The doctor stopped answering and looked like he was seeing off a guest.
Zhang Qizi gritted his teeth with hatred. That bastard Tang Mingshan gave him someone he couldn't afford to offend, and yet he had the nerve to ask him for a large betrothal gift. Do you really think he has lost his temper?
Chu Yunli returned to the inn carrying a fish and went to the kitchen first.
Jiang Huixin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her coming back: "Xiaoya, today's guest is picky and asked for a lot of dishes. I'm a little busy right now, can you help me light the fire?"
There was a cautious look on his face, and he didn’t look like he was informed.
Chu Yunli thought thoughtfully: "I'll find a person to light the fire for you."
Tang Mingshan's leg was injured, but it wasn't broken. Even if it was broken, it would still be enough to light a fire. She turned around and left, directly entering the main room.
When Tang Mingshan saw her, his eyes were full of shock. Even if it was just for a moment, Chu Yunli could see clearly. She sneered: "Did you invite the man with the scab on his eyebrow?"
Hearing this, Tang Mingshan lost his last bit of luck and managed a smile: "I don't understand what you said."
"That bastard said that you promised me to him." Chu Yunli narrowed his eyes: "Is this the case?"
"No, no." Tang Mingshan waved his hand: "This is trying to sow discord between our father and daughter. Don't believe his lies. I had already canceled the engagement for you if you weren't happy with it before. Don't worry, that was a kind act.
People will not ruin your reputation by making random remarks outside."
It sounds like it's true.
Before Chu Yunli found out, that Zhang Zizi would definitely not suffer the consequences of being mute. He would come back and settle the accounts together. Her eyes fell on Tang Mingshan's legs: "You have been lying down for a few days. Are you feeling better?"
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Tang Mingshan wanted to say no, but was afraid of angering her, so he asked tentatively: "What do you want to say?"
"There is a shortage of someone to make the fire in the kitchen, and my mother wants me to help. But I have done enough. Your injury will not affect the fire." Chu Yunli said in a serious tone: "Get up!"
Tang Mingshan: "..."
"I can't get up."
Chu Yunli pulled out the dagger she took from Zhang Lizi.
Tang Mingshan sat up immediately: "If you have something to say, please say it. I'll try to get up!"
With a dagger in front of him, he must be able to do it. The wound on his leg was indeed not well healed, and the pain made him want to faint when he moved. By the time he reluctantly sat on the edge of the bed, he was already covered in sweat and felt very aggrieved.
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When Jiang Huixin heard her daughter's words, she felt something was wrong. When she saw her entering the main room, she was filled with doubts. After a while, she realized who the person was who was going to help her light the fire. She was instantly frightened and hurriedly
Ran over.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Tang Mingshan sitting by the bed. It was probably because he was in too much pain, and his eye circles were red.
"Dad, it's just that little work, I don't need your help, just lie down quickly. It's important to recuperate."
Tang Mingshan immediately wanted to lie back down.
"No!" Chu Yunli said solemnly: "The work at home is too busy, and everyone wants my help. The brother and sister act like I am a sinner. I don't want to listen to their advice anymore.
, you must go."
Tang Mingshan was speechless.
"I'll say hello to them soon and ask them not to disturb you."
"Just go and work." Chu Yunli said with a sarcastic look: "Such a big man can't light a fire, so what's the difference between him and a useless person? Are you going or not?"
Tang Mingshan: "..." Go!
He stood up slowly, feeling so painful that he couldn't stand at all.
Jiang Huixin couldn't stand it anymore: "Don't move, I'll find two people to carry you to the kitchen."
She took a trip and found two neighbors.
The two neighbors, who were in their prime, couldn't understand what Tang Mingshan was thinking: "We don't know when you were injured. You are injured and you are lying down to recover. What should you do in the kitchen?"
Tang Mingshan felt aggrieved, but did not dare to make it too obvious: "I'll help light the fire."
"I think you're going to do a disservice." Seeing that they couldn't convince him, the two shook their heads and used the door panel to carry him to the kitchen.
