It was also at this time that Ms. Li vaguely realized that she seemed to be wrong.

If a person from the town or village has more than a dozen taels of clothing, his family will have at least a few hundred taels of wealth. But Zhou Roulan is different. She serves people with sex, and it is very likely that she wears all the clothing... Thinking of this,

Li felt her head hurt even more, and she felt extremely regretful.

She really regrets it!

So what if Zhou Roulan has money?

She just has a mountain of gold, what's the use if she doesn't show it? She has no respect or filial piety for her elders, and there's no hope for her.

But she also suspected that Zhou Roulan was pretending to be poor on purpose because she was unwilling to take out the money.

"Then I don't care. If you don't give it, I'll go out and tell you."

Zhou Roulan's eyes were red and she was sobbing like she couldn't breathe.

Hu Qili couldn't see her being so wronged and said dissatisfiedly: "Mom, that money was not given to her. If you ask her for it now, aren't you being a rogue?"

Seeing such a son, Mr. Li regretted even more.

She finally realized that when looking for a daughter-in-law, she couldn't find one that her son would like. Previously, Lin Xuniang was respectful to her, and occasionally there would be some quarrels between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Hu Qili would definitely be scolding Lin Xuniang.

But now, Hu Qili has found his sweetheart, and he is scolding her for being such a mother-in-law.

Zhou Roulan cried hard: "Since your family can't tolerate me, I will go back. I did all those things for you and for our future...I admit that I am vicious. If I were not vicious, I would have died in the backyard of Gaofu."

Already..."

Hu Qili was so distressed that he hugged her into his arms and helped her into the house: "Don't be sad, think about yourself as well as your child. If you love crying so much, what will you do if you are born a little crybaby?"

Zhou Roulan was immediately dissatisfied: "Okay, I cried so hard, but you only care about the child. Since you want a child, there are so many women on the street who can give birth to it, why did you come to me? Your mother doesn't like me yet, and we both

We hate each other, if it weren't for you, would I have suffered these grievances?"

"I know, I understand everything." Hu Qili coaxed gently: "My mother is old, why do you care about her? Don't worry about what she says in the future, just listen to it through your ears..."

Li: "..."

Standing in the yard, she heard all these words of her son, and her already cold heart suddenly became cold both inside and outside her body.

This is really hopeless!

I don’t know if Mrs. Li knew that her son was unreliable. When she woke up the next morning, she felt much better.

The pots and stoves were still cold in the kitchen, and there was no movement in the main room. She didn't know if she got up and left, or if she didn't get up at all. Mrs. Li had no hope for her son and daughter-in-law, and had no intention of cooking. Besides,

There isn't much food in the kitchen either.

After washing herself, she went out and planned to find a job for herself.

There weren't many people living in the town, so Li was planning to go to the city if she couldn't find a job in the town. It wasn't far away anyway, but it was a bit harder.

After asking around, I learned that there was a shortage of dishwashers in the town's restaurants. The salary was not high, only one penny a month, and they had to wash dishes from morning to night. The only advantage was that food was included. Li didn't hesitate much.

accepted.

People who don't do this kind of work often can't bear it. Mrs. Li soaked her hands in the water, and soon they turned white. She also had a sore waist and backache. If she hadn't been holding her breath in her heart, she would have been unable to persist.

Went down.

As night fell and she could finally take a breath, Mrs. Li held her waist and went home. When she passed by Lin Xuniang's shop, she stood at the door in shock for a long time.

When she returned home, candles were lit in the main room in the courtyard, and laughter and laughter could be heard occasionally. Ms. Li felt increasingly sad.

Today she was willing to wash the dishes in order to be eaten. However, she was so tired that she couldn't eat at all.

Probably hearing the sound of her opening the door, the door to the main room opened, and Hu Qili put on his clothes and walked out: "Mom, where have you been today? I bought an old hen, and I want you to stew it for Roulan.

Well, I came back and waited for a long time but couldn’t find you."

Behind the words, there was actually some resentment.

Li held her waist and said, "I'll go to the big restaurant over there to help wash the dishes. I'll provide three meals a day. I won't come back to eat in the future. You can do whatever you like." Because she was too tired, she said this.

My words were weak and my whole person felt lazy.

Hu Qili looked at his mother in surprise: "Mom, are you angry with us?"

Originally he was angry, but after a long day, he really couldn't care less. Li waved her hand and said, "You can think whatever you like."

With that said, he fetched water, washed himself, and then went to bed.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Li got up with pain all over and was about to go to the restaurant again. When she opened the door, she saw her son in the yard.

"What are you doing here so early in the morning?"

Hu Qili was a little worried: "Mom, you don't have to work outside. When I am free, we can start business again."

"Let's talk about it after you start doing it." Mrs. Li was a little disinterested. After washing, she opened the door, held her waist and walked away.

The door to the main room opened, and Zhou Roulan stood at the door thoughtfully.

Hu Qili turned around and said: "My mother is really angry with me. She is already at this age, and when she goes out to help, she still has to be yelled at. In the past few decades, she has never suffered such grievances...

"

Zhou Roulan frowned: "Are you blaming me?"

