Cai Damei came over and said, "I've been out here for a while, and I haven't figured out much else. But I've come to understand one thing. We've worked hard our whole lives, scrimping and saving every penny. We've been torturing ourselves every day for our husbands and children."
How much do they care about us? Not at all.” Aunt Guihua nodded at Cai Damei’s words.
"Isn't that right? It rained the other day, and my arm hurt. I cooked a little late. Dongzi's dad even gave me a hard time, saying I was starving him." Aunt Guihua felt more and more sorry for herself.
“What do you mean? Don’t speak ill of me in front of Pan’er,” Li Wenkuo retorted.
“No, it was the puppy who said it, ‘You’re going to starve me to death!’”
"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I was wrong," Li Wenkuo begged for forgiveness.
That's more like it.
Aunt Guihua was satisfied and accepted the fabric. Turning to Li Nan, who was watching his father make a fool of himself, she called out, "Second son, don't just stand there. Go catch a chicken."
Aunt Guihua grabbed Cai Damei's hand, "Damei, I'll make you my best stewed chicken for lunch."
"Okay, I've been craving this." Cai Damei couldn't help but swallow as she thought of Aunt Guihua's cooking.
At noon, we enjoyed a delicious stewed chicken.
After resting for a while at the village chief's house, Cai Damei took Ye Yunniang and the two children up the mountain.
Make Li Pan kneel down and kowtow to his father and grandfather, and burn paper money.
Ang Lee, watching from the side, was also about to kowtow.
Ye Yunniang couldn't stop him, and in the end, she let him kowtow and kneel down, calling him "Father, Grandfather".
The family came down the mountain and met Li Wu, who was waiting at the foot of the mountain.
The two families had a very strained relationship. The Li family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ignored Li Wu. They took the child's hand and left.
“Sister-in-law, you’re back.” Li Wu approached.
"Get out of the way," Cai Damei said irritably.
"Sister-in-law, it's been two years. You're still the same as ever," Li Wu said with a touch of nostalgia.
"Li Wu, stop being so shameless." Cai Damei's disdain was undisguised as she pulled Li Pan's hand and walked towards the village.
Li Wu, who came with a purpose, would never let Cai Damei and Ye Yunniang leave.
"Sister-in-law, don't rush off. I have something to tell you."
"I have nothing to say to you, get out of my way." Cai Damei kicked Li Wu, who was blocking her way, hard.
Li Wu was kicked, but did not retreat.
"Don't you want to hear about Xiaojun's affairs?"
When her son was involved, Cai Damei stopped in her tracks.
Li Wu smiled smugly and fell silent. His face was full of pleading.
Ye Yunniang felt disgusted upon seeing Li Wu's expression.
"Mother, let's go back. You saw that none of Jun-ge's belongings were missing during the burial."
Upon hearing this, Cai Damei thought it made sense. She resumed her journey, which had been paused.
"Don't go." Li Wu ran a few steps and blocked Ye Yunniang and Cai Damei's way.
“I have Li Jun’s real belongings from his death.”
"You're lying." Cai Damei didn't believe it. She had personally packed up all the returned belongings, and nothing was missing.
“You packed a lot of things after we came in. But I got Li Jun’s belongings before we came in,” Li Wu said with a smile.
That day, Li Jun's comrade-in-arms brought his belongings, and Li Pan had a fever. The three members of the Li family took him to town to see a doctor.
Their comrades found out that the Li family was home, but no one was there.
Upon hearing the voice, Li Wu warmly stepped forward to exchange pleasantries and offered Li Jun, his comrade-in-arms, a place to rest and have a drink of water.
Li Jun's comrade-in-arms, unaware of the discord between the two families, entered Li Wu's house upon hearing that he was his cousin.
While his comrade went to the outhouse, Li Wu secretly opened Li Jun's bundle and took away a wolf-tooth necklace from inside.
Li Jun cried a lot when he was a child. Li Min heard from the elders that it was because the child's eyes were pure and could see evil spirits. He would bring a wolf's tooth to ward off evil spirits and protect the child so he could grow up safely.
Li Min carried a wood-chopping knife and followed the village hunters into the deep mountains.
They spent three days in the deep mountains with the hunter, killed a wolf, and obtained a wolf tooth.
I carefully drilled holes and made a wolf tooth necklace for Li Jun to wear.
After Li Jun put it on, he stopped crying day and night. He even rarely got sick.
Li Jun never took off his wolf fang necklace. When Cai Damei was packing her clothes, she didn't see it and assumed it was lost.
"You took Jun'er's wolf fang necklace?" Cai Damei gritted her teeth. How could there be such a despicable person in the world?
Cai Damei lunged at Li Wu, wishing she could devour him alive.
Li Wu, wary of her, dodged to the side.
"Ah!" Li Wu cried out in pain in his back.
Ye Yunniang held the stick in her hand and struck Li Wu with all her might.
Li Wu felt the pain and wanted to fight back.
Cai Damei had already pounced on Li Wu, biting, scratching, and clawing at him.
Li Wu, a middle-aged man who farmed year-round, was quite strong. He quickly reacted, pushed Cai Damei to the ground, and raised his hand to hit her.
Li Wu's body suddenly stiffened, and he couldn't muster any strength.
What's wrong with that look of terror in his eyes?
“Father,” Li An suddenly called out.
Li Pan then called out, "Father."
"Jun'er, are you helping your mother?" Cai Damei smiled.
The son is helping his mother.
Cai Damei suddenly felt a surge of strength and punched Li Wu hard.
Ye Yunniang stood to the side, hitting Li Wu's hands and legs with a stick.
"I was wrong, sister-in-law, I was wrong." Li Wu felt guilty and was afraid to beg for forgiveness.
"You're not really admitting your mistake? Are you afraid of Jun'er?" Cai Damei said, kicking Li Wu a few times.
Li Wu yelled as he was kicked, "My leg is broken... Sister-in-law... no... I'll tell you where Wolf Fang is hidden."
Li Wu's words made Cai Damei stop.
Where?
"Sister-in-law, I've been accepting it for two years,"
Before Li Wu could finish speaking, Ye Yunniang slapped him hard, "Tell me, where is it?"
"At Xiaobeishan," Li Wu said, wincing in pain as he revealed the location.
"Where exactly is it located?"
Xiaobeishan Mountain, despite having "Xiao" in its name, is anything but small. Finding a wolf's tooth on the mountain is like finding a single soybean in an acre of farmland.
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