She lowered her head, the flesh on her face jiggling a few times, and looked at Tao Lengshuang with disbelief.
"Brat, who gave you the guts to talk to your second sister like that? Hurry up and hand over the prey. You gave Aunt Wang San a rabbit today, but you didn't bring it home. You ungrateful wretch, do you want to starve our parents to death?"
"Get lost! There's no extra prey for you here." Tao Lengshuang's eyes flashed with a cold light. She didn't know what her family would eat tomorrow, so how could she give anything to these ungrateful wretches.
Mo Lingxi, standing beside her, gently patted Xiao Feng. A sharp curve appeared on his thin lips. He was waiting to see how this drama would unfold.
"Oh my! You wretched girl, are you looking for death?"
Tao Fangfang said, her plump body swaying as she walked in. Her aggressive demeanor suggested she wanted to tear Tao Lengshuang to pieces.
Tao Lengshuang looked at the plump figure, a cold glint in her eyes. Seeing Tao Fangfang becoming more hostile, she realized this one was also lazy and gluttonous.
Even more hateful was that her original body's maternal family enjoyed all sorts of benefits from her, yet they were extremely malicious towards Xiao Feng, unwilling to share even a bite of good food with him, and even calling him a little beast.
She would get revenge for all the wicked things this family had done to Xiao Feng.
"What do you want?" Tao Lengshuang remained seated, only raising her eyes and looking sharply at Tao Fangfang.
That glance, like an ice blade, startled Tao Fangfang, making her afraid to step forward.
On her way here, she had heard the village gossips say that after Tao Lengshuang fell, her mind suddenly became sharp.
But she didn't believe it. Her sister, as stupid as a pig, not only obeyed them in everything but also gave any good things to her maternal family.
"Tao Lengshuang, quickly take out all the good things, or you'll regret it."
Tao Lengshuang suddenly stood up and slapped Tao Fangfang several times, knocking her to the ground.
She looked down at her, her voice as cold as ice shards: "I'll say it one last time. From today onwards, the Tao family should not expect to get a single thing from me."
"As for what you've gotten from me, I will make you return it twofold."
Tao Fangfang truly did not expect the usually submissive Tao Lengshuang to hit her. She lay on the ground in a daze for a few seconds before suddenly erupting.
"How dare you, Tao Lengshuang, hit me? See how I teach you a lesson today."
Despite her plumpness, her movements were quite agile.
She fiercely swung her plump hands, intending to slap Tao Lengshuang.
Tao Lengshuang's peripheral vision caught Mo Lingxi and Xiao Feng watching coldly. She gave a bitter smile, lamenting that the original body's sins were now being borne by her, an innocent person.
She calmly stepped aside and extended her right foot.
She tripped Tao Fangfang.
Tao Fangfang fell heavily onto the ground, face-first.
She cried out like a pig in pain: "It hurts! Tao Lengshuang, I'm not done with you, just you wait!"
She nimbly got up and left quickly.
Tao Lengshuang knew that Tao Fangfang was going to get reinforcements. In the past, if the original body didn't comply with the Tao family's wishes, they would find ways to torment her until she obediently complied.
But now, no matter who came, they wouldn't get a single benefit from her.
However, for now, she needed to mend her relationship with Xiao Feng.
"Xiao Feng, how about Mommy teaches you to read?" she crouched down and smiled at Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng's eyes instantly lit up, and he looked at her timidly yet eagerly: "Really?"
"Xiao Feng, she doesn't know a single character. I, your father, will teach you to read."
Mo Lingxi took Xiao Feng's hand and went to the kitchen. Using a twig as a brush, he patiently taught him.
Seeing this, Tao Lengshuang narrowed her eyes. Mo Lingxi's identity seemed far from simple.
In ancient times, someone who was both learned and skilled in martial arts was not something ordinary families could afford to cultivate.
Coupled with his severe injuries five years ago and his current reclusive life in this village, his troubles were likely significant.
She could only hope that it wouldn't bring any disaster to her and Xiao Feng.
Watching Mo Lingxi gently teach Xiao Feng to write, Tao Lengshuang began tidying up the simple house, considering it exercise.
As she was tidying, she heard a cold, angry scolding voice of an old woman.
"Tao Lengshuang, your wings have hardened, haven't they?"
Tao Lengshuang looked over and saw Tao Fangfang supporting a slightly plump old woman as she walked in.
The old woman had a ruddy complexion and looked kind, but she had small, sinister eyes, giving off a very uncomfortable and unapproachable aura.
This was the original body's mother, Madam Yu, a woman notorious in the village for her cruelty.
Whether the original body was married or not, she had been frequently tormented by Madam Yu and was genuinely terrified of her.
But she was not the original body.
"Is there something?" she asked, leaning against the doorframe, her tone indifferent and impatient.
Initially, Madam Yu didn't believe that Tao Lengshuang, whom she had always controlled, would dare to resist. Now that she saw her in person, she started to believe it.
She stepped forward to grab Tao Lengshuang: "You wretched girl, I worked hard to raise you, and you only think of yourself when you have good things, not considering your family. What was the point of raising you?"
Tao Lengshuang dodged and scoffed, "Didn't you say that a married daughter is like spilled water, and that I should visit my maternal home less to leech off them?"
"I'm no longer part of your Tao family, so why should I give you my family's good things? I don't owe your family anything."
Madam Yu was truly surprised that Tao Lengshuang dared to dodge. She was furious: "Second sister, catch this little slut for me, and I'll teach her a lesson today."
"Yes, Mother." Tao Fangfang sinisterly lunged at Tao Lengshuang.
Tao Lengshuang's peripheral vision saw Mo Lingxi protecting Xiao Feng, sitting there watching the show. She secretly pouted and dodged Madam Yu and her daughter with a flash.
"If you mother and daughter dare to cause trouble again, I'll stake my life and report you to the county yamen for trespassing."
Ordinary people generally feared the county yamen.
Especially those like Madam Yu and Tao Fangfang, who had done many bad deeds, were even more afraid of the county yamen.
But the mother and daughter were accustomed to making a scene.
Upon hearing this, Madam Yu sat down on the ground, patting her thighs and wailing: "Oh my heavens, open your eyes and see."
"I worked hard to raise this child, but I can't enjoy her filial piety. Now she wants to send me to jail. Where is the justice in that?"
"Little sister, how can you treat our mother like this?" Tao Fangfang cried, sitting on the ground: "Our mother suffered so much for you, endured so much hardship, and was so good to you."
"Now, you treat our mother like this. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
Tao Lengshuang looked at the mother and daughter as if watching a monkey show and said chillingly: "If heaven really opens its eyes, who do you think heaven will strike first?"
She added at the end: "As the saying goes, what people do, heaven sees. And there's another saying, it's not that retribution won't come, it's just that the time hasn't arrived yet."