Upon hearing that he would have a big, healthy son, Li Erhan's eyes lit up. He was an old bachelor who had thought he would never have an heir, so how could he not be happy when someone suddenly told him that they would give him a son?
“Look at my daughter, Aidi. All the children she gave birth to were boys, and they were all plump and strong, with excellent health.”
Old Mrs. Li continued to entice him, and Li Erhan was already tempted, but unfortunately, he didn't have much food on hand.
"But the Li family's daughter is already quite old. Can she still get pregnant at such an age?" This shows that he's not entirely brainless.
"Yes, of course you can. As the saying goes, even at fifty-five, your belly can still swell up. My daughter isn't even fifty-five yet."
If someone else heard this, they would definitely chuckle. Your daughter's son has children who are already quite grown up; how can you have the nerve to lie to people like this?
But Li Erhan didn't know that. He thought for a moment and gritted his teeth: "I don't have that many sweet potatoes. You've only had them for a year. You can add ten more pounds at most."
"Twenty pounds, my daughter is yours from now on."
What can ten pounds do? There are more than a dozen people in his family, big and small. Even if they don't eat their fill, it's not enough for one meal.
Even if you're careful with the neck strap, you can't last more than a few days.
"Then it's fifteen catties. From now on, the Li family's daughter will be mine. She will have nothing to do with your family anymore."
Old Mrs. Li was still unwilling to accept it, but there was nothing she could do now. The children were all hungry.
"Okay, hurry up and give me the sweet potato."
Li Erhan dawdled as he went to the small warehouse. There weren't many sweet potatoes in his warehouse, so he picked out some smaller ones, totaling about fifteen jin, and handed them to Li's wife.
Finally, there was something to eat, and Old Lady Li was relieved. She grabbed the sweet potatoes and left, too lazy to even talk to Li Erhan.
Li Erhan felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
Back in the room, seeing the lifeless Li Aidi, he went up to her and slapped her: "From now on, you belong to me. Live a good life with me and give me a big, healthy son."
"Be obedient, and things will be easier for you in the future, otherwise..."
As Li Erhan spoke, he didn't forget to wave his hand; he really dared to take action.
"I...I understand!"
She had overheard her mother and Li Erhan's conversation, and now Li Aidi was absolutely furious.
He has dedicated his entire life to his wife's family. Ever since he married Han Qiang, he has been bringing things home for his wife's family every few days.
Over the years, Han Qiang has given his wife's family countless gifts, and he has always turned a blind eye to it.
But who could have imagined that he would end up like this in his old age?
She was filled with regret. Looking at Li Erhan's dilapidated house and then at Han Qiang's big courtyard, and the living conditions there, it was like heaven and earth.
She regretted it terribly, but what good was it now?
The last time she saw Han Qiang, she also begged him for help, but she saw how hard-hearted the man was. None of her children come to see her; they're all heartless ingrates. She's wasted raising them.
Damn it, when he sees them again, he'll definitely give them a good beating.
Li Aidi thought hard, and the thought of being with this old bachelor in the future still made her feel unwilling.
However, we cannot go against him for now. We should try to please him first and then try to escape when we have a chance.
Han Qiang is ruthless towards him, surely the children wouldn't be like that? She needs to find his son; they will definitely take care of him in his old age.
"Your mother is really unlucky. She traded you for a thousand catties of grain, but the grain was lost, and even the family's stored grain was gone. Now the whole family is starving. Otherwise, they would never have sold you to me for only fifteen catties of grain."
Li Erhan sighed. When Li Aidi heard news about his family again, her feelings were extremely complicated, with a hint of schadenfreude.
"Serves you right!"
They took her rations but treated her badly; the rations were lost. This was Heaven's punishment for them.
However, he was still heartbroken, as his brothers' legs were still injured and he didn't know when they would recover!
And those children, they're all so young, they're at the age where they're growing, and the family has no food left, how are they going to survive?
Even if we get fifteen pounds of sweet potatoes back from here, plus the ten pounds we received last time, our family won't last more than a few days.
You see, sweet potatoes aren't like corn. They're not very filling. A pound of cornmeal can feed a family for a day. But sweet potatoes are different.
She felt sorry for those people. If Han Qiang knew, he would probably sneer and say, "A leopard can't change its spots. They deserve it."
However, Li Erhan's family didn't have any food for her to take to her mother's house. The small storeroom was locked with a lock, and Li Erhan dared not let Li Aidi go there.
At noon, the family boiled a sweet potato, about the size of a fist. Li Erhan picked up the sweet potato and started eating. Li Aidi blinked and watched, swallowing hard. She hadn't eaten for several days and had been tormented several times on the kang (a heated brick bed). Now she was starving.
"What are you looking at? You'll have some soup later. You're still going to give me a big, fat son. How dare you even think about eating?"
Li Aidi: He's only been here a few days, how could there be any news?
After Li Erhan finished eating the sweet potato, he took out a broken bowl, scooped out a bowl of the water used to boil the sweet potato, and handed it to the woman on the kang (a heated brick bed): "Drink this!"
Looking at that thing that looks no different from water, can this stuff really stave off hunger?
Li Aidi suddenly remembered the days when she used to eat at Han Qiang's house. Back then, she ate the same food as Han Qiang, and the same food as the children.
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