Chapter 80:
“Hehe, what a way to accumulate little by little.”
No family division yet…
Luo Zhi’er smiled meaningfully.
Old Li Tou didn’t know why, but he felt that the faint smile at the corner of her mouth was mocking them.
His old face showed a look of shame. Fortunately, it was night and couldn’t be seen. The creases on his forehead and corners of his mouth folded several times. These past few days had really made him lose face repeatedly!
He also didn’t know exactly where things had gone wrong?
Luo Zhi’er didn’t feel sorry for her these ten-odd coins. Through these ten-odd coins, she could see exactly what kind of person the head of the Old Li Family really was…
This also strengthened her determination to divide the family. With such selfish and self-interested people, there was no need for any courtesy!
Best to have no entanglements!
Luo Zhi’er turned her head and looked at Li Sanmao standing in the main hall.
Li Sanmao’s face was dark and hard to discern, full of guilt, too ashamed to face her.
This was reward money she had earned herself by working hard to collect mushrooms and sell goods. He knew how hard she had worked that day running around and cooking!
Li Daqiang also felt something was wrong, embarrassed, a bit disheartened, too embarrassed to say it out loud. No wonder his wife had resisted so fiercely that day!
He chewed on the candied hawthorn in his mouth!
Thinking about things!
Luo Zhi’er nodded slightly, her eyes cold.
“Alright, I’ll go get it out for you right now. Tomorrow, Mother, you go deliver the goods to Yumian Tower!”
Luo Zhi’er calmly took out the ten coins and gave them to her. “That’s all there is. Don’t forget to buy white sugar tomorrow!”
“Dad, I’ve paid you back several times the white sugar we used today. Don’t say I took advantage of you again then!”
Old Li Tou still had some uneaten candied hawthorn in his mouth. Hearing her casual words, it seemed like she was asking for a share!
Indeed, this third wife had made them, but she herself hadn’t even eaten any. It had all gone into the bellies of their family…
“Stop right there. You don’t even give your mother-in-law a string of that candied hawthorn?”
Zhou Shi hesitated for a long time, couldn’t help but ask. There was only one string left on that plate. She had given it around to everyone, but didn’t think to show filial piety to her mother-in-law first!
“Mother, there’s only one string left. This junk isn’t tasty anyway, not suitable for you, so no need!”
Zhou Shi seemed to have forgotten that she had just cursed it as junk!
Old Li Tou also felt deeply embarrassed by his old woman’s repeated going back on her word!
He understood this old woman; she was always like this, flip-flopping in her speech…
“Who… who wants to eat it? I was saving it for Zhenzhu. She’s coming back tomorrow. As her sister-in-law, isn’t it just one string of candied hawthorn? You can’t bear to give it?”
“Exactly, I can’t bear to! This is for Miaomiao to eat.”
“Zhenzhu wants to eat? There’s a wild hawthorn tree on the back mountain. She’s almost twenty years old, not without hands or feet. She can go pick some herself and make it then!”
“Uh… you… is that how you talk about your sister-in-law?”
Zhou Shi’s face flushed red then pale, and there were times when she felt embarrassed too…
How could Zhenzhu possibly climb such a high mountain for you? That girl would definitely complain about the thorns pricking her and the sun tanning her dark…
“Isn’t it true?”
Zhou Shi watched wide-eyed as Luo Zhi’er picked up the last one, turned around, and stuffed it into Miaomiao’s mouth.
She was so angry she wanted to snatch it but couldn’t.
A bit frantic, this fat hoof now always wouldn’t listen to directions!
Miaomiao was pulled by Luo Zhi’er into her own room.
Li Sanmao followed in. Seeing Luo Zhi’er tidying the bed, her face cold, her back to him, not speaking…
He knew she was angry!
“Wife, sorry! I…”
“Forget it. It wasn’t you who took my reward money!”
“But they are my parents. I… feel bad about it!”
“Li Sanmao, if we divide the family in the future, will you firmly stand by my side?”
Li Sanmao looked at her guiltily: “Yes!”
“Then I’ll believe you!”
In the next door eldest son’s family’s room, Muqing Yunliang and Liuliu had already gone to sleep…
“Wife, how are you?”
Xiao Zhou Shi turned her body sideways and sneered: “Li Daqiang, was that candied hawthorn tasty?”
Li Daqiang didn’t expect his wife to ask about this. Eating a bit of candied hawthorn was such a small thing, yet she had to question him about it?
He didn’t quite understand her meaning, feeling uneasy.
“Uh… very sweet!”
“Is it?”
After saying that, Xiao Zhou Shi snorted coldly and ignored him completely!
Li Daqiang was baffled, wondering exactly where he had upset his wife again?
He dawdled and climbed into bed, only to be kicked to the ground by Xiao Zhou Shi.
“Ouch!”
“You still have the nerve to get into bed? The candied hawthorn was tasty, so you ate it all by yourself. Does that mean if there are other good things, you’d enjoy them alone too, regardless of my life or death?”
Xiao Zhou Shi cried out heartbrokenly, roaring in fury.
“Wife, what kind of talk is that?”
Li Daqiang clutched his stomach, feeling angry inside too!
He had been busy all day and come back exhausted, his stomach so hungry his chest stuck to his back, and now he was getting scolded and beaten!
Indeed, he hadn’t thought to give it to his wife earlier because he was really starving today, hadn’t eaten his fill, and when he smelled the candied hawthorn, he couldn’t help but devour it!
His wife should have eaten at home! Besides, she probably wouldn’t get upset with him over just one string of candied hawthorn!
“What kind of talk? Li Daqiang, you selfish and self-interested stinking man. I, Zhou Hanjuan, must have been blind to misjudge you!”
“Misjudged? What if you misjudged? Zhou Hanjuan, that’s enough. These past few days I’ve been groveling, giving in to everything you want. People have limits. Don’t push me too far…”
Xiao Zhou Shi turned back and saw Li Daqiang’s ferocious, twisted face, feeling utterly disappointed…
This man only knew how to throw tantrums in front of her. He looked honest and straightforward, but in reality?
She fell silent for a moment, changed her expression. “Daqiang, forget it, don’t be angry. I just felt a bit upset that you had something good and didn’t think of me and the kids.”
“Plus, my stomach has been hurting all along. You were hungry, so you ate a string of candied hawthorn. No big deal! Don’t be angry anymore, come to bed and sleep!”
She lifted the quilt, inviting him up.
Li Daqiang rarely saw his wife soften like this, so considerate and sweet. His heart finally warmed…
He went forward, hugged her, and said many sweet nothings!
The next day, when the rooster crowed for the third time, Zhou Shi got herself ready, carried the jar onto the ox cart, and went to the town, heading for Yumian Tower.
Of course, Luo Zhi’er didn’t rest either. Today’s arrangement was to go up the mountain to collect mushrooms as usual, and see if there were any other mountain goods. She seemed completely unaffected by Zhou Shi going to the town.
