The matter of whether to marry or not was put aside for now. In the blink of an eye, Chu Yunli was busy preparing firewood and often went shopping for vegetables. When she saw suitable meat, she would buy it back and marinate it.
In fact, she is not the only one who thinks so. The autumn days are cool and there are many people buying meat. Many people are afraid of road closures like last winter, and they really have no choice but to eat meat.
Because she often goes shopping for food, and Liu Yuniang's memory, she basically knows everyone in the town. After buying meat that day, she passed by the door of Li's house. Originally, Chu Yunli would pay special attention every time she passed by, but this time she didn't.
Exception, when I walked past the gate and walked to the courtyard wall, I suddenly heard Tian's deliberately lowered voice coming from inside, "What do you want?"
"What do you think?" came a carefree male voice, "My brothers have no money to drink recently..."
The unfinished meaning is obvious.
Hearing this voice, which seemed strange yet familiar, Chu Yunli frowned slightly, thought about it carefully, and suddenly remembered that this was one of the people who often urged Tian and her daughter to repay their debts.
But the debt was repaid with interest, so why would these people come to Tian to ask for money?
And listening to this voice, it sounds more like blackmail.
Li Dahu is a butcher, who dares to bully his wife and daughter?
Liu Yuniang was weak-tempered back then, and no one dared to bully her. Thinking of this, Chu Yunli suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Since these gangsters didn't dare to bully Li Dahu's wife, why did they dare to beat Liu Yuniang, who was still his wife, half to death?
She was thinking a lot here, but only after a breath, she heard Mrs. Tian inside saying, "Where can I get the money?" Her tone was tense.
"No?" The scoundrel's voice was slightly displeased, "Sister-in-law, let me remind you that you are... now someone else has made room for you. Tell me, if Brother Li knows that you asked us to take his wife away,
Even if I beat you to death, will I still be able to support you?"
"I gave him a son." Tian's voice increased slightly.
Several gangsters laughed, "That's true. Brother Li likes his son, but he can hate you. His first wife could be kicked out of the house, but you managed to get in by all means. Is he still reluctant to let go?"
"Is your sister-in-law special in bed? Otherwise, how could Brother Li take care of you like this? Even in bed?"
Several people burst out laughing again, and the dirty words were unbearable.
Chu Yunli frowned slightly, and then the voice inside became serious, "Stop talking nonsense! If I didn't get the money, I would go to the stall now."
Tian was anxious, "That's all I'll give you."
Several people seemed to be satisfied. When they opened the door, they saw Chu Yunli standing at the door with an unkind expression. They looked at each other and then laughed. Someone approached Chu Yunli and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you didn't hear everything, did you? So did we.
I don’t mean to embarrass you when I use money to do things.”
The leader of the gangster, whose surname was Chen, came closer and lowered his voice, "Let me advise you, don't bring this matter to Brother Li. Just ask her for money about this matter, and be sure to get it right."
"Oh?" Chu Yunli raised her eyes to look at a few people, and then looked at the street. From time to time, people passed by. She felt a little regretful, but she said, "I don't want it. I won't go to Li Dahu either. Her son is still alive."
It’s out and it’s useless to look for it.”
If Li Dahu really wanted to divorce Mr. Tian and then marry her, he would be willing, but Chu Yunli would not be willing yet.
Looking at Mrs. Tian who was in a panic at the door, Chu Yunli raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said to the three scoundrels, "Just help me get my share."
Hearing this, several people's eyes lit up, and they turned around and entered the door, "Did you hear that? Bring it!"
Mrs. Tian burst into tears, "I didn't..."
The two scoundrels immediately turned around, "No? It's easy to handle. I'll go tell Brother Li now..."
Tian entered the house and searched for a while, then took out a silver hairpin and dismissed a few people.
Chu Yunli kept looking at the few people coldly until they walked away. Tian held her hand on the door frame and looked at her. If a woman knew that the woman her man was helping actually took money to beat her, she would be so angry that she would vomit blood. But on her face
There was no anger at all, and there was even a slight smile. The more it looked like this, the more irritating Tian felt, and she couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"
"It's not interesting." Chu Yunli looked away, "It's very simple. If you have a hard time, I will have a good time."
Liu Yuniang always thought that it was an accident that she was beaten by gangsters. Chu Yunli never thought that Tian would actually do such a thing. However, now that she knows, it is not too late. She does not need to take action herself. Those three gangsters are enough to torture her.
Already.
Mrs. Tian was a little flustered, "You are too vicious."
Chu Yunli looked at her and sneered, "Do you want them to beat me to death so that you can become your step-mother?"
Tian was speechless.
"You've already treated me like this, do you still want me to treat you kindly?" Chu Yunli picked up the basket on the ground, "I can't be too cruel to you. Guess if this matter spreads..."
Before he finished speaking, Tian's face turned pale with fright, "You want to come back, right? I'll let you come back!"
If you leave me as soon as you tell me to leave, and come back as soon as you tell me to come back, how shameless will I be?
Besides, it’s up to Tian to keep things like Li Dahu in check.
Chu Yunli left immediately.
The next morning, Chu Yunli got up early again to buy groceries. When she walked to the corner of a remote East Street, three people appeared in front of her.
The three of them looked excited and eager to try, "Sister-in-law, my brothers are short of wine money recently..."
