Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space-Chapter 746 Noisy

Expecting anything from the second son is simply dreaming, it’s all my fault. I believed the fortune-teller’s words back then, thinking the second son would be capable in the future, which led to his upbringing like this.

The second son is indeed cleverer than the eldest, but he doesn’t use it in the right way.

Li Laoshu sighed, this family is about to fall apart. If the family really splits, then give the eldest more, so they’ll remember my kindness and take care of me when I’m old.

The money is all in Old Li’s hands; he’s different from others and won’t let his wife manage it.

With six hundred bucks in hand, giving the eldest a hundred is already quite generous.

It was already dark when Mrs. Li finally put the food on the table.

The children coming out from the house looked at the food on the table and grumbled, "Mom, your cooking is nowhere as good as that misfortune star’s."

Mrs. Li had been busy all day, and after cooking, hearing such words, she was naturally displeased.

She vented her anger at the daughter who had been pretty since childhood and always wanted to marry into the city, "Eat it or not. You’ll cook tomorrow."

"How is that possible? What if my hands roughen?"

Li Laoshu slammed the chopsticks on the table, "Starting tomorrow, Hongxia will cook, and the household chores are all yours. Er Lin, you go to work."

The two replied in unison, "I’m not going."

Although the brothers were afraid of Old Li, compared to working, they weren’t scared of getting scolded.

Li Laoshu might have indulged the two when the eldest was around, but from now on, it won’t be allowed.

He didn’t say anything further. He got up, locked the main door, then came over with a stick. The second son was cherished all these years, so he couldn’t bear to hit him first, but the daughter was different, as she was meant to marry out, so the stick swung directly onto Li Hongxia.

Li Hongxia, who had never been beaten from childhood till now, wailed and cried.

Mrs. Li wanted to stop him, but she used to get beaten a lot in her youth, she’s genuinely scared of Old Li.

So she didn’t dare to intervene, "Old man, stop hitting. Hongxia is still young."

Old Li completely ignored her. Watching Li Hongxia run into the house and lock the door, he got furious, kicked open the room door, and swung the stick to hit her.

This time, Li Hongxia couldn’t run away. She endured a brutal beating.

"Let me tell you, if tomorrow’s chores are not done well, or not finished, then it won’t be just today’s beating."

"I know, I know," Li Hongxia said, crying in the corner of the wall.

Old Li walked out with the stick, looking at the pair by the table, "Tomorrow, you’re both going to work. Er Lin, if you don’t earn eight work points, you’ll get beaten too."

The pair didn’t dare to speak. Although Li Changlin is young and strong, he truly doesn’t dare to do anything. If it comes to a fight, he’d certainly be the one getting beaten.

After saying his piece, Li Laoshu didn’t bother with them, sat down to eat. The pair nervously joined him, only Li Hongxia inside continued crying and didn’t come out.

When Old Li finished eating, he just said faintly, "Keep crying and you’ll get beaten more."

The crying inside stopped abruptly, Li Hongxia didn’t dare cry anymore.

She now felt pain all over, she felt her arm was broken, couldn’t lift it. But she dared not say, genuinely frightened today, pampered for so many years, suddenly beaten, and beaten so harshly—of course, she’s scared. But she hated Old Li deep down; once she had the means, she’d definitely not spend a penny on him. Want her to care for him in old age? Dreaming.

No matter Li Hongxia’s resentment, Li Laoshu soaked his feet and went to sleep on the kang.

At four the next morning, the nurse came to give Yu Guiying an infusion.

Yu’s mother sighed as she watched her daughter suffer; her daughter’s temperament resembled her own, docile and indecisive. When her daughter wanted Li Changjiang, she too saw that the kid was honest.

Despite the incident, seeing the son-in-law taking meticulous care of her daughter, she was satisfied.

At six-thirty, Li Changjiang went out to buy breakfast, only a bowl of millet porridge with the remaining three sugar buns from yesterday. After breakfast, he handled the discharge procedures; these three days cost a total of six yuan and eight cents. But the money spent and food tickets for meals here only amounted to a little over two yuan.

Yu Guiying and her mother waited in the ward, while Li Changjiang waited at the door for the police.

At eight o’clock, the group left for home.

The road was much better, and they arrived in the village by nine-thirty.

Today everyone was at work; when they arrived home, they saw the main door was locked.

Yu Guiying looked at Li Changjiang, "Come on, let’s go to the fields, just so everyone knows."

Li Changjiang obediently pushed the cart and went straight to the fields.

The workers saw someone pushing a cart from afar, and they all stood up.

As they got closer, seeing the police following Li Changjiang with his wife, everyone became a bit expectant, there’d be some commotion to watch.

Li Yungui, seeing them approaching, walked over immediately, "Has Changjiang’s wife been discharged?"

"Second Uncle, the doctor didn’t want me to be discharged, but I can’t swallow it, this matter unsolved means my illness won’t get better."

"Hey! Changjiang’s wife, anger damages the body, discuss things slowly."

At this point, the nearby police spoke up, "Where is the offender? Come out yourself."

Mrs. Li squatted down, frightened upon seeing the police come over. She only acted tough with her daughter-in-law; when her mother-in-law was alive, she couldn’t even sit at the table for meals.

She’s never seen the police, so she squatted down in fear, didn’t dare to lift her head, as if by doing so, she wouldn’t be noticed.

Yu Guiying got off the cart, looked at the direction where her mother-in-law squatted, "Why? My good mother-in-law doesn’t dare to respond? Don’t dare to speak?"

Everyone had never seen such a wife of Changjiang, always knowing her to be the submissive little wife. Unexpectedly, after getting beaten, she called the police.

Li Laoshu, seeing the situation, had no choice but to step forward.

"Changjiang’s wife, no matter what, she’s your elder. She hit you, let her apologize."

Before Yu Guiying could speak, the police said, "How come everything’s resolved personally, what need is there for us cops?"

Li Laoshu stopped speaking, glared at his son, this useless softie. Just let the wife be so rampant.

"Don’t glare at my husband. You’re just an old brute who’s tough within your family. Don’t be fooled by him, everyone. Everything in our home is decided by my father-in-law."

"For so many years, treating us like livestock and not giving proper meals. Do you feel especially satisfied, thinking you’re capable, whatever you say goes?" Yu Guiying questioned loudly.

"Eldest son? You just let your wife speak to me like this?"