Chapter 6: Got Beaten Ruan Tao used a clothesline to write four words on the ground, paused, and continued, "But later, Dad changed. The year Mom gave birth to you, a Taoist priest came to our house and said that I had a connection with Taoism and wanted to take me in as a Taoist child. Dad didn't want to, so the Taoist priest said that Mom's pregnancy was a bad omen, which would bring disaster to the family and make it unpeaceful. Dad would never pass the imperial examination and would have no children or grandchildren, and his old age would be miserable." Ruan Xing was originally excited when she heard the Taoist part, thinking that he was a wandering Taoist master. But she became discouraged when she heard the latter part. She remembered that in a certain simulation, her parents gave birth to a younger brother. However, she did not interrupt the other party, but continued to listen. "Dad had just failed the provincial examination for three consecutive years. I don't know if he believed the Taoist's lies, but he sold all the two boxes of books left by my grandfather, stopped reading every day, and got himself drunk. Before Mom was out of confinement, he went out to make some idle friends and started to live a lazy life." "Mom told me before that before she married Dad, her grandfather passed away suddenly. She had no brothers and was a weak woman living alone. She was worried all day long. Dad was a student of my grandfather. It was my father who helped to take care of my grandfather's funeral and took the initiative to propose to marry her to continue my grandfather's family line. Mom was very touched and not only did she not let Dad marry her, she also did her best to support him in his studies. They had a very good relationship at that time. If it weren't for that Taoist priest, we should be a very happy family now." Perhaps because the past was mentioned, Ruan Tao looked a little lost and sad. Ruan Xing turned around and hugged her sister, patting her back with her little hands as a comfort. It seems that both my mother and sister have an emotional foundation with my scumbag father and care about him a lot. Ruan Xing looked up at the sky, but she didn't care. Her scumbag father might have believed the Taoist priest's lies. He never had a good face towards her, his little daughter. Well, she decided not to tell them that her scumbag father had a broken leg. Yes, that's right. Ruan Xing's request to Qi Ye was to break her father's legs to stop him from running around. As a six-year-old child who couldn't do anything, this was the best and fastest way she could think of.
Out of consideration for her sister and mother, and because she did not understand how powerful the gang controlled by Qi Ye was, and most importantly, she did not want Qi Ye to think that she was heartless and ungrateful, otherwise, her request to Qi Ye would not be to break his legs but to kill him directly. She thinks she is not a cruel person, but just a slightly cold egoist who has experienced the impact of the modern information flood. In the evening, the dim sky faded as the sun set, and a small crescent moon gradually appeared on the horizon. Ruan's mother opened the door and returned home, exhausted. Hearing the sound, Ruan Tao, who was dozing off in the main room, was immediately awakened, "Mom, you're back! I left some cakes for you." Dinner was coarse flour pancakes steamed by Ruan Tao. They were very choking, so she scooped a bowl of water from the kitchen for Ruan's mother to eat with them. Ruan Xing also ran out from the inner room and clung to her mother's arm, "Mom, where is my flower hairband?" "Mom didn't forget. I brought them for you." Mother Ruan smiled and took out a few pieces of cloth from the cloth bag hanging on her body. They were all bright colors that the little girls liked, and it was obvious that they were carefully selected. Mother Ruan gave the rag to Ruan Xing, looked around the house, and frowned with some worry, "Is your father not back yet?" In the past, it was not uncommon for Ruan's father to not return home at night. Either he owed money to gambling houses or taverns and was detained, or he got drunk and slept on the street. This was bad news for Ruan's mother. She was afraid that she would have to spend money again. She had originally planned to go home and discuss with Ruan's father about letting her two daughters learn weaving, but now she was afraid that she would have to postpone it again. She sighed secretly and looked at her daughter with some guilt. "Xing'er, where did you find your father delivering lunch this afternoon?" Ruan Xing opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly he heard a rough knock on the door and fell silent. Ruan Tao and her mother were startled. The two looked at each other with the same worry on their faces, fearing that it was the trouble caused by their father that had come to them. "I'll go open the door." Ruan Tao just stood up and was held down by her mother. "I'll go." Ruan's mother took out a small cloth bag from her bosom, opened it and counted the money. This month's salary had not been paid yet, and there was only more than three coins of silver left in the house. In order to avoid the embarrassment of Ruan's father spending all the money and having no rice to eat, she always carried the silver with her. If all the money was paid out today, she would have to ask the manager for an advance on her monthly salary. "The Ruan family! Open the door quickly!" The people outside were getting impatient and started shouting. It was almost dark at this time. All the people living in Huaihua Alley were poor civilian families who could not afford lamp oil and had gone to bed early. Fearing of disturbing the neighbors, Ruan's mother hurried over to open the gate. There were two men outside the door, dragging a bloody unknown object on the ground. The man was already dying, and he made a weak cry: "Wife...save me..."
“Husband!” Ruan’s mother exclaimed, her hands shaking in panic, not knowing what to do, “This, this…” The man looked ferocious, but he also explained in a gentle voice, "Our master is kind-hearted. We will send the person back to you, and you don't have to pay the debt. Madam Ruan, you can do whatever you want." After saying that, he called the other man away. Ruan's mother had never encountered such a thing before. She was a little panicked and stood there in a daze. Her father was an old scholar. After more than ten years of hopeless imperial examinations, he gave up and opened a private school to teach, and he managed to save up some wealth. He had no son, so he took good care of and doted on Ruan's mother when he had a daughter in his old age, which made her naive and dependent. Even though the family fortune was squandered by Ruan's father after the old scholar passed away suddenly, she only suffered some grievances and hardships, and had never seen such a bloody scene. Seeing this, Ruan Xing reminded: "Mom, help Dad to the bed first." "Yes, yes." Mother Ruan seemed to have just woken up, and Ruan Tao also came to help. The mother and daughter worked together to move Father Ruan onto the bed in the inner room. Before she had time to catch her breath, Ruan's mother calmed down and said, "Tao'er, get some water to wipe your father's body. I'll go get a doctor to take a look!" Ruan Tao agreed, and Ruan's mother hurried out. Soon, the blood-stained clothes were cut off with scissors, and the wet towels were used to wipe the areas without wounds. Mr. Ruan no longer groaned in pain and fell into a semi-comatose state. Seeing Ruan Tao busying around taking care of her scumbag father so meticulously, Ruan Xing whispered, "Sister, after this beating, will Dad change for the better in the future?" "That's naturally what I hope for... Well, I don't expect him to change for the better. I just hope he won't vent his anger at home after he wakes up. In recent years, Dad's temper has become more and more violent and he likes to beat people. He was obviously not like this before." Ruan Tao sighed. "Then, what if Dad can't be cured this time and becomes paralyzed?" Ruan Xing asked tentatively. (End of this chapter)