Chapter 117 Cold-blooded Enough
Luo Qiao had heard the commotion from afar and asked the people sitting on the bridge, "What’s all this about?"
One of the old men glanced towards the Sun Family who were at the center of the argument and said, "Well, no one is willing to take care of Stone, alas, such a sin!"
The Second Wife of Sun Family and the Third Wife nearly reached their work hour squabbling, yet no conclusion had been drawn, so the brigade leader couldn’t stand it anymore and came over to mediate.
Unexpectedly, Kong Yuru retorted, "It’s easy for you, brigade leader, to talk without feeling the pain; would you be willing to raise a freeloader in your home?"
Sun Yuru was well aware that Stone was already eight years old; children his age had started school last year, and several more were rumored to begin this latter half of the year.
Her son, Sun Shengyuan, had started primary school the previous year, and if they didn’t allow that "wild seed" to go to school this second half of the year, she feared the villagers would surely talk the Sun Family to death, especially since the three households indeed shared the compensation money meant for Sun Mei’s next of kin.
The brigade leader didn’t expect Kong Yuru to be so unreasonable, so he said bluntly, "You are Stone’s closest kin. Sun Mei’s compensation was six hundred yuan and you dare to call Stone a freeloader now.
Your Sun Family really knows how to devour others without spitting out the bones, truly having lost all conscience. After splitting up the compensation, you still have the audacity to say such things.
Ever since that child started living with you, has any of your households ever treated him kindly? Isn’t he sent to fetch pigweed from the mountain at the break of dawn each day? What are the children of your households doing at that time?
In all these months, which household has given him a full meal, or made a piece of clothing for the child? And now you say that he’s a freeloader, how can you even utter those words?"