boyutpedia Chapter 145 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
Chapter 145 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
The little fool sent Li Xiaoyu back home.
Looking at the noble man sitting on the threshold, they seemed to be able to sense his loneliness.
It will be December soon.
The weather had become relatively cold, and Li Xiaoyu was worried that the little girl would catch a cold, so he covered her with a slightly thicker piece of clothing.
When they reached a place where there were many houses, Li Xiaoyu put out the torch.
She guessed that Wang Guihua's character would not allow her to cause trouble for her daughters, so she did not go to Li Huahua.
Go straight out of the village and head towards the city.
As the torches were lit again, a halo of light slowly formed around them, enveloping the two nuns and adding a bit of warmth to the dark night.
She went along the road.
Li Wuyan's lips were almost dry from smoking, when he suddenly heard footsteps and soft voices coming from behind.
He tilted his head and pricked up his ears to listen.
"Third aunt, where do you think grandma will go?"
Li Xiaoyu shook his head, "I don't know."
When Li Wu's heart was in his throat when he heard his third daughter's voice, he quickly threw away the tobacco and looked around.
Like an old rabbit, it rushed to the opposite side of the field.
Li Guangchang was feeling sleepy and cold. He fell into a sleep in a daze when suddenly a voice came from beside him.
He was so scared that he reflexively picked up a carrying pole and hit him.
Li Wu had just laid down when he was hit hard on his butt. The pain made his old face wrinkled, but he was afraid that his third daughter would hear his voice.
He bit the back of his hand to hold back a scream.
When you get close, you can smell the tobacco and breath on your body.
Li Guangchang rubbed his eyes, took a closer look, and shouted in surprise: "Dad?"
Hearing his eldest son's voice, Li Wu was also stunned.
"Why are you here?"
After he finished speaking, he realized that the voices behind him were getting closer. He covered Li Guangchang's mouth and said in a very low voice, "Shh, the third brother is coming."
When the latter heard the word "third brother", his body trembled.
He pulled his father's hand away and climbed up quietly. He noticed a ball of light approaching and immediately retracted his head.
He asked in the same low voice: "How did Xiaoyu find you?"
Hearing this, Li Wu glared at him and said unhappily, "I heard Xiaomei's voice. She must have gone to complain."
"If this child is not punished for a day, he will tear off the tiles on the roof."
Li Guangchang was so angry that he clenched the carrying pole tightly.
The next moment, a big hand slapped him on the head, "Stop hitting the child all the time, can you act like a father?"
This slap left Li Guangchang stunned.
He scratched his head, as confused as a monk.
"Dad, can you please be more like a father and stop beating me all the time?" He said depressedly, "I don't know what's going on between you and mom. I feel like you are slowly changing."
Hearing this, Li Wu paused.
The firelight got closer, and he pushed Li Guangchang's head down, "Stop talking, they are coming."
The place where they were was a bend.
The field ridge was very steep, and Li Xiaoyu kept staring ahead. She carried her child on her back and walked directly along the main road without even looking around.
After walking a little further, she saw a woman sitting on a rock with her head buried in her knees.
The arched spine looks like a fragile vine.
Barely supporting her.
The word "old" is not suitable to describe Wang Guihua. She is only 37 years old, but she really looks old and tired.
She seemed to be asleep and did not notice Li Xiaoyu's arrival.
He put the little girl down and walked forward with a heavy heart.
"Grandma..." The little girl ran over crying, and she hugged Wang Guihua.
The woman, shivering all over, raised her head stiffly. When she saw her daughter walking towards her from a distance, her tears, which had dried up, began to flow again.
"Little fish..."
As he approached, Li Xiaoyu said nothing and put the thick clothes he brought with him on her.
This dress had just been used to cover Li Mei, and it still retained the warmth left by the little girl. The warmth passed through the dress and reached Wang Guihua's body, which was almost frozen stiff.
Seeing her pale face, Li Xiaoyu held her arm and helped her up.
Wang Guihua's feet were numb from sitting, so she supported her legs and slowly stood up.
One of them didn't step firmly and slipped.
Li Xiaoyu exerted force with his hands and held her steadily. Li Mei ran to the other side and supported her with all her strength.
After she calmed down a little, Li Xiaoyu handed the torch to Li Mei and then squatted down.
He whispered, "Come up."
Looking at her daughter's short body, Wang Guihua felt as if a huge rock was pressing on her chest and she was hesitant.
Li Xiaoyu didn't urge her.
Finally, she climbed onto her daughter's back.
The torches stretched the shadows of the three of them long and slender, and Li Xiaoyu's petite body seemed like a pair of warm and powerful hands at this moment.
He held Wang Guihua steadily and walked forward.
Li Mei had some difficulty holding the torch, so Wang Guihua took the torch away, and held the little girl tightly with one hand hanging by her side.
The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren walked on this road that they had walked countless times.
No one spoke.
Three generations, they crossed the corner and walked back step by step.
As soon as they leave.
Li Wu quickly pulled Li Guangchang up and ran home from another direction.
"Dad, why are you running so fast?"
Li Guangchang's shoes were about to fall off. Li Wu gritted his teeth and cursed him in a low voice: "If they knew that I came out to look for your mother, I would lose my dignity."
"Your face has been stepped on by Third Sister, what face do you have left?"
Having said that, Li Guangchang ran very fast.
There was dew at night, and the father and son were covered with hay and mud. They rushed home madly in the dark.
Gu Fei limped along the road.
Just as he was about to leave the village, he heard two quick footsteps coming from the front. He calmly walked to the side and hid behind a tree. His black clothes perfectly concealed his figure.
He held a willow branch in his hand, staring indifferently at the direction where the footsteps came from.
At this time, he heard: "Guangchang, run faster. You have to get home before they come back. You can't lose face."
Li Guangchang ran out of breath.
He couldn't even speak clearly: "Hey, Dad, take a break, I can't run anymore."
Seeing him stop, Li Wu went back and pulled him to continue running.
He cursed: "You plant crops every day, but you can't run as fast as me. Where did all your strength go?"
"Being strong doesn't mean I can run fast," Li Guangchang retorted.
"I don't want to bother talking to you. Anyway, I can't let your sister know that I went to see your mother today."
"Dad, Mom is your wife after all. You've been with her for decades, and now she wants to divorce you. You don't even have a heart, so why do you still need a face?"
"You can lose your head and bleed, but you can't lose your face."
As the conversation continued, they hurriedly ran away from the tree where Gu Fei was standing.
The latter figured out some information from the words and stood behind the tree without leaving.
Not long after, a family of three passed by.
Watching them walk away, he followed them quietly.
After sending Wang Guihua to the door of Li's house, Li Xiaoyu did not go in, but looked at the woman's troubled expression.
She gently brushed away the debris on the other person, and said in a steady voice with calmness and earnestness: "No matter what decision you make, escape is never a solution."
These words hit Wang Guihua's heart like a heavy weight.
She was about to cry again, and tremblingly said her daughter's name: "Xiao Yu, if I..."
She felt so uncomfortable that she couldn't say the following words.
Li Xiaoyu didn't force her to say anything. He just took out the handkerchief given by his elder sister from his arms, gently wiped away the tears from her eyes, and took a deep breath: "Have a good sleep, and we'll talk tomorrow."
Watch them enter the house.
She stood at the door of Li's house for a long time before walking home alone with a torch in hand.
As soon as she walked out of the Li family's road, she saw a man in black clothes standing in front of her, and when the other person turned around.
There was a hint of surprise in her eyes.
He opened his mouth and called out the name: "Gu Fei!"