Chapter 24 Breaking Li Genzi's Leg

On the other side was Gu Yin, who was completely unaware of the situation.

The next morning, Xiao Li walked into the Gu family's gate with one hundred yuan in his hand. The old lady, who was about to go out to plant peas, greeted him with a smile: "Good morning, Xiao Li! Is there any task coming up in the village again?"

Li Mengxin, who was drawing water from the well, also looked over upon hearing this.

Clearly, the adults in the Gu family were unaware of this matter. He smiled awkwardly, and then, seeing Gu Yin come out of the house, he quickly went over and handed her the money: "Here's a hundred yuan, for you."

Gu Yin didn't take it, but calmly looked at him: "Are you sure you took it?"

Seeing Gu Yin's cold gaze, Xiao Li looked away and stuffed the money into her hand: "I don't know what you're talking about. Here's the money, and that's the end of it."

After speaking, he turned around, took two steps, and then stopped. Gu Yin thought he wanted to tell the truth, but in the end he didn't say anything and quickly left the Gu family.

Seeing the scene before them, it was clear that something had happened that they didn't know about! The three adults in the family all put down what they were holding.

"What's going on? Why did Xiao Li give you the money?" the old lady asked, puzzled.

Gu Yin recounted everything that happened yesterday, and the old lady paced back and forth in the yard in anger.

"No, I need to find something to keep him busy, otherwise if he's always watching us, how can we live our lives?"

Li Xiang agreed: "Ayin has this talent, and it's not easy for her to publish her work. This was originally a great joy, but he ruined it! He thinks he can settle things peacefully like this. He's dreaming! Li Dashan is the same. He thought he was a good person, but it turns out that the Li family is rotten to the core!"

Li Mengxin comforted Gu Yin, saying, "It's okay. If this place won't accept you, we'll try another one. You mustn't give up on writing just because of this. If you have this hobby, let's develop it properly!"

Gu Yin nodded.

The old lady and Li Xiang walked towards the field while discussing what to do.

Gu Yin looked at Li Mengxin, whose eyes were full of worry, and took her hand to rub against her face: "Mom, don't worry, I'm all grown up now. We won't always be like this. They can't control everything. I've already decided to submit the article to a newspaper under a state-owned enterprise. They can't touch these things."

Li Mengxin gently rubbed her face: "As long as you have an idea, that's fine. Your dad and I aren't very capable, so we can't help you much."

Gu Yin shook her head: "It's good that you're all healthy!" Her biggest wish in this rebirth is for her family to be healthy.

Seeing Gu Shu come out, Li Mengxin let go of his hand, pressed her eyes, and said with a smile, "The reservoir isn't releasing water today, so you can go play in the river. I saw a lot of people go there early this morning."

Gu Shu's eyes lit up: "Really? Then let's hurry up and go catch some fish! Ah Le, Ah Hua! Quickly grab the buckets, let's go!"

The two were eating when they heard their older brother shout, so they grabbed their buckets and ran out.

When the four of them reached the bridge, they saw a dense crowd of people at the bottom of the bridge, including children and adults, carrying buckets, basins, and nets. There was still water in the deepest part of the river, but it wasn't deep. Gu Yin saw that the children only went down to their knees, which was quite suitable for catching fish.

Gu Shu looked down and shook his head: "Let's not go here, let's go upstream. There are more rocks upstream, let's catch crabs and loaches!"

The four turned and walked upstream. Along the way, the river was full of people, so they were clearly not the only ones who thought the same thing.

The group found a less crowded spot, took off their shoes, and went down.

Gu Yin looked over a large rock and a nest of river crabs scurried out, but they were all small and none of them could be picked up.

She continued to turn over other stones.

Gu Le was too small to turn over the big rocks, and there was nothing under the small rocks. He went to a place with water, took a bucket and scooped out the water. When the water was almost dry and he could no longer scoop water, he went down to catch fish.

Gu Yin flipped over several stones but didn't see a single fish. Seeing Gu Le catching fish, she followed him.

"How's it going? Any fish?"

As soon as she finished asking the question, her foot slipped and she fell into the water. Gu Yin was so stunned that she didn't get up immediately.

