System 444 was secretly sad and had already thought about changing the host, so he was too lazy to say anything to Bai Zhi.
Bai Zhi didn't care. She walked up to Li Shuanmin and held him up with her hand: "Grandpa."
Li Shuanmin was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe. His eyes suddenly turned red. He reached out to pull Bai Zhi with shaking hands, his voice trembling: "Xiao Zhi, it's grandpa who failed to protect you. Not only did you fail to take the college entrance examination, but you also had to hold a knife to block them!"
If her parents were still alive, how could his granddaughter suffer such injustice!
Li Shuanmin felt very uncomfortable.
Bai Zhi shook her head: "It's okay, I can go to university even if I don't take the college entrance examination."
Li Shuanmin thought she was coaxing him and curled his lips: "You kid... how can you go to university without taking the college entrance examination..."
He was still very angry when he thought about it, and hit the ground with a simple wooden stick.
"When their family was so poor they couldn't even afford food and were on the verge of selling their children, I took them in! I even let them live in our home and fed them. Li Dazhu's father said he'd work like a slave to repay us. What happened? They were living in our home, but when the situation changed, they shouted slogans and kicked us out. This family of wolves, with such heartless hearts, will definitely get their comeuppance!"
"Well, there will be retribution." Their retribution is her.
After Bai Zhi finished speaking, she looked up at the house. This house, which was converted from a sheep pen, was extremely dilapidated. It only had two rooms, which were tattered and could hardly block the wind.
But their family has no strong labor, so they cannot repair the house, and they cannot earn work points to hire others for help, so they can only live like this.
The old were old, the young were young, so that this winter, Li Shuanmin died in the cold night.
Bai Zhi looked at the old man and said seriously, "Grandpa, we won't live here anymore. Let's move into a better house."
"You kid, you only know how to make me happy..." Li Shuanmin felt less angry when he saw his granddaughter coaxing him.
Bai Zhi said seriously: "I'm serious!"
"Okay, okay, are you serious?" Li Shuanmin obviously didn't take it seriously.
But when his granddaughter was willing to say nice things to coax him, he would smile so hard that his teeth were showing.
After Baizhi returned to the room, she searched inside and out, but only found a broken bicycle.
The family was poor, and even though the bicycle was so broken that it was beyond repair, they couldn't bear to throw it away and kept it carefully.
Bai Zhi looked at the bicycle and had an idea in her head. She took out the repair tools left by the original owner's father and started tinkering with it.
The original owner's father was a maintenance worker, so even though he was not liked by others, he could still make a living.
If his parents had not died early, the original owner would not have had such a tragic life.
Li Shuanmin didn't stop Bai Zhi from fiddling with things. He actually doted on his granddaughter very much, but he was old and couldn't give her a good life.
Soon, Bai Zhi made a small thing.
"What is this?" System 444 couldn't help but ask in its mind.
It had originally not intended to pay any attention to the host, but seeing how seriously Bai Zhi was tinkering with it, it couldn't help but ask.
"A trap." Bai Zhi said.
"What?" 444 was confused.
Is this a trap?!
It looks very strange. It is just a few iron rods taken off the bicycle, tied together, crossed on the two wheels of the bicycle, and tied with several iron wires.
Baizhi pulled the wire and moved it, and the wheel moved with it, and several iron rods were pushed to the sides at right angles.
She also disassembled some parts of the bicycle, including the pedals, and even used the saddle and chain.
The materials are limited, so I can only make something like this.
After finishing, Bai Zhi put away the wire and placed it in a corner together with the finished things. She washed her hands, found the original owner's paper and pen before it got dark, and started writing.
She wrote very quickly, page after page.
Li Shuanmin glanced at it a few times as he passed by. He was also literate. When Li Shuanmin was a child, his family was rich. He went to school properly and knew quite a few words.
But at this moment he found that what Bai Zhi wrote was something he didn't recognize!
There were also some strange formulas and English words that Li Shuanmin couldn't understand at all, so he stopped looking at them. He just told Bai Zhi not to get too tired and continued to work.
He sighed inwardly.
Xiaozhi still likes to study. Now that he can still move, he must work hard so that Xiaozhi can go to school and go to college next year and leave this village that regards her as a "disaster star".
This is how his life will be, he must make sure Xiaozhi lives a better life!
Baizhi finished writing until after dark.
She blinked, closed her pen, and casually put what she had written aside.
