Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 75 Exchange
Not to mention the calculations of those two families.

Li Kongzhu was going back to her natal home on the second day of junior high school.

As for Zhao Junyi's refusal to say it a second time, Li Kongzhu didn't plan to pursue it any further.

Early in the morning, I surrounded myself tightly, closed the courtyard gate with a basket, and set off towards Lijiagou in the weather when it started to snow again.

Zhao Junyi led her to walk in front, Li Kongzhu was very dissatisfied and wanted to hook his arm.

Tsukuru couldn't see the helplessness in his eyes, so he must walk side by side so lazy.

When I first got married, I spent nearly an hour in a bullock cart with my head covered.

Now that the snow is over my knees, it is very difficult to walk in this snowy field.

Seeing her hugging him tightly, the man walked out of breath.

I couldn't help but kindly reminded me, "After you leave, follow the footprints I stepped on!"

Li Kongzhu nodded while stretching his waist and panting.Seeing him reaching out to pick up the basket in his hand, with a satisfied smile in his eyes, he followed behind him, stepping on him and making huge footprints.

He muttered, "Can't you just say one more thing? Why are you so boring!"

The man acted as if he couldn't hear, stepped on the pine snow unhurriedly, stepped down, deliberately stepped forward half a step, this way, she walked very smoothly behind.

The two walked hand in hand for nearly two hours. They set off before the hour of Chen, and when they arrived at Lijia Village, it was already the head of Xiangwu.

As soon as I entered the village, every household was emitting white smoke.There are a few children at the entrance of the village setting off firecrackers.

When they saw them again, they all opened their eyes curiously.

A child recognized Li Kongzhu, and immediately jumped up and pointed at her and shouted, "The bed-climbing girl from the Li family is back."

"Ah~"

The other children heard him yelling, and they all gathered around and stared at her one after another.

Zhao Junyi's face turned cold, and he stepped forward to block Li Kongzhu behind him.Looking at those children, he swept them one by one with cold eyes.

The children were so frightened by his tall body and disfigured face that they shrank their necks and backed away, not daring to lean forward again.

Waiting for them to go far away, the child who had such a good thing rolled his eyes and ran towards the direction of home, ready to tell his parents about it.

Li Kongzhu searched for his memory and came to a house in a village.

The courtyard door is an old wooden door, and a lot of the clear oil on it has fallen off, and there are also many wormholes that have been inhabited by insects and ants, which are also distributed on the door.

He stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Here we come!" The people in the room responded quickly.

With a clear creaking sound, Hao Shi's familiar yet unfamiliar face appeared in front of his eyes.

Seeing them, Hao shi took the lead and let the two of them enter the hospital with a smile, "Why did they arrive so late, I thought they wouldn't be here anymore!"

"It's time to come back, I haven't been back home for three dynasties!"

Speaking of Guining during the Three Dynasties, Hao Shi thought of going back to find her.

In order to find a good relative, my second daughter tried to take her cake recipe, although she didn't succeed, but it was still a bit unnatural.

She smiled awkwardly, "Hurry up and get in the house to warm up, the snow looks like it's going to get bigger."

Li Jingzhe was in her own house, counting the fallen firecrackers she picked up from the village.Hearing the familiar voice from the courtyard, he immediately threw the firecrackers in his hands on the kang and ignored them.

Quickly opened the door and ran out, "Sister, you are back!"

"Hey!" Li Kongzhu beckoned him to come closer, reached out and touched a red envelope from his waist for him.

Seeing this, Zhao Junyi also gave him a red envelope.

Li Jingzhe, who won two red envelopes at once, was very happy to catch the two of them, "Sister, brother-in-law! Happy Chinese New Year!"

"Happy Chinese New Year to you too!" Li Kongzhu smiled and touched his bundled bun head.

Li Jingzhe raised his eyes and scratched his head embarrassingly. Seeing that Zhao Junyi was carrying a basket, he quickly reached out to pick it up, "Brother-in-law, give it to me. I'll help you carry it in!"

"It's a bit heavy, don't use it!"

Zhao Junyi with a cold face staggered his hand, but he was not annoyed, and directly pulled Li Kongzhu's sleeve, about to let her into the room.

