Chapter 221:
When will she ever make it through?
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As the sun set in the west, Luo Zhi’er tightly clutched the more than one tael of silver in her bosom.
Her round eyes darted around everywhere, looking as if she was afraid it would be stolen.
“Wife, it’s just one tael of silver, are you really afraid it’ll be stolen?”
“Of course, husband, hunting is very hard work, I have to watch it carefully.”
Li Sanmao shook his head with a smile, it was just a small wild boar, wasn’t it?
In the future, he would hunt more, the silver from selling them would all be hers, no one would snatch it from her again, hehe, his wife was such a little money-grubber.
The low mood of the past few days was now immersed in her relaxed and joyful dark eyes, unable to extricate itself.
She cheekily stuck out her tongue. “Hehe!”
Seeing her rarely show such a playful look, Li Sanmao felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart, as if floating in the clouds.
Because his wife had given him another big surprise, which was actually also a shock!
She proposed building a new house.
After selling the wild boar pork, she took him and Miaomiao wandering around the town.
After lunch, she proposed building a house, saying she wanted to live independently.
“Bui… build a house? Wife… haven’t we already divided the family?”
“That’s right, husband, although we’ve divided the family, but this place has small houses, it’s inconvenient for our few families to live together, I want to live separately…” Luo Zhi’er said tentatively.
Li Sanmao contemplated, “Wife, you don’t need to blame yourself, that’s not what I mean, I know you’re uncomfortable living under parents’ watchful eyes, actually… I feel uncomfortable too.”
“Husband is just worried we don’t have that much silver… and we’ve just fixed up our own home, and we’ve just divided the family…”
He felt that the sunshade, lounge chair, bathroom, and kitchen in their house were all very nice, and the room had been made very comfortable by his wife, it would be a pity to abandon it.
Besides, building a house right after dividing the family, wouldn’t parents, oldest brother, second sister-in-law, and fifth brother think too much?
“Husband, your worry is not wrong, but for the silver, I have my own way…”
“Really? Is it private savings from father-in-law again?”
“Mm, sort of!”
Luo Zhi’er’s gaze drifted as she answered evasively.
Li Sanmao remembered the lipstick tube she had him help make, remembered Ye Beiyao, and sighed.
“Husband, actually, this matter of building a house won’t happen overnight, building a house takes at least half a year to do it well, we’ll still have to live here for quite a while, I’m just making this plan first! Telling you about it!”
“Hey!”
So his wife was discussing it with him.
“You know, I like developing new food, living together will always cause some unnecessary trouble…”
“Helping oldest brother, second sister-in-law and them is no problem, but… what if these foods later cooperate with other restaurants and the secret recipe leaks, won’t it cause unnecessary lawsuits and losses?”
Li Sanmao nodded heavily.
“Wife, you’re right.”
Then, her plan was, in his shock, to wave her hand and buy another piece of prime land.
This land’s position was next to Luojia Village, backed by Big Black Mountain, it was a piece of sandy land, not great for growing crops, but perfect as a foundation for building a house, because it was quiet and far from people.
The downside was, this place was not far from Ma Huang Gou.
He didn’t understand why his wife wanted to buy the foundation there, not to mention it was far from parents, sparsely populated, and no road!
But his wife insisted on buying it, and he didn’t have to pay silver, he moved his lips but still didn’t voice his doubts, just let her be!
He couldn’t come back to his senses for a while, his mind was full of thoughts, did his wife have that much silver?
“Father, Mother, are we really going to build a new house?” Miaomiao jumped up happily!
“Hehe! Yes, but it will take some time, Miaomiao must keep it secret!”
“Mother, Miaomiao knows! Yay! Miaomiao is really so happy!”
Miaomiao’s eyes sparkled, Li Sanmao’s did too, he couldn’t believe in his heart that they were going to build a new house?
Before dark, the family of three returned to the village with unconcealed anticipation in their eyes.
Their days were becoming more and more hopeful, while the Old Li Family’s several branches eyed the few things on the mule cart with jealousy, some wishing they could skin them and drink their blood.
Seeing the family of three return fully loaded, buying grain, buying pots, bowls, and ladles…
It seemed this wild boar sold quite a bit of silver, especially seeing the snake skin bag on the cart, not sure if they bought other things too?
Old Li Tou rarely got up in the afternoon and squatted on a big stone smoking, saying nothing…
The furrows on his face were one after another, looking closely there were a few more, but his expression was a bit more relaxed.
It seemed after going hungry for a few days, he still felt living was more important than anything and had thought it through.
Little Miaomiao bounced off the mule cart, going first to check on her little rabbit!
Zhou Shi was worrying in the kitchen making sour congee, stumbling around…
She was calculating in her heart, heard the noise and ran out from the main hall, seeing it was indeed their family of three back.
Li Sanmao and his wife were unloading things from the cart, Zhou Shi under Old Li Tou’s gaze was watching covetously…
“Yo, third brother’s wife, you’ve bought a piglet? Must have sold quite a bit of silver!”
That tone was like questioning!
Hearing this, Chen Shi came out from the room with a pale face, her lips almost bitten through.
Xiao Zhou Shi first saw Luo Zhi’er bought a lot of soybeans, radish and vegetable leaves, she pursed her lips a bit puzzled, buying grain and pots, bowls, and ladles could be understood.
She secretly thought this Luo Zhi’er was really a spendthrift, having silver but not knowing how to live.