Tang Mingshan tried hard to save his respect: "I don't know if it's because of the injury or because it's been too cold recently. I always feel that my bones are cold, so I went to the kitchen to light a fire and grill them."
The two of them looked surprised, but had no doubts. Before leaving, they advised: "It's best to ask a doctor to take a look. Just apply these ointments. If it doesn't work, you will become a lame. Don't save it at this time."
I have money... I really want to save money, just ask Qinghe to stop studying and buy some clothes for Qianer!"
Jiang Huixin hurriedly stepped forward to see off the two enthusiastic people.
After Tang Qianqian heard the noise outside, she finished embroidering the few needles in her hand before going out. She happened to see two neighbors leaving, and then she found her father, who was supposed to be lying on the bed to recuperate, squatting in front of the stove. The place was not spacious, and a
The grown man was hiding there, feeling aggrieved no matter what. She looked surprised. In her memory, her father would never enter the kitchen. Why did he suddenly change his attitude?
"Dad, why are you lighting the fire?"
Tang Mingshan did not dare to say it clearly, because the culprit who caused him to set the fire was nearby, so he only said vaguely: "Your mother is too busy, I have nothing to do to help."
Tang Qianqian didn't believe a word of it, but she couldn't find any doubts.
"Sister, you've been resting for a few days, it's time to go help. Dad's leg injury hasn't healed yet, so you just have to bear it..."
"do not talk!"
"I can't bear it!"
Tang Mingshan and Chu Yunli almost spoke together, and Tang Qianqian stamped her feet angrily: "Dad, even if you want to compensate your sister, you won't let her do nothing, right?"
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly: "How much have you done since you were a child?"
Tang Qianqian was speechless.
"I'm different from you."
Chu Yunli asked: "What's the difference?"
Tang Qianqian said plausibly: "You are the boss and I am the youngest."
"Does the boss deserve to be bothered?" Chu Yunli sneered: "Anyway, I won't do the work at home. From now on, you will rarely come to me to talk nonsense. It makes me anxious..."
She raised her hand, and the dagger flew out from her hand, scraped past Tang Qianqian's cheek, and plunged into the pillar behind her. The handle seemed to tremble.
"Don't!" Jiang Huixin was so frightened that her face turned pale.
Tang Qianqian was startled. After realizing that she was not injured, she immediately jumped in anger: "We are biological sisters. Even if we didn't agree to go together, you wouldn't stab me with a knife! What if you really hurt my face?"
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From the corner of his eye, Tang Mingshan saw the sarcasm on Xiaoya's face, as if he was about to get angry again, and hurriedly stopped his daughter from going crazy: "Stop arguing, my ears hurt. Go ahead and do your business."
Tang Qianqian stamped her feet: "Dad, just favor her."
Jiang Huixin couldn't stand listening anymore: "Your father has always been partial to you brothers and sisters. Do you have any conscience when you say such things?"
Over there, Tang Qianqian ignored her parents and went back to her room angrily.
Chu Yunli snorted coldly: "Since you won't let me leave, then make a room for me. I don't want to live in a woodshed anymore. Also, I want new bedding and a decent bed."
Tang Mingshan immediately said: "I will ask your mother to buy it later."
Jiang Huixin had no objections. She couldn't refute. The only thing she worried about was that the man would turn around and scold him.
"Don't wait later, do it now." Chu Yunli looked at the sky: "Hurry up and you can sleep tonight."
But the guests are waiting for dinner... Tang Mingshan is helpless: "Then you go pick out the bed and bedding, and I will give you the money."
Chu Yunli didn't mean to be polite, so she took the money and went out. She had already walked a long way, and she could still notice the eyes of the couple behind her.
Tang Mingshan didn't give much money, so she could barely buy everything. Chu Yunli spent half an hour picking out the things and sending them to the inn. Then, she bought some snacks herself and walked back while eating.
It's not that she is greedy, but that Xiaoya couldn't eat these snacks before, so she could only watch her brother and sister eat. Sometimes she would be scolded if she took a second look.
Before reaching the entrance of the inn, he saw a lot of people gathered there from a distance. Chu Yunli knew that there was a lot of excitement, so she subconsciously quickened her pace, squeezed into the crowd, and saw Zhang Ruizi lying on the ground, arguing with Jiang Huixin.
