Chapter 20
Nan Tao frowned. The voice sounded familiar, like the girl from that afternoon. She tilted her head and asked Zhou Mei, "Does that sound familiar to you?"
Zhou Mei: “It’s her!”
Nan Tao and the others couldn't bear to hear the girl's miserable screams, so they quickly walked towards the direction of the sound.
What caught my eye was a horrifying scene.
A tall and fat man, holding a willow branch in his hand, was hitting the girl on the ground fiercely and powerfully, muttering to himself.
The girl rolled on the ground in pain, her arms covered with purple whip marks. She climbed up but was pushed down again, unable to escape no matter how hard she tried.
"You deserve it. I'll hit you whenever I want."
"Hmph, I told you not to buy me a popsicle."
"When I get home, I'm going to complain. I'll beat you to death for bullying me."
"I'm going to starve you for three days."
Nan Tao and Zhou Mei exchanged a glance but didn't rush forward to stop him. They were all women and not very strong, so they definitely couldn't beat this grown man. The wisest thing to do was to negotiate with the production team.
Finally, after being asked by the program director, several tall, strong and enthusiastic staff members raised their hands and stepped forward to help.
“Who are you!”
"Let me go!"
"I'm going to tell my mom that you bullied me!"
The staff pressed the man to the ground and threw the willow branches aside.
One person couldn't help but yell, "What kind of man is it to hit a woman?"
The girl hugged her knees and sobbed softly.
Nan Tao patted the girl soothingly. "Do you want me to call the police for you?"
The girl raised her head, her eyes red, and looked at the man pinned to the ground. She turned her head away and said, "Thank you, please don't call the police. He, he is my brother."
Nan Tao frowned, "Brother?"
The girl nodded.
Nan Tao: "Does he often beat you?"
The girl hesitated, then nodded and said with a wry smile, "It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, my brother wouldn't be like this."
Nan Tao couldn't understand. After being beaten like this, she still thought it was her fault? Seeing the girl's guilty and painful expression, she didn't know what to say.
The girl explained: "He drowned when he was a child. After he was rescued, he became stupid and now he is a fool."
Nan Taoya asked, "Is he stupid?"
The girl nodded.
Nan Tao helped the girl up: "Why don't you keep an eye on him? What if he gets hurt?"
The girl smiled bitterly: "My mother... Never mind, thank you. My name is Xiong Qin. If I hadn't met you, I would probably... Sigh!"
Nan Tao asked, "I'll just call you Xiaoqin. How old are you and why don't you go to school?"
Xiong Qin shook her head: "I'm 19 years old and just started my sophomore year. My mom asked me to take a leave of absence from school to stay home and look after my brother."
Nan Tao couldn't understand, "Your parents are not at home, why do they need you to take care of it?"
Xiong Qin bit her lip, seemed to want to say something but stopped herself, and finally shook her head.
Nan Tao suspected that he had some unspeakable secrets, so she turned to ask someone else: "How will your brother deal with it? It will probably be troublesome if he lets go."
Xiong Qin: "Please help keep an eye on him. I'll ask a neighbor to take him back."
Soon Xiong Qin found a few villagers, who skillfully tied up Xiong Qin's brother with a hemp rope and then dragged him away.
When passing by Nan Tao and the others, Brother Xiong Qin suddenly struggled, and one of the villagers couldn't control him, so he ran away.
"Sister Fairy!"
The man ran in front of Wen Manqing, and Wen Manqing screamed in fright, and her previous gentleness turned into terror.
The staff quickly stood in front of Wen Manqing and clamped down on Brother Xiong Qin.
Netizens watching the live broadcast were all furious when they saw this scene, especially Wen Manqing’s fans who wanted to rush into the screen and beat him up.
[Who is this person?]
[If you are stupid, just stay at home and don’t come out to cause trouble to others! ]
[This is terrifying. It's dangerous for women to have this kind of person wandering around casually!]
[Xiong Qin is so pitiful! How could there be such parents?]
