Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 107 - 107 107 Borrowing Money

?Chapter 107: Chapter 107 Borrowing Money Chapter 107: Chapter 107 Borrowing Money “I’m your sister Bai Xiao!” she helped Bai Yue up.

“What?” Bai Yue turned around sharply, and because she did so with too much force, she pulled at the wound on her mouth corner, wincing in pain. But she also managed to see Bai Xiao’s face clearly, and immediate joy filled her eyes.

“Xiao, is it really you? How did you get here? Has something happened?” Bai Yue’s first reaction upon seeing her sister was that something must have gone wrong. Whenever she went back to visit Bai Xiao, her sister always kept silent, hardly uttering a word, shy and mute. And now, suddenly appearing at her doorstep indicated that something must have happened, otherwise why would her sister come to visit?

After all, it’s more than a hundred miles away. How could she, a young girl, make it here?

“It’s nothing, Sister. I just wanted to check on you. Brother-in-law, why did you hit my sister? No matter the reason, a grown man shouldn’t lay a hand on a woman, right?” Bai Xiao looked at Bai Yue’s wound with heartache, giving Li Dashan no friendly glances. From what her older sister said just now, it seemed that Li Dashan’s father had once saved their father, which led to this enormous debt of gratitude.

When Bai Yue married into the family, Li Dashan’s household was probably dirt poor, and he himself almost died.

Not only did the Li Family show no gratitude for the help they’d received, but they also bullied her sister. How could she be unaware that a woman carrying stones on the mountain was a harsh reality? Yes, considering Li Dashan’s character, he wasn’t someone who’d willingly spend even a bit of money to take care of his wife’s sister. If it weren’t for her sister risking her life to carry stones on the mountain to earn money, most of which ended up in the hands of the Li Family, how could he have agreed to support her with two dollars a month for all these years?

She should have realized this.

Where can you make money in the countryside? Even their Liupan Village, considered a prosperous place, doesn’t offer much besides crops to fill stomachs for the year, while the healthy laborers of the household go out to earn some extra cash with odd jobs.

Still, many strong men can’t even find work.

Not to mention in this poor mountain ravine, Bai Yue must have been truly desperate to resort to carrying stones. Bai Xiao almost burst into tears, but she held them back forcefully. This wasn’t the time to cry. If she didn’t deal with Li Dashan now, he’d likely continue to be brazen. Judging from the situation, this was probably not the first time he had hit her sister, and fury filled Bai Xiao’s chest.

Li Dashan, knowing that Bai Xiao was Bai Yue’s sister, felt a tinge of panic, but the thought that Bai Xiao had cost his family four years of expenses immediately made him feel indignant and justified.

“This is our family’s business, and it’s not your place to meddle. What, you’ve come to ask for money again? I’ll tell you, we don’t have the money to support you. My own son is sick and we can’t afford his medical expenses, so where would we find the money to support you? Get back to where you came from, and don’t make me say it rudely.”

Bai Yue was taken aback; Li Dashan was leaving no face for her family’s side, “Li Dashan, you!”

Bai Xiao pointed to the child on the ground, “Sister, let’s help the child up first. No matter what, we should settle the child down—he’s burned like this. Lying on this cold ground, with the change of temperatures, it’s easy for his condition to worsen.”

Only then did Bai Yue realize what needed to be done, and she and Bai Xiao helped the boy on the ground up! They wanted to get him on the kang bed, but Li Dashan, not pleased with Bai Xiao interfering in their family affairs, went over to pull Bai Xiao away. However, he ended up being sidestepped by An Zhiyuan, who twisted his wrist and pushed him aside.

“Brother-in-law, you should sit down and rest, don’t move around too much, lest it worsens your injury,” she said firmly, and Li Dashan immediately felt as if his wrist was about to break. Unable to control his body, he was forced to change direction and sit in a chair a good eight feet away from the kang.

Only then did the man in front of him let go of his hand.

Li Dashan knew he was no match for the man before him. Just by looking at the uniform he was wearing, he could tell that the man held an official position. No matter how tough he might be, he only had power over his wife and children at home. In their village, if someone had a relative who was an official, it was considered an incredibly auspicious event. He was aware of the preferential treatment given to officials; just the benefits provided annually to the families of military personnel by the village were prioritized over others.

Everyone was envious.

Unfortunately, even if you go and cause a fuss with the village chief, it’s to no avail. The village chief had said the national government gave preferential treatment to these families. Their men and sons were suffering and working hard outside, defending the country—of course their wives and children should receive good treatment at home.

“Who are you? Who’s your brother-in-law? I don’t know you!” he muttered, unwilling to lose face.

Bai Yue and Bai Xiao helped Xiaoshan onto the kang to lie down. Touching Xiaoshan’s wrist, Bai Xiao used her special ability and immediately knew that the injury was due to a broken leg. It must be quite serious and had probably been for a long time; the wound on the leg had already become pus-filled and inflamed. The child was running a fever now because of the inflammation and swelling—if it were any later, his life would be in danger.

As soon as Xiaoshan lay down, he passed out. Bai Yue watched her son and tears fell from her eyes.

Bai Xiao stood up. “That’s my fiancé, he’s an instructor. Brother-in-law, the child is in this condition now. Hurry up and find a way to raise money to send him to the hospital, or it will really be too late.” At that moment, it wasn’t that she couldn’t heal the injury, but just from listening to the earlier conversation, she knew this brother-in-law wasn’t a good man. She could heal, but she couldn’t just heal like that.

She had to give her sister and nephew an explanation—this family couldn’t continue living like this, especially with Li Dashan constantly beating her sister! She detested men who used violence on women, perhaps because in her past life Fang Xiaoshan had scared her with his violence. In her eyes, such men were better off dead.

A man who couldn’t earn money or support the family but relied on beating women at home to feel powerful, what kind of man was that?

Li Dashan glared. “Easy for you to say. All our family’s money has gone toward your living expenses. Where’s the money to treat my son’s illness? You want him treated? Fine, then give me back all the money you’ve eaten and spent of ours over the years, and naturally I’ll send my son to the hospital.” He was heartless, not caring about his son at all.

Bai Yue wiped her tears. “Li Dashan, just stop. All the money I’ve earned over the years might as well have fed a dog. Let your mother cling to that money for her coffin. I’ll borrow money for my son’s treatment.” She stood up to leave but was kicked to the ground by Li Dashan.

“Are you fucking crazy? If you borrow money, is it none of my business? Don’t I have to pay it back? I think you’re just asking for a beating…”

Li Dashan was kicked to the ground, grimacing in pain.

When he looked up, he saw An Zhiyuan’s grim face staring at him. The insult he wanted to hurl got stuck in his throat. “An official hitting someone,” he could only shout like that. He was no match for An Zhiyuan; the kick was incredibly painful.

He could only hope that An Zhiyuan feared punishment and wouldn’t dare do anything to him.