Even though Jiang Huixin has been the wife of the boss for many years, she has never quarreled with anyone because Tang Mingshan is on top of her. At this moment, her face was red, her ears were red, and her eyes were red: "Don't act like a rogue here, no one in our family knows you. Again.
It's nonsense, I'll just... I'll report it to the official."
Zhang Qizi said plausibly: "I owe all my injuries to Tang Mingshan. You are a woman. If I don't tell you, let him come out!"
"He was injured and couldn't get out." Jiang Huixin wiped away her tears and looked at the people around her: "Come on, everyone, this man must say that the injury is related to my man and ask our family to compensate. Someone should know his father.
He has been injured for several days. Not to mention leaving the house, even the door was only opened today. I just asked Brother Liu next door to help carry him... Where can I have time to beat him!"
"It wasn't him who beat me, he found someone to teach me a lesson." Zhang Zizi waved his hand impatiently: "If he doesn't come out, your son will be beaten to the point where he will have no descendants. Don't blame me for being ruthless."
After hearing this, Jiang Huixin was shocked.
Originally, she didn't want Tang Mingshan to get involved, so she used the power of the neighbors to drive him away, but now she didn't dare to be so hasty: "I'll go in and ask."
As he said that, he was about to close the door.
Zhang Qizi endured the pain and lay on the threshold: "Go ahead, I'll wait here."
With so many people there, Jiang Huixin was not afraid that they would come in and cause trouble, so she quickly ran away.
Just at this time, someone noticed Chu Yunli in the crowd, and the lady next door whispered: "When did your family provoke such a scoundrel?"
"I don't know!" Chu Yunli looked innocent: "It's just the past two days that I have gone out for a walk. I had been helping at home before."
This is a fact. The aunt didn't ask any further questions. She just urged: "Go back to your room quickly. I belong to the eldest girl's house. Don't get hit by others."
Chu Yunli smiled and thanked her.
Zhang Qizi, who was lying on the threshold, saw her coming and hurriedly stepped aside to make way.
His actions caught the attention of everyone, and some people praised him: "Not to mention, this guy is quite good, he knows how to stay away from other girls."
"According to you, he is still a good person?"
The man who spoke first spoke plausibly: "This kind of thing can't be done with a slap. Even though he is a scoundrel, he didn't go and rely on others!" It must be Tang Mingshan's improper handling of things that caused this disaster.
This is a fact. Zhang Ruizi was hated by people for his sneaking around, but he never dared to blackmail people in front of so many people.
In the backyard, Tang Mingshan was sitting in front of the stove, listening to the noise outside, and frowning so hard that he could kill mosquitoes. When he saw Jiang Hui coming in in a panic, he asked, "Have they been sent away?"
Jiang Huixin didn't care to answer, and continued: "He insists on our family to compensate, you go out and take a look!"
Tang Mingshan didn't want to go out and confront him face to face. Firstly, it would be embarrassing. Being picked up by a gangster in front of so many people would make him a talking point among everyone. Secondly, he was really afraid that Zhang Zhizi would spill the beans in case Xiaoya let him know.
After learning the truth, he will suffer again.
"Just send them away."
Jiang Hui was so anxious that she cried: "He said that if he couldn't see your people, he would attack Qinghe. He also said that Qinghe would have no children. We only have one son. What if he really gets that kind of injury?
What to do? Qinghe hasn’t gotten married yet, how will he get a wife in the future?”
Tang Mingshan naturally felt pain for his only son. Hearing this, he felt extremely troubled.
"Then let him come in and we can discuss it in the backyard."
Jiang Huixin fell silent.
Ever since that man came to make trouble at the door and kept saying that his injuries were related to his own man, but the man who was not afraid of trouble in the past looked guilty and refused to go out, Jiang Huixin guessed that it was not simple. Seeing the man compromising now, how could he
What else don’t you understand?
If Zhang Ruizi's injury really had nothing to do with his family, even if the man had broken his leg, he would have gone out and yelled for neighbors to help drive him away, or directly reported it to the police and faced him in court.
