Chapter 54 Chapter 54 If you can't give birth to a child, you're a slave! ...
Luo Jialin? Why Luo Jialin? He...
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Shen Miao then remembered that Luo Jialin’s home phone number also seemed to start with 72. Because he gave her the number last time in the hospital, Shen Miao wrote his phone number down at the last digit of the book.
Oh no, oh no, it seems I dialed the wrong number, and called Luo Jialin.
And Luo Jialin probably thought about the help he had given him last time, so he just followed Sister Zhang's words and played the role of his boyfriend.
Beep beep!
When the car was about to reach the entrance of the village, Luo Jialin honked the horn twice to signal, and then stopped the car on the side of the road where the village's tractors were parked.
After getting out of the car, Luo Jialin carried several bags of things from the back seat.
"You are all Miaomiao's friends, right? This is our first meeting, and I don't know what you like, so I just prepared some small gifts."
Those were pastries bought from the most expensive dessert shop in the city. I heard that the cheapest piece of cake cost ten dollars.
He bought a whole strawberry cake, peach shortbread, cookies, and various pastries. They were packed into paper boxes right out of the oven, and when the wind blew, he could smell the rich aroma of butter and cream.
The other two beautifully packaged bags were left for Shen Miao, one contained a music box that could play music when wound up, and the other contained a beautiful ceramic doll in the shape of a fairy with wings.
"Thank you, thank you, you are so kind!"
"Oh, I asked you to come and have fun. You don't have to spend money to buy any gifts."
Sensible, this "brother-in-law" is really sensible!
Apart from anything else, at least the sisters were very satisfied with their first impression of Luo Jialin.
The sisters were not the kind of people who would not give. They took out a few pieces of candy and melon seeds from their pockets and stuffed them into his hands. Sister Zhang, who had talked to him on the phone yesterday, even went to the store and bought a few of the most expensive popsicles.
The gift may be small but the sentiment is great, so you can just consider it as a return gift.
However, Shen Miao didn’t dare to accept his gift just like that. She accepted it on the surface, but while eating the popsicle, she whispered to him, “I don’t want this gift. Remember to take it when you leave later.”
"Take it. This was originally given to you by someone else." Luo Jialin chewed the icy popsicle in his mouth and replied in a low voice, "The sisters-in-law who got along well with you at the last graduation banquet gave it to you."
Shen Miao: ???
Shen Miao's lively personality makes her likable wherever she goes.
Last time at the director’s son’s graduation banquet, it was just their first meeting, but Shen Miao got along well with many of them. Afterwards, they always wanted to ask Shen Miao out again, and even prepared some gifts for her, but unfortunately they didn’t have her contact information, so they sent them to Luo Jialin.
So in all honesty, Luo Jialin was just running errands for someone else.
“Well, I’ll accept it.” After putting the gift box back into the bag, Shen Miao said, “But I still want to say thank you to you, and sorry… It’s all my fault for not explaining it clearly to them, and for making you come all the way here.”
"It's okay. I just have a day off today. I'll just treat it as fun."
Returning to the topic, Luo Jialin asked again: "What do you need me to do?"
"Easy, just continue to play my boyfriend."
As she spoke, Shen Miao’s hand naturally folded around his arm like a vine, and several bright stars appeared in her eyes.
It was the first time for Luo Jialin to play the role of a "boyfriend", and he was somewhat unfamiliar with this identity. However, when he recalled the actions of the police officers when they treated the family members in the police station on weekdays, he seemed to understand what to do.
"You look a little bigger than Miaomiao."
"Well, I'm eight years older than her. I'm thirty-two this year."
"You drive a sedan, so your job must be very lucrative, right?"
"Working in the Public Security Bureau, the salary is so-so."
"How did you two know each other? I haven't heard Miaomiao mention it before."
"It was a coincidence. We first met in a movie theater, and then we found out that our elders knew each other, so we became familiar with each other."
Shen Miao was very satisfied with the performance of Luo Jialin, this "boyfriend", who was almost on par with Yao Heng.
However, unlike Yao Heng, Yao Heng is a real talent for acting and can handle any situation with ease, while Luo Jialin does not seem to be acting but rather he has really entered into the role, so sometimes he cannot answer an answer and needs to think.
