"Either he was knocked out by the heat, sprained his foot, or caught a chill. Every time, he managed to pick exactly that hour. Only a ghost would believe him."
Madam Liu hurried over and covered her mouth.
"Ernie, how can you talk like that? If your grandpa and grandma hear you, there'll be trouble."
Su Huai'an was genuinely angry. "Ernie, don't slander your uncle like that. Do you have no respect for your elders?"
"It's all your fault. Look at what a fine daughter you raised." Su Huai'an usually said little and had never lost his temper with his wife, but now he was furious.
Madam Liu felt terribly guilty, and her eyes reddened. "Husband, it's my fault. I didn't teach Ernie properly. I'll make sure to teach her well from now on."
"Mom—"
Ernie was just about to speak when her brother, Su Yihe, tossed aside the winnowing basket in his hands, hurried over, and pulled her back into the house.
"Little sister, don't say things like that anymore. Grandpa and Grandma will be unhappy if they hear you, and it hurts Mom and Dad too."
"You can't say that about Danie either. She nearly gave her life to save Grandpa this time. If you were in her place, could you have done it?"
"I..."
Ernie was left speechless. If she and Su Qiao had switched places today, she absolutely couldn't have done it.
At the very least, she wouldn't have had the courage to run into a Coal Mine that was about to collapse, and she couldn't have carried Grandpa's large body.
If she had encountered something like that, she would probably have been so frightened that her legs went weak. How could she have dared to save him?
Seeing that she understood a little, Su Yihe