Chapter 234 Other Plans
Then came Gu Yu's screams, "Why, why? My New Year's money, wuwu..."
Seeing that the children were having fun, Gu Yuru did not go in to disturb them.
Gu Mingjing pushed the door open and asked, "What's this about Zha Hu or not? What are you playing? Let me take a look."
Soon, Gu Mingjing also joined the children's lineup.
The next morning, the heavy snow stopped and the long-lost sunshine emerged shyly like a young girl.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, every household should have been happy, but sounds of quarreling were heard in the backyard.
"Let's go and watch the fun." Li Yunjue and Gu Yu said in tacit understanding.
Li Yunjue glanced at Xie Xun and asked, "Are you going or not?"
Xie Xun frowned, "When did people start living in the back?"
"A few days ago, it was the Pei family."
Xie Xun nodded, not showing the expected surprise, "You're actually here?"
"Yeah, enemies often meet on a narrow road, but they deserve to be beaten. Let's go quickly. Who knows who will beat whom today!"
"I'll go call my sister. She likes to watch it too." After saying that, Li Yunjue went into the house to find Li Mumu.
Soon, the four of them ran to the back.
If it were someone else's family, Xie Xun wouldn't be interested in this, but Pei Ai was different.
In order to make it easier for the four little guys to watch the fun, they placed a row of benches at the base of the back wall. Li Mumu was small in stature, so she had to be dragged along by Xie Xun in the end.
Today it was Jiang Tingting and Pei Qiuge, but Jiang Xinyue soon joined the melee.
The three women fought from the house to the yard, and from the yard to the street. Their hair and clothes were all messed up, and their faces were bruised.
"Kick her, kick her, throw her to the ground, ouch..." Gu Yu commented as he watched, wishing he could join the fight himself.
Xie Xun felt bored after watching for a while. The Pei family, who were once high and mighty, now ended up being worse off than the common people.
"Do you want to watch more?" Xie Xun asked.
Li Mumu shook her head. "No, I don't want to watch it anymore. I didn't have enough fun fighting today."
After saying that, she used Xie Xun's strength to jump off the stool.
Xie Xun followed.
"I didn't expect the Pei family to come here?"
"Then where do you think he went?" Li Mumu asked.
"I thought he..." Xie Xun paused, then looked at Li Mumu.
"Don't say that the Pei family's confiscation and exile have nothing to do with you. The timing is too coincidental."
Since she knew everything, Xie Xun didn't hide it from him.
However, the Pei family had committed so many evil things that it was not unfair for him to have fallen to this point.
As for how he moved there, Li Mumu had no intention of knowing.
"There are naturally opponents in the officialdom. Although Pei Zhen, this old fox, has good relationships with people, there are still people who look down on him. I gave the evidence to that person, and he submitted a memorial to the court. Pei Zhen is finished."
"It's a pity that there are still many officials like him."
Li Mumu knew what he meant. This kind of corruption from top to bottom was not something that a little boy like him could correct.
Even an adult would feel powerless.
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Time flies and it’s the fifteenth day. After this day, the New Year is over.
Song Qiang's shop is about to open, and the Gu family members go to help her clean it up.
Also in the town, they heard the news that Li Yuan was paralyzed.
This is also a woman from Qingshui Village. She often brings her children to eat Song Qiang's skewers, so she became familiar with her and brought it up during a chat.
This news is not bad news for the Gu family, it even makes them happy.
Song Qiang loved to hear these things the most. She talked to the woman for a long time, stuffed two pieces of candy into the child's mouth, and asked her about the whole matter. Then she happily told the Gu family about it.
"After Li Yuan was beaten by his sister, he was unable to receive medical treatment in time after returning home. Of course, he had no money. I heard that his family only ate porridge during the Chinese New Year and couldn't even afford a decent meal of white rice."
"Strange, with the Li family's temperament, why don't they come to our house to make trouble? On normal days, there is no trouble, but now that something really happened, they don't come."
Zhang Yi asked suspiciously, feeling more and more that this matter was not simple.
"Make trouble? Does he dare?" Song Qiang said.
Li Mumu curled her lips. On the one hand, she didn't dare, and on the other hand, her scumbag father must have other thoughts.
But whatever thoughts he had, they were all in vain.
"Could it be that the sun has risen from the west?" Song Qiang said with a pout, "A cruel person is now talking about feelings?"
"Isn't it a bit late? What were you doing earlier?"
Gu Yuru had a blank expression on her face. "So what if he came looking for me? He was rude first, so he deserved to be beaten."
"That's right. I'm just afraid that they won't come looking for me. If they dare to come, I'll beat them up again." Gu Mingjing said.
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Li family.
Old Mrs. Li looked at her son lying half-dead on the kang and cried. This was her last hope.
"That bitch is so vicious." Old Lady Li cursed. "A day of marriage is a hundred days of grace. How could she be so cruel?"
Li Yuan took a breath in pain. He knew very well that Gu Yuru did not kill him, otherwise he would have died long ago.
He was wondering if Gu Yuru still had feelings for him?
"If you hadn't stopped me from going to them, I would have had a fight with them."
"Mom, I told you not to make a fuss."
"If I don't make a fuss, what will you do? If anything happens to you, how will I live?" Old Madam Li wiped away her tears. "The Gu family is rich now. I heard they even opened a big shop. I have to make them pay."
Li Yuan is now thinking about something else.
What he saw was the shabby house with nothing but bare walls, and Zhao Zhao had also been sent away. He knew that Gu Yuru was not the kind of person who despised the poor and loved the rich. If she were, she would never have married him in the first place.
So... is it still possible to start over?
For now, he can only hope for this.
Because he had been waiting for so long but there was no news from Concubine Rong, he knew that Concubine Rong might no longer want to care about him.
As for why she didn't kill him, if she kept him alive now, he couldn't go back to the capital and wouldn't pose a threat to her, so why bother doing it?
He wants to change his master.
"Mom, find a way to take me to Gu's house."
"Oh my," Old Lady Li slapped her thigh and said excitedly, "You finally figured it out. Go ask them for money. You have to ask for at least two hundred taels of silver. Any less won't do."
"Two hundred taels?" Li Rong was immediately delighted when she heard it. "Then the dress I like..."
Li Yuan looked at his sister. Even though he was in this state, she only cared about her clothes.
But he had more important things on his mind, so he was too lazy to bother with these people.
"Mom, hurry up."
Li Yuan said anxiously.
Old Mrs. Li suppressed her impatience and helped her up. Li Yuan now had difficulty walking, but he was not as serious as the rumors said. He was not paralyzed, but Old Mrs. Li could not help him up by herself.
Li Laoer and the girl from the first wife also went to the quarry. Yes, they had to go because they had not yet paid back the money.
The only one left was Li Rong, so the three of them stumbled to Gu's house.
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