Perhaps it was because of the aura of being an elder, the sisters did not dare to make things difficult for him, especially after eating the cake he brought, they affirmed his identity as "Chen Miao's boyfriend" from the bottom of their hearts.
It was almost noon, and since it was a rare trip to Qinghe Village, Shen Miao naturally wanted to keep him at home for a meal. Luo Jialin was also very cooperative, and after arriving at Shen's house, he did not tell the reason for his visit today, but only said that he was passing by on business, and at the same time took the gift he brought for Shen Wanshan from the car.
As expected of a city dweller who has seen the world, Luo Jialin not only handles the village sisters with ease, but also handles them appropriately when chatting with his grandfather, parents and others.
His age seems to change with different people. He can be a peer of the same age as himself, or he can become an elder who is more mature than himself.
After finishing her meal, when Shen Miao was seeing Luo Jialin off, she stopped by the store and called Yao Heng.
She hadn't seen him for a long time. Since there was nothing to do in the clinic today and her grandfather agreed to let her go out, she thought of taking a ride with Luo Jialin to go to the city to visit him.
"Next Sunday? I'm working overtime at the company today, so I can't go out and play."
After graduation, Yao Yuan originally arranged for Yao Heng to work in his own transportation company, but Yao Heng refused.
Perhaps it was because of Chen Xiulan, or perhaps he had not let go of Hou Wentao, Yao Heng did not want to pretend that nothing had happened and continue living as before.
So, he found a job for himself and worked in a company owned by his classmate's family.
As a worker, how can you not work overtime? After you go from being a young master to a beast of burden, you naturally have to obey the company's arrangements.
“Well, let’s talk about it after you have rested.” Although Shen Miao felt a little regretful, she understood that Yao Heng’s work was more important, so she had to make an appointment for next time.
"Shall I go with you?"
When she turned around, Shen Miao wanted to tell him that she couldn’t go, but she didn’t expect Luo Jialin to take the initiative to hand her a box of mints he had just bought: “It just so happens that I have nothing to do in the afternoon. If you have anything you want to do, I can accompany you.”
“Okay, okay!” Shen Miao picked up a mint candy and put it in her mouth, “Then let’s go to the movies, and then go to Mozhai to eat some snacks and buy some small items.”
Luo Jialin nodded: "Okay."
“Uncle Luo is so nice!” Shen Miao happily jumped twice on the spot like a child.
"But let me make a deal first. I'll treat you this afternoon. Just consider it as a favor to you."
Mint candy is supposed to have a cool taste, but strangely, when Luo Jialin put the candy mixed with her words in his mouth, the taste was a bit weird.
Uncle Luo...you...
I am only eight years older than her. Can't she use a slightly younger name?
Arriving at the movie theater in Yu City, Shen Miao bought two tickets for a foreign movie.
Maybe it was because the last time she watched "Titanic" had such a strong impact on her, her intuition told her that the plot of this movie called "Life is Beautiful" should also be very good. Although she couldn't understand the nonsense, it was not too difficult to watch it with subtitles.
As expected, this movie still gave her a great shock.
Compared to praising the greatness of love in disasters, family love is the most tear-jerking in times of war.
Having learned from the last lesson, Shen Miao specially brought paper this time, but she underestimated her tear glands, and a few pieces of paper were not enough for her to wipe.
Just when she didn't know what to use to wipe her tears, fortunately, Luo Jialin handed her a handkerchief in time to save her from embarrassment.
Few men would carry handkerchiefs. In Shen Miao's impression, men should live rough lives. Apart from her grandfather and father, Luo Jialin was one of the few people she knew who would carry a handkerchief.
Luo Jialin's handkerchief has a light grassy scent, like the smell of sunlight shining on a pine forest after rain. It is very fresh and pleasant.
“Thank you,” after coming out of the cinema, Shen Miao was about to return the handkerchief stained with her tears to him, but took it back, “I’m sorry, I made it dirty for you, how about I go back and wash it and return it to you.”
Luo Jialin smiled slightly, "It's just a small matter, no need to bother."
