Chapter 3 Escape

Xia Xiaoxi immediately went to grab it. Wang Juhua's daughter Xia Hui saw it and grabbed Xiaoxi's hands.

Xia Xiaoxi had little strength due to malnutrition, so how could she fight against two people, not to mention Wang Juhua.

Wang Juhua saw that Xia Xiaoxi dared to resist and slapped her again. Now that Xia Zhiyuan was not at home, she didn't care about anything. Now that she was not allowed to study, Xia Zhiyuan didn't know. When Xia Zhiyuan came back in a few years, it would have been a foregone conclusion.

Xia Xiaoxi watched her schoolbag being snatched away with her eyes wide open.

"Wang Meili is lying, go ask our class teacher. Call Wang Meili to confront our class teacher." Xia Xiaoxi said loudly.

Wang Juhua ignored Xia Xiaoxi, took her schoolbag and went to the kitchen, threw all the books in the bag into the stove, and the originally weak flame in the stove suddenly jumped up, reflecting the wall red.

Xia Xiaoxi's eyes were about to burst into flames.

"From today on, you will work for me at home, and don't even think about going to school. You are also at the age to get married. Xiaohui, watch her, let her stay in the house and don't go out, and don't even think about having dinner." Wang Juhua said and pushed her into her and Xia Hui's room.

The Xia family's one-story brick house has a main hall in the middle. On the right side, Xia Xiaoxi's uncle and aunt live. On the left side, it is divided into two small rooms. The front room is occupied by Xia Dabao, Xia Xiaoxi's cousin, and Xia Zhiyuan, Xia Xiaoxi

's brother. The back room is occupied by Xia Hui and Xia Xiaoxi. Behind the main hall is the kitchen. This brick house is one of the most famous in the village. It was built when Xia Xiaoxi's father was still alive.

When Xiaoxi's parents died unexpectedly when she was nine years old, her uncle's family moved into the brick house the next day, saying that they wanted to take care of her and Xia Zhiyuan, who was thirteen years old. Six years later, Xia Tian and Wang Juhua's family seem to be the owners of this brick house, while Xia Xiaoxi and Xia Zhiyuan seem to be living under someone else's roof.

Xia Xiaoxi tried her best to suppress her impulse to destroy everything. She calmed down quickly. She would go to jail for committing a crime, and she still had to go to college in the future. These people were not worth it. Moreover, she was weak and could not resist this family at all. She could not do anything by force. She lowered her head and cried. In fact, she had no tears at all. At this moment, she was only angry and afraid.

Wang Juhua's family was cruel, evil and cunning. This time, she beat and scolded her, and directly tore her off and stopped her from studying. It seemed that she had sold herself out. Even if she called for help from the villagers, she was afraid that Wang Juhua would talk nonsense and drive the helpers away, and make Wang Juhua keep a closer eye on her. If she couldn't get out this time, her life would be over.

She could only take the money and sneak out and never come back. As long as she left the village and went outside, Wang Juhua, as an aunt, would have no right to control her.

After figuring it out, Xia Xiaoxi sat quietly by the bed and cried. Wang Juhua and the others really relaxed their vigilance, thinking that she was really obedient and would not make trouble to go to school. She

didn't lock the door from the outside when she went to bed at night.

Finally, she heard Xia Hui's long breathing.

Maybe it was because Xia Hui was tired from scolding Xia Xiaoxi before going to bed, so she slept particularly soundly.

Xia Xiaoxi got up quietly and took out a small cloth bag hidden behind the cabinet. This was the three yuan Xia Zhiyuan gave her, and the pocket money she had secretly hidden from her part-time jobs during the summer vacation, a total of four yuan and twenty cents, plus the one yuan in her pocket for emergency use, a total of five yuan and twenty cents.

She hid the money in her shoes.

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Xia Xiaoxi quietly opened the door. Wang Juhua had never thought that Xia Xiaoxi would escape, so she got out smoothly. When she was hunched over and passed by the window of Wang Juhua and Xia Tian's room, she suddenly heard someone talking inside.

"I've thought about it carefully. We can't keep that girl. Tomorrow we'll get some drugs to knock her out and send her to Wang Fugui's house. By then, the matter will be a done deal and she won't be able to do anything about it. If the villagers gossip about her, we'll say she came to our door on her own initiative." Wang Juhua's voice.

"What if Wang Fugui's family doesn't admit their mistake and doesn't marry Cuicui to our Dabao?"

"If she dares, I will marry this girl to someone else. Even if she has slept with a man, it will be easy to find a bachelor in his forties or fifties, and we can get more dowry for our Dabao to get married. Their Wang Fugui will just have to wait to be a bachelor for the rest of his life."

"That's good, so we don't have to keep this girl around for a long time. After she gets married, she won't be able to take care of Zhiyuan's affairs. With Zhiyuan's personality, all the money he earns in his life will have to be managed by us." Xia Tian said.

"That's right. We should deal with this as soon as possible. That girl is very cunning. Oh, will she run away? Go and lock Huihui's door from the outside." Wang Juhua suddenly exclaimed.

"Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear us. I'll go and lock the door now."

There was a creaking sound of someone turning over and getting out of bed.

Xia Xiaoxi's heart jumped to her throat. She took off her shoes silently, and hid in a haystack nearby with her shoes in her bare feet and her back bent.

After waiting for a long time, seeing that Xia Tian and Wang Juhua did not come out, she estimated that Xia Tian only locked the door from the outside and did not go in to see if anyone was missing.

Xia Xiaoxi put on her shoes and ran out of the village.

It was pitch black outside, and the croaking of frogs and cuckoo birds could be heard from the surrounding ponds from time to time. It made the night even more peaceful.

In the past, she was afraid to walk this road with Xia Chunxiang on her way home from school every week during the holidays. But now, she didn't care about anything and just ran forward desperately.

She didn't know how long she had been running, but suddenly there was a person walking towards her in front of her.

Xia Xiaoxi's heart was pounding.

She saw this person walking towards her crazily. He was singing a song.

It was that madman, Xia Xiaoxi understood all of a sudden. There

was a crazy person wandering on this road all year round. This madman likes to chase after women whenever he sees them. They once saw this madman grab a girl, hug her, kiss her face, take off her clothes, and call her "wife". Fortunately, there were many people on the road during the day and they saved her from the madman. However, the girl's in-laws broke off the engagement when she returned home. It was said that she was later married to a bachelor in his forties.

So they dared to go home with a companion after school.

Xia Xiaoxi ran desperately to the ridge of the field next to her. It was night time, and if she was caught, no one would save her.

The madman behind her also ran after her, calling her "wife" as he ran.