The bike was just under a pile of weeds at the foot of the hill.
Xu Guoqing and his father moved the weeds on top, then used a shovel to shovel away the soil underneath. When they dug about half a meter deep, they saw the wheels.
The family was naturally happy to get their lost item back.
They didn't sleep in the morning. Aunt Xu cooked porridge, beat an egg for each of them, fried it with vegetable oil, and poured some soy sauce on it. Then she asked Xu Guoqing and his father to eat it quickly and then go to sleep for a while.
After they fell asleep, Aunt Xu cleaned up and washed the dishes. When everything was ready, she took off her apron, took out a large jar, scooped up some well water, and drank it down in one gulp. She immediately felt a refreshment in her throat.
She walked to the gate of the Liang family compound and started cursing at the top of her voice as she walked.
"Liang Erhua, you shameless thief, you stole our bicycle! I'll scold you to death!"
At this time, everyone had finished breakfast and was preparing to go to work in the team. Someone happened to pass by the door and couldn't help but stick his head in to look inside.
"I've been a dishonest person since I was little. I stole needles when I was little and stole gold when I grew up!"
"Liang Genfa, you raised a good son, but you gave birth to a bunch of bad ones. You only gave birth to them but didn't raise them. Look what they've become!"
Aunt Xu's curses were extremely harsh. When the family heard the sound, they came out and Erhua's face turned ashen.
Erhua came back from outside just after dawn. When Qiu Zhen saw that the Xu family had released the people, she thought everything was fine and there must be a misunderstanding. She asked Erhua, but he didn't say anything. He just said everything was fine and didn't mention anything about what happened last night.
Now, Aunt Xu came to scold us in broad daylight, and everyone in the village knows about it.
"Did you really steal it?"
Liang Genfa asked Erhua with trembling body. He looked at his second son and felt that he didn't know him anymore.
Erhua didn't say anything. Qiu Zhen felt a surge of anger in her heart, and her chest felt burning for a moment.
"Brother, say something!" Qiuhua asked anxiously.
"Talk? Haha!" Aunt Xu glared and cursed, "How dare he speak? Does he have the nerve to do that? He stole our bicycle and buried it in the mountains, and now we've dug it out. What else can he say?"
Aunt Xu had a loud voice and an aggressive tone, and she looked like she wanted to tear the Liang family to pieces.
Erhua was furious and said, "Didn't you two agree to just pretend this never happened? Why are you coming to my door again now?"
Aunt Xu sneered and said, "How can you dare to do it, but I dare not scold you? You are a dishonest person, dreaming of getting rich all day long. I want to see when you can get rich. I tell you, I am watching you with my own eyes!"
At this moment, Uncle Xu and his son were woken up by the noise outside. They put on their clothes and rushed over to pull Aunt Xu and said, "What are you doing? Didn't we agree on this?"
"Get lost! What good is that? It's not good at all! If I don't get my revenge today, people will think our house is easy to break into and our things are easy to steal!"
Liang Genfa's face turned ashen and his hands kept shaking. Aunt Xu was scolding him so fiercely that her saliva almost sprayed on the family's faces. He had lived for most of his life, but now he was being scolded. He walked to the side of the yard in three or two steps, picked up the mallet that Qiu Zhen used to wash clothes, and hit Erhua's legs with it.
Erhua said without moving, "You can hit me, but I won't move today. I'll let you hit me."
No one in the family dared to step forward to stop them. After all, it was Erhua who made the mistake, and he deserved it.
The hammer fell on Erhua with a dull thud. Erhua frowned and said nothing.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Xu on the side didn't buy it at all. She snorted coldly and said, "Oh, you guys are just putting on a show!"
Xu Guoqing tried to pull his mother back, but she shook him off and said, "What are you doing? You're being so naive! I'm not leaving today. I can't let this go, and no one can pull me away."
Hearing her say this, Liang Genfa stopped what he was doing and said, "Then how can you calm down? Tell me a way, and I'll do it!"
"Oh, I can't let you go. I'm going to come to your door every day and scold you until I feel comfortable and until everyone in the village knows about your good reputation!"
"That's enough!" Uncle Xu yelled, his powerful hand clamping onto Aunt Xu's wrist and pulling her back. Aunt Xu, furious, clung to the doorframe with her other hand, refusing to leave. Xu Guoqing kept trying to persuade her. More and more people gathered outside to watch the show, and Liang Genfa's eyes flushed crimson.
Suddenly, he threw down the mallet, turned around and rushed into the house. For a moment, everyone was dumbfounded, not knowing what he was going to do.
Not long after, Liang Genfa rushed out of the house with a kitchen knife in his hand. When everyone was puzzled, there was a clang, Liang Erhua's hand felt numb, and something rolled down from the little finger of his left hand.
"ah!--"
Qiu Zhen screamed and fell backwards. Dahua and Qiuhua hurriedly caught her. The people at the door were also frightened. Someone came over and pinched Qiu Zhen's Ren Zhong point. Xiaohua at her feet burst into tears and the scene was in chaos.
The three members of the Xu family stood there in a daze, not moving.
"Are you satisfied with this?"
Liang Genfa's voice was old and suppressed. Aunt Xu opened her mouth but there was no arrogance at all. She didn't expect that this honest man would be so impulsive. Now, looking at the blood gushing out and the little finger rolling on the ground like garbage, she felt a little regretful.
Liang Erhua looked at his father in disbelief. He didn't expect that his father would actually chop off his own fingers with his own hands. He was like a wolf cornered in a desperate situation. His eyes were cold. His hands were numb, but he could feel the pain in his heart.
"Hurry to the hospital!"
Xu Guoqing reacted and pulled Erhua to go to the hospital. He dodged and sneered:
"Isn't this what your mother wanted? Are you still scolding me now? Come on! Do you want me to give you my whole arm?"
He roared, and Aunt Xu was frightened. Uncle Xu helped her run back home.
"You get out too! Get out now!"
Erhua shouted furiously, and the people at the door gradually dispersed, but three people were still standing there.
Dahua looked up and saw Zhao Xiaojuan looking at him with tears in her eyes.
"It seems like we're here at a bad time today." Director Zhao's expression was unreadable, but he must have been unhappy. He paused and said, "Let's not disturb you today. We'll go back first."
Before the Liang family could respond, Director Zhao turned and left. Zhao Xiaojuan stood there and refused to move, so her mother pulled her back.
Qiuhua couldn't hold back her tears. Fear, anger, helplessness, and sadness, a thousand emotions flooded her heart. How could life get so much harder? Seeing that she had become a disciple, Dahua had found a family, and Erhua had learned a craft, her father was also going to go back to his old ways.
Often when she thought things were getting better, life would hit her on the head with a heavy hammer, leaving her dizzy.
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