Crying is actually a physical activity. After shedding a lot of tears, Shen Miao was a little hungry, so she dragged Luo Jialin to Mozhai, preparing to take him to try the delicious Ma Ji Baozi Shop.
“By the way, after we finish eating the buns, I’ll take you to meet someone.” While eating the buns, Shen Miao deliberately kept the secret.
"who?"
Shen Miao smiled and took a bite of the bun, “You’ll know when you see me.”
Since you are in Mozhai, besides eating delicious buns, you must also meet some beautiful girls.
Li Shancha and Cao Yun have been selling tofu in the next street. It’s still early today, maybe I can run into them.
Li Shancha was the most beautiful girl Shen Miao had ever met, so she also wanted Luo Jialin to see the most beautiful scenery she had ever witnessed.
It was a coincidence that when Shen Miao and Luo Jialin came to the street next to her to look for her, Li Shancha was packing up the stall with Cao Yun.
Ever since Li Shancha got married, Cao Yun's tofu stall business has become very good. Even though everyone knows that Li Shancha is married, there are still a steady stream of people coming to buy her tofu every day.
Today is the weekend, and Cao Yun usually makes five or six boards of tofu, but today he only made three boards.
The reason was simple, I just wanted to close the stall early so I could go shopping with my daughter-in-law and spend some good money.
After Li Shancha married into her family, he either accompanied her to set up the stall or stayed at home preparing beans and doing housework. Except for taking her to the market once before the New Year, he basically never went out.
After all, she is the daughter-in-law that the family has married into. As a mother-in-law, you should at least buy her some new clothes.
When putting the wooden barrel on the car, Li Shancha raised his eyes and saw Shen Miao.
It had been a long time since they last saw each other, and Li Shancha was so happy that she stood on tiptoe and waved at her from a distance.
"Sister-in-law~!"
I haven't seen Li Shancha for two or three months. She has lost a lot of weight, but she looks more charming and feminine.
The short-sleeved T-shirt and shorts she wore exposed her arms and calves, like a half-peeled lotus seed. Perhaps God didn't have the heart to harm her beauty, because while others were tanned by the sun, her skin was not only still fair, but even so tender that you could squeeze water out of it.
There is no man who would not be surprised by Li Shancha's beautiful face.
When seeing Li Shancha, Shen Miao noticed that Luo Jialin's pupils slightly dilated. Just as she expected, even though Luo Jialin worked in the police station and had seen countless people, he must have never seen a woman as beautiful as Li Shancha before.
However, he was not as rude as those men. After just a glance of appreciation, the emotion in his eyes turned into politeness and respect.
"Aunt, are you ready to go back?"
"No, I heard that there were a lot of vendors on South Street today, so I thought of taking your sister-in-law with me to go around and buy her something."
It is said that the more beautiful a woman is, the more delicate she is. However, this sentence does not seem to apply to Li Shancha.
At first, Cao Yun thought that she might not be able to speak or understand what was said, so she was unwilling to go out. But after a few months of getting along with her, Cao Yun found that she was simply afraid of causing trouble to the family and wanted to save some money for the family.
The Cao family's situation was not good, but it was not so bad that they could not afford to support their daughter-in-law. Seeing that the pair of shoes on Li Shancha's feet were almost worn out, Cao Yun had been telling her that she wanted to buy a new pair for almost a month, and Li Shancha finally agreed to accompany her shopping.
It just so happened that Shen Miao also wanted to see what new and interesting things the new vendors would sell, so she took the initiative to link her arm with Li Shancha and went to South Street with them.
It's the weekend and there are new vendors, so South Street in Mozhai is a little busier than usual.
Looking at the small stalls on both sides of the street, Li Shancha was like a child who had never seen the world. He opened his eyes wide with excitement and observed the various items on the stalls.
She didn't stop or try to pick it up, she just looked at it, as if just looking at it was enough for her.
It was Cao Yun who took the initiative to pull her to a shoe stall and pressed her down on a bench before she agreed to try on the shoes Cao Yun gave her.
"Try this pair. I think it suits you well."
