Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 224: Escape from the Mountains (5)

The teacher swept away the broken pieces of the water bowl.

Xiao Cao took Xiao Hua's hand and said, "Don't cry. I'll help you take the bully back later. Let's go have lunch."

She took Xiaohua to the cafeteria and gave Wang Yuanyuan's mother five dollars so that the two of them could have lunch.

Wang Yuanyuan's mother took it and saw that the two sisters were exactly the same with pale and thin faces, so she specially put two more pieces of meat in the bowls.

The two squatted by the stove, watching Xiao Hua desperately trying to eat rice. Xiao Cao said, "Eat slowly. Don't eat so fast."

If you haven't eaten meat for a long time, it will be difficult to digest it.

Before leaving, Xiaocao borrowed a bowl and, with the tacit consent of Wang Yuanyuan's mother, helped the two mothers make a bowl of porridge and picked up a few chopsticks of vegetables.

When I returned home, the yard was quiet and I couldn't hear the voices of Li Yuliang and Li Yougen.

Li Yuliang had probably drunk some wine again and was sleeping soundly in the room.

Li Yougen is usually not at home all day, he must be hanging out somewhere again.

Xiaocao asked Xiaohua to go to the kitchen to boil a pot of hot water, then walked to the door, unlocked it and went in to feed her.

The dazzling sunlight suddenly shone into the room, and the woman shrank back reflexively.

"Mom, it's time to eat."

Xiaocao patted her shoulder gently and began to feed her porridge.

Soon after, Xiaohua brought a bowl of hot water and set it aside to cool.

After feeding her the porridge, Xiaocao gave her some cooled warm water to drink.

She led her mother out of the house, but the woman showed resistance.

Xiao Cao coaxed her: "Let me wash your hair."

It’s not okay to stay away from the sun all the time.

She pulled her mother into the yard and found a bench for her to sit on.

During this period, the woman was a little uncooperative, and Xiaocao could only keep comforting her.

"Xiaohua, go take out the cotton pads inside and dry them out in the sun, then sweep the inside."

Xiaohua listened to her sister and went in obediently with the broom.

After helping her mother wash her hair, Xiaocao herself was also mostly wet.

She massaged her mother's calves, which had atrophied muscles, and then observed the acne on her body.

After the massage, Xiaocao went to pack up her bamboo basket. After a while, she saw the woman staggering back to the dark room.

Xiaocao took out some of the mugwort, soapberry and honeysuckle from the bamboo basket and placed them on a winnowing basket to dry.

Then he took the sheets and mattress from the clothesline, walked into the dark room and placed them under the woman, then closed the door and locked it.

They also took their sleeping bedding and sheets outside to dry.

After sending Xiaohua back to school, Xiaocao returned to the barefoot doctor's home and began to learn how to help with the preparation of medicine.

Xiaocao was busy until about four or five o'clock. She carried a bamboo basket she brought from home, which contained some firewood, seasonings, and bowls and chopsticks, and walked towards the school.

She passed by the little monkey's grocery store and saw a box of malt sugar in the window.

Xiao Cao stepped forward and asked, "How much is a piece of maltose?"

The monkey's mother was watching over the shop. When she saw that it was Xiaocao, she shouted, "One!"

Xiaocao took out a dollar, handed it to her, and took a piece of malt sugar.

"Are there any candles?"

"Yes, three."

Xiaocao paid the money and took away a long candle.

Although the village has electricity, power outages often occur. In addition, many poor families are unwilling to pay electricity bills and still use candles for lighting. Therefore, the convenience store often purchases candles.

After Xiaocao left, the little monkey's mother patted her husband, who was lying on the recliner beside her, and muttered, "Lame Li's family is so poor, and he still owes us twenty yuan for wine! Where did Ni'er get the money to buy candy?"

The man said in a muffled voice, "You're so nosy, it can't be stolen!"

