Chapter 42 You unfilial son, I'll beat you to death today!
Li Shiyue wasn't surprised at all that her scumbag father had come to ask her grandmother for money again.
She was even a little surprised that her scumbag father was only asking for money now.
The image of Li's father at this moment was completely different from that of a few days ago. The image of a modest and scholarly gentleman that Li's father had maintained before had completely disappeared since the night the people of Li Family Village fled the prefectural city.
Not only was Li's father disheveled, but when Li Shiyue got closer to look, she saw that the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and the redness was quite abnormal.
Moreover, hearing her father's hoarse voice, Li Shiyue couldn't help but think more deeply.
After swallowing, Mr. Li felt a burning pain in his throat, and no amount of water could relieve the sticky feeling in his throat.
With a hoarse voice and a flushed face, Li's father growled at Li's grandmother in a low voice, "Give it to me!"
Give me!
I know my mother has gold!
I am the eldest son in the family. That was left to me by my father; it is mine!
Mother, give it back to me!
Grandma Li had been in a bad mood these past few days. After all, in front of everyone, Li Shiyue hadn't given her any face at all. As her grandmother, she had been humiliated by her granddaughter.
How could Grandma Li possibly swallow this insult?
But reality proved otherwise; Li Shiyue proved to be truly useful on the journey of fleeing famine, and the Li family really did have to rely on her.
Grandma Li had no choice but to swallow her anger.
Therefore, now Li's father shamelessly came over to ask for money, saying that it was money left to him by Li's grandfather. How could Li's grandmother possibly give it to him?
"No!
Where can I get that money?
"When your father died, he left behind only that much silver. When you divorced Chunniang, your share was all taken. Where would there be any silver left?"
Grandma Li stubbornly refused to admit that such a sum of money had been given to her. Father Li was furious. He knew from Grandma Li's attitude that she was determined not to give him the money.
At this point, Li's father could no longer care about anything else. He suddenly stepped forward, pushed Li's grandmother aside, and started searching the donkey cart without a second thought.
Li Shiyue was watching from the sidelines, not intending to get involved. After all, how could she, as a granddaughter and daughter, interfere in the dispute between her grandmother and father?
But now Li's father is rushing towards his own grain sacks like a madman, how can Li Shiyue ignore it?
Without even using a machete, Li Shiyue raised her leg and kicked Li's father in the lower back. Li's father had no chance to react to this kick.
With two loud thuds, Li's father fell flat on his face from the donkey cart. He grimaced as he got up, rubbing his aching lower back.
Turning around, Li's father looked up and saw Li Shiyue looking down at him with a smile on her lips: "Father, how could you be so careless?"
What does Father want to see Grandma for?
"Let's talk this out calmly. Why are you so reckless as to touch my Li family's grain sacks?"
Li's mother, holding Shitou's hand, watched all this from the side. She didn't know what to say, so she just stood there watching, neither doing anything nor speaking.
Li Shiyue, a daughter who carries a knife at her waist and dares to kill, is someone Li's father really doesn't dare to mess with.
Seeing that he had no way to search the donkey cart for the gold left by Grandfather Li that Grandmother Li had hidden, Father Li lowered his head and a plan came to mind.
Suddenly, Li's father cried out, "Ah, Father, Father, Mother doesn't want her son anymore!"
Waaah, Father, Mother doesn't want her son anymore, Mother doesn't want Guang'er anymore!
"Waaah..."
Grandma Li was helped to sit down by Li Wangming. She was panting heavily, feeling very tightness in her chest. When she heard Li's father shouting "Grandpa Li", Grandma Li could not bear it any longer.
Li Wangming saw the tears in the corners of his grandmother's eyes. "Mother?"
Grandmother Li raised her hand to indicate to Li Wangming that she was alright. Li Wangming immediately looked at his father with some resentment. Just now, Li Wangming thought that Li Shiyue's kick to his father was indeed a bit excessive. Now, Li Wangming wished he could kick his father himself.
And what about Li's father?
After wailing for those few sentences, he crawled on his knees to Grandmother Li and continued to wail, "Mother, save me, save your son! I'm sick, I have a fever all over my body, and my throat hurts so much like it's been scalded by boiling water that I can't even speak."
Mother, please give your son some money. I want to go to the county town to see a doctor and buy some medicine.
Waaah, Mother, Mother, I don't want to die! I haven't given birth to a son yet, I haven't left any descendants for the Li family!
Mother, your son cannot die!
Mother, sob sob... Give me some money... Mother!
After Li's father's performance, probably only Li's grandmother would feel sorry for him.
After all, seeing her grandmother reaching out to touch her father's face, Li Shiyue felt that her grandmother would soon be taking out money.
With a crisp and loud "smack," no one expected that Grandma Li would slap Father Li across the face!
"Ah!" Li Shiyue and the Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian sisters looked at each other in surprise. This was truly an unexpected development.
"Has Grandmother had a sudden awakening and changed her ways?"
As Li Shiyue was thinking this, she saw her grandmother, with Li Wangming's help, stand up shakily and point her finger at her father, who was kneeling on the ground: "You unfilial son!"
How dare you mention your father!
How dare you mention your father!
Your family has supported your studies for many years, yet you couldn't even pass the preliminary examination for the first degree!
You married such a virtuous wife as Chunniang, yet you shamelessly went to seek out that lowly, filthy woman!
On the road to escape famine, you didn't care about your old mother with her bad legs, all you thought about was that vixen!
And now you still have the nerve to mention your father in front of me?
"You unfilial son, I'll beat you to death today!"
Grandma Li was truly angry. This time, she really raised the wooden stick she used as a cane and hit Li's father. It wasn't a fake fight like the night Li's father and mother divorced. This time, she was hitting him on the head!
Li Wangming, who had been standing by, was stunned. Li's father was even more surprised that Li's grandmother harbored such resentment towards him.
Caught off guard, Li's father received a solid blow to the head from Li's grandmother.
After being beaten, Li's father dazedly raised his hand to touch his forehead. In the dim light of the torches hanging on the donkey cart, he saw the blood on his fingers.
Only then did Li's father realize what was happening, and he jumped up from the ground and scrambled backward.
After driving away Li's father, Li's grandmother seemed unable to bear the blow and almost fell down, but was supported by Li Wangming who had been standing by her side.
The drama of the son forcing his mother to give him money, and the mother angrily beating her son, has come to an end. The wide-eyed and perked-up ears of everyone in Lijia Village have dispersed, and they have turned their backs to whisper among their own family members.
Sensing that something was wrong with Li's father, Li Shiyue told her mother and headed towards Li Youfu's donkey cart. She had a vague guess in her mind and couldn't wait until tomorrow to discuss it with Li Shiyang tonight.
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