Li Shancha is 1.68 meters tall, but her feet are very small, only size 35. Her feet are small and her skin is white and tender, so no matter what color shoes they are, they look good on her feet.
Cloth shoes are durable, the dark red uppers are dirt-resistant, and they are not expensive, so Cao Yun asked the boss to buy two pairs for him.
“Ah, ah.”
When Cao Yun took the money out of his pocket, Li Shancha quickly stood up and waved his hand, pointing to the numbers printed on his shoes and making a "three" and an "eight" gesture.
"Do you want to change to a size 38?" the boss guessed, picking up another pair of size 38 shoes.
Li Shancha smiled and nodded.
Boss: "You are just right for size 35. Size 38 is too big and will fall off easily."
Li Shancha held Cao Yun's arm, still smiling faintly.
What she meant was: Cao Yun's foot size is 38, so if she buys something bigger, they can change into different clothes.
"No, I have shoes. I have several pairs at home."
Knowing that Li Shancha didn't understand, Cao Yun pointed at his feet, then pointed in the direction of home, and finally gestured a few numbers.
Maybe this is the tacit understanding between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Even Shen Miao didn’t understand what Cao Yun meant by his gestures, but Li Shancha understood it.
Li Shancha took out a pair of wrapped shoes and put them on the table. She pointed to another pair of shoes in size 38 in the boss's hand, made a cross with her fingers, and signaled to her: One pair per person, otherwise don't buy it.
Cao Yun couldn't persuade her, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, okay, then we can each have a pair."
After this round of shopping, although I originally said I would bring Li Shancha here to buy things, she ended up only buying a pair of shoes and a set of clothes. I did buy a lot of things for my home and Li Quntao.
Cao Yun originally had her eyes on several tops and pants that suited her, but Li Shancha would leave as soon as she paid for them. Even if she bought them, she would secretly go back and return them when she went to the next store.
It seems that for her, as long as she manages the household well, it is enough, and her own beauty or ugliness is not that important.
"Where is she from?"
“From the south, ah, and from a minority ethnic group.” Following behind them, Shen Miao replied in a hasty voice while eating the stinky tofu that had just come out of the pot in a paper bowl.
Out of police intuition and through his observations along the way, Luo Jialin couldn't help but wonder about Li Shancha: "How can ethnic minorities not understand Mandarin? Even if they can't speak it, they should be able to understand some of it."
Shen Miao was only busy blowing air into the stinky tofu, not paying any attention to what he said, “I don’t know, maybe, huhu, she probably lived in a mountain valley since she was a child.”
No, it’s still not right.
Luo Jialin didn't know all the living habits and customs of the fifty-six ethnic groups, but he had come into contact with several ethnic minorities. Whether it was their habits, manners, or even the way Li Shancha thanked them, they were all very different.
His intuition told him that this Li Shancha's hometown was not what Shen Miao knew, and she must have some secrets.
"Make way, make way!"
Bang!
Shen Miao heard the sound of someone riding a bicycle approaching from behind, and also heard the noisy ringing of a bicycle bell urging her on.
But by the time she wanted to dodge, it was too late. Before she could move to the side, her arm was hit by the man. The three pieces of steaming stinky tofu and half a bowl of smoking thick soup in the paper bowl were splashed all over Luo Jialin.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
Shen Miao: “Watch the road! There are so many people on the road and you are riding so fast.”
Seeing the stinky tofu falling on the ground, Shen Miao felt it was a pity to waste it, but she quickly turned around to check on Luo Jialin.
Luo Jialin was wearing a light-colored shirt today, and the thick soup directly stained a large area in front of his body. Fortunately, the clothes blocked it and isolated most of the heat in time, but his neck, which was exposed, was still burned.
"Does it hurt? Are you okay?"
"It's all right."
Burns must be treated promptly, and seeing Luo Jialin’s neck begin to turn red, Shen Miao quickly took out paper to wipe it for him.
There is no faucet on the street, and you have to walk a few hundred meters to find the bathroom. Fortunately, I bought a tube of toothpaste from a stall just now because it was cheap, and it came in handy right now.
"Let me do it."
“Don’t move,” Shen Miao squeezed out a line of toothpaste and pushed away his outstretched hand, “You can’t see where it splashed, and you can’t spread it evenly.”
