CH 4

Gu Yin glanced at Xiao Wuan who was sleeping soundly, then got out of bed and walked out of the house, lightly walking to the stove.

The stove was lit with an oil lamp, and the dim yellow light was stolen from the oil-paper hole in the window, and it was so quiet as if there was no one in it.

“Mother, what’s wrong with you? Did you drop a bowl?” Gu Yin asked at the door in a normal tone.

Before waiting for the response from inside, Gu Yin touched the bat peddle for washing clothes in the yard and took it in her hand.

At that time, in the kitchen room, Mrs. Wang’s mouth was covered tightly.

Hearing the voice outside, the man whispered, “If you don’t want your son to die, just give it to me!”

Mrs. Wang who talked to Gu Yin fiercely before was so frightened and her head was full of cold sweat.

She recognized the man in front of her as Li Daniu, a gangster in the village.

Li Daniu lived up to his name, as strong as a cow. He had all the strength but didn’t do the right thing. But his uncle was in a strong position; he had no children under his knees, and he treated him as his own son. Although the people in the village were tired of him, no one dared to do anything to him.

In the past, there were two strong laborers in the Wu family, especially Wu Qingyi, who was naturally strong and could crack rocks with his bare hands at the age of fifteen.

A few days ago, he heard the news that the men of the Wu family were gone, so Li Daniu waited until a dark night when he could not see his fingers, and came to the Wu house.

Li Daniu originally came for Gu Yin, but looking at Mrs. Wang in the dim light, he felt a little different.

Immediately, he thought that there was only a five-year-old child in this family. As long as Gu Yin was tricked, wouldn’t the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law let him do what he wanted?

He laughed evilly and said, “How about letting your daughter-in-law come in, and I’ll let you and your son go?”

Mrs. Wang was still clenching her teeth in horror.

Li Daniu saw that Mrs. Wang refused to open her mouth, and the expression on his face became a bit fierce.

Just as the two were at a stalemate, they saw that the door of the stove was suddenly knocked open.

Li Daniu was guilty of being a thief, and when he heard the sound suddenly, he didn’t realize that he was panicking.

Seeing the opportunity, Mrs. Wang immediately broke free from his shackles, and shouted “help” at the top of her voice.

Mrs. Wang’s voice had always been loud, and the cry for help was so loud that it was no exaggeration to say that it broke through the sky. However, unfortunately, a thunderstorm hit outside at the same time, and then pouring rain poured down, completely blocking her voice.

The pea-sized raindrops crackled, and Li Daniu secretly said, “God is helping me as well”, then turned around and slapped Mrs. Wang aside, and was about to beat her to death with another ruthless hand. 

However, before he could do it, he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head.

It turned out that when the thunder sounded, Gu Yin silently came behind him and used all her strength to hit Li Daniu on the back of the head with the pedal in her hand!

However, Gu Yin, who had just recovered from a serious illness, had no strength at all, and Li Daniu stumbled twice before stabilizing his figure.

He stretched out his hand and touched the back of his head. Seeing that his hand was already dyed red, the anger on his body became even stronger.

He turned his head and glanced at Gu Yin, who was still holding the peddle a few steps away, and smiled contemptuously, “I didn’t know that you were such a fierce little lady. It just so happens that the lord likes chaste martyrs, they taste good enough!”

After that, he ran toward Gu Yin again.

Mrs. Wang, whose mouth was full of blood, had just got up from the ground at that time. Seeing that the situation was not right, she immediately hugged Li Daniu’s waist from behind, and shouted to Gu Yin, “What are you doing here? Why didn’t you run with Wuan?!”

Gu Yin was calm in the face of danger, and said solemnly, “Wuan has already left the house to call for help, mother, don’t worry, someone will come to take down this thief soon!”

Li Daniu was not annoyed when he was stumbled by Mrs. Wang, but instead smiled slyly, “Trying to scare me, little lady? Your home is at least two quarters of an hour back and forth from other people’s homes, and now every family is sleeping soundly. Xiao’er called out, but today it’s windy and rainy outside, and the Wu family’s child is weak like a chicken. Would it take half an hour to run out to find someone for help? You say, isn’t a half an hour enough time for me to do what I want?”