Chapter 261: Chapter 253: Human or Ghost?

Bai Erzhu glared. "You’re not going? If you don’t go, how am I supposed to find your father? If you don’t lead the way, how will I ever find him?"

Bai Dabao’s face was pale, his panicked eyes about to spill over with tears. "But I... I’m scared— There’s a snake there. A venomous snake, a really big one."

Hearing this, Bai Erzhu was furious. "You have the nerve to say that? You knew there was a venomous snake there, and you just abandoned your father? What if the snake bit him after you left?"

’The family has so little money left. If Big Brother gets bitten by a venomous snake, we’ll have to spend money on treatment, and what little we have probably won’t be enough.’

’Before the family property is divided, this money absolutely cannot be spent. Absolutely not.’

Bai Erzhu yelled at Bai Dabao, "What are you just standing there for? Do you really want your father to die in the fields?"

Liu had collapsed to the ground, sobbing so hard she could barely breathe, as if she were already a widow.

Old Mrs. Bai was furious when she heard this. She cursed, "What are you wailing for? Your husband isn’t dead yet, and you’re already carrying on like this? Even if he weren’t dying, you’d wail him to death! Now shut your mouth!"

Scolded into a stupor by Old Mrs. Bai, Liu stared blankly at the old woman, her eyes still wet with tears.

Old Mrs. Bai couldn’t be bothered with her. She turned to Bai Dabao and said, "Da Bao, stop standing around. Hurry up and go find your father with your Second Uncle. If you don’t go, where is your Second Uncle supposed to look for him? He could search until tomorrow morning and still not find him."

Da Bao had no choice but to get up and follow Bai Erzhu out the door. The whole way, he desperately clung to the corner of Bai Erzhu’s shirt, refusing to let go. His eyes darted around in a panic, like a frightened fawn.

Bai Erzhu was anxious, but Da Bao was walking too slowly, and he couldn’t get the boy to speed up. He couldn’t help but turn back and say to Da Bao, "Da Bao, you’re supposed to be a big boy. Why are you so timid? If we don’t hurry, your father might not make it." After speaking, he grabbed Da Bao’s arm, planning to pull him along.

Startled by his uncle’s sudden movement, Da Bao trembled and slipped into a ditch by the side of the road. Since he was still holding onto his uncle’s shirt, he pulled Erzhu into the ditch with him.

There wasn’t much water in the ditch, but there was plenty of mud. By the time the two of them climbed out, they were covered head to toe in filth.

Bai Erzhu was absolutely fuming, but this was no time to lose his temper. ’We have to find Big Brother quickly. If he really got bitten by that snake, our family’s meager savings will be wiped out...’

He grabbed Da Bao and hurried on.

"It’s just ahead, just ahead!" Bai Dabao remembered this spot. When he left, he recalled that not far from where they fell, there was a small pond with two short trees by its edge. It was easy to recognize.

Before they even got close, they heard Bai Dazhu’s cries for help. "Help, help me!"

The two of them immediately rushed toward the sound.

Hearing footsteps, Bai Dazhu quickly looked up at the figures in the distance and shouted, "Help! I’m Bai Dazhu! Quick, come save me!"

The figures grew closer. He saw two people covered in black rushing toward him. Being covered in black wasn’t strange, but what was strange was that their faces were also pitch-black. All he could see were their two bright eyes, gleaming in the darkness.

’Is... is that a person or a ghost?’

Terrified, he immediately started kowtowing, muttering loudly, "Don’t kill me, don’t kill me! I have elders to support and children to raise! I can’t die, I can’t die!"

"Big Brother, what are you talking about? It’s me, Erzhu." ’Has Big Brother lost his mind? Did the fall scramble his brains?’

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