Seeing her stunned expression, Gu Le wanted to laugh but felt she had gone too far, so she could only put on a straight face and go over to help her: "Sister, are you alright?"

Looking at her soaking wet self, Gu Yin sighed helplessly and stood up: "It's okay." The ground was covered with pebbles, but her butt hurt a little. As she was about to walk to a dry spot, she heard Gu Le burst into laughter.

Gu Yin: "...Is it so funny that I fell?"

Gu Le shook his head and pointed to the spot where Gu Yin had just gotten up.

Gu Yin looked down and saw two fish, each weighing about three ounces, floating belly up with their heads flattened. Judging from the situation, they must have been crushed by her.

"Haha, Ayin, why don't you go sit a few more times? Then we won't even need to catch fish anymore, you'll catch them every time you sit!" Gu Shu brought up two fish, removed their flattened heads, and put the fish bodies into the bucket. They're perfectly fine, we can eat them when we get back!

Gu Yin rolled her eyes in annoyance: "You guys go ahead, I'm going upstairs to wash up."

After saying that, she walked a short distance away, found a clean puddle, went down to wash off the mud on her body, and then stopped there and started picking up snails next to the puddle. She couldn't go home empty-handed!

"Ayin, what did you find?"

Gu Yin looked up and saw Li Xiaohua carrying a dirty bucket, walking towards her from not far away.

Gu Yin pointed to the stone next to her: "Is this all? Where did you get this from?"

Li Xiaohua ran over quickly and whispered, "I just brought a bucket of river clams home! It's not far ahead, but it's a bit difficult to get down there, and it's quite deep. The grass on top is too thick, and most people don't bother going down. Do you want to come with me to take a look? I also dug up two blackfish! There are also a lot of snails there, but I haven't had time to collect them all!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yin got out of the water and followed behind Li Xiaohua, walking upstream together.

"We're here! This is it!" Li Xiaohua said happily, pointing to the river ahead.

Gu Yin looked around. The river was very narrow, only about two meters wide. The grass on the side was very lush, covered with thorns and vines, so dense that you couldn't see below unless you looked carefully.

"Where do we go down?" Gu Yin looked around but couldn't see a way down.

Li Xiaohua walked to a wild guava tree and waved to Gu Yin: "Here!" After saying that, she pushed aside the grass, threw the bucket down, bent down and crawled to the base of the guava tree, grabbed the tree trunk, and looked at Gu Yin: "Just slide down slowly like this!"

Gu Yin gave a thumbs up: "You're awesome!" Then she imitated her movements and prepared to crawl down.

"Wait a minute! Ah Yin, look up at your head, aren't there ripe guavas?! There seem to be four! Don't come down yet! Check if any birds have eaten them!" Li Xiaohua looked up excitedly and pointed to the spot on the tree for Gu Yin to see.

Hearing her words, Gu Yin stood up, looked in that direction, and smiled: "There really is one. Wait a moment, I'll go up and take a look!"

Wild guavas are especially sweet and fragrant. In places like this, people rarely come to eat them because they are all eaten by birds. But I didn't expect that some would still survive.

Gu Yin climbed up, reached out and turned over a leaf, and a fragrance instantly wafted out.

"It smells so good! It's all good that it wasn't eaten by birds!"

Li Xiaohua nodded: "Then be careful when you come down!" After saying that, she stopped looking up to avoid getting ants or anything like that in her eyes.

Feeling a bit tired from squatting, Li Xiaohua stood up, leaning against the tree roots. Looking up, she saw Li Genzi running quickly towards her from the road through the grass!

"Ayin! Come down quickly, Li Genzi is running over!" Li Xiaohua's teeth started chattering again. She had been going to school lately and hadn't seen Li Genzi much, so she had almost forgotten about him!

Gu Yin had already heard 001's notification when he ran down.

She climbed down, but without turning her head, she looked at Li Xiaohua below and calmly said, "Go to the right and hide under the tree roots. Don't move!"

Li Xiaohua didn't know what she was going to do, but she obediently moved to a different position.

001 looked at Li Genzi running towards him and calmly said, "Ready! Turn left!"

