"Li Xia? Li Xia! Wake up, hey, it's dawn!"
A few hooligans were pushing Li Xia's shoulders.
"You brat, you were drunk and wanted to play cards yesterday. You lost everything, right?”
"You're giving us money!”
"Haha, I'll have to trouble you to give me more of these benefits in the future!”
A bone-piercing cold wind blew in through the broken window of the small house. The man who was sleeping soundly suddenly opened his eyes and shivered.
In his distant memories, this small run-down house was the base for him and his friends. They often smoked, drank, and played cards…They were always out of the house.
That was when he was in his twenties, but he lived a muddleheaded life in his prime.
At that time, he was known as a hooligan in the village, a useless person.
Li Xia looked around in confusion and saw familiar people and things.
In his muddled head, thoughts began to quickly return.
Li Xia stood up abruptly and patted Chen Dabao's rough face.
Was this guy really Chen Dabao?
"Hiss ~! It hurts!"
"What! Li Xia! Losing money without revenge!"
Ignoring Chen Dabao's dissatisfaction, Li Xia hurriedly walked out of the hut and headed towards the village.
The cold wind in the early morning blew more and more awake. Li Xia was certain of one thing. He had been reborn.
After confirming this unbelievable matter, the first thing he had to do was to hurry home.
In 1983, Shangrong Village was poor.
Entering the village from the east, there was a bumpy dirt road in the middle. There were two rows of houses in front and back, and there were thirty to forty households scattered around.
The village was basically a large courtyard surrounded by willow branches. Every house had mud and straw houses with mud walls and grass roofs. They were low and prone. The back slope of the roof was covered with thick moss and weeds that were more than a foot tall.
Li Xia's house was the westernmost house in the village. It was the worst house in the village.
When they reached the door, Li Xia felt a little nervous.
He subconsciously wanted to tidy up his clothes, but when he lowered his head, he realized that his body was in a terrible state.
His clothes were made of dirty coarse cloth and had a few holes in them. They had not been patched yet.
It was a pair of tattered cloth shoes and black socks that had not been washed for a few days. There was still a lot of mud on them.
Alright, there was no need to tidy it up.
He entered.
The two children were playing in the house. When they heard the door open, they looked up and widened their eyes.
Li Xia stared at the two children. In an instant, her eyes were burning.
There seemed to be a surge of heat in his chest.
I'm back!
I…actually came back!
Li Xia froze at the door. Everything felt like a dream.
Where was she?
Where was Chu Mengxi?
Li Xia only saw his two children, but he did not see the child's mother.
He remembered now that he was idle, Chu Mengxi could only work as a worker in the county town's textile factory to earn money to support her family.
He could not bring the two children with him. Sometimes, he would ask Aunt Wang next door to help him look after them. Sometimes, he would bring them to Chu Mengxi's parents 'house and ask the old couple to help take care of them.
Li Xia, as the father, did not fulfill his responsibility as a husband and did not care about the two children.
He was really a bastard in the past!
No, it should be a competition between bastards!
He was lazy, and later became addicted to gambling. Sometimes, he even stole the family's oil and rice money and lost everything.
A perfectly fine family was now in a precarious situation.
Li Xia's heart skipped a beat. In his memory, it seemed like there were only a few days left before he divorced Chu Mengxi.
In his previous life, he didn't care about the divorce at all. He didn't care about the child and his mother. As for himself, he continued to live alone until many years later. He finally realized it, but he didn't regret it…
Later on, through hard work, Li Xia made a fortune. Although his days were good, he never saw Chu Mengxi and the two children again.
Li Xia had used all his connections and investigated for several years, but there was still no news of Chu Mengxi.
At that time, Li Xia longed to see his wife and children again.
However, reality was often cruel. Although Li Xia had billions of assets, he had been lonely until old age…
Chu Mengxi and the two children were like a nightmare that would haunt him for the rest of his life. They were his guilt for the rest of his life!
Li Xia looked at the two children in front of him and rubbed his hands, his eyes red.
He stepped forward, wanting to get closer to the two children.
The two little fellows shrank back in fear.
"Papa…Papa…"
The younger one was called Nuannuan, and she was three years old. Her soft voice rang out as she called out to Li Xia.
His bean-sprout-like body hid behind his sister Duoduo. He stuck out half of his head and stared at Li Xia in a daze.
Duoduo was four years old. She looked at Li Xia in panic and shielded her sister behind her.
Li Xia might be a bastard, but he would occasionally scold his wife and daughter when he was drunk. Fortunately, he did not lay a hand on them.
In his previous life, Li Xia's mindset was old-fashioned. He valued sons over daughters. He had always been cold to his own flesh and blood.
At this moment, Aunt Wang's voice came from outside the door.
"Duoduo, Nuannuan, it's time for breakfast. Each of you will get half a sweet potato.”
Aunt Wang was holding a small soup bowl with a chipped mouth. There were two small portions of sweet potatoes in it, and they were steaming.
Li Xia immediately frowned. How could such a small amount of food fill one's stomach? Furthermore, it was not nutritious. The child was still growing.
In the eyes of the two little fellows, it was already very good to have something to eat. Look at how happy they were…
Aunt Wang was about to enter when she realized that Li Xia was standing at the door. His tall body almost blocked the door.
He was a young and strong young man, but he did not learn well. He idled around all day, smoked, drank, gambled, and relied on his wife to support him. He was abandoned by the people of Banyan Tree Village.
There were hooligans like Li Xia everywhere, and Li Xia was the only one in Shangrong Village.
In the 1980s, the villagers were passionate and simple, but no one liked people like Li Xia.
If Aunt Wang didn't pity the two little ones, she wouldn't have entered Li Xia's house.
The two milk dumplings smelled the sweet potato fragrance and their eyes immediately lit up.
Reaching out her fair and tender hands, she took the sweet potato from Aunt Wang's hands and immediately ate it.
"Hu…hot…hot…"
Nuannuan ate in a hurry. She didn't even peel off the skin and just stuffed it into her mouth. There was paste all over her mouth.
Duoduo wiped her sister's mouth as she ate.
"Aiya, you two little fellows, eat slowly.”
Aunt Wang shook her head and walked over to help Nuannuan peel the sweet potato.
Li Xia watched from the side, and his heart suddenly tightened. These two little fellows could eat such dry sweet potatoes so happily.
Who was to blame?
The ten yuan that Li Xia had lost yesterday was enough to feed his family for half a month.
Now, the rice and flour jars were empty. If it wasn't for Aunt Wang who sent sweet potatoes to the children out of pity, the two little guys could only eat the pot lid.
Thinking of this, Li Xia wanted to slap himself a few times!
Half a sweet potato was quickly eaten up. The two little fellows licked their little mouths, still wanting more.
Aunt Wang only left after they finished eating. She was afraid that Li Xia would snatch the child's food.
From the beginning to the end, Aunt Wang did not say a word to Li Xia.
What was there to say to this kind of street punk? It was bad luck to see him.
"Sister, Nuannuan isn't full yet…"
Nuannuan rubbed her stomach and said aggrievedly.
"Sister, bear with it. When Mom comes back later, we'll have something to eat.”
Duoduo was actually hungry too, but she was a little more sensible and stronger than Nuannuan.
Then, the two kids looked at Li Xia.
In the past, Li Xia would fool around until late at night or pull an all-nighter. When he got home, he would fall asleep immediately.
It was very unusual today. His gaze was fixed on them, which made the two little fellows uncomfortable.
Li Xia calmed himself down. When he opened his mouth, his voice was a little hoarse. He coughed and said,
"Duoduo, Nuannuan, are you still hungry? Wait here, Daddy will get you something to eat."”
After saying that, Li Xia hurried out of the door and took a fishing rod from under the eaves.
Duoduo doubted her ears.
Nuannuan clapped her hands happily and said in a childish voice,"" Sister, Papa is different today. He said that he's going to get us something to eat instead of telling us to get lost…"
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