Li Qian quickly concealed the hatred in her eyes and looked at the old lady with a sweet and innocent expression. "Could it be that you misunderstood? I hate Tan Zi'an. He himself said he could handle that money, otherwise I wouldn't have touched it. Who knew he was such a useless person?"
I'll remember this beating.
The old lady didn't care who she hated. "That's your business. What I want to tell you is, are you really that unwilling to go to Mr. Huang's house?"
You think I'm going to sell you off, don't you? You even went to their house and said you wanted to be their child bride, have you no shame?
What angered the old lady the most was this: you ran off to become someone's child bride?
"Did I agree to this? Did I tell you to do this? I think you don't know who's in charge in this family, do you? Second brother, give him another beating."
Li Qian was dragged away again...
Li Qian tried to grab onto something, but couldn't. She could only let the fists and feet hit her body, but not her face.
That's how it is in their family; they seem harmonious on the surface, but in reality, none of them are any good.
Looking at all this, Li Qian wanted to destroy it all, especially this old lady.
If the old lady finds out, she'll feel wronged. This brat took their money and caused them to lose 40, so isn't it right to beat her? And then she runs off saying she wants to be a child bride, accusing her of abuse and saying she shouldn't be beaten?
If she really wanted to mistreat her, how could Li Qian have lived so well and even gone to school? It's ridiculous!
Li Qian was on the verge of death again. This time she was smarter and spoke in a somewhat obedient way.
"Grandma, I don't want to go. I'm sure I can find a job in the future and make something of myself through my studies. When that time comes, I'll buy a big house in the county town and bring you to live with me, okay? I really don't want to marry such an old man."
Grandma didn't believe a word of these words. That brat was full of tricks; her eyes would dart around and she'd be thinking of some wicked scheme.
The old lady got furious immediately. She had already said that she was not going to marry an old man.
"Are you out of your mind? The old man I sent you there to learn a craft does embroidery at home. He finally managed to hire people this time, why don't you go? Go there and keep an eye on things, serve tea and water to people. After you learn the craft, you can always make money when you come back."
They said it would be ten dollars a month for the first three months, and one silver dollar thereafter.
The old lady's eyes lit up when she heard about this, but unfortunately, only her daughter met the requirements. They wanted a girl with no calluses on her hands. Otherwise, they would have sent a few more. Actually, a boy would have been fine too. Gