Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 81 Exposure
After they had eaten, Li Chong was left in the town to replenish other missing goods.

Hui Niang followed them back to the village to make hawthorn.

As soon as I entered the village in an ox cart rented from the town, many people greeted me and said hello.

The lottery event yesterday was so popular that many people in the village went to see it and bought it.Although the grand prize did not fall into their hands, the prosperous scene really impressed everyone.

Li Diaozhu and Hui Niang responded to them one by one with smiles on their faces.

The fast-talking woman also said another thing, "That Zhao Sanlang's house, your mother's family is here, and the one who stood there for a long time is Zhao Meng's daughter-in-law who came to your house for some reason and bumped into her." , I was welcomed in."

After hearing this, Li Kongzhu knew in his heart that the other end was probably coming to ask for money.

Thanked the man, and explained the fact that Maiyaer could enter the house, "Yesterday we didn't go home after checking the lights, so I asked her to take the key and help burn the kang in the morning. After returning, the house will not be frozen. Panic, it’s too late to burn now.”

In fact, after she recovered from her illness, Mai Ya'er asked her for a spare kitchen and door key, saying that she was afraid that one day they would leave a relative or something and not go home, so she would come over and help burn the kang, Warm up the house.

After hearing her explanation, the villagers all praised her for being easy to talk and willing to believe in others.

Li Kongzhu pursed his lips and smiled back a few words, then said to Zhao Junyi who was sitting in front: "Master, please tell the coachman to hurry up, my mother is here."

Zhao Junyi nodded, and glanced at the driver of the cattle.The coachman heard it too, and then waved his whip to speed up the car.

The villagers who greeted each other knew that they were in a hurry to receive guests, and stepped aside one after another, waving their hands and saying goodbye, so that in the future, no matter what happened, they would be all from the village.

Hui Niang looked at the people who were gradually falling behind, and laughed, "Ordinary people in the market are really the ones who change their faces the fastest."

Li Kongzhu also smiled and said: "Although the face changes quickly, it can be regarded as a true temperament."

Write everything on your face, if it is beneficial, you will come to it, if it is not beneficial, it will be the greatest relief if you don't step on it.

He doesn't have many plots and twisted intestines, and he is also the best person to beware of and use.

"It is!"

He sent Hui Niang to Mai Ya'er's house first, and after talking to Mrs. Lin for a while, he went back to his house in the car.

When they got to the place, the coachman stopped the yelling cattle, and they hadn't got off the cart yet.

The few people who were waiting in the small kitchen were about to come out. Seeing them, Li Jingzhe rushed over first.

He grinned and called out to her happily, "Elder Sister!"

After jumping out of the car, Zhao Junyi helped Li Kongzhu get off the car slowly.

After paying the fare and walking towards the courtyard, Li Jingzhe happened to run up to her.

She patted his head with a smile, and Li Meilan who was following behind Hao yelled, "Eldest sister and brother-in-law really love each other. There is no one at home in broad daylight, so I can rest assured that I will give the key to others."

Li Kongzhu looked away from her, and greeted Mai Ya'er who came out from his heels.

Mai Ya'er nodded in response, then excused herself to leave the house.

Li Kongzhu took out the key of the main house, opened the door, and led them in.

Li Meilan, who had been waiting behind for no response, couldn't help but stop talking in disgust as soon as she entered the main house.

"There's so much money, why do you still live in such a dilapidated place?"

"I have money, why don't I have to take it to make an engagement for you!"

The unceremonious counterattack choked Li Meilan shut.

Li Diaozhu didn't bother to pay attention to her, saying that he had to pick things up later, it was really enough.

Zhao Junyi went to the small kitchen and brought in the stove that was burning water.

Li Diaozhu told them to take off their shoes and put them on the kang to warm up, served tea for everyone, and brought some leftover hawthorn snacks to the table.

Li Meilan held a hawthorn stick, thinking about what she saw in the town yesterday, she snorted, "Eldest sister really knows how to cry poorly, last night, the new store opened in the town held a lottery activity, the first prize They all have a tael of silver, how can we go without money?"

"How much money, that's other people's money. Didn't I say it all earlier? I only get the share of the hawthorn? Or are you so deaf that you can't hear clearly?"

After scolding her mercilessly, Li Meilan blushed so badly.

Seeing this, Hao Shi on the side quickly answered, "Okay, there's a quarrel again. They're both sisters' families. In the future, we'll have to rely on each other."

"Don't!" Li Kongzhu waved his hands there, and threw the 20 taels of silver wrapped in a handkerchief on the kang table, "I don't want to rely on her. After taking this money away, she can be as happy as she should be. In the future It’s better to have no contact or less contact.”

Hao Shi scoffed at her, "What are you talking about? How long will it take for you to be kissed by flesh and blood? Can outsiders still be right with you?"

Li Kongzhu laughed and carried a bowl to drink water, swept around, saw Zhao Junyi sitting at the bottom, and asked, "Head of the house, are you not cold?"

The man shook his head, and glanced at Li Meilan who was taking the silver-wrapped handkerchief over there.

Li Kongzhu also saw it, as soon as the silver was thrown up, her face trembled like a cramp, she didn't care whether she wanted to pay attention.

The reason why I don't want to watch it is because I don't want to lose my appetite.

Li Meilan over there pulled the veil over and quickly opened it.

Hao Shi watched from the side, and hurried forward.

As soon as it was opened, the several silver ingots inside immediately dazzled their eyes.

Hao Shi reached out and touched it in amazement.

After Li Meilan looked at it, her eyes rolled a few times, and she pushed the money to Hao Shi.Hao Shi took it and quickly gave it to Bao Yanshi.

Li Diaozhu shut his mouth aside, and asked Li Jingzhe, who was buried in snacks, "Did things move here?"

"It's here!" Li Jingzhe nodded, "Put it in the small kitchen."

"I don't have any place to live, so I have to ask someone to move here." Li Meilan said with a curl of her lips, "The hut is cold and damp, and my younger brother is growing up. Sister, can you make sure that my younger brother is not affected?" Bend to go?"

Hao Shi wrapped the silver and put it in his bosom. Hearing this, he also became a little worried, "Diabolo, your second sister's words are not unreasonable. Jing Zhe is still young, and she is your father's only child..."

"Do you want to go back on your word?" Li Kongzhu sized them up in a blink of an eye.

This rambunctious trick, does this mean that he wants to take the money and refuse to accept it?
Li Meilan has no intention of repenting, she has another purpose, she smiled, "It's just that the house is not sheltered from the cold, if the elder sister really wants to support the third brother, she should have made another plan."

"That's not your business." Li Kongzhu snorted, "It's the Zhao family's business to decide what to do. Your brother-in-law has the final say. I don't even know. You can still decide No?"

Raising his eyebrows to see her choking, Li Kongzhu felt that she was really thick-skinned, and didn't want to ignore her anymore, so he stretched out his hand and asked Hao Shi, "By the way, where are the documents. Take it out!" "

Seeing her reaching out for a written document, Hao shi put his hand into his cuff as a gesture, ready to take it out.

However, Li Meilan stopped him quickly, suppressed her anger, and changed the subject with a smile: "Looking at the eldest sister who came back from town early in the morning, she just reached out and took 20 taels of silver. Let’s share the hawthorn sold yesterday. I heard that the shop was sold out early yesterday.”

Hao Shi who was holding the paper stopped, took a breath, stared at Li Diaozhu and asked in surprise, "Is it really the share from yesterday?"

Li Kongzhu's face was serious, he frowned and looked at the two of them and said, "You don't seem to need to know about this, do you?"

"Diabolo, I am your mother..."

"Crack!" Before he finished speaking, Li Kongzhu splashed the water out of the bowl.

As the water soaked the ground, Hao's eyes turned red, "What do you mean? I'm just asking. You lost your temper? This means that you are married, so you don't want to take over your mother's family anymore?"

"What mother said, I am now married to the Zhao family as my daughter-in-law. What is in the family is controlled by the head of the family. You ask me, where do I start? Splashing water is just watching a fly in the bowl. It's just disgusting." Consciously or unintentionally, she glanced at Li Meilan, seeing her blushing with hatred.

I couldn't help snorting, "Don't be ignorant, do you still remember what Second Uncle said at the beginning? I can completely repent and stop giving the money. Is it possible that mother can really sell Jingzhe? Isn't it afraid of being kicked out? The Li family?"

After hearing this, Hao Shi hurriedly covered the waist where the money was placed.

