Chapter 356: Chapter 355: Unreasonable
It’s like she’s her mom or something. She should ask for her, right?
But she can’t get mad at a kid, so she took out a pear from the basket and said, "Is a pear okay? I’m saving the apples for visiting relatives tomorrow."
"Aunt bought so many apples, what’s wrong with giving Miao Miao one?" Saying that, she grabbed the pear from Lin Wan’s hand and threw it hard on the ground. Then she stood there and started crying loudly,
This scene made it look like Lin Wan was an adult mistreating a child.
But the few people walking together knew what was happening. Pears are quite fragile, and as soon as they hit the ground, they split into two halves and got covered with dirt. A perfectly good pear was wasted just like that.
They cost ten cents per pound, and pears are big; you get two or three pears per pound.
Before anyone could intervene, Miao Miao started crying out,
"Aunt Lin looks down on our family, doesn’t like me, won’t even give me an apple."
A few women were stunned by Miao Miao’s words.
Lin Wan was so angry, she felt a weight in her chest and pointed at her, saying, "When did I ever say that?"
"How can a little kid say such things? Little Sister Wang, aren’t you going to hurry and calm the child?" Sister-in-law Zhang quickly stepped forward to comfort Lin Wan.
"Miao Miao, what are you saying? Didn’t you hear Aunt Lin say so? They’re visiting relatives tomorrow. Pears are so nice, and yet you just threw it away." Wang Guihua hadn’t expected her daughter to say such things. She wanted an apple, and had been arguing all the way. Wang Guilan thought Lin Wan bought so many and without any kids at home, she’d surely give one if asked. Who knew this time she didn’t give it.
"I saw Aunt Lin bought so many apples. I’m little, I can’t finish even one. She doesn’t give me one, isn’t that just looking down on us?"
Lin Wan, growing up, has only twice been angered by a child enough to want to scold.
"Sister-in-law Wang, please manage your child well. We’re neighbors, I wouldn’t be stingy for just a snack, but with a temper like that, she’ll suffer in the future."
"What kind of words are those, Lin? My daughter just wanted one of your apples. She’s just young and doesn’t understand things. Sister-in-law Lin’s tone just now was too harsh. How could you take it so seriously with a child? Tomorrow’s the last day of the holiday, shouldn’t we all be going back? Saying stuff about visiting relatives is a lie, just not wanting to give it, and then claiming my child is unruly."
"Little Sister Wang, what you’re saying isn’t right. Your kid indeed needs to be taught properly. We’re all in the same yard, should help each other, but they don’t owe you anything. Even with kids, they have the right to choose whether to give or not. Besides, Aunt Lin didn’t leave your kid without anything to eat. She just didn’t get what she wanted and started crying and fussing. Being like this at such a young age, how will she be when she grows up?" Jiang Ailian wasn’t one to form cliques, but she particularly disliked Wang Guilan and her daughter. Poverty isn’t scary, what’s scary is exploiting people and acting righteous about it. When not given, they act so pitiful, as if someone wronged them.
She herself had encountered them one or two times, she was just too lazy to bicker.
Today the three or four of them bought apples, why didn’t they ask them, and instead asked Lin Wan? Isn’t it because Lin Wan usually speaks softly?
"Sister-in-law Wang, though we are neighbors, we haven’t interacted much. This is only my second time here in the yard. The first time, most of my sunflower seeds and candies ended up in Miao Miao’s stomach. This time I came hastily. I didn’t bring any candies. But the snacks I prepared for Han Yi, your Miao Miao also ate quite a lot. This time I just didn’t give anything. Today, even if I refused, you shouldn’t have any complaints. I believe I haven’t looked down on you, and have done my part between neighbors. If you insist on blaming me then, blame it is. Today I’ve learned a lesson. My house won’t welcome such neighbors." Lin Wan felt she had been too friendly in front of them, which made them feel she was easy to bully. No, they were wrong. Lin Wan has lived two lives; this life, finally living well, wouldn’t be for them to bully.