Rebirth: My Brother Can Only Be Mine

"We won't leave. Change your clothes and we will sew them and return them to you." Qiao'er's mother comforted her.

"Bah, why are you sewing? This dress is so new, you can sew it just like that?"

Wang Ershi was furious. These were some of the good clothes he had, and he wore them specifically to show them to Liu Xiulan.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Qiao'er asked.

"Either let me tear your clothes, or compensate me with a new set of clothes," said Wang Ershi.

"We'll compensate you with a new dress." Qiao'er's mother was afraid that the girl would say something about tearing her clothes. How could a girl get married if her clothes were torn in broad daylight?

"I also want this girl to kowtow to me three times." Seeing that the elder was so easy to talk to, Wang Ershi immediately became more demanding.

"This..." Qiao'er's mother was so anxious that she didn't know what to do and was hesitant to speak.

"Don't want to? If you don't want to, then marry me and be my concubine. Even though I'm a little dry, I don't mind."

Wang Erlai glanced at the half-open door of Liu Xiulan's house. Just now I blocked your way and insisted on closing it, and now you open it reluctantly.

Wang Ershi stood there in a frivolous manner, looking Qiao'er up and down, while glancing at the door that was opening wider and wider.

After hearing this, Liu Xiulan, who was behind the door, hurried out to seek reconciliation: "Wang Er, I'll compensate you for the clothes. Don't be angry with the little girl. Forgive her this time."

"It's just perfect. You can be the first wife and she can be the second wife. You two can serve me together. The village owes me a wife." Wang Ershi said with his arms folded, and continued to press forward.

Liu Xiulan's heart skipped a beat. What did she mean by the village owed him a wife? Wang Ershi was referring to the wife he was engaged to before he joined the army, namely her, Liu Xiulan. However, her mother took advantage of the fact that Wang Ershi had been away for many years and married her to another family in the village.

The betrothal money had already been given when the marriage was engaged, and her mother had spent it long ago. She herself had no money to pay Wang Ershi back, so Wang Ershi said that she owed him a wife.

Liu Xiulan tried to hold back, but couldn't help yelling:

"You idiot, why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? You still want to marry someone older or younger. Are you crazy?"

Liu Xiulan was so angry that she said something she didn't want to say. After she finished speaking, she looked at Wang Ershi who was glaring at her and couldn't help but whispered, "Let's talk it over. This really can't be done. How about this, I'll compensate you with two pieces of clothing."

"Okay, you compensate me with two pieces of clothing, and I'll let you go today," Wang Erlai said, turning around and saying, "Qiao'er, kowtow to me and admit your mistake."

Qiao'er's mother was so anxious that she was about to cry, and the villagers watching from the surrounding area also advised Wang Erlai not to be so cruel.

Wang Ershi yelled, "Don't pretend to be kind. If you were really kind, would my parents, elder brother and younger sister have died? You owe me all of this!"

The villagers were also choked, and someone couldn't help but say: "It was the mountain that collapsed, and everyone's house collapsed. We didn't have time to save your family, and who would have thought that you would be gone like this."

Wang Ershi's face turned pale. "There were two conscription quotas in the village, and I went without saying anything. But I fought hard outside, but came back with nothing. My family members were all killed, and my fiancée wife ran away. You owe me money!"

Someone answered, "You took the initiative to take the quota to fight, and everyone in the village is grateful, but this natural disaster is not something we can control. It was an accident. We rescued you a little late. There is nothing we can do. Everyone is injured."

Wang Ershi pouted: "That's a nice way to put it. Why was it that only my family lost everything in the natural disaster? Why did Wang Dagen also join the army? Why is Wang Dagen's family still fine?" He pointed at Qiao'er's mother and said.

Qiao'er's father also went to the war, but his family suffered less losses during the last natural disaster, unlike Wang Ershi's family, who were completely wiped out.

Wang Ershi continued, "You don't have to kowtow, but if Qiao'er marries me as my concubine, I will forgive you for what you did to me. You owe me this."

Qiao'er's mother couldn't help it. "Your home is at the end of the village, so close to the mountain. The mud and rocks rolled down from the mountain. We couldn't save you in time. How can you blame us?"

Wang Ershi also knew that he couldn’t blame the villagers entirely for this, but who else could he blame if not the villagers?

Do you blame yourself for being a fool and volunteering to join the army, but not being able to save your family in time? Do you blame God? Do you blame your elder brother for not being alert? Do you blame your parents for not running fast enough? Do you blame your sister for running slowly?

He could only blame the villagers. He went from house to house to get free meals every day, especially Wang Dagen's family. They also joined the army, so why were all his family members still alive while his own were all gone? God was unfair.

Wang Ershi stiffened his neck and said, "If you hadn't told me that Wang Dagen's letter had arrived, my family wouldn't have stayed at home waiting for the letter that day. You owe me this!"

He added: "I don't care. Liu Xiulan will be my first wife and Wang Qiaoer will be my concubine. Otherwise, I will never be done with tearing my clothes off. I have been seen naked."

Everyone in the village sighed. Wang Ershi had nothing, so he just built a thatched hut on the site of the collapsed house and lived in a daze.

He can do nothing but eat and drink every day. No girl would be willing to marry him? He married two wives. I don't think he wants them to work for him and support him.

"Wang Er, just ask them to compensate you for two pieces of clothing. If you do it again, it will be too late."

"Yes, your outer garment is torn, but your inner garment is still in good condition. You are not a virgin, so you shouldn't let anyone marry you."

"Yes, some people in our village are still working shirtless, so there's no need to get married." The villagers around him advised him.

Ever since Wang Ershi came back, he felt that everyone owed him something, and he would try to get three points no matter he was in the wrong. Today, he was even more confident because he was in the right.

After all, he was a soldier who had received training. He was a tyrant in the village. No one could do anything to him unless they met a big and strong man.

He spent his days eating and drinking for free in the village, doing nothing and learning nothing. The few acres of land left to him by his parents before they died were also abandoned.

"I don't care. I'll marry you tomorrow. We live in the same village, so it's only a short walk. There's no need for a sedan chair or dowry."

The villagers around: ... Wang Ershi's family is extremely poor, he dares to think and say anything. If a decent family were to marry off their daughter, it wouldn't be done so quickly, with three matchmakers and six betrothals, even if it's a simple process, it has to be done.

Qiao'er didn't say anything just now, she just wanted to see what Wang Ershi was planning. Seeing his unscrupulous look, she really couldn't bear it anymore.

Although it is pitiful that the whole family was wiped out, it is not entirely everyone's fault. Normally, he was indulged in free food, but today he took advantage of his own skills and became even more demanding.

She raised the carrying pole and hit Wang Erlai's arm with it, quickly hitting him several times. Wang Erlai once again realized how strong Qiao'er was and cried out in pain from being beaten.

Qiao Er beat him and scolded him: "You want to marry me? Marry me as your concubine?"

"Then come and marry me, I will break your legs and torture you at home every day."

"A small beating a day, a big beating every three days, where do you want to be beaten?"

"Did you hit me hard enough? If it doesn't hurt, tell me. I didn't hit you hard enough."

"Run, why don't you run? Even sows can run faster than you."

"Get up! How can I beat you if you don't run? Hurry up and run! I won't beat you to death. I will keep you to beat you every day, every month, and every year."

Not long after, Wang Ershi was beaten so hard that he rolled on the ground, but he couldn't move anymore, so he just lay down.

Qiao'er poked his leg with the pole, "Run, why don't you run?"