If it were her, with silver, she would definitely buy meat, clothes, rice, go to the restaurant and eat and drink lavishly…
Hearing the snake skin bag oinking, revealing a pig nose, it turned out to be a little piglet, she was instantly full of jealousy, gritted her teeth and deliberately said loudly,
Luo Zhi’er didn’t even lift her head at her shouting, picked it up, and said indifferently, “Mm.”
“Yo, what’s with that attitude?”
Xiao Zhou Shi asked in a shrill voice.
“Whether I buy or not is my business, please eldest sister-in-law don’t stir up trouble!”
“You!”
Li Daqiang secretly tugged her sleeve, meaning for her not to make trouble.
She couldn’t see the cold face of third brother’s wife, deliberately keeping distance and not wanting to have relations with them?
She felt a bit at a loss.
Today while working on the slope, he specially chatted with his wife, hoping their eldest son’s family could get along well with old third, Yunliang and Muqing were still young, old third could help pull them up.
Not to mention other things, just some scraps from the wild game could let their eldest son’s family of five enjoy some luck, have a tooth sacrifice…
How could this woman not resist stirring up trouble!
Xiao Zhou Shi snorted disdainfully at Li Daqiang this scum waste.
Can’t hunt, can’t make money, wooden head, just hoping for those scraps!
Was he Li Sanmao sending off beggars!
Besides, hmph! Him Li Sanmao hunted, showing filial piety to him this oldest brother wasn’t it supposed to be?
Still need to curry favor with him?
The broken things he gave, to put it bluntly, was simply looking down on their eldest son’s family.
Zhou Shi couldn’t hold back anymore upon hearing this, although Luo Zhi’er’s cold and ruthless fat face from beginning to end made her tremble uncontrollably.
She still rushed over with small quick steps, determined to snatch it.
“Mother, what are you doing?”
Luo Zhi’er thought badly, this Zhou Shi was coming to snatch the piglet she bought in her arms, immediately shrank her arm and said angrily.
“What am I doing? You little hoof, have you forgotten something?”
Zhou Shi pounced on empty air, almost hitting the wall!
“Daughter-in-law doesn’t understand your meaning!”
Luo Zhi’er wasn’t afraid at all, met her eyes, and said coldly.
“Hand it over!”
Luo Zhi’er was baffled! “What?”
“You still know you’re old lady’s daughter-in-law? Hand over the silver! Sold the wild boar pork and not handing over the accounts to old lady?”
Luo Zhi’er sneered: “Mother, you’ve forgotten we’ve divided the family!”
Still thinking it’s like before!
Zhou Shi was stunned, “Divided the family? In your dreams! Sanmao, you tell her, old lady and your dad are still here, divide what family! Dividing family is just for show to outsiders!”
In her heart, dividing the family was just forced by pressure for the village elders to see, they said for the younger generation, but she didn’t want to divide!
Speaking her true thoughts!
Li Sanmao saw Zhou Shi acting shamelessly, his face turned iron blue, and he said solemnly, “Mother, dividing the family is not a joke, once divided, it’s divided! Dad, you say yes or no?”
He had thought yesterday she was just saying sour words, didn’t expect this was her plan, this matter must make mother face reality, otherwise there would be trouble in the future.
He originally thought his wife building a house outside was a bit unfilial, now it seemed leaving them was right!
He turned his head and looked faintly at Old Li Tou, eyes showing certainty, beyond doubt.
“Could it be, Dad wants me this son to go invite the village’s several elders again?”
Old Li Tou silently looked at Li Sanmao in front of him, whose posture and attitude were both upright.
It seemed if he didn’t admit it now, then this dad from now on wouldn’t receive respect in his eyes anymore!
Old Li Tou spat out a smoke ring, calmly said: “His mother, forget it!”
Zhou Shi was furious, anxious and stamping her feet, “No way! Old man you’re confused…”
This was a piglet! Raise it fat and then it would be more than five or six taels of silver!
“Old man tells you to calm down, you this woman have no end, can’t you understand?”
“Dad… Mother is also for the good of our family, this piglet…”
Xiao Zhou Shi still wanted to stir the fire…
“You also shut your mouth, go wherever it’s cool!”
Xiao Zhou Shi’s face reddened, feeling extremely stifled!
With Old Li Tou’s order, the yard fell quiet, Li Depei wasn’t stupid, this family, for now, probably still had to rely on Li Sanmao.
Li Sanmao followed his wife’s instructions, took out a gourd of old wine and handed it to Old Li Tou.
“Sanmao, this is…”
“Dad, wife said your rheumatism is acting up again, take this wine to make medicinal wine and rub it… when it’s gone, we’ll hunt more for you!”
Old Li Tou’s eyes teared up, tremblingly took it, “Good, good!”
He didn’t see wrong, this Sanmao was still the most filial one, his wife Luo Zhi’er wasn’t that selfish either!
They had treated people like that, but still took care of what should be taken care of, other branches might not do this to him.
Glad he upheld justice just now.
Zhou Shi’s eyes bulged, hating intensely, this damn old man, two jin of wine sent him off!
She got nothing with old fifth!
Old Li Tou saw Zhou Shi twist her butt and leave, this old woman, how couldn’t she read the situation?
The Bill at home eats ears, today third wife showed mercy and didn’t summon it, otherwise, did she think she could snatch the piglet unscathed?
Luo Zhi’er put the little piglet into the sheep pen, temporarily locking it inside, took a wooden basin and threw in some water and some radish and vegetable leaves to feed it first!
“Little guy, make do with some food first! Tomorrow I’ll cook pig feed for you!”
The piglet oinked twice.
“Woo! Mother, Miaomiao can’t find Little Grey, did Little Grey run away?”
Miaomiao’s crying voice sounded from behind! Luo Zhi’er frowned!