"Eldest sister, go to the kang in the house first, I'll bring some firewood over here, and heat up the small kang in the main room."

"You don't need to hurry up." Li Kongzhu went up the steps and pulled him into the room with her.

Hao Shi, who greeted them first, seemed a little redundant at this moment.

Staring at his younger son, he smiled and cursed, "You've been looking forward to your eldest sister all day long, but now that you're back, you're just like that unfettered monkey, but it's so twitching."

Li Jingzhe giggled, "Who makes the eldest sister treat me the best!"

"That's right, big sister!" After finishing speaking, he turned his head and winked at Li Kongzhu.

For an eight-year-old child, it's time for fun.With this movement, he didn't see Zhao Junyi who was already turning cold.

He reached out and pulled the back of his collar.Pulling him away from Li Kongzhu's side, he handed over the basket and said, "There are cakes and roasted seeds in it, whatever you like, just eat it!"

Hearing the pastry, Li Jingzhe was so greedy that his saliva flowed out, not annoyed that he pulled himself away from his eldest sister, he picked it up and began to search.

You must know that the family bought some peanuts and melon seeds during the Chinese New Year, and they were not willing to buy even a box of bad cakes.The small fish on the night of the New Year's Eve was not allowed to be touched, it was said that it was reserved for the eldest sister to come and use it as a big dish.

I don't know when the family has become so poor.

Several people entered the house.

Li Meilan greeted her from nowhere, but she smiled awkwardly and called out, "Eldest sister, brother-in-law."

Li Kongzhu still gave a red envelope, but Zhao Junyi didn't give her another one like he gave Li Jingzhe.

He just went to the small kang at the top calmly, stretched out his hand and touched the edge of the kang, not too hot.

Then he turned his head and said to Li Jingzhe who had already pulled out the crystal cake and said, "Go get some firewood. The kang is not hot!" After walking for such a long time, it was snowing again, not to mention serving a bowl of hot ginger Soup, even if it is connected to the kang, is warm.

Zhao Junyi glanced calmly at Li Meilan who was holding a red envelope and was full of dissatisfaction.

Li Meilan was indeed unhappy, seeing that they gave to Li Jingzhe both of them.When it came to her place, Li Kongzhu was the only one left.That's not to mention, that ugly-faced brother-in-law actually dared to cast a cold glance at her.

I was not angry and wanted to say something sour, but Li Jingzhe who was on the side quickly said loudly, "Okay, I'm going to hug firewood now!"

"Don't let people cut it when it's firewood!" I couldn't hold back my sourness.

Li Kongzhu only raised his eyebrows.

Hao Shi beckoned her to get on the kang to warm up, then lifted the curtain connecting the back kitchen, went in and poured two bowls of boiling water for the two of them.

Li Kongzhu glanced at Li Meilan inadvertently, and saw her holding a red envelope, rummaging through the basket placed on the next big table.

Zhao Junyi pushed the hot water bowl closer to her, "Drink some hot water first!"

Li Kongzhu looked back and nodded at him with a sweet smile, "Okay!"

Hao Shi who was on the side saw how affectionate the two of them were, and felt instantly relieved.

Although I was very disappointed with this eldest daughter and annoyed her a lot at the beginning, I still felt a little guilty for letting her marry such a person.

But if you don't marry, what will you do with your youngest daughter and son?Seeing that the second daughter is about to marry, if she doesn't marry, she has to force her to marry.

Although it's not good to receive a dowry of two taels of silver, if she had been as sensible as she is now, why did I let her marry such a person in such a hurry?

"I made noodles at Xiangwu, and there are dumplings at home. Let's see if you want to eat steamed buns or something. There is still half a head of fresh meat at home. If you want to eat, I'll go and chop stuffing."

"That little meat is not enough, besides, my eldest sister and husband have already opened a shop with others, so I'm tired of eating such big fish and meat!" Li Meilan took out a piece of crystal cake and weighed it in her hand, watching them smile very flatteringly .

"Sister, is this something you sell in your store?"

Li Kongzhu drank the hot water calmly, and only nodded slightly at the crystal cake she was holding, "The store has not officially opened yet, and it will be officially opened after the sixth day of the Lunar New Year!"

