Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands Chapter 300 - 292: The Boy with a Stye on His Eye (2)

Li Xing’an didn’t understand and asked again, "Uncle, what do you an by... seeing sothing you shouldn’t? If you see sothing you shouldn’t, does that an your eyes will grow sothing? Grow what?"

The old man looked at the three of them, scoffed coldly, "You all better not learn from him!"

Li Xing’an was confused, "Uncle, I don’t understand, if you explain, maybe I will get it."

Li Yuzhu understood.

In her previous life, when she was a child, she grew up in the countryside and often heard the village kids talk like this.

The old man hesitated, unwilling to explain.

Li Xing’an asked Mu Yuanxiu.

Mu Yuanxiu glared at him, his face turning red from embarrassnt, and said nothing.

Li Xing’an snorted, "Why are you all acting so mysterious? If nobody tells , I’ll go ask soone else."

The old man lost his patience, "He saw a girl taking a bath."

Li Xing’an was dumbfounded, "...Is there really such a saying? I’ve never heard the servants at the Prince Mansion talk about this before."

Mu Yuanxiu frowned.

Li Yuzhu burst out laughing.

The old man glared at Li Yuzhu with a serious face, "Young lady, if you see a man bathing, your eyes will grow sothing too, what’s so funny? This is a very serious matter!"

Li Yuzhu laughed even more.

Li Xing’an didn’t laugh, he angrily said to the old man, "Our family’s girls are well taught, they would never do such a thing!"

The old man blew his mustache, "What if a man purposely lets her see him?"

Li Xing’an, "..." Is it impossible to defend against this? His face darkened, and he grabbed Mu Yuanxiu, "Mu Yuanxiu, don’t play tricks in front of my third sister. If her eyes have any problems, I’ll co after you first!"

Mu Yuanxiu said seriously, "Third Brother Li, I’m not that kind of person."

"That’s good, rember what you said today!" Li Xing’an snorted coldly.

Li Yuzhu pushed them apart, "Don’t argue, if sothing grows in your eye, it’s not because you saw sothing bad, but because your body has a problem."

"Nonsense, nonsense, it’s because you saw sothing bad," the old man waved his hands, "Ah, you young people, not listening to elders, you’ll suffer big losses."

Li Yuzhu didn’t want to discuss the eye issue with him anymore, she asked, "Uncle, where is Xiao Chengzi’s house? We have so matters with him."

The old man pointed ahead, "Go forward, when you see an alley on the left, turn in, and the place with a well on the left side of the door is it."

The three thanked him and walked forward.

At the doorstep, just as Li Xing’an was about to knock, the door suddenly opened from inside, and a wooden clog flew out.

Imdiately, a woman’s sharp yelling ca from inside.

"Watch out!" Mu Yuanxiu quickly pulled Li Yuzhu to the side, just avoiding the wooden clog hitting her.

Li Xing’an, furious, strode into the house.

"You almost killed soone, do you know that?" Li Xing’an rolled up his sleeves and loudly asked the people in the courtyard, "Who threw the clog?"

He looked fierce, scaring everyone in the courtyard.

In the courtyard, there were three people: a toddler about two or three years old, a teenager about fifteen or sixteen, and a plump middle-aged woman about forty.

Li Yuzhu picked up the clog and entered the courtyard, throwing the clog on the ground, "The clog is still intact, just throwing it away is such a waste, losing one shoe ans losing both."

Mu Yuanxiu also said, "That clog just now almost hit this young lady, if sothing happened, your whole family would face a lawsuit."

The middle-aged woman put her hands on her hips with an angry face, glared at the three of them, and fiercely kicked the teenager, "Are you blind? Are your ears deaf too? Hurry up and apologize!"

The teenager’s leg buckled from the kick.

He lowered his head, walked to Li Yuzhu and the others, clasped his hands and said, "Sorry, I won’t throw it again next ti."

The teenager’s clothes were ragged, he was thin and weak, his face pale, and his left eye was covered with a cloth.

Li Yuzhu looked at him, "Were you the one who threw the clog?"

Li Xing’an and Mu Yuanxiu, worried that the teenager might hit Li Yuzhu, imdiately stood by her side protectively on both sides.

The teenager still didn’t lift his head, and just looked at his own feet saying, "No."

Li Yuzhu raised an eyebrow, "If you didn’t throw it, why are you apologizing?"

The teenager bit his lip and said, "Anyway, sorry, it won’t happen again."

"Hey, he apologized, you can leave now, right?" the woman moved a few steps closer to Li Yuzhu and the others, waved her hand impatiently.

Li Xing’an crossed his arms, blocking the woman fiercely, "My sister was almost hit by this clog! Is an apology enough?"

