Chapter 42 Motherless Child
The village chief was born and raised in Nanlin Village, and he was also the head of the Lin family. He was very familiar with the situation of every family in Nanlin Village. He was too lazy to talk to the old man Li's family. It was hard to explain to them that they were such shameless people.
"Today, in front of everyone, everyone can bear witness! From today on, if there is any trouble in Old Man Li's family again, which delays everyone's journey and makes the whole road full of people watching, don't blame me, I will kick your family out of the team! The team will help treat and manage this child, and whether she lives or dies depends on whether she is strong enough! We will not help in vain, and the money for her food, clothing and other expenses will be deducted from your work points!"
"Oh my God! My whole family is dying for this money-losing thing!!!" Mrs. Zhang was happy when she heard that the villagers were helping to raise the child, but the following words made her eyelids jump! How could that be possible? No matter how much the work points in the village could be, they were all hers. It was wishful thinking to raise that money-losing thing!
The village head glared at Mrs. Zhang and said coldly, "If you make trouble again, you will leave now!"
"The head of the village is leading the way in bullying people! Bullying people! Is there any justice in the world?!" Mrs. Zhang had just stood up when she lay down in the mud again and rolled around.
The village head winked at his eldest son, and Lin Benshu was just about to call for help.
Old man Li said quickly: "Village head, village head, please don't chase us away from the team! Just do as you say, whatever you say, we'll do!" There are only 4 people in his family, except for Daya, there are only him, his wife and his son. If they are left alone, they will be eaten alive by other refugees without leaving even a bone.
Mrs. Zhang wanted to make a scene, but Old Man Li covered her mouth with a slap and glared at her.
Li Tiedan helped Mrs. Zhang up, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Looking at the ferocious-looking group of people, he dared not say another word.
Lin Youcai brought warm sugar and salt water from the RV. Li Juhua saw it and asked, "What is this?"
"Aunt Li, this is sugar and salt water, feed it to the child quickly! The child doesn't look well!" Lin Youcai looked at the child still in Wei Qinnan's arms, whose face and lips were still pale.
Li Juhua took the bowl and said, "Put it on my ox cart! My family is full of boys, they can all walk!"
Wei Qiniang had a hard time holding the half-grown child, so she squatted on the ground and held him, "I can't get up, Aunt Li, give me a hand!"
Li Juhua handed the bowl to her eldest son, squatted down to take it from Daya and walked towards her own ox cart.
Shen Xianglan came over holding a bag of clothes, "These are old clothes from my mother's family's children. Change them for the children."
Shen Xianglan took the clothes and followed Li Juhua to her ox cart.
The head of the village didn't want to look at the three people from the Li family any more, and said to everyone: "Everyone, take a break! Youcai, you should give 2 work points to Wei Qinnan, Zhao's Li, and your wife." After that, he turned and left.
Lin Youcai replied, "I see, village head. Everything is recorded clearly in the notebook." Every time he kept accounts, Tao Mingyuan and Lin Benshu were watching him. In any case, there was always someone who could read to serve as a witness. This was Lin Youcai's own request.
Everyone pointed at the three people from the Li family.
"The grandparents don't act like grandparents, and the father doesn't act like a father! It's a sin for this child to be born into such a family."
"This family is so vicious! No wonder my wife ran away!"
"His family has always been like this! Every family will beat and scold their children, but no family is like his family that doesn't give their children any chance to survive!"
"The work is all done by the big girls, and they only give us enough food to keep us alive."
"I see Mrs. Zhang beating and scolding Daya every day! Even when I try to give her some advice, she points her finger at my nose and scolds me!"
"What a vicious family! I just saw that it was Mrs. Zhang who slapped Daya to the ground and she couldn't get up."
"Mrs. Zhang is old, but she has no virtue! She can even be so cruel to her own child!!!"
"Tsk tsk... Bah!"
Everyone talked for a while before returning to their respective positions in the team to rest.
The three members of the Li family were angry but dared not speak out. After all, three people could not beat hundreds of people.
Mrs. Zhang secretly took note of who scolded her, humph.
"Wei Qiniang, here are one set of adult and one set of children's old clothes. You can wear them if you don't mind." After Shen Xianglan took out Daya's clothes and pants, she took out two sets of old clothes and handed them over.
Wei Qiniang's eyes were full of surprise, and then her eyes were red. She took the clothes with a smile and said, "Thank you! Thank you, Madam Scholar! How could I despise you? I can't thank you enough!"
"We are from the same village, so we should help each other." Shen Xianglan waved her hand and told her to change her wet clothes quickly. The weather was just a little cold, but wearing wet clothes would make her feel cold and easy to catch a cold.
"Wei Qinniang, please go into my carriage and change! I'll be guarding the door." Li Juhua came out of the carriage with Daya's rag-like clothes and pants, and asked Wei Qinniang to go in and change quickly.
Li Juhua said to Shen Xianglan outside the car, "What a sin! A child without a mother is worse than the weeds on the roadside. He is skinny and has scars of all sizes on his body! Mrs. Zhang's family is so cruel! They can kill their own flesh and blood! People say that even a tiger won't eat its own cubs! Tsk!"
"Alas, what a miserable life! Originally, it was not appropriate for us to interfere in this matter, but the village head is still so powerful!"
"Our village chief is really good! Compared with other village chiefs, he is very fair! He is a very conscientious chief!" Li Juhua said with full approval. Her family was an outsider, and they met Chief Lin. They settled in Nanlin Village, and they were not bullied much. In addition, the couple worked hard to earn money, so their life became better.
Shen Xianglan heard Lin Youcai talk about Uncle Zhao's family. Every family has its own problems.
"Yes! Youcai often says that the head of the village is in charge of all matters, big and small, in the village. There is nothing to say about that. Everyone is convinced!"
Li Juhua nodded, looked at the car with a worried look on her face and said, "This child, her body is cold and she is unconscious. Luckily she can still drink water. There are no doctors on the road, and she is short of clothes and medicine. It really depends on her luck."
Wei Qiniang changed her clothes and got out of the car, "Aunt Li, I'll trouble you to take care of this child. If you're too busy, call me!"
"You have your own children to take care of, and there are many people in the team, so you don't have to worry about not having someone to lend a hand."
"Okay, I'll go over there." Wei Qinnan took her daughter who was waiting outside and walked towards their home.
"Aunt Li, I'm going back first."
"The bowl is for you, go ahead, go ahead, I'm here."
Shen Xianglan walked towards her RV, and soon came back with a bowl of warm sugar and salt water. "Aunt Li, is she awake? Is she not having a fever? I added sugar and salt to this bowl of water. She must be cold and hungry. Let her drink some water first."
"You are so kind! Sugar and salt are so expensive! Now we are on the road, even if we have money, we have nowhere to buy them! You have already given me two bowls, don't give me any more, you have a lot of children at home."
"There's nothing I can do. I can't just watch a living person die like this! It's painful for a mother to watch!"
"Who said it wasn't true? Mrs. Zhang is a woman too, she keeps scolding me all day long, isn't she scolding herself as well?" Li Juhua said and looked at Shen Xianglan, they both laughed, then shook their heads and sighed.