After finishing speaking, the person who got off the kang said to Hao Shi: "You can make something for lunch. It's not too good for the family. Let me help!"

Hao Shi waved his hand and refused, "You are just a guest when you come, just sit and rest. Lan'er, come and help me out!" I still have something to ask for later, so I can't mess with it at this juncture thing.

Li Meilan snorted coldly, and threw the crystal cake into the basket again.

"understood!"

Waiting to watch the two enter the kitchen.

Li Kongzhu sat back on the kang again, and seeing the unhurried look of the man opposite, he asked, "Why don't you give her the red envelope?" By that time, is the girl's face pale?
"People with evil intentions, why waste money!" He raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

Li Kongzhu shrugged his nose at him. "mean!"

She doesn't care much about Li Meilan's dislike for herself and her thoughts, anyway, she doesn't look at her a few times a year anyway.

Besides, how old is she?I am a person in my late thirties, why bother to argue with such a child like her.

The man was dumbfounded when he heard it, and felt that sometimes she was too careless.

She doesn't care too much about anything, and she doesn't know what kind of environment she grew up in.

At this time, Li Jingzhe came in with firewood.

Go to the side of the kang and open the iron gate.I set up the fur grass, and after the fire ignited, I threw a few wooden sticks into it.

"After a while, close the door, it will be hot for a whole day if you are stuffy!" Li Jingzhe raised her head, sat on the edge of the kang and pulled her sleeves and said: "Elder sister, do you still feel cold? If it is really cold, go My house. My mother still loves me, and my house is warm all day long."

"Men and women have different seats at the age of seven. What does it sound like if you say go to your room?" Zhao Junyi who was on the side couldn't help scolding him coldly when he was about to finish his coquettish words.

Li Kongzhu gave him a blank look, what he said.He is an eight-year-old child, and he is still his sister's, what kind of transgressive things can happen?

"It's just a bad rule in a rich family. How can we country people pay so much attention to it?" Turning around, he patted Li Jingzhe who was a little startled, "Don't listen to your brother-in-law. It's a game played by rich people. , let’s not follow that trend, ah~”

Zhao Junyi was a little cold.Especially when she talked about the bad rules in the big family.

Once upon a time, my mother was the kind of person who loved to pay attention to the rules in everything.I have been taught by her since I was a child, but this woman said that it is a bad rule in the big family?

Squinting his eyes, a trace of displeasure slipped past, "The sage said..."

"Master, you may have asked me to call your husband? Or husband?" Li Kongzhu turned his eyes to look at him seriously.

Zhao Junyi instantly woke up.

With a laugh, that's right, the current him is not qualified to talk about rules.

He lowered his eyes, bowed his head without opening his mouth and continued to drink tea.

Seeing this, Li Kongzhu hesitated for a while, she just made an unintentional mistake.

Seeing that he insisted on teaching Li Jingzhe with a well-behaved argument, he was a little dissatisfied and asked about his suspicion of his identity.

In this era, one has to call her husband according to her status.Then what identity does he belong to?

He glanced at the man who was not opening his mouth and lowering his eyes.

Li Diaozhu didn't bother to ask any more questions.

If you want to say it, you will say it, but if you don't want to say it, no matter how much you try it, it won't help. It's better to live in such a muddle first.

Now that she's only one step closer to him, she doesn't want to get into trouble anymore.

He dragged Li Jingzhe to sit on the kang and asked about his recent situation.

This kid is lively, saying that he either eats or sleeps all day long.Sometimes when there is no firewood at home, I will help to go to the mountain to pick up firewood and come back.

"Winter is the most leisurely time. After the new year is over and the flowering is over, the winter wheat grows, and the grass grows like crazy. I will be busy then, and after that I have to raise seedlings and prepare corn. For planting, you have to be busy until nearly June."

Li Diaozhu couldn't help being amazed when he saw that he was able to snap his fingers and remember the crops planted all year round at a young age.

"It's a good memory!"

"Can you have a good memory, I help you go to the field every year."

Li Kongzhu grabbed his bun head, "Have you ever thought about what to do when you grow up?"

