has already given it to you and you still don't want it?"
Aunt Li followed behind her, muttering to herself.
The big fish was eventually picked up and taken back by the tribespeople who were watching the spectacle.
After everyone had left, Xu Pinghai and Xu Honglian hurriedly ran over.
"Did Sooyoung really fight with you?"
Xu Honglian looked at Er'er with some disbelief. In her memory, Li Xiuying was not this kind of person.
"Ah! I pulled her hair first, and she pulled mine back."
Er'er held up the lantern and shone it on herself. "See? I'm covered in mud."
As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl's face was covered with a handkerchief.
"Um..."
Er'er hummed softly, while Xu Yiyi quickly rubbed her hands together with a handkerchief.
……
After the minor incident, everyone once again became engrossed in their busy work.
It was already the hour of Yin (3-5 AM).
Li Xiuying shook off her mother, who always sided with outsiders, and walked towards the rocky area with her fish basket in hand and a swaying waist.
Li Xiuying's best friend, Qiulian, couldn't hide her gossipy eyes and immediately followed after them.
As soon as they reached the back of the reef, Qiulian couldn't wait to speak up, "Xiuying, why did you start fighting with her for no reason? You don't seem like the type to care about a fish."
Nobody needs this.
"Hmph! I just don't like her."
Li Xiuying slammed the fish basket down on the ground, casually saying as she bent down to wipe the mud off her hair and face with the hem of her clothes.
"I knew it! I've disliked those two sisters for a long time too. What's there to be so smug about!"
These words struck a chord with Qiu Lian, as if she had found an ally.
She immediately pursed her lips and agreed.
"It's not just her! That Xu Yiyi is the most annoying one!"
His words couldn't hide his annoyance towards Xu Yiyi.
"So what if she opened a run-down restaurant in town? Business is a little better, and look how smug she is! And those old folks in the clan, always talking about how capable Xu Yiyi is, how clever Xu Yiyi is, ugh! I'm sick of hearing it! As if we're some kind of scumbag."
Qiu Lian winked and made faces, feeling resentful inside.
"If you ask me, she's just clueless. She tried to open a restaurant like everyone else, but in the end, she had to close it down and go home to get married."
Li Xiuying lowered her eyes as if listening intently to Qiulian's complaints, a relieved smile appearing on her lips, but her gaze unconsciously wandered for a moment.
She chimed in, "Exactly, what's there to be so smug about!"
He turned his back seemingly unintentionally, and under the cover of darkness, quietly and stealthily pulled something cold and hard from his sleeve.
It was a small, somewhat old, but smoothly polished brass key.
It was during the struggle that she took advantage of the chaos to pull it off Er'er's waist.
She carefully wiped the mud off the key with the hem of her clothes, her fingertips rubbing against the key's teeth marks.
Qiu Lian was still grumbling behind her about the elders' favoritism towards Xu Yiyi and her sister, and her own dislike for the two sisters, completely unaware of Li Xiuying's little action.
Li Xiuying smiled coldly as she looked at the key in her palm.
What's a fish?
The reason for provoking that girl to fight was precisely for the sake of this incidental chaos involving petty theft.
It was worth all the hair loss she caused.
The thought of this made Li Xiuying's scalp ache again.
He bent down, picked up the fish basket, and walked past Qiulian.
"Stop talking. We're not like others who open a restaurant to make money. Let's just honestly collect more things to exchange for cash!"
Hearing Li Xiuying say that, Qiulian became even angrier.