I was Xiong Qin's classmate. She had excellent grades and attended a top-tier university. We all felt bad for her decision to drop out, but we never expected she'd end up going home to take care of her idiot brother. Well, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to do such a great deed.
You don't come from rural areas, so you don't understand. This kind of thinking is instilled in you by your parents from a young age. It's very difficult to break free from a bad family background. To put it bluntly, it's mind control.
[The production team must protect our goddess Wen! ]
[Don't choose a place like this next time. What if something goes wrong?]
[The above person is overthinking it. With so many people watching over the show, how could anything possibly happen?]
I feel like Xiong Qin is the one Nan Tao and her friends scolded when they were looking for an apartment. Wasn't that family super patriarchal and made the younger sister cook for the older brother? Maybe it was Xiong Qin.
Netizens watched the live broadcast in indignation.
Nan Tao, Jiang Hui and the others quickly comforted Wen Manqing, "Don't be afraid, we are all here."
Wen Manqing: "I was scared to death just now, it was so terrible. I have never encountered such a situation in my life."
Xiong Qin apologized guiltily: "I'm sorry, I scared you. I apologize on behalf of my brother."
Wen Manqing frowned, "It has nothing to do with you."
Xiong Qin sighed, with annoyance in his eyes. He bowed deeply to Nan Tao and the program crew, turned around and trotted away behind the villagers.
Nan Tao and the other three carried water with great difficulty.
Nan Tao: "It's so heavy."
Wen Manqing: "No, I can't breathe."
Jiang Hui: "Let's take a break."
Zhou Mei: "Okay."
They walked and stopped many times, but hadn't even covered half the distance. As it got darker, the adults became more and more anxious.
Nan Tao: "I don't know how my son and the others are doing."
Wen Manqing: "My daughter is heartless. She might even wish I wasn't here."
Jiang Hui: "Xiao Li seems to be fine."
Zhou Mei: "I hope Xuanxuan doesn't cry."
At this time, the children were having a great time playing.
Yang Xuan followed Zhan Li like a little tail, "Brother Li, wait for me."
Zhan Li was holding a basket in his hand. When he heard Yang Xuan calling him, he stopped and waited for her.
Yang Xuan happily jumped in front of Zhan Li, stretched out her soft little hand and held Zhan Li's.
Zhan Li stepped aside and didn't let him lead the way.
Yang Xuan pouted, "Brother Li, hold hands, mommy and I both hold hands." As she said that, she persevered in holding hands again.
Zhan Li sighed helplessly and held her hand, "Let's go."
On the other side, Zhang Tong and Yu Ze were in a group. They went to the villagers' homes with bamboo baskets to collect seed potatoes.
"Hello grandma, we want to collect some sweet potatoes that can be planted in the fields." Yu Ze and Zhang Tong said obediently.
The old lady was very kind and smiled and said, "Is this it?"
Grandma took out about ten smooth seed potatoes the size of eggs.
Yu Ze: "Thank you, grandma."
Zhang Tong counted how many were in the basket and said to Yu Ze, "Let's go to the grandfather's house next door and ask if there are any. We're almost done."
The two of them ran to the grandfather's house next door and got five or six seed potatoes.
Zhang Tong: "Let's go find Zhan Li and Xuan Xuan. We don't know how much they have collected."
Yu Ze nodded: "I think I heard their voices just now, let's go out and take a look."
Not far away, Zhan Li was confronting a big yellow dog wagging its tail.
Yang Xuan hid behind Zhan Li, grabbed his clothes in fear, and sobbed, "I, I'm so scared, will the dog bite me?"
Zhan Li: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Zhan Li tried to drive the big yellow dog away, but the dog barked and wagged its tail more and more happily. Zhan Li became a little flustered, and his palms were sweating.
When Yu Ze saw this, he quickly put down the basket, picked up a big branch from the ground, walked towards the big yellow dog and drove it away with the branch.
The big yellow dog wagged its tail, took a few steps back, and then lay down in the middle of the road, blocking the way.
Seeing that it was useless, Yu Ze tried to negotiate with the big yellow dog, "Can you let us pass?"
