Chapter 7 I have lived up to the expectations of every member of the Li family!
Grandmother Li knew best how good Li's mother was.
Although Li's mother has been married into the Li family for many years, she has only given birth to one son and one daughter. Compared to other families in the village who have five or six children, this is indeed not many. Moreover, her son, Shitou, is mentally challenged.
But in Grandma Li's eyes, even if Shi Tou was simple-minded, he was still a boy. At worst, they could just pay more dowry to buy a girl. As long as he could give birth to the next generation, what was there to be dissatisfied about?
Aside from that, in Grandmother Li's eyes, Li's mother was an excellent daughter-in-law, truly capable in both domestic and international affairs, and a good wife for managing a household.
Therefore, Grandma Li really didn't want Qin Tao, such a troublemaker!
Especially Qin Tao's alluring and seductive appearance, which Grandmother Li considered a femme fatale!
Grandma Li thought to herself, even if Qin Tao is really carrying a boy, so what?
Looking at Qin Tao, she was so weak and unable to lift a finger. Before her husband, Li Wangtian, was conscripted, Qin Tao was supported by him. During the busy farming season, she couldn't even prepare a decent meal to send to her husband in the fields. It was a miracle if he could carry a kettle of water.
In other words, Li Wangtian was willing to do anything for those two ounces of meat, and he was happy to support his wife like that.
The villagers all said that Li Wangtian's mother died so young, but Li's grandmother felt that Li Wangtian's mother was driven to her death by Qin Tao, her daughter-in-law, because of Qin Tao's constant presence.
Grandma Li wanted to live a couple more years, but she didn't want her husband to bring home such a vixen who knew nothing but a pretty face.
"Besides, who knows if the baby in her belly is even able to see the light!"
Even while fleeing famine, she doesn't forget to seduce men; what kind of person could she be!
With these thoughts in mind, Grandma Li looked down on Qin Tao even more, which made her even more unwilling to let Li's mother and father divorce.
Seeing Zheng Meiniang brandishing the butcher's knife warmed Li Shiyue's heart: "This aunt is wonderful!"
If I have the chance in the future, I should learn how to use a knife from my aunt!
"They'll definitely come in handy on this journey of fleeing famine!"
While Li Shiyue was still thinking about how to get closer to her aunt, Li Qiutian tugged at her and gestured for her to look at Li's grandmother who was walking over.
"My dear in-laws, it's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage!"
Don't worry!
"Without my approval, that filthy wretch won't even dream of setting foot in the Li family!"
After saying this to Zheng Meiniang, Grandmother Li turned around and grabbed Li Shiyue's hand. Li Shiyue felt a strong force coming at her, as if Grandmother Li was going to crush her hand bones.
"Ouch! That hurts!"
Li Shiyue was in so much pain that tears were about to stream down her face. Before her mother could even react, Li Qiutian, who was standing to the side, reached out and slashed at her grandmother's wrist like a knife.
Despite her petite stature, Li Qiutian truly inherited the immense strength of the Zheng family.
This knife not only freed Li Shiyue's hand, but also left a large section of Li's grandmother's wrist red.
Grandma Li felt the pain in her wrist, but she endured it without showing it. Instead, she looked at Li Shiyue with concern and said, "Oh dear, I was being rough. Does Shiyue still feel pain? Let me rub it for you."
Li Shiyue dared not let her heartless grandmother touch her again. She immediately pulled her hand back behind her back and pulled Li Qiutian closer to her mother, moving away from her grandmother.
Li Wangming stepped forward and grabbed Li Shiyue's hand to look at it by the firelight. Although he couldn't see clearly, Li Shiyue's grimacing and the tears welling up in her eyes showed that she was definitely in a lot of pain.
Li Wangming looked helplessly at his grandmother, whose face showed a slightly embarrassed expression: "Mother, you..."
Faced with her youngest son's reproachful gaze, Grandma Li turned her head away uncomfortably, but after a moment she turned back to Li Shiyue and said, "Shiyue, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Your father was just blinded by a vixen, why should he divorce your mother?
"Good child, persuade your mother, let's all try to make the best of a living, that's how we survive on this journey of fleeing famine."
Upon hearing this, Li Shiyue rolled her eyes inwardly. She thought about her mother's attitude earlier, her father's behavior, and the improper thing on her body.
Li Shiyue lowered her head and, with a determined heart, twisted her tender waist again. Li Qiutian, who was standing next to Li Shiyue, was wondering why Li Shiyue was pinching herself when she heard Li Shiyue cry out "Ah!"
"Ah! Waaah... Waaah..."
How are we supposed to live like this? How are the three of us supposed to survive?
Grandma, my dear grandma, look, look! My own father is still embracing someone else's wife right now!
Grandma, my dear grandma, I'm not making this up, it's true that my dad doesn't want the three of us anymore!
What else can we, the three of us, do if we want to live? What else can we do?
Ah! Waaah...
"God, why are you making life so cruel?"
After saying all that, Li Shiyue dodged her grandmother's hand that was grabbing her again and ran straight towards Li Youfu and the three elders. When she got to Li Youfu, she didn't say a word and knelt down with a "plop".
Li Shiyue, she knelt down incredibly fast!
"Bang, bang!" Two tears and snot, which she had managed to squeeze out, covered her face. Taking advantage of this moment, Li Shiyue quickly shouted loudly to Li Youfu, "Grandpa Fu, please help me!"
My mother, brother, and I really have no way to survive!
All we want is to survive on this journey of fleeing famine!
We beg Grandpa to do us a favor!
Looking at Li Shiyue's tear-streaked face, Li Youfu realized that she was a child he had watched grow up in his village. Even the most hard-hearted person would feel a pang of sympathy seeing such a young girl kneeling before him at this point.
Seeing little Li Shiyue kneeling before Li Youfu, Li's mother felt her heart breaking.
She took Shitou's hand and came to Li Shiyue's side. After helping Li Shiyue up, she held Shitou's hand with her left hand and Li Shiyue's hand with her right hand, and said to Li Youfu with a firm expression: "Uncle Fu, my surname is Li, and I am also from Lijia Village."
Since I married Li Wangguang at the age of nineteen, for the past twenty years, I have asked myself if I have been worthy of anyone in the Li family.
I did my best to raise children, serve my parents-in-law, and take care of my younger siblings. I did everything I could to manage the household.
I observed mourning for my father-in-law, and delivered wheat and beans to his door. I also took care of Wangming when he was young. I did my best in the Li family!
Stone is my child. He is different from ordinary people. I am his mother. I cannot abandon him. In this world, I cannot abandon him.
Since Li Wangguang dislikes my Shitou and Shiyue, and has found another woman to bear him a son, then let the three of us leave.
"Uncle Fu, you're the village chief, please let me get a divorce!"
"Divorce!"
They must get a divorce!
He's the heartless man who wronged our Chunniang. Why can't he let our Chunniang leave?
Bring them all!
Stone and October are my children. Their father doesn't care much for them, but we cherish them!"
Zheng Meiniang, once again holding a butcher knife, stood up and spoke with great vigor, shouting into the air.
Li Xiatian very considerately walked over, grabbed her mother's arm, and led her to Li Youfu.
Despite the indistinct shadows in front of her, Zheng Meiniang was not to be outdone in terms of imposing manner. Holding up a pig-slaughtering knife, she said to Li Youfu, "Uncle Fu, you are a fair man. Please help my Chunniang. We will remember your kindness."
When Li Youfu saw Zheng Meiniang's pig-slaughtering knife, his heart trembled: "Wang Zheng's wife, let's talk this out. Put the knife down first."
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