They hadn't eaten since morning; no one had given them lunch or dinner yesterday. If Gu Chunxia hadn't had a few cents on her to buy a couple of cornbreads for them, they would likely not have had the strength to walk to their uncle's house.
"My grandma lost twenty yuan, and my aunt and grandma all claimed it was my mom who stole it. They even said my mom secretly fed my brother some meat, and then they beat my mom." Zhao Jingmiao trembled as she spoke.
Thinking back to yesterday, when they were beating her mom, Zhao Jingmiao felt an unspeakable fear.
It was terrifying, the whole family ganging up to beat her mom while she and her brother tried to help but ended up being dealt with as well.
Especially her brother, with such a large bruise on his back, it looked frightening.
"Right, uncle, please hurry and get a doctor to see my mom and brother." Remembering how her mom shielded her and her brother, and her brother's attempt to protect them, Zhao Jingmiao felt like crying again.