"What can I do?" Li Jingzhe didn't feel annoyed when she saw her pulling the buns that tied her hair. She looked at her suspiciously and said, "There are still seven acres of land waiting for me to grow up. My mother will grow old every year." Now, I will grow the land to be fertile. In addition to having food to eat, I can also sell it for money, make a fortune, and let my mother enjoy the blessings."

Li Kongzhu laughed for a moment, but did not refute him, "This is considered ambitious, you have to learn how to grow crops! Maybe in the future, eldest sister will have to rely on you to help grow the land!"

"Really?"

"real!"

Li Meilan, who was coming out of the back kitchen with a rag, couldn't help pursing her lips when she heard this, "Now that the store is open, of course there is no need to farm. Then you will be the coolie!"

"How long, it's still worth a lot!" Li Kongzhu frowned at her.

"I didn't say the land was worthless!" Li Meilan wiped the table, hummed a few times, and said, "Isn't it the difference between a landlord and a long-term worker?"

Landlords who have money can just talk about it, and this long-term worker only gets a little more money, and he is scolded after working hard.

Everyone is really a fool!Who doesn't want to do the job of talking?
It's thanks to her, Li Diaozhu, that she treats her family as a coolie. She really thinks that she has changed her gender. No, the prototype has appeared again.

Li Diaozhu was too lazy to listen to her sour words, so he patted Li Jingzhe to get off the kang and let him play by himself.

Following him, he got off the kang with his shoes, and called to the back kitchen, "Mother, is the food ready?"

"Hey, it's all right!"

After hearing this, Li Kongzhu lifted the curtain and went to the back kitchen to help serve the dishes.

Li Meilan followed behind, with indescribable jealousy in his eyes.

When the dishes were served, everyone sat down according to their seniority.

Hao Shi opened the chopsticks, and after everyone made a toast, the family began to eat happily.

After the meal, Li Kongzhu and Hao Shi went to the east room to have some conversations.

Zhao Junyi followed Li Jingzhe to help with the work at home.

In the east room, Hao Shi patted her hand and asked Li Meilan to grab the roasted seeds and nuts.

"I don't have anything to say at home, so I weighed some roasted seeds and nuts! You taste it, it's my mother who fried it herself!"

Li Kong picked up a few small melon seeds, nodded and said, "Not bad!"

"I'm afraid it's far from the big sister's! You know, this hawthorn cake is made transparent, and it looks very attractive. I don't know what it tastes like!" Li Meilan said and put it in the basket. The crystal cake took out two pieces.

"Mother, try it, it's delicious! I just tasted a little bit, and it's much better than the hawthorn cake in that town."

Hearing her words, Li Kongzhu thought of the fact that she wanted the hawthorn cake recipe a while ago.

Seeing Hao Shi bite her mouth calmly, she nodded and said, "Yes. Not bad, it's delicious!"

"How's the second sister's marriage going?" Maybe he still has this idea!

Hao Shi felt a little embarrassed when he heard it, "Lan'er, you go out first, I'll tell your eldest sister!"

"What's there to talk about!" Li Meilan flicked her handkerchief contemptuously, "Isn't it just that she's about to get married to that scholar? Now that my eldest sister is about to open a shop and start a big business again, I'm still worried that I can't find a good one." Your next family? Don’t you think so, sister?”

Li Kongzhu raised his eyes and looked at her with a smile, "It's up to mother to decide what kind of next family you want to find. What can I do as a married sister!"

"Don't you say that the eldest sister is like a mother? Why, you forgot what you said so quickly?" Li Meilan gave her a mocking look, "I remember the truth, I just hope that the eldest sister, who is a mother, will Find me a good wife."

Seeing her angrily twisting her veil non-stop, Li Diaozhu turned to look at Hao Shi who was smiling, "Mother, don't you feel shocked after hearing this? You can take a good breath here!" "

"Li Diabolo!" Li Meilan finally became tender.A few words were thrown out.

Hearing that she said that she was suspected of cursing her own mother, Li Meilan couldn't bear it.

Sitting on the kang with a cotton handkerchief thrown, he said bluntly to her, "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth."

"Lan'er!" Hao Shi gave her a disapproving look, "Girl, you go out first."

