Tian Fang laughed heartily: "Ye Chen'er is absolutely right. Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. Everyone should keep a close eye on the firewood from now on, lest the rats steal it."
Wang Yan hated Li Ping the most: "Chen'er, you have to stay away from this kind of person. Who knows how many bad things people have said about you behind your back."
Li Ping snorted coldly, turned around and went into the house, slamming the door shut with a loud bang.
Li Qiang could only force a smile and greet Ye Chenming: "Chenming, ignore her, she's not quite right in the head right now."
Ye Chenming stared calmly at Li Qiang: "Stop scheming behind people's backs, or I won't let you off the hook."
After saying that, he didn't even look at him again and went straight to the stove to boil water for a bath.
Liu Limin quickly picked up the carrying pole to fetch water, and Ye Chenming smiled gratefully at him, realizing that he was indeed tired.
Li Qiang was embarrassed. He knew that Ye Chenming had found out about Li Ping spreading rumors, and he had told her to stop talking about it, but she wouldn't listen. This would cause trouble later.
Li Ping finally realized what it meant to have incurred the wrath of the masses. No matter how uneducated the villagers were, they weren't willing to be fooled, and they started to trip her up.
Farm tools had to be collected from the warehouse every day before work and returned when work was over. Li Ping always received the worst farm tools.
Digging the ground might cause the hoe blade to fall off, and watering might cause the wooden bucket to leak. Upon closer inspection, there are several holes in the bucket. Damaging public property means paying compensation and having points deducted.
While others could sneak in a little slack during work, she couldn't, otherwise the scorekeeper would always be watching her closely, and any slight negligence would result in a deduction of points.
Li Ping endured it, hoping they would let her go after they had vented their anger. But what she didn't know was that the villagers had a bad habit: bullying people could become addictive.
Feeling badly bullied, Li Ping went to the village chief to complain, asking him to say a few words on her behalf.
The village chief shook his head: "Do you know how vicious it is to ruin someone's reputation? It can be fatal. And you even came here with Ye Chen'er. Your heart is black."
Li Ping was dumbfounded. She had only said a few words; who knew if she had said the right thing?
Village Chief Ma didn't want to talk to Li Ping much. He wanted to take advantage of the warmer weather to quickly make the villagers' houses more sturdy so they wouldn't collapse under the weight of the snow in winter.
Days passed by like this. During the busy farming season, Pan Gaozhi finally went into labor and gave birth to a baby boy weighing less than five pounds, which made Wang Gou Dan extremely happy.
The Wang family finally has an heir. I wonder when Wang Erniu will be able to return. With a grandson, the Wang family will no longer be accused of having no descendants.
Since the birth of this son, life has become much easier for Wang Gou Dan in his pursuit of marrying into a higher social class. At least in Wang Gou Dan's eyes, marrying into a higher social class is still useful.
In order to ensure his grandson could have milk, Wang Gou Dan started borrowing money from the village again. He wanted to buy some good food for Pan Gaozhi to supplement his nutrition, so that he could have milk to feed the baby.
Village Chief Ma felt like vomiting whenever he saw Wang Gou Dan. He always had to pay back money at the end of the year and borrow money at the beginning of the year. It was never-ending. If he didn't lend him money, Wang would always repay it for something important.
Accountant Ma took out the ledger: "Wang Gou Dan, your ledger is the thickest. Look at all these pages. Can't you come less often?"
Wang Gou Dan, burdened with debt, grinned and left with his red handprint, taking ten yuan and plopping himself back home.
This was tough on Wang Daniu, Wang Erniu, and Wang Sanniu, who were constantly spinning like tops every day.
She had to feed the chickens, wash the clothes, cook the meals, work the fields, wash the baby's diapers, and take care of her paralyzed grandmother. Wang Daniu had never looked forward to getting married so much.
Sitting in front of the stove, watching the fire, Bei Nan's smiling face was reflected in the flames. It's a pity that Bei Nan went out to learn a trade, otherwise I would have found a way to stick to him.
Bei Nan, Mao Tou, and Tie Ge are currently hiding in Shekou, waiting for nightfall so they can smuggle themselves out of the port.
After years of struggle, Mao Tou's cousin finally got his comeuppance, only to be caught red-handed and now he's settling down for life.
That guy really is a tough guy. When the rescue failed, he exchanged all the profits he had made over the years for nine small yellow croakers and divided them into three portions.
Bei Nan sewed the small yellow croaker onto a piece of cloth and tied it to his body. Mao Tou followed suit and tied the small yellow croaker tightly to his body.
The three began their days of hiding and fleeing. During the most difficult times, they would be on the run for one or two days straight, and could only fill their stomachs by stealing things.
They overheard someone smuggling themselves to Hong Kong and got the idea. They hitched rides on trains and buses, and walked, enduring countless hardships before finally reaching Bao'an County.
The hardships along the way made Bei Nan miss Mushroom Village, her grandmother and Nan Nan, her mother's cooking, and even her father's beatings.
When I left, Nan Nan was still unconscious. I don't know if Nan Nan's condition has improved. I wanted to go back to check on her, but Tie Ge stopped me.
“Bei Nan, if you go back, you’ll never be able to leave again.”
Bei Nan was on the verge of a breakdown. She squatted on the ground and cried for a long time before finally wiping away her tears: "Brother Tie, I believe that when we get there, we will definitely make something of ourselves."
Maotou nodded: "When we've made something of ourselves, we'll return home in glory and save my brother."
Tie Ge stretched out his right hand, Mao Tou followed, and Bei Nan also followed. The three palms were stacked together, and from then on, the three of them moved forward and backward together.
The three of them quickly ate some dry food and drank some water, then secretly went into the water. As long as they swam past Shenzhen Bend, it would take them a little over an hour to reach Yuen Long.
This future is fought for with one's life; no one knows what might happen in just over an hour.
Danger is everywhere, from the water, from the water, or from people.
Bei Nan is the best swimmer. The little river in Mushroom Village holds Bei Nan's childhood memories. Those beautiful memories have become recollections, or at least, they have become Bei Nan's recollections.
Having determined their direction, Bei Nan conserved their energy and moved forward by swimming like a frog. Unable to find a lifebuoy, they gathered a lot of ping-pong balls and piled them together in a net to create buoyancy.
Mao Tou has the worst stamina, so he's basically the one using the ping-pong ball, with Tie Ge pushing from behind and Bei Nan pulling from the front.
There were undercurrents and whirlpools in the water, but Bei Nan successfully avoided them thanks to his knowledge of swimming.
We don't know if there are sharks in the water. Some people say yes, some say no. We've already gone in, so we'll just have to rely on luck.
The three of them were lucky. Thanks to Tie Ge's rich experience in escaping and his excellent swimming skills, they evaded the border patrols and the smugglers' clutches, and safely reached the other side.
The feeling of surviving such a disaster was so heartbreaking that the three of them hugged each other and cried their hearts out, crying because they had successfully escaped their hometown and because they didn't know where their future lay.
Bei Nan knelt down facing the direction of her hometown and kowtowed three times earnestly: "Grandma, Mom and Dad, Nan Nan, I'm sorry, Bei Nan is unfilial, please forget me."
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