Flip the table and divide the family property! Take his wife and daughter into the mountains and eat

Erga ran wildly, and all he could hear was the whooshing wind and his own panting, like a broken bellows.

He didn't know how far he had run; his yellow rubber shoes sank into the muddy puddles, splashing mud all over half of his trousers.

He collapsed against a haystack outside the village, his lungs burning as if they were about to burst, completely exhausted. He slid down the haystack and sat on the ground.

"Cough cough... vomit..."

He bent over and retched violently again, but his stomach was already empty, and he only vomited two mouthfuls of bitter yellow bile.

Erga Zi dug his hands deep into his hair, his fingertips touching the greasy, stiff osmanthus-scented hair oil, and felt a wave of nausea wash over him.

He frantically rubbed his forehead with his sleeve, then ripped open his oversized white shirt, the buttons at the collar flying off into the weeds.

A cold wind suddenly rushed into his thin chest, making him shiver violently.

Ergaizi stared blankly at his trembling hands.

The stack of ten-yuan bills he slammed on the table, the shattered sunglasses, the pool of dark red blood on the ground, and Liu Changgui's fawning old face looming close to his eyes—all these images raced wildly through his mind like a revolving lantern.

The sound of the wind in his ears suddenly became extremely sharp and thin, as if countless steel needles were piercing his skull.

The previously gray and desolate grassland suddenly began to shake, and together with the bare tree shadows in the distance and the pale sun in the sky, they all twisted into a distorted and dazzling vortex.

A dull, suffocating feeling gripped his neck.

Erga felt the yellow earth beneath his feet collapse completely like cotton, and he felt dizzy and everything went black.

"Thump!"

His knees buckled, and he couldn't even manage to reach out for support. He fell straight forward, crashing heavily against the cold, damp haystack, completely unconscious.

……

Meanwhile, in the main room of the Liu family in Xiakanzi Village, Ergazi, who was originally sitting at the Eight Immortals Table, had long since disappeared.

The door was wide open, and the cold wind of early spring rushed in, causing the tea on the table to slick with a layer of cold oil.

Grandma Liu collapsed onto the cold, muddy ground, her hands covered in sticky, dark red snot. She clutched her daughter tightly to her chest, tears and snot mingling together, her throat dry and hoarse from crying, calling out her name over and over again:

"Cui'er... Cui'er..."

"Cui'er, open your eyes and look at your mother... Cui'er..."

Liu Cuier, who was in his arms, was as pale as paper. Blood from her forehead flowed down her cheeks and neck. Her eyelids were tightly closed, and she did not move at all no matter how he shook her.

Standing by the table, Liu Changgui stared at the empty entrance, his two cloudy old eyes fixed on the spot, as if all his strength had been drained away.

The golden bachelor she had almost found ran away, and all the money in her pocket vanished.

His chest heaved violently a few times, and the fat on his face twitched suddenly. All his panic and anger instantly turned into a vicious, evil fire.

Liu Changgui turned his head, looked at the glaring pool of blood on the ground and his unconscious daughter, but didn't move forward even half a step. Instead, he gritted his teeth and spat a mouthful of thick, phlegm-like saliva onto the ground.

"Damn it! What a fucking jinx!"

He kicked away the shards of porcelain at his feet and roared at the wailing Liu Da Niang on the ground, "Crying! All you do is cry! You jinx! You two have ruined all my good things! Hurry up and get this brat onto the bed, do you really want her to die in my main room and bring bad luck?!"

Upon hearing Liu Changgui's inhuman curse, Aunt Liu, who had only been wailing, suddenly trembled.

The crying stopped abruptly.

She slowly raised her head, her face weathered and usually submissive, now streaked with blood and tears. Her eyes were fixed on Liu Changgui, bloodshot and chilling.

Liu Changgui felt a sudden chill run down his spine under her gaze and instinctively took a half-step back, but his words remained fierce:

"What are you looking at! Did I say something wrong? Get this good-for-nothing out of here right now!"

"Liu Changgui... are you even human?!"

Aunt Liu's voice was so hoarse it sounded like sandpaper was being ground, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth.

She didn't wipe the blood and tears from her face; her two hands, stained with her daughter's blood, trembled violently as she pointed at Liu Changgui, her chest heaving.

"This is your own daughter! From the moment she was born, you disliked her because she wasn't a boy. All these years, she's worked tirelessly for you, serving you food and drink, and you beat and scold her at the drop of a hat. Every single day she's covered in bruises!"

