Butcher Fulang’s Noodle Shop - Chapter 44
Shen Fusheng remained silent for a while. The death of the little sister’s biological father was a tragic event. But her biological father was so unreliable that there seemed to be no need to cry. Instead, she should clap his hands and rejoice.
From now on, there would be one less scourge in the world.
“Since your mother has quietly helped your brother and your grandmother several times, why are you crying, and why are you quarreling with your mother?”
Shen Fusheng wanted to understand what Liu Yu was thinking. After all, he never understands Aunt Liu being so resistant. Those who were still hardworking and willing to dedicate themselves selflessly to their families despite being abused.
Liu Yu held back tears and rolled up her sleeves a little, revealing only a bit of her white skin to Shen Fusheng. Shen Fusheng was shocked when he saw the piles of scars. “This is?!”
“Not only that, I have other scars on my body. Here.”
The two of them walked to the shady alley and talked in small tones. “My grandma asked me to beat her legs. I went a little late, and she immediately poured hot water from the teapot on my legs. My father beat me less, and he beat my mother more often. I have two big scars on my legs because my father. He picked up the chair and wanted to hit my mother. I was so anxious that I rushed over and bumped into him. He pulled me so hard that I couldn’t stop bleeding.”
“My sister and I couldn’t get anything to eat at Gao’s house, so my mother quietly hid some food for us, which would always be found by my brother. Not only did he steal the steamed buns, but he also liked to complain to my grandma and make us kneel down or hit us with the silver hairpin on our heads. He poked our flesh so hard that our bodies were covered with blood!”
Liu Yu hadn’t grown up yet, but she was a beautiful woman, and now her delicate little face was completely distorted by resentment.
“Actually, I hate my brother very much. I’m also afraid of him. I’m worried that the land deed of Zaozi Lane and the money I’ve earned in the past few months will be stolen by him.”
Liu Yu finally expressed what was in her heart, letting out a sigh of relief in her tone but still carrying a sense of worry.
She had heard stories since childhood about how brothers and sisters loved and cared for each other, but she didn’t want to take care of her younger brother at all. Even when she heard about Gao Mingda’s death, she thought regretfully, why didn’t Gao Yaozu follow him?
Shen Fusheng’s chest heaved several times, and his face turned red with anger. Although their family was poor, the old woman had never felt sorry for her daughter-in-law and granddaughters.
After giving birth to a grandson, the daughter-in-law must help and support the whole family.
“It’s so hateful. As a man, you don’t know how to protect your sister and mother. Instead, you team up to bully others! This kind of bullshit brother, no one would want it!”
Liu Yu nodded repeatedly, “But my mother still relented. She said that Gao Yaozu was so thin, his bones almost visible. He looked very pitiful, she said we are living a good life now, and it’s okay to leak some from between his fingers to keep them fed and clothed. But I really saw him poking around while my mother wasn’t paying attention, this is not the first time he has stolen something!”
Shen Fusheng thought for a moment and unconsciously spoke in the tone that Aunt He often used.
“Children are all pieces of flesh that have fallen from their mother’s body. Your mother may not have any feelings for them, but she may not be so cruel to your brother.”
“I’m worried about this too!” Liu Yu burst into tears. She kept asking, “Am I going to have to raise him for the rest of my life? I don’t want to!”
Shen Fusheng leaned against the wall and thought for a while, then asked, “Do you know where your mother hides the house deed and money?”
Liu Yu nodded and was about to speak when Shen Fusheng interrupted: “You don’t have to tell me where. After I finish my work this afternoon, I will take the time to leave the store. You can wait outside and I will give you the things. You secretly exchange the house deed and the money then hide it.”
“If the things are really stolen, and you continue to talk to your mother like this. This way your mother will see your real brother’s intent and will not give your brother a way out.”
Liu Yu was so grateful that she didn’t know what to say, “If this is the case, his presence or absence has nothing to do with me! Fusheng-gege, thank you very much for your generous help!”
Shen Fusheng smiled: “Don’t thank me. I’m just afraid that something will happen to your family, and your house will be lost. Where can I buy the hot dry noodles that my family sells?”
Liu Yu also burst into tears and smiled, saying: “Fusheng-gege, don’t worry, my family will make hot-dried noodles for you for the rest of your life!”
Shen Fusheng couldn’t ask for more, “Hang yourself on a hook, and you won’t be allowed to change for a hundred years!”
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Liu Yu did as Shen Fusheng said, and dropped the things. She was a smart child, so moved the chicken coop, dug a hole underneath, hid the things, buried them, and then covered them with thatch.
Home-raised chickens were very territorial. If an outsider came to invade the nest, they would crow louder than if they were killed, and they would peck the intruder to death.
When Aunt Liu discovered that the place where she hid her things had been turned over, and even the box containing silver, some jewelry set with broken gemstones, and thirty taels had been completely taken away, her eyes were filled with stars, and she fell to the ground with a thud.
Liu Yu was a step too late and failed to support her mother.
Liu Lu was so frightened that she started to cry when she saw her mother’s face turning pale, sweat and tears pouring down her face.
Liu Yu felt uncomfortable when she saw her mother, who had always been protecting her, so frightened.
However, she remembered Shen Fusheng’s words and made up her mind and said, “Mom, please stop crying. In the past two days, apart from my brother, there are also Shen Fusheng came to get noodles, and no outsiders came. But when Shen Fusheng came, all of us were there. We loaded his cart together and left. He shouldn’t have stolen it.”
Aunt Liu cried so much that she couldn’t speak and finally nodded.
“I’m afraid like dad, my brother takes away the deed and planning to sell it. Our family won’t even have a place to stay. Mom, let’s go to him sooner rather than later and get everything back!”