Gianna felt even more disgusted when she thought about it and looked at Aunt Liu with growing hatred.
Old Liu and his wife were never able to do anything good, but they were great at doing bad things.
Aunt Liu wanted to see her make a fool of herself, but how could Gianna let her get her wish?
She sneered and said, "So what if he comes? He clearly said before that a daughter who's married is like water thrown out. If he dares to make trouble, my husband and I will beat him out of the village. If I were you, I'd focus on making money instead of wasting time on these sneaky tricks."
She really didn't understand it. Aunt Liu's family couldn't even afford food, yet still had time to stir up trouble.
Some people are poor for a reason.
Gianna swung the rolling pin in her hand and looked at Old Liu provocatively. "Weren't you so aggressive just now, smashing doors and saying filthy things? I'm right in front of you now. Try acting tough again."
Old Liu was so angry that his mustache bristled and his eyes bulged.
This little troublemaker had become more annoying since the last time she tried to slash someone with a knife.
He didn't know where she learned this street-thug attitude from.
She used to be meek and easy to bully!
Old Liu held back for a long time before squeezing out, "Don't be so arrogant!"
Gianna raised an eyebrow. "I am arrogant—what about it? If you don't dare to fight me, then get lost. If you dare show up at my house again, I'll beat you every time I see you. My husband might show some mercy because you're his uncle, but I have no blood ties with you. Anyway, people already call me a shrew in this village, so I don't care anymore."
Aunt Liu didn't dare charge forward, and Old Liu, who was only tough at home, was even less likely to go fight Gianna directly.
After all, the strongest fighter in their family, Dahai, had already been beaten up.
With their old bones, if they got hit, it would take forever to recover.
Old Liu's family left with their tails between their legs.
Gianna knew the children were still eavesdropping behind the door and said, "Come out, all of you!"
The door swung open immediately.
Dennis looked at Gianna with admiration and said, "Mom is amazing! Just a few words and they ran off."
Gianna smiled and said, "It's not just words that scared them off. It's because your mom is really strong. From now on, you kids should stay out of adult matters."
Dennis and Nori just smiled flatteringly.
These two clever little boys were definitely plotting something again.
Gianna saw right through their thoughts at a glance.
Floyd didn't return until it was dark. As soon as he got back, the three kids ran to him and started telling him what had happened during the day.
When Floyd heard that Old Liu's family had come to make trouble, his eyebrows furrowed tightly.
Gianna met Floyd's eyes and suddenly felt guilty. Before he could ask anything, she said, "This kind of small matter, if I can handle it myself, I will. You're already tired from working in the fields, and I didn't want to bother you with it."
Floyd's eyes were filled with helplessness. "None of your matters are small. If something like this happens again, wait for me to come back and handle it, okay? I don't want you to be in danger."
Gianna was touched by his words.
She quickly turned around and brought him some water to drink.
A spring rain started falling gently.
Gianna stood at the courtyard gate, feeling really good.
It was raining lightly now, so the land wouldn't be dry anymore.
After the rain, she could clearly feel everything coming back to life.
There were signs of fresh grass on the ground.
Some of the trees in the forest even started to sprout new buds.
Seeing this, Gianna felt amazed.
After all, those plants had looked like they were dying before.
Even in the rain, Floyd was still working in the field.
Gianna looked back at a small patch in the corner of the yard. It was filled with all kinds of seedlings she had planted.
Because she was afraid that someone would take her plants if she took them out, she carefully chose the soil in the yard to grow seedlings.
She wasn't sure if it was because she took care of these plants with great care, but they were growing very well.
Especially the pumpkin vines in the corner were growing very fast.
She squatted down, feeling that her efforts during this time had not been in vain.
Nori held a small hoe and said, "Mom, let's dig the land! Dad is always working in the fields, and my brother and I want to help by digging too. This way, we can ease Dad's burden."
Listen to that, the child was so considerate.
She rubbed Nori's little head and said with satisfaction, "If your dad knows you are thinking like this, he will be very touched."
But Nori mysteriously whispered, "Shh! We only told you about this. You must keep it a secret. We don't want Dad to know."
Although Dad was usually very gentle with them, they didn't know why, but the three of them were all very afraid of Floyd.
They would never say this out loud.
She needed to go to the fields to help.
The soil had to be improved.
With more than thirty acres of land, she couldn't improve it all, but at least the soil in the pumpkin pits could be improved.
She took the ashes from the burned grass in the house and started digging pits in the ground, then buried the ashes inside.
Floyd was only thinking about digging and planting rice.
He didn't ask what she was doing.
He had thought that no one would come back after the spring farming season was over.
But, unexpectedly, two more families returned one after another.
These two families were in particularly bad situations.
There were sick people in both families, and their situation was really bad.
Sure enough, by nightfall, both families came to visit.
Floyd opened the door, his tone not very good.
He remembered very clearly that these two families had once cursed him the most, calling him heartless and accusing him of giving them too little grain.
Outside the yard, Zhong and Huang looked at Floyd with guilt.
Zhong sincerely apologized, "Floyd, we were wrong before. You've really been kind to us, but we were ungrateful."
Huang quickly said, "We were truly ungrateful before, but we won't target your family again."
These two families had escaped the disaster together, but they had encountered too many things along the way and witnessed the warmth and coldness of human nature.
Gradually, they realized that Floyd really didn't owe them anything.
Floyd wasn't the kind of person who would easily forget the past just because of a few words of apology.
He furrowed his brows and said, "Say it. What trick are you trying this time?"
Gianna stood behind Floyd.
She was worried that Floyd might be soft-hearted and easily forgive them just because they said a few words of apology.
Luckily, Floyd didn't disappoint her.
Huang repeatedly waved his hand, "No, we really didn't play any tricks. We sincerely want to apologize to you. We shouldn't have joined with the villagers to ostracize your family before."
Floyd remained expressionless, "No need to apologize. Even if you all joined together to ostracize us, I wouldn't care."
He had been so kind back then, helping the villagers get through the tough times, even giving out all the food he had in the house.