Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 226: Escape from the Mountains (7)

Xiaohua's eyes widened when she saw Xiaocao had so much money in his hand.

"Sister, how do you, how do you have so much money?" Xiaohua knew that Li Yuliang must not know about this, so she spoke in a very soft voice.

Xiaocao looked at Xiaohua and said calmly, "Xiaohua, do you still want to be beaten?"

Xiaohua showed fear on her face and shook her head.

Xiaocao hid the money in another place, then walked to the bedside, stared at Xiaohua, and said, "If you don't want to be beaten, just listen to me and study hard. Study well."

She didn't tell Xiaohua that she was going to take them away from the mountains.

Xiaohua was so attached to the original owner that she almost obeyed everything she said. Seeing that her sister was very serious, she nodded.

Xiaocao asked: "What did you learn in class today?"

Xiaohua thought for a moment and said, "I learned the characters."

As the semester draws to a close, it’s probably time to review what we’ve learned.

But Xiaohua still has to start teaching from pinyin.

"Which words?"

Xiaohua couldn't remember for a moment. Xiaocao didn't say anything and waited patiently for her to think about it.

"Sun, moon."

"Mountains and rivers."

Xiaohua pondered: "Also... there are... gold, wood, water... fire, and earth."

"Heaven, Earth, and Man."

Xiaocao stretched out his hand and showed his palm to Xiaohua: "Can you write?"

Xiaohua wrote about a person.

So Xiaocao took her and taught her to write these words little by little.

I also taught her to recognize numbers from one to ten.

Xiaohua probably didn't understand the math, but Xiaocao was not in a hurry and decided to wait until she could recognize more words.

After blowing out the candle, Xiaocao prepared to lie down and rest. After a while, he heard a rustling sound outside the house.

It should be Li Yougen who is back.

Then he heard Li Yuliang's angry curse: "Where did you go, little brat? You didn't even boil a pot of water for me!"

Li Yougen muttered, "Why don't you ask those two girls to boil some water for you?"

Xiaohua and the woman beside him should have been fast asleep. Xiaocao looked at the dark ceiling, thinking quietly in his heart.

If you want to leave here, you must get rid of these two people first.

At the end of the month, the wheat will be ripe and there will be a busy farming season for about a week, which is the best time to escape.

...

The next morning, Xiaocao got up early as usual, and the woman beside him was gone again.

Xiaocao guessed that she probably ran back to the dark room at dawn again.

Before it got bright, Xiaocao washed up and cooked three servings of noodles, then washed and hung up the sleeping sheets. After finishing everything, she carried the bamboo basket and sent Xiaohua to school.

In the morning, Xiaocao followed Dr. Wang to the mountains to collect herbs.

Doctor Wang has lived in the village for several years and is very familiar with the surrounding terrain. He knows exactly what medicinal herbs grow in which places.

With him leading the way, Xiaocao memorized the nearby terrain.

Under the pretense of chatting, she tentatively asked, "Master, is the next village far from here?"

Doctor Wang said, "It's far. It's going to take quite a long time to walk."

Sometimes he would be called by people from the neighboring village to see a doctor. Since it was too far to walk, he would borrow the village chief's ox cart to go.

The grass chirped like a little sparrow: "I've never been out of the village. Is the village next door fun?"

Doctor Wang smiled and said, "What's so fun about the village? They're all the same. The town is really fun, with so many new things to see."

"Master, can you take me to the town to play next time? Is the town far from here?"

Doctor Wang walked ahead, climbing the hill as he said, "It's far. We have to pass through many villages to get to the town."

"Which direction is the town?"

Doctor Wang looked around, then pointed in a direction and said, "Over there."

Xiaocao looked in the direction of his finger, and that was the road back to the village, which meant that the town was behind the village.

"Have you ever been to town in a car?"

Doctor Wang said, "Only once, several years ago."

Xiao Cao asked, "What does it feel like? Is it the same as an oxcart?"

Doctor Wang laughed. "How can they be the same? An oxcart has two wheels, while a car has four. It runs much faster than an oxcart."

"Cao Ni'er, Master will take you to the town to play when there's a chance."

Xiaocao was very happy: "Okay! Thank you, Master!"

...

Back in the school cafeteria, Xiaocao met Wang Yuanyuan.

She sneaked around, avoiding everyone's sight, and handed Xiaocao a folded piece of paper.

"Take it!" Wang Yuanyuan said, "I drew this secretly last night."

Xiao Cao put it in his trouser pocket and said, "Is this drawing correct? If it is wrong, I will have to wander around in the mountains for several days."

Wang Yuanyuan said, "That's right, I've read it several times, and it's correct." She looked at Xiaocao and said, "You must come. I'll wait for you in the county town."

Xiao Cao nodded and asked, "When are you planning to leave?"

Wang Yuanyuan said, "I need to save more money for a few more days, maybe in a few more days."

Xiao Cao said, "Why don't you leave on the 3rd or 4th of next month? Everyone is busy harvesting wheat during that time. They're tired during the day and sleep soundly at night. No one will notice you slipping away."

Wang Yuanyuan's eyes widened. "Xiaocao! How come you're so smart? Okay, then I'll leave on the 3rd or 4th of next month."

Xiaocao smiled, but thought to herself that she must walk ahead of Wang Yuanyuan.

Otherwise, if it attracts the attention of the villagers, it will be troublesome.

After cooking a bowl of noodles with the wild vegetables picked in the morning, Xiaocao served a bowl as usual and ate the rest with Xiaohua.

When I returned to Li Yuliang's house, Li Yougen was squatting in the yard, doing something unknown.

Xiaocao hid the bowl in the bamboo basket behind him without leaving any trace.

Hearing the noise of them returning, Li Yougen turned around and shouted with a grin, "Give me money! I want to eat malt sugar too!"

Xiaocao was stunned, and then she saw that he was holding the wrapper of the malt candy that Xiaohua had eaten yesterday.

Xiaohua's face turned pale and she looked at Xiaocao timidly.

Xiaocao lied expressionlessly: "My mother gave me the money to buy candy. I don't have any money myself."

Li Yougen didn't believe it: "Bullshit! Where did my mother get the money?"

Xiao Cao gently put down the bamboo basket and took out the wild vegetables she had dug from the mountain: "How do you know mother has no money?"

Li Yougen was a fool and was stunned by the question. He looked at Xiaohua and then at Xiaocao. The two of them looked pale and thin, and didn't look like they were really rich.

"Then why did mother give you money?" he asked.

"Because mother likes us." Xiaocao said: "Mother doesn't love you, so she uses money to buy candy for us."

"Bullshit!" Although Li Yougen didn't understand what love was, he felt uncomfortable intuitively and immediately shouted, "I'm a boy! Mom should love me the most!"

"You women are money-losing goods! No one likes money-losing goods!"

Xiao Cao was not annoyed, but smiled lightly: "We will protect mother from being beaten. You only know how to eat and have never protected mother. That's why she won't like you."

Li Yougen got angry, pushed Xiaohua away and ran away.

Xiaohua was pushed to the ground and immediately burst into tears.

Xiao Cao pulled her up and brushed the dust off her body. After she stopped crying, he said, "Xiao Hua, crying can only vent your emotions, it can't solve the problem."