Chapter 024: The things I just got are lost
The Li family only had food in their eyes, and they even felt a little disgusted with the cloth for sheltering from the rain, after all, it was very heavy to carry.
Just when Zhao was about to go get it, her husband called her back, "Get the food, you idiot! Isn't there a bag of food there? Why don't you carry that on your back?"
Everyone in the Li family felt tired, and their feet were covered with blisters. No one wanted to carry any more weight.
The Li family had a good meal that night, but after the past two days, they also learned to live frugally and did not dare to eat too much, otherwise the food would not last for a few days.
Zhao Shi naturally couldn't get any meat to eat, but she was content to have some white flour bread. Then she thought of her only daughter and murmured, "If I had known there would be food, I wouldn't have let Fengzhu and Rongrong go. The third daughter-in-law is really something. Why didn't she make a fuss sooner?"
In her opinion, it was Gu Yuru who was wrong. What was wrong with a man of her brother-in-law's status taking a concubine?
This time, I’m divorced.
With food, Lin Siyan humbled herself and coaxed Mrs. Li, and the relationship between the two eased. After all, Lin Siyan was a man of some skill, and no matter how much she looked down on Mrs. Li, she did not have a direct conflict with her.
But what if there’s no food?
At dawn, a scream awakened the sleeping people.
"What are you shouting about? You're so loud that you can't even give birth to a baby. You're scaring me to death." Old Mrs. Li shouted angrily.
Zhao's face changed. Among her three daughters-in-law, only she was not able to conceive. She was damaged after giving birth to a daughter. After coming to the capital, her husband was having affairs with other women outside, but she had no objection.
"Mom, where are the things...the things?" Zhao said in a trembling voice.
"What is it?" asked Mrs. Li lazily.
"Food, I brought it back from Gu's house yesterday, and it's gone!"
"What the hell?" Old Mrs. Li immediately opened her triangular eyes and looked at the food placed against the wall at the innermost part. Now it was empty, and she was stunned.
She looked at the Gu family fiercely, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you were once Dukes, so you're considered prestigious. Why are you still doing such sneaky things? You're not as sensible as us country folk. No wonder you raised such a jealous daughter who's disrespectful to her mother-in-law!"
It would be hard not to wake up with the Li family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law shouting like that, but being accused of being a thief as soon as I opened my eyes was unbearable.
"Old woman, keep your mouth clean."
The first to speak was the sleepy-eyed Gu Mingjing, who had been holding back his anger for days. "Before, we let you go because you were my sister's mother-in-law. Now that our two families are no longer related, if you keep spewing filth, do you think I'll hit you?"
"You...you are guilty. Oh, damn it, return the things to me immediately."
"Who took your stuff? It's such a small place, how could we hide there?" Song Qiang yelled, "Oh, the stuff is lost. It must be God's mercy. If something doesn't belong to you, you have no use for it. You deserve it."
She was already unhappy about giving them the things she had painstakingly selected, and now the Li family couldn't even think of eating them.
"What are you arguing about?" Li Rong came out of the inn with an unhappy look on her face. Her voice was hoarse and her clothes were disheveled, which showed how absurd last night was.
Li Fengzhu bit her lip, her face filled with fear, and hid behind her tremblingly.
"Third sister-in-law, you let your family bully my mother like this, you are really good."
"Who is your third sister-in-law?" Song Qiang snorted coldly.
Li Rong was stunned for a moment, but Lin Siyan whispered to her what happened after she entered the yamen runner's house last night.
She didn't have any thoughts, just divorced, but she couldn't figure out why Li Yuan wanted to keep four mouths to feed. It would have been much better to give them all to the Gu family.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Xiang walked out with a big belly. His eyes passed over Lin Siyan vaguely, scaring her so much that she shrank back.
Several people from the Li family were talking at once, which made Zhang Xiang impatient. He yelled, "Speaking one by one, it's so noisy."
In the end, it was Mrs. Li who said it, and Zhang Xiang glanced at the corner of the wall.
"Why don't we report it to the police? Those things can't be thrown away in vain." Old Mrs. Li pleaded.
Li Mumu sneered. Could it be that Old Lady Li thought of herself as Zhang Xiang's mother-in-law?
"You're already walking slowly, which delayed the trip. Why would you report it to the authorities? If I were you, I'd say it was probably one of you who stole some food."
"But the rice can't be eaten raw, right?"
If they are really cooked, they will definitely make some noise. It is impossible for one or two of them to sleep so soundly.
Although the Gu family felt that they deserved it, they were also puzzled. What kind of thief came and went without a trace, and most importantly, without making any sound, so that others could not hear it? The three brothers of the Gu family had practiced martial arts since childhood and were very alert. How could they not hear it?
But I didn't notice it at all.
"Master Zhang, this is our family's food supply. How could it be gone for no reason..."
Li Rong said softly and flirted, but she was interrupted by Zhang Xiang in a harsh voice just when she was halfway through her words. "It's gone, it's gone. It's just your bad luck. Hurry up and leave."
Li Rong thought that because she had slept with Zhang Xiang twice, she felt that Zhang Xiang must treat her differently.
But she didn't think about it. If she was a little different, she wouldn't be asked to serve several people alone.
If it weren't for the need to meet his needs during exile, Zhang Xiang might not have touched someone like Li Rong.
Li Rong felt humiliated and glared at Old Madam Li hatefully. If she hadn't instigated her, she wouldn't have been so embarrassed.
Under the urging, everyone got up and hurried on.
This time, not only the Li family had nothing to eat, but the Gu family had nothing to eat either.
It's already the third day, and the blisters on my feet have been rubbed and broken several times. It's so painful.
Soon, Sun and Li Fengzhu also started to quarrel. Sun had no power in front of Old Lady Li, but she was very majestic when scolding her own daughter.
"You little bitch, did you let someone sleep with you for nothing? You were so focused on your own comfort that you didn't even get food. You're such a born slut."
Yesterday was Li Fengzhu's first time, and she witnessed the madness of the men and her aunt. She was scared silly. Her aunt said that they should go again tonight, but she would never go even if she was beaten to death.
She would rather sleep on the grass than be tormented by several men.
It's so scary.
She is in pain all over now.
After walking for less than an hour, the sky suddenly became covered with dark clouds and a loud thunder exploded in the open ground, with the echo lingering for a long time.
Going further ahead is the river, and Zhang Xiang ordered them to find a place nearby to shelter from the rain.
But after searching for a long time, they only found a small cave that was big enough for even the yamen runners to fit into, let alone the prisoners.
At this time, you have to find a solution yourself. If you can't think of one, you will just get wet.
Song Qiang slapped her thigh and deliberately raised her voice, "Some people are blind to the value of gold and jade, and they despise all good things. They deserve to be caught in the rain."
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