The whole family stocked up on supplies two years in advance, so they could live a life of luxury wh

Xinghua Village.

The Ninth Family.

The night is already deep.

Seeing that his brothers hadn't returned for two days, and hearing from others that they had heard someone being eaten by a tiger while they were in the mountains, Li Mantun became increasingly frightened.

He was so scared that he would scream and shout in his dreams at night. In his dreams, his two older brothers were eaten by tigers, leaving only their hair and blood. He screamed in terror.

The sound quickly reached Wang's ears.

She nudged the man beside her awake, saying worriedly:

"Ninth Brother, listen to what Mantun is saying. What tiger? What brother?"

Li Laojiu pulled the quilt around himself, rolled over, and said impatiently:

"He's talking nonsense. Why are you thinking so much? Go to sleep. If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, I'll beat you up, you believe me?"

Seeing that he didn't get up, Wang had no choice but to get up, put on her clothes, and walk towards her son's room in the dark. As soon as she got close, she heard her son talking nonsense again.

"Big brother, second brother, where did you go?"

"Why aren't you back yet?"

"What...you were eaten by a tiger?"

"Ah...no, don't come any closer!"

Immediately afterward, Li Mantun's crying rang out. Upon hearing this, Wang Shi could no longer hold back. She pushed open the door and rushed in to shake her third son awake, "Mantun, wake up."

"Wake up! What happened to your older brothers? What happened to them?"

"Tell me quickly!"

Li Mantun was shaken awake. He opened his eyes and saw that it was his mother. He could no longer bear the torment in his heart and burst into tears.

"Mother, Mother, my eldest and second brothers didn't go looking for work, they..."

Wang had a bad feeling. She tried to calm herself down and then asked her third son in a low voice about the situation.

Where did they go?

"It's alright. Tell your mother where your brothers went. Your mother won't blame you, don't be afraid!"

As she spoke, she hugged her son, who was covered in cold sweat.

Li Mantun was panting heavily, and Wang quickly patted his back to help him catch his breath. After a while, Li Mantun finally told the truth.

"Mother...Mother, my eldest brother...my second brother told me not to tell you, but they secretly went to Forbidden Mountain. They said they would beat me to death if I dared to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Wang's mind went completely blank, as if struck by lightning. Her lips turned pale instantly, and her usually sharp eyes lost all their luster.

"Man...Mantun, what did you say? Your...your brother went to Forbidden Mountain?"

"Then...then they said the person who was eaten by the tiger that day...was...your brother?"

She swayed, feeling all her strength drain away, her mind buzzing, and she didn't even know what she was saying.

Li Mantun was terrified when he saw his mother like this, and he burst into tears:

"Mother, Mother, I'm scared, I'm scared. I just dreamt that my eldest brother and second brother only had one head left."

"Mom, I'm so scared!"

Wang held her son stiffly, her lips trembling, but she couldn't utter a single word.

she.....

Her two sons were eaten by a tiger.

She carried and raised her two sons to adulthood for ten months, but they are gone!

At once!

Only two heads were left?

The thought of that horrific scene made Wang's blood rush to her head, her body went limp, and she collapsed onto Li Mantun. "You...you help your mother to bed to rest."

"Yes, Mother."

Wang lay on the bed with her eyes tightly closed, large tears streaming down her face.

Li Mantun was only ten years old. Seeing his mother like this, he was so frightened that he couldn't speak. He curled up next to his mother like a big cat, and Wang Shi patted her son's back weakly with her palm.

She cried while trying to put her son to sleep.

Just like when I was a kid, I would coax my eldest and second eldest siblings.

Until the third child fell asleep.

She sat up abruptly, wiped away her tears, and the images of her two sons flashed before her eyes. She covered her mouth with her hand and wept bitterly for a while. Then, biting her lip, she swore:

"Mancang, Manyin, your mother will not let you die in vain."

"Li Xing'er, it's all because of you, it's all because of you. If you hadn't gone to the forbidden mountain to hunt wild boar on your own, you wouldn't have lured my two sons to their deaths."

"It's you!"

"It's all your fault!"

"I'll make you pay with your life for my two sons."

"Son....!"

"My dear son...!"

After saying that, she stumbled back to her room, frantically shaking her husband awake, crying and shouting:

"Ninth brother, ninth brother, the eldest and second brothers are gone."

"Get up quickly! Our son is dead!"

"Do you know?"

"They're dead!"

Her voice was deafening. Upon hearing this, Li Laojiu sat bolt upright in bed, grabbed his wife's shoulders, and shouted:

"What nonsense are you spouting, you woman?"

"Aren't the eldest and second eldest working in town? What nonsense are you spouting?"

Wang cried out:

"The eldest and second eldest went to the forbidden mountain and got eaten by a tiger...!"

"That day they said the sounds they heard in the mountains were those of our eldest and second eldest brothers."

"What?"

Li Laojiu was struck dumb.

He felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and after a moment, he asked again:

"You mean when Xing'er went into the mountains that day, Mancang and Manyin went in with her?"

Wang nodded with tears streaming down her face.

"The one being eaten is our son, Lao Jiu, he is our son, the son I raised from a baby."

"How could they have been eaten by a tiger!"

"Ninth Brother, I'm not reconciled!"

"My son!"

"I will kill that bitch Xing'er to pay for our son's life."

Li Lao Jiu was heartbroken when he heard the bad news, but he also knew very well that this had nothing to do with Xing'er; it was their son who wanted to go to his death.

He gritted his teeth and cursed:

"These two disobedient brats are at fault, you...you shouldn't talk nonsense."

"We still have our third child."

Wang trembled upon hearing this. She couldn't believe that her son had died because of Li Fusheng's daughter, and she couldn't blame her?

She looked up at her man, trembling all over, her heart broken. After calming down for a moment, she screamed hysterically again:

"Are you even a man?"

"Your two sons were killed by Li Fusheng's family, and you don't even blame them? You... do you even deserve to be a father?"

Although Li Laojiu felt both hatred and anger, he knew that this really had nothing to do with Fusheng's family.

He said helplessly:

"Xiuxiu, don't be like this. I've told you, these two brats are courting death. You...you're not allowed to cause trouble for Fusheng."

"well."

"Go to sleep, you go to sleep, I'm not sleeping."

"You are so heartless and ungrateful, I should never have married you in the first place."

After Li Laojiu patiently comforted her, he didn't expect her to still be making a fuss.

He simply raised his fist and punched her.

After being beaten, Wang finally stopped making a fuss.

Half an hour later.

The time has come to the hour of Chou (1-3 AM).

The first chicken in Xinghua Village has already started crowing.

"Giggle~"

After being brutally beaten, Wang waited until the man fell asleep, then, feeling utterly hopeless, put on her clothes and walked outside.