Chapter 52 Utter Rebellion

Lin Dahai was talking to himself in the hallway, trying to gain the approval of his neighbors.

Song Lubai sat in the main room with a broom, staring menacingly at the doorway.

If Lin Dahai dares to come in, don't blame her for swatting him out with a broom.

She dared not sleep if Lin Dahai didn't leave, for fear that he would come in and beat her while she was asleep.

Looking at her swollen lips and face, Ma Xiaohe said with heartache, "Why don't you stay at my house? I'll be leaving in a few days, and you'll be leaving too. Then we won't see each other again."

Song Lubai stubbornly shook her head: "I said I wouldn't let him in, and I won't let him in. If he dares to come in before I leave, I'll fight him to the death."

Ma Xiaohe: "What are you doing? Why bother?"

Song Lubai's eyes were red: "I don't care, what he did made me so angry. I can't bear it if I don't get revenge. From now on, this family will be either him or me, and I will not leave."

She's going to stay here and guard it.

Lin Jianshe came out of the house. "Sister, let's go tell Mom."

The twins were also quite frightened. Lin Jianshe's head hit the table, creating a bump, and the blood from his nose had dried on his face. Lin Heping's face was swollen, one of his teeth was knocked out, and there was blood in his mouth and around his face.

This wasn't the first time the twins had been beaten; they didn't even remember the beatings they received as children, but they were afraid of Lin Dahai.

Song Lubai raised her chin and said, "You two go out to Liu Lei's house. Her mother is a sanitation worker. Have her disinfect and treat your wounds."

The twins dared not go out because Lin Dahai was outside.

Song Lubai encouraged, "It's okay, there are many people, he won't dare to make a move again. If he dares to make a move, I'll take a broom and go out to beat him up."

She wanted to show everyone what inhuman things Lin Dahai had done.

The twins then hesitantly went out the door.

The people in the stairwell hadn't left yet, and the lights from every household spilled out from their open doors, illuminating the twins' figures.

The neighbors were astonished.

The kind-hearted old woman said, "Lin Dahai, don't drink anymore. Alcohol is no good, and hitting people while drunk is not a good habit. Look at what your own son has been beaten up like this."

Lin Dahai argued, "It's because they were disobedient and didn't know how to talk."

As Song Lubai watched the twins leave, she leaned against the door and said, "Only a spineless man would act crazy when drunk. You complain about your boss all the time, but why don't you dare to go to the factory and beat him up when you're drunk? You're just bullying the weak, you coward."

Lin Dahai's fist hardened again.

Song Lubai: "Go ahead and hit me, I'm not afraid of you. If you dare to lay a finger on me again, I'll go to your factory and ruin your job. From now on, you'll live off my mother's salary and be a good-for-nothing."

Neighbors: That's ruthless! Don't mess with her! Don't marry her! Whoever marries her will be doomed!

Lin Dahai clenched his fist. "What good will it do you to go against me? You just can't stand to see me doing well!"

Seeing him humiliated, Song Lubai was in a great mood. "You were the one who couldn't stand to see me doing well. You did something despicable, so you should be prepared to be retaliated against."

She's about to leave, she's afraid of nothing anymore, and it's not her who will suffer from giving up and acting recklessly.

Lin Dahai was so angry that he couldn't speak. He only regretted that he had been confused and blurted out that matter when he was hitting someone, which gave Song Lubai a handle to use against him.

That brat really wasn't going to let her in, so Lin Dahai could only leave feeling frustrated.

Ma Xiaohe, who watched the whole thing, was amazed.

As soon as Song Lubai entered the room, she said, "How are you so amazing?"

Song Lubai patted her shoulder and said, "If someone bullies you too much after you get married, don't tolerate it. As long as it's not us who did wrong, we should expose the shamelessness of the person who did wrong. If you are strong, they will be weak. This is a good method that my aunt taught me, and it is very useful."

If you make me uncomfortable, then nobody should be comfortable.

