webnovelfull Chapter 253 Retribution is coming
Chapter 253 Retribution is coming
The villagers looked at the Li family one by one, and some of them had sharp eyes and noticed that something was wrong with Li Laosi.
"He just took a rest on a rock at the entrance of the village. His legs got numb from sitting there." Jiang explained with a smile, walking and talking as she went, wanting to leave as soon as possible.
"I was told that Aunt Huang was talking nonsense, saying that your family was in trouble and didn't dare to enter the village. Come back in after dark."
"You have a proper job in the capital, how could you possibly come back to Qinghe Village?"
"Beijing is so good, why come back?"
"If I could find such a good job, I would not stay in Qinghe Village anymore."
The villagers talked one after another, and the Li family members all blushed and didn't know what to say for a moment.
They just hurried home, but those villagers who came to watch the fun seemed to be deliberately making things difficult for them and followed the Li family right behind them.
"Old man Li, now that you are back, when are you going to the capital again?" the man who was about the same age as Old Man Li asked again.
"We'll talk about the future later. We'll go home first and you guys go about your business." Old man Li said without turning his head, leaning on his walking stick.
"Don't go yet, tell us about the capital. We have never been to the capital." Some villagers deliberately chased after him all the way.
"Yes, after all, you have been in the capital for so many days, so let us broaden our horizons."
"Don't rush home. We're already at the doorstep, but we still have a little time left."
The Li family members didn't care what they said behind their backs and rushed home as fast as they could. The villagers behind them followed them closely and asked questions.
I have walked this road in the village countless times, but for the first time I felt how long it was. At this moment, I just wished I had two more legs so I could go home quickly.
These people must be making fun of them on purpose. Didn't they see what they were wearing and yet they still said those words.
The Li family members' faces turned red with shame. They said nothing and just kept walking with their heads down.
It felt like a long time had passed before I finally got home. The first thing I did when I got home was to close the door. The villagers outside the door saw that there was nothing exciting to watch, so they slowly left.
That night, Li Dajiang and Li Laosi separated again. Old Man Li and Old Lady Li took turns to have meals with the two families, once every ten days, and every day Old Man Li served Old Lady Li.
Li Dajiang and Li Laosi sat on the left and right of the main seat respectively, while Old Man Li stood at the door.
Listening to the two of them discussing the division of the family property, Li Laosi was unable to speak, so Jiang told him what the two had discussed.
Liu and Li Chengcai listened quietly. They had changed their clothes. When they went to the capital, they wanted to throw away all these clothes. Fortunately, they didn't throw them away. Otherwise, they would not even have replacement clothes now.
Old man Li no longer had the right to speak. After holding it in for a long time, he couldn't help but say, "Son, my waist hurts so badly. Go get me a doctor."
"Dad, I have no money. Don't you have money? Give it to me and I'll treat you." Li Dajiang gave him a cold look.
"Brother is right. We have no money. You know that the few hundred coins we divided up were all used to treat your illness. Do you want us to live?" Jiang came up and started scolding.
"Your eldest grandson hasn't married yet, while people of his age all have children running around. I see you're not in a hurry at all and you still have a backache while I have a headache." Mrs. Liu got angry when she thought of this. Although this matter had nothing to do with old man Li, she still blamed him.
Ultimately, Liu's fault lies with this matter. When Li Dajiang was the county magistrate in Chengyang County, there were countless landlords and wealthy businessmen who wanted to marry their daughters to Li Chengcai. But Liu was too picky at that time and looked down on all of them. She wanted to marry into a rich family, but ended up with nothing.
Because Li Dajiang was the eldest, Old Man Li and Old Lady Li ate with their family first. Liu cooked the meal. During the meal, Old Man Li came. Looking at the two bowls of clear soup and two hard multi-grain pancakes in front of him, his lips trembled.
"Our family is not rich, and I still need to save money for my son to get married. This is how we'll eat from now on. Take it." Without even looking at him, Liu served out the cooked dishes, a pot of steaming hot pancakes, and three bowls of what looked like thick rice soup.
Old man Li looked at the bowl in his hand with complicated eyes. There were only a few grains of rice in the bowl of soup, and the two pancakes were cold and as hard as stones. After a long while, he finally carried the bowl into Old Lady Li's room.
When his legs and feet were still fine, Old Man Li would go to the county town from time to time to ask Li Laosan for a piece of tofu. Now he can't go anywhere because of his back pain. He stays at home every day, serves the meals at mealtime, washes the dishes after eating, and then sends them back.
His body became thinner and thinner, and every night when I passed by his room, I could faintly hear him crying, and I didn’t know whether it was out of regret or something else.
Looking at the written document of severing the relationship in front of him, Li Dahai sighed heavily after a long time. While feeling sad, he also felt relieved.
It seems unexpected and reasonable to have come to this point today. Perhaps this is the best ending.
"You are such a loser that you can't even do such a small thing." In a pavilion in the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, a young girl wearing pure white fox fur and delicate makeup was gently fiddling with the guzheng in front of her. Her every move showed the elegance and temperament unique to a lady from a wealthy family.
"The Li family has left. I have not done my job well. Please punish me, young lady." There was a man kneeling outside the stone pavilion. The moment he looked up, if Li Dajiang was there, he would definitely recognize him. This man was the man with a mustache he was looking for.
"Go down and get thirty lashes." Cheng Yun'er's voice was gentle, but the words she spoke were so cruel.
"Thank you, Miss." The man with a mustache kowtowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.
Soon, the sound of a man screaming due to being beaten was heard in the air. His slender hands, which were originally playing the guzheng, suddenly grabbed the strings, then lifted it up, and threw the fine guzheng heavily to the ground with a clang. He was not satisfied and stomped on it a few times before he stopped.
"Miss, be careful not to hurt your hands." The maid Xiangling was frightened by Cheng Yun'er's series of actions, and hurriedly reminded her, fearing that she would hurt her hands.
Cheng Yun'er turned a deaf ear to him and lowered her eyes to look at the broken zither on the ground. The viciousness in her eyes gradually gathered together: "Just wait, I will not let you go."