Zhan Li rolled his eyes, "Can he understand?"
Yu Ze had a blank expression on his face: "What do you think?"
The two looked at each other and turned their heads away.
In the end, a passing villager recognized the big yellow dog and took it home.
Several children gathered together and counted how much they had collected, and found quite a good harvest.
The adults were still grunting and struggling to carry water.
As it was getting dark, Nan Tao and the others became even more anxious.
I originally thought that the mission was hopeless, but unexpectedly, there was a sudden turn of events. The little girl Xiong Qin who I had just rescued showed up, and she brought a few good sisters with her.
Xiong Qin: "Let us help you carry it."
Nan Tao felt a little embarrassed, "This..."
Xiong Qin: "It's just a thank you for saving me."
Nan Tao and the others were filled with gratitude and said to the program director, "This is not a violation. They are the ones who are willing to help, not us who asked for it."
Seeing that they couldn't carry it, the program director originally planned to ask a few villagers to pretend to pass by and help. Unexpectedly, Xiong Qin and her group took the initiative to take it. How could he refuse? He said, "Reluctantly, it's not against the rules."
The netizens who were watching the live broadcast died of laughter.
[It's still barely enough, so let it go.]
To be honest, it's really hard to carry such a heavy load of water for such a long distance.
[Xiong Qin is a nice girl. She seems to be a kind and loyal person.]
When they were almost at the gathering place, Nan Tao and the others thanked Xiong Qin and the others, then carried the water and walked the remaining distance.
When the children saw the adults, they ran out in a swarm and hugged their mothers.
"Mommy." Yu Ze said happily.
Nan Tao touched Yu Ze's little head and asked, "Are you having fun?"
Yu Ze: "Happy, we completed the mission."
Nantao praised: "Great!"
After dinner, tired after a day, the guests went home, washed up, and fell asleep.
The next morning, after finishing the game and having breakfast, the village chief said, "Next, the villagers will lead you to transport water and seeds to the fields. You must complete the task of one acre today."
Nan Tao and her son and Zhou Mei and her daughter were sitting on the same three-wheeled electric vehicle.
Passing by and seeing construction workers demolishing a house not far away, Nan Tao asked curiously, "Is this demolition?"
The villagers proudly said, "Yes, our Fenghuang Village is going to be renovated. All the houses here will be demolished. Some will get money, and some will get resettlement housing coupons. Except for a few stubborn households, basically every household has reached an agreement."
Nan Tao: "Nail house?"
Talking about this, the villagers talked endlessly: "The most notorious and difficult nail house in our village is Xiong Da's family. His wife is a difficult person. The government benefits are good enough, but she still thinks it's not enough. She demands too much and won't move unless her demands are met. Their house is in a very important location. If they don't move, the neighbors in front and behind will also be unable to demolish it. They complain a lot. Oh, right, that's Xiong Qin's family who you rescued yesterday. Xiaoqin is a good child. Thank you for saving her yesterday. It's a pity that she was born with bad luck. In that family, his silly brother is hard to describe."
Nan Tao sighed endlessly.
When we arrived at the fields, we got out of the car and thanked this enthusiastic and talkative villager.
Wen Manqing, Jiang Hui and the children were already there.
Seeing that everyone had gathered, the village chief said, "To help everyone farm better, we've recruited local villagers to help. This is Xiong Qin. She'll teach everyone how to farm. If you have any questions, you can talk to her."
Xiong Qin was reserved in front of the camera and smiled shyly at everyone.
Nan Tao was just about to ask Yu Ze to help get the seed potatoes when she suddenly heard her son's thoughts.
[Tongtong, you said this sister was deceived? ]
Didn't she fall into the water when she was a child, and her brother didn't save her?
[It turned out that her brother had been willful and disobedient and went into the water to play, and when he was pulled out of the water he was dumbfounded.]
Her parents were afraid that their stupid son would be left without anyone to take care of him in the future, so they lied to her and said that it was her brother who became stupid in order to save her?
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