Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 1366: Spoiled Rotten

It was after that moment that Li Lu changed a lot.

Even though Li Shuanzhu would get drunk and hit her, she never left the family.

Until the day Li Shuanzhu got dumped by Feng Qian, waking up one night to find Feng Qian had packed her belongings and left, taking all the money in the household without leaving a single penny.

It felt like the sky had collapsed at that point.

The owner of the small restaurant, who couldn't get money for the alcohol, gave Li Shuanzhu a harsh beating, spitting insults and calling him a useless coward.

Li Lu curled up in the corner of the room, watching Li Shuanzhu slumped at the doorstep, his face bruised and swollen, blood streaming from his body.

It was from that moment on that Li Shuanzhu bucked up, deciding to start anew.

Everything of value in the house was gone.

The father and daughter had no money for rent, forcing them to seek help from Li Guihua and Li Shuanwen.

Later, they moved here, and she switched schools to this suburban-rural school.

Li Shuanzhu began anew, starting a stall selling pancakes and fruit near the university entrance.

Meanwhile, Li Lu began to adapt to school life where bullying was commonplace, a school primarily for children of laborers from the suburban-rural boundary or countryside.

The students, speaking with thick dialects, were tough, ready to act like village women with their wild antics, but Li Lu's high-and-mighty disdain eventually led them to behave after several confrontations.

Li Xiang helped Li Shuanzhu push the tricycle into a nearby small house, which was just big enough to fit the tricycle, then joined Li Shuanzhu in washing their faces before entering the room.

Upon entering, they saw the single-room dwelling, filled with a single bed and single sofa, a cabinet against the wall, and a worn-out coffee table! There was nothing else.

Dirty clothes were strewn haphazardly on the sofa, indicating very poor conditions.

Guihua had already tossed the clothes aside from the sofa and was sitting there by herself.

Seeing them come in, Guihua impatiently said, "Brother, I'm hungry, haven't eaten since I left today, let's eat quickly, after that give me two hundred yuan, I need to head back."

She came solely to ask for money.

No money, she didn't know how her mother-in-law would torment her.

Li Shuanzhu threw the clothes into the basin beside him.

"Li Lu, quickly serve the food; your aunt is hungry, let her eat."

Li Xiang frowned. Her father was still the same, always having no boundaries with his brothers and sisters.

Li Lu snorted, turned around, and brought the rice from the little kitchen.

Because she hadn't anticipated so many people today, the pot only had enough rice for two people.

Just one plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes.

Guihua was immediately displeased upon seeing this, tossing the chopsticks aside.

"Brother, this food is too poor, at least have some meat. Last time I came, we had shredded potatoes, this time it's shredded potatoes again."

Li Shuanzhu looked embarrassedly at the plate of potatoes, "Alright, Guihua, eat; your brother's conditions are like this, you already know. In the past, I served you big fish and meat every day, that was because it was other people's money, now you know, your brother is just selling pancakes and fruits, if you want big fish and meat, where can I get it for you?"

Guihua had no choice but to pick up the chopsticks, but didn't care about the four people in the room; she served herself a full bowl of rice and polished off a bowl of rice with the potatoes, without hesitation.

Li Shuanzhu looked at the leftover rice, knowing it wouldn't be enough for the three of them to eat.

Li Xiang glanced, "Let Li Lu eat first, she still has school in the afternoon, let her eat and go to school, we can fix some noodles for ourselves later."

Without saying, his dad would probably shove the bowl into his hand.

Once thinking he should, now realizing he is the brother, still a man, should take care of his sister.

Li Shuanzhu glanced at the clock! Indeed, Li Lu would need to go to school in half an hour.

"You eat!"

He handed the bowl to Li Lu.

Li Lu felt warmth in her heart, having an older brother was still good, her father was much better to her now! Not hitting her anymore, but compared to her brother, he was far behind.

Guihua finished eating, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and at this time Li Shuanzhu and Li Xiang brought in the freshly cooked noodles.

"Brother! I'm leaving, give me two hundred yuan."

Guihua was worried about her son, preparing to head back.

Li Shuanzhu's face froze, he摸ed his pocket.

Inside, there was the money he had earned today, less than thirty yuan; usually, selling on combined mornings and afternoons could make seventy yuan, good days up to one hundred yuan.

"It's been raining these two days, hadn't gone out to sell, today just started, didn't earn much. Next time!"

Li Shuanzhu knew well, his sister comes every time this way, asking for one hundred or two hundred.

She comes two or three times a month.

The money he earned couldn't be saved.

After paying rent, what's left still has to feed him and his daughter, and pay Li Lu's tuition, if still giving it all to Guihua, now with Li Xiang back, they have one more mouth to feed, he couldn't continue spoiling Guihua.

Guihua became anxious upon hearing this, without money, going back empty-handed, her in-laws would treat her kindly, that'd be surprising.

She no longer had a house, her mother-in-law changed faces quickly, needless to say, using indirect speech, switched to outright guns blazing to tear at her.

If she lost even this final bit of money, there'd be no good outcome for her.

Guihua wasn't foolish, quite clever.

"Big brother, I'm your sister, when you didn't even have rent money initially, it was Shuanwen and I who helped you scrape up the funds; you can't just use up the bridge after crossing, when needing me I'm your sister, when not needing, I'm out of sight.

Big Brother! You know what life I'm leading with my in-laws, not giving me money is literally letting me die."

She was complaining to her brother.

If her brother hadn't put the house under their name back then, it wouldn't have come to this.

She was harboring grievances in her heart.

Had her brother not blindly trusted Feng Qian, at least he'd have tens of thousands in hand, even not needing to sell pancakes and fruits now.

Li Shuanzhu was helpless, this sister, spoiled by him, since Liu Hong married into their family, Guihua never suffered hardship, developing her high expectations but low ability, now even worse.

Apart from asking others for money, she hadn't thought of going to work herself.

Almost pulling out the money he made today from his pocket.

Just as his hand was firmly pressed by Li Xiang beside him.

Li Xiang's hands weren't very strong, but already showing the semblance of a man, strong and lean, visible with scars and calluses, and chilblains.

Li Shuanzhu was startled by these hands.

Are these still his son's hands?