"Mother!" Li Meilan refused, with her mother being so weak, how could she be that shameless opponent?
Don't turn around and get dismissed if you don't answer a few words.Then do you still want her marriage?

Li Diaozhu could see it, and looked at the anxious Li Meilan with deep meaning.Said: "So urgent! It really makes people feel that they have lost their worth!"

"Where are you so good?" Li Meilan was anxious, "At any rate, I can be a matchmaker and get married right after the ceremony. As for you, you have a good fortune in the mansion and don't enjoy it, so you willingly climb into the master's bed. Now you are married The cripple was also sold by my mother for two taels of silver. How tall can you be!"

"Lan'er!" Hao Shi became angry, and hurried to look at the eldest daughter beside her. Seeing that she looked very calm, she didn't look like there was anything wrong at all, and she couldn't help but panic.

He yelled at his little daughter, "What are you talking about? Neither you nor your eldest sister came out of my stomach. If it weren't for your eldest sister, your father would have been able to delay his death for so long. If it hadn't been for your eldest sister. Just like your father who is paralyzed, I don’t have to sell pots and irons to make offerings. I haven’t starved you all these years, and that’s what your eldest sister made monthly offerings. You child, we won’t recognize anyone when we get well!”

"What do I admit? I won't be able to be grateful to her for the rest of my life!" Li Meilan's eyes turned red, "Even if I am grateful, can I take the important things in my life to be grateful? It's just being a maid, and I come back every now and then. Nose and eyes are not eyes, and no one thinks she is as precious as she looks at. I don’t think the whole family depends on her, it’s sour and ironic to me. Isn’t it just born a few years earlier than me? If you sold it at the beginning If it’s me, I can’t say that I’m living better than her now. I won’t be like her, shamelessly crawling on the bed, and causing our family to be laughed at by outsiders. It’s hard to even talk about marriage!”

As she spoke, she burst into tears.

Hao Shi who was on the side also sighed, "How old were you back then? Your eldest sister was less than six years old when she sold herself, and your dead father ran to carry stones with others, but Shanshi smashed his leg. Who Got a point? If I don’t sell you, how can your sister support you and treat your father?”

"Why are you so angry! Anyway, your eldest sister has brought money back every month for these years, but it's just that she didn't do well in that stupid thing, so let's just say a few words. The whole family has to quarrel. That's how it sounds!"

After Hao Shi finished speaking, she wiped away her tears again.

Li Kongzhu listened to it, and he understood roughly, that is to say, the original body was very proud and annoying before!
He laughed, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

I don't even think about it, the original body was only six years old at that time, and I sold it as soon as I said it was sold, and went to a completely unfamiliar environment, where I was scolded for serving tea and water, and I had to take back all the monthly bills I got, and gave it to myself. My father, who had collapsed on the bed, went to see a doctor to buy medicine.

After she entered the mansion, the original body's father lived for another five years because of monthly offerings.When he left, the original body didn't know, but when Xio came back, he was told that they had already been buried, how could the original body not hate them?

Just now Li Jingzhe also said that his family has seven acres of land.As soon as the father of the original body hit the hole, they sold the original body, and they didn't even think about selling the mu land to make up for it.It can be seen that in Hao Shi's heart, the original body is not as loving as she shows!
The uncomfortable feeling in his heart was getting bigger and bigger, Li Kongzhu knew that it was not his own emotion.Guessing, I am afraid that this body still retains part of the painful memory of the original body.Due to inertia, my body automatically felt uncomfortable when I recalled this.

He tried to take a deep breath and comforted himself in his heart.After recovering her complexion, she waited quietly for the two singers to see if they had any other tricks.

Sure enough, Li Meilan cried hard, twisting the silk handkerchief and said: "I don't want to quarrel with her! But think about the things she did? Don't let her hurt me so badly? Do you want to help me out and do my best?"

"Mom! I'm your daughter and her sister. Take a look at what she's saying now, is it what a sister should say, woo~"

Hao Shi then wiped away two handfuls of tears, patted her and said, "Your eldest sister knows a lot!"

"That's right! I know what's in my heart!" Li Kongzhu looked at her and said, "If you have anything to say, mother and second sister, just talk about it! I'm not very happy, so I'm going to make a detour!"

