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Mrs. Liang threw the bamboo stick at Liang Haoxue and pointed at Liang Dazhu and cursed:

"If you can't even manage your wife, you should sell her off along with this money-losing bastard!"

"You're going to force me, Shi Haoyan. If you have the guts to force me, why don't you just get out of the Liang family? Look who would want you if you leave? With your daughter and your encumbrance, who would want you and let your daughter go to school except our Liang family?"

Seeing his mother was extremely angry, Liang Dazhu hurried to persuade Mrs. Liang: "Mom, go and have a rest."

Then he turned to the kneeling Liang Haoxue, his anger rising to the sky, his voice as loud as thunder:

"You know there's work to do at home, but you still come home late. Who else is as useless as you at the age of 19? What else can you do besides studying? Every time school starts, you just use studying to slack off. Go back and do your homework, and stop irritating me!"

Liang Haoxue didn't dare to refute. She stood up to pick up her schoolbag, but was thrown aside by Mrs. Liang as soon as she entered the door.

As she picked up the schoolbag, Mrs. Liang snatched it away, took out the notebook inside, tore it in half on the spot, and said to Liang Haoxue in a vicious voice:

"I told you to read! What book should I read?"

"Something that burns fire."

Then he took it to the kitchen, and the cursing could still be heard clearly through the kitchen wall.

Liang Haoxue could only helplessly pick up the schoolbag thrown on the ground and cry silently.

Liang Dazhu was annoyed and said angrily:

"Cry again and I'll slap you!"

Now she didn't even dare to cry.

She was just glad that she only brought back a notebook and copied all the questions she needed to do into the notebook. At least it wasn't the book that was torn.

Shi Haoyan could fight with Liang Dapo, but she didn't dare to fight with Liang Dazhu, but she still dared to scold him.

She stepped forward, yanking Liang Haoxue's clothes, and angrily scolded Liang Dazhu:

"Look at what a piece of shit your mother is! Ah! Liang Dazhu! This is your daughter. Look at how she's been beaten. Her clothes are torn, and her hands and face are covered in bruises. Are you a man?"

Liang Dazhu was a man who had been suppressed since childhood and was used to being a coward. He didn't dare to go against his parents, and after getting married, he didn't dare to go against his wife. His face was full of anger, and his tone was harsh, but he didn't say anything to Shi Haoyan:

"It's because she is ignorant."

Shi Haoyan straightened Liang Haoxue's hair that was messed up by Mrs. Liang, and pushed her daughter's shoulders and said:

"Go back to the house. When your grandma leaves, go to the kitchen and get the notebook back to see if you can still write."

Liang Haoxue nodded silently and walked towards her bedroom.

This place used to be used to store firewood.

After the Liang family split up, they didn't need so much firewood. Shi Haoyan and Liang's wife quarreled for three days before Liang Haoxue was allowed to live in a room of her own, which is this firewood room.

Only one side of the firewood shed has an earthen wall, and the other three sides are covered with bamboo fences woven with bamboo strips. Now there is some firewood piled outside, which just forms a barrier outside, and the door is still a bamboo door.

The bed was also simple, a door panel replaced by the Liang family, supported by two large stones at the head and foot of the bed. The door panel was scrubbed clean, and a sheet was placed on it, with a quilt on it. Her few clothes were placed at the head of the bed.

In some rural areas, dead people and pigs are sometimes carried on door panels.

Therefore, Mrs. Liang often scolded Liang Haoxue as a dead person who slept on the door panel and was committing sins while still alive.

Just as she put her schoolbag on the bed, she heard Mrs. Liang's voice:

"You rotten-mouthed Liang Haoxue, you want to rest right after you come back? Why don't you just go and pick grass for the pigs? You think you're a landlord just because you've read books? You shameless bastard, you're a beggar begging for food and drink in the Liang family."

Liang Haoxue remained silent and took out the hiring fee and cleaning money she got from Jiang Yan from her pocket.

She counted carefully and it was two dollars and fifty cents in total.

