When Song Cuihua and Niu Xiuhe saw Li Caiping's appearance, they dared not say that their own daughters and nieces were prettier than her, because they were simply no match.
Is this girl your daughter-in-law? I thought she was some distant relative! She's really beautiful.
It's alright that the eldest son is taken. Your Siqiang is also approaching marriageable age. You should seriously consider my Wenfang when the time comes.
Seeing that she couldn't get through to Liu Sifu, Song Cuihua then set her sights on Liu Siqiang.
Cuihua, my Siqiang has gone to study at the academy and hasn't thought about marriage yet!
You've all worked so hard to help me. I've prepared a lot of food for you all here! Come and have a bite.
Madam Wu knew that these people were willing to marry their daughters into the family because their lives had improved, but she wanted her sons to choose their own marriage partners. She didn't want to interfere too much, so she simply used food to shut them up.
Sure enough, when the group saw the fried pork ribs and fried meatballs prepared by Wu, they stopped talking. They had never eaten these things before. They were reluctant to use oil when cooking at home, so how could they be willing to use oil to fry vegetables?
However, seeing how well her family was doing, Song Cuihua secretly planned to marry her daughter off to them.
Li Caiping felt shy but also secretly delighted when Liu Sifu publicly held her hand and said he would marry her.
Liu Sisi didn't see this scene; if she had, she would definitely have teased her sister-in-law again.
Liu Sisi had already finished her meal in the kitchen. She went up the mountain to digest her food and also to let Xiyu get some fresh air, as Xiyu was feeling quite stuffy staying in that small space all the time.
After finishing her chores at home, Li Guifen squatted down at the gate of Liu Sisi's house in the courtyard.
When Liu Sisi's family was helping out, her parents didn't come to help either. Because the two families had a past conflict, Liu Dashi didn't invite her family to a banquet.
Unable to enter openly, she had to squat by the door. Just then, she saw Liu Sisi walking up the mountain alone, and immediately followed her.
"You little bitch, I've finally caught you. I'll beat you to death this time and teach you a lesson for being so arrogant."
Liu Sisi stretched and did a few exercises while breathing in the fresh air.
Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced behind her and saw Li Guifen bringing a very thick wooden stick towards her head.
She ignored her completely, seemingly unaware of the impending danger.
Li Guifen thought she was about to succeed and was about to laugh and scold the little slut when a very thick black python opened its blood-red mouth in front of her.
Terrified, she dropped the stick and ran back as fast as she could, but the big black snake wouldn't let her go.
It quickly caught up with her, wrapped its tail around her, and opened its blood-red mouth to bite her calf.
Ah! Ah! Ah!! Help!
Li Guifen's screams echoed through the mountains. Liu Sisi communicated with Xiyu, telling him that she would go back and call someone, and that if Li Guifen's leg broke, it should let go of her and hide.
When Liu Sisi returned home, the banquet was almost over. She pretended to be panicked and ran inside.
She saw Zhou Lizheng and called out to him while crying.
"Grandpa Village Head, quick, quick, help! Sister Li Guifen has been bitten by a snake! She's going to die if we don't get there soon! Please help her!"
The tears she shed made it seem as if she truly felt sorry for Li Guifen.
Liu Dashi and Wu Shi understood the gist of it and decided to cooperate with their daughter in her act.
Liu Dashi: "Go quickly to save the child, the banquet doesn't matter."
"Dahai, go and inform Li Ergou's family, and also call Doctor Li," the village headman made the arrangements and then led the men of the village up the mountain to rescue the people.
When Liu Sisi brought them over, Li Guifen had already lost too much blood and fainted from being frightened by the snake, so she didn't see the snake at all.
The village head asked Zhou Erniu to help carry Li Guifen back to her home.
When Yang saw that her daughter's legs were covered in blood, she turned pale with fright.
"What, what happened?" My dear Guifen, what's wrong with you? She cried, holding Li Guifen's head. Anyone who didn't know better would think she doted on this daughter!
“Mrs. Yang, your Guifen was bitten by a snake on the mountain. Doctor Li will be here soon. If we don’t see a doctor, we don’t know if she can be saved.”
Li Ergou returned reeking of alcohol. Zhou Dahai found him at the village entrance; he had just come back from drinking a pot of wine in town.
When Zhou Dahai heard that his daughter had been bitten by a snake, his first reaction was that he was doomed. This was really a money-losing opportunity. He was hoping that she would get married and sell her for money in a few years!
My poor daughter! The couple just held Li Guifen and cried there, and no one even looked at her wounds.
"Quick, Doctor Li is here! Let him take a look!" The village head immediately made way for Doctor Li upon his arrival.
Dr. Li treated Li Guifen's wound, applied medicine, and wrote a prescription.
"His life has been saved, but this leg is probably ruined," Dr. Li said, shaking his head.
"Who will pay the consultation fee of one tael?"
Upon hearing that it would cost one tael of silver, Li Ergou immediately dropped his act of being a kind father.
"That good-for-nothing! Last time she beat up that wretched girl from Liu Dashi's family, making me pay her one tael of silver. Now she wants another one tael. How much dowry will I get after she gets married?"
"I'm not going to treat her. Let her be lame if she wants, let her die if she wants!" Li Ergou acted like a rogue, unwilling to pay the consultation fee.
Since Yang was neither in charge of the household nor had any money to pay, Doctor Li stood there, not knowing what to do.
Zhou Li wanted to help pay, but where would he get so much money?
Liu Sisi whispered a few words in Liu Dashi's ear, and Liu Dashi nodded.
"Dr. Li, I'll pay the money, please get the medicine for the child! The child's life is more important."
Liu Dashi's voice made everyone in the village take notice of him.
“Brother Da Shi, you’re too kind-hearted. She almost killed your Sisi before, and you still want to pay for her.”
"Yeah! Li Ergou, do your family members have any conscience? They don't even care about their own daughter."
This move allowed Liu Dashi to gain a lot of goodwill from the villagers.
Liu Sisi quietly left Li Ergou's house. She didn't pity Li Guifen; she just thought that letting her die would be too easy for her.
The images of the original owner being tormented and bullied by her remained in Liu Sisi's memory. Occasionally, Liu Sisi would still dream of the original owner being bullied by Li Guifen, having her hair pulled, being pinched, being beaten with a stick, and being verbally abused...
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