Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

However, although this practice was so cruel, no one thought there was anything wrong with it.

As a weak person, why do you enjoy such a high status in the Xiao clan?

Back then, when Xiao Ying still had talent, Xiao Qingge, as his mother, could still enjoy his glory and regard herself as the clan leader's wife. But now that Xiao Ying has fallen on hard times, it is only natural that the worthless Xiao Qingge is abandoned by Xiao Wuyun.

Back to the present, after the wooden barrel was crushed by Xiao Ling, Xiao Ying returned home, found a broken bowl while his mother was asleep, left home and quickly ran to the well.

Looking at the dark deep well below, Xiao Ying's heart sank slightly. Then he made up his mind, gritted his teeth, held the bowl in his mouth, grasped the well rope with both hands, stepped on the wall of the well with his feet, and slid down little by little.

In order to bring the water back to Xiao Qingge, she had no choice but to use this method.

Anyway, the wooden barrel has been destroyed, so I might as well practice in advance. If Xiao Qingge really needs water one day in the future, I won't need to be so cautious.

At the moment the wooden barrel was destroyed, Xiao Ying wanted to go and ask others for help, but she immediately dismissed the idea as soon as it came to her mind.

No one would be willing to help them. Even their biological father Xiao Wuyun didn't care about them, so how could they expect others to help them?

Therefore, Xiao Ying deeply understood in her heart that the only person she could rely on was herself, and the only person her mother could rely on was also herself.

No matter how big the difficulty is, you can only find ways to solve it by yourself. Don't even think about relying on others.

Slowly, as Xiao Ying gradually slid to the bottom of the well, he felt the coolness coming from below. He tightly grasped the well rope with one hand, bent down slightly, and reached down with the other hand, touching the water surface. He immediately took the bowl from his mouth, scooped it up with water, and put it in his mouth again, biting the edge of the bowl with his teeth.

At least at this moment, Xiao Ying was quite glad that his bowl was so thin, otherwise it would not be so easy to hold it in his mouth without spilling water.

After holding it firmly in his mouth, Xiao Ying grasped the well rope with both hands and climbed up the well surface little by little with his feet. He was more careful than when he came down, for fear that the water he had finally filled the bowl would spill down again.

He climbed carefully for several minutes, and when his hands were shaking, he finally reached the well. He immediately placed the bowl full of water on the edge of the well from his numb mouth, and then he climbed out of the well tremblingly, sat on the ground and gasped for breath.

To be honest, after Xiao Ying's fighting spirit subsided, the first thing he thought about was to train his body. No matter how strong his fighting spirit was, at least his physique could not get weaker.

However, Xiao Ying did not do so.

The reason was very simple. If you want to exercise, you will have to eat more. He and his mother were expelled from the clan leader's house. The money they gave them every month was barely enough to fill their stomachs. How could they have extra money to exercise?

After a long while, Xiao Ying recovered his breath, reached out and picked up the bowl by the well, and quickly returned home while making sure not to spill the water.

After returning home, Xiao Ying breathed a sigh of relief and saw Xiao Qingge still sleeping peacefully. He put the bowl on the table, then raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the extra food next to the thatched pile.

Where does this food come from?

Xiao Qingge had been bedridden due to her weak health, and she had no memory of buying these foods. Who else would put the food here besides the two of them? You know, no one in the family liked them.

And this was not the first time. Xiao Ying had seen food inexplicably appear in his home several times.

Before Xiao Ying could think about it, Xiao Qingge slowly opened her eyes and pursed her cracked lips slightly. Seeing this, Xiao Ying immediately picked up the bowl on the table, squatted down beside Xiao Qingge, and helped her sit up.

"Mother, come and drink some water."

Xiao Ying gently placed the bowl next to Xiao Qingge's mouth and fed her the food bit by bit.

After drinking half a bowl of water, Xiao Qingge's complexion looked a little better, and he looked at Xiao Ying and smiled softly.

"Ying'er, thank you for your hard work. Are you hungry too?" Xiao Qingge raised her dry hands and pointed at the food beside her. "This was sent by others. Have some."

Xiao Ying looked at the food in the direction of Xiao Qingge's finger, frowned slightly, and then looked at Xiao Qingge again.

"Mother, I have always wanted to ask, who gave us these foods?"

In response to Xiao Ying's question, Xiao Qingge did not answer, but just shook his head slightly.

