Chapter 305: Almost a Fight to the Death
Lin Tang and the other two were stunned by the news.
What?
An elderly couple in their seventies were driven to live at the end of the village?
Especially Li Xiuli, when she first heard the news, she felt like a thunderbolt struck her head and she almost went crazy.
She was fine when she came back last time.
How dare he, big brother?!
"I don't know about this..." Li Xiuli looked unhappy.
"You don't know?" The woman was stunned and stammered, "No way, last time Chunhua came back, we asked her to pass on a message to you, and she didn't tell you? That's impossible, right?"
It's a matter of human life.
Even if Chunhua and Xiuli don't get along, they wouldn't be so cold-hearted, right?
Li Xiuli knew the reason and her face turned completely dark.
"No, she didn't say a word!"
Everyone in the Xingmin Brigade looked at each other in confusion.
They all moved their mouths with an unhappy look on their faces, but couldn't utter a word.
My mind was full of thoughts: Fortunately, I haven’t heard of any major incident with the old couple of the Li family, otherwise Xiuli and Chunhua would probably fight to the death.
After Li Xiuli learned about her parents' situation, she no longer had the heart to greet the villagers.
He called Lin Qingshan and Lin Tang and hurried to the end of the village.
At the end of the village, there is a dilapidated old house.
The room was damp and dark.
The ground is bumpy.
There was nothing else decent in the room except a rickety wooden bed, a wooden table with half a leg missing, a small wooden stool, two bowls and a ceramic jar.
Old man Li was lying on the bed, looking dazed.
From time to time, he opened his eyes and looked at the old woman, as if he was worried about something.
Mrs. Li boiled some hot water and walked to the bedside holding the broken bowl with a chip on it.
"Dad, have some hot water." She helped the person on the bed up with difficulty and said with concern.
Old man Li bit the soft flesh in his mouth and tried to wake himself up.
He struggled to move his body and sat up.
"...Thank you for your hard work, old woman." His voice was rough, like rolling sand.
Mrs. Li fed the old man some water with trembling hands.
"Why should I worry about it? As long as you are fine, I won't feel tired," she said.
The son is unfilial and the daughter is unreliable.
She could only depend on the old man for survival.
As long as the head of the family is alive, she still has hope.
If the old man is gone, she will find a rope and hang herself.
Old man Li and the old woman have been married for decades, so how could they not know her plan?
That's why I insisted on holding that breath.
The old woman had never had a good life with him, and he couldn't bear to think of his wife dying in this damp and dark room.
When I think about it, my heart feels like there is a stone blocking it.
The old couple were talking.
Suddenly, I heard a sound coming from the door.
"Is there any sound?" Old man Li thought he had misheard and asked Mrs. Li next to him.
"I heard it too. You take a rest first. I'll go out and take a look."
Mrs. Li opened the door and saw her daughter whom she had not seen for a long time.
The old man's cloudy eyes were immediately soaked with tears.
She turned sideways, wiped away her tears, and spoke with complaints.
"You damn girl, why did you come back just now?"
"If you were any later, your father and I would have done something."
To do things refers to to handle funeral affairs.
When Li Xiuli saw her mother was so thin that her bones were just skin and bones, tears came to her eyes even though she was usually cheerful.
"Mom, why are you saying such unlucky words? I've brought Qingshan and Tangtang back with me, haven't I?"
"You and my father had a problem, but you didn't even bother to come to me. How could you be like this?!"
"If something really happened between you and my father, what would you let me do?"
The wooden house was not soundproof. When Old Man Li inside the door heard his daughter's voice, tears flowed out and fell onto the black pillow.
At least my daughter still has a heart.
He has never failed in his life.
Seeing that her daughter was already old, Mrs. Li was so angry that tears came to her eyes, and she felt distressed.
"Mom heard Chunhua called you, and waited for a month. When you didn't come back, I thought..."
...She thought her daughter didn't want to care about her and the old man, so she didn't dare ask anyone else to pass on the message.
Li Xiuli's eyes were red. "Do you think I don't want to come back?"
"How could I not come back after what happened to you two? We haven't received any news at all," she explained.
Even though he said this, he was filled with deep self-blame.
It's also her fault for being heartless.
If he really cared, how could he not know about this?
Seeing that her mother's head was about to be buried in the ground, Lin Tang stepped forward and took Li Pozi's arm.
"Grandma, look how sad my mother is. Don't be like this again. If you have anything to say, ask someone reliable to pass on a message to us!"
"My mother has you and my grandfather in her heart, but since we are far away, it is not convenient for her to come back.
If we lived in the same brigade, do you believe my mother would go back to her parents' home every few days?"
The little girl has a sweet and soft voice, and her words are also tender and gentle.
The listeners feel soft in their hearts.
Mrs. Li smiled with a vicissitudes of life on her face, and said half-jokingly, "That won't do. If your mother comes back every few days, there won't be enough food at home."
As he said that, he invited Li Xiuli and Lin Tang into the house.
"Come inside first!"
Only after entering the house did I realize that this was not my old home. There was not even a place to sit.
"The house is a little shabby, and there are no proper stools..." Mrs. Li said uncomfortably.
Li Xiuli looked around the dilapidated house and was furious.
"Did my eldest brother really kick you out?" she said in disbelief.
Old man Li, who was leaning against the head of the bed, suddenly changed his expression.
Gasping with anger.
“…Stop mentioning that unfilial son!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he coughed violently.
Seeing her father was furious, Li Xiuli hurried forward to support the old man.
"Don't mention it, don't get angry. If you get angry and hurt yourself, won't it be me and my mother who are worried?"
Old man Li didn't expect to see his daughter again, and he felt very happy.
But he refused to give in.
"Humph, your mother will definitely feel sorry for an old man like me, but I don't know about you."
As he said this, he turned his head to the side.
Obviously still angry.
Li Xiuli saw that the old man was like a sulking child, and she knew that even if she explained, her father would still feel bad.
I can only continue to comfort her.
"Dad, I'm back, and I brought a lot of good things for you and my mother.
Now that you two have moved out, you two can enjoy these things slowly. I'll send them back to you after you finish eating."
As she spoke, she asked Lin Tang to bring the things over.
Old man Li is old and his eyesight has been damaged for a long time.
Lin Tang got closer and was able to see the little girl clearly.
When the old man saw his only granddaughter, wrinkles appeared on his face from smiling.
"Tangtang is here too. I haven't seen you for a few months. You've suddenly grown into a big girl!" said old man Li kindly.
The old man was extremely happy to see his granddaughter.
Lin Tang smiled and said, "I'm still growing taller. I haven't seen you for a while, so you must have changed."
She spread out the things she had brought.
Eggs and malted milk are both good things.
Mrs. Li was terrified when she saw these precious things.
He grabbed Li Xiuli's arm and asked anxiously:
"Xiu Li, where did you get these things?"
The elderly are afraid that the younger generation will cause trouble.
(End of this chapter)
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