Gu Yin, who had been preparing all along, turned left immediately upon hearing 001's voice without the slightest hesitation.

Before Li Xiaohua could react, she saw Li Genzi jump down, followed by a scream.

My goodness, is it that intense? If this continues, they'll break their arms and legs! Although it's all mud below, there are still quite a few rocks!

"Ah, Ah Yin, how is he?" Li Xiaohua didn't dare to look down, afraid the scene would be too cruel.

Gu Yin leaned down to look, and was taken aback when she saw that Li Genzi did not react.

"001, are you dead?"

001 rolled her eyes: "Don't worry, the angle I designed is so precise, he can't die even if he wants to, he'll just pass out."

Gu Yin nodded in relief. Although she also wanted Li Genzi to be finished, she couldn't. He had to be punished by law. She couldn't get her hands dirty because of him.

Gu Yin then reassured Li Xiaohua, "She probably just fainted. It's alright. I'm going down to check on her. Do you want to come up or come down with me?"

Li Xiaohua was both scared and curious: "I want to go down too!" she said, and quickly climbed down.

Seeing that she had stood still, Gu Yin also bent down and quickly climbed down.

Li Xiaohua poked Li Genzi with a bucket of water: "Hey! Wake up?" Seeing that he didn't move, but noticing that his chest was still rising and falling, she breathed a sigh of relief.

After Gu Yin came down, she observed him and found that he had been injured on his head.

"001, cover his mouth for me, don't let him make a sound."

001 asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"

Gu Yin didn't say anything, but looked at Li Xiaohua: "Xiaohua, you know he's a bad guy. He wanted to steal my brother, and he was the one who called in the human traffickers before. So I want to make him suffer. Turn around, cover your ears, and don't listen or look."

Li Xiaohua looked into Gu Yin's eyes, and it seemed that at that moment, she finally understood that her friend was truly different, different from her. She wasn't sure exactly how, but she knew that no matter how different the other person was, she was still her friend Gu Yin! So she obediently turned around.

Seeing her turn around, Gu Yin took out a piece of wood as thick as an arm from the decaying leaves beside her, weighed it in her hand, and found it quite comfortable.

"001, cover his mouth and don't let him make a sound."

Seeing the coldness on Gu Yin's face, 001 was both surprised and satisfied. This personality was ruthless enough! He liked it!

001 held Li Genzi still: "Alright!"

Gu Yin swung her stick at Li Genzi's knee! With a sharp crack, Gu Yin looked at Li Genzi and, seeing that he didn't make a sound, she was satisfied. Then she struck his arm with the stick again, with another sharp crack. Gu Yin was even more satisfied.

After doing all that, she buried the stick in the mud, then moved a few stones and placed them on Li Genzi's injured knees and arms. Seeing that there were no problems, she looked at Li Xiaohua and said, "Alright, let's go."

Although she covered her ears, Li Xiaohua still heard thumping sounds behind her. She was curious about what Gu Yin was doing, but Gu Yin didn't tell her to turn around, so she stayed quietly until Gu Yin spoke, at which point Li Xiaohua turned around.

She peeked at Li Genzi and saw that he was still unconscious. She also realized that something was wrong, so she stopped worrying about it.

The two went ashore but didn't see anyone, so they walked towards the road. Just as they got on the road, they saw the village chief and several adults walking over from the other side of the bridge. Gu Yin quickly ran over there.

Li Sen had nothing to do today, so he thought he'd come to the river to take a look, maybe catch a few fish and have a few drinks tonight. On the way, he met some like-minded people, and the group came together.

From afar, Li Sen saw the Gu family girl running this way. Seeing how anxious she looked, he quickened his pace, worried that something might have gone wrong again.

"Ayin! Why are you running so fast? What happened?!" Li Sen asked worriedly, supporting Gu Yin.

Gu Yin, panting, explained, "Xiao Hua and I were looking for river clams over there when Uncle Li suddenly jumped in for some reason. We called him but he didn't respond; he seems to be unconscious in the riverbed! You guys go check on him quickly!"

Li Sen's eyes widened: "What? Uncle Li San is unconscious in the river? Oh my god, let's go, let's go check on him right away!"

