Tao Xiaoxi's good idea was to exchange the firewood for money and give it to Liang Hengsheng, so that she could go back without any trouble and would not have to suffer the cold.
After estimating the market price, Tao Xiaoxi took a wallet, put it in a piece of cloth, tied it with a red string, and then went out.
This time she took Beibei with her. Children love to play in the snow, and Beibei was no exception. He was afraid of the cold but wanted to play. His face was red from the cold. Tao Xiaoxi wanted to go to the county town quickly to buy some warm clothes for herself and Beibei.
It is quiet on a snowy day, and everything seems to be asleep. Occasionally, one or two birds flap their wings and fly away from the branches, which is particularly eye-catching and brings down a gust of snow.
When they arrived at the cave where Liang Hengsheng lived, about a hundred meters away, Tao Xiaoxi stopped moving forward. She looked around and saw that the door was closed, so she handed the cloth bag to Beibei and told her to hang it on the door knocker.
Beibei was well-behaved. She walked over with the cloth bag, taking one step forward and one step back, and hung it on the door handle meticulously.
"Okay, Beibei, let's go back." Tao Xiaoxi felt relieved after doing this and said to Beibei with a smile.
"Mom, I want to play for a while." Beibei said in a low voice.
"What are you playing?" Because it was quiet all around, Beibei's voice still fell into Tao Xiaoxi's ears.
"I want to build a snowman." Beibei pointed to the snow on the ground.
This was difficult for Tao Xiaoxi, as she didn't particularly like snow and naturally wasn't very good at making snowmen. But seeing Beibei's expectant gaze, she couldn't bear to refuse.
"But I don't know how to make a snowman, can you?" Tao Xiaoxi told the truth.
"Mom, you can do it. You once made a snow doll with black eyebrows and a red nose for Beibei." Beibei reminded.
Tao Xiaoxi was speechless. This was not her, but the original owner's doing.
"Haha, really? I forgot. Let's build a snowman together this time, okay? Let's build a big snowman."
"Okay!" Beibei agreed readily.
However, there were thousands of snowflakes on the ground, but only a few of them could be rolled into balls by Tao Xiaoxi. Tao Xiaoxi used all her strength, but could only roll out a snowball that was neither round nor square.
Beibei was so anxious that tears were about to come out.
Tao Xiaoxi was determined not to admit defeat. She rolled up her sleeves and tried to roll again. But Beibei felt sorry for her and hugged her arms, shaking them vigorously: "Mom, Beibei doesn't want a snowman anymore."
"That won't do, Beibei, just wait. I have to build a snowman for you today."
Halfway through the snowball's roll, Jiang Yazai, the man who had driven Grandma Sun crazy, arrived at the village entrance. He reeked of alcohol and swayed as he approached the mother and daughter. This veteran bachelor from Mantou Village, a man who had been single for half his life, loved wine and women. Unfortunately, even at forty, he was still single. His family was so poor, and he was addicted to alcohol and gambling, so no one dared marry him.
I don't know where he drank some horse urine today, and he got drunk. From a distance, he saw two flower-like people, one big and one small, lying in the white snow. He was so happy that he didn't care that it was broad daylight, and he immediately pulled Tao Xiaoxi to kiss her.
Tao Xiaoxi was confused at that moment. When she came to her senses, she was already held tightly in Jiang Yazai's arms. The smell of alcohol mixed with the foul smell from his body rushed into Tao Xiaoxi's mouth and ears, making her feel so nauseous that she wanted to vomit.
But no matter how hard she punched and kicked, she couldn't break free from Jiang Yazai's restraints. This bastard was like a vicious dog seeing a meat bun, and would rather die than let go.
Tao Xiaoxi really felt fear and a deep sense of helplessness at this moment. Her tears flowed down her cheeks, feeling helpless and aggrieved.
When Beibei saw her mother being bullied, she was scared at first. But when she saw her mother's painful expression, she didn't know where she got the courage from, she grabbed Jiang Yazai's leg and bit it hard.
Jiang Yazai was in great pain and kicked Beibei, who was thrown several feet away. Tao Xiaoxi felt very distressed when she saw this, but she could do nothing.
There was a haystack next to them. Jiang Yazai dragged Tao Xiaoxi towards that side, intending to do something indecent. He was very strong, which was disproportionate to his body size, as if a divine power suddenly descended from the sky. Tao Xiaoxi kicked hard, struggled hard, and bit hard, but Jiang Yazai still maintained a slow pace and dragged her into the haystack.
Tao Xiaoxi was in despair. She roared in grief and sighed to the sky. Her hatred for the snow in the sky increased. It made her feel worse than if she were killed!
"Jiang Yazai!" At this desperate moment, a voice came from the sky, like a muffled thunder on the empty snowy ground. Jiang Yazai's movements actually stopped. When the person approached, Jiang Yazai hurriedly let go of his hand and staggered away.
"Catch him, catch him!" Tao Xiaoxi's eyes were bloodshot and she shouted at the top of her lungs, as if if she let him escape today, the fact that she had been defiled would be confirmed.
As she wished, Li Nanshan blocked Jiang Yazai, like a mountain standing in front of Jiang Yazai.
The plot then took a quick turn. Jiang Yazai fell to the ground and was beaten up by Tao Xiaoxi. Every time he tried to resist, Li Nanshan kicked him, and he lay on the ground and took the beating obediently.
Tao Xiaoxi was tired and couldn't fight anymore, so she picked up sticks and stones and rained down hits on the man on the ground. Her eyes were red with anger and she wanted to beat him to death.
Finally, Jiang Yazai remained motionless, seemingly truly dead. Li Nanshan then intervened to stop Tao Xiaoxi, "Alright, another person is going to die."
Tao Xiaoxi dropped the stick and hugged Beibei tightly to her chest, biting her lip and trembling all over. She had never hated someone so much, nor had she wished someone dead so devoutly. She felt sick even to look at Jiang Yazai for one more moment, and every pore in her body was resisting.
"He deserves to die!" Tao Xiaoxi squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.
"Don't worry, he won't dare to do it again." Li Nanshan comforted. Looking at the frightened mother and daughter, his heart was once again moved.
If someone hadn't died and the situation hadn't been difficult to deal with, he wouldn't have stopped Tao Xiaoxi. Not only would he not have stopped her, he would have become an accomplice.
From that day on, Tao Xiaoxi hated snow even more. She couldn't even bear to hear it. The snow that looked pure white was actually very dirty.
That night, Tao Xiaoxi asked Beibei if she was afraid.
Beibei shook her head, hugged her mother's arm and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm not afraid as long as I'm here." At that moment, Tao Xiaoxi's eyes were hot and wet. She felt sorry for Beibei, but also felt wronged.
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