Chapter 114: Something Big Happened

 Chapter 114: Something Big Happened

Lu Sanzhu, who had been paying attention to the commotion outside the door, rushed out immediately upon hearing the sound of rolling cartwheels.

"Ah Yu is back? Come, come, give me the mule cart. I'll feed the donkey for you," he said with a smile.

As soon as he spoke, Da Niu opened the curtain of the cart, revealing the figures of the two sisters inside.

Lu Sanzhu's smiling face froze instantly when he saw Da Ya's disheveled appearance with swollen, red eyes. "Da Ya, what happened to you?" he asked, his expression tense.

Shu Yu got off the mule cart and turned around to help Da Ya out.

Both Shu Yu and Da Niu had gloomy faces, which made Lu Sanzhu feel that something was off.

He immediately shouted inside, "Mother, Second Brother, something has happened. Da Ya is in trouble."

Shu Yu's ear was pricked by his words, and she glanced at him before taking Da Ya into the courtyard.

As soon as they entered, the elderly grandmother and others who had rushed over anxiously were already there to greet them.

"Da, Da Ya, why did you come back at this time? You... what happened?" The elderly grandmother looked at her disheveled state in shock and quickly grabbed her, asking, "What happened?"

"Mother, let's go inside first and talk," Da Niu said, entering the house after her and supporting the elderly grandmother to prevent her from walking unsteadily due to her anxiety.

Curious, Lu Sanzhu quickly brought the mule cart into his own courtyard and tied it up. He then told his son, who was playing there, "Da Bao, quickly go to your uncle's house and tell him that Da Ya is back and something has happened. Ask your uncle to come over."

After Da Bao ran out, he grabbed Liang Shi, who was holding Baby Ya, and ran towards Lu Erbai's house. "Let's go, let's go. We should also go and take a look. I have a feeling that something serious is happening in our family."

Others might not know, but Lu Sanzhu was well aware of Shu Yu's methods.

Last time, when she found out that Ruan Pozi wanted to sell San Ya and Da Hu, she had the same murderous expression.

When the two of them rushed into Lu Erbai's house, Shu Yu happened to mention the things done by the Zhang family. Upon seeing Lu Sanzhu and the others, she only glanced at them and didn't stop them from sitting on the side and listening.

She continued, "...Except for Zhang Shu, who wasn't at home, everyone from the Zhang family was sitting with their legs crossed, watching my eldest sister work. They didn't see my sister as a person at all. They made her squat in the corner like a wooden stake and had the three children throw melon seed shells at her head, competing to see who could throw the most. If my sister tried to block them with her hand, that Zhang wifes would take a corn cob and hit her on the head."

"The two daughters-in-law of the Zhang family, knowing that my sister brought back peaches last time and didn't leave any for their son, said they would punish her. They let her go hungry all day, but when my sister finished her work and came back, they suspected that she had hidden more peaches and immediately pinched and twisted her as soon as she entered the courtyard. Look, she doesn't have much flesh on her body, and all these bruises on her arms were caused by them pinching her."

The elderly grandmother's tears fell uncontrollably as she cursed the Zhang family and regretted not seeing people clearly, pushing her granddaughter into a pit of fire.

She held Da Ya's hand, looking at her arms that were blue and purple, and cried as if she was about to faint.

Da Ya choked and looked at Shu Yu, "Er Ya, don't say it, please stop."

Shu Yu didn't want to speak either, but she couldn't let her family know about the suffering Da Ya had endured. They didn't realize the severity of the situation, and Da Ya would eventually have to go back to that cannibalistic place.

Ruan Shi and San Ya were also crying with tears streaming down their faces. Lu Erbai was so angry that the veins on his forehead were bulging, and Da Hu tried to rush towards the door, saying, "I want to avenge my elder sister."

However, halfway through his run, he was pulled back by Lu Dasong and Li Shi, who had just entered the house.

(End of this chapter)