The three brothers of the Li family did not get any benefits and left in disgrace.
The crowds of onlookers dispersed when they saw that there was nothing interesting to watch.
After everyone had left, the complacent look on Li's face suddenly turned gloomy, and she casually dropped the broken wrist of Hua Yu that she was holding.
He looked around and glared at a few people fiercely.
Hua Li raised her wrist, and her hand, which had been thrown out, felt a piercing pain. Her lips trembled in pain, and she dared not make a sound.
Afraid of making Li angry again.
When Li turned around and went back into the house, the four siblings standing outside the door all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Even Hua Shi couldn't help but feel a little scared of Li.
Hua Xiao secretly glanced at the yard and confirmed that Li had no intention of looking back before approaching Hua Yu. Looking at his twisted red hand, her eyes turned red with heartache.
Hua Xiao was quite disappointed with his son, so he lowered his voice and scolded him, "What are you doing? Why do you have to steal other people's things?"
Hua Li had not yet recovered from the shock, and his expression was a little dazed, his face turning pale and blue.
After hearing Hua Xiao's scolding, he lowered his eyelids, and his shallow eyelids covered the helplessness and confusion in his eyes.
No one knew that this wasn't his first time as a thief...
He had stolen before... the steamed buns from Grandma He at the village entrance, the corn tortillas wrapped in a bag by Uncle Xie, and lunch hanging on a tree that belonged to someone unknown... He had stolen many times.
When he was too hungry to bear it, he would steal... Before this, he had only been caught twice, and both times it was his elder brother Xie Wanyuan who caught him.
He was also afraid that Brother Xie would tell on him. Perhaps because he cried so hard, Brother Xie felt sorry for him and caught him twice, but he didn't tell anyone. He just warned him a few times, told him not to steal again next time, and quietly returned the things he had stolen...
This time was different. He had no intention of stealing the Li family's sheep. He knew that Li Erhu was grazing the sheep today. Their family had more than a dozen sheep. When he cut the grass and delivered it to them, Li Erhu was not there to watch the sheep.
Seeing that there was no one around, he wanted to secretly take a sheep away and hide it so that Li Erhu would not be able to find it when he came back.
Li Erhu often bullied him, scolding him for being born by a mother but not raised by one, and calling him a little beggar... Yesterday, Li Erhu and his men almost drowned him, and he just wanted revenge.
Just like what that woman said, he couldn't beat them, he couldn't fight them head-on, he could only outsmart them...
Stealing his sheep and hiding him was the best way he could think of at the time.
However, he had never thought that he would be discovered by Li Erhu's brother Li Dian. Then they beat him up, broke his hand that was holding the sheep, and cursed him with a lot of dirty words. He couldn't remember clearly, and then they pressed him down...
Hua Xiao waited for a long time, but Hua Li didn't come out to explain. She stared at him with red eyes, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Hua Li pursed her lips, really not knowing what to say.
He did a lot of petty thefts. Every time his grandmother didn't let them eat, they would go hungry for days. He had to endure the hunger to work, and sometimes he couldn't bear it anymore, so he would steal...
He only stole edible things, valuable things, he never dared to steal. There were a few times when he secretly took back the food to share with his second brother, Axiao and Xiaoying, but they were all stolen by him, but they didn't know.
He lied to them and said that he used the money earned from cutting grass for pigs and exchanged it with others for food...
Hua Li lowered his head, thinking wildly.
Hua Yu was hunched over, his tattered clothes clinging to his skinny back. His dark pupils flickered, and he spoke in a hoarse voice, "I'll take you to find He Yaopo."
After hearing what his second brother said, Hua Xiao also lowered his head, and kept looking at Hua Li's broken wrist out of the corner of his eye.
She hesitated for a long time before she stammered, "Brother, we have no money..."
I didn't pay He Yaopo the twenty cents I owed her last time. If I don't pay her back this time, I'm afraid He Yaopo won't be willing to treat Hua Li anymore...
Hua Yu lowered his eyes, suppressed and low, and whispered, "I'll go talk to her, she should agree."
Hua Xiao stopped talking.
The second brother was also unsure...
Hua Shi, who was standing by, listened to the conversation between the brother and sister, then touched her empty pockets and found not a penny.
Hua Li's little face had turned blue from the pain, her eyes were dull, her lips were pale, and her eye circles were red. After being in so much pain for so long, she didn't even have the strength to cry.
Hua Yu also knew that if his broken hand delayed treatment, it would become like his leg...
"Let's go." Hua Yu's tone left no room for questioning. He reached out and grabbed half of Hua Li's arm, leading him to the village road.
Hua Li staggered when being pulled, and after he stood firm, he followed his second brother obediently.
"Bang!" The wooden door of the yard was hit by something, making a harsh sound.
Outside the low wall, the four siblings were attracted by the sound and looked over.
Li had been standing outside the door frame since some point, with a gloomy face and cloudy eyes, staring at the few people sharply.
Hua Yu took Hua Li two steps and saw Li standing at the gate of the courtyard. He also froze in place and dared not move.
"No! Get in here!"
Li took the stick in her hand and knocked on the wooden door, making a muffled sound, and said in a shocking manner.
Hua Li timidly pulled at his second brother's sleeve, "Second brother..."
Hua Yu lowered his head, his face hidden in the shadows, flickering, making it difficult to see the expression on his face.
The air was silent for a moment, and the first to break the deadlock was Hua Shi.
Hua Shi's eyebrows twitched, and she suppressed the discomfort in her heart and gently advised, "Grandma, Xiao Li's hand needs to be treated. There's no time to delay."
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