Chapter 113 The Fool is Late
Seeing Xu Xiaoju's unwilling look, the woman angrily grabbed her hair and pulled her up.
"Ah!" Xu Xiaoju screamed in pain as her scalp was pulled.
Xu Zhiyi pretended not to know him and was about to walk past him while carrying his things.
Unexpectedly, Xu Xiaoju looked up and recognized Xu Zhiyi. She looked at Xu Zhiyi as if she had seen a savior, and shouted frantically, "Cousin, I am your cousin Xu Xiaoju! Please save me, woo woo! Grandpa was so cruel that he sold Yunyue and me! Cousin!"
Upon hearing this, the woman glanced at Xu Zhiyi, and seeing that she was carrying such a large bag of quilts, she quickly stepped forward to block her way and said with a smile:
"Oh, so you are one of our family! Look at your small body, yet you carry so many things. Come, give them to me, I will help you choose."
Xu Zhiyi scolded coldly: "Get out of my way, I don't know her, don't try to be a relative of her."
Xu Xiaoju, who was standing by, heard Xu Zhiyi's words and quickly moved her hair away from her face. She looked at Xu Zhiyi and said excitedly:
"Cousin, take another look, it's me! I'm your cousin Xu Xiaoju! You can't recognize me, but what about the scar on my forehead? It was you who carved it, don't you remember? Woo woo!"
"Woo woo! They actually sold me to a fool. They are not human beings. They forced me to marry a fool."
"Cousin, please save me, your cousin. I can kowtow to you and apologize to you every day for what happened in the past. Please..."
When the woman heard her son being called a fool by Xu Xiaoju again, she immediately lost her mind, grabbed her son's hair, tilted her head back, and slapped her son several times. She slapped him so hard that the corners of his mouth were bleeding!
Xu Zhiyi glanced at Xu Xiaoju indifferently and said, "You have to bear the consequences of your own actions!" Then he walked forward.
Xu Xiaoju looked at Xu Zhiyi who was walking away coldly, and suddenly panicked and collapsed. She bit the woman's arm hard. The woman let go of her in pain. Seeing this, Xu Xiaoju wanted to catch up with Xu Zhiyi.
"Ah! You dare to bite me? I'll skin you alive."
As a result, he was caught up and his hair was pulled after he had walked a few steps.
Xu Xiaoju was pinched and beaten by the woman. She lay on the ground, looking at Xu Zhiyi who was getting farther and farther away. Her eyes were filled with hatred and she shouted:
"Xu Daya, how can you be so cruel? I am your cousin, and you watched me die without helping me. I hate you, Xu Daya, I curse you!!! Woohoo!!"
The fool who had hurriedly caught up with his father saw that his wife had not run away, and immediately clapped his hands and jumped up and grinned foolishly, but seeing that the woman had been beating Xu Xiaoju, he immediately rushed over to protect her: "Ah! Mother, don't hit my wife, she's in pain, don't hit her, my wife, I'll give her a blow, it won't hurt"
Then he saw that his wound was still purple, so he quickly pulled the woman and sat on the ground kicking her legs: "Mom, my wife is in pain, see a doctor"
Xu Xiaoju glanced at the fool with disgust, her drooping eyelashes filled with hatred.
The woman looked at her son and felt that he was worthless. She angrily tapped his forehead with her hand and scolded him: "You think she is your wife, but what about her? She thinks you are a fool."
The fool heard this and smiled foolishly: "Mom, wife, wife, hehe"
The woman was so angry that she looked at the old man beside her: "I am so angry, look at what you bought, it made your son even more stupid!"
The old man said helplessly: "I just happened to meet someone who was in a hurry to sell it at a low price. I can buy a wife for my son for 800 coins. What are you picking on? Don't be so handsy in the future, or your son will cry and make a fuss with you again."
Woman: "Bah, if she didn't want to escape every day, I would beat her up when I have nothing to do? As long as she is willing to live a good life with our two sons, how can I let her down?"
The old man said, "Ah, you too, you didn't know how to control your strength. If you beat her, wouldn't your son feel more sorry for her?"