Chu Yunli was also very happy and looked eager to try. Yesterday, she wanted to beat up a few people, but there were a lot of people at that time. Earlier, Zhao Xi had confirmed that she had seriously injured Zhang Quanfu, but no one believed it. So, in front of
It was not easy for her to expose her skills in front of others. She originally wanted to find an opportunity, but she didn't expect them to come to her door themselves.
I just can’t wait to get beaten!
She looked left and right. It was dark now and there were almost no pedestrians on the street. As she looked, she was already squeezing her hands...
The three gangsters were surrounding her, getting closer and closer to her, "Don't look, we have checked, there is no one within a mile around here."
Chu Yunli's eyes lit up, "Then I'll be relieved." Before he finished speaking, he raised his foot and kicked him over.
When they beat Liu Yuniang half to death, Chu Yunli didn't hold back at all against them. She almost kicked her and she couldn't stand up again.
After a few breaths, the three of them fell to the ground. Seeing her glance, they immediately pretended to be dead. They kicked the people lying on the ground with two more kicks, making them scream. Chu Yunli picked up the basket again.
He retracted his feet and made a gentle gesture, "Guys, don't blame me for not warning you, there will be no next time!"
The three of them hurriedly agreed. Chu Yunli walked a few steps, remembered something, and turned around, "You seem to be very threatening? Let me warn you again, don't do anything to my daughter, or I will kill you!"
The three of them were about to get up with all their strength, but when they heard her sinister tone, they couldn't help but tremble. They couldn't bear the thought of provoking her anymore. Good guy, they didn't even see how she lifted her legs before she was kicked.
The force was heavier, stronger than that of an ox. It was obviously kicking the stomach, but it felt like the legs were weak.
"You can look for that person more often. After all...she is the culprit!" Chu Yunli left another sentence and went to West Street with the basket in hand.
Now she went to buy meat, maybe because he knew that her life was better, but Li Dahu never gave her meat, or even said hello to her. By the time she went home after buying meat and vegetables, there was no one in the place.
The weather is getting cooler gradually in autumn, so it’s time to put on a coat in the morning. Both mother and daughter’s coats were newly made this year, and they are very warm.
Li Xiangxiang is a very diligent girl. She even got up to cook on such a cold day. While eating, she looked at the sky and said, "Mom, the harvest is not good this year. This day... shouldn't be as cold as last year?"
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Just like last year, next year's harvest will not be good. I can still handle this year's bad harvest, but if I come back a few more times, I will really be hungry.
"Who knows? It's definitely a good idea to prepare more firewood." I remember it was indeed very cold this year, but it was better than last year.
As a result, mother and daughter have one more thing they need to buy and don't mind having too much, which is firewood.
People in the town only cut firewood by themselves unless they are in particularly difficult circumstances, and they basically spend a few pennies on it, but recently, the price of firewood has also increased.
If the deviation was not big, Chu Yunli wouldn't care, but Li Xiangxiang didn't. She was used to calculating carefully. When she asked for five cents for firewood, she immediately frowned and said, "It was three cents yesterday. Brother, look at my young age and you are trying to trick me."
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The person carrying the firewood was indeed a young man, and he said seriously, "The colder the weather is, the harder it is to chop firewood, and the firewood will naturally be more expensive. Moreover, the roots of my firewood are clear and not rotten. They are all high-quality cypress wood. Cypress knows that
What? What you women use is the best, and it will be fragrant when burned."
He is indeed right, but it is rare to see such an eloquent woodcutter.
Chu Yunli pulled Li Xiangxiang, who was still arguing with him, "Let's go, forget it if you don't sell it. We're not in a hurry anyway, we'll get it early tomorrow, it'll be the same three cents."
Seeing that the two were about to leave, the young woodcutter became anxious and said, "Si Wen, this can be done."
Li Xiangxiang turned around and said, "Three articles, not even one more penny."
He gritted his teeth and said, "Sell it, I'll have something to do when I go back."
Then, he helped the mother and daughter deliver firewood. After walking for a while, he heard that it was East Street, which was much farther than West Street. He couldn't help but sigh, "It's so hard to make money!"
After hearing this, Li Xiangxiang couldn't help but laugh, "You're a woodcutter. The price of firewood is this, so you can't sell a load of firewood for a hundred taels of silver, right? Then who's going to buy it? Let's go chop wood and sell it.
Already."
The young man stopped talking and carried the firewood to the door. He took off the pole and said, "I'm not a woodcutter. I want to do business, but I just don't have the capital, so I chop wood."
When these words came out, Chu Yunli also found it funny and couldn't help but said, "Just chop wood. How long do you have to save to open the business?"
The man took the coin from Li Xiangxiang and put it into his sleeve, "No matter how difficult it is, it's better than waiting forever, right?"
Seeing him walking away with the pole, Li Xiangxiang suddenly said, "If you are willing to cut it during the day, you can send it to us."
The man turned around and said with a smile, "Thank you, girl."
Chu Yunli didn't pay much attention. Originally, it would be better to have more firewood at home. It didn't matter whoever bought it.
In the blink of an eye, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the time for people to set up stalls on West Street is getting shorter and shorter. Originally, after noon, there are basically no people around.
In the afternoon that day, there was a knock on the door. Li Xiangxiang went to open it. She was quite surprised to see the person outside the door, "Dad?"
"How did you come?"
Li Dahu's eyes were red and his face was full of guilt, "Where is your mother? I have something to say to her."
The author has something to say: See you at three o'clock.