"You...how did he get those injuries?"
Tang Mingshan did not dare to let outsiders and Xiaoya know about the good deeds he had done, but he had no such worries in front of Jiang Huixin. In addition, at this moment, he was being pressed by Zhang Laozi step by step. Hearing this, he said angrily: "You gave birth to a good daughter."
Jiang Huixin gave birth to two daughters in total, and Xiaoya was the only one who would let a man accuse her in such a tone.
Thinking that Xiaoya just went to buy fish during the day, Jiang Huixin's expression changed slightly: "He made trouble for Xiaoya, but Xiaoya didn't mention it. How did you know?"
The only possibility is that the man knew it beforehand.
In other words, he and the scoundrel agreed to let the scoundrel bully Xiaoya.
Wanting to understand the cause and effect, Jiang Huixin felt her eyes go dark: "Dad, after all, you have raised Xiaoya for so many years, why do you..."
"Can you blame me?" Tang Mingshan interrupted her rudely: "That girl is very evil. I also want to get rid of her as soon as possible so that the whole family can live a peaceful life. Stop crying and call that bastard in quickly.
At least stabilize him first. Do you really want him to cause trouble for Qinghe?"
Jiang Huixin understood that this was not the time to care. In fact, she did not dare to care. She wiped away her tears and went outside again.
"Come into the house! There are so many people, and we can't discuss it even if we make a lot of noise. His father's leg is injured and he can't move. Why don't you go to the backyard, I'll boil a pot of tea for you, sit down and talk slowly."
Zhang Haozi's eyes fell on the woman in the room with her hands folded across her chest, refusing to come in: "Let me tell you here, I don't have the patience, let him come out quickly."
Jiang Huixin: "..."
Although she disagrees with Tang Mingshan finding someone to make things difficult for Xiaoya, things have already happened. If it is exposed in front of so many people, how can the Tang family be embarrassed to see anyone in the future?
"If you want compensation, just come into the house!"
It is almost obvious that as long as Zhang Ruizi comes in, the Tang family will compensate him.
But Zhang Qingzi also had his own ideas: "If you are sincere, give me one hundred taels of silver and forget about it! Otherwise, you can let Tang Qinghe die off his descendants!"
Jiang Huixin shed tears again.
Neither of these two conditions can be met by the Tang family.
Even though the Tang family has so many floors, it is actually quite simple inside. The usual room rates are not high. They would like to charge a higher rate, but if it is higher, no one will stay. They have worked hard all these years, but they are not willing to pay.
With help from others, apart from the expenses of the brother and sister, they only saved about ten taels in total.
This money should be reserved to marry Tang Qinghe and prepare a dowry for Qianer. One hundred taels of silver could not be collected even by selling all these floors.
Zhang Qizi was afraid of long nights and many dreams, so he raised his voice and said: "If he doesn't come out, I will tell everyone all the good things he did."
In fact, this was just talk. He really didn't dare to offend Xiaoya. If he said it and got beaten again, it was hard to say whether he could save his life. It was important to find someone to settle accounts and extort people's money, but it was not a matter of life.
Tang Mingshan was forced to have no choice but to have someone carry him to the door. He had made up his mind, and even if he came out, he would discuss it with him in a low voice.
Zhang Ruizi thought the same way. He didn't want to go into the backyard because he was afraid that Xiaoya would do it again. But he didn't dare to ruin Xiaoya's reputation in front of so many people.
As a result, the two grown men whispered to each other in full view of the public, and only the two of them could hear what they said.
When outsiders take a look, their suspicions suddenly come true.
It is true that Zhang Qizi is a scoundrel, but the fact that he came to the Tang family was purely a result of the Tang family recruiting him.
Finally, Zhang Qizi got ten taels of silver, but he was not happy: "I will spend it first, and you can save the rest quickly."
Tang Mingshan just wanted to get rid of this evil star and waved his hand: "Quickly leave!"
When Zhang Qizi got some money, he immediately hired two people to carry him to the hospital. He really wanted to have a son.
