Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

Li Long's unexpected death plunged the entire Li family into endless grief. Especially Mrs. Li, who was originally quite healthy, was so grief-stricken by the early death of her lifeblood that she fell ill. She stayed on the sickbed for a month, but finally couldn't make it and passed away.

However, Mrs. Li was really worried about her son. She didn't want the Li family to be extinct. She forced Li Dashan, who had not yet recovered from the pain of losing his son, to give birth to another son to continue the Li family. Li Dashan looked at his dying mother and nodded in agreement.

Li Shuhua's mother is already in her forties, and it is impossible for her to have another child.

Li Dashan, who usually looks so honest and kind, did something very unkind. He drove Li Shuhua's mother and three sisters out of the house.

Some people may ask why they didn’t get divorced. I mentioned above that many rural people didn’t get marriage certificates at that time. Since they didn’t get married, there was no need to get divorced.

Yang Anzhang couldn't bear it, so he arranged for the mother and daughter to live in a house at the end of the village. The house was the home of an elderly widow in the village, and it had been idle since the old man passed away.

When Chunni heard the news, she felt ashamed for Li Dashan. She still had some pots and pans from her old home, but they were useless after she moved into her new home. She packed those household items into a backpack and went to Li Shuhua's new home.

Li Shuhua’s new home is not far from Chunni’s home, and it only takes two minutes to get there.

Chunni knocked on the door and it was Li Shufang who opened it.

"Sister Chunni, you're here, come in quickly." Losing her brother was indeed painful, but Li Shuhua and the others were very strong. Life had to go on, and they couldn't keep immersing themselves in pain.

Chunni looked at the weed-covered yard and the shaky house, and was speechless. This father was too cruel to his daughter. If the old house had not been sold to the Wen family, it would have been better than this yard.

She handed the backpack to the busy Li Shuhua and started to help. Li Dashan's attack was early in the morning, and no one expected it. Li Shuhua and her friends only took their own clothes, shoes and socks, and were not allowed to take anything else. Fortunately, Li Shuhua got the remaining 30 yuan from the last trip south as the start-up capital for the new home.

The layout of this new home is the same as Chunni's previous home, with a main room, a bedroom, and a room that is half kitchen and half pigsty.

Li Shuhua and her two younger sisters had cleaned up the house inside and out. The old tables, chairs and benches were cleaned, and the bed in the bedroom was also cleaned.

There was nothing on the bed except a large wooden board.

Li Shuhua's mother, Zhao Xiulan, was lying on it, facing the wall, her body shaking.

Chunni helped pull out the weeds in the yard and then went into the house to take a look. She saw how poor the house was.

Not long after, people came to the door one after another.

There were women who had always gotten along well with Zhao, and also childhood friends of the two Li Shuhua sisters. Some sighed, some watched the fun, but most were sympathetic.

One family brought a bunch of green onions, another brought a bunch of vegetables, someone brought straw, someone brought rags, someone brought a bamboo mat...

Life is not easy for everyone, so I am very grateful for the friendship if I can come here with something.

Li Shuhua couldn't entertain them well because her family had nothing.

Chunni returned home and called Xiazhi, and sent a quilt and a quilt cover to Li Shuhua's home.

"Xia Zhi, go up to the roof with Sun An and lay some straw in places where it's needed." Chun Ni knew that Xia Zhi felt guilty, so she asked him to do more for the mother and daughter of the Li family.

There is limited straw, so I can only patch up the roof as much as possible.

However, the rice in the fields will be harvested soon, and we will have to lay the rice again.

I hope God will be kind and it won't rain during this period.

"Shuhua, why did your father kick you all out?" Chunni was still a little curious.

"Hey, doesn't he still want to have a son? But how could my mother give birth to one? He wanted to drive my mother away. My mother's parents are not around, so where can she go? I just tried to persuade him, and then he drove all of us out." There was a hint of resentment in Li Shuhua's tone.

The three sisters have always been treated like slaves at home. They have some complaints in their hearts, but it is understandable.

There are too many people who favor boys over girls in this era. They are lucky that their family didn't drown them when they were born and they were able to raise them to this age.

But she also didn't expect that her grandmother, who had always beaten and scolded them, had passed away, and her father would kick her and her sisters out of the house.

She felt very uncomfortable.

What was even worse was her mother, who had been ill since her brother left. Now that she had been kicked out of the house by her own husband, she could no longer bear it and could only lie in bed.

"Oh." Chunni sighed and then asked: "So what are you going to do?"

"I don't know either." Li Shuhua looked confused.

"Actually, you can go ask Uncle An Zhang to see if you can take back the land allocated to you by the country and cultivate it yourself." Chun Ni didn't know whether this would work.

A light flashed in Li Shuhua's eyes. Yes, it was the land allocated to her by the country, so why couldn't she take it back?

She said, “I will ask tomorrow.”

Chunni pointed at the things she brought and said, "These pots, pans, and bowls are what we used before, please don't despise them."

"Don't mind, don't mind, we really need these things!" Li Shuhua thanked repeatedly.

"Although you are living in this shabby yard now and your situation is worrying, no one can bully you anymore. This is a good thing. You sisters are all so capable. I believe you will be able to live a good life in no time."

Chunni smiled and patted Li Shuhua on the shoulder, handed her fifty yuan, and said: "Take this money first and live your life first."

Li Shuhua was deeply moved.

She didn't expect that her biological father would be so bad to her, but her friend was willing to help her in her time of need.

Seeing the tears in Li Shuhua's eyes, Chunni said with disdain: "Don't cry, you are such an adult, and you are still crying. Isn't it embarrassing?"

Li Shuhua burst into laughter.

Chunni called Xiazhi back home.