Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 225: Escape from the Mountains (6)

"You're going to die outside!" Li Yuliang roared, then limped into the living room and sat on the wooden chair, making a harsh sound.

As she passed by the grass, she smelled the strong and foul smell of alcohol on the other person.

"Damn it, you didn't even come back to cook at noon. Do you want to starve your father to death?"

He snorted coldly, took the bowl and started slurping the porridge.

"I make this kind of food for pigs every day!"

Li Yuliang knew that Xiaocao worked as a helper in the cafeteria, and he didn't ask much when he smelled the aroma of food on her.

Xiaocao gave him a cold look before walking out of the house and preparing to feed the woman.

She first took away the cotton wool that had been drying in the sun for the whole afternoon, and when she opened the lock, she found that the door had been kicked.

As soon as the door was opened, the woman inside shuddered.

"Don't be afraid, Mom. It's me." Xiaocao said quickly.

She took some effort to pull the woman up, put cotton wool under the sheets, then brought out the warm fish soup noodles and fed the woman bit by bit.

After eating, I gave her some water.

It was sunset when Xiaohua came out of the dark room. She was sweeping the yard.

Li Yuliang came out of the house after eating and drinking. Seeing this, Xiaocao immediately closed the door of the dark room.

Fortunately, Li Yuliang didn't look at her. He limped to the side of the vegetable garden and urinated, then limped back into the house.

When he saw the winnowing basket where the grass was placed aside to dry, he kicked it while cursing.

"You stupid motherfucker, can you eat all that pig tooth soap you picked up?"

The mugwort and soapberry in the winnowing basket were kicked everywhere. When Xiaohua saw it, she hurried forward to pick them up and put them into the winnowing basket.

Xiaocao decided to throw a few sheep dung balls into Li Yuliang's porridge tomorrow.

As usual, they were lighting dried wormwood to smoke out mosquitoes in the room when Li Yougen came back at some point. He stood at the door of their room, pinching his nose and saying in a muffled voice, "I want to eat noodles!"

Xiaocao ignored him and continued to fumigate the insects in the corner of the room with mugwort.

Li Yougen was a little dissatisfied and raised his voice: "Hey! I want to eat noodles."

Xiaocao directly threw the remaining unburned dry mugwort on Li Yougen.

Li Yougen jumped up instantly and shouted.

"What are you yelling about!" Li Yuliang's voice came from the house opposite.

Li Yougen yelled, "Dad! Dad! This bitch is smoking me!"

The rustling sound of Li Yuliang getting out of bed could be heard, mixed with his cursing voice: "You lowly girl won't keep still until you're beaten!"

Xiaocao narrowed her eyes and looked at Li Yougen jumping up and down, wanting to kick him into the manure pit in Aunt Hua's backyard next door.

At this time, a voice came from outside the gate of the yard.

"Lame Li! Lame Li! Are you home?"

Li Yuliang shouted, "Call, call, call! Call for the soul! Who is it?"

It turned out to be the little monkey’s mother from the grocery store.

"Lame Li, you've owed us money for drinks for days now, when are you going to pay it back?"

The little monkey's mother stood with her hands on her hips, her voice loud and shrill. When she saw the messy yard under the setting sun, her brows furrowed.

Li Yuliang stood at the threshold of the house and shouted, "Why are you rushing me? It's not like I won't pay it back!"

"I don't have any money now! I'll ask my eldest daughter to pay you back once she gets her wages!"

The little monkey's mother glanced suspiciously at Li Yuliang, then at Xiaohua, who was watering the vegetable garden in the yard, and said, "Your eldest daughter still has money to buy malt sugar today! Who would believe that you don't have money! Pay me back now!"

What!? There's still money for candy!?

Li Yuliang turned his head, his cloudy eyes fixed on Xiaocao in the house. He twisted his body and walked quickly to Xiaocao, grabbing her collar.

"Where did you get the money? Did you steal it from me?"

"Damn it, no wonder my money is getting less and less!"

Li Yuliang was very strong, and the original owner's malnourished body was almost completely powerless to resist.

"Fuck you! How dare you steal money? I'll beat you to death!"

The big palm like a cattail fan brought a sharp wind and hit Xiaocao's face heavily, and the burning pain came quickly.

Li Yougen stood by and watched with a smile, adding fuel to the fire, "He deserves a beating. He deserves a beating for daring to steal money! Dad, hit him harder!"

Frightened by the noise, Xiaohua quickly burst into tears. She ran over and hugged Li Yuliang's legs, crying, "Dad! Dad! Don't hit me... I didn't steal any money!"

Xiaohua was holding Li Yuliang's good leg. He wanted to kick Xiaohua away, but his other lame leg could not support his body.

Xiaocao took this opportunity to break free from Li Yuliang's restraints.

Li Yuliang was so angry that he picked up the broom beside him and wanted to hit Xiaohua. Seeing this, Xiaocao immediately picked up Xiaohua and kicked Li Yuliang's good leg. Li Yuliang screamed and fell to the ground, and also knocked Li Yougen down.

"This vile thing is rebelling!"

"Ah—Dad! Dad, you're pressing me!"

"Yougen! Help me up!"

"Dad, please get up quickly...I can't get up!"

The house was in chaos. The little monkey's mother was dumbfounded. Knowing that she would not get the money back today, she was so angry that she spat on the gate and left.

...

Li Yuliang's good leg was kicked so hard that it hurt, and he was lying on the bed screaming.

Li Yougen, who helped him up, disappeared. Li Yuliang wanted to drink water, but no one came after he shouted for a long time.

Li Yuliang was so angry that he started cursing. His voice reached Aunt Hua's house next door. Aunt Hua's husband yelled in the next door: "Lame Li, what the hell are you yelling about! It's so noisy!"

Li Yuliang felt more and more thirsty the more he called out, but no one answered him.

Li Yuliang was so angry that he could only move out of bed little by little. He finally walked to the table beside the bed, but when he picked up the kettle, it was empty!

"Damn!"

Li Yuliang threw the kettle on the ground, and could only lie back on the bed in pain. He picked up the wine bottle on the ground beside the bed and started drinking.

In the yard, Xiaocao was touching the gangster woman taking a bath.

She boiled a pot of soapberry water and soaked some fresh mugwort leaves in it, which should help relieve her acne.

The boiled Chinese herbal medicine had a light fragrance, and she didn’t waste the remaining water, but used it to wash the small flowers.

After helping the woman take a bath, Xiaocao brought the quilts and sheets that were drying in the sun into the house and spread them out, then asked Xiaohua to take her back to the house to rest.

After taking a shower, Xiaocao returned to the house, bolted the door, took out the matches she brought from the kitchen, lit the candle, and placed it on the wooden table under the windowsill.

The candlelight was not bright, but it illuminated the entire room. The orange-yellow light filled the room, and Xiaohua's eyes lit up for a moment.

"Candle!"

With the help of candlelight, Xiaocao found a plastic bag that the original owner had hidden between the cabinet and the wall.

It contained the money she had saved.

It was just bits and pieces, with dimes and coins included, for a total of only 23 yuan.

Adding the 50 yuan she earned from selling Rehmannia in the morning, minus the 4 yuan she spent on malt sugar and candles, the total was 69 yuan.

69 yuan may not even be enough for a bus ticket to the county town.

She must save up more money.