Old Li squinted as he glanced at Li Qinglin. He had personally come to find them and take them home to live with him, yet his granddaughter had rejected him and did not give him any face at all."Little girl, are you really not coming back with me?"
"Grandfather, there"s really no need for that. We"ve already found a place to stay." Li Qingling laughed, and once again firmly shook his head and rejected.
Their family had gone through so much trouble to escape the cage, how could she be so stupid as to jump into it again?
This time, Old Li"s face became even more unsightly. He turned his gaze away from Li Qingling and turned to Li Qingfeng, asking if Li Qingfeng wanted to follow him back home.
In reality, in his heart, a grandson was much more important than a granddaughter. However, if he just let his grandchild live there and not call him granddaughter, then others would take advantage of him.
Li Qingling"s heart skipped a beat, he was just about to open his mouth and help Li Qingfeng refuse, but Li Qingfeng was a step ahead of her, "No, grandfather, I want to be with my sister and sister." He definitely would not abandon his sister and sister and return to stay with Old Li.
Furthermore, he did not have any good impression of Old Li"s family, so it was impossible for him to return with him.
"That room is not that big, so how could it be occupied by so many people? Xiao Feng, you should go back with grandpa! "
Right after he finished speaking, Mrs. Liu"s voice came from behind him, "Old man, what are you saying? "Huh?" She ran over quickly and glared at Li Qingling and Li Qingfeng with her hands on her waist, "Old man, let me tell you this right now, I definitely won"t allow them to stay at my house."
She was extremely vexed towards these jinx. How could she let them return to her home?
Seeing Mrs. Liu whose saliva was flying everywhere, the old man"s face immediately darkened. "Shut up." "Don"t talk nonsense here. Go home."
"Home? "If you bring these brats home today, I"ll never end with you." After being shouted at by Old Li in front of so many people, Mrs. Liu was no longer in a good mood. She placed her hands on her waist and scolded loudly, "Don"t you think about the situation in our family?
There wasn"t much food in the house. If her family members didn"t have enough to eat, how could she accept others?
"I"m leaving these words here. Old man, if you are determined to bring them back, I will hang myself in front of my house and starve to death."
Mrs. Liu was really going all out today, she wasn"t afraid of the angry Old Li at all.
"You … Do you know what you"re saying? " Old Zhong"s face flushed red. He felt that his old face had been completely thrown away by this old woman. "Are they other people?" Ah? They are our biological grandchildren. "
No matter how biased he was, he couldn"t just stand there and watch her die. After all, she was still his biological grandson and granddaughter.
Seeing that Old Li really wanted them to take Old Li home, Mrs. Liu started to panic. She sat down on the ground and wailed loudly, "I don"t want to live, I don"t want to live anymore. Rather than starving to death, I might as well just die right now."
If a person can"t do it, then the heavens will destroy the earth. She herself was about to starve to death, so how could she care about others?
"What are you doing? Ah? "Hurry up and get up." Old Li felt his temples throbbing, he reached out to grab Mrs. Liu, but Mrs. Liu flung his hand away and continued to cry and howl.
Li Qingling and Li Qingfeng looked at the farce with cold eyes, both of their mouths raised into a sneer at the same time.
They truly felt that their father was not Mrs. Liu"s son. If Mrs. Liu was born, how could his heart be so ruthless?
"Grandma, you don"t need to make trouble with grandpa. We"ve already told grandpa that we"re not going to stay at your place. Now, you can relax, right?" Li Qingling felt that he had seen enough and opened his mouth, "The floor is dirty, grandma should get up quickly!" The rain had stopped and the ground was still wet. If it was on the ground, Mrs. Liu would have been able to sit down.
She really admired this grandmother of hers.
Hearing Li Qingling"s words, Mrs. Liu"s voice suddenly stopped, she raised her head and looked at Li Qingling, and asked if what she said was true?
Li Qingling nodded his head without hesitation, and said that it was true.
After she said that, Mrs. Liu climbed up quickly and patted her b.u.t.t. Seeing the dirt on her hands, he did not care and said to Old Li with a grin, "Old man, let"s go home!" As long as Li Qingling and the others didn"t go back with them, there was nothing that they could say.
Old Li helplessly closed his eyes. He really couldn"t let go of his old face, he was really thrown away by this old granny.
He glared at Mrs. Liu fiercely, snorted, and turned to leave.
Mrs. Liu also followed him while smiling.
Li Qingling looked at their backs, and the corners of his mouth rose, as he turned to the village chief and the others, "I"m so sorry to have let you guys down." She really felt that Mrs. Liu"s skin was thick. In front of so many people, even if she sat down and cried, she wouldn"t feel ashamed.
