Chapter 138: White Calculation

You know, building this "Owl and Deer Tomb" requires money, but the higher-ups won't allocate the money. County Magistrate Liu couldn't ask Tang Qingshan, the "victim", for the money, and he didn't want to pay for it himself, so he immediately turned his attention to little Liu.

As for Xiao Liu, although she failed to get back into the first wife's family, now that Mrs. Liu and Tang Sanshui were dead, the two huge burdens on her head were gone. After she came back, she could live a comfortable life.

Ever since the haunted night, the mother and daughter started talking to each other. Tang Zhaodi was no longer stern and cold to them every day, but she always asked them indirectly about the silver.

Xiao Liu may not be good at anything else, but she is best at this kind of thing. She knows all of Tang Zhaodi's schemes and feels a little uncomfortable.

She always felt that Tang Zhaodi was trying to cheat her out of her money and run away.

But she was not someone who could stand on her own, and she always felt a little timid about living on her own. Her daughter at home could at least keep her company and help with the chores.

So the mother and daughter did not have a falling out, they were just a little awkward.

After a few days, it was Xiao Liu who couldn't help it anymore. She called her daughter over and spoke to her from the bottom of her heart: "Zhao Di'er, now we are the two of us who depend on each other for survival. We should get along well with each other."

"My money is yours, isn't it? You've grown up now. I thought that after your grandmother's 77th day, I would buy you some nice clothes and jewelry, and marry you into a good family. Then we'll both have someone to rely on. Otherwise, without a man in the family, you'll always be bullied..."

Tang Zhaodi lowered her head and listened, despising her in her heart for not wanting a man, but she also wanted to get married, and if she got married early, she would have someone to rely on, and she would be stupid to care about her! Now she still needed money to buy her clothes, so Tang Zhaodi said nothing.

In the end, the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly, one of them was false and the other was hypocritical.

Just when the world was moving, someone outside asked, "Is Tang Liu at home?"

Xiao Liu was a little surprised.

Everyone dislikes her now, and no one comes to visit her easily.

She quickly wiped her tears and went out to take a look. She saw two yamen runners and the legal advisor outside. Little Liu was startled and her legs went weak: "Official, sir, what's the matter?"

Many villagers nearby were looking in. The lawyer cleared his throat and spoke in an official tone, "Ms. Tang Liu, this is what happened. The emperor issued an order that Tang Sanshui committed multiple crimes and bit his mother to death. He is guilty of the most heinous crimes. He wants to build a 'Xiaoxie Tomb' to warn future generations. You are a rare loyal woman who sacrificed your own family for the sake of justice. In addition, this matter is related to you, so the county lord sent me here to inform you. Are you willing to help with this matter?"

Xiao Liu...didn’t understand.

The villagers nearby didn't understand either.

Seeing her staring, the lawyer was a little impatient and said directly: "In short, the emperor wants Tang Sanshui to atone for his sins and build a tomb. You should have built it, but the county magistrate understands that you are a woman and it is inconvenient everywhere, so you only need to pay the money, and the county magistrate will ask someone to do the rest."

Little Liu understood the idea of ​​paying money.

Little Liu was shocked and asked, "Why, why do we need to build something for Tang Sanshui? Isn't Tang Sanshui a bad guy?"

The lawyer was very impatient.

But Xiao Liu was nominally a good person who would sacrifice her own relatives for the sake of justice, so he could only patiently explain it again.

Xiao Liu was stunned after hearing this.

She said, "But you want Tang Sanshui to stink for ten thousand years, why, why do you want me to pay for it?" She didn't care that there were people around, and said directly, "The eldest wife has money, the eldest wife is also from the Tang family, and the eldest wife is his biological brother!!"

The master completely lost his patience.

He stopped smiling and said coldly, "Tang Sanshui almost destroyed the Dafang family, why should they pay money? And you, now Tang Sanshui is executed, Tang Liu died tragically, isn't it all because of your complaint? You are known for your loyalty, how can you not do loyal things? Is there another hidden story behind what happened that day? You are not in cahoots with Tang Sanshui, are you?"

Little Liu was so frightened that she collapsed.

Then the lawyer used both coaxing and intimidation to take one hundred taels of silver from her.

As a result, Xiao Liu was left with only a few taels of cash and a shabby house that had been pawned and emptied out.

Everyone was so excited about the show that they couldn't even finish their meal. Many of them came to tell Madam Lin about it.

Madam Lin listened to the details and came back in high spirits, laughing, "What do you call this? This is called scheming in vain! It's not that I won't take revenge, it's just that the time has not come yet!! Liu has been scheming for half her life, but in the end, she got nothing! God still has eyes!!"

The second brother also felt relieved: "Indeed, God has eyes."

As the mother and daughter were talking, they saw Shitou's wife coming again.

Before the second brother had the chance to tell his mother what happened during the day, Mrs. Lin just thought that Shitou's wife was here to tell her about this exciting thing, so she greeted her with a smile.

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Unexpectedly, Shitou's wife asked, "I heard that your family caught a fox?"

Madam Lin said, "Yes, it's not there!"

Shitou's wife held Mrs. Lin's hand, looking very affectionate: "When I heard this, I didn't even bother to eat and hurried over to talk to you... Before I got married, my aunt was a ghost-walker, did you know about this? This fox is a great fairy, you must not offend her, otherwise, your family will suffer a disaster. Don't you know that such a thing happened in the Houshan Village..." She chattered non-stop.

The second brother felt annoyed.

They are really a mother and daughter, they both use this trick and think they are so smart, as if others can't see through their little calculations.

The second brother said directly: "Aunt, the fox was injured, so we rescued it. You said the fox is a great fairy. If the great fairy is injured, can we just watch it die without saving it? Wouldn't that bring more disaster?"

Stone wife was given a meal.

The second brother said, "It just so happens that Auntie is here, and I also want to ask, how did I offend your Juanzi that she came to our house and went crazy, and even cursed me?"

Shitou's wife didn't expect him to say that to her face, and said anxiously, "No, no, Juanzi is talking nonsense."

The second brother said, "She's just talking nonsense. I haven't seen you apologize to my mother. It just sounds like a disaster to me. Why is it so unpleasant to hear?"

Shitou's wife's face turned pale when he said that: "Come on, you are a junior, how can you be so rude? I am your aunt at the very least..."

Although Madam Lin didn't know what happened, she still said immediately: "You are wrong to say that. This principle does not apply to seniority. Our Erlang never talks nonsense. Everyone knows that Erlang has the best temper in our family. If you make our Erlang talk, then Juanzi may really be talking nonsense. How about this, you go home first and I will ask Erlang. If what he said is wrong, I will go and apologize to you?"

So, the mother and daughter joined forces to drive the man away.

After the people left, Mrs. Lin turned around and asked, "What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)