Chapter 72: The Evil Stepmother is Ready to Be Evil to the End (4)
Muyan jumped down from the tree, walked up to Li Er, and without saying a word, whipped him a few times.
Li Er was beaten by her and rolled back and forth on the ground. When he was dodging the whip, he accidentally touched his injured arm again, and he gasped in pain.
The two people under the tree heard Li Er's screams and knew that the plan had failed and they could not save Li Er. They could only hide in the grass to protect themselves.
Muyan walked under the tree and saw the two men squatting in the grass in a cowardly manner. She snorted sarcastically, "They have such little courage, and they are trying to imitate others' twisted psychology. I'm afraid they will get into trouble."
She swung the cattle whip in her hand in the direction where the two men were squatting, and the whip hit Li Da and Li San accurately. The two men jumped up from the grass in pain instantly.
"ah,"
When Muyan saw the two men show up, she swung her cattle whip at them in various styles.
"Ah, ah,"
The two of them shouted so loudly that the birds in their nests that were about to take a nap were startled and started flapping their wings and running around in the woods.
After Muyan whipped them more than a dozen times, she pulled out a few vines and tied Li Da and Li Er to a tree.
Then he ordered the skinny Li San to carry the herbs picked by the three men on his back.
"When I come tomorrow morning, if you are lucky enough to still be alive, I will untie you. If unfortunately, you are dead, I can only dig a hole here and bury you two here," Mu Yan whispered to the two people tied to the tree.
When Li Da heard Mu Yan's words, he was terrified, but he never said a word of begging for mercy from beginning to end. He just struggled silently against the canes on his body.
Compared to Li Da's fear, Li Er was much calmer. He symbolically struggled with the vines tied to his body and then gave up.
Although there are many snakes, rats, insects and ants here, they are basically not poisonous. At most, he will be bitten, which will cause swelling and pain for a while. Anyway, his body is already in enough pain, so he no longer cares about the pain.
"Mom, we won't dare to do it again. Please let my eldest and second brothers go!" Li San was the only one among the three who called her "mom". It was not because he really regarded her as his mother, but just because this way he would be beaten less.
But Mu Yan didn't buy his pretentious behavior and slapped him on the back of the head.
"I asked you to go back because you haven't finished washing your clothes this morning. If you say one more word, you'll have to stay here."
Li San immediately fell silent, looked at the two people tied to the tree with guilt in his eyes, and walked away without looking back, carrying the herbs.
After arriving home, Muyan instructed Li San to dry the herbs and supervised him to prepare lunch.
After lunch, Muyan took Li San to the backyard.
There was a vegetable patch in the backyard that had been abandoned for several years, and the grass in the patch was almost as tall as Li San.
Muyan pointed at the wasteland and said, "This afternoon, you must pull out all the weeds in this field. I'll come check before dinner. If there's even a single weed left, you'll go up the mountain to keep your two brothers company that night."
Li San didn't expect that besides washing clothes, there was such a big job waiting for him. He had no choice but to agree.
After Muyan left the backyard, Li San began to pull weeds under the scorching sun, and beads of sweat the size of beans fell to the ground like water.
The red marks on his body from the whip were scratched by the salty sweat, and the stinging pain began to resurface.
Treating every blade of grass as that vicious woman, Li San worked hard the whole afternoon. He thought he would not be able to finish it, but unexpectedly he finished it before dinner.
At night, the moon was half covered by thick clouds, the sky was gloomy and gloomy, and only a little light could be seen.
On Niu'an Mountain, the sky was blocked by dense foliage, and the forest was so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
"Second brother, there's a long insect crawling on my body. Help me get it off. Hurry up, it's going to bite me," Li Da's voice was hurried and tense. It was obvious that he was on the verge of collapse.
He has been afraid of worms since he was a child. If possible, he would rather give up the arm that was stuck with the worm and get rid of it.
Li Er leaned calmly against the tree. A small snake as thick as a finger was wrapped around his arm. Half an hour ago, he was bitten by it.
Half an hour passed and he didn't feel any discomfort, which showed that it was not poisonous.
The one on Li Da's body is most likely the same as his, and is not poisonous.
"If you let him stay for a while, he will leave, hmm," Li Er was bitten again before he finished speaking. The little thing was not big, but it hurts a lot when it bites people.
Li Er stopped talking and stayed quietly. Whenever he felt sleepy, the little snake on his arm would bite him as if it sensed something, and he would immediately wake up.
Li Da was still struggling with the long worm, using all his strength to try to shake it off his arm.
The next day, when Muyan arrived at Niu'an Mountain, Li Da and Li Er were sleeping soundly.
She was a person who kept her promises. She had promised to untie the two men while they were still alive, and she would never go back on her word. She picked up a sickle and cut the vines that bound them.
Without the restraint of the vine, the two people who were sleeping soundly fell straight to the ground, and their sleepiness was also gone.
Li Da opened his eyes and saw that it was daybreak. The string that had been tense even when he was sleeping finally relaxed.
With yesterday's lesson in mind, the three of them completed the quantity specified by Mu Yan before lunch in the morning.
Thirty kilograms of medicinal herbs is not a big deal for people who often do farm work in the village, but Li Da and Li Er have not eaten for three meals, so carrying thirty kilograms of medicinal herbs seems a bit difficult for them.
After descending Niu'an Mountain, the two of them felt like a young bride having her feet bound for the first time; every step they took was difficult.
Mu Yan walked behind the two of them, and her patience soon ran out. "If you can't even carry such a small thing, what use do I have for you? I'd raise a dog and expect it to guard my house."
"Hurry up, don't dawdle," Mu Yan whipped the whip in the air twice.
Obviously, the sound of the whip was more effective than the two sentences she said. The two people who had been walking with difficulty just now obviously quickened their pace after hearing the sound of the whip.
The three of them were carrying herbs. As soon as they entered the village, a curious person came up to talk to Mu Yan.
"Mr. Li, did you get this grass from Niu'an Mountain? You really are risking your life. You don't have any cows at home, so why would you risk your life to get so much grass?"
Another person took the opportunity to speak out and complained, "That's right, if you want to do it, do it yourself. Why let the three of them follow you? They are still children."
Mu Yan glanced at the child the man was talking about and sneered inwardly, "Child? This child wanted to hack her to death with a sickle yesterday."
This child is for you, do you want it?
The noises around him became more and more noisy. Mu Yan frowned in annoyance and said only one sentence.
"It's none of your business," he urged the three to speed up.
"I'm so poor that I can barely afford to eat, why are you so proud?"
"You say, is this woman sick? She left the good land uncultivated and went up the mountain to weed so much grass."
"Don't worry about her. When she has nothing to eat at home and comes out to beg for food, no one will give her anything. Just let her starve."
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The evening smoke faded away, but the chattering voices at the village entrance could still be vaguely heard.
beg?
I'm waiting for you.
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