The village chief looked at Li Qingling and Li Qingling with some pity, he shook his head and sighed, "That grandmother of yours …" Before he could finish, he changed the topic. "Come in quickly and drink some porridge. It"s going to get cold."
Li Qingling and the others had some porridge at the village chief"s house, and politely declined the village chief"s help. Taking the cloth strips that the village chief gave them, they went to the old house at the back of the village to clean up.
Arriving at the old house, Li Qingling patted Ah Huang"s head apologetically. "My house is gone, I don"t have any food left, I can"t give you anything to eat anymore. Go to the Matsuyama and see if you can find me something to eat, okay?" She planned to clean up and go to the town to see if the Fumanlou had opened the door. If it did, he would borrow some food from the shopkeeper and come back.
Ah Huang snorted twice at Li Qingling before turning to look at Little White. After hearing Li Qingling say that he would take good care of Little White, he felt at ease and left.
Li Qingling, along with a few children, tidied up the simple house.
Thankfully, although this room was tattered, people could still live here after cleaning it.
"Well, it looks good." Li Qingling clapped his hands, with a smile on his face, she looked down to see the children slack-jawed, and patted their heads, "Why do you show such an expression? "Hmm?"
Li Qingfeng rubbed the corner of his clothes, raised his head and looked at Li Qingling, then asked softly: Sis, do you think our family"s food can still be dug out? Without food, what would they eat?
He really wanted to go back and see if he could dig up the grain. However, he only dared to go back with his sister"s consent.
Pausing his hand, Li Qingling endured the bitterness in his heart, smiling as he said, "Then, let"s go back and take a look, see if there"s any way to dig out the grains?"
She knew that the children would not give up if they were not allowed to look back.
When the children heard this, their eyes lit up, and their faces finally revealed a smile.
Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo looked at each other. From the looks of each other, the two knew that the children would be disappointed.
"Let"s go take a look!"
When the children clearly saw their beautiful home covered in a patch of yellow soil, they couldn"t see it anymore and began to sob in pain.
Let alone the children, even Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo ached for the house, as they had poured all their effort into building it.
It would be strange if they didn"t feel uncomfortable after living here for so long.
"Alright, stop crying." Li Qingling carried the few children and comforted them softly, "As long as everyone is safe, there will be more houses in the future."
Genius was the most important thing. If everyone was gone, what was the use of having a house?
Li Qingling was truly glad that she was able to bring them out.
This was all thanks to her nightmarish warning.
She didn"t know if this was a golden finger given to her by the heavens or not. The two times they met with danger, it gave her a warning.
After being pacified for a while, the children slowly stopped. They wiped the tears off their faces and asked Li Qingling, choked with sobs, could they go and dig for food?
Li Qingling turned to look at the thick layer of mud, and laughed bitterly, it was covered by a thick layer of mud, how would he dig it out?
Even in modern times, digging would take days, let alone in this era, where there were no such machines!
"Take a look, can you dig it out?"
The children looked at the dirt, and the tears they had struggled to hold back fell again.
They didn"t even know where their homes were, so how could they still play with food?
Li Qingling smiled and comforted them, "Don"t worry, with big brother and big sister here, big brother and big sister will not let you guys starve.
Seeing Li Qingling"s confident expression, it was as if nothing could trouble her, and seeing this, the children couldn"t help but to nod their heads.
"Be good."
"Let"s go back!" The silent Liu Zhimo carried Li Qingning and started walking towards the back of the village.
When they returned to the back of the village, they saw the village chief standing at the entrance with a quilt and a bag in his arms.
Seeing them return, he smiled, "Where did you guys go?"
"Cun Zhangyeye, why are you here? We went over to the house to take a look. "
Hearing this, the village head went silent for a moment before opening his mouth again, "I thought that you didn"t have a blanket, so I brought a blanket over you." His expression was somewhat helpless. "Grandfather doesn"t have the ability to help, this is all I can help you with."
Liu Zhimo immediately followed up, "Cun Zhangyeye, quickly, don"t say it like that. You have already helped us more than enough, we are very grateful." He opened the door and took the blanket from the village chief, "Thank you, Cun Zhangyeye." In this gloomy weather, without a blanket at night, it was a little cold.
They would remember the Village Head"s kindness.
The village chief pa.s.sed the bag in his hands to Li Qingling, "My family doesn"t have much food, so we can only give you this much. Sigh …" When he came out with this little bit of food, no one in his family would agree with it!
Li Qingling curled his hand and refused to take the food from the village chief, "Cun Zhangyeye, we will take the cotton, take the food back! We"ll think of our own ways. " She did not want the village chief to be blamed by his family.