Li Shuanmin had just finished cooking and came over to call Baizhi to eat.
Their family was poor and had nothing to eat. They had wild vegetables and coarse grain soup. Fortunately, it was summer, otherwise they wouldn't even have wild vegetables.
The coarse grains passed through Baizhi's throat, making it a little uncomfortable for her to eat, but she still ate them seriously.
When she was in her own world, sometimes she was so busy with research that she didn't want to eat, so she would just ask someone to deliver nutrient solution to the door of the laboratory. But even if it was nutrient solution, the one sent to her was the best-tasting and most nutritious.
It was the first time for Baizhi to eat wild vegetables with whole grains.
On the opposite side, Li Shuanmin was eating happily. For someone like him who had experienced hunger, being able to fill his stomach was a very good thing.
"Eat more..." Li Shuanmin picked up some food for Baizhi.
"Grandpa eats too."
"Eat, eat. You are young, you should eat more. When the corn is harvested in a while, grandpa will exchange some corn for you to make tortillas. Whichever you like..." The old man smiled lovingly.
Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay."
An old man and a young boy ate coarse grains and wild vegetables, and the atmosphere was very warm.
But the curses were heard even faster from next door—
"You wicked bastard, you want to eat other people's work points? You have to see if you have the luck! You are a jinx, you killed your parents and you still want to kill others. Sooner or later, your whole family will die!"
"You have no sons, no descendants. You deserve not to be admitted to university. You will be a nobody for the rest of your life. Even if you marry an old widower like Wang, he won't want you..."
Perhaps because she had eaten and drunk enough, Chen Guifang had the strength to curse again at the wall next door.
She had been cursing intermittently for the entire afternoon.
Li Shuanmin was so angry that he trembled. He put down his bowl and chopsticks, stood up and was about to leave.
Bai Zhi reached out and held him.
The old man was old and could not scold Chen Guifang more than her. If he went out, she would just make the other party scold him even more vigorously, and he would suffer in vain. If he got hurt from his anger, it would be a big loss.
Bai Zhi said, "Grandpa, I want to go to the county town later. I want to mail some things out tomorrow morning. Grandpa, please come with me."
Li Shuanmin was stunned, and didn't care about the scolding outside. He hurriedly said: "Can't we go tomorrow? Where will we stay if we go to the city tonight? Besides, we have to go to the fields tomorrow to harvest corn. Recently..."
He had just begun to mutter when Bai Zhi looked at him and said, "Grandpa, I don't want to hear her scolding anymore. Besides, I have to go mail something. I'm afraid Grandpa won't be at ease if I go alone! As for where we'll stay tonight, let's go get a letter of introduction from the team leader first."
If we don’t take the old man out, won’t he suffer the same misfortune as the three brothers next door at night?
She convinced Li Shuanmin with just a few words. She was really worried about her granddaughter, and seeing that she was determined, she had no choice but to go out with her.
The family was so poor that when Li Shuanmin left, he took with him the few valuable things he had.
Two people were walking on the road.
Because it is summer and it gets dark late, it is still light now, so it can't be considered as walking at night, but every household is at home preparing to go to bed, and no one is wandering around outside.
Li Shuanmin took the things written by Baizhi, the little money left in the family, and the newly issued letter of introduction. Baizhi carried the bag, and the two walked side by side into the city.
Li Shuanmin walked and sighed silently in his heart. Xiaozhi suffered such a great injustice this time. She didn't take the college entrance examination and fell into the water.
He was old and couldn't give her a good life. Whether it was going to the city or whatever, he wanted to follow his granddaughter's lead.
It’s not far from here to the city, and most villagers go there on foot.
According to Bai Zhi, the two of them came out from the back door, and no one in the village knew they had left home, including their neighbors.
When she left, Bai Zhi even left behind an oil lamp.
There wasn't much oil, so it wouldn't burn for long, but it was enough to fool someone with bad intentions into thinking someone was home.
She walked a little further, looked back, and smiled coldly.
When the two arrived in the city, Li Shuanmin was dizzy and was taken by Bai Zhi to secretly sell books.
The original owner had studied in the commune and had some knowledge of the county town. Baizhi extracted the information and quickly sold the book.
The college entrance examination was just resumed last year. Now is the time for students who want to take the college entrance examination to buy rare books.
Before Li Shuanmin could react, Bai Zhi secretly sold the book, got the money, and went directly to the guesthouse.
