The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 330 - 334: The Altered Life (16)

Chapter 330: Chapter 334: The Altered Life (16)

"Su Family’s second boy, you’ve arrived, hurry up... I think I heard your wife crying inside."

Su Mo didn’t rush inside as the onlooking villagers expected him to.

Entering the courtyard, he stopped short of the room, where the angry sounds of smashing were still at a distance.

Poking his head around, he could see what was happening inside without getting entangled by the Qiao Family.

For Su Li, it was even simpler. Leaning against a large tree, he released his Divine Sense, probably seeing even clearer than Su Mo.

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Ever since Qiao Xiaoxiao found out that the items she’d carefully hidden were searched and taken by Mrs. Qiao, she was frantic.

She knew all too well what kind of people her parents were.

Otherwise, since her rebirth, she’d been making plans behind her parents’ backs, cautiously and discreetly. Why?...

For fear that they’d ruin her plans.

Otherwise, why would she be so exhausted?

Her parents never treated the girls in the family as their own children, merely as beasts of burden to earn money for their sons.

Especially her father, even more so.

Qiao Xiaoxiao already detested her father to death and swore in her heart that once she left this time, she wouldn’t plan on returning.

Her leg was in such a condition that was enough to drive her insane, but if her last hope was also destroyed, Qiao Xiaoxiao didn’t know what she’d be driven to do.

Always afraid to anticipate the worst, Qiao Xiaoxiao still secretly sought out Mrs. Qiao.

"Mom, Xiao San said you took stuff from my room? Give it back to me, now."

"I know it’s wrong to hide private money, I’ll give all the cash to you, but please return those useless sheets of paper to me."

Qiao Xiaoxiao spoke vaguely, hoping to bamboozle Mrs. Qiao who had never been to school and couldn’t read.

But as soon as she spoke, Mrs. Qiao flew into a rage and slapped her across the face.

The crisp slap landed on Qiao Xiaoxiao’s cheek, "You’ve become wild at heart, daring to hide so much private money behind my back."

She was scrupulous about money management, and she only had a little more than the amount her second daughter had stashed away.

She thought about how without someone else’s reminder for her to search for the admission notice in her second daughter’s room, she would never have discovered that her seemingly honest second daughter had hidden away so much money.

Though most of it was given to the second daughter by the eldest, to Mrs. Qiao, this money belonged to the family, meant to be saved for Xiao Wu’s future bride.

Qiao Xiaoxiao didn’t dodge or flinch from the hard slap of her mother, her face showing a hint of plea, "I was wrong, I don’t want the money... just return the box to me."

Mrs. Qiao: "Gone... I threw it away..."

"Stop joking..."

Mrs. Qiao heavily slapped Qiao Xiaoxiao’s back again, not caring that her daughter was still injured.

"Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking, what you’re looking for is the admission notice... I didn’t expect Granny Su was right, you really got into university."

Qiao Xiaoxiao instinctively couldn’t admit it, and shaking her head, denied, "Mom, don’t listen to Granny Su’s nonsense. She’s just upset because elder sister is too concerned with her maternal family and is deliberately trying to sow discord in our family."

Mrs. Qiao, hands on her hips, burst into harsh swearing, "I’ve had people from the Educated Youth point check the items..."

Qiao Xiaoxiao’s excuse was caught in her throat, unable to come out.

"So... your Daddy tore up the admission notice."

"Get your mind straight, stop hanging around with those Educated Youth folks, it’s made your heart wild."

"Born a girl, always thinking about studying, what’s the use... Better to work harder, earn more for your brothers, so when you get married, they’ll stand up for you. Otherwise, once you’re at your in-laws, you’re just doomed to be bullied."

Qiao Xiaoxiao could barely stand, her head buzzing and spinning.

Torn up.....

How could this happen...

This was the thing that could change her destiny; it could not just be torn up.

Mrs. Qiao, who had been cursing loudly, gradually lowered her voice.

Seeing the ferocious expression that had suddenly appeared on her second daughter’s face, her heart trembled.

It was truly frightening when someone who seemed honest lost their temper.

Mrs. Qiao, who was used to her second daughter’s silence and had always thought of her as a pushover, was somewhat panicked.

But after a while, having steeled her nerves, she calmed down again.

No matter how strong she was, she was still the one who came out of her womb; she couldn’t escape the palm of her hand.

Only, this time, she probably miscalculated.

Qiao Xiaoxiao, dominated by the panic of being unable to change her fate, behaved like a madwoman, smashing whatever was at hand.

Mr. Qiao, who came out from the inner room due to the noise, was also hit in the head by her and started to bleed.

Trouble was stirred up in an instant, and shouting and fighting ensued.

In the chaos, Qiao Xiaosan slipped away to the Su Family to find Qiao Xiaohong.

What followed was the scene Su Li had witnessed.

Qiao Xiaoxiao’s not fully healed wound started to bleed again, and her face and body were all bruised from being beaten by her own father.

Mr. Qiao wasn’t much better off himself, also showing signs of injury.

With Qiao Xiaohong’s desperate interference, Mrs. Qiao even managed to scratch Qiao Xiaoxiao several times.

"Daddy, Mom, how could you tear up Xiaoxiao’s admission notice..."

Mr. Qiao was slightly more courteous to this daughter who had married into another family, but his anger was evident, "Look at her, what does she look like? All because she read a few books, now she even dares to lift a hand against her parents..."

"It’s better to crush her dreams early. Once her leg heals, she can come work in the fields with me for work points, and soon, we’ll have the village matchmaker find her a good family to marry into. That’ll settle it."

Mr. Qiao, who originally felt a bit guilty for injuring his second daughter so severely, now...

He just wanted to marry off his daughter as soon as possible to get a decent dowry to save for Xiao Wu.

This daughter was of no use anymore...

Qiao Xiaohong, influenced by the Su Family, had more insight than her own parents.

She earnestly tried to persuade them, "Daddy, Mom, Xiaoxiao got into a teachers’ college, they not only waive the tuition but also give a monthly stipend. Isn’t that better than her doing hard labor here in the countryside?"

"If Xiaoxiao’s life improves, she will surely help out the family, which is good for Xiao Wu as well... and later, Xiao Wu could also go to school in the provincial city."

Mrs. Qiao was tempted, but Mr. Qiao was not at all fooled by Qiao Xiaohong’s words.

He scoffed coldly, "I don’t count on her. If she was really thinking of the family’s best interests, she wouldn’t have hidden so much money for herself."

"Besides, it’s no use talking about it... it’s in the stove, burnt up as kindling..."

Qiao Xiaoxiao, disregarding everything else, dragged her injured leg to the kitchen, not even feeling the pain in her leg.

In her heart, she continuously prayed that her father was telling a lie.

But the Gods and Buddhas did not favor her; beside the stove, there indeed lay a pile of burnt ashes.

Even turned into ashes... Qiao Xiaoxiao still recognized it; it was her well-preserved treasure.

After staring blankly for a while, Qiao Xiaoxiao threw herself into the ashes; aside from getting her hands black, she gained nothing else.

Her hopes, aspirations... a better life, everything was gone...

Qiao Xiaohong, enduring her physical discomfort, followed and wanted to offer comfort but was instead pushed to the ground by Qiao Xiaoxiao.

Blood-colored flowers started to spread across the ground.