Li Meilan snorted, "Elder Sister really played a good show. Didn't she say she needed to borrow money? She said it so righteously in front of my second uncle and aunt, and made me and my mother useless, so I didn't feel sorry for it." Panic? I heard that he even went to do business in Fucheng, I'm afraid it's more than the 20 taels of silver!"

These days, she has inquired about her a lot, and trying to hide it from her is not that simple.

"What? Want to sue me for being unfilial?" Li Kongzhu looked at her with raised eyebrows.

"Oh, it's kind of bad after all!" She also snorted and looked back at her without fear.

Li Kongzhu laughed, "Don't just talk about me, why, can you take all your betrothal gifts and respect your mother?"

"In the future, if the elder brother is a high school student, the status of mother will not be comparable to that of ordinary rural landlords."

That means, that identity is more important than that silver?It's really a big cake.

Li Kongzhu turned his eyes to look at Zhao Junyi, "Head of the family, you go to be a soldier! In the future, if you earn a general, I will be the general's wife, and my mother will be the general's mother-in-law. Will this be much higher than the status of a scholar? .”

"What can he do with an ugly and lame man?" Li Meilan couldn't help but snorted in disgust without waiting for Zhao Junyi's answer.

"Crack!" Li Kongzhu slammed the table heavily with a solemn face.

Hao Shi was taken aback.He quickly went to fetch his second daughter.

Advised Li Kongzhu: "She's a little girl, she doesn't know what's going on. Just leave her alone."

"Yeah! I'm still young." Xiao Neng has so many eyes?Xiaohui plans the dowry by herself, knowing who to marry is considered a high status?

Seeing her half-smile face, Hao Shi was a little at a loss. Li Meilan over there also knew that she had said too much, fearing that she would not be able to ask for more silver, so she cleared her cough and turned to look at Zhao Junyi to explain. Said: "Brother-in-law, don't get angry, I'm straightforward. I can't hold back what's on my mind, and I'm not used to lying."

Zhao Junyi raised his eyes and glanced at her coldly.The icy eyes like sharp arrows sent a chill down her spine for no reason.

Li Kongzhu over there was very displeased and snorted a few times, "I'm going to put my ugly words to the fore today, don't think I'm a person with a good temper. Don't think that if I change my temper, I won't make trouble Now, again and again, if you really push me into a hurry, do you think you can get better in the future?"

Hao shi thought about the time she was going to be released, making noises at home all day long, just like that yaksha, so she couldn't help but give her little daughter a sideways glance.

Li Meilan was so overwhelmed that she came back to her senses, and felt a little displeased that she would be frightened by a cripple, so she snorted and said the purpose directly, "Since there is no shortage of money, I should get a few taels more, mother." I have worked so hard to take our three brothers and sisters by myself, and I have to spend years of savings for my dowry. Sister, you can live a good life comfortably. I feel sorry for my mother."

"Since that's the case, why don't you choose another relative who is low-married!"

Li Kongzhu said, without waiting for her to answer, he stepped off the ground quickly, and went to pull Zhao Junyi after taking off his shoes, "Leader, let's go! I'm afraid this Zhaojia Village can't stay here anymore, sister-in-law." Disharmony, sisters from my natal family, my sisters blackmailed me. Why don’t you and I go out of the village and sell our bodies and hand over the deeds to others to be the masters. Being slaves, although the status is a bit low, but I look at it, can you Many years of comfortable life."

Following her pull, Zhao Junyi stood up, "Did you invite the village chief?"

"Well, invite the elders of the Zhao family again! Let's get rid of the family!"

The conversation between the two reached Hao Shi and Li Meilan's ears word for word.

The two looked at each other in panic, and Li Meilan's face turned red.Why invite the head of the village and the elders of the clan? Is this to let them be reviled by outsiders and ruin her reputation?
Really poisonous thoughts!Li Meilan hated her eyes, looked at the two people over there, and wished she could treat them like handkerchiefs and twist them to pieces.

Hao Shi also realized that it was not good. If she really invited the head of the village and the elders here, she would be scolded at both ends. There is no married girl who takes money from her natal family, so she must show it clearly. , she is not afraid that she will be drowned by the spittle stars, and she may also lose face of the Li family, and she will not be able to stay in the Li family anymore.

At a young age, if the Li clan really divorced her and returned to her natal family, what else would she have to do to survive?