Hu Qili shook his head: "I don't blame you, I blame myself for not being able to protect you and my mother. I still want to do business in the two shops outside. But the problem is that I don't have the capital."

Zhou Roulan looked him up and down suspiciously, somewhat suspecting that he was trying to trick her and wanted her to take the initiative to give him money to do business.

Hu Qili stepped forward and closed the door: "What do you want to eat?"

Life in the Hu family was getting tighter and tighter, and there was nothing good to eat. After breakfast, Hu Qili did not go for a walk with Zhou Roulan as usual, but went out.

After going there for a whole day, Zhou Roulan felt uneasy, so she asked someone to inquire. When she learned that Hu Qili was just drinking in a restaurant there, she stopped asking.

Hu Qili came back drunk, lying on the bed at night still mumbling about his inability.

It was so noisy that Zhou Roulan couldn't sleep at all. It was difficult for her to get pregnant with the child in her belly, and she was usually very careful. She was also afraid that she would affect the child if she didn't sleep well. Seeing that it was already late at night and the man next to her still didn't stop, she got angry and directly

Returned to his home.

This is the advantage of living close to my parents' house, just diagonally opposite. Even if I go back in the middle of the night, I won't delay anything.

When Hu Qili got up in the morning, he found that there was nothing around him. He immediately panicked. He looked around the yard and saw no one. However, he saw his mother getting up to wash up. He hurriedly asked: "Mom, have you seen Roulan?"

Li said casually: "I'm so tired that I wish I could just stick to the bed and sleep. How can I care about others? Just go find it yourself."

A big living person disappeared from home. How could Hu Qili not be anxious? He didn't care about his mother's strange mood, so he opened the door and ran out.

After Mrs. Li washed up, she was ready to go out. She was really tired. No wonder there were so many idle people in the town but the restaurant couldn't find a helper.

After working for a few days, Li really didn't want to go if she wasn't worried about not getting paid.

In fact, it wasn't that she couldn't let go of those coins, but that she had been having a hard time these past few days. She couldn't bear to give up like that. Before going out, Mrs. Li scanned the yard as usual, and when she was about to close the door, her peripheral vision fell on

On the open door panel of the main room.

After thinking about it, she entered the door again, bolted it, and entered the main room again.

After all, she still didn't believe Zhou Roulan's words. It's impossible for someone who has such a tight grasp on money to be without money.

If there is money, it shouldn't be in the Zhou family. Because Zhou has a large family and the house is not enough to live in. Zhou Roulan lives with her niece in her natal family. If she doesn't have her own house, how can she put the money there with peace of mind?

If there really is one, it must be in the Hu family.

After entering the house, Mrs. Li did not rush around like last time, but slowly walked around the house. Finally, she set her eyes on the new red paint box in the corner.

This box was Zhou Roulan's dowry. She had gone through it last time, and there was nothing in it except some small clothes and expensive clothes. But Li was familiar with everything in the house, so it was impossible to hide anything. Or

He said that she couldn't see what was impossible to hide.

Mrs. Li stepped forward and opened the red lacquer box. It was the same as last time. On top were expensive clothes with exquisite embroidery work. On the bottom were small clothes. The material was smooth and smooth. Just by touching them, you could tell that they were very comfortable to wear.

Mrs. Li didn't care about her daughter-in-law's Xiaoyi. She quickly went through the box and found nothing. She was just a little confused that such a big box could be full with only so many things.

She sighed and finally accepted that her daughter-in-law was a piece of shit.

Damn it, it only looks good on the outside.

She stood up and prepared to go to the restaurant. It would have been too late. When she stood up, her legs were sore and her feet were numb because she had squatted for too long. She failed to get up and instead fell to the ground.

Because she was squatting and fell, the fall was not heavy. Li cursed secretly, then stood up holding the box, walked to the door, and looked back at the box.

On the surface it looked ordinary, but she just felt something was wrong. How could such a big box be filled with so few things?

When she thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she quickly stepped forward and took out all the things inside. Then she knocked on the bottom of the box, looked outside, then looked inside, and found that a small piece was missing. Li was immediately overjoyed.

After some groping, I dug out a piece of wood from the corner. Sure enough, there was a cave underneath.

Mrs. Li was very happy and took out all the jewelry and silver notes hidden under the box. There were more than one hundred taels of silver notes, as well as some jewelry and silver. Looking at the pile of things, the first thing she thought of was Zhou Roulan.

Indifference to oneself.

With so much money hidden here, she could actually watch as her mother-in-law became more and more ill. She pushed here and there but refused to get the money for the medicine... Mrs. Li felt cruel and put everything into her arms.

, and then reset the things. When she went out again, the main room was almost exactly the same as when she entered it.

Money makes people bold. With so much money at her side, Ms. Li immediately felt emboldened. When she went to the kitchen that day, without waiting for the manager to accuse her of being late, she directly said she would quit.

The manager was a bit surprised. The job of washing dishes is very hard, and many people can't endure it. So when looking for someone, they usually make it clear that if they don't do it for a month, they won't be paid. Many women are reluctant to part with their hard-earned money, so they will endure it.
Chapter completed!