"Huh? What happened? Why are you carrying Da Niu back? What happened to him? Did you go to the clinic? What did the doctor say? You're still injured, how could you carry someone?"
As soon as they got home, Liu saw the two people who had been turned upside down. She didn't even bother to cook dinner and immediately started bombarding them with a barrage of questions.
"Ugh! Stop talking, just get me a bowl of water! I'm exhausted!"
Lin Chaodong threw the ox into the haystack, then slumped down there, panting heavily, leaning against the wall, looking half-dead.
Liu frowned, but still went inside to pour him a bowl of water.
However, it was cold water.
Although they knew that drinking boiled water was good, they had to save money on drinking water and firewood in the city, so they were lucky to have cold water to drink.
Lin Chaodong didn't say anything, took the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
After a long pause, he finally explained:
"The doctor said my injuries are nothing serious, just bruises that will fade in a couple of days. But this kid, they say his body is depleted and will affect his lifespan, so he needs to rest and replenish himself. You have no idea, but a bunch of people have been calling me a stepfather who abuses his child. Those people have such a foul mouth, it makes me so angry!"
As Liu listened, the wrinkles between her brows deepened.
Physical deficiency?
Does it shorten one's lifespan?
Although she wanted Da Niu to help the family earn more money, she never expected that just having him do manual labor would end up affecting his lifespan. It's only been a few days, and he's already in such a state.
It must have been something he caused in the past, right?
Ever since Yue Jiuyue bought their family home, they've been eating really well. Although their food is different from what we eat, they're always full and get some meat every day. Even if there's no meat on the table, there are eggs. At first, she was incredibly jealous, because she herself hadn't been able to eat eggs for more than a few days!
Didn't she used to go hungry every day, even lacking wild vegetables? Why didn't the doctor say she was deficient in health? This kid really has the body of a princess but the life of a maid!
"He probably can't go out and earn money like this anymore. Staying here is just a burden. Why not let him go back on his own?"
She didn't have the money to hire a car to take him back, and even if she did, she wouldn't spend it on a servant.
"Huh? He's in this state, can he get back by himself? And he probably doesn't know the way, right? What if he gets lost?"
Although Lin Chaodong had been a "master" for a while, he was still very simple and honest at heart and never thought of mistreating Da Niu, even though Da Niu was just a servant.
The reason Da Niu was made to carry the bags was partly because he was a servant. But that was because, in Lin Chaodong's eyes, Da Niu was already half an adult, so it was nothing for him to do some physical labor. After all, which child doesn't start working from a young age?
What he didn't know was that Liu not only required Da Niu to earn thirty coins a day, but also never prepared lunch for him. Da Niu was still a child after all. At first, when he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, he would buy himself the cheapest food. But as a result, he couldn't earn enough thirty coins, and in the end, he could only go to work on an empty stomach.
"That's his fate."
After saying that, Liu went to cook.
It's getting dark soon, if we don't hurry up and cook and eat, we'll have to turn on the lights later, which will waste oil!
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