Chapter 31: Rat Poison Warning

Liu Honghe ran away from home, Liu Laohei had to lower his head and ask the people in the courtyard to help find him, and in the end, he was lectured by everyone, he was full of anger.

But Liu Honghe had just been found, Liu Laohei didn’t dare to scold him anymore, lest he be scolded away again, he could only vent his anger on the other two children.

“I told you to find him, why didn’t you go to your mother’s grave to look? In the end, Honghe was found by someone else, I’ve lost face.”

Liu Hongshan and Liu Hongying didn’t dare to retort, they lowered their heads and said nothing.

But Liu Laohei wasn’t going to let them off, he continued to scold, “You two are always quiet, you’ve never farted anything good. No matter what, Honghe is your brother, why don’t you protect him a little?”

Liu Hongshan retorted softly, “How can I protect him? I can’t give him my job and go to the countryside for him. I won’t do that.”

Although the job was bought for him by Liu Laohei, he was the one working. Unless he died, if Liu Honghe wanted to take over his job, Liu Hongshan had to personally go to the leader and ask, and personally hand over the job.

As long as he was unwilling, no one could take the job away. So Liu Hongshan was very relaxed.

“Dad, Honghe is back, we have to go to work tomorrow, let’s go to bed early.”

After saying that, Liu Hongshan went to bed.

Seeing Liu Hongshan avoiding him, Liu Hongying also followed, “I’m a returned educated youth because of illness, I can’t help with my younger brother going to the countryside.”

Seeing that Liu Hongying also wanted to avoid him, Liu Laohei’s temper flared up, he casually threw the enamel cup he was drinking from, hitting Liu Hongying’s forehead, turning it red.

“I raised you for so many years, you only know how to eat, you’re useless.”

Liu Hongying covered her forehead and cried softly. She knew Liu Laohei was venting, his son had a job and was tough, he didn’t dare to vent on his son, so he could only scold her, his useless daughter.

They were both useless, but she was the only one who got beaten and scolded.

Liu Laohei said impatiently, “Cry, cry, you only know how to cry, all the good fortune in the family has been cried away by you. If you want to cry, go cry to your future husband, don’t cry at home. You’re not good enough, but your eyes are higher than the sky, you don’t like any man.”

It had only been a while, Liu Laohei, who had just received over one hundred yuan from the Zhao family, was already disgusted with her.

If it weren’t for the difficult life at home, Liu Hongying wouldn’t have desperately tried to find a good man to marry. But now that she hadn’t met the right person, Liu Hongying could only continue to endure.

Her eyes were sore from crying, she was going to go outside to wash her face with cold water.

But as soon as she moved, Liu Laohei’s heart jumped, he warned, “If you dare to learn from your brother and run away from home, don’t come back. See if I’ll find you.”

“I’m just going to wash my face.” Liu Hongying said in a muffled voice.

She, a girl, wouldn’t dare to learn from Liu Honghe. Because of Zhao Qi’s matter, there were quite a few unsavory hooligans on this street who had their eyes on her, thinking they could take advantage of her, she didn’t dare to go to deserted places alone recently, let alone stay out overnight.

She could only swallow her grievances.

Seeing Liu Hongying’s submissive appearance, Liu Laohei felt annoyed, he glanced at her disdainfully and went back to bed.

They, father and son, lived in one room, as soon as he entered, he heard Liu Honghe’s snoring.

Liu Honghe had turned the family upside down, but he was sleeping like a pig.

Everyone had a commotion last night, but they still had to go to work and school normally the next day.

Lin Xiangnan had taken leave for so long, she couldn’t miss the graduation exam, she went to school honestly.

When she came back at noon, she saw Hu Meili looking nervous, she had locked all the cabinets in the house.

“Mom, did you buy something good? Are you hiding it from us?” Lin Xiangxi asked with shining eyes, “Did you buy meat again? Or did your unit distribute candy?”

Lin Xiangnan also joked, “Mom, you’re too stingy. If I get meat, I’ll treat you, you have good things and you’re still hiding them, that’s not right.”

“You two heartless things, you only know how to eat.” Hu Meili said with a headache, “I’m guarding against Honghe poisoning us.”

Lin Xiangnan asked tentatively, “Rat poison?”

“Yes!”

Hu Meili explained, “I just got back from work, Aunt Liu pulled me aside and told me, she saw Honghe running to the agricultural machinery station today. Honghe saw someone he knew, he ran away in fright. Aunt Liu saw this and felt something was wrong, she quickly went to ask the staff at the agricultural machinery station, guess what?”

“Did he buy it or not?” Lin Xiangnan urged, “You’re still beating around the bush?”

“You child, can’t you chat properly?” Hu Meili looked at Lin Xiangnan with disdain and said, “Although Honghe didn’t buy it at the time, who knows if he will buy it later. He’s always been against us, we have to be careful.”

Lin Xiangnan said, “Then we really should lock the cabinets.”

“That’s right. The other families in the courtyard are a bit scared, they’ve all locked their food cabinets. We all live in the same courtyard, there are many minor conflicts, what if Honghe gets impulsive, everyone in the courtyard will be finished.”

Liu Honghe’s actions made everyone in the courtyard nervous, but the Liu family was the most nervous.

Even Hu Meili was informed, Liu Hongying was naturally also specifically told to be careful when cooking, if she saw anything wrong, she should throw it away immediately.

Although there was Aunt Liu as a witness, when Liu Honghe was questioned at the dinner table, he denied it.

“Aunt Liu is lying. I didn’t go to the agricultural machinery station, I didn’t ask about the price of pesticides or rat poison, and I didn’t plan to save money to buy them.”

These words were reassuring, if Liu Honghe hadn’t been rolling his eyes and blushing when he spoke, it would have been even better.

His nervous appearance made it hard to believe that he wasn’t guilty.

Now the Liu family was truly in despair.

Liu Hongshan felt that his stupid younger brother was really capable of killing the whole family, he nervously clenched his chopsticks.

“The scrap yard has been busy these days. I won’t be back for dinner these days.”

Eating outside wastes money and tickets, but it doesn’t waste his life. Usually, Liu Hongshan would say some polite words and smooth things over, but at this critical moment, he didn’t even want to say polite words.

His life was more important than face.

Anyway, it would be no more than half a month before Liu Honghe went to the countryside, then the family could be relieved.

Liu Honghe, as if he didn’t see his brother’s precautions, said enthusiastically, “Brother, don’t feel wronged. I can bring you lunch and dinner!”

“No need.” Liu Hongshan’s smile froze. Who would dare to eat the food he brought?

“I insist. It’s only a few days anyway.”