As she said that, Shen Miao gently pressed her finger on it, moving in circles to spread the toothpaste little by little.
hiss……
He was feeling painful from the scalding just now, but the moment the toothpaste was applied on him, Luo Jialin only felt a chill.
Shen Miao's movements were very gentle. In order to quickly cool down the scalded skin, she would blow air towards the area where the toothpaste was applied after stroking it with her fingers.
Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~~~
So cool, so itchy...
When Luo Jialin looked up, he couldn’t see Shen Miao’s face, but in his mind he saw the scene of Shen Miao carefully applying toothpaste on him when she was close to his neck.
His Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he indeed felt that the burned area was much cooler.
However, the scorching heat did not disappear, but began to shift.
It spread from his neck and collarbone to all directions, and finally gathered at the base of his ears...
Plop, plop…
His heartbeat gradually accelerated, and he became so nervous that the fingers of his hands hanging at his sides couldn't help but curl up.
This was a very strange feeling, and one he had never experienced before.
His neck was clearly burned and hurt, but this slight chill was mixed with a bit of nervousness, and the touch of Shen Miao's fingertips made him feel something different...
Is this what the legendary feeling of "pain and happiness" is like?
Not only Luo Jialin, but Shen Miao who was carefully applying toothpaste to him was also puzzled:
This is so strange. Wasn't it just his neck that was burned? Why did his face and ears turn red too?
After they had finished shopping, they prepared to go back. Shen Miao did not let Luo Jialin drive her, but accepted the invitation of Li Shancha and Cao Yun and agreed to go home with them for a meal.
So after coming out of Mozhai, Shen Miao got on a tricycle and went to Luhua Village with them.
It was getting late, and it was already evening when we returned to the village.
It gets dark late in the summer. Even at almost seven o'clock, you can still see a lingering sunset glow in the west. The gradually rising moon in the east and the stars in the sky are not very bright.
It was dinner time and the aroma of different dishes could be smelled in the yards of every household.
But when he was about to reach the door of his home, Cao Yun saw that the gate that had been closed was ajar. Before he walked in, he heard a woman's "chuckle".
You could tell she wasn't a decent person the moment you heard her. Although I didn't see what the woman looked like, I could tell from the strong scent of powder wafting from the yard that her smile must have been bought with money.
"Okay, okay, I should go now. It's time to pay."
"What money? Didn't I give it to you just now?"
"We agreed that I have to pay extra for it. What if I get pregnant?"
"I just want you to get pregnant. Once you're pregnant, just give birth to the baby and I'll raise it."
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and pay the money, it will be dark on the road if you delay any longer."
"No, what? You don't want to have a baby? Are you afraid that I can't afford to support you?"
There were several doors between them, so Shen Miao couldn’t hear what was being said inside.
I only heard the tone of voice, which was originally full of laughter and chatter, gradually turned tense, and finally turned hostile.
Cao Yun beside Shen Miao also had a changing expression on his face.
She was originally chatting and laughing as she was about to open the door, but the voice of the woman inside the house instantly froze her smile on her face. She withdrew her hand holding the key, and within a few seconds, her face turned ashen.
Judging from her expression, this isn't the first time this has happened.
She wanted to kick the door open, grab Li Quntao's ear and ask him if he knew what face was, but Li Shancha stopped her in time before she could start cursing.
It's strange, compared to Cao Yun, she should be the one who should be more angry.
She was Li Quntao’s wife, and she heard with her own ears that her husband had found a streetwalker. On her face, Shen Miao could not see the slightest bit of anger, as if the person inside had nothing to do with her.
But she was very nervous about Cao Yun, fearing that she would become ill due to anger.
"Well, Auntie, I just remembered that I have something to do at home."
In this situation now, Shen Miao couldn’t stay any longer. Even if she wanted to have another bite of his melon, she had to find a reason to leave.
What if the street prostitute and Li Quntao start to have another fight?
What if Li Quntao gets into a dispute with Cao Yun and Li Shancha after he comes out?