It's not that he wants money and doesn't want revenge, but he wants to heal his own injuries. As for the money he saved before... it was used as a betrothal gift to marry a wife, so it can't be spent randomly.
The scoundrel left, there was no excitement, and everyone gradually dispersed.
Tang Mingshan felt exhausted mentally and physically. He rubbed his brows and said, "Xiaoya, I'll help you stop this trouble. But you can't cause any more trouble in the future."
"The trouble I caused?" Chu Yunli said funnyly: "I'm not asking you to send him away. It's best to let him tell the truth and let everyone know how you treat the children you watched grow up.
Okay."
Tang Mingshan did not dare to admit what he had done, and said seriously: "He coming to you has nothing to do with me."
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly and walked away: "I will ask him to come back and confront him now."
Tang Mingshan: "..."
"You stop."
Chu Yunli seemed as if she didn't hear this.
Tang Mingshan was anxious: "If you just send that kind of scoundrel away, why do you still take him home? Xiaoya, stop now. Can't I admit it?"
Just at this time, another person came to the door. They were not watching the fun, but Tang Qinghe got the news and rushed back. As soon as he entered the door, he heard his father saying something like admitting, but he didn't take it to heart and hurriedly asked: "Listen
They say someone is coming to cause trouble for our family, where is the person?"
The couple didn't know how to reply, so they both remained silent.
Chu Yunli looked at his face and eyes, full of anger and worry, and seemed to be unaware of it. She smiled and said: "I got ten taels of silver by blackmail, and I said I would come back in a few days to get another ten taels."
Tang Qinghe looked surprised: "We will give it to him if he wants it? Why?"
Seeing that her son's face was full of indignation and seemed to go to someone to ask for money if they disagreed, Jiang Huixin was afraid that something would happen to him, so she hurriedly said: "He was seriously injured and will not be able to marry and have children in the future. The injury was caused by Xiaoya."
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Hearing this, Chu Yunli laughed angrily without mentioning what Tang Qinghe was thinking: "I couldn't go out twice a month. I was stopped when I went to buy fish. People came to blackmail me and didn't even mention that I was beaten.
You still blame it on me, do you really think that I have a good temper and won't care?"
Jiang Huixin's eyes dodge: "What I said is the truth."
Tang Qinghe had already heard something was wrong: "What exactly happened?"
"That bastard stopped me and said he wanted to be intimate with me. He also said that my father had promised me to him. Not to mention that he was a gangster, and there was no order from my parents to be a matchmaker. How could I follow him? He gave me to him on the spot.
After a beating, he should be disabled." Chu Yunli said in a light tone: "But he turned around and asked dad for some money to treat his injury, and he never mentioned me from the beginning to the end... Do you understand?"
Tang Qinghe understood. He looked at his father with strange eyes: "Dad, how can you find someone to bully Xiaoya?"
He doesn't like his taciturn sister very much, but he won't watch others bully her, nor will he deliberately find someone to bully her.
Tang Mingshan frowned: "I didn't."
"Then why do you want to pay compensation? Why don't you report it to the official?" Tang Qinghe asked again and again. He really couldn't figure it out: "My sister has been disobedient recently. You can scold her and teach her a lesson, so why do you want to find an outsider?"
"Which end are you on?" Tang Mingshan pointed at his leg and said angrily: "She beat me like this, can't I teach you a lesson?"
These words were almost an admission that he had found someone to teach Xiaoya a lesson.
Chu Yunli sneered.
When she smiled, both mother and son looked over.
"You want to marry me to that bastard?" Chu Yunli stepped closer, playing with the dagger in his hand.
As soon as the dagger flew up, Tang Mingshan thought he couldn't avoid it and hurriedly comforted him: "No, no, it's all a misunderstanding."
Tang Qinghe could see that his father was afraid of the dagger in Xiaoya's hand, and said disapprovingly: "Sister, even if dad is wrong, you can't hold a knife. What does it look like..."
"Shut up, it's none of your business." Chu Yunli's eyes were indifferent: "You didn't care about my suffering before, so don't act fair now and persuade me to stop."
As she finished speaking, she flew the dagger towards Tang Mingshan's shoulder.