Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 228: Escape from the Mountains (9)

People in the village all raise chickens, but they are only used for laying eggs. They only kill a chicken for food during the Chinese New Year.

When the old master saw that Xiaocao was willing to share her chicken with him, he felt even more distressed for her.

He also has two grandsons at home. Every time they eat meat, they are like starving ghosts. A bowl of meat can be finished in just a few bites.

The old master looked at Xiaocao's skinny arms, thought for a moment, and asked, "Cao Ni'er, why don't you come to my house to help harvest the wheat at the end of the month? I'll pay you."

Everyone in the village knew that Li Yuliang was extremely lazy. The only piece of land in his family was taken care of by Xiaocao. He usually planted enough sweet potatoes and corn, and only enough wheat to barely make it to eat.

Xiao Cao agreed: "Thank you, uncle. Come find me later."

After dinner, Xiaocao found Principal Wang and gave him a crucian carp.

The remaining one was delivered to the barefoot doctor's home on the way home.

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After returning to the Li family, Xiaocao fed her mother as usual, and then fed all the leftover chicken bones to the dog raised by Aunt Hua next door.

At this time, someone was calling Xiaocao's name outside the yard. Xiaocao walked out the door and saw Aunt Hua holding a basin with a few wild peaches in it.

"Nier, these are some wild peaches that your uncle Wang Mu picked up in the mountains today. Take them and eat them."

Xiao Cao took it and thanked him: "Thank you, auntie, thank you, uncle."

Aunt Hua said, "Don't let Yougen and your father eat it all."

Xiaocao nodded, and Aunt Hua didn't stay long and turned back.

Xiaocao took out two, washed them, and gave one to Xiaohua, asking her to hide and eat it.

She cut the other one into small pieces with a knife and fed it to her mother.

Xiaocao ate one herself. The mountain peach was not big, so she finished it in a few bites. She hid the rest in the firewood pile.

The leftover peach pits were buried in the soil of the vegetable garden.

As a result, when he looked up, he saw Li Yuliang standing at the threshold of the house. The setting sun shone on his wrinkled face, and his turbid eyes stared at the grass.

"What are you doing!"

His eyes fell on the movement of Xiaocao's hands digging the soil.

Xiao Cao stood up: "I didn't do anything, just looked at the vegetables."

"You haven't prepared the meal yet?" Li Yuliang's expression was very ugly.

The grass said, "There is no food at home."

Li Yuliang was instantly furious: "Where's the food?! Where did it go? I think you're just slacking off! Yougen said you haven't been to the fields these past few days. Are you sneaking out to play?"

"Damn it! I'm going to beat you to death!"

Li Yuliang picked up the mugwort that was drying next to the door and was about to hit Xiaocao.

Seeing Xiaocao dodge, he became even more furious: "You still dare to hide? This is outrageous!"

Xiaohua heard the noise and ran out from behind the house. When she saw her sister being beaten, she burst into tears instantly.

"Dad! Don't hit my sister."

When Li Yuliang turned around, he saw juice on the corner of Xiaohua's mouth.

"You were eating secretly, weren't you? Damn it! I knew it! You two bastards are hiding and eating alone!"

Li Yuliang swept over with a dustpan, hitting Xiaohua on the shoulder.

"I'll let you eat it secretly!! I'll let you eat it secretly!!"

Xiaohua was used to being beaten, so she stood there motionless, crying loudly.

Xiaocao quickly pulled Xiaohua away, and Li Yuliang chased after her while limping.

But how could he possibly catch up with two good legs? In a rage, he picked up the hoe in the corner of the kitchen and was about to hit the two of them.

The noise was soon heard by Aunt Hua next door. She came out of her yard and saw through the low fence that Li Yuliang was hitting someone with a hoe.

"Lame Li, are you crazy? Are you hitting the kid with a hoe?"

Li Yuliang was so annoyed with this bitch that he yelled, "None of your business! Get out of here!"

Aunt Hua was no pushover either: "How can it be none of my business? I've never been at peace as your neighbor. You're the noisiest person around here!"

Li Yuliang spat a mouthful of thick phlegm in the direction of Aunt Hua's yard, baring his teeth and saying, "You damned bitch, it's none of your business if I teach my own things a lesson!"

Aunt Hua was angry: "There's a sore and pus coming out of your mouth! This is a beastly thing born by a son of a bitch."

Taking advantage of the time when Li Yuliang and Aunt Hua were arguing, Xiaocao quickly pulled Xiaohua out of the yard and wiped her mouth clean.

The quarrel between Li Yuliang and Aunt Hua became louder and louder, and some of the surrounding villagers came out with their bowls in hand to watch the fun.

Aunt Hua's husband Wang Mu also came out. Li Yuliang was no match for Wang Mu, who had easy mobility. He glared at a few people fiercely and then went into the house.

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Fearing Li Yuliang's revenge, Xiaocao and Xiaohua simply took the woman to a nearby river to take a bath.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the woman was no longer so resistant. She let the grass control her with dull eyes and a dazed look on her face.

After simply brushing my teeth and washing my face, I met an old woman taking a bath by the river when I was leaving.

As soon as she saw the grass and flowers and the woman with her head lowered, the expression on her face instantly tightened.

"What are you doing?"

Xiao Cao saw her vigilance and said innocently, "Bring my mother out to take a bath."

The old woman frowned: "Can't you wash in your yard?"

Xiao Cao said, "I'm afraid Dad will beat us."

Xiaocao knew this woman. She was the village chief's aunt. More than ten years ago, she was sent back by her husband's family because she could not have children. Ever since then, she has been living in the village chief's house.

The original owner had heard Wang Yuanyuan say this in his memory.

The village chief's aunt had married into the town before. At that time, few girls survived, and many men from poor families in the village could not find wives.

Later, some people would bring the tied-up women to the village and offer them to men to buy.

Xiaocao suspected that the village chief's aunt might have been involved in human trafficking, and maybe she knew the person who sold their mother.

I have to find an opportunity to find out more about this old woman.

Xiaocao turned around and saw the old woman still looking at them, but as night fell, she couldn't see the expression on her face clearly.

After returning to the yard, Xiaocao asked Xiaohua to take everyone back to the house to rest, while he took the sheets that were drying in the yard and spread them out in the house.

Xiaocao locked the door bolt and hid the ten dollars she received today and the money she had saved before.

In order to escape from the mountains, you need not only money but also an ox cart.

There are not many people in the whole village who have ox carts. Apart from Little Monkey's family and Wang Yuanyuan's family, only the village chief's family has an ox cart.

The village chief's ox cart is basically borrowed by villagers when they need it. For example, when Dr. Wang went to another village to see a patient, he borrowed the village chief's ox cart.

Therefore, the village chief's ox cart was always parked outside the yard, and the cows would be locked in the cowshed at night by the village chief.

Xiaocao decided to go to the village chief's house tomorrow to check it out.

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Go back inside the house.

Xiaocao lit the candle and took out the route map given by Bai Tianwang Yuanyuan from his pocket.

Wang Yuanyuan's drawing skills are really bad, and in Xiaocao's opinion, they are just children's graffiti.

Xiaocao really couldn't understand the strange lines and patterns.

To be on the safe side, Xiaocao decided to take the map to find Wang Yuanyuan to ask for clarification. If he took the wrong path, he would really have to wander around in the mountains for several times.

Xiaocao folded the drawings and put them in his pocket, planning to go find Wang Yuanyuan tomorrow and visit the village chief to get some information.