The woman thought Li Xing’an was going to hit her, and she retreated a few steps in fear, muttering, "You, you, you... what do you all want?"

"Nothing much, just stand aside and don’t babble!" Li Xing’an sneered.

The woman, afraid of being hit, shrank back, stood aside, and didn’t dare to speak.

Li Xing’an gave her a cold glare and then looked at the young boy.

Suddenly, the woman turned around, picked up the boy sitting on the ground, and ran, rushing into the main room and slamming the door shut with a bang.

"Ha—, bullying the weak and fearing the strong!" Li Xing’an sneered again.

The young boy apologized, saying, "I’m really sorry, I’ll definitely pay attention next ti."

Li Yuzhu waved her hand, "Alright, alright, you’ve apologized several tis, let’s move past this. We ca to your house not to cause trouble, don’t be afraid, we’re here to find soone."

The boy did not look at Li Yuzhu, only at Mu Yuanxiu and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Is this Uncle Cheng’s house, who used to work at the Qianwen Book Society?" Li Yuzhu asked.

The boy nodded, "That’s my dad, but he passed away last month."

Li Yuzhu said, "Then we’ve found the right place. By the way, does he have a son about ten years old, do you know him?"

The boy exclaid in surprise, "That would be . What do you want with ?"

Li Yuzhu said, "Here’s the thing, I’d like to ask you to carve a mold for ."

Xiao Chengzi shook his head, "My eyes are bad, I can’t carve."

Li Yuzhu said, "I’ll heal your eyes, and you help carve the mold, how about that?"

Xiao Chengzi still shook his head, sighing, "It’s untreatable."

Li Yuzhu laughed, "Isn’t it just sothing growing on your eye? It’s not a big illness. Even if untreated, it’ll go away on its own in seven or eight days, but it would be uncomfortable. To keep you from discomfort, and to have you help , I’ve decided to help cure your eyes."

Xiao Chengzi sighed again, made a bow to the three, and said, "You should leave, please." With that, he turned and walked away.

Li Xing’an pulled him back, "What’s with you being so ek? Not even willing to treat an illness?"

Xiao Chengzi looked troubled, "I..."

At this mont, the door opened a crack.

The woman’s head poked halfway out, and she cursed, "Treatnt? Hmph, I have no money!... How would he get such a strange illness without peeping at Liu Ya’s bathing next door? Bah, shaful thing! Why don’t you just die? Making it so I can’t show my face outside!"

Xiao Chengzi’s face suddenly turned pale.

He trembled his lips, pushed Li Xing’an aside, and dashed toward the gate.

"Run, run, it’s best if you die outside, don’t co back!" the woman gritted her teeth and scolded, "Dying will save food!"

Li Yuzhu felt sothing was wrong.

She quickly shouted to Li Xing’an and Mu Yuanxiu, "Catch up with that boy! I feel like sothing might happen!"

The two’s faces changed, and they ran after him.

Mu Yuanxiu was fast, and Li Xing’an was tall with long legs; they caught up with Xiao Chengzi in less than twenty steps.

They pinned Xiao Chengzi from left and right.

Li Yuzhu quickly caught up too.

After catching her breath, she said, "I an, she curses you a bit, and you just run? When she says die, are you really going to find death?"

"As a man, seeking death after a bit of grievance, don’t you know how embarrassing that is! You’ll be laughed at for eternity!" Li Xing’an sneered.

Mu Yuanxiu said, "As the old saying goes, there is no hurdle that can’t be overco; live well, and things will definitely be resolved."

Xiao Chengzi sniffed, his eyes gradually reddening, "You don’t understand, don’t try to persuade ."

Li Yuzhu sneered, "Who wants to persuade you? Today is my lucky day, if you seek death today, you’ll spoil my luck, and I won’t allow it."

Xiao Chengzi sighed, "I won’t go today... "

Li Xing’an glared at him, "You stubborn fool! Still thinking of going tomorrow? Tomorrow is young grandfather’s lucky day, just try seeking death! I’ll go to your dad’s grave and tell on you!"

Mu Yuanxiu chid in, "The day after tomorrow is my lucky day."

Li Yuzhu said, "The day after that is my dad’s lucky day, if you dare to seek death that day, I won’t let your family off!"

Li Xing’an said, "The day after that is my mom’s lucky day..."

Xiao Chengzi looked up, "You... you guys..."

Li Yuzhu shook her head, "What you guys, I’m a doctor, your illness is nothing, I can see it, that woman scolding you is all because of sothing growing on your eye, once you cure your eye, she won’t scold you anymore, can’t you understand?"