newbobooks Chapter 140 The Foolish Man Who Loved His Bad Father and Abandoned His Mother 7
Chapter 140 The Foolish Man Who Loved His Bad Father and Abandoned His Mother 7
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Ding Li refused to believe it and went to look for it herself, almost peeling off the wall, but still found nothing. Thinking that the more than a thousand yuan she had worked so hard to save had disappeared, her heart was bleeding, and suddenly a figure appeared in her mind.
"That bitch saw her mother yesterday and took a basket of things. She must have been moved away at that time. Comrades, you can definitely find her if you check now."
Xu Tao raised her eyes again, tears welling up in her eyes but she stubbornly refused to let them fall. She shouted angrily, "You are not allowed to wrongly accuse my mother. She didn't take anything from the Xu family!
"I got all the food we eat from my mother. Why do you say this? You destroyed her family before, and now you are slandering her. How can there be such a vicious woman like you in this world!"
These words seemed to have exhausted all her strength. She trembled all over and leaned against the wall, covering her face and crying. When she raised her hand, she accidentally revealed the bruises on her arm.
"Oh my God, kid, what's wrong with your hand? Ding Li, you really can't stop bullying me, right? After yesterday's fight, you're doing it again today. You really think you have the final say in the Ding family!"
"I've never seen such a cruel stepmother. She really wants to force the child to death."
Everyone was accusing her, and with the bitch putting on an act, Ding Li was speechless and almost went crazy. She rushed out, fetched a basin of water and poured it over the other person, then grabbed the other person's arm and rubbed it hard, her face grim.
"I'm going to expose you right now, you little bastard. Yesterday there was nothing, but today there are bruises. You are kidding me."
"what are you doing!"
Wu Ping, who had just returned, saw that the child's arms were rubbed red. She quickly dropped the food in her hand, ran forward to push the crazy woman away, and opened her arms to protect the little girl firmly under her body.
"I'm about to rub it off, don't stop me!" Ding Li rushed forward madly, but was firmly restrained by several strong aunts.
Old Mrs. Liu stayed outside with her grandson for a long time. She felt that the matter was almost resolved, so she brought her grandson back. However, when she saw the scene in front of her, she stopped and planned to sneak away.
A sharp-eyed woman noticed and quickly shouted, "Aunt Liu, your daughter-in-law wrongly accused your granddaughter of assaulting someone yesterday, and today she wrongly accused her of stealing money. She also abused her behind your backs. Look at what has happened to the child's arm, and you still don't do anything about it."
Facing everyone's gaze, Liu Pan'er's forehead broke out in sweat. She turned around and met her granddaughter's calm gaze. Her calves began to tremble, her eyes closed, and she fainted. She was still conscious as she slowly touched the ground and fell down.
The corners of the onlookers' mouths twitched, thinking it was too fake.
Xu Tao wiped her tears, stood up, squatted down and looked at the little fat boy, "Baogen, were you all there when my sister came back to get the backpack yesterday? And who hit you in the face?"
"We all saw my sister go out with the basket on her back. It was my eldest sister who hit me with the wooden board."
"Baogen! What nonsense are you talking about!" Ding Li and Xu Chunjiao turned pale and their bodies were shaking.
The little fat boy was not afraid of the two of them and kept saying that he was not lying.
"Look, children don't lie. The truth is finally revealed."
However, even if Xu Tao was proven innocent in the end, Uncle Hat couldn't do anything to Ding Li. After all, it was a family matter, and she was an elder.
After everyone left, Xu Tao glanced at the four people present, with a warm smile on her face, and left without saying a word.
"Mom, it's all your fault. We are finished. What should we do? What should we do??" Xu Chunjiao paced back and forth anxiously at home and accidentally stepped on Old Lady Liu who was pretending to be unconscious. Her high-pitched screams echoed throughout the tube-shaped building.
Ding Li was so annoyed that she happened to see the ignorant little fat boy. She grabbed him and spanked him hard.
Old Lady Liu was not willing to see her precious grandson beaten, and coupled with the other party's bad advice, she settled all the old and new grudges, rushed forward, pulled his hair, and slapped his face. A new round of chaos unfolded in the Xu family.
'Boom dong dong'
Xu Tao knocked for a long time but no one answered. Just as she was about to leave, a weak voice came from inside the door asking, "Who is it?"
"It's me, Xu Tao."
"Sister, wait a minute, I'll open the door right away."
When Zhu Chengcheng heard the familiar voice, she hurried to the yard and opened the door. When she saw the person coming, her eyes lit up with surprise. She wanted to hold hands but didn't dare.
Xu Tao grabbed the little girl's hand and asked, "Aren't Uncle Gui and the others coming back for a rest at noon?"
"Sister, Dad doesn't come back from work until around three o'clock, and Mom works at the supply and marketing cooperative. She didn't come back at noon today because of something."
Xu Tao slapped her head. She had forgotten that Uncle Gui's working hours at the slaughterhouse were different from others. He left home at three or four in the morning and usually came back around two in the afternoon.
"Where's Cheng'an? Why are you home alone?"
"My brother is sleeping. I'll go call him."
Xu Tao quickly grabbed the little girl and asked casually, "Don't wake anyone up."
"Sister, thank you for the candy yesterday, it was so delicious." The little girl's eyes were shining, and the fragrance of milk seemed to still linger in her mouth.
"Are you hungry or thirsty, sister? I'll go get you some water and some steamed bread."
The little girl ran very fast. Xu Tao did not try to stop her this time and simply let her go. She sat on a lounge chair in the yard and observed the house.
The Zhu family's house covers an area of about 80 square meters, divided into four rooms. The yard is about 15 square meters, with a grape trellis built on it. There are rows of wooden boxes planted with vegetables around it, and they are growing quite well.
"Sister, here you go."
Xu Tao quickly took it, took a sip of the sweet drink, and glanced at the little girl. She lowered her head shyly, looking at her from time to time, and then avoided her gaze when their eyes met.
My heart softened inexplicably. I touched the furry head and felt oil on my hand. I finished making the sweet steamed buns in silence and walked into the kitchen.
"Sister...sister."
"Let me wash your hair, okay?"
"Okay, thank you, sister." Zhu Chengcheng's cheeks flushed, her eyes were bright, and her excitement was beyond words.
She thought to herself that when her brother woke up, she would show off to him because her sister had washed her hair and held her hand.
Xu Tao searched for a long time but couldn't find a piece of soap, so she pretended to take out a piece from her backpack and washed the little girl from head to toe.
"Chengcheng, where are your clothes?"
"Sister, my clothes are in the wooden box in the second room on the right."
Xu Tao opened the box as instructed and looked at the two sets of clothes inside, which were covered in patches. She felt mixed emotions. She sighed and found a clean piece of clothing for her to wear.
"Taotao, you're back. Have you eaten? Uncle will cook for you. I brought a piece of fat meat today."
When Zhu Gui saw the two little girls lying side by side in the yard, his heart was filled with joy.
"No need, Uncle Gui. I just came to borrow your bicycle. Is that okay?"
"Of course, this is your home, you can use whatever you want. Taotao, you're welcome. If you didn't come, Xiu'er would have sent it to you when it was ready."