Chapter 599 - 0599: Malicious Visitor 1_1
As soon as the words left Wang Baozhu’s mouth, Zhu Rong and Sang Hong were stunned.
On the other hand, Feng Qingxue was mentally prepared. Upon noticing the discrepancy between the way Wang Baozhu treated her sons and her daughter, she knew Wang Baozhu was no pushover, ringing true to the Chinese stereotype of favoring boys over girls.
Zhu Hongling’s swelling was due to starvation.
This kind of disease usually occurred during the three years of hardship and was rarely seen in the past two years.
In this era, unless someone was as fat as Wang Jiao and Xibao, a person appearing fat was not from eating too much but from starvation. Under these circumstances, being thin was actually healthier, a sign that one wasn’t on the brink of starvation.
"Baozhu, what nonsense are you spouting?" Zhu Rong snapped back to reality and rebuked, feeling his face burn up.
Unimpressed, Wang Baozhu raised her brows, hands on her hips and retorted, "What nonsense did I say? What nonsense did I say? Zhu Dasao. Didn’t she say to voice out if we need any help? So when I do, it’s suddenly nonsense? We, my mother and I, are in need of clothes and food! Look at them, eating so well, growing so plump, dressing like city folks! Just look at what your wife and children are like, Zhu Dasao!"
"You!" Wang Baozhu pointed arrogantly at Feng Qingxue, her triangular eyes gleaming with avarice. "Quick, take off your woolen coat and give it to me. Then I’ll believe you truly want to help me!"
In the highlands, where the temperature difference is relatively large, Feng Qingxue wore a woolen sweater under her rough woolen overcoat.