"You squandered your family fortune through laziness and now that you're old, you want to enjoy a life of luxury, so you sell your own daughter like an animal! When she wasn't happy, you smashed her head against her! Now she's barely alive, and you don't even glance at her, instead muttering about bringing bad luck upon her?!"

Aunt Liu held the cold Liu Cuier tightly in her arms, tears streaming down her face again, her voice shrill and almost tearing her throat:

"Liu Changgui! You've been utterly heartless! You're not human, you're a beast! If anything happens to Cui'er today, I won't live either! I'll fight you to the death!"

Liu Changgui had been a tyrant at home for most of his life. When had he ever been scolded by this submissive and weak person?

Upon hearing the word "beast," the veins on his forehead bulged instantly, and an unnamed rage ignited in his chest.

"This is outrageous! Everyone's fucking rebelled today!"

Liu Changgui took two steps forward, looked down at Liu Da Niang on the ground, raised his calloused hand, and slapped her hard across the face!

"Snapped!"

With a crisp crack, Aunt Liu was knocked to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, and half of her cheek instantly swelled up.

"Am I not human? I fed you and fed you, and now you've turned me into an animal?!"

Liu Changgui pointed at her nose and started cursing, spitting all over her face:

"You worthless good-for-nothing who can't even produce a son, what are you trying to prove to me? I gave Cui'er her life, and I can do whatever I want with her! You want to fight me to the death? What do you have to offer? I'll beat you to death right here in this house today, and let's see who in the village dares to utter a sound!"

Aunt Liu's ears were ringing from the beating, but instead of cowering and begging for mercy as usual, she spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, her eyes fixed on Liu Changgui as if coated with poison, and let out a hoarse scream:

"Liu Changgui, go ahead and hit me! If you have the guts, beat us both to death right here!"

She struggled to sit up, her two blood-stained hands tightly protecting her daughter behind her, her voice shrill and piercing:

"If you don't kill me, once I crawl out of this door, I'll report you to the commune! I'll report you to the county public security bureau for murdering your own daughter! If the county protects you, I'll beg my way to the city, all the way to the capital! I'll risk my old life to make sure you get shot and go to jail!"

"Good! Good! Excellent!"

Liu Changgui trembled with rage, his back teeth grinding together, his dark red face twisted into a grotesque demonic shape.

"Sue me? You want to sue me all the way to the capital and get me shot?"

He laughed in fury, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Granny Liu on the ground, his chest heaving violently like a bellows.

"I bet you haven't even left Xiakanzi Village yet and your bones have already been snatched away by wild dogs! You want to sue, huh? I'll beat you to death right now, and that damned little bastard on the ground too! I'll kill you two worthless wretches, then I'll burn this dilapidated house to the ground, and who the hell can do anything about it?!"

Liu Changgui went completely mad, suddenly bending down and grabbing the thick doorstop that had just fallen onto the muddy ground.

He raised the wooden stick high with both hands and, with all his might, smashed it down on Aunt Liu, who was protecting Cui'er!

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, the thick, hard wooden bar slammed solidly into Aunt Liu's back.

Aunt Liu let out a piercing scream of pain, and was thrown forward by the blow, a mouthful of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

But her withered and thin arms were like rusted iron, tightly protecting the unconscious Cui'er beneath her, refusing to let go no matter how much she was hit.

"Still dare to protect him! I'll smash your spine first, then crack that little bastard's head!"

Liu Changgui's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like he was possessed by a demon. He swung the door bar in his hand and smashed it against Liu Da Niang one blow after another like a madman!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The dull thuds of flesh being struck and the resounding cracks of wood breaking echoed continuously in the cramped earthen house.

Aunt Liu was beaten until her whole body convulsed violently. The old cotton-padded jacket with floral patterns on her back was smashed open, and her skin and flesh were covered with terrible bruises and bloodstains.

She let out a weak, painful groan, the light before her eyes gradually dimming, yet she continued to vomit blood and froth, cursing incoherently:

"Liu Changgui...you...you'll die a horrible death..."

"Still being stubborn! I'll send you and your mother on your way today!"

Liu Changgui was covered in sweat and panting heavily, his eyes filled with bloodthirsty rage.

He gripped the wooden bar tightly with both hands, raised it high above his head, and was about to deliver the final, fatal blow to Aunt Liu's head—

"Hey, Lao Liu, what kind of deadly hard qigong are you practicing in broad daylight, with the door closed inside?"