Chapter 114 Untitled
Therefore, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, my cousin took her child to her husband's house. Originally, her brother and sister-in-law wanted to go with her, but due to unforeseen circumstances, they were delayed. My cousin thought that she would have lunch early and then take her child back early, so she called a donkey cart to go by herself.
Unexpectedly, my cousin waited until dark but her cousin and child did not return, so she quickly called a donkey cart to go to the man's house.
Before we even arrived, we saw a thick plume of smoke, and when we got there, it turned out that the man's house was on fire.
After the neighbors and patrolmen helped put out the fire, they also carried out four charred corpses.
My cousin, her child, the man, and his mother are all dead.
The little one lay there beside his mother, drooling and being coaxed to talk yesterday, but today he was lifeless.
While the man was weeping bitterly over his mother's body, his father, leading his youngest son, returned from the neighboring village after paying his respects.
Finally, the Jingzhao Prefecture intervened. Firstly, the case occurred during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and secondly, it involved a child who was only a little over a year old. Therefore, the case was solved quickly.
It turned out that the man and his family had known all along that he only liked men and had no feelings for women.
But the current social climate cannot tolerate such a person. Besides, he is the eldest son in the family and must carry on the family line.
Therefore, the parents could only choose a cousin from the surrounding villages who was gentle and lived in the countryside. The man disguised himself very well, and the engagement, marriage, wedding night, and pregnancy went smoothly.
My cousin gave birth to a girl, which was a good thing, as it was the flower that bloomed first and the fruit that came later. However, the man's lover in Pingkangfang was unhappy and threatened to kill himself. My cousin finally discovered the truth and was fortunate enough to get a divorce and take her daughter home.
However, the man's lover died suddenly from illness. The man felt that it was because of his cousin that he and his lover were separated by death forever, so he harbored evil intentions.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, without hesitation, they put drugs in the food and locked the cousin and her child in the house after they fell asleep.
The man was filled with grief, and evil thoughts began to grow within him. He felt that the source of his grief was his mother's pressure on him to marry and have children to carry on the family line. With a heavy heart, he also served his mother a sweet soup laced with medicine.
How could a mother possibly guard against the son she gave birth to?
After a bowl of sweet soup laced with medicine was consumed, the man's mother also collapsed.
Finally, the man, having lost all will to live, drank the sweet soup laced with drugs and set fire to the kitchen, thus causing the tragedy.
After Li Ersao finished speaking, the main hall fell into a stifling silence.
Li San Niang never expected such a tragedy to happen in the world, but after swallowing, she still said to Li Er Sao, "Second Sister-in-law, don't worry, Wang Da Lang is still in the Wang family. Wang Zi Heng would never dare to do such a thing. He is very timid and values his life."
Li Ersao kept her head down and didn't look at Li Sanniang, but said word by word, "What about the old woman from the Wang family and the woman Wang Ziheng married later? Especially the old woman from the Wang family, according to what your second brother said, she doesn't seem like a kind-hearted person."
At first, Li Erxiong also felt that what Li Ersao said was not comparable to Li Sanniang taking Luzhu'er to the Wang family alone. But when he heard Li Ersao mention Wang Pozi, he immediately felt that it was really hard to say. After all, you can't guess what a stupid person can do.
Especially when Wang Ziheng came to Wang Dalang's house before, he saw that Li Sanniang was not living a miserable life after her divorce, and he showed some dissatisfaction on his face.
Wang Ziheng was raised by his mother since he was a child. If Wang Ziheng is like this, wouldn't Wang Po herself be even more petty?
Who knows what a stupid and petty person might do?
"Third Sister, your Second Sister-in-law is also worried, but I think she makes a good point. I'll go with you then."
Li San Niang didn't think much of it at first, but after hearing what Li Er Sao and Li Er Xiong said, she felt that she would be fine, but if she took Lu Zhu'er with her, and something happened, she might not be able to take care of her.
"Then I'll trouble you, Second Brother..."
"I'll go instead..."
Brother Li and Third Sister Li spoke at the same time. Third Sister Li stopped, and then Brother Li continued, "I have martial arts skills. No matter what happens, I can still protect Third Sister and Lu Zhu'er."
"Alright, let's put this matter aside for now and talk about it later. It's getting late, and we have to go to Junyoulai tomorrow, so let's call it a day."
Although they hadn't come up with a concrete plan, the basic principle was set: Li San Niang absolutely could not be allowed to take Lu Zhu'er to the Wang family's Mid-Autumn Festival family reunion dinner alone!
The next day, just as dawn broke, after seeing off her brother Li who was going to his shift, Sister-in-law Li added water and firewood to the pot.
She took her money bag and basket and headed towards the market not far from her home.
The pork I bought yesterday is definitely not going to be used for the sewing demonstration. Today is the day that Third Sister will shine in front of all the doctors in the alliance, so naturally every detail must be perfect.
Sister-in-law Li went to a familiar butcher and picked out three large pieces of pork with skin on. Seeing that Sister-in-law Li had been buying a lot in recent days, the butcher also gave her a few large bones with the meat cleaned off.
The pork at that time was from castrated male pigs, and it didn't have a strong, unpleasant smell. Although it couldn't compare to what modern people eat, it was still quite good.
When Li Sanniang ate pork for the first time after transmigrating, she felt that there might be other transmigrators in the Tang Dynasty besides herself and Emperor Wu, who was definitely a transmigrator. Otherwise, the fact that castrating boars could make pork less fishy and increase the yield of meat would not be something that should be happening now.
Sister-in-law Li took out her money bag and paid the butcher, listening to his flattering words. After all, if anyone could buy three large pieces of pork like Sister-in-law Li, the butcher would find all sorts of ways to say nice things to them.
The money in the purse was given to Li Dasao by Li San Niang alone, and was not from the public account.
Li San Niang said that the pork was originally intended for her to join the medical alliance, and since it was a personal matter, she should naturally pay for it herself.
After all, pork is really not cheap. It's fine to eat it occasionally, but we've been using it a lot lately. If we keep paying with the public account, Li San Niang would feel bad. That's why she gave Li Da Sao money separately.
When Sister-in-law Li returned to the Li family home with the pork she had bought, everyone who was supposed to be up was already up, except for Little Dewdrop and Little Wulang who were still fast asleep.
Li San Niang took out her medical kit and carefully examined the instruments inside. Looking at the few pieces of catgut suture that she had gotten from her father, Li San Niang really felt that she should have a good talk with Sun, the surgeon in charge of ulcers at the Imperial Medical Bureau, about raising sheep and making sutures.
After eating a bowl of soup noodles made by Li Ersao, I felt warm from the soles of my feet. After everyone had finished cleaning up, it was the same people who had come last time.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is just two days away, and the academy for the four little ones is also on holiday, so the four little ones will still go with them this time.
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