Chapter 484 Jealousy breeds greed
By the time Li Ersao, who had been sobbing, calmed down, half an hour had passed.
"Lan Niang, quickly wipe it off, otherwise it will chapped in the wind."
Li Ersao took the handkerchief handed to her by her mother, wiped her tears with her hand, took a cup of water, drank it, and then looked at the Wu family members.
Then Wu Aweng, the head of the Wu family, looked at Li Ersao with sharp eyes and said, "Li Erlang is not the kind of person who bullies his wife just because he is incompetent, and the Li family is not the kind of family that mistreats its daughter-in-law."
Since you married into the Li family, not only have you lived such a good life there, but the Li family has also taken good care of our own family.
Not to mention the gifts for festivals and holidays, even when Li Erlang went to the countryside to collect medicine, he always gave our village a high price.
Not to mention the things your mother-in-law prepares for you every year during festivals; they always fill half a car!
The rest of the Wu family fully agreed with everything that Wu Aweng said, one by one.
Li Ersao's face turned red and white as Wu Aweng spoke. Looking at the other members of the Wu family, especially Wu's eldest sister-in-law, it was clear that Li Ersao must have done something to make Li Erxiong take the initiative to send Li Ersao back to the Wu family along with Xiao Wu.
"You've been married into the Li family for eleven or twelve years now, and this is the first time you've been sent home."
"You've cried enough. Now tell me properly, why were you sent home?"
Wu Aweng had watched Li Ersao grow up, and now, just by looking at her face, he could tell what she was thinking. Faced with Li Ersao like this, Wu Aweng said directly, "If you still want to go back to the Li family and live a good life, then you'd better tell the truth carefully. Otherwise, the Li family isn't afraid of divorce and remarriage."
Li Ersao had initially intended to gloss over the matter, but upon hearing Wu Aweng mention "divorce and remarriage," she suddenly became frightened. She abandoned her plan to gloss over the matter, disregarded her embarrassment, and immediately recounted the events of the previous night to Wu Aweng.
"...After I said that, Erlang's expression changed."
I didn't dare say anything more.
But Erlang asked me about it later, and when I heard that, I couldn't hold back anymore, so I just rattled off a whole bunch of things.
What did he ask?
He said, "Why do you think I can let my aunt get close to Xiao Wu?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Aweng understood Li Ersao's mistake and why she thought that way.
Wu Aweng looked at Wu's mother. He understood that this must be because Li Ersao was with Wu's mother every time she came home. What could a country woman like Wu's mother have in mind? Nothing more than money and children.
Li Ersao was deeply influenced by Wu's mother. She didn't show it on ordinary days, but when the Li family had a Li Sanniang who was very good at making money and had no sons, she could no longer hide her jealousy, desire to take advantage of others, and in fact, her desire to exploit those who had no descendants.
"So what did you say?"
Li Ersao hadn't realized that Wu Aweng was angry, and just said in a matter-of-fact manner, "Erlang has misunderstood."
What could be wrong with what I said?
My aunt only has one daughter, Luzhu'er, and she won't remarry, so she won't have any more children.
Since she has no son, Lu Zhu'er will have to get married sooner or later. Her aunt will have no one to rely on for the rest of her life. How can she manage?
My actions are entirely for my sister-in-law's benefit.
In my family, only Erlang and my aunt share the same parents. In terms of blood relation, the child I had with Erlang is the closest to my aunt.
My third son was too honest, and my fourth son had such a physique. Only my fifth son was born later and was healthy.
Isn't that perfect?
"Let Xiao Wu get close to his aunt. When she gets old, Xiao Wu can take care of her in her old age and see her off in her final days. What's wrong with his aunt leaving all her money to Xiao Wu?"
Li Ersao's eloquent and seemingly considerate words made everyone in the Wu family look at her with astonishment, especially Wu's eldest sister-in-law, who couldn't understand how the once innocent, simple, and lovely Li Ersao had become like this.
Li Ersao wasn't stupid. When she finished speaking and looked at the Wu family, she could see their shock and confusion. In particular, the undisguised disdain on Wu's eldest sister-in-law's face made Li Ersao a little panicked.
Li Ersao hurried to see her mother, and Wu's mother also looked at Li Ersao with a worried expression.
Mother Wu didn't think that Li Ersao's thinking was wrong, but Mother Wu also knew that even if she really thought that way, she couldn't say the truth out loud!
What Wu's mother thought to herself was, "It's over, it's over. Li Erlang probably doesn't want Lan Niang anymore."
What to do? What to do? What should we do?
Mother Wu looked at Uncle Wu, the head of the Wu family and the most knowledgeable person in the family, as if pleading for help.
"You said that Li San Niang has no sons to rely on, so you want Xiao Wu to stick to her?"
Why can't the third daughter of the Li family find a husband for her youngest daughter?
As you said, she was the first female physician in Chang'an City. She also had two disciples who had become her apprentices. In fact, there were ten students in the school who did not have a formal master-disciple relationship.
Are you worried that she will have no one to care for her in her old age?
If she really wanted a son, and said it out loud, do you believe that there would be plenty of men in Chang'an who would rush to offer their sons to her for her to choose from?
Even if she wanted to choose a child husband for her youngest daughter, wouldn't that be fine too?
Why should you, as the second sister-in-law, need to worry about this?
Li San Niang's parents are still alive, she has an older brother and a younger brother, and she is only twenty years old now. Who knows if she will really not remarry in the future? Or if she will not have her own son?
Aren't there quite a few women who give birth at forty?
What makes you so worried about Third Sister Li?
Wu Aweng's words struck Li Ersao's head, dissecting her thoughts and leaving her with nowhere to hide her shameful ideas.
"You're just greedy. You're jealous of Li's third daughter's ability to earn money. You want to eat her ill-gotten gains!"
"Lan Niang, how did you become like this?"
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When Li San Niang returned home after her shift, she discovered that Li Er Sao and Xiao Wu Lang were not home while she was having dinner.
"Hey, has Second Sister-in-law already eaten? Where is she?"
Li's mother and sister-in-law exchanged glances. Just as sister-in-law Li was about to explain, Li's second brother spoke first: "Your second sister-in-law hasn't been back to her parents' home for some time. I took her and Xiao Wu back to her parents' home this morning."
Let her stay at the Wu family's house for a while, so she can spend more time with her parents-in-law.
Having received this explanation, Li San Niang stopped asking questions and instead began talking to everyone about the convoy she had seen on the road after finishing her shift that day.
“They look like they came from the Western Regions. Their cattle look different from our local cattle. Their hair seems to be longer and their horns are bigger.”
However, since they all had nose rings on, they were quite obedient.
I heard that these cows are raised for food. I wonder if they sell beef in the West Market. If they do, we'll buy some to eat at home.
Li San Niang glanced at Little Dewdrop, "Little Dewdrop has never eaten beef before."
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