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

Xing'er negotiated a price with the old village chief, and then she, along with her eldest brother, eldest sister, and second brother, boarded his oxcart.

The oxcart slowly drove away from the village at the foot of the mountain.

Li Chunhua lay in her third sister's arms, her eyes fixed on the village receding into the distance behind her, tears streaming down her face.

She has been married into the family for three years.

It's been three whole years.

The hardships I endured could not be recounted in three days and three nights.

Li Chunhua, nestled in her third sister's arms, asked incredulously:

"Third Sister, am I really out?"

Xing'er could see the scars all over her body when she looked down, especially on her exposed arms, which were covered in bruises, old and new wounds intertwined, a sight that made her heart ache.

She held her eldest sister's hand tightly and comforted her:

"Big sister, it's alright, come out, you're really out!"

"We'll never come to this awful place again."

After hearing this, Li Chunhua said emotionally:

"good!"

"OK!"

"I'm finally out, Third Sister. Even if I die, I don't want to die in this village down the mountain."

"Cough cough cough~~"

After saying that, she couldn't stop coughing.

Xing'er quickly took out a packet of medicine she had prepared from her bundle and fed it to her eldest sister one pill at a time. "Eldest sister, I prepared this medicine before I came. Take it first, and you'll feel better."

Li Chunhua's mouth moved, and she cried as she said:

"Okay, I'll eat it, I'll eat it!"

"I want to live a good life. I miss my dad, I miss my mom!"

Xing'er first wiped away her tears, then untied the water pouch.

After feeding her the medicine again and giving her a sip of spiritual spring water, Li Chunhua's eyelids gradually began to droop, and she slowly fell asleep, sweating as she slept.

She took out a handkerchief from her bundle and kept wiping her sweat.

Seeing his older sister sweating profusely, Li Xiaoshan grew anxious and quickly asked:

"Third sister, is it alright that eldest sister is sweating so much?"

"It's alright, it's alright. Eldest sister had a fever earlier, but she's sweating now and is fine. Don't worry, Second Brother!"

"That's good. It really hurts me to see my older sister suffering."

"Third sister, thank goodness for you, otherwise I don't know how badly they would have tortured me."

"They are so wicked!"

Xing'er nodded:

"They are bad, so they deserve to be taught a lesson. Today we taught the Liu family a good lesson, which can be considered as venting our anger for our eldest sister."

"..."

.......

As Granny Liu watched the oxcart disappear into the distance, she angrily jumped up and down at the entrance of her village, cursing. But the villagers just watched and laughed. The one who was most upset was not only her, but also her sister.

As Liu Sangu watched Li Chunhua leave, she began to worry to herself, "What will happen to her family if no one works for them anymore?"

You should know that Chunhua washes all the dirty clothes in her house, and even chopping firewood is Chunhua's job; she herself doesn't like to do chores.

Her daughter-in-law is very fierce, and her family is also fierce. She can't afford to be offended.

After thinking for a moment, Aunt Liu advised her sister:

"Hey, sister, let's forget about it. They're all gone. Let's go find a doctor to treat Xuecai and Xueming's injuries first!"

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu's arrogance immediately vanished, and she said with a bitter face:

"Everything in the house is smashed. I have no money to pay for Xuecai and the others' medical treatment. Second sister, can you lend me some money?"

"I...I don't have any money!"

"You all know my family's situation. By the way, Xuecai's wife is gone. My daughter-in-law's family has a widow who is just raising a child. She doesn't want a dowry. Why don't we go and meet her?"

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu began to jump up and down:

"What? You want my son to marry a widow?"

"No, this won't do."

"There are plenty of young, unmarried women in the world vying to marry my son. How can my son marry a widow? You are his aunt, how can you say such a thing?"

"What did I say? I'm only doing this for your own good. How can you be so ungrateful? I only said this because we're sisters. Would I have said it to anyone else?"

"Pah!"

"Why don't you just introduce me to a widow?"

"....."

The two started fighting as they were talking.

This made the people of Shanxia Village laugh for a long time.

By the time Xing'er arrived at the nearest town, Baisha, by oxcart, it was already evening.

She asked her older brother to carry her older sister on his back, and then paid the fare herself before asking a passerby for directions to an inn to rest.

This inn is different from a traditional guesthouse.

Generally, inns are places for wealthy and influential people to stay, while only inns are places for rural people to stay.

The inn she found wasn't big; it was just a single-entrance courtyard with only five guest rooms. Xing'er originally wanted two rooms, but the waiter said they were all gone, and there was only one room left.

After thinking about it, I had no choice but to make do.

After carrying his elder sister into the inn's room, Li Dashan carefully placed her on the bed.

He gently covered his eldest sister with the thin blanket.

Li Xiaoshan then asked the waiter for a pot of hot water.

Xing'er looked at her two older brothers and said:

"Big brother, second brother, you two stay here and take good care of eldest sister. I'll go to town to buy some food."

Li Xiaoshan nodded:

"Go ahead, your older brother and I are here, it'll be fine."

Li Chunhua lay on the unfamiliar bed, struggling to get up. "Third sister... this is too wasteful. How much money will it cost us to stay here? Our family is already poor."

"We...we can't spend so much!"

Li Xiaoshan quickly pushed his older sister back down, and he said with a rare sense of pride:

"Big sister, you have no idea! Our third sister has become so successful. She knows about herbs, is very strong, and can even hunt. Our family's life is so much better now, and we're even building a new house!"

Upon hearing this, Li Chunhua felt half-cured. She sat up and asked:

"Is that really true?"

"You're not kidding me, are you?"

Xing'er sat down in front of her, took her hand, and said softly:

"Eldest sister, what second brother said is true!"

"I'm incredibly strong now, otherwise how could I have beaten the Liu family to a pulp? As for the money, don't worry about it, I've got you covered!"

Li Chunhua happily wiped away her tears and asked again:

"You haven't done anything reckless again, have you?"

Xing'er rubbed her hands awkwardly upon hearing this.

Li Dashan quickly spoke up for her:

"Third sister has long since repented. Not only has she stopped doing bad things, but she has also become much more sensible. Eldest sister, you can rest assured."

Li Chunhua touched her third sister's hand and said like an elder:

"You've become sensible, and I'm truly happy for you. You've always been a worry for your parents and me since you were little. I was afraid you'd waste your whole life, but now that you're sensible, that's wonderful, so wonderful!"

Xinger felt her older sister's rough little hands rubbing against the back of her own hands, just like putting her hands on sandpaper. She felt really sorry for her; her older sister's hands were cracked all over, and there was black dirt under her fingernails.

The calluses on his hands must have come from countless jobs.

Her skin was rougher than her mother's hands.

She was touching her older sister's right hand, about to say something, when she suddenly noticed that her older sister's little finger was missing a section. Her gaze immediately turned cold, and just as she was about to say something, her older sister withdrew her hand like a child who had done something wrong.

She said softly, with a pleading expression:

"I...I, Third Sister, I'm hungry!"

"Okay, I'll go buy some food now."

Xing'er looked away, stood up, picked up her bundle, and walked out. When she reached the door, Li Dashan suddenly said, "Third Sister, we don't know this place well. Why don't I go with you?"

"It's alright, big brother, I can go by myself. You and second brother take good care of big sister. I'll be right back."