As he counted the money, tears fell on him. Hearing the footsteps of Mrs. Liang coming out of the kitchen, he quickly hid the money under the door panel and placed it on the supporting stone.

Mrs. Liang quickly pushed open her bamboo curtain door, and Liang Haoxue said quickly, "I'll change my clothes and go."

"Why change clothes? You should go out in these rags and get dragged into the woods and fucked. Shameless slut, after you finish picking grass for the pigs, if you don't go to the mountains and bring back two bundles of firewood, I'll beat you to death tonight!"

"Don't think you can get away with being lazy just because you're late! You lazy pig! Shi Haoyan shouldn't have given birth to you when she was pregnant with you. She should have strangled you to death after you were born!"

Shi Haoyan's voice came over: "How long are you going to keep scolding me, old hag? Don't think I won't hit you just because Liang Dazhu is here!"

"Stop arguing. Who quarrels every day?"

Liang Dazhu was very embarrassed because he was caught between his wife and his mother. His tone was a little uncomfortable, and he turned and shouted angrily towards Liang Haoxue's house:

"Liang Haoxue, hurry up and get back to work! You're annoying me every day."

"Don't make me invite you myself!"

Mrs. Liang has already gone out to visit someone else's house.

Liang Haoxue quickly changed her clothes. At this age, she had completed her development. Liang Haoxue always wore long sleeves and long pants. Her clothes were all made of hard fabrics. She had no underwear and only wore one layer in summer.

She knew that she dressed differently from her classmates. In the past, she rarely left the classroom after class and walked with a hunched back and her head down.

Since the beginning of this semester, I have been leaving the classroom more often after class because I have to help Jiang Yan run errands, get meals and wash lunch boxes.

Liang Haoxue's back was straight only when she was kneeling.

Before Liang Dazhu got angry, Liang Haoxue went out carrying a backpack that was twice as big as her. The bamboo straps of the backpack pressed against her beaten body, causing pain.

She was used to it, so she took off her shoes and went out barefoot.

You can’t wear your shoes often at home, otherwise they will break and you won’t have anything to wear to school.

Liang Haoxue was watching as she went to collect grass for the pigs. Some people were resting at their homes nearby.

"Your granddaughter is beaten every day, and she still refuses to get married? I think you're being too nice to her."

These words were directed at Old Man Liang, as he was the person with the most weight in the Liang family.

Old Man Liang tapped his pipe and said calmly and cheerfully:

"The old woman is the master of household affairs. She beats the girl whenever she wants. She doesn't care about the girl's studies. She is soft-hearted. She beats her every day out of love for her. If the girl wants to study, she lets her study."

"I beat her because she didn't listen. She was out of school a long time ago, and she just came back now."

"If I weren't a man, I would have beaten her up. My children and grandchildren are all in debt. Thanks to my wife's good management, I can have so much free time."

Then he started laughing with the old man he was chatting with.

Late at night

Shi Haoyan quietly poured some of Old Man Liang's wine into the water, then took a kerosene lamp and carried a bowl of water to Liang Haoxue's room.

She lit the kerosene lamp, and Liang Haoxue, who was not asleep yet, quickly sat up.

His face and body were swollen, it was shocking to see.

"mom……"

Liang Haoxue looked at the bowl of water her mother brought, and Shi Haoyan whispered:

"Take off your clothes, I'll wipe you with wine, it will heal faster."

There is no medicine.

But Old Man Liang’s medicinal wine is very effective. It can make the wound feel more comfortable after being applied to it. I heard from people in the city that it can also be used for disinfection.

Liang Haoxue nodded and did as she was told. She sat on the edge of the bed, enduring the pain, with her eyes drooping and red as tears welled up in her eyes. No one knew what she was thinking.

After cleaning the wound, Liang Haoxue got out of bed and took out the two dollars and fifty cents she had earned and handed them to Shi Haoyan.

Shi Haoyan was so startled that she almost dropped the kerosene lamp in her hand. She whispered in great surprise:

"Where did you get so much money—"

"Liang Haoxue!! How dare you steal money!!"

A loud angry voice suddenly sounded at the door like an explosion.