Chapter 738
"What's going on? Who caused Niuniu's injury?" Ling Yu asked Lu Zhongze.
Lu Zhongze pointed to the two patients on the side and said angrily: "It's them! These two people were infected with the plague, they didn't report it themselves, and they abused their children at home!"
"They asked such a young child to help them cook. When the child was very hungry, he stole half of the nest to eat. The old woman got so mad that she poured a pot of boiling water on the child!"
"The children were crying in pain, and they refused to give up. They were afraid of attracting our attention, so they beat the children severely to prevent them from crying!"
"It was his neighbor who was displeased and came to us to report it. When we rushed there, we found that the child was already dying!"
Qian Hao, the guard who followed Xiao Lintian to hunt poultry, happened to be there and said without holding back.
"Princess Yi, this man's name is Yang Song, and he is a scholar. When we went to his house to hunt poultry, they tried every means possible to prevent us from killing poultry!"
"At that time, this old woman was sitting on the ground and wrongly accused us of catching their chickens because we wanted to eat them!"
"Then they hid a chicken and after eating it, they were infected with the plague! They really deserved it. Such people should not be treated!"
Yang's mother had blisters on her face and was running a high fever. She didn't seem to repent at all after hearing the guard's words, and even shouted loudly.
"Is it wrong for me to spank my own granddaughter? If she makes a mistake, she should be spanked! Who doesn't spank their children? Can the imperial court control the world and control the people's spanking of their children?"
Yang Song insisted on studying and literate, and knew some laws, so he plausibly said: "That is, there is no law in the court that prohibits spanking children! We discipline our own children, and we are right!"
"You are here to eliminate the plague under the emperor's decree. If we are sick, you have to treat us!"
Lu Zhongze was shocked by Yang Song's shamelessness, and he said to Ling Yu.
"This mother and son are really not human beings. They secretly ate chickens infected with the plague. This little girl had no food to eat. The neighbor felt sorry for the child, so he stuffed her with a few sweet potatoes!"
"Hey, it's really thanks to their viciousness. Otherwise, wouldn't it hurt the children if they gave them the chicken?"
When Qian Hao heard this, he cursed angrily: "Yang Song, our prince really did not accuse you wrong. It is in vain that you read the book of sages and yet you are so mean to your own daughter. What is the difference between you and a beast?"
When Mother Yang heard Qian Hao's scolding, she scolded him back: "The chickens I raise can be eaten by whoever wants to eat them! What's wrong if I won't feed them to this loser?"
"If you feel pity for her, I'll sell you the ten taels of silver! We won't have to keep her as a burden!"
Ling Yu and Lu Zhongze were both speechless. There was such a grandmother.
"Mom, how can you say such a thing! Niuniu is your granddaughter!"
Madam Yang looked at Yang mother and son in shock, unable to believe her ears.
She almost died in childbirth when she gave birth to Niu Niu. Because of her physical injuries, she was never able to conceive the child.
She knew that her mother-in-law favored boys over girls. After she gave birth to Niuniu, she was yelled at by her mother-in-law while she was still in confinement. Beating and scolding were commonplace.
And because Niuniu was a girl, she was often beaten and scolded by her mother-in-law at such a young age. Mother and daughter lived in dire straits.
Mrs. Yang always thought that if she could give birth to a son, mother and daughter would live a good life.
Who would have thought that just when she was sick and quarantined, the Yang family's mother and son would abuse their children like this.
Now he actually despises Niuniu as a burden and wants to sell her!
Is this something people do?