Thinking of this, she immediately put on a weeping face and called out, "Diabolo, what are you doing? It's just the beginning of the sentence, who are you blocking?"

Li Kongzhu ignored Zhao Junyi and lifted the curtain while talking.

Hao Shi over there was so frightened that he ran down to the ground and grabbed the two of them.

With tears streaming down his face, he patted Li Diaozhu, "You unfilial bastard, I didn't say anything, why are you just like this? Who are you getting angry with, ah~ It's so easy to talk about getting rid of the family What? Apart from the clan, how are you going to live in the future? Have you gotten used to being a slave to others? Still want to be a slave to others.”

You didn't say anything, but you indulged your daughter and said something dissatisfied at will.

Li Kongzhu rolled his eyes in his heart, but his face was very solemn, "What mother said, I will be forced to nowhere. If I don't want to be a slave, what else can I do? Die? If it really drives me to death How can someone else be that official wife?"

Wouldn't that ruin her reputation?Li Meilan gritted her teeth, itching with hatred.

Hao Shi repeatedly pulled them back and dragged them back, "Who wants to kill you, it's just asking for a few taels of silver, your second sister can't see me bitterly, she is also kind!"

"Heh!" Li Kongzhu broke free from her hand with a sneer, "Mother, do you mean that I made you suffer?"

The money just given is not accepted, and the original money for selling herself and the monthly payment are handed over to her. Can she suffer?

What a big joke!

Hao Shi froze, looking at her cold expression, and the next moment, covered her face with red eyes and cried bitterly, "You, what are you talking about! It's just a matter of a few taels of silver! You are Such a humiliation to me. When I worked so hard to conceive you, I was beaten and scolded by your grandma... I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything, why did you treat me like this Me!"

She talked about the hardship of pregnancy, then cried and said nothing, as if Li Kongzhu was forcing her to do something.

Li Kongzhu snorted and was about to fight back, but the man who had been silent at the side frowned and said lightly, "Trouble!"

The next moment, Hao Shi stopped crying.

In the next moment, he fell straight backwards.

Li Jingzhe and Li Meilan on the kang were startled, and they both shouted, "Mother!"

Li Jingzhe was even faster, jumping off the kang directly, trying to support the mother who fell backwards, but unexpectedly, he is small.He couldn't bear the weight of this pressing down, and in the next second, he fell straight down.

Seeing this, Li Kongzhu hurried over to help him.

No, Li Meilan, who had already stepped off the kang and put her shoes on the ground, pushed her away violently, "What did you do to your mother? You poisonous woman, you don't want to give more money, can't you speak well? Jiang Niang fainted, Li Diaozhu, you are so poisonous!"

She didn't distinguish right from wrong, and preemptively accused her with a high-pitched voice, the voice that could penetrate the eardrums made Li Kongzhu frown in displeasure.

"Too noisy!" the man said again.

"What are you talking about..." Li Meilan screamed, and the next moment, her eyes widened in horror.

She can't make a sound?what happened?Li Meilan stared at them.

Li Kongzhu turned his eyes to look at Zhao Junyi, is it worth exposing for them?She can hold them down.

Ignoring her questioning eyes, the man took a few steps forward.

For some reason, Li Meilan took a few steps back in fear.

Li Jingzhe, who didn't know, was crushed until his eyes turned red. Seeing him coming, he called out to him, "Brother-in-law, can you help me lift my mother up? It's cold on the ground, so I can't lie down!"

Li Meilan shook her head, stretched out her hand and wanted to stop it, but the man's eyes like ice arrows shot straight at her.

Li Meilan was a little startled, and opened her mouth to say something, but her face turned red and she didn't make a sound, so she couldn't help but tremble even more.

Li Jingzhe over there was a little out of breath, and the voice of calling people was trembling, "Brother-in-law, come and give me a hand!"

Seeing this, Li Diaozhu walked over quickly, grabbed the man's sleeve, and gave him a wink, "Master, your legs are not good, I'll do it!"

Zhao Junyi ignored her, and when he walked in front of Hao Shi, he only slightly bent over, picked up his collar, and picked him up.

Li Meilan on the side couldn't believe it, but Li Jingzhe looked at him with admiration and said, "Brother-in-law, you are so strong!"

The man lowered his eyes to look at him, and in the next moment, he lifted Hao Shi like a dead dog, and threw him onto the kang.

