The news that Old Lady Xu accepted the betrothal gift from Wang Erlaizi spread like the wind throughout the village in the blink of an eye.
Many people felt sorry for Li Tao, and many were waiting to watch the fun.
Li Yao had a stern face and hadn't smiled since he got home.
"Hey, don't always have a gloomy face. There are only two of us in this room, and mom is not here. Why are you looking at me with a gloomy face?" Ning Jia really couldn't help it and reminded Li Yao out loud.
"I'm not being stern on purpose, I just can't be happy." Li Yao clenched his fists, "When I see Wang Erlaizi's smug look, I want to punch him in the face."
Ning Jia raised the corner of his mouth and said, "There will be a chance. Go outside and see if Wang Er Laizi has come. If you see him, don't say anything, just come over directly."
Li Yao was puzzled: “?”
However, he still did as Ning Jia said.
He came out of his house and walked around the back of the house. Sure enough, he found Wang Erlai wandering around his house. He didn't know what he was up to.
"He's here." Li Yao came to speak.
"It's good that he's here. I was just worried that he wasn't here." Ning Jia said with a smile, then opened the door and shouted to the yard, "An Ye, the water in the kitchen is ready. There's a big pot full of water, enough for both of us to wash together. There's no need to choose which one to go first."
An Ye poked his head out of the house and said, "I know."
Ning Jia instructed Li Yao to bring hot water to her in the house. She pulled the curtains, took off her clothes, and took a bath in the house shivering.
It’s cold. It’s really too cold.
After taking a hot bath, she was so cold that her upper and lower teeth were chattering.
She hurriedly put on three layers of clothes, opened the door and poured out the water. With wet hair, she went to the stove in the kitchen to boil water for Li Tao to take a bath, which just happened to dry her hair.
An Ye also came in and said loudly: "Ning Jia, please move aside and let me dry my hair too."
"Wait until I'm done, then you can bake. You're not in a hurry anyway, so just take your time. I have something urgent to do, so you have to let me go."
"What do you want?"
“I want to attend a literacy class!”
"I'm going too! Let's grill together, stop talking nonsense."
The two sisters-in-law were arguing in the kitchen, and could be heard clearly from behind the room. Wang Er the Lai Zi Cat was in the dark shadow behind the house, listening and cursing at the two people.
"Neither of these two women is easy to deal with! They really start fighting as soon as they meet!"
After their hair was dried and their bodies were warm, and the water was almost boiled, the two best friends came out of the house and stood in the yard calling out to the men from each family.
"Li Yao, go to the literacy class. Lin Zhiqing said that everyone who attends the class will be given two pieces of candy. I heard that they will also give out some small fried dough twists sent from the capital."
"When? Why haven't I heard about it?" Li Yao put on some clothes, came out of the house, and asked as he walked.
Ning Jia winked at him and smiled, "Don't worry about it, just follow me."
"What? Ning Jia, are you telling the truth?" Jinfeng rushed out of the house.
"It should be. I heard that too." Ning Jia said seriously.
"Then let's all go too!" Jinfeng pulled her husband and children to join the "listening to the class" army.
"Let's go too. We are given so many things. We will be at a loss if we don't go!" In the third room, Liang Lanlan could no longer sit still.
Who complains about eating too much these days?
If you don’t take advantage of a good opportunity, you’re a bastard!
"Don't wait, wait for us!" So Liang Lanlan pulled Pan Di, hugged Ying Di, and shouted Li Yuan and came out of the house.
Old Mrs. Xu heard the noise in the house and knocked on Li Chuan's door in a hurry: "Did Xiaoxi get rich? Why did she give so many things? Oh my God, you should go and check it out, don't let Xiaoxi give away all the things."
Li Chuan jumped up from the kang and said, "Okay, I'll go. Mom, are you still going?"
"It's cold and the roads are dark, so an old lady like me won't join in the fun."
Ning Jia's shout called out the whole family, and the huge team went to the yard of the Yichan Brigade. Only Old Mrs. Xu and Li Tao were left at home.
Wang Erlaizi was listening at the back of the room and felt very excited.
This is simply God helping him!
The whole family was gone.
There are only Xiaotao and her husband's mother-in-law!
After taking the betrothal money, Old Mrs. Xu no longer cared about anything else. She asked him to find someone to pick a date, and then come to hold the wedding and pick up the people after the date was chosen.
Therefore, Wang Erlaizi conceded that no matter what he said at night, Old Lady Xu would remain silent.
Li Tao came out of the house, locked the door from the inside, and shouted in the yard: "Mom, I'm going to take a shower, please don't go out!"
"I won't go out. I'll go to bed now." Old Mrs. Xu shouted.
"You go to bed so early. It's still early."
"Tired."
"oh."
Li Tao agreed, then moved the large iron basin to her room, poured the hot water into the bathtub, then came out of the room and went straight into Old Lady Xu's room.
"Mom, go take a bath." Li Tao said, "I have already mixed the water. It's neither too hot nor too cold. You will feel much more comfortable after taking a bath."
"No, it's too cold. I'll take a shower tomorrow at noon when the sun is out."
"Mom." Li Tao sat down next to her bed and started crying. "From what Wang Erlaizi said, I think he will go to get the marriage certificate with me next week. Mom, my second sister helped you bathe, scrub your back and wash clothes before getting married. I am getting married soon, and I want to do the same to leave you with a memory."
Mrs. Xu sighed: "Okay, let's do as you say."
In fact, Old Mrs. Xu was still somewhat reluctant. After all, the second woman had never come once since she got married. It seems that the little daughter also hates her. She probably won't come home often after getting married.
Li Tao went to her room with Old Lady Xu, and helped Old Lady Xu to sit down, saying, "Mom, please sit down first. I'll help you wash your hair first."
"Okay, okay."
Li Tao washed Mrs. Xu's hair, then wrapped it in a towel and said to her, "Please wait a moment. I'll go get you some clean clothes and some lamp oil. The lamp is about to go out."
"Okay, go ahead, go ahead!"
As soon as Li Tao stepped out of the door, the lamp oil in the room burned out and the flame went out instantly.
The room fell into darkness, and Old Mrs. Xu sat on the stool, waiting for Li Tao to arrive.
Suddenly, the curtains moved twice, and a black shadow gently fell on the head of the kang.
Old Mrs. Xu felt as if a gust of cold wind blew in from behind her, but it soon dissipated. She didn't care about it. She curled up her body and continued to wait.
…
Ning Jia and others arrived at the literacy class and saw Lin Xiaoxi preparing for class.
"Hey, why are you here?" Seeing that all the adults and children of the Li family had come, Lin Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, "Are you all here to listen to my class?"
"Not all of them." Ning Jia said, "Lin Xiaoxi, let me ask you, is it what you said that whoever comes to class in the evening will be given two pieces of candy and one small twist?"
"Really?"
"Oh, there is such a good thing!"
"No, old man, hurry up and call all the children to come to class! Don't refuse to come, or we will suffer a great loss, right?"
Ning Jia's words caused a huge uproar.
Some people even shouted outside as soon as they heard about it: "Bring my family members here, Lin Xiaoxi is going to give out candies, two candies per person, and two large hemp twists!"
Lin Xiaoxi's eyes went dark and she almost fainted.
If this gets out, she will go bankrupt.
Even if you chop yourself into pieces and sell yourself, you still can't get that much money.
She tried hard to hold on and hurriedly shouted, "No, no! Stop spreading rumors. This is simply not happening. Come out, come out!"
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