Li Luoying's silver teeth were about to break, but after a moment she smiled sweetly again.
"Tsk! A bunch of ignorant fools, let them go. Anyway, our goal has been achieved. Once that bitch dies, we will go back. I can't stay in this shabby place for a moment."
In addition, the old man in the main room looked angry.
"Boss, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but your wife is too spoiled, always complaining about this and that. What's going on? I, as the elder, haven't said anything yet, and yet she's always ordering people around!"
Mrs. Wang pursed her lips and agreed: "That's right, I can't even order her servants around. I asked her to wash my clothes, and she'd be so angry that she could hang an oil bottle from her mouth!"
Bai Hansong was extremely annoyed: "Mother, how could she, a daughter of an official family, have suffered such a punishment? Please bear with her for a while, then..."
Before he could finish his words, the old man shouted angrily, "Suffering? White rice every day, meat at every meal, the third daughter-in-law is almost like her servant. Now there is a shortage of water, and we can only fetch two buckets of water a day, but she uses a bucket for each person to take a bath."
"Exactly. She has lice? That's too spoiled. She won't even eat with us. What's wrong? Do you dislike my bad breath?"
Bai Hansong held his forehead and said, "Mom, could you please stop talking to people? Your saliva is flying everywhere!"
"You still despise me. Your father and I had our front teeth broken by that bitch. You didn't even offer to help us vent our anger. Instead, you're always hanging around your wife!"
As she spoke, she began to cry: "What sin have I committed? How could I give birth to such an unfilial son like you? Now that you are rich, you start to look down on us. We live in poverty and can't even fill our stomachs, but you are so good, wuwuwu..."
Bai Hansong just felt an immense headache, and he was helpless looking at the shrew-like Wang Po.
Li Luoying was also very annoyed: "Is this so annoying? Is this a dead person?"
Looking at the old nanny, she said, "The noise is giving me a headache. Take two hundred taels of silver and make them quiet down!"
The old nanny hesitated to speak. She had only been here for a few days and had already spent two thousand taels of silver.
"What's wrong?"
The old nanny said respectfully, "Miss, we didn't bring much money with us this time."
Li Luoying rubbed her brows and said, "I know. We'll leave in a few days. Go quickly. It's too hot. I need to wash up!"
When the old nanny came to the main room, everyone rolled their eyes at the same time.
I felt so much contempt in my heart: a slave who made himself act like a master, impossible to order around.
"Madam, the lady said she wants to wash herself. Please prepare some water for her."
Mrs. Wang was immediately furious: "Wash, wash, wash, she has lice?"
"Old Madam, this is a gift from Madam to you!"
Looking at the two banknotes, Mrs. Wang smiled happily, snatched them away, and glared at her third daughter-in-law: "What are you still doing here? Didn't you hear your sister-in-law ask for hot water?"
The old lady rolled her eyes and stepped back.
But when Xiao Wang went to fetch water, she was opposed.
"The head of the village said that each family can only draw one bucket of water now. You have been here this morning!" Two women were guarding the well.
"Why? This well doesn't belong to him!"
The woman scoffed: "You should ask the village head!"
Zhou dragged Xiao Wang away, muttering to herself, "It's so annoying! There's not even water to drink, and she still has to wash every day. How fussy!"
"Second sister-in-law, please keep your voice down. I think she will be leaving soon!"
"Brother, what a fool! We have all become servants!"
The two of them whispered to each other.
The chiefs of various tribes were being summoned in the evening.
"Right now, the creek has dried up. We need to send someone to check on the situation on the mountain tomorrow!"
"Oh! What can I do? God won't let me live!"
"Yes, the rice is all shrunken. What should I do?"
Everyone sighed.
The village head glanced at his son Wang Changbai, who understood.
"My dear uncles, there's even worse news. Food prices have gone up today!"
"What?" someone screamed.
"Black flour costs seven cents, buckwheat flour costs nine cents, yellow rice costs nine cents, and rice and white flour costs twelve cents."
"Oh! This is going to kill us!"
The village head coughed twice and said, "In my opinion, when you return, you should inform the various tribes that they need to stock up on food quickly. Otherwise, I'm afraid the price will go up even more!"
Everyone looked at each other, and then continued to sigh.
All the people who had been enjoying the cool air under the trees in the evening had returned home, and everyone looked worried.
Li Luoying smelled the sweat on her body and felt that she was about to pass out.
"No, I have to leave tomorrow! I can't stay in this crappy place anymore!"
Bai Hansong heard these words as soon as he entered the room, and frowned slightly. Could it be that she really disliked it?
"Madam, I'm sorry for wronging you!"
Li Luoying blinked her eyes: "Husband, please stay away from me. I haven't washed yet and I'm almost dead!"
Bai Hansong held his hand in mid-air and said, "Let's go, tell our parents that we'll set off tomorrow!"
Li Luoying was somewhat happy that she could finally leave. Seeing that his expression was somewhat grim, she took the initiative to ask, "Husband, is there anything you can't tell me? Between you and me, there's no need to hide anything!"
Bai Hansong sighed and glanced at her cautiously: "It's my parents, they are going with us!"
"Teng!" Li Luoying stood up in disbelief.
She clutched the handkerchief tightly with both hands and tried hard to force a smile: "My dear, the journey is exhausting. My parents are old and it is very inconvenient."
Bai Hansong sighed: "That's right! Not only my parents, but my second and third brothers' families also want to leave together! The environment here is too harsh, you can see it..."
Li Luoying only felt her head buzzing and she didn't hear a single word of what was said afterwards.
"Husband!" She suddenly raised her voice.
Bai Hansong was startled: "What's wrong?"
"I think it's better for my parents to stay here. If they go to Fuyang, where they're unfamiliar with the place and suffer from acclimatization issues, it would be more trouble than it's worth!"
Bai Hansong always felt that something was wrong: "Madam doesn't like them?"
"How could that be? My dear husband, you are really wronging me. Look, the gifts I gave them were all carefully selected!"
At this moment, the old nanny was outside the door, walking back and forth anxiously.
"Husband, I know you are filial. The living conditions of our parents are too poor. How about this? I will leave you 500 taels of silver. That should put your mind at ease, right?"
She stepped forward and shook his arm coquettishly, "Husband, I'm doing this for my parents' sake. Tell me, if we go to Fuyang, how will they make a living? My nephews will be getting married in two years. Who would marry their daughter to an illiterate man?"
Bai Hansong frowned. "Yes, if I take this with me, wouldn't that bring me bad luck? Wouldn't it be a burden to me?" "Giving them some money, sending a few children to school, and building a brick and tile house wouldn't be a bad idea either."
Then his brows relaxed: "Madam is really thoughtful!"
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