Brother Chen Wu smiled and took the IOU drawn by Yao Rengui and said: "The third child has made arrangements a long time ago. I'm afraid they won't run away. The show is about to start. That damn girl really thinks that our Li family will let go."
I've passed her..."
As soon as Lihua returned to the cabin, Xiaotong hurried over and said, "Sister Lihua, it's not good. My eldest brother came back from outside today and he looked like he was stupid. He sat on the bed without eating or drinking.
Don't speak. Sister Lihua, please go and see him quickly. I was almost scared to death by him." Lihua put down the cooked vegetables in her hands and walked quickly to Yao Rengui's bedside. Xiaotong and Zhuzhu also followed her.
, seeing Yao Rengui sitting on the bed, he was startled by his appearance.
Yao Rengui held the empty earthenware pot in his arms, staring directly at the ceiling above his head. His face was uncertain, crying and laughing. Lihua called Yao Rengui several times, but he didn't respond at all. He was anxious.
She was in tears. Miss Zhuzhu whispered: "Sister Lihua, could it be that the elder brother is possessed by evil spirits?"
Xiaotong said weakly: "Sister Lihua, among the sisters we have served in the wing of the Li family, we have also seen sisters like the eldest brother. They were all slapped hard by the Li brothers."
Lihua had no idea after hearing what Xiaotong said, and said with tears: "Brother Rengui, I can't help you anymore." After raising his hand and slapping him, Yao Rengui looked at Lihua in a daze, leaning on
With a strong push, Hui Lihua knelt down.
"Brother Rengui, what's wrong with you? If you have anything to say, please speak up. Don't scare me..., wu... wu..." Lihua cried and helped Yao Rengui up.
Zhuzhu saw the empty earthen jar, and said with a sharp little mouth without mercy: "Brother, where is the silver in the earthen jar? Why did it disappear all of a sudden?"
At this point, Yao Rengui could no longer deceive them. He lowered his head and cried: "Sister Lihua, I am not a human being. The silver in the earthen pot was... lost to me. Let me die. I have no shame to see you again."
You guys." What pear blossoms feel distressed is not that she has braved the scorching sun to sell and sing in the market for three months, but that Yao Rengui went behind her back to gamble with others. Since the money is gone, there is no use blaming him.
Think he spent money to buy a lesson...
Lihua wiped her tears and persuaded: "Brother Rengui, losing money is a small matter and we can earn it again. You can talk before you get up. Kneeling is not good for your injured leg." Yao Rengui still shook his head and refused to get up.
Yao Rengui slapped her in front of Lihua and the two little girls. No matter how Lihua tried to persuade him to pull him, Yao Rengui couldn't stop him. After a few slaps, blood started to flow from the corner of Yao Rengui's mouth.
Yao Rengui said sadly: "Sister Lihua, I...I...still owe gambling debts...let me just...go die..."
"Ah... you... you still owe gambling debts? How much do you owe?" Lihua asked cautiously.
"I..., I... owe... three thousand six hundred taels of silver, Lihua... Lihua... what's wrong with you?" When Lihua heard that Yao Rengui owed three thousand six hundred taels of silver, Lihua felt like the world was spinning, and her eyes were filled with confusion.
Hei fell limply to the ground. Yao Rengui wanted to step forward to help Lihua, but was pushed away by Zhuzhu.
"Xiaotong, get a ladle of water quickly. Sister Lihua is so angry that she is dizzy. I really don't know how you look at him at home every day. You didn't even notice that such a big thing happened." Zhuzhu
He yelled at Xiaotong angrily.
Xiaotong fetched water, and tears of grievance came down: "I have told you a long time ago, didn't Sister Lihua say that it is a good thing for him to go out for more walks? You still come to blame me now, I can't
Just follow him every day. I also have to wash and cook for you, so you go out every day. I am not the only one doing all the work at home."
Zhuzhu took the water ladle and said angrily: "I'm too lazy to talk to you. I'll save Sister Lihua first and then settle the debt with you." Zhuzhu dipped her fingers in cold water and poured it on Lihua's face. Lihua was shocked by the cold water.
She slowly woke up and sat on the ground without saying a word. She was also frightened by the 3,600 taels of silver...
Zhuzhu walked up to Yao Rengui with her hands on her hips and asked sternly: "What the hell is going on? Why do you owe someone three thousand six hundred taels of silver? You don't know that every penny of that silver is included
Sister Lihua’s sweat! Sister Lihua sings outside every day because of your illness. When you are hungry or thirsty, you are reluctant to spend money to buy yourself something to eat and drink. You eat meat every day, but Sister Lihua drinks potato soup every day.
Tang. Do you have a heart as a man? You used this kind of hard-earned money to gamble, and you still owe 3,600 taels of gambling debt! What are you doing when you come back? It would be serious to go to the forest to get a rope and hang yourself..." Yao Rengui
Zhuzhu scolded me so badly that I wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Lihua said feebly: "Sister Zhuzhu, forget it. Scolding him won't solve the problem. We should think about what to do in the future."
"No, Sister Lihua, if you don't let him speak clearly, you will still help him count the money after you are sold by him! I have seen many men like this in the Li family. If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiaotong."
Xiaotong nodded at the side.