She was just an outsider, so it was better for her to avoid this situation, so as to avoid Li Quntao losing face and beating her up like he did on the wedding day... She couldn't stand being beaten.
Shen Miao pretended not to hear the noise inside, and reluctantly pulled the corner of her lips to give both parties a way out: "Let's eat next time, I'll go back first."
"Eh..."
Cao Yun wanted to keep her, after all, Shen Miao had come all the way here, it would be bad to let her leave without even being able to drink a sip of water.
But given the situation at home...she really didn't have the face to stay and continue to watch the joke.
“No need to see me off, just go back quickly.” Shen Miao said to them as they walked.
Cao Yun knew that she had good intentions, but he couldn't express his guilt, so he could only wave his hand and nod at her, "Okay, then, let's eat again next time."
I don’t know if it was because I heard the complaining sounds from Li Quntao’s family, but when I came there was a hint of sunset in the sky, but now it has disappeared completely.
It was getting dark. Luhua Village was more than ten miles away from Qinghe Village. If we walked this way, we didn’t know how long it would take to get there. Besides, the road was not safe. What if we ran into something unclean…
So Shen Miao turned a corner and went to the street behind to find someone to borrow a bicycle and a flashlight.
Fortunately, every household was preparing to eat at this time, so there were people in the yard.
Shen Miao knocked on the door of a house that was relatively close, and after introducing herself, the family generously agreed to her request, and even said that it was not urgent and that she could return it two days later.
"Damn it, what do you think of my business?!"
"I'm your mother, who else can take care of it if I'm not allowed to?"
Boom!
"You were fine, how come you became like this after being away for a few years? I'm so young."
"What's wrong with me? I've been like this since I was a kid, and I've never changed!"
Bang...pop!
On the surface, this place and Li Quntao's home are on two different streets, but in fact, the two courtyards are diagonally opposite each other. If the sound over there is a little louder, it can be heard clearly here.
Crash... snap! snap!
The battlefield moved from the yard to the house, but the noise of smashing and throwing things continued without stopping for a moment, occasionally mixed with Li Quntao's shouting and cursing.
In the yard over here, a little girl was eating with a bowl in her hands. She was frightened by the crackling noise and didn't dare to swallow the rice in her mouth. But her mother didn't dare to stand up for her daughter. She could only clean up the dishes and prepare to drag the table back into the house.
Before Li Quntao came back, if Cao Yun's family encountered difficulties, the villagers would enthusiastically lend a helping hand to her; but since Li Quntao came back, no one dared to approach her family if there was any trouble.
Li Quntao has such a bad temper, he doesn't seem like Cao Yun's biological son at all. He gets angry and wants to fight at any time. It has only been half a year since he came back, and he has already beaten four or five people in the village.
So no one wanted to take care of their family affairs anymore, and no one wanted to deal with them anymore.
They pretended not to know what Li Quntao was doing at home.
Harm, let him be!
——
In the room, Cao Yun was so angry that she felt dizzy. She held on to the cabinet and gasped for breath, but Li Quntao acted as if he saw nothing. He lit a cigarette and, not knowing whether it was intentional, he casually blew a smoke ring in her direction.
This cigarette was not bought, but rolled by Li Shancha using tobacco.
He felt that commercial cigarettes were too bland and that he wanted to smoke the thick, unprocessed tobacco to feel more enjoyable.
The bed was badly tossed about by Li Quntao and the woman, and there were a few wet spots, but Li Shancha acted as if she didn't notice it. She used a bed sweeper to smooth out the wrinkles on the bed while folding the blanket.
She was like a servant, not getting involved in her master's affairs, just doing her own work.
"Xiao ah, can you live a peaceful life? You've got a wife but you're still bringing someone home, what do you want to do?"
Taking a deep puff of cigarette, Li Quntao said unhappily, "What do I want to do? Isn't it just to add more people to the family?!"
Seeing that Li Shancha was just interrupting him but didn't understand what he was saying, he got angry and slapped her in the face.
Bang!
The slap made Li Shancha's face turn red instantly.
"Damn it! Why did I bring back such a money-losing thing? A chicken that doesn't lay eggs!"
