There is a farmhouse on the Road

Chapter 13

Beaten

When Xu An returned to Xiaoxi Village with the typhoid medicine, the farce had just ended. When his good friend Qing Geer saw him, he told him what had just happened, which frightened Xu An so much that his face turned pale.

"Brother An, no one in the village believes what Liu Erniang said. You don't have to worry. Everyone knows that you are honest and hardworking. However, your grandmother is very angry. Be careful!"

It's over! Brother Shao's affair was seen by others!

Xu An knew that he would definitely be beaten for the money for the medicine, and he had prepared himself mentally.

It was about Shao Yitong. Xu An was scared. The people in the village didn't know, but he knew. Although it was not like what Liu Erniang said, that he and Brother Shao had an affair and stole men, they were indeed close. If they were seen, there would be rumors.

With a nervous mood, Xu An returned to the Xu family in a daze.
"You little bastard is getting bold. You don't take me seriously. You dare to hook up with a man before you get married, and you dare to steal my money..."

As soon as he entered the door, Xu An was hit hard by Xu's stick.

"Mom, mom, Xu An didn't hook up with a man..."

Xu Defu fed the medicine to Yun Niang, and when he left the room, he saw his mother hitting her son with a thick stick. He was anxious. He had experienced how cruel Xu's attack was since he was a child.

"Son, apologize to your grandma!"

"I'm not wrong. I didn't hook up with a man..." Xu An felt wronged, staring at the stick in Xu's hand and shrinking back, with a stubborn look on his face.

"You dare to talk back? It's all your fault. You almost made my sister unable to get married. You are a troublemaker!"

Xu Jiabao is 15 years old this year. Although he is not very old, he is spoiled by his family and rarely arrogant. In addition, his mother Zhang Jinhua secretly instigated him. He usually enjoys bullying Xu An. He pulled Xu's mother's sleeve and shook his head and said, "If a son is not taught, it is the fault of the father. If he is not upright, how can he correct others?"

"Uncle, you can't protect Xu An. What's more, it is true that Xu An stole grandma's money. Otherwise, how could he buy the medicine in his hand? Besides, if my aunt needs to see a doctor, grandma will ask a doctor. Xu An's behavior is too disrespectful to grandma. The teacher said that the younger generation must respect the elders..."

"Yes, Jiabao is right!"

Xu's mother is uneducated and can't understand the previous flowery words, but her grandson is right. Xu An stole the family's money to buy medicine, which is against her and doesn't take her seriously!

"Big brother, get out of the way. You dare to steal the family's money. You must be taught a lesson."

"Mom, but Xiao An loves his mother..."

"Oh, big brother, Xiao An loves his mother, but the mother-in-law doesn't love his wife..." Zhang Jinhua has always been a person who exaggerates. If she can make the eldest wife look good, she will certainly muster up her strength to say it.

"Just now, mother hired a doctor for your wife and spent half a guan of money!"

"Can't you say less!" Xu Degui pulled his wife, glanced at Xu Lao Niang and said, "At most, I can work in the town for a few more days and then come back. You are the one who meddles in other people's business!"

"Second brother, go away. This is none of your business." When Xu Lao Niang heard that the second brother had to work to subsidize the medicine money for the eldest wife, she was not happy.

"Big brother, stand there and don't come over. Today I'm going to teach this kid a lesson, otherwise he will definitely get into trouble in the future." He walked forward and pulled the eldest son away, and then hit Xu An with the stick in his hand again. "I told you to steal silver, to use the family's silver without telling me, you troublesome thing, to ruin your sister's marriage, to destroy Jiabao's future..." Mother Xu hit Xu An hard one after another, as if she was not hitting her grandson, but the beast working the land. "Grandma, I didn't, I didn't..."
Xu An rolled on the ground with tears on his face, struggling to avoid the stick of Xu Lao Niang, feeling sad and wronged. He really had nothing to do with Brother Shao, and he didn't mean to use the family's money without grandma's knowledge. Grandma was seriously ill, but grandma refused to call a doctor...
"You dare to talk back, I told you not to talk back..."
"Mom, stop hitting me, Xiao An knows I was wrong..." Xu Defu rushed over to pull Xu Lao Niang away and held his son in his arms
"Mom, you If you keep beating him, Xiao An won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow. I will earn back the money Xiao An took from home and Yun Niang's medicine. I will go hunting in the mountains tomorrow."

"Hmph, then keep an eye on this kid. If he causes me any trouble again, I won't let him off the hook! He doesn't need to eat tonight. Just stay in the house and reflect on himself."

Mrs. Xu thought so too. If Xu An lay down, there would be no one to do the housework. Since the eldest brother said he was going to earn money, she couldn't force him too hard. She dropped the stick and took Xu Jiabao back to the house to eat.

Seeing that Mrs. Xu was relieved, Xu Defu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Son, don't make your grandma angry in the future."

"But, Dad, my mother..." Xu An was a little worried.
"Your mother has taken the medicine and is asleep. Don't worry. Go back to the room. Dad will bring you steamed bread in the evening!" Xu Defu comforted his son, and then he told him with some worry. "Remember, don't go against your grandma in the future!" Xu An looked at his father and sighed in his heart. His father was good to him and his mother, but his father listened to his grandma in everything. Even if his grandma was unreasonable, his father would not say anything. He always said that grandma was the elder and it was not easy to raise them. It was nothing for sons and daughters-in-law to suffer a little loss. They should be filial to their elders. It sounds good to say that it is honest filial piety, and it is foolish to say it. I don't know how much suffering and sin their family has suffered! After returning to the room, Xu An lay on the bed. He undressed and found bruises of all sizes all over his body. He felt very uncomfortable when he moved...

He felt so much pain and felt really wronged. Before he knew it, tears started to flow. He touched a piece of fruit candy hidden in the bed. He moved his eyes and put the candy in his mouth. Then he smoothed the unwrapped candy wrapper and put it on his chest. He fell asleep with tears in his eyes...