A trace of hatred flashed in Li Meilan's eyes.After wiping his eyes and sniffing his nose, he said very unfairly: "I won't embarrass you anymore, I'll tell you about it today. The Ren Xiucai's family also paid attention to me, but the bottom line Poverty and bad reputation, the matchmaker said, if you can come up with a decent dowry, this family appointment can be done."

Dowry?Didn't I say it last time?
"What? Still struggling with dowry for so long? Didn't I tell you to pick the fruit!"

"How much can the fruit be sold for!" Li Meilan couldn't help but raise her voice again, "If you want me not to hate you, you must at least show some sincerity!"

"Hehe!" It was really weird.Li Kongzhu turned to look at Hao Shi and asked, "Mother thinks so too?"

Hao blushed a little, and said something in a squeak, "Ren Xiucai's family has two students, even if one of them goes to high school in the future, it will be a good thing for you!"

Li Kongzhu stopped talking, quietly peeled the melon seeds, put the melon seeds neatly one by one on the small kang table, waiting for their continued questions.

Sure enough, Li Meilan was the most impatient person, and when she saw her silence, she couldn't help but get angry, "Eldest sister, that's what we're talking about. Are you really ignoring sisterhood?"

Looking up at her, Li Kongzhu smiled meaningfully, "The sisterhood between you and me is not that deep!"

Seeing her distorted face and about to go mad again, Li Kongzhu answered indifferently: "Since you are talking about helping each other, you have to say the number. Besides, I have a business name anyway, there is no reason to help! "

When Li Meilan and Hao Shi heard that she was willing to help, they were not happy in the future, and they looked at her with some vigilance when she said the next sentence.

Li Kongzhu fiddled with the melon seeds on the table, and said casually: "Tell me the number, and I'll see if I can help. If I can, I can help. If not, don't blame me for being helpless."

Li Meilan winked at Hao Shi.

Hao Shi was still entangled in her not being in vain, seeing the little girl winking at her, finally gritted her teeth and said.

"The matchmaker said that Ren Jiasheng took a fancy to Lan'er, but because of Ren Xiucai's dissatisfaction with his family's poverty, he said that if they could come up with 30 taels as a dowry, then they would agree to the deal and pay the same amount of money at that time. Come and hire."

The hands that were fiddling with the melon seeds paused. 30 taels? !I really dare to ask for it.

"Mother, do you know how much money does a concubine from a rich family in the prefecture cost to carry a good family?"

"Are you comparing me with that concubine?" Li Meilan looked at her with a distorted and ugly face and asked.

Li Kongzhu just smiled, "A concubine from a good family can be regarded as a high-ranking concubine in the house. If there is something good or bad in the main room, it can also be righted. Besides, it is an ordinary family who wants to be this concubine. Not necessarily."

Seeing her looking at her with deep meaning, Li Meilan almost broke the silk handkerchief.Her meaning is very obvious, even a concubine's room is not as good, why do you want so much dowry.

Seeing that the little girl was about to get angry again, Hao quickly said, "Diabolo, isn't this your sister? In Mother's heart, you were all born in October, so there is no reason to be concubines." ..."

"20 taels!" Li Kongzhu impatiently heard her use her pregnancy as an excuse, and said directly: "The silver I earned is less than 20 taels, and it is my limit to be able to spend it. Ten years later Five come and get it!"

As soon as I heard that she exported it for 20 taels, it was obvious that she had silver.The ten taels of silver that was suppressed could sell a lot of good things.This is how Li Meilan is reconciled.

"People say to get 30 taels..."

"I said it's not a white gang!" Li Kongzhu cut off her desire to continue to be greedy, and said word by word: "Take Jingzhe in exchange! 20 taels are my use for ten years!"

"What?" Hao Shi exclaimed, seeing her eyes widen in disbelief, "Diabolo, what did you just say!"

"There is no reason to help for free. If I give 20 taels of silver, Jingzhe will be used by me for ten years. Let's use the black and white paper as evidence!" She said unhurriedly.

Hao Shi was so frightened that her face paled and she sat down, "You, you unfilial daughter, you are trying to force me to death! Ah~~" She immediately covered her face and burst into tears.