But in Xiao Ying's opinion, Xiao Qingge's shaking head had two meanings.

One is not knowing, the other is not being able to say.

Either meaning is possible.

Seeing that Xiao Qingge was unwilling to give a direct answer, Xiao Ying did not ask any further questions because there was no need.

Even if I knew, what could I do?

It is unlikely that the other party has other purposes. In the entire Xiao clan, they, mother and daughter, are the most worthless. No one would think that they can gain anything from them.

And if it was purely out of goodwill, there would be no need to ask. It would be enough for the other party to still send food to his mother and daughter even when they were so despised and rejected.

Therefore, there is no need to think about anything else, just be grateful.

Xiao Ying reached out and took out a large pancake from the food, tore off a small piece from it, and handed it to Xiao Qingge.

"Mother, you eat first."

Xiao Qingge looked at the cake that Xiao Ying handed over and took it without refusing.

She knew that Xiao Ying would never eat if she didn't eat first.

Seeing Xiao Qingge eating the cake bit by bit, Xiao Ying smiled. He sat down cross-legged beside Xiao Qingge, leaning slightly against her, eating the cake in his hand bite by bite, and from time to time he took the half bowl of water and fed it to Xiao Qingge to prevent her from choking.

Seeing his mother's condition gradually improving, Xiao Ying felt very relieved.

Although the current situation is indeed very difficult, with not enough food to eat, not enough warm clothes to wear, and being constantly troubled and despised by others.

But at least, my mother is still with me, and that is enough.

Even though she was kicked out of the clan leader's house and her quality of life plummeted, she didn't feel that sad.

In this family where the strong prey on the weak, being alive is a blessing from heaven. Even if life is extremely hard, it is still alive.

Xiao Ying is genuine and not greedy at all.

At least, so far.

Chapter 377 Return it to her

At the beginning of each month, the family will distribute currency that only circulates within the family according to multiple standards such as the status, contribution, and level of each family. This can also be regarded as an incentive model of the family.

If you want to get more, then climb higher and practice harder. More currency will give you more resources, so you can climb higher and practice faster. This is a very virtuous cycle.

However, no matter how good the rules are, there are always exceptions.

"Here, your paper bill for this month."

The person in charge of distributing the money casually pulled out five bills from the table and handed them out, glancing at Xiao Ying in front of him with contempt, and there were noisy laughs all around.

"She's probably the only one who comes to collect the minimum amount of money every month."

"You want this little money? Aren't you ashamed?"

"If I were her, I would have committed suicide long ago to avoid wasting family resources."

Xiao Ying, who had long been accustomed to the gossip coming from the surroundings, ignored it and reached out to take the five banknotes. Looking at the big word "Xiao" engraved on them, it seemed so glaring.

In the past, she received more than 50,000 paper tickets every month, but now she only receives five.

These five bills are the living expenses for himself and his mother for one month, and are just enough for food. As for wanting to exchange the bills for cultivation resources, it is pure wishful thinking. The most basic Qi Gathering Powder requires one hundred bills, which is the food expenses for himself and his mother for ten months.

What's more, given my current situation, there's no point in buying it.

After collecting the paper money, Xiao Ying turned around and walked away quickly amid the sarcastic voices echoing around him.

At this moment, a figure suddenly stood in front of her, blocking Xiao Ying's way.

The arrogant face, the domineering expression, who else could it be but Xiao Ling?

"You useless piece of shit, you're shamelessly coming here to collect your money again?"

Xiao Ying raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her. He didn't say anything, just nodded silently, then walked around her and wanted to leave.

However, Xiao Ling flashed and stood in front of her again.

"Don't be in a hurry to leave. I see you are so pitiful, so I came here to give you some benefits." Xiao Ling grinned, waved her hand, and a stack of paper bills appeared in her hand. She threw it at Xiao Ying, "Here are 100 paper bills, which is a small amount of money for me. If you want, you can give it to you."

Hearing Xiao Ling's words, Xiao Ying's heart trembled.

One hundred bills were enough for her to do many things. She could change her mother's bed and pillow, buy her a new wooden barrel, and she wouldn't have to be so tight on food.

Although Xiao Ying longed for it so much, she knew that Xiao Ling would not be so kind as to give it to her for free.

"As long as you kneel down and crawl under my crotch, I will mercifully give these to you, how about it?"

Sure enough, when Xiao Ling spoke like this, his tone was full of malice.

