Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 435: Reconstruction of the Family on the Road to Escape

He Xingqing closed his eyes, took the bamboo tube, took two small sips and handed it back to Tao Chunhua.

Tao Chunhua screwed on the stopper, put the bamboo tube on her waist, and took out a hard-wheat steamed bun from the bag she was carrying, broke it in two halves, and stuffed them into the hands of He Xingqing and He Yunwang respectively.

He said, "Eat quickly."

He Xingqing pinched the blackened coarse grain steamed bun and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm not hungry yet. You can eat it."

Seeing that He Yunwang was also looking at her without eating, Tao Chunhua covered her mouth and smiled, "You guys eat, I'll go to Gu's house, over there-----"

Gu Mancang won't let her go hungry.

She just didn't have the courage to say it out loud, but He's uncle and nephew understood.

As for Tao Chunhua, she looked for another man even before her husband's body was cold. He Xingqing and He Yunwang were angry and puzzled at first, but they knew in their hearts that Tao Chunhua was not doing this just for herself, but more for their survival.

However, seeing Tao Chunhua becoming dependent on another man so quickly, both the uncle and nephew felt uncomfortable.

He Yun looked at his cold face and seemed a little unkind, "Mom, we have our own dry food." His mother was not like this before.

He Xingqing didn't say anything either, but he didn't touch the bun in his hand.

Tao Chunhua's face turned cold as well. "I did this for you. If the Gu family stops helping us, we won't be left with nothing to eat. Don't think I'm taking advantage of them. I, I have no choice."

"Sister-in-law, stop talking, I'll eat." He Xingqing closed his eyes, not daring to look at Tao Chunhua again, and ate the hard steamed bun with his eyelids drooping. His other hand tightly grabbed the trouser leg of his lame leg, and his knuckles turned white from the force.

He Yunwang turned his eyes slightly and caught a glimpse of the little girl sitting next to a large backpack not far away. She broke her steamed bun in half and forcefully stuffed it into Tao Chunhua's hand.

Tao Chunhua sighed, sat down, and took a small piece of steamed bun and nibbled it slowly.

On the other side, Gu Li and Gu Mancang were also eating.

Gu Mancang often travels outside, and although he doesn't know much else, he does have the skill of preparing dry food. He brings more dry food and water than the He family.

Seeing the three people sharing a pancake, Gu Mancang grabbed two dry steamed buns and sent them over.

"We're a family now. Come and get some dry food if you don't have enough." Gu Mancang stuffed the biscuit into Tao Chunhua's hand. "Salt is added to this biscuit. After sweating for a long time, you need more salt to have more strength."

Tao Chunhua looked at Gu Mancang gratefully, "Thank you, Brother Gu."

Gu Mancang nodded and said, "Come back to refill the water after you finish drinking it. But we still have to drink it carefully, because we don't know when we can find a water source ahead."

He didn’t care about using water before, because he had to make medicine for his precious daughter and save her life. But now it’s different. As long as his daughter can survive, he must ensure that he can protect her to her new place of residence.

Gu Li was angry that Gu Mancang was so generous that he shared the food with the three outsiders, but she couldn't convince her father for the time being.

I don't know why his father is so stubborn and insists on forming a family with them.

Could it be that he really has a crush on Tao Chunhua?

Twenty-seven-year-old Tao Chunhua was indeed good-looking, otherwise she would not have attracted the covetousness of people with bad intentions on the street. Not only did he have his eyes on the big bag of the He family, but he also had his eyes on the plump and fair-skinned wife of the scholar.

Without force to match their wealth and beauty, their family would be robbed sooner or later.

Now Gu Mancang is a support that they will never let go.

Gu Li bit the steamed bun angrily with too much force, almost breaking her front teeth. She only left a shallow tooth mark and a small piece of bloody saliva on the steamed bun.

Gu Li:-----

Ahhh, her front teeth are about to fall out.

It would be better if it fell off.

"Daddy, my teeth!" Gu Li moved her tongue left and right against her front teeth, feeling very annoyed. Why did even her teeth go against her?

What a fucking start.

Are you trying to force someone to death?

Gu Mancang held his daughter's little face and looked left and right, pinching her small front teeth with his rough fingers but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

"My daughter, daddy doesn't dare!" The big man who was not afraid of encountering bandits while escorting a caravan of goods and who even attacked people with a knife, could not bear to pull out the tooth of his daughter when he saw her with tearful eyes.

"But I can't eat."

Gu Mancang quickly withdrew his hand and wiped his face, "It's okay, Dad will break it into pieces and feed it to you."

Gu Li:-----

Tao Chunhua watched the interaction between the father and daughter for a long time, and couldn't help but walked over, "Brother Gu, Xiao Li'er's tooth must be extracted as soon as possible, otherwise it will affect the growth of her new teeth."

"Ah, then, what should we do?"

Tao Chunhua squatted down and came in front of Gu Li, "I'll do it. Back then, I was the one who pulled out Yun Wang's front teeth."

Gu Li's face was full of resistance, but Gu Mancang had already made way.

She reminded him anxiously, "Xiao Li'er is very afraid of pain, so be careful. If you really can't pull it out, don't force it. It's not difficult for me to break it open and feed it to her. See if you can pull it out first, and then decide whether to do it or not-----"

Gu Li:-----

The tension that had just emerged was inexplicably dispelled by Gu Mancang's full of worry.

She suddenly wasn't afraid of the pain anymore.

Gu Mancang held his daughter's hand and wanted to say a few words of comfort and encouragement, but Tao Chunhua said, "Okay."

Both father and daughter were stunned.

When he lowered his head, he saw Tao Chunhua holding a tooth with two fingers and holding it in front of the father and daughter with a smile.

Gu Mancang turned his head and looked at Gu Li, "Does it hurt?"

Gu Li blinked and wanted to nod, but she really didn't feel any pain. It was a little too late to pretend to be in pain now.

Gu Mancang took his daughter's front teeth and breathed a sigh of relief. "We should throw the upper teeth down here. The dry riverbed we just passed by is a good place."

As Gu Mancang spoke, he started running along the dirt road they came from. Tao Chunhua didn't have time to stop him before Gu Mancang had already run far away.

In just half a day, Gu Li was immersed in the big man's tender fatherly love all the time.

Who wouldn't like blatant favoritism? Gu Li loved her father too much.

Forget it. If her father is really satisfied with Tao Chunhua, she can accept it. As long as she stays away from that bastard.

Gu Mancang ran back very quickly because he was worried about leaving his daughter alone.

"Dad, where are we going?" Gu Li had been drowsy on the road before. He only knew that he was in a hurry. He had no idea where to go and was just following the crowd.

"When I took you to see the doctor, your uncle Tongyi left me a note saying that they were heading south to Liuzhou in Yongqing Prefecture. Your aunt Bai's brother from her mother's family is a constable in Liuzhou."

Gu Li, who knew the direction of the plot, knew that this group of refugees could not reach Liuzhou at all, and they could not even enter the territory of Yongqing Prefecture.

Because the imperial court had other arrangements for these disaster victims.