Li Diaozhu couldn't see it, and turned to look at Li Meilan, who was also blushing, "How? Mother, which side do you want to choose?" Did you choose your son, or help your daughter as always?

"You..." Li Meilan pinched the silk handkerchief and pointed at her, gritted her teeth and stared at her bitterly, "What a vicious mind!"

Is it poisonous?

On the whole, she is kind.Using Li Jingzhe as a bargaining chip, they will always be a little more scruples in doing things in the future.

If they really dare to agree, I'm afraid it will chill Jing Zhe's heart!
Uncertainly, Hao Shi kept crying and saying, "This is forcing me, this is forcing me!"

Li Kongzhu just turned a deaf ear and continued to count the melon seeds.

Li Meilan was holding the silk handkerchief, almost wringing it out of the water.

After sitting for a long time, Li Kongzhu stretched his waist and said: "I'll go out for a walk, it's getting late, I'm afraid it will be dark if I don't go back!"

As soon as she heard that she was about to leave, Hao quickly raised her head, "Don't you live here anymore? It's so easy to go back to your mother's house, so can't you rest for a night?"

Li Kongzhu turned to look at her red eyes.

After thinking about it, "Alright! I won't leave tonight! Mom, think about it!"

After all, got up.Go outside the house.

Li Meilan looked at her leaving back with a cruelty that had never been seen on her face.

Outside, under the leadership of Li Jingzhe, Zhao Junyi helped chop firewood, and picked up the chicken manure in the chicken coop.

I am carrying water now.Seeing Li Kongzhu coming out of the house, he happened to run into him head-on.

Li Jingzhe looked towards the east room, looked at Li Kongzhu questioningly and said: "Why did I hear my mother cry, big sister, what happened?"

"It's okay!" Li Kongzhu patted his little head, and made way for Zhao Junyi to carry water into the room.

When he passed by, he said, "Master, can you stay here tonight?"

The man glanced at her, nodded lightly, "Got it!"

After all, he carried the water and quickly went to the back kitchen.

"Elder Sister, I really want to stay here today!" After hearing what she said, Li Jingzhe couldn't help asking happily again.

"Yes! I'm going to stay overnight today, will you help Eldest Sister heat up Eldest Sister's house later?"

"Success!" He nodded his head and rolled up his sleeves and said, "What's the matter, I'm going to burn the kang for you right away."

Seeing that he was serious, she smiled and pulled him back, "It's done, I just know you have the heart. Big sister can burn it by herself, go and play!" It's Chinese New Year, why haven't I seen him go out to light firecrackers?

"It's nothing to play with!" He shook his head, the group of children of the same age in the village were all hurt by seeing him, so he didn't want to play with them.

Li Kongzhu patted him, then went to the house where Yuanshen lived before.

Hao Shi in the east room listened to the conversation between the two outside, glanced at her little daughter, and asked with a pale face, "What should we do?" Can't you hate yourself for being tall?

She is just such a son, and she has to rely on him when she gets old.

Li Meilan, who noticed her vacillation, was very dissatisfied, and she stomped there coquettishly: "Could it be that a mother just doesn't care about my life?"

"You kid, when did I say I don't care about your life?" Hao Shi said to her angrily.

But Li Meilan knew that her heart was shaken, and twisted the silk handkerchief and said: "I don't care, if I can't become an official wife in the future, it will be your mother's fault."

"Why are you talking to mother like that!" Hao frowned.

Li Meilan rolled her eyes, and said aggrievedly: "This autumn is the autumn season once every three years. I heard from the matchmaker that Brother Jiasheng is praised by the teachers in the school. He said that he will be nominated this year. Now we As long as you bring some money out, you can climb up, and if someone wins a scholar or something, even if you flatter someone, you won’t be able to look down on them.”

As she spoke, she began to cover her face and began to cry again, "It's just a show to send people away. If I become Mrs. Xiucai by then, who wouldn't take a look at our house? If we talk about it further away Look, she will be the official wife in the future. With an official in her body, what can she do as a businessman? I want my brother to come back. Isn't that easy? With an official brother-in-law, who is stupid? Can you recognize that lame brother-in-law?"