When Xiao Ling forced Xiao Ying to kneel down before, there was no one else around.

Today, Xiao Ling humiliated himself in front of everyone, which caused Xiao Ying several times more stimulation.

When the others heard Xiao Ling's words, they burst into laughter.

"To crawl under Miss Xiao Ling's crotch? Isn't that just like a dog?"

"Hey~ Stop insulting the dog. The dogs in the family now have a higher status than her."

"This person is really, living worse than a dog."

Listening to the mockery and insults from the people around him, Xiao Ying's shoulders kept shaking, his pupils shrank tightly, and the self-esteem in his heart burned like a raging fire.

Now, she really wanted to follow her instinct and reply coldly to Xiao Ling that she didn't need it.

However, when Xiao Ying thought of her sick mother, the self-esteem in her heart retreated aside obediently.

What use is self-esteem to me now?

My self-esteem can't bring any help to my mother at all.

Xiao Ying's whole body was tense. Finally, in front of everyone, he slowly bent down with a trembling body. Like a stray dog, he crawled under Xiao Ling's crotch.

"Hahahahaha!!!"

Seeing Xiao Ying passing under his crotch, Xiao Ling laughed wildly.

The once favored daughter of heaven, now crawled under someone's crotch like a dog for a mere hundred pieces of paper money.

Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying, when you were so arrogant and looked down upon everyone else, did you ever imagine that this day would come?

"Hehehe~ I didn't expect that not only your strength has become useless, but you also have no self-esteem at all. Why don't you just stop being a human and be a dog?"

Xiao Ling looked at Xiao Ying with a sneer. Xiao Ying slowly got up from the ground and lowered her head. The expression on her face could not be seen clearly. Only a low voice could be heard coming out of her mouth.

"Give me the money."

"Okay, okay, I am a trustworthy person. Since you have given up your dignity, I will give you an extra hundred."

Xiao Ling had another stack of banknotes in his hand. He raised his hand and threw them at Xiao Ying's face along with the previous stack of banknotes. The banknotes immediately scattered on the ground. Xiao Ying stared at the banknotes on the ground, and Xiao Ling's voice came to his ears again.

"Just lie on the ground and pick them up one by one, like a dog."

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Xiao Ying stood there in a daze for a long while, then he lay down again, kneeling on the ground, picking up the scattered banknotes one by one.

At this time, Xiao Ying could no longer hear any sound around him. All he could think about was picking up the banknotes and leaving as quickly as possible.

Or rather, escape from here.

His own face and self-esteem were trampled, crushed and trampled by Xiao Ling in front of everyone.

Xiao Ying had never longed for death so much.

But she couldn't die, she absolutely couldn't die.

My mother still needs someone to take care of her. If I die, she won’t live long.

Seeing Xiao Ying kneeling on the ground picking up the banknotes one by one, a member of the Xiao clan walked forward with a smile, picked up a few banknotes, and looked at Xiao Ying with a teasing intention.

"Xiao Ying, this money is Miss Xiao Ling's hard-earned money. You just acted like a dog and took it away casually, didn't you?"

"lay down."

A cold voice suddenly rang out, interrupting the mocking words of the Xiao clan member. Turning his head, he saw that Xiao Ling's eyes were full of coldness when he looked at him.

Then Xiao Ling raised his hand slightly, and a stream of energy suddenly hit the wrist of the Xiao clan member, causing him to feel pain. The banknotes in his hand also fell to the ground. The Xiao clan member looked at Xiao Ling in astonishment.

"Miss Xiao Ling, you."

"This is what she got for being a dog in front of me. Don't move it."

Xiao Ling's tone was extremely sinister, and it was tinged with cold murderous intent, which made the Xiao clan member realize that if he dared to go against Xiao Ling's wishes again, she would kill him without a doubt.

"I'm sorry, Miss Xiao Ling! I overstepped my bounds!"

The Xiao clan member bowed his head repeatedly to apologize, then turned around and left in embarrassment.

Xiao Ling's action also silenced the people around who had just mocked Xiao Ying, for fear of angering this moody young lady.

Xiao Ling's current status is equivalent to that of Xiao Ying in the past, and she is also the granddaughter of the Great Elder. Even if she kills someone present in a fit of rage, she will not get into any trouble.

Watching the nosy member of the Xiao clan leave, Xiao Ling once again looked at Xiao Ying who was lying on the ground picking up money.