NOVPUBChapter 207: Chapter 207: Desperate Effort
Chapter 207 -207: Desperate Effort
Zhang Qiaoqiao and Li Erzhu were startled. They had lived in the same village for over a decade, and although they did not live under the same roof, Bai Yue and the three brothers seemed easy to bully and easy to talk to, otherwise the old lady wouldn’t have been able to control Bai Yue’s finances for so many years through deceiving Shitou.
Now, unexpectedly, the three were ready to fight them with carrying poles; this was something they had never anticipated before coming here.
“Bai Yue, I’m telling you, don’t you lay a hand on us. Even if you did, we’re not afraid of you. If it really comes down to a fight, do you think you, a woman, could defeat us men? We came here to talk nicely, after all. Even if you argue till the cows come home, a son supporting his father is only natural and right. Do you really want to tarnish them with a reputation of being unfilial?” Although Li Erzhu felt guilty, he still didn’t back down.
Their household had been living in dire straits these past few months. Since Bai Yue and Li Dashan divorced, Li Dashan had been living the good life for the first few days, hanging around his mother’s house for food and being idle as usual, and he was still unable to change his ways.
The old lady had long been scheming to find him a wife, but before she could find one, one morning Li Dashan suddenly found that he couldn’t move his arms and legs. Not only his limbs, but he couldn’t even turn his head or speak. Apart from his eyes being open and his looking like a living person, he was just like a dead man.
This scared the old lady terribly.
After consulting the village doctor who admitted his helplessness, he quickly recommended sending him to a county hospital. But before they could get Li Dashan to the county hospital, the old lady fell and ended up bedridden herself.
As a result, the old lady’s mouth became crooked, and her eyes askew. The village doctor saw that this was a stroke in old age.
She was completely paralyzed in bed.
This put Li Erzhu and Zhang Qiaoqiao in a hectic situation, with both people bedridden, what were they to do?
Send them to the hospital?
In rural areas, even if someone is seriously ill, which family would send them to the hospital and bear the costs? Now that only the two of them could decide at home, they certainly couldn’t send them to the hospital, so Li Dashan and the old lady were left on the kang.
But not sending them to the hospital and leaving them at home wasn’t an option either.
Both were paralyzed, but they still needed someone to care for their daily needs—eating, drinking, peeing, and pooping.
Especially since Li Dashan couldn’t move, he needed to be fed, and could not even defecate on his own, requiring someone to scoop it out by hand, which deeply disgusted Li Erzhu.
The old lady only needed to be fed, but although she didn’t need someone to scoop out her feces by hand, she had urinary and bowel incontinence—sometimes wetting and soiling her bed, making the room where Li Dashan and the old lady stayed practically uninhabitable.
Fortunately, Li Erzhu and Zhang Qiaoqiao, still conscientious, did not mistreat the two, but as days stretched into months, they also grew discontent.
What household would want two bedridden individuals at home?
Now, after enduring for several months, they could no longer bear it and after a long discussion, the couple immediately began to scheme.
Despite everything, Li Dashan was still Bai Yue’s three sons’ father. No matter what, they couldn’t just abandon them, so the couple devised a strategy, dragging the old lady and Li Dashan over here, resolved to abandon them regardless of the consequences today.
As long as they abandoned them here, they would be free of responsibility.
“Kick these people out, beat them hard, and if they die, I will take the blame. I don’t care about such damned reputations, remember, when dealing with such shameless people, just go all out and hit them hard. These bloodsuckers have been draining us for years, and they still want more. Your aunt is right; we can’t be polite with such people.” Bai Yue hated these people to the core; she was indeed ready to risk her life.
Li Haiping and Li Hai’an gripped their weapons tightly and responded loudly, “Mom, don’t worry, we understand. Isn’t it just risking our lives? We are here to do just that!”
As soon as Li Erzhu saw the situation, he realized Bai Yue and the two boys were truly ready to fight for their lives and hurriedly shouted.
“Everyone retreat immediately, let’s go.” They had initially agreed to negotiate peacefully and it was settled to leave the person behind. If Bai Yue wouldn’t listen to them, they’d just abandon the person and leave.
Now, seeing Bai Yue and her team ready to fight desperately, of course, they wanted to flee quickly.
Unfortunately, it was too late for them to escape.
As five or six men tried to run towards the gate, Village Chief Liu Baoguo, along with a crowd of villagers armed with poles, hoes, shovels, and everything else, had already fiercely surrounded them, leaving no space for escape.
Li Erzhu trembled with fear, having never anticipated such a situation.
They had thought everything through quite well. Bai Yue, a married woman, even if she had returned to the village, the villagers wouldn’t protect her. In any village, a married daughter is considered spilled water, and no one cares about her once she returns to her parents’ house.
They had calculated that the people of Liupan Village would definitely not stand up for Bai Yue because of this matter. Who would have thought that the village chief of Liupan Village would not play by the rules, and they ended up surrounded by him and his group? What was this supposed to mean?
“You… you…”
Liu Baoguo glanced at Li Erzhu but ignored them, and asked Bai Yue, “What do these people want to do?”
With Bai Xiao not at home, Bai Yue was his concern. Liu Baoguo and Li Chunmei had always cared about Bai Yue and her family of four, insisting on taking good care of them. The last thing they wanted was for Bai Xiao to worry while he was away.
These people, carrying two paralytics, had asked around for Bai Yue’s house and found their way here, and the villagers had already reported to the village chief.
Village Chief Liu Baoguo was Bai Xiao’s godfather, and if anything stirred at Bai Yue’s home, it would be odd if no one had informed him immediately.
Upon hearing their bad intentions, Liu Baoguo immediately shouted for the neighboring villagers and came over armed, determined not to let anyone bully Bai Yue without going through him first.
When Bai Yue saw the village chief, she felt a sudden relief. Her legs went weak. Despite her strong facade just now, Bai Yue was only a woman, and today she had truly been ready to risk her life to protect her children. Suddenly having this support, it was natural that her body weakened as the tension drained away.
“Uncle Baoguo, they… they are too much, they actually want my three sons to take care… of these two paralytics,” Bai Yue said breathlessly.
As soon as Li Erzhu realized this man was the village chief, he quickly pulled out a cigarette and approached Liu Baoguo, “Chief, have a smoke!”
He was slapped aside, the slap so fierce that Li Erzhu’s cheek throbbed with pain.
Holding his cheek, Li Erzhu looked at the person who had slapped him.
“You… why are you being so unreasonable? Why hit someone?” he protested.
The person who slapped him was Wang Yan. Seeing this, Liu Baoguo knew that since they had already resorted to violence, they had to protect their own.
“Well done, I, the village chief, approved this. How dare you bully people from our Liupan Village without even looking to see where you are?”
