Chapter 6: Was $2 Enough?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Bai Ruchuan saw his eldest sister trembling as she sat beside their father, who was lying in a pool of blood.

“Ah… I’m going to kill you…” It was unknown whether the small figure was frightened or angry, but he could not help but tremble. He picked up the wooden stick that Bai Dahe had thrown on the ground and ran over.

“Chuan…” Bai Xue shouted, her voice trembling slightly. She could not stop Bai Ruchuan since he had gone berserk.

“You two, hurry up and bring Daliang into the house. I’ll go to the captain’s house to borrow an ox cart and send him to the town hospital!” An Quanzi usually got along well with Daliang and was Grandma Zhao’s only son. He ran over and shouted at the surrounding crowd.

“Uncle Quanzi…” Bai Xue forced herself to calm down.

“Child, don’t be afraid. I’m here! Get someone to carry your father into the house and wait. I will go and borrow the ox cart! I’ll be back soon!” An Quanzi quickly ran out.

Hearing the commotion, Wang Cuihua could not stay inside any longer and staggered out. She had done as Bai Daliang said and did not come out no matter how noisy she was.

When she heard someone mention the hospital and someone injured, she could not stay inside anymore. She ran out and saw her man lying in a pool of blood.

“Daliang…” She ran over like a lunatic. She looked at Bai Daliang, who was bleeding profusely but did not dare to touch him. She cried heart-wrenchingly.

In this age and time, it was hard for people to get well considering the living conditions and technology.

“Cuihua, hurry up and move aside. Carry Daliang back to the house and wait! Quanzi has gone to borrow an ox cart!” The neighbors who had yet to leave came up to help.

At this moment, a man who looked very similar to Bai Daliang rushed out from the crowd. He was a man in his thirties. Bai Xue searched her memory and recognized him. He was the host’s second uncle, Bai Dajiang, who had also been chased out of the residence to live independently.

“I need two volunteers to help carry my brother into the house!” Bai Dajiang was sweating profusely from running in the cold weather. There was only one reason. When his family requested for housing, they were assigned to the west end of the village, which was further away. He had just returned from chopping firewood on the mountain when he heard that something had happened here, so he quickly ran over.

Wang Cuihua had just given birth and was weak, so she fainted altogether.

The people around them went forward and helped Bai Xue carry Bai Daliang and Wang Cuihua into the house and put them on the brick platform bed.

The back of Bai Daliang’s head was injured, so he could only lie prone. Bai Xue found a patched shirt and tore off a piece to bandage the wound.

Bai Xue knew that this was unhygienic and not good for the wound, but her father was bleeding non-stop. There was no new cloth or disinfectant at home, so she could only do this for now.

The two babies were also crying at the side as Bai Ruyun and Bai Ruxia carried them. The babies had not eaten their mother’s milk to begin with, so they could not sleep well. Even though they had sugar water, it was not enough to stave off hunger.

This time, everything was in chaos.

Bai Rushan and his brother had beaten Bai Dahe to a pulp. They knew that they could not hit him in the head, so Bai Ruchuan used Bai Dahe’s stick to hit Bai Dahe’s thigh a few times. Meanwhile, Bai Rushan ran over from behind and started punching and kicking him.

Old Madam Bai was already scared silly. She sat on the ground with a pool of liquid under her.

In the end, Bai Dahe’s wife, Li Guihua, ran out to stop the siblings and struggled to pull Bai Dahe up.

They were useless and only cared about covering their heads and fleeing like rats after they were beaten up by mere children.

“Mom, Mom, let’s go quickly. Let’s go while no one is paying attention!” Li Guihua was a fierce and scheming person. Seeing the situation was not good, she quickly supported her man and pushed Old Madam Bai who was sitting on the ground foolishly.

“I… is he going to die?” Old Madam Bai came back to her senses and asked in a daze.

“Mom, who cares if he dies? Let’s leave first. Otherwise, if Big Brother really dies, Dahe will become a murderer!” Li Guihua said anxiously as she supported Bai Dahe.

Bai Dahe had already placed all his weight on his wife. Li Guihua was only 1.7 meters tall and almost unable to support him.

She was not very strong since she hardly ate enough, so she nearly passed out trying to support her husband.

“Alright, alright then! Let’s go!” When Old Madam Bai heard her precious son would become a murderer, she quickly got up. She did not care that her cotton pants had been frozen by the urine. She got up and helped Bai Dahe out. She did not care if Bai Dahe was limping since his life was more important.

In the house, the neighbors helped carry Bai Daliang and Wang Cuihua in before they left, leaving Bai Dajiang and Bai Xue behind.

Because the house was really too small, it was really inconvenient to have two newborn babies there.

“Xue, do you have money? It will definitely cost a lot to send your father to the hospital!” Bai Dajiang looked at the family worriedly. He looked at the two crying babies and asked Bai Xue, who was busy making white sugar water for the two babies.

Bai Xue could not attend to Bai Daliang and Wang Cuihua yet and could only feed the two babies white sugar water first. She let her two sisters each carry one child and let her two brothers get firewood to boil hot water.

“Second Uncle, my father said that he has $2. Is that enough?” Bai Xue asked Bai Dajiang as she gave the babies sugar water.

She had only heard that money was very valuable in this era, but she did not know the details. She did not know if $2 was considered a lot of money at this time.

Although she had accepted the host’s memories, the host had never been to town until she was 15 years old. She could not find any relevant information in her memories, so she could only ask Bai Dajiang.

Moreover, she had only heard from Bai Daliang that he wanted to buy food in town with the $2 in his possession. She did not know where the money was located.

“Sigh… How can $2 be enough? How can you even think of going to the hospital with less than $10? Although your father’s wound doesn’t look very deep, he hasn’t woken up yet! I will think of a way to get the money! You stay at home and take care of your younger siblings!” Bai Dajiang covered Bai Daliang with a blanket and walked out.

Bai Daliang was lying on the bed. He turned his head to the side to breathe. He still did not seem to have woken up.

Bai Xue did not stop him. In her memory, her second uncle was a simple and honest man. He only accepted his fate and worked diligently. No matter how Old Madam Bai made a fuss, he did not say anything. His wife had a meek personality, so Old Madam Bai always pushed her around. The three children in the family often went hungry. She only knew how to cry without fighting back.

“Yun, Xia, give the babies white sugar water. I’ll go out and take a look!”

Bai Xue handed the white sugar water to her two sisters so that they could feed the babies. She looked at her parents lying on the bed and shook her head before walking out. She had to make arrangements for this family first. Otherwise, she might not be able to come back today after sending Bai Daliang to the town hospital. She did not want the two babies to starve to death.

Other people all became princesses when they transmigrated and were reborn. At the very least, they became the legitimate daughters of powerful prime ministers and were doted on. In comparison, she had transmigrated to an era with scarce resources and people went hungry. Before she had the time to get accustomed to this, she encountered lots of problems and could only take care of them.

“Shan, Chuan, go get some more firewood. I want to cook some rice paste for the two babies to drink!” Bai Xue looked at her two brothers who were busy making fire. She could only cook some rice into rice paste to feed the children.

She could not even take out milk now.

“Big Sis, we’ll go now!” They had hit their third uncle earlier, but finally calmed down and realized they had done something wrong. They did not dare to look up and ran out as soon as Bai Xue gave her orders.

However, in their hearts, they knew if history repeated itself, they would still beat Bai Dahe up mercilessly.