Yao Rengui knelt on the ground and told the three of them how he met Brother Chen Wu in the pear forest from beginning to end. Zhuzhu knitted her brows together as she listened. After thinking for a while, she said: "When I was a child,
I grew up here, but I have never heard of anyone coming to buy the pears that are all over the mountains and plains. There are so many pears rotting in the fields? Besides, how can anyone go into the mountains with thousands of taels of silver in their pockets every day? They just
Aren't you afraid of being robbed? Please tell me carefully what the three of them look like."
Yao Rengui could only say: "Except for Brother Chen Wu who is tall and thin, the other two are named Wen Da and Ma Zong. The Ma Zong also has a small birthmark on his hand..." Zhuzhu and Xiao
Tong shouted in unison, with fear in his eyes.
Xiaotong said tremblingly: "Is the birthmark located here on the forearm?" Xiaotong rolled up her sleeves and asked, pointing to her white lotus-like forearm.
Yao Rengui said in surprise: "That's where he grew up. How did you know?"
Xiaotong and Zhuzhu looked at each other, and Zhuzhu cried sadly: "My silly brother, they are all from the Li family. That thin guy who laughs when you say anything, should be the Smiling King of Hell, Fourth Master Li."
Biao. The other two were Li Biao's men. The one with the birthmark on his arm turned out to be a croupier in Yicheng Casino. He was almost beaten to death even though he was cheating, and later he joined the fourth son of the Li family.
You still dare to owe money to the Smiling King of Hell, you think your life is not long enough!"
Xiaotong continued: "Among the four brothers of the Li family, the Smiling King of Hell, Li Biao, is in charge of the Li family's money by collecting loan sharks. He doesn't know how many people have been forced to death. They calculated it deliberately and you won it unintentionally."
It's their trap, let's run away before they come."
Lihua was helped up by Zhuzhu and said: "Xiaotong is right, you may still have a chance to survive if you escape. Brother Rengui, please get up quickly, we can escape as far as we can..."
Among the four, Lihua supported Yao Rengui and followed the two girls out of the wooden house in a hurry, heading down the mountain under the faint moonlight. As soon as they walked into the pear forest, they heard someone coughing softly in front of them. From the pear tree
Six or seven figures flashed out from behind the tree, and the leader was none other than Li An, the chief manager of the Li family. "Hey, where did you go with these fools? Miss Lihua, we haven't seen each other for a while, and you are getting worse and worse as you grow older.
She looks so fresh." Li An held his chin with two fingers and walked over with a playful smile. People in the pear forest gathered around Lihua and the four of them. Xiaotong started to tremble when she saw Li An appear here.
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Lihua stepped forward to protect the two little girls and shouted in a deep voice: "What do you want to do?"
Li An said gloomily: "What do we want to do? To tell you the truth, from the day you took these two little girls into the mountain, our Third Master has arranged for someone to watch you. Miss Lihua is in the market
The business is good, haha, the third master expected that you would run away tonight, so he asked us to wait here for Miss Pear Blossom. You see, our heads were all bitten by autumn mosquitoes before we waited for Miss Pear Blossom."
Lihua said angrily: "What are you waiting for me for? You can kill or chop them as you please. Anyway, I killed Li Hu. If anything happens, just come to me and let them go."
"Hey, Miss Lihua looks so charming when she's angry. If we wanted to kill you, how could we let you go free for so long?" Li An reached out and wanted to touch Lihua's face, but Yao Rengui hurriedly pointed at him with his crutch.
He chopped off his hand. "You damn cripple, I should have broken both of your legs that day to see if you still dare to be arrogant here."
Yao Rengui shouted: "Sister Lihua, please take them away first, and I will stop these evil people."
Li An smiled coldly and said: "Toad yawned, your tone is not small, come on, take away this ignorant cripple and the two girls with their elbows turned out. Even the pear blossom girl, hehe,
The third master specially asked her to go out and sing tomorrow." The servants followed Li An's instructions and kicked Yao Rengui down, who was standing in front of Lihua and the others. They grabbed the little girl who was so frightened that she could only cry.
Tong, Zhuzhu still dared to fight with the servant and resisted vigorously, but he was too young and was restrained by the servant in a few moments.
Zhuzhu shouted loudly: "Sister Lihua, don't listen to him. You must not go tomorrow. Run away on your own..."
"Pa" Li An slapped Zhu Zhu with blood flowing from the corner of her mouth. Li An pointed at Zhu Zhu's nose and said: "You are a spoiled brat. The Li family has raised you for so many years and you still helped an outsider kill the second master!"
Go back and take good care of you two, huh!"
Lihua rushed forward to save the three people who were dragged by the servants. Li An stopped her and said: "Miss Lihua, please don't force me to kill them now. Don't forget to go to the market tomorrow. Then they will
The Li family will give you an answer. If you don't go tomorrow, just wait and burn paper money for them. Brothers, let's go!"
Lihua ran all the way, crying and chasing after Yao Rengui and the others. The Li family's carriage came roaring with two girls crying and the lame Yao Rengui, who was yelling and swearing, and disappeared from Lihua's sight. Lihua didn't know what was deep and what was shallow.
She ran a few miles until she fell to the ground unable to run anymore. There were two mountain roads at the foot of the mountain in front of Lihua, one leading to Yicheng and the other to Huizhou. Lihua threw herself on the ground and cried bitterly.
Even if she survives alone, the three of them will definitely be killed by the Li family, but if she goes to Yicheng, she can only die in vain and cannot save them. The contradiction between life and death makes Lihua confused...