"Boom!" With a muffled groan, Hao Shi sat upright against the Kang wall.

If it wasn't for the crooked head and spread of hands and feet proving that she was fainted, no one would believe that someone would be able to throw someone into such a sitting position.

Li Kongzhu looked at him worriedly, Li Meilan is not easy to mess with.If she threatens them with this matter...

"You don't need your tongue!" She seemed to see what she was worried about.Zhao Junyi looked at Li Meilan, who had a pale face over there, "People with long tongues are always disgusting."

Li Meilan shook her head, her eyes started to turn red, and she kept struggling desperately, no, no, no, she still has to marry, she still has to be an official wife, she can't just cut her tongue out, it will ruin her future of.

Li Jingzhe over there saw his mother being thrown into the air, and was startled, and hurried to check on the kang.

When he saw that there was no bruise on his body, he couldn't help but looked at Zhao Junyi with bright eyes and sighed, "Brother-in-law! You are so amazing!" You were able to throw your mother into the air without hurting Pippi a bit.

As if thinking of something, he quickly jumped off the kang, pulled his sleeves upside down, looked at him and asked, "Brother-in-law, do you know the martial arts in dramas? Are you a knight-errant..."

"Jingzhe!" Li Kongzhu called him, "Your brother-in-law is limping, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"But..." Before she could say an excuse, she saw her elder sister staring at her, her mouth shrugged, so she had no choice but to shut her mouth.

Li Meilan over there seemed to have thought of something when her younger brother mentioned it.The frightened heart began to slow down for a while, and the eyes began to change and shot towards Li Kongzhu.

That threatening look seemed to be warning her to tell the man not to mess around again, otherwise, be careful that she would reveal this secret.

Li Kongzhu looked at it with a sneer, it's this time, and he still wants to pinch her.It seems that I am really too kind, and I underestimated the best of this era.

If she had been trembling with fear, Li Kongzhu might be hesitant to hurt her and beg Zhao Junyi to stop.But she still greedily thought that she would be afraid of her. It seems that if she is not taught a lesson of being completely afraid, she will not grow her memory.

Li Kongzhu snorted and patted the folds of his clothes, then turned his eyes provocatively.

Seeing that her expression changed immediately, her eyes also became flustered.

Smiling and calling Li Jingzhe, "Jingzhe, come here, your brother-in-law has something to tell your second sister, let's go outside for a while!"

"Why?" He still wanted to ask his brother-in-law what kind of tricks he had.

Looking back at Li Meilan, whose face was completely drained of color, she said in a drawn-out tone on purpose: "I'm afraid there are some things you can't see, let's go!"

What can't you see?Isn't it just talking?
Seeing him tilting his head, Li Kongzhu walked over, took his little hand and said: "Little boy, you can't see or hear, follow me out."

"Oh!" Li Jingzhe, who still felt a little weird, couldn't help but look back at the second sister who was shaking into brambles when she was about to leave, "Second sister, what do you want to say to brother-in-law...Second sister? What's wrong with you!"

Li Jingzhe finally realized what was wrong, and then remembered that they seemed to be arguing just now, why did mother suddenly faint, and why the second sister didn't speak, and kept crying there?
Quickly broke free from Li Kongzhu's hand, and ran towards Li Meilan.

Li Meilan, who was trembling with fright, saw him running over, her eyes lit up for a moment, and she stretched out her hand to pull him over.

Unexpectedly, when Li Jingzhe was about to approach her and she was about to catch Li Jingzhe, Zhao Junyi suddenly appeared between the two of them.

Li Jingzhe was startled, and the next moment he forgot about the business and jumped up cheering, "Brother-in-law! You really know kung fu, don't you?!"

Li Meilan clutched her chest tightly in fright, and sat down on the ground.When he raised his head and opened his mouth wide, he wanted to cry out, but found that he couldn't make a sound, so he couldn't help crying silently with tears streaming down his face.

Li Kongzhu frowned, walked over and asked Zhao Junyi, "Do you really want to do this?"

"Ok!"

The faint echo made Li Meilan's whole body collapse to the ground as if she had fallen into an ice hole.

Li Kongzhu sighed when he saw it, "I knew it would happen, but I didn't know enough! Sigh!"

Did you know that would happen?
Li Meilan stared, watching the man with a cold face advancing forward, so frightened that she kicked her feet and started to back away.

(End of this chapter)