Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Old man Chen, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by his wife. He was so angry that he almost blew the roof off.

"Are you sick? You're not sleeping and are howling here early in the morning. I'm not dead yet!" Old man Chen cursed.

Qin was already furious and was hoping that her old man would back her up, but the other party started cursing as soon as he opened his mouth and even raised his hand to hit her.

In an instant, anger overwhelmed fear. Qin leaned forward and shouted, "Hit me, hit me! Beat me to death!"

Old Man Chen's hand didn't drop after all. He sat up and leaned against the headboard, rubbing his face. "What's wrong?"

Qin's grievances surged like a tide. "I work so hard every day, getting up in the middle of the night to cook for you. It's fine if you just eat ready-made food, but you don't even feel sorry for an old woman like me. Why is my life so hard?"

Old man Chen was irritated and said, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't cry here. I have to go to work in the county town in the morning!"

Qin wiped her tears and recounted what had just happened.

Old Man Chen's expression also changed from irritability to gloom. After a moment, he slammed the bed angrily: "This bastard, what on earth does he want to do?"

Qin said, "He's been going out early and coming back late these past two days, and he's bought so many good things for his wife and children. He must have found a way to make a fortune."

"Old man, you have to make him hand over this method. Even if he refuses to hand over the method of making money, he must hand over the money. We haven't divided the family business yet, so the money he earns should be handed over."

Old Man Chen frowned and said, "In the past, he would have handed it over if I asked him to, but you heard our conversation last evening. This bastard... has changed."

Qin thought for a moment and said, "Could it be a ghost? How about asking the Taoist priest from the next village to perform a ritual?"

Old Man Chen did not reject this proposal. After all, for people in ancient times, if a familiar person suddenly changed his personality, these rural farmers could not think of any other reason except that he was possessed by a ghost.

"It's not cheap to perform a ritual." Old Man Chen pondered for a long time and said, "At least four taels of silver."

Qin immediately rejected the idea: "Forget it if it's so expensive. How about you go to the slaughterhouse in the county and ask them for some black dog blood or something? I heard that pouring black dog blood on people can ward off evil spirits."

Old Man Chen nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go buy it after work today. Then I'll have Old Four pretend to be careless and splash it on him."

Qin agreed.

"So are we just going to let this special treatment go? I've suffered so much injustice, I deserve some compensation." Qin said indignantly.

Old Man Chen said, "This matter is not something that can be made public. After all, the family hasn't split up yet. It wouldn't look good if the news of eating from two pots of rice got out."

"Besides, it's the off-season now, so there's no need to eat breakfast. You don't have to get up in the middle of the night to cook."

"As for lunch and dinner, that bastard won't be home. If we don't give Li Xiuzhi and that money-loser a good meal, he won't be able to do anything to us when he comes back."

Qin said, "That's true. I'm just afraid that the wicked boy will smash things."

"And he has proposed dividing the family more than once. Old man, this family cannot be divided."

Old Man Chen said, "Of course I know we can't divide it, but even going to the government office to sue him won't scare that evil boy, so the best thing to do now is to calm him down first, and then we can see how the situation develops after we've splashed the black dog's blood."

Qin gritted her teeth and said, "Then let that evil boy be proud for a while."

"Okay, it's okay. I'm going to go back to sleep. I'm so sleepy."

"Don't make any noise, or I'll beat you up."

After saying this, Old Man Chen retreated back into his bedding and soon began to snore.

Qin looked at Old Man Chen and cursed him softly, "You can still fall asleep like this? You're such a heartless person."

……

"Daddy, you lazy bastard, get up!"

Chen Lang, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly felt a little short of breath. He opened his eyes in a daze and saw Guoguo lying on his chest with her little hands pinching his nose.

No wonder it's hard to breathe.

But no father in the world would be angry when faced with his daughter's "prank", and Chen Lang was no exception. He hugged Guoguo, and the father and daughter started playing on the bed.

After a while, Li Xiuzhi returned to the house with a basin of water. Seeing the father and daughter making a fuss on the bed, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Okay Guoguo, stop bothering Daddy and come wash your face."

"I have a new face towel today."

Guoguo responded crisply, "Okay, mother."

Chen Lang yawned and asked, "What time is it?"

Li Xiuzhi said, "Around 2:30 AM."

Chen Lang didn't realize what time it was at 2:00 AM. After reciting the "Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao" timetable in his mind, he realized, "It's not even six o'clock yet. What are you doing up so early?"

Li Xiuzhi washed Guoguo's face while saying, "I wanted to tell you this last night, but I overheard you arguing with your father-in-law and forgot about it."

"Today I want to take Guoguo back to Shanghe Village to see my brother."

Chen Lang said: "Take me with you."

Li Xiuzhi's hand washing her face suddenly stopped, and she looked at Chen Lang in disbelief: "You... want to go back to Shanghe Village with me?"

Except for the first year after marriage, when Chen Lang and I went back to Shanghe Village twice, Chen Lang never went there again after that.

The reason why Li Xiuzhi said she wanted to go back to Shanghe Village instead of her parents' home was because her parents died one after another not long after Li Xiuzhi married Chen Lang. The only relative Li Xiuzhi had in the world was her younger brother, Li Xiaohu.

Li Xiaohu has a rather violent temper and once beat up Chen Lang.

Chen Lang couldn't beat Li Xiaohu, so he beat Li Xiuzhi up after returning home to vent his anger.

Since then, Chen Lang has never been to Shanghe Village and has strictly forbade Li Xiuzhi from going back.

Li Xiuzhi hasn't seen her brother for several years. It would be a lie to say that she doesn't miss him. Now that Chen Lang's personality has changed drastically, Li Xiuzhi wants to go back and see him.

Although Li Xiaohu also missed his sister, as the pillar of the family, he had his parents-in-law to support and two hungry children to feed, so he really couldn't spare the time to visit his sister. The most he could do was ask people in the same village to occasionally send some food and clothes to his sister.

However, most of the things that were sent were sold by Chen Lang to pay off his debts, and the remaining part was confiscated by the Qin family in the name of confiscation.

Li Xiuzhi's silly look made Chen Lang feel a little funny. He pointed at Guoguo and said, "My dear girl, you're holding your breath."

Li Xiuzhi cried out "Ouch" and quickly took off her face mask.

Guoguo stuck out her tongue and panted: "Oh, Mom, I'm going to suffocate Guoguo!"

Li Xiuzhi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and said, "This silly child, doesn't he know how to hide?"

Then he looked at Chen Lang and said, "Do you really want to go back with me?"