"Xiaozhi, how could you sell the books? Let's go and return the house and redeem the books as soon as possible!" Li Shuanmin was very anxious and reached out to pull Baizhi.
Bai Zhi pushed him down to sit on the chair, her voice steady and evasive, "Grandpa, just stay here with peace of mind. The conditions here are not good, so just make do with what you have. I'll let you live in a better house later."
As for the contents of the book, they were too simple for Bai Zhi, so she didn't need to read them anymore, and she didn't need the book anymore.
Upon hearing this, Li Shuanmin forgot to even shout to check out and couldn't help but say, "Is the condition here not good? This is already the best!"
Places like guesthouses are indeed very good for people who are used to living in houses converted from sheep pens.
It’s a good thing that this girl’s personality suddenly became cheerful, but this is too ridiculous!
"Xiaozhi, go and get the book back quickly, don't sell it!" Li Shuanmin said again.
"Grandpa, I'm sleepy and want to sleep. Besides, I've paid for the room and I can't cancel it." Bai Zhi blinked.
Li Shuanmin immediately thought of his granddaughter being pulled out of the water today...
Oh, I'm sorry, you may not be feeling well. You just want to live in a better place. The rooms are here, so just live here!
"Hurry up and go to sleep." Li Shuanmin sighed, "...Alas, we can't do this anymore in the future."
He looked up at the room with cabinets and a bed, touching here and looking there.
This is the guesthouse, the conditions are really good.
Li Shuanmin slept quite well that night.
Although he was reluctant to leave, the guesthouse was really comfortable to stay in. There were not as many mosquitoes as in the countryside, there was no draft at night, and the bed was clean and comfortable. He closed his eyes and slept until dawn.
When leaving the next day, Li Shuanmin looked back and said, "It's comfortable to stay here, but it's too expensive for just one night... Xiaozhi, don't do this again."
He thought to himself that he must work hard in the fields when he got back, and go up the mountain after work to get some mountain products, so that he could buy Xiaozhi the books she would need for the college entrance examination next year as soon as possible.
Li Shuanmin suppressed his heartache and thought absentmindedly that at this time, Bai Zhi had already gone to the state-owned restaurant next door and bought three large meat buns. She bought one and gave two to Li Shuanmin.
"Xiaozhi!" Li Shuanmin covered his chest with his hands, looking distressed.
Bai Zhi chewed the bun with one hand and fed it to his mouth with the other hand: "Grandpa, it's so delicious, I can't refuse it."
Li Shuanmin: “…”
His hands were shaking with heartache, but after taking a bite...
It’s really delicious.
The mouth is full of meaty aroma, and the white flour is also fragrant and soft.
He seemed to have not eaten meat for a year. As for meat buns, the last time he had them was when he was young...
It smells so good that I want to swallow my tongue.
It just hurts so much.
Li Shuanmin took the buns and followed Bai Zhi to the place where the letter was to be sent.
Bai Zhi divided what she wrote into two parts and sent them to two places. She believed that as long as the other party read it, they would come to find her.
Afterwards, Bai Zhi used the remaining money from selling books to go to the place where waste was stored, stuffed the money into the pocket of the gatekeeper, picked out a lot of waste, and then took Li Shuanmin home.
When the two came, they were holding books, and when they left, each of them was carrying a pile of "junk".
Along the way, Li Shuanmin kept muttering, "Xiaozhi, staying in a guesthouse is too expensive, and those meat buns are too expensive! We should have gone to mail the things today, and how can you sell books? Those are the things you need to go to college! You still have to review for the college entrance exam next year..."
He sighed, very worried.
Bai Zhi: "Don't worry, Master. I'm going to college soon, so I won't need those books."
The old man wanted to say something else.
Bai Zhi: "I will prepare a big house for you when the time comes, so you can eat meat buns every day until you don't want to eat anymore!"
Li Shuanmin was originally very sad, but he was soon coaxed into happiness.
Even if he knew - this must be his granddaughter coaxing him!
Don’t you want to eat meat buns anymore?
What a wonderful day that would be!
Impossible, impossible.
Inside his head, System 444 couldn't help but speak again—
"Host, you should study hard and get into university. It's completely wrong to spend the money you earned from selling books! Li Baizhi will definitely not be satisfied, not to mention that you bought so much junk. These junk are all broken parts and steelmaking waste. After testing, they have no sale value!"
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