Chapter 91: Moving Out (1) (1/2)

“Beast, what are you jabbering about?” Chen Dagui was mystified.

Chen Goudan continued to wail loudly. “Wu wu wu, I almost fell down the slope the last time I cut wood on the mountain, but Elder Brother Mo saved me. Today, I wanted to thank him by giving him the fish I caught. I don’t have anything. We don’t have enough to eat at home, so I didn’t dare to give him any food.

“I finally managed to get a few small fish and prawns, then Elder Brother Mo even invited my little sister and me to have a meal with them. I didn’t take any food from the house. I didn’t! Wu wu wu!”

When they heard that, everyone immediately understood.

Chen Goudan had no parents and had to take care of his little sister. The Chen family usually did not give them much to eat. They were so young, but had to put up with daily scoldings and beatings. They even had to do chores at a young age.

The siblings had depended on kind souls in the brigade who gave them a little food, and that was how they had survived until now.

As Chen Goudan gradually grew up, he often repaid the people who gave him food by working for them.

Everyone in the brigade was used to this arrangement.

Now, the few small fish and prawns in the brigade’s reservoir were mostly for the children’s enjoyment. They could not possibly catch much.

As long as Mo Beihan was home, his family would not lack food. Everyone saw that Mo Beihan had caught many fish this time.

The few small fish and prawns that Chen Goudan had caught in the reservoir was not enough for the two children. By bringing them home, Mo Beihan was actually giving them food, instead of being repaid by Chen Goudan.

But Chen Dagui was still angry. In the end, it was all because Chen Goudan had not brought those few fish and prawns home!

If he had brought them home, Chen Goudan and his sister would certainly not get a share.

Everyone was instantly contemptuous. He had beaten the children so severely over such a small amount of food, which the children had, in fact, caught themselves. He really treated them like mules to be ordered around.