Chapter 180 Do you think she wouldn't dare?
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"She was never a girl from an ordinary family!"
Li Shiyang was on duty on the Dragon Boat Festival, and then he covered someone else's work for a day, which is why he was able to return to Liujiatun from Sanshan County two days ago.
Upon his return, the first thing he did was visit Li Wangshui's house.
I learned from Li Wangshui about the conflict between Li Shiyue and his eighth uncle's family that day. I heard Li Wangshui say, "Nephew Shiyang, it's not that I benefited from Shiyue and therefore side with Shiyue."
What Uncle Fu and Eighth Uncle said was like a knife to October's heart!
Let alone the effort Shiyue put in on the way to escape famine in our village, even if Shiyue didn't put in any effort, we're all from the same village. How can you just point your finger at Shiyue's mother and scold her like that?
If you ask me, even if I cut off half of his finger in October, it was only because we were elders from the same village that I held back my anger.
Nephew Shiyang, you've seen her kill refugees, Japanese pirates, and barbarians in October.
If she really wanted to kill someone, who in our village could stop her?
Li Wangshui shook his head and said, "Anyway, I can't stop her! I'm not as strong as her."
Li Wangshui's words were essentially saying: "Li Youfu and his eighth uncle are not satisfied with taking advantage of others, they can't see the situation clearly, and they still want to bully others. They deserve to have their fingers chopped off by Li Shiyue!"
After leaving Li Wangshui's house, Li Shiyang went to Gou Laosan and his third aunt's place.
When Li Shiyang arrived, Gou Laosan was sitting in the yard twisting hemp rope.
He wasn't as talkative as Li Wangshui, revealing everything, but he answered all of Li Shiyang's questions without holding anything back.
Li Shiyang asked him, "Third Brother, do you think my grandfather did the right thing?"
Upon hearing Li Shiyang's question, Dog Lao San immediately fell silent.
Dog Lao San was silent for a while. He looked up at Li Shiyang, but he didn't answer Li Shiyang's question directly. Instead, his hands, which were twisting hemp rope, started moving again. He lowered his head and kept twisting hemp rope while saying, "Scholar, you and Shiyue are both respectful people. Call me Third Brother."
I appreciate your kindness!
Who in the village doesn't know my nickname, "Old Third Dog"?
Don't you know why I'm called Dog Third Brother?
At this point, Dog Lao San shook his head and laughed twice: "Haha, when I was young, I had no food to eat, so I had to fight with other people's dogs for food, and that's how I got the nickname Dog Lao San."
Dog Lao San raised his head, his eyes filled with a hatred that Li Shiyang dared not look at. "But I was able to eat my fill back then!"
The grain my father and elder brother left me is enough to feed me for more than half a year!
After leaving Gou Laosan's place, Li Shiyang went back to see Li Youfu.
That night, Li Shiyang didn't say anything to Li Youfu. The next day, Li Shiyang went to his eighth uncle's place again and asked his eighth uncle and his eldest and second sons in detail about what happened that day.
By comparing the two sides, he naturally gained a more comprehensive understanding of the conflict between Li Shiyue and his eighth uncle, or rather, the new force of the Li clan represented by Li Shiyue, and the old force of the Li clan represented by Li Youfu and his eighth uncle.
That's why he's sitting on the kang (heated brick bed) now, earnestly persuading Li Youfu to bow down to Li Shiyue.
Li Youfu puffed on his pipe, smacked his lips, glanced at Li Shiyang sitting opposite him, and then lowered his head again.
"Grandpa!"
What ordinary family's young daughter would dare to kill someone?
We fled the famine and relied on October and her sisters, that's a fact, everyone can see!
You can't just survive, get registered, and then forget about this!
Putting down his pipe, Li Youfu finally spoke: "Her surname is Li! She is a member of the Li clan! I am the patriarch of the Li clan!"
Li Shiyang was furious. He had learned from Li Wangshui that Li Shiyue had followed Liu Tan's lead and gone to Sanshan County to separate his household registration from the Li clan!
What surprised and impressed Li Shiyang the most was that the seed drill and curved plow he had come into contact with under Mr. Chen in Sanshan County were actually the drawings in Li Shiyue's possession!
Li Shiyue actually gave such an important map to Liu Tan!
What a great achievement!
Li Shiyue actually handed it over so easily!
Compared to the seed drill and the curved plow, Li Shiyang realized that Li Shiyue's leadership in building a paper mill and a school was no big deal.
So, listening to Li Youfu spouting these useless words like a stubborn mule, Li Shiyang's anger surged from the bottom of his heart to the top of his head.
Li Shiyang stopped sitting cross-legged and knelt on the kang (a heated brick bed) with one knee, gripping the kang table in front of him with both hands. He shouted angrily at Li Youfu opposite him, "Grandpa!"
She has already separated her entire family from the clan thanks to the help of the Xuanjia Army's general!
She's no longer a Li woman!
Even if Li Wangming is still in the clan, so what?
He's already separated from the clan!
Grandpa! You can't control Li Shiyue!
You can't control her!
Hearing Li Shiyang's words, Li Youfu became even more furious. He slammed his copper pipe against the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and, with his neck stiff, roared at Li Shiyang, "What?"
So what if I can't control her?
What can she do to me?
They'll chop me up like they did Old Eight?
"Come on! Let her try and chop it! Let's see if she dares!"
Li Shiyang was so angry he almost laughed, and he actually laughed out loud.
Looking at Li Youfu's stubbornness, I thought back to last summer when he learned from Mr. Chen in the prefectural city of Henan that the world was about to be in chaos. He also encountered a drought, so he rushed back to the village and finally persuaded the whole village to flee the famine ahead of schedule.
Now that they have settled down in Andong, they can finally live a few days in peace. In this short period of less than a year, all the things that have happened have made Li Shiyang feel regret for the first time.
He asked himself, "Am I wrong?"
I shouldn't have led my people away from our ancestral home to escape famine!
Or is it right for them to stay in their ancestral land?
Even if someone is conscripted and dies on the road, killed by refugees, dies of thirst, or starves, it should be a good thing.
At least, I don't have to fight with my grandfather for these things right now.
Disappointed with Li Youfu once again, and utterly disappointed, Li Shiyang's mindset changed drastically.
Li Youfu's behavior completely extinguished the last shred of familial affection in Li Shiyang's heart.
He sat back down cross-legged, picked up the teapot from the kang table, poured himself a cup of tea, slowly drank most of it, and then smiled and said to Li Youfu decisively, "Do you think she wouldn't dare?"
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