Chapter 67 Xu Xiaohua's Choice
The sudden acid rain injured many people, and even people who were looking for food in the water were unable to escape and died on the spot.
Humanity, who had just gotten a glimmer of hope, has now been reduced to its original form.
In fact, life is more difficult than before. Before, there was nothing to eat and we could just boil the rainwater outside to drink.
But when acid rain came, the water became corrosive and the fish in the water couldn't withstand it and floated up one by one.
People in Minghua Community felt sad when they saw the fish floating on the water. There were so many of them, and they could be eaten.
Xu Xiaohua's father Xu Baofang looked at the fish on the water with a wave of regret. Xu Xiaohua's mother Li Fengjiao scolded him: "You still care about these things? Look at Tianci's face. In just a short while, his face is full of blisters. I'm afraid it will get infected."
Xu Tianci saw that it had stopped raining heavily these past two days, and he had been clamoring to go out and play every day. Yesterday, Xu Baofang took his son out to play. He was fishing, and it suddenly started to rain heavily outside. Many people noticed that something was wrong with the rain.
Xu Baofang pulled his son back immediately, but his face was still covered with blisters of varying sizes.
Once it gets infected, there will be a scar. Now I can’t go out. There will be a way to cure the scar in the future, but there is no medicine now. Once it gets infected, it’s like stepping into the gates of hell.
"What can I do? It's raining acid now. If I go out I'll die." Xu Baofang looked at Xu Tianci wailing on the bed, feeling annoyed and worried.
Xu Baofang suddenly thought: "Where is Xu Xiaohua?"
Li Fengjiao shook her head: "That girl hasn't been back for a long time. Who knows if she's alive or dead? It's okay without her. There will be one less person to eat at home."
She looked up at Xu Baofang: "Why did you mention her?"
Xu Baofang didn't favor Xu Xiaohua. He had two children, one named Xu Xiaohua and the other Xu Tianci. It was obvious who he favored.
"If she were still alive, I could use her to exchange for a gift for Tianci," Xu Baofang said.
Li Fengjiao's eyes lit up at first, but then dimmed: "I haven't seen Xu Xiaohua for more than a month. I think she died out there a long time ago. If I had known this would happen, I would have treated her better."
Xu Xiaohua, who was eavesdropping outside the door, slowly took two steps back. She came here to eavesdrop because she heard her brother got caught in the rain yesterday. She didn't expect to hear all these.
She looked at the ointment and anti-inflammatory medicine in her hand. These were given to her by her sister. She was giving them to them now. From now on, they had nothing to do with each other.
My sister said that these things were enough to buy a life. If she saved Xu Tianci, then Xu Xiaohua would have nothing to do with Xu Baofang and Li Fengjiao.
After putting it down, Xu Xiaohua ran back to the distribution room on the 34th floor. Her sister had modified the door for her. It was locked from the inside and looked like a wall from the outside. There seemed to be nothing there from the outside.
Xu Xiaohua locked the door; she just wanted to take a nap.
She knew that her parents didn't love her and she used to be sad, but now she is very calm when she hears this. It doesn't matter now and she feels much more relaxed.
Xu Baofang actually went downstairs to look for Xu Xiaohua several times. When he returned to the 27th floor, someone familiar with Xu Baofang asked him, "What did you drop? Is your son okay?"
"I came to look for Xiaohua. I haven't seen her go home for a long time." Xu Baofang said.
That person probably knew what kind of person Xu Baofang was. He used to think that this family was very weird. But it was a different era now, and their family still favored boys over girls. They didn't want a girl as smart and cute as Xiaohua, but insisted on having a stupid and bad Xu Tianci.
"I just saw Xiaohua at your doorstep. I thought she was kicked out by your wife again."
Xu Baofang was stunned: "Xiaohua is back? What does it mean to be kicked out again?"
The man had seen through Xu Baofang: "Your Xiaohua is kicked out every other day. A little girl is sitting outside pitifully. I thought you knew."
Xu Baofang smiled awkwardly and went home immediately.
But in the corner of the doorway, he saw two small boxes.
"Have you found the medicine?" Li Fengjiao said happily. She didn't expect that Xu Baofang had found the medicine and her son's life could be saved.
Xu Baofang entered the house and said, "This is what Xiaohua sent back. I also heard that you often locked Xiaohua out of the door before. Why?"
Li Fengjiao was busy applying medicine to Xu Tianci and said nonchalantly, "Of course she is ignorant and disobedient."
Xu Baofang thought of Xu Xiaohua's appearance. She was bullied by her neighbor again today. He was furious: "How could you do that? Xiaohua is such a good girl."
Li Fengjiao looked at her son who was woken up: "Why are you so loud? When I scolded Xu Xiaohua before, you didn't say anything, but without your acquiescence, how dare I? Now you come to question me, now you come to be a good person, but if you help Xu Xiaohua, how dare I touch her?"
Xu Baofang stopped talking. What Li Fengjiao said was right.
"Xu Xiaohua is a person who has the ability to get medicine and other things. If there is nothing to eat or drink at home, Xu Xiaohua can get it."
Xu Baofang shook his head: "I don't know, this thing was found at my door." His face looked a little ugly, "Xiaohua should have heard what we said, she won't come back in the future, she can hide for a month without being found, how can we find her?"
Li Fengjiao sneered: "We suffer at home, but she lives a comfortable life. It's impossible. I will go find her myself."
She fed Xu Tianci the medicine and left. Xu Baofang rarely felt guilty: "If she doesn't want to see us, then she won't see us. We will just treat Xiaohua as dead."
Li Fengjiao broke free from his hand: "Impossible, she is alive and well because she has food and drink, no, those are God-given. Your son is in this condition now, he will die if he is not careful. Xu Baofang, do you want Xu Xiaohua or God-given?"
Xu Baofang pulled Li Fengjiao's hand and let go.
He has some conscience, but not much. In the current situation, there are so many families that have died, but it is only possible for Xu Tianci to remain in their family.
Li Fengjiao rushed out and searched every floor carefully, even going into the empty rooms to take a look, but there was no sign of Xu Xiaohua.
She was so tired that she was gasping for breath. Where could Xu Xiaohua go? Where could a skinny little kid like her go?
That medicine! Now only the 35th floor can afford the medicine. The woman on the 35th floor treats Xu Xiaohua very well. She won't allow Xu Xiaohua to stay in the woman's house on the 35th floor.
She felt excited inside. She didn't expect that the useless Xu Xiaohua was so capable now. However, Xu Xiaohua had no conscience at all and didn't think about her family at all.
She rushed to the 35th floor and banged on the door, but there was no sound from inside.
The person at 3501 took a peek and saw that someone still dared to knock on the person opposite. Seeing that it was a woman, she opened the door a crack.
"The person on the other side hasn't come back yet. Even if you knock the door down, no one will help you open it." Yue Yawen said.
Li Fengjiao turned around suddenly: "What about my daughter? Where is my daughter?"
"How would I know about your own daughter? Anyway, the other side never takes in anyone." Yue Yawen thought this man was a lunatic and slammed the door.
Li Fengjiao didn't find Xu Xiaohua, and everything she had fantasized about turned out to be in vain.
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