Li Shancha did not resist, nor did she even raise her head. She just knelt on the ground with her hands in front of her, as if asking for his forgiveness.
But Li Shancha's respect did not calm him down. Instead, he became even angrier and kicked her on the shoulder again.
"What are you doing?!"
Seeing Li Shancha being beaten and scolded, Cao Yun felt distressed and rushed forward to help her. However, Li Shancha kept shaking her head and tried to push her away, as if she was afraid that she would be implicated.
"Get up. You are his wife, not his servant. Why are you kneeling to him?!" Cao Yun insisted on pulling Li Shancha up from the ground and patted the dust off her trouser legs.
Cao Yun knew that she was a good daughter-in-law.
So even if she hadn't had any baby bump for half a year after getting married, she wouldn't blame it all on herself.
Compared to this son who does nothing at home every day and only knows how to cause trouble and lose his temper, she would rather have only Li Shancha as her daughter-in-law!
"She is a slave, ￥#%...!"
What? Tower what?
Li Quntao was quite nice to Li Shancha when he first came back. However, because Li Shancha's stomach was still not moving, Li Quntao would get angry at her every now and then, and curse at her with words that he could not understand.
It should be Li Shancha’s hometown dialect.
Cao Yun didn't understand the words Li Quntao used to scold Li Shancha, but Li Shancha understood it and lowered her head obediently.
In Li Quntao's eyes, only those who are pregnant and can give birth to children can be considered wives, otherwise they can only continue to be slaves.
At the same time, he didn't want to replace Li Shancha and marry someone else. Firstly, it was too expensive, and secondly, Li Shancha was really beautiful and he had bought her with his own money, so he couldn't bear to do so.
Let her continue to be a slave at home. When he gets someone pregnant one day, he can let her take care of the child after it is born, which can also save some money.
"Where's the money? Hurry up and give it to me. I won't leave today if you don't."
The woman was still waiting in the yard and hadn't left. Even if there was a big quarrel inside, it had nothing to do with her.
She just wanted to take her own money and wouldn't leave if he didn't give her money. If he dared to make a move, she would just blackmail him.
Anyway, she is of the lowest class, and she would sacrifice everything to make a little money.
Li Quntao was feeling annoyed when he heard the woman outside still yelling. He rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go out. It was Li Shancha who pulled him back in time, thus saving him from a beating from the woman.
Coming out of the house, Li Shancha walked up to the woman and gestured to her for a long time, asking her to leave quickly.
"Money, I need money," the woman didn't understand what she was saying, so she rubbed her fingers together, "I won't leave without money."
money.
Li Shancha understood this word.
So she pulled out a small cloth bag from the pocket she had sewn into her trousers and took out a few crumpled bills.
That was some pocket money Cao Yun gave her. She was reluctant to spend it and kept it all with her.
She didn't know how much the woman wanted, so she handed it all to her.
After glancing at the five finger prints on Li Shancha's face, the woman did not greedily take them all away, but only pulled out two.
She could see that Li Shancha was a miserable woman. We were all women, so why should women make things difficult for other women?
"Alas, you are so unlucky to have such a man...tsk tsk." The woman seemed to know that Li Shancha didn't understand, so she teased her in front of her without hesitation.
After the woman left, Li Shancha put the remaining money away again, breathed a long sigh of relief, and prepared to go back to the house.
When she turned around, Cao Yun was standing at the door, looking at her quietly.
Li Shancha walked forward to help her, but was pushed away by Cao Yun.
"Cha, why don't you just go."
Cao Yun spoke in a very low voice, as if he was afraid that his son in the room would hear it.
Her voice was bitter, not for herself, but for Li Shancha.
Even if she was bought, the few months she had been working like a slave at home were enough. Today she was only slapped, the day before yesterday, last week, and half a month ago... She is now an old woman, and Li Quntao doesn't even listen to her. How long can he protect her?
Let’s go. If we don’t go, we will probably die at the hands of our son someday.
Thinking that Li Shancha didn't understand, Cao Yun gestured to leave.
Li Shancha stepped forward and took her arm again, pointed at her and then at himself, and finally formed the shape of a roof with his hands, shaking his head firmly:
You, me, as a family, can't leave.
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