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When she arrived at the school kitchen, Xiaocao started to help wash and cut vegetables. After she finished, she ran to ask Wang Yuanyuan's mother if she could borrow a pot to cook some fish soup. She wanted to make fish soup for her sister to nourish her body without using their seasonings and firewood.

Wang Yuanyuan’s mother agreed.

Crucian carp has tender meat and can nourish the eyes, strengthen the brain and liver. It is most suitable for the three of them who have been malnourished and hungry for a long time.

I also threw in a few shrimps I had caught.

After Xiaohua got home from school, she served a portion to her mother at home and shared the rest with Xiaohua. Xiaohua ate so much that her belly became round.

On the way home, Xiaocao took out malt sugar from his pocket.

"Eat."

Xiaohua's eyes lit up when she saw the maltose: "Maltose!"

She peeled off the wrapping paper and found a layer of rice paper wrapped around the candy. Xiaohua didn't know what it was and thought it was also candy paper. After tearing it open, she wanted to break it in half and give half to her sister.

Xiao Cao said, "I've eaten this afternoon. You can have this."

Xiaohua then licked it bit by bit with her tongue, and the sweet taste bloomed on the tip of her tongue.

Her eyes lit up: "So sweet!"

Xiaohua was reluctant to eat a piece of malt candy. After licking it twice, she wanted to wrap it up in candy paper again.

The grass said, "Eat it, there will be more to eat later."

After hearing this, Xiaohua put the whole candy into her mouth and held it.

The aroma and sweetness of malt wrapped in her mouth. Xiaohua smiled happily while eating it, and her eyes became brighter and brighter.

When I was passing by my neighbor's house on my way home, I happened to bump into my neighbor Aunt Hua who was returning from farming.

"Hey, Cao Ni'er is back."

Aunt Hua was wearing a straw hat, leading a yellow cow and carrying a hoe, and was about to push open the door of her yard.

She has a son and a daughter. The daughter is a few years older than Xiaocao and is already married.

The son is a little older than Li Yougen, but he also spends all day fighting cocks and running errands, and often asks the original owner to help him herd cattle.

Aunt Hua and her husband Wang Mu have been neighbors of Li Yuliang for a very long time. Ever since Aunt Hua got married, her husband Wang Mu and her mother-in-law and father-in-law have been relatives of Li Yuliang.

According to Aunt Hua’s deceased mother-in-law, Li Yuliang came to Xiaoba Village when he was 16 years old.

He had a lame leg when he arrived. He spent some money to build a house in Xiaoba Village, bought a cow and started farming.

In the past, many girls drowned, resulting in the village being filled with old bachelors who could not find wives.

Li Yuliang is one of them.

At that time, wives had to be bought.

Many bachelors buy their wives. Beautiful women who have given birth to children are expensive, and women who have given birth to sons are even more popular.

Aunt Hua's mother-in-law said that Li Yuliang had bought three women in total. The first two ran away, the second one took away all of Li Yuliang's money, and the last one, their mother, was bought by Li Yuliang for three thousand yuan.

He borrowed these three thousand yuan from various places.

My mother-in-law said that their mother was very beautiful, the most beautiful woman they had ever seen, and Xiaohua looked a bit like her.

But she was even more noisy than the previous two women. She used both threats and inducements on Li Yuliang, saying that her family was very rich and that if she let him go, she would give him a lot of money, as much as he wanted.

But Li Yuliang had suffered losses twice and was not willing to accept it.

Li Yuliang started beating women by beating their mothers.

All this information was told to the original owner by Aunt Hua.

The grass lowered its eyelids.

It seems that the whole village is not clean.

Aunt Hua felt very sorry that her two children were always beaten by Li Yuliang, but she couldn't care less about them because they were other people's children.

"If your father hits you again, run outside, okay?"

After saying that, Aunt Hua went into the yard.

Li Yuliang's house was the only one in the entire village that had a low wooden fence. Xiaocao hid the bamboo basket first, then went into the kitchen and casually cooked a pot of messy porridge, scooped it into a basin and brought it into the house.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Li Yuliang with a gloomy face.