Chapter 71 Your mother got beaten up and ran away again
Bai Wangshi's cursing attracted the villagers to watch the commotion. Aunt Wang heard the noise, ran to the door, and saw Bai Wangshi. She turned around, went back to the yard, picked up a stick, and rushed out like a madwoman towards Bai Wangshi: "I'll fuck your mother's old bitch, I'll let you curse me!"
Startled, Bai Wangshi jumped up from the ground, covered her head, and ran towards the hillside near Liu Ye's house. Aunt Wang chased after her, brandishing a stick: "You shameless slut, stop right there! I'll beat you to death today! If it weren't for your daughter being able to take a beating, my husband's head would be cracked open! You shameless old hag, stop right there!"
Some villagers shouted gleefully, "Old Wang, you're keeping a lover! Beat her! Beat her hard!"
The old woman in the village slapped her thigh and shouted, "That little slut who sells brothels, that worthless whore, break her legs, slap her mouth, beat her to death to rid the people of this scourge!"
Bai Wangshi, who had been lazy for half her life, was quickly caught up by Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang swung a big stick and beat her all over, making Bai Wangshi crawl on the ground. She was hit on the head, then on the back, then on the leg, and she screamed in pain.
"Ah, help! Someone's being killed! Help! Ouch, stop hitting me! Please stop! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I won't curse anymore, please stop hitting me!"
Hearing the villagers' curses, Aunt Wang became more and more emboldened. She aimed at Bai Wangshi's leg and struck her hard with a stick. With a cracking sound, the sound of bones breaking was heard, and Bai Wangshi's leg was broken.
"Ouch! My leg, oh my leg, it hurts so much!"
Aunt Wang slung the stick over her shoulder with a smug look on her face, pointing at Bai Wangshi, who was writhing on the ground in pain: "You filthy bitch, listen to me! If you dare to come to our village again, I'll beat you every time I see you. Today I broke your right leg. If you dare to come again, I'll break your left leg too. And the time after that, I'll hit your head! Get out of our Erdaogou Village now, or I'll beat you up again!"
Bai Wangshi trembled with fright. She endured the pain and got up from the ground, but as soon as her left leg touched the ground, the pain made her tremble all over. She had no choice but to hop on one leg, hopping towards the village, hopping out of Erdaohe Village, and then hopping back to her home in Sandaohe.
When the Bai family father and daughter saw her bouncing back, her face covered in injuries and her hair disheveled, they knew she had failed again. They were so angry that neither of them offered to help her up and they turned around and went inside.
Seeing how the father and son treated her, Bai Wangshi sat down on the doorstep, sobbing uncontrollably: "Waaah, why is my life so miserable? Heaven, you're blind! Waaah, I've encountered such heartless bastards! Waaah, how am I supposed to live? Waaah...!"
Aunt Liu Er wiggled her hips as she came back from outside. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw the group of people from the Liu family who were repairing the house. She said with schadenfreude, "Hahaha, let me tell you, Bai Wangshi has been beaten back again. Bai Zilin broke her legs. Hahaha, you didn't see it, she hopped back. It's hilarious, hahaha, hahaha."
Mrs. Liu scolded angrily, "Laugh, laugh, laugh your grandma's ass! You lazy old woman, everyone in the family is busy repairing the house, and you're out wandering around. You're even envious when you see someone getting beaten up. Second son, get down here and give her a good beating. She's envious of someone's lame leg, isn't she? Break her leg too, and let's see if she'll still be laughing then!"
Aunt Liu covered her mouth and dared not laugh anymore. The Liu family had been repairing the house, and it was almost finished these days. The windows and doors had been replaced, the roof tiles had been replaced, and the courtyard wall was a new fence made of wood cut from the mountain.
The things they used in their home were all secondhand, bought from the village, which saved them a lot of money compared to buying new ones. There were many people in their family, and each person received 50 catties of mixed grains and five taels of silver from the government. With 11 people in their family, they received 55 taels of silver. Old Man Liu was frugal with his money, and they managed to get by. The only thing they could do was avoid major events and not get married, otherwise, the little silver they received wouldn't be enough to do anything.
Bai Zilin returned from town quickly. Liu Ye immediately told him that his mother had come and been beaten away again. Bai Zilin curled his lips and said with a look of satisfaction, "Serves her right. Why didn't I break her other leg too? That way, she wouldn't have the nerve to come to me so shamelessly. I wouldn't have been able to beat her up. I didn't expect Aunt Wang to be such a nice person."
"I saw Wang Dani this morning. Her face was swollen like a pig's head. When she saw me, she covered her face. Oh my, it was so funny."
Liu Ye saw her in the morning; her face was indeed quite swollen. She must have been beaten by Zhang Fang. Her parents probably didn't hit her: "Brother Bai, did you buy the sauce?"
Bai Zilin stuffed a bag of pastries into her arms: "I bought them. I put them in the kitchen. These are peach shortbreads I bought for you. They were sold by a merchant from the south. They cost me one tael of silver. They are ridiculously expensive. Peach shortbreads used to cost only 50 coins a bag. They are indeed unscrupulous merchants!"
Liu Ye weighed the walnut shortbread in her hand; it was only about a pound. A pound of walnut shortbread cost one tael of silver, which was indeed outrageously expensive. She opened the package and offered a piece to Bai Zilin, but Bai Zilin pushed it back: "I don't want any. You eat it. I'll eat the sweet ones because they're too sweet. Save them for when you're hungry."
"Oh, right, I'll give you the money I made today. I ran into Young Master Zhao again today. He bought all my prey and gave me eight taels of silver. I spent one tael on walnut shortbread and 200 coins on a big jar of sauce. I still have this much left. You can keep it."
Liu Ye accepted the silver without ceremony, put it in her pocket and stored it in her spatial storage: "Brother Bai, you have a piece. If you don't eat it, I won't eat it either. We'll each have half."
Liu Ye broke the walnut pastry in half and handed one half to Bai Zilin. Bai Zilin smiled and took the half of the walnut pastry, taking a small bite: "Mmm, delicious, tastes like a tael of silver."
His words made Liu Ye laugh heartily: "Hehe, it really is quite delicious. I can taste the silver in it too. Hehehe, Brother Bai, I bought five cabbages from the village. Let's make dumplings for lunch, and we'll use rabbit meat."
Bai Zilin nodded: "It's good to be close to the south. Today at the market, I saw a lot of people selling cabbages, radishes, and potatoes. I wanted to buy some, but the prices were ridiculously high, so I didn't. Is it expensive to buy from the village?"
Liu Ye thought to herself, "How would I know? I've never bought any. The cabbage was taken out of her space." She continued, "Well, it's expensive, but it's alright. The wells in Xiancheng haven't dried up, and there's water in the river, so the vegetables aren't too outrageously expensive. I want to go to the market next time. It's winter, so I want to pickle some vegetables to keep for us to eat in the winter. I also need to buy some potatoes, as I reckon grains will be even more expensive in winter."
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