Gu Yin led the way, and they arrived at the place in five minutes. Village Chief Li looked at the place and his head started to ache: "How did we fall into this? Uncle Li! Uncle Li, can you hear me? If you can, answer me!"

Gu Yin tugged at Village Chief Li: "Third Master Li is unconscious and can't hear. You can go down here. Xiao Hua and I just went down from here to dig for river clams, but before we even found any, Third Master Li flew down and scared us to death!" After saying that, she pointed out the way down to them with a frightened look on her face.

Seeing this, everyone slowly climbed down around the tree roots. Li Sen was the first to go down. As soon as he got down, he saw Uncle Li lying there motionless. Looking at him from that angle, it was quite frightening!

He shakily approached and placed his hand under Li Genzi's nose. Feeling breath, he breathed a sigh of relief. Oh my god, that was terrifying!

Li Sen scratched his head, then patted Uncle Li's face, trying to wake him up, but there was still no response. He had no choice but to turn around and look at the few people who had come down with him: "Carry him out?"

“This won’t work, it’s too high, and we can’t lift it without letting go!” one person shook his head.

Li Sen looked around and then decided: "Either we carry it on our backs and tie it with ropes, or we lift it and walk out of the riverbed. But the riverbed is full of silt, and we don't know if it will work. It will be even more difficult if we sink in."

While everyone was still considering, Li Xiaohua saw that Gu Yin remained silent, so she also kept quiet.

Gu Yin deliberately didn't tell them that the river was passable. If they carried him up, Li Genzi would likely suffer secondary injury. People these days don't even know about secondary injury. Gu Yin thought they would refuse to face unknown dangers, and sure enough, they did.

"Xiaohua, go down to the river and ask who brought the net over, and borrow it for a bit!" Li Sen shouted to Gu Yin and the others.

Li Xiaohua nodded and ran towards the bridge.

Gu Yin hoped that Li Genzi would wake up when he came up, and the more miserable he screamed, the happier Gu Yin would be. Compared to what he had done for the Gu family in his previous life and this life, this was just interest!

"Making him wake up is easy, just watch me!"

No one knows what 001 did, but Li Genzi did indeed wake up!

When Li Genzi woke up, he found himself lying in the mud, and his whole body was in excruciating pain. The stinging pain in the back of his head, arms, and knees made it difficult for him to breathe!

"Hey! Uncle Li, you're awake! How are you feeling? Is anything hurting?" Li Sen was happy to see him awake and came over to help him up.

Li Genzi quickly exclaimed, "My head, arms, and knees hurt terribly! I can't move!"

Li Sen dared not move, and could only comfort him: "Don't worry, I've already sent someone to get a rope to carry you up later!"

Li Genzi nodded.

"Uncle Li, how are you feeling? Are you alright? You scared us to death! How did you jump into the river from behind us?"

Gu Yin's voice came from above, and Li Genzi felt a surge of anger. He had originally intended to push Gu Yin down, but who would have thought that the girl would turn around just then! As a result, he didn't have time to stop and fell straight down! Otherwise, it would be that damned girl lying here!

"I saw you by the river and thought it was quite deep, so I wanted to call you back. But I was walking too fast and couldn't stop, so I fell in. Oh, my old arms and legs are suffering!"

The people below were comforting him. Xiao Hua arrived quickly, followed by many others. When they heard that Li Genzi had fallen into the river, Gu Shu and the others also ran over. They were relieved to see that Gu Yin was alright.

Gu Shu leaned closer to Gu Yin and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Gu Yin blinked, and seeing this, Gu Shu remained silent.

It took the people below quite a while to carry Li Genzi on their backs, secure him with a net, and slowly climb up.

Gu Yin's expectations were not disappointed. When Li Genzi came up, his legs and hands kept hitting tree roots, thorny vines, etc., which made Li Genzi scream more and more miserable.

Gu Yin turned around, afraid that she wouldn't be able to help but laugh out loud!

After they got up, Li Dashan also received the news and drove over in his tricycle. The group quickly took the people to the hospital.

Gu Shu pursed his lips and coughed lightly, "Ahem, the weather is really nice today, let's go home and have some fish!"