Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 535 - 469: Burned

But people cannot outsmart fate. What Gao did not expect was that when she returned to the village with her two children in high spirits, she was targeted by a few thugs near River Bay.

The thugs had their eyes on Gao’s money, but Gao was vigilant against them. However, it was difficult to guard against family betrayal; her parents, along with her brother and sister-in-law, all conspired to take her Silver.

At this point, Gao wiped away a tear. Originally, she returned home to support them, but in the blink of an eye, she ended up penniless, needing to rely on others for shelter.

Gao had more than two hundred taels of Silver, all taken by her parents. So Gao pleaded with her father, hoping they would return half of her Silver to her. Gao thought as long as she got the Silver, she would take Manyue and Mansheng back to River Bay and never concern herself with her maternal family’s affairs again.

But who would willingly give up the meat already in their mouths?

Sun Manyue said angrily, "I want to report to the authorities. I won’t allow this!"

Gao glared at her daughter, "No matter what, they are still your grandma and grandpa. Do you really want to send them to jail?"

Sun Manyue pouted, feeling wronged, "But they stole our money!"

After her grandparents got hold of the money, their attitude immediately took a one-eighty degree turn. They even felt distressed when they ate an extra bowl of rice.

At first, there might have been some guilt in them, so even if they ate a bit more, they just coughed unhappily when they went to get rice. Over time, they outright stipulated that they could only eat one bowl per meal, no seconds allowed.

Not only did Sun Manyue feel aggrieved, but Sun Mansheng was also upset, questioning his mother indignantly, "Even the money grandpa saved for me to marry was taken. Why should they take our Sun family’s money?"

Gao felt distressed as well. She had known since childhood that her parents favored her brother, but she thought times had changed. Now that she had money, her parents were bound to change their biases and attitude towards her.

She never expected her parents to be so ruthless. When caught stealing her money, they didn’t even bother to hide it, opting to rob her outright. Her parents completely disappointed her, but she still couldn’t bring herself to report them.

She stayed at home with them for months, only getting out with two taels of Silver, supposedly for the travel expenses for her and her children to Yangcheng.

Given the current situation, even if Gao wanted to maintain some connection with her maternal family, her children were against it.

Yu Xiaolian frowned. She had always thought Sun Wulin’s wife to be a very clever person, how could she do something so foolish?

Alas, when someone gets into conflict with close family, it really becomes impossible to remain objective and calm.

"What do you plan to do next?" Yu Xiaolian asked.

Sun Wulin’s wife lowered her head, feeling very embarrassed. She felt she had not only let her daughter and son down but also made a fool of herself in front of Yu Xiaolian.

"I heard you’ve started a Red Sausage Factory, I want to take the two of them there to work, what do you think?"

Yu Xiaolian could not possibly refuse them, "Alright, but the pay at the Red Sausage Factory is not as much as in Taohua Village, each person only earns ten coins a day."

When saying this, Yu Xiaolian was testing them, so she kept her eyes on Sun Wulin’s wife to observe her reaction.

Sun Wulin’s wife had actually heard about the ten coins wage at the Red Sausage Factory from elsewhere, so she wasn’t surprised when Yu Xiaolian mentioned it.

However, she still harbored a faint hope that Yu Xiaolian might treat them better due to their family relationship.

Though Sun Wulin’s wife thought this, she wisely didn’t show it and waited for Yu Xiaolian to speak first.

"Ten coins is ten coins, we are willing to take it!" Sun Wulin’s wife gritted her teeth and said.

Sun Manyue couldn’t help but calculate in her mind. One person earns ten coins a day, three people make thirty coins, which means nine hundred coins a month, only a bit more than ten taels a year. It would take twenty years to earn back the money her mother was robbed of.

Moreover, she and her brother couldn’t remain unmarried forever. Once she gets married, the money she earns would belong to her husband’s family, and her brother would also need money to get a wife.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Sun Manyue said to Yu Xiaolian, "Sister Xiaolian, if my mother won’t report it, I will. Why should they take all our money?"

"Slap!" Sun Wulin’s wife turned and gave Sun Manyue a slap.

Sun Manyue did not expect her mother to hit her. She lost her balance and fell into the brazier used for warming. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Ah!!!" A miserable scream echoed through the skies.

Yu Xiaolian was originally leaning on the warm kang bed, but when she saw what happened, she quickly shouted, "Manyue, take off your clothes, Mansheng, get out!"

Sun Yue sat right on the hot coals, and in her panic, placed both her hands on the burning coals.

By the time Sun Manyue struggled to stand, her clothes were already on fire. Yu Xiaolian glanced around the room for something to extinguish the flames but found none. The tea was freshly brought by Fang Cao, and the small pot could not put out the fire.

With no other option, Yu Xiaolian grabbed the blanket she usually draped over herself on the warm kang bed and swung it fiercely at Sun Manyue.

"Waa..." Sun Manyue cried miserably.

Seeing the fire was out, Yu Xiaolian quickly pulled Sun Manyue over to the warm kang, "Hurry, take off your clothes."

Since Sun Manyue caught fire, Sun Wulin’s wife stood dumbfounded, clearly frightened.

Now that the fire was out, Sun Wulin’s wife regained some composure, "Yes, take off your clothes, listen to your sister Xiaolian!"

Sun Wulin’s wife went over to help Sun Manyue take off her clothes, but Sun Manyue dodged away, "I don’t want your help, stay away from me. From now on, I don’t have you as a mother, and you can consider you never had me as a daughter."

Knowing she had made a grave mistake, Sun Wulin’s wife stood helplessly to the side.

"Aunt Wulin, please go outside and call a maid to clean up the scattered coals."

Yu Xiaolian understood Sun Manyue’s feelings and sent Sun Wulin’s wife out.

"Manyue, listen to your sister Xiaolian, quickly take off the clothes. Otherwise, once the skin sticks to the fabric, you won’t be able to remove them." Sun Wulin’s wife left reluctantly, looking back every few steps.

"Sister Xiaolian, I want to return to Yu State, I want to go back to Taohua Village, I want to find my grandparents. I won’t stay with my mother anymore." Sun Manyue cried while taking off her clothes.

"Let’s not talk about that now, let me check your injuries first!"

The palms of Sun Manyue’s hands were relatively fine; the calloused skin slightly burned and mixed with coal dust and blood, looked black-red.

When Yu Xiaolian’s gaze moved to Sun Manyue’s behind, she closed her eyes at once, frowning, and after a while, she summoned the courage to take another look.

She saw a bloody mess covering half of Sun Manyue’s buttocks, half of her waist, and her right elbow.

Yu Xiaolian had Sun Manyue lie face down on the warm kang and instructed Fang Cao, who came in to clean up the coals, to fetch the doctor.

"Get the daughter of Dr. Jin from the west of the city, tell her it’s a burn and to bring ointment!"