Su Muqing watched Su Cuiling quietly, recalling the past in her mind. She hated hypocrites the most, so her words were not pleasant.
"What kind of good person are you to come out and accuse me! Grandma? Who is Grandma? Doesn't everyone in the village know that I was picked up and raised by my father? Besides, Mrs. Chen herself said this morning that I am not from your old Su family. I think her words have made it very clear. So why should I say hello to anyone?"
Hearing Su Muqing's words, many people around showed expressions of disapproval, thinking this young girl had a terrible temper and spoke disrespectfully.
"Girl, no matter how angry or sad you are, you're not allowed to talk nonsense." Mrs. Wang frowned after hearing Su Muqing's words. How could this child say such things? Wasn't she asking for trouble!
Su Cuiling had not expected Su Muqing to say something like that and was almost stunned. However, she quickly regained her composure.
"Muqing, Grandma definitely didn't mean to say that back then. She was also worried about second uncle. We grew up together, don't you believe my words? How can you speak like this to me?"
Su Muqing remained unyielding and retorted, "What did I say to you? Are you unhappy because I called you a good person? Then should I call you a bad person, or not a person at all? Would that satisfy you? She has already acted that way. You still expect me to believe you? Hmph~ Do you really think you're an immortal? Does everything you exhale carry fairy energy? You should keep these words for yourself. When she sits by your parents' bedside and divides your family's property, you can use these words to comfort yourself! I don't need them!"
"Pfft~"
"Hahaha, this is too funny."
...
The surrounding people couldn't help but burst into laughter. This girl's mouth was truly venomous and hilarious when she cursed. These were rebellious words, but listening to them, they seemed to make a lot of sense.
Moreover, her insults were skillful. She insulted Su Cuiling by calling her not a person, insulted her parents for dying early, and insulted her grandmother for being heartless and greedy. It was a triple kill! Brilliant!
"How can you speak like that? This is great filial impiety. Grandma is second uncle's biological mother! Second uncle is dead, and you should be filial to his mother on his behalf. Why are you so eager to sever ties!" Su Cuiling was somewhat embarrassed by her words and put on a sad expression, tears falling like broken strings, making her look pitiful.
Su Cuiling had been a little flustered earlier, feeling that Su Muqing was no longer as easy to fool. However, after hearing her words, a surge of joy arose within her, and she quickly changed her approach.
Since Su Muqing was no longer easy to fool, there was no need to waste more time with her. As long as everyone thought Su Muqing was a heartless, ungrateful wretch, then when they wanted to reclaim second uncle's belongings, no one would help her.
"Sever ties? Great filial impiety? If I remember correctly, my father severed ties with her many years ago. Since the ties were severed from my father's side, why should I, an adopted daughter personally picked up and raised by my father, be filial to someone who had already severed ties with my adoptive father? If my father should be filial to her, then go find my father. I only need to be filial to my father. Because I am filial, I must obey my father and take good care of my younger brother. If I don't obey him, then I am truly unfilial!" Su Muqing's mouth moved rapidly, speaking quickly and accurately.
What a joke! She had participated in a team debate competition. Although she was only a reserve debater, she had been trained!
Su Cuiling saw that more and more people were laughing, and it seemed that not many were blaming Su Muqing. She changed her previous demure demeanor, looked up at Su Muqing fearlessly, as if she were a righteous person and Su Muqing was a thief stealing someone else's belongings.
"You, I didn't expect you to be such a person. You turn your back on people once you get what you want. As the saying goes, even broken bones are still connected by tendons. Are you being fair to second uncle like this? Second uncle left everything to you. Since you don't admit to being part of the Su family, and you're unwilling to be filial to second uncle's elders, then you shouldn't accept second uncle's things and return them to second uncle's true family."
Su Muqing looked at the agitated Su Cuiling with a face full of mockery, suddenly finding these words meaningless.
Su Mingyuan was a good man. He doted on and meticulously nurtured his adopted daughter. Why did such a diligent and kind-hearted person have such relatives?
During his lifetime, his mother estranged herself from him and severed ties with him. Yet, she still squeezed him dry without fail. Su Mingyuan silently endured it all. Now that he was dead, they were starting to bully his children again.
Actually, how much wealth could Su Mingyuan have? It was nothing more than some silver fragments and a few bags of grain on the ox cart. With just this small amount, these people revealed such faces.
She was angry and heartbroken, and even more so felt it was not worth it for Su Mingyuan.
Su Muqing was a modern person. She had never experienced a famine and did not know what a terrifying human purgatory that was.
Therefore, she could not understand why the old Su family was so intent on fighting over Su Mingyuan's belongings. They were thinking that having more grain meant having more hope of survival.
"Why would I be unfair to him? When my father was dying, he instructed me to survive, to establish a household, and to take good care of my younger brother. I have done all that. He appeared in my dream at noon and said he was happy that I obeyed him. If you don't believe me, go down and ask him."
"Pfft~ Hahaha... go down and ask..."
Su Cuiping couldn't help but laugh out loud. She was hit on the forehead by her mother, Mrs. Wang, and quickly covered her mouth.
"You..." Su Cuiling still wanted to say something, but Su Muqing snatched the words away.
"What do you mean 'you'? Put away your hypocritical and pretentious face. You've said so much, but isn't it all because you want to snatch my father's belongings? Isn't it because you want us siblings to be unable to live, so we'll have to beg you? Who are you putting on that righteous act for? Oh! I forgot you're uneducated, you probably don't even know what righteousness is! You really should look in the mirror and see how disgusting your current false affection looks!"
Hmph! Who couldn't sling mud? If she wanted to, she could make it so that Su Cuiling couldn't eat for the rest of her life!
"What snatching? You are the one who is snatching. It serves you right to starve! He wants people to raise his son without giving anything. He's dreaming. You deserve to die. If my second uncle hadn't picked you up, you would have died long ago! And now you're coming to fight with us. If it weren't for you, we would have gotten those things long ago. We had already divided everything, but because of you..."
Su Cuixia was just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. In her anger, she couldn't hold back and spoke her true thoughts while crying.
If she couldn't get second uncle's belongings, she would only be able to eat their leftovers every day. Now that everyone was not eating enough, where would there be any leftovers? She couldn't even get clean water, and each time she could only eat bran and wheat husks dry. Several times, her throat had been scraped raw.
"How can this third girl speak like that!"
"Exactly! Such a vicious heart at such a young age."
"Alas, you don't even look at what her parents are like..."
Among the onlookers, not everyone was a kind person. But upon hearing Su Cuixia's words, they all felt she was too cruel.