Chapter 107 Contradictory Human Nature
Aunt Li nodded. She had been busy taking care of Li Ping's funeral arrangements these days. Although she was sad, she also figured out a lot of things. She was old and didn't know how long she had left. She was too lazy to take care of her sons and grandchildren at home, so she let them worry about themselves.
She was responsible for taking good care of herself, keeping her daughter in her heart, and waiting to be buried with her daughter after a hundred years. In the next life, they would be together as mother and daughter.
Cui Qingyi and Konjac naturally heard some things about the Li family who lived in the same alley.
A few days ago, Li Ping's remains were sent back from the county government office, but the two brothers of the Li family blocked her from entering, saying that unmarried girls should be buried in their parents' home, and if Li Ping was allowed in, it would affect the family's feng shui and descendants in the future.
The two brothers of the Li family may have felt sorry for their sister's tragic death, but this pity quickly turned into disgust after they realized that the other party might have influenced them.
The second son of the Li family stood outside the yard, angrily accusing his sister of wanting to harm them even after her death. His expression made Cui Qingyi feel terrified.
In the end, Aunt Li held a knife across their necks, forcing the two Li brothers to retreat.
Li Ping did not have a funeral and was hastily buried in a thin coffin with only dry bones, but this was the last dignity that Aunt Li could fight for her.
So sad, pitiful and lamentable!
Looking at the chaos in the Li family, Cui Qingyi did not regret what she had said to Aunt Li that day.
She has heard many stories like Li Ping's in modern times, but those women who were rumored to have run away by their in-laws never appeared in front of the world again.
Her family will resent the shame she has brought to them for the rest of their lives because of such a girl.
Because of the Li family's affairs, Huaihua Lane was really quiet for quite a while.
The biggest thing was probably that after a brief moment of fear, Hua Pozi was really reluctant to give up the silver given by Mr. Zhang's family. After thinking about it, she secretly ran to Huaihua Lane again, but before she entered the lane, she was beaten by Aunt Li and the two daughters-in-law of the Li family.
The fight was quite sensational. The three of Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were extremely powerful. Hua Pozi was no match for six hands with her two fists and was beaten without any ability to fight back. In the end, if the patrolling yamen runners had not come over, Cui Qingyi felt that Hua Pozi would have been seriously injured if not killed that day.
After the fight, Hua Pozi's reputation was completely ruined in Dongping County. Some people who had long been jealous of Hua Pozi's money-making took the opportunity to start working as a matchmaker and a matchmaker.
Let alone anything else, just one sentence, "I am not like that old woman who is only interested in money and pushes a good girl into the fire pit," made the people in Dongping County have a better impression of this new matchmaker.
Of course, with Li Ping's previous experience as a lesson, when a man and a woman are getting married, the girl's parents will pay more attention to the man's character, which is also a good thing.
Mr. Zhang waited for a long time but Hua Pozi did not come to reply with the good news, so he sent someone to ask.
Hua Pozi held the silver tightly in her hand, feeling extremely distressed, but she had no reason not to return the silver. After all, she was now like a rat crossing the street, and everyone was shouting and beating her.
Not to mention trying to figure out how to control Cui Qingyi and Konjac, he was even afraid of being spitted on if he stepped out of his own door.
Hua Pozi felt very aggrieved. She felt that Li Ping's death was not caused by her, so why should she bear the consequences? But in this world, there is a cause and an effect, and who can tell clearly?
Cui Qingyi's unintentional act solved a potential problem for herself and Konjac. Isn't this a cycle of cause and effect?
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Things have been happening one after another recently, and the girls' school is about to start again.
Aunt Qin had already been confirmed as the teacher for the literacy class, but Cui Qingyi had to teach the baking class she was planning on opening on her own. She circled a few times on her homemade calendar, looking at the few days left for the holiday, and sighed silently.
She is indeed destined to be a hard worker. A hard worker.
Konjac was sewing a coat in her hands. When she heard Cui Qingyi mumbling about how time passed too quickly, she smiled. In the past, they lived in a small courtyard, and the girl often sat in the courtyard in a daze. At that time, she often complained that time passed too slowly, but now she complained that time passed too quickly.
Cui Qingyi sighed that time flies by. She turned around and saw the coat Konjac was making and smiled, "I have so many clothes that I can't wear them all."
She really admired Konjac. Not only did she embroider every day at the girls' school, but she also made clothes for her when she got home without any hesitation.
Konjac took a pair of small scissors and cut the thread ends. "How can there be so many that I can't wear them all? I haven't seen you change three or four sets of clothes a day." Besides, the girl's clothes are all made of good materials, and she won't be used to wearing clothes bought outside.
While Konjac was concentrating on sewing, Cui Qingyi also sat down with a sewing basket. Lai Fu was originally taking a nap next to Konjac. When he saw Cui Qingyi coming over, he meowed lazily as a greeting.
Cui Qingyi didn't like needlework, and she would only embroider when she had to. Now she actually took the initiative to bring over a basket of needles and thread, which surprised Konjac.
"What is the girl going to do?" Has she come up with something new?
Cui Qingyi glanced at Konjac, then picked up the red material from the basket and showed it to her. "Guess?"
It was when Cui Qingyi went to Li Miao's house that day and saw Mrs. Li preparing embroidered shoes for Li Miao's wedding that she suddenly realized that she didn't seem to have prepared anything for Konjac's wedding.
Normally, these things should be prepared by the girl's mother, but Konjac was sold to the Cui Mansion since she was a child and had long lost contact with her parents.
Although these things can be bought in embroidery shops outside, Cui Qingyi thought that they, the master and servant, had long been like sisters. If Konjac wanted to get married, she didn't want her to be worse off than others.
Years from now, she hopes that Konjac will be able to point to an item with pride or nostalgia and tell her children or grandchildren, "Look, this was the dowry your Grandma Cui made for me when I got married."
Konjac looked at the red material and it took her a while for her to think of something. She didn't say anything but just watched Cui Qingyi cut it. Gradually, she felt both happy and wanted to cry.
She thought she was really lucky in her life.
The late summer sun shone through the eaves onto the two of them, cicadas chirped above the treetops, and Konjac felt as if his heart was soaked in honey, sweet and swollen.
Konjac thought that no matter whether she got married in the future, she would treasure the things the girl prepared for her.
After today, there is another picture in Konjac's embroidery box. The picture contains scattered sunlight, swaying leaves, and the girl, her and Lai Fu.
It is the concrete form of happiness.
Because the girls' school was going to offer baking courses, Cui Qingyi planned to build several stoves and ovens specifically for baking in the school.
This job wasn't too big or too small, but it couldn't be done by Cui Qingyi and Konjac alone, and there was no need to hire a specialized craftsman. Cui Qingyi mentioned this casually to Aunt Qiao.
"It's just a small job. I don't think it's worthwhile to hire a craftsman to do it, but I can't do it myself."
Aunt Qiao smiled brightly when she heard that. "That's nothing. My eldest and second sons happen to be free these days. Let them do it for you. It won't take more than two or three days to finish it."
Cui Qingyi didn't refuse. "That's great, but I'll have to trouble Brother Qiao and Brother Qiao."
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