She intentionally painted the picture so beautifully and far away that Hao Shi, who wanted to be flattered and looked up to by others, was shaken again.

After being silent for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "It's done! Let's bring her over and talk about it later!"

Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Li Meilan wiped away her tears and nodded, "It's only 20 taels of silver. When I become a master, let alone pay back the 20 taels of silver, I can help her."

Hao shi sighed, "You just need to remember the sisterhood! In the final analysis, it was my mother who owed her back then!"

Sisterhood?Li Meilan wiped her eyes pretendingly, nodded her head and hummed, "I remember."

Li Kongzhu pushed away the room where Yuanshen was staying, only to see that there was almost nothing in it except the cold kang.

There was a dressing table when I was married, but now it is gone.

Walking in, the room was as cold as an ice cellar, making people shiver.

Li Jingzhe scratched her head in embarrassment and said: "Sis, after you got married, the second sister took away the cabinets and dressing table in this house, saying that the ones in her house were old and not usable. Mother then Let her move there!"

Li Kongzhu didn't care much and went to touch the edge of the Kang.

Seeing this, Li Jingzhe who followed said, "don't worry, elder sister, since I came back last time, I have been cleaning it for you. Although it is not every day, I will come to clean it every few days, but the kang is a bit damp. Let me go and burn it, and when you sleep at night, I will make sure you are just right!"

Li Kongzhu praised him with a nod and a smile.

After sewing, the two discussed it and walked out.

Looking for her, and seeing her in the room over here, he beckoned her to go, "This room is still damp, wait until it is dry. Are you tired now? If you are, go to the mother's room to rest for a while Go, or go to Lan'er's room, your two sisters chatting?"

Li Kongzhu gave her a meaningful look.After only a little effort, she figured out that she changed Caixiang's face!

Smiling, "I'll go to my mother's house for a rest."

When she went out of the house again, she turned her head and told Li Jingzhe, "Take your brother-in-law to your house to have a rest later, he has bad legs and feet, and he is carrying water and chopping firewood, I'm afraid he is tired. "

"My God, why did he pick up the water?" Hao Shi was also startled, and called Li Jingzhe, "Hurry up, hurry up, tell your brother-in-law not to pick it up, it's icy and snowy, if you fall It's not good."

"That's right." Li Meilan answered in a tone-deaf way, "If you fall on the other leg, won't you be paralyzed?"

Hao patted her.Li Kongzhu compared a finger.

Seeing her blushing with anger.Li Kongzhu looked at her contemptuously, walked past her with his chest up and his head proudly raised.

"Bitch!" Li Meilan spat bitterly when she left the room.

Since he dared to threaten her with money, he really thought she was easy to bully.

Li Jingzhe who was behind her frowned unhappily after hearing her words.

For this second sister, he is getting more and more disliked!

When Li Kongzhu entered Hao's main house, he asked her who closed the door behind him, "Mother has decided?"

Hao's hands trembled, and he turned back to look at her expectantly, "Can Diabolo not be like this?"

"It's okay, then I'll pay three taels of silver, which is one or two miles more than the two taels my mother took back then." Li Diaozhu blew on his nails, and walked towards the warm kang carelessly.

Hao Shi turned pale, muttered for a while, and finally sighed, "Mother is sorry for you."

Li Diaozhu had already got on the kang, opened the chest and took out a fairly neat quilt, spread it out, put it under his feet, and took a pillow under his head.

Lying there, looking at the relatively solid adobe house, "Since I have decided, go to the village to find a literate person, come and make a written record, and find a few acquaintances, give a fingerprint, It's good to be a witness."

"Diabolo~~" Hao looked at her in great pain, squatted down on the ground with tears in his eyes, covered his face with his hands and cried bitterly: "I knew it, I knew you hated me. What are you doing?" They are forcing me to sell my children a second time, ahh~~"

Li Kongzhu closed his eyes and let her cry, her money is not that easy to ask for, if she doesn't teach her a lesson, once it happens, there will be another time.

She is not a good man and a believer, so there is no need to compromise again and again.

Besides, Li Jingzhe's child is still considered worthy, and if he put it in their hands, there is no guarantee that something will happen in the future, and such a good seedling will be wasted in vain.

(End of this chapter)