The woman rolled her eyes at Xu Xiaoju. Seeing her hurt face, she felt that she was too angry and had hit him too hard. She touched the purse in her sleeve pocket and gritted her teeth and said, "Chisheng, help your wife to the clinic."
Upon hearing this, the fool Chi Sheng stopped rolling on the ground, quickly got up, and happily went over to help Xu Xiaoju up.
Xu Xiaoju felt disgusted and didn't want Chi Sheng to help her, but she knew she had to pretend to be submissive and wait. When her injury healed, she would...
Xu Zhiyi took the cotton-padded clothes and quilts he had bought to the Su family's room. They happened to be chatting in the same room. Xu Zhiyi took out the cotton-padded clothes and said, "I just went out and bought cotton-padded clothes for everyone."
Su Manman, who was standing by, saw the cotton-padded jacket being taken out and her eyes sparkled with envy. During the winter at home, there was only one cotton-padded jacket that the whole family took turns wearing. Whoever was going on a long journey would wear it, and those who stayed at home would make their beds with straw and willow catkins, or stuff their beds in quilts to keep warm, or sit by the fire.
She saw that her friends in the village, although they could not afford new clothes, could at least wear old ones. Every time she looked at them, she felt envious and a sense of disappointment in her heart.
Qin looked at the cotton-padded clothes and quilts that Xu Zhiyi took out, and saw that the old cotton-padded clothes were wrapped in new cotton-padded clothes. It must have cost a lot of money, so she immediately advised:
"Zhiyi, why did you buy a new one? It must cost a lot of money. Come on, your aunt will take it back with you. We can just use the old one. One piece can save a lot of money. When we reach our destination, we will have a lot of places to spend money."
Xu Zhiyi: "Aunt, I've bought everything, you can wear it! I know how to handle money, I have a plan in mind, it's not a waste of money"
"But since we are on the road to escape famine, we can only wear this new cotton-padded jacket inside, and put on our old clothes outside, so that others can't see anything."
Su tugged at Qin and said, "Sister-in-law, Zhiyi is right. You should just put it away! The weather may change in two days. The adults can hold on, but are you going to let the two little ones suffer from the cold?"
Qin: "But..."
Mrs. Su interrupted and said, "Xiuzhen, please accept it! This is a token of my love."
Qin felt sorry for the money when she heard it, but since her mother-in-law asked her to keep it, she didn't say anything else!
Xu Zhiyi looked at Su Manman who was standing beside him. Seeing her staring at the coat, her eyes flashed with love, but she was trying to restrain herself. He handed over the light gray-blue coat he bought for her: "Manman, this one is for you. Do you want to try it on now?"
Su Manman was stunned when she heard Xu Zhiyi's words. She stuttered and asked, "Cousin... this... is this really... for me?"
Xu Zhiyi nodded: "Well, it's for you, try it?"
Su Manman heard this and looked up at Qin and Su Ze. After getting her parents' nods of agreement, she happily took it and said, "Thank you, cousin."
Xu Zhiyi watched Su Manman put it on and found that the sleeves were too long. He was just thinking about changing it for a smaller one when Qin said, "It fits perfectly. You can wear it for the next two years."
After hearing what Qin said, Xu Zhiyi no longer wanted to change into a more suitable piece of clothing!
Su Manman was very excited to put on her new cotton-padded jacket for the first time, but she suddenly remembered something and hurried to search among the bundles. After searching for a while, she handed a small wooden box to Xu Zhiyi:
"Cousin, these are the red envelopes I receive every Chinese New Year. I'm giving them all to you. Manman knows that you spent a lot of money on cotton-padded clothes, so all the red envelopes from Manman's new year will be given to you, cousin."
Xu Zhiyi shook her head and refused: "My cousin won't accept it, so you can save it up yourself. When you have enough, give it to my cousin!"
After hearing what Xu Zhiyi said, Su Manman thought for a while and nodded solemnly: "Cousin, I will definitely save enough money to buy you a cotton-padded jacket."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi patted Su Manman, who was only as tall as his shoulder. Although she was ten years old, she looked much shorter than her peers.
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