The twins could still fall asleep even after being hit, but Song Lubai tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

During the exam, she had diarrhea and couldn't sit in the exam room for very long. She went to the toilet so often that the proctor eventually wouldn't let her in anymore. The teachers suspected that she was hiding answers in the toilet to cheat.

She felt resentful every time she thought about it.

She wanted to repeat a year of high school, but not only did Lin Dahai disagree, her mother also disagreed. She went to her aunt, who also said that finishing high school was enough, as high school graduates could already find good jobs.

Not long after, she was assigned to the publicity department and started working in an office.

She then gave up on the idea of ​​retaking the college entrance exam and comforted herself that going to university was also for the purpose of getting a good job.

It's one thing to be unmotivated, but it's quite another to be held back by others.

She couldn't swallow this anger; it was like a fishbone stuck in her throat, stabbing her heart with pain.

Before dawn, Zhang Cui, exhausted after finishing her night shift, dragged her body home.

The door was knocked on, and Song Lubai, who hadn't slept all night, opened it.

Zhang Cui complained, "Why did you lock the door? What's the point of locking the door?"

The tenement building was very safe; there were almost no burglaries. No one even stole the meat that was hanging outside each household's door.

So, if someone in the family works the night shift, the door is never locked.

With her disheveled hair covering her swollen face, Song Lubai yawned and turned around. "I just locked it. I'm still sleepy. I need to go back and sleep for a while."

When Zhang Cui returned to the room, she found the cabinet lock still secure. Her brain, already foggy with sleep, couldn't think any further, so she lay down and fell asleep immediately.

At that moment, she didn't even think about why Lin Dahai wasn't home at this time.

After waiting for another ten minutes or so, and making sure Zhang Cui was sound asleep, Song Lubai took the household registration certificate and went out.

Once everything was settled, Song Lubai felt relieved.

Early in the morning, she went to the department store and bought pork bones that didn't require a coupon and were relatively cheap, as well as two pounds of pork intestines. She then carried the items to her aunt's house in the county town.

When her aunt's family saw that she had injuries on her face, they naturally asked her what happened.

Upon hearing that it was her stepfather who had beaten her while drunk, the whole family started cursing Lin Dahai.

Zhang Lan slammed her hand on the table: "He's been behaving himself for a while, but he's started going crazy again. He needs to be taught a lesson!"

Song Lubai's uncle said, "Go find a few of your brothers to go and have a good talk with him."

Zhang Lan sneered: "There's no need to look for anyone else. I can handle it all by myself. Lin Dahai, just wait."

After a while, Zhang Lan learned that Song Lubai had signed up for the border support program without permission, and she pinched her hard in anger.

"What are you thinking? I'm asking you what you're thinking! Going out is easy, but coming back is not!"

Zhang Lan slapped her thigh in anger, "I stopped Zhenzhen, how could I let you get away! I'm so angry!"

Song Lubai: "I can't stay in my house anymore..."

She recounted the recent events in detail, "...There's no place for me in this house anymore. I graduated from high school and applied to the business department, so I shouldn't have to suffer much in the future. Auntie, don't worry, I've already applied, and there's no way to change it."

Zhang Lan's fist, clenched tightly, cracked as she lifted Lin Dahai.

"I really didn't expect Lin Dahai to be that kind of person. I really misjudged him. You wait and see, I'll deal with him when I'm on vacation."

"There are still about ten days until we leave. Wait for me, I'll try to find some cotton to make you a cotton-padded coat and trousers, or at the very least, knit you a sweater. It's very cold there in winter, and you don't know how to do anything, you'll just have to freeze in the winter..."

After her aunt finished her rambling, Song Lubai said, "Before I leave, I want to kowtow to my dad and burn incense to tell him, 'Auntie, I'm too scared to go by myself. Could you ask Guangtao's dad to come with me?'"

Song Lubai's grandparents were incredibly fierce and unreasonable. Even when she went to visit their graves, Song Lubai had to sneak around, afraid of being discovered by them.

Zhang Lan readily agreed, asking her two sons to take some time to accompany Song Lubai on the trip.