Chapter 3 I'll beat you if you dare to go to the countryside

But Lin Xiangnan really wanted to go to the countryside, not for family harmony, but simply for herself. The room in the city was too small, she couldn't get used to it, there were too many people at home, and she had no privacy...

She ignored Hu Meili's cold face and continued to insist, "Don't bother. I'll sign up when I graduate."

Hu Meili was furious when she heard that. She slammed the table hard and stood up suddenly. "You coward. I'm fighting for you in the front, and you're holding me back, right?"

She looked around, reached out to take the feather duster from the cabinet, and without saying a word, she threw it at Lin Xiangnan.

"Ah? Why are you fighting over something?" Lin Xiangnan had never experienced such a situation before, so he ran away in panic.

"I'll beat you to death for being so disobedient. Stop right there."

"You usually don't talk, and no one thinks you're dumb. But why did you open your mouth at this moment? As soon as you opened your mouth, you wanted to piss off your mother to death."

"Run, run again! If you have the guts, don't come back!"

While Hu Meili was cursing, she was also chasing Lin Xiangnan with a stick in her hand, without even taking a breath. It was obvious that she had a very good lung capacity.

The ladies in the yard were cooking and watching the fun, and asked with a smile: "Xiao Nan, what did you do to offend your mother again?"

"Hu Meili, you are the same. After scolding the man, you beat the child. There is no peace every day."

Hu Meili sneered, "Don't blame me either. Didn't you also beat the child yesterday?"

This is the inconvenience of living in a slum. There are so many people living there that things happen every day. Moreover, the houses are not soundproofed, so everyone in the compound knows about the little things that happen in each household.

She had never been beaten since she was a child, but who knew that Hu Meili would actually do it for real.

Just now, from the sound of Hu Meili swinging the feather duster, one could tell from the whistling sound that she was using all her strength. Moreover, the angle of her hitting was also tricky, as she was hitting Lin Xiangnan's butt. Just seeing it made Lin Xiangnan feel cold in his heart.

She has escaped now, but Hu Meili seems to be still angry. If she appears in front of Hu Meili, she will definitely be beaten again.

She stood outside the yard and watched secretly, not daring to go in stealthily.

"Second sister, what are you doing? Why don't you go home?"

A young man wearing a shirt and carrying a small crossbody bag came over and held Lin Xiangnan's arm, and asked with concern: "Are you feeling better?"

"Xiaoxi is back." Lin Xiangnan looked at the person who came and smiled awkwardly, "I'm fine now."

Lin Xiangxi looked into the yard and saw that Hu Meili was still holding a feather duster. He immediately understood, "Sister, did you make Mom angry?"

"Yeah. It's all because of the going to the countryside." Lin Xiangnan curled her lips, "I said I wanted to go to the countryside, and she hit me with a feather duster."

Lin Xiangxi also got angry when he heard this. "Why should you go to the countryside? Liu Honghe should go. Did they say something to you?"

"No." Lin Xiangnan quickly shook his head.

Lin Xiangxi said earnestly, "Sister, you have become stupid because of studying too much. Anyone who persuades you to go to the countryside has bad intentions. Don't listen."

There are six children in the family, divided into two camps. Lin Xiangdong, Lin Xiangnan, and Lin Xiangxi are siblings, while Liu Hongying, Liu Hongshan, and Liu Honghe are siblings. The two sides have always been at odds.

The three siblings of the Liu family felt that Hu Meili was partial to them, and secretly gave all the good food and clothes to her own children. The three siblings of the Lin family felt sorry for Hu Meili, thinking that she had helped with the family's laundry, cooking and raising the children for so many years, but the Liu family's children did not know how to be grateful.

In fact, what Hu Meili has done as a stepmother is considered pretty good. Although she has a bad temper, she still beats and scolds her own children, and never deprives her stepchildren of their food and drink, and she has raised them well.

But there was a stepmother in the yard where they lived. The stepmother raised her own daughter to be thin and pitiful, but was very caring towards her stepson. In comparison, Hu Meili seemed like a vicious stepmother.

Especially this year, Liu Honghe graduated from junior high school, Lin Xiangnan graduated from high school, Hu Meili made a fuss about sending her stepson to the countryside and her biological daughter to stay in the city, and Liu Hongying and her brother cursed her in secret. Hu Meili's reputation as a "vicious stepmother" was half due to the Liu brothers and sisters.

Middle schools nowadays are two-year systems, and Lin Xiangxi will be in the second grade in the second half of the year. If he cannot go to high school, his family will continue to be in turmoil next year because of the issue of going to the countryside.

With a stepsister like Liu Hongying who returned to the city due to illness, Lin Xiangxi didn't dare to let his own sister go to the countryside. Although he was young, he was much more responsible than Liu Honghe.

"Don't be afraid, second sister. Just listen to our mother. I can go to the countryside, but you must stay in the city. I'm worried about you, a girl, going to the countryside alone."

Lin Xiangnan looked up in surprise and looked at his fifteen-year-old brother. Although his face was full of childishness, he was very responsible in his words and deeds.

There are a total of 6 children in the family. Hu Meili works during the day and does housework after get off work. She only takes care of the children's food and clothing and does not have much time to care about their mental health.

Lin Xiangnan is the second child and a girl. She can't play with her older brother and younger brother. She is like an invisible person at home. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, Hu Meili and Lin Xiangxi are planning for her, which makes her a little flattered.

"Why are you looking at me? Come on, go back to the house. Mom put down the feather duster."

Lin Xiangnan looked out and found that Hu Meili was already cooking in the kitchen. She immediately felt relieved and followed her younger brother back to the house.

As soon as she stepped her left foot into the door, Hu Meili's stick hit her butt with a "snap".

"Mom!!!" Lin Xiangnan's cry was so sincere and heartbreaking.

Hu Meili threw the stick and said, "If you don't punish him for three days, he will tear down the roof. If you dare to do anything wrong, I will beat you to death."

She did it on purpose, wanting to teach Lin Xiangnan a lesson.

Her daughter is usually silent, and she is really afraid that Lin Xiangnan will become unhappy and secretly sign up on her own initiative. It will be too late to teach her a lesson then.

It's no wonder that Lin Xiangnan really planned to secretly sign up to go to the countryside. Although she couldn't get a household registration book, she had a diploma after graduating from high school, so it was no problem for her to sign up. So she didn't intend to succumb to Hu Meili's tyranny and looked stubborn.

Hu Meili got angry when she saw the expression on her face. "You can't go to college anyway. Don't go to school these days. Ask your brother to continue to apply for sick leave for you. Including May Day and the weekend, take a ten-day leave first."

Lin Xiangnan took a defensive step back, "Why are you asking for leave?"

"Isn't this the busy farming season? Since you like farming, I'll arrange it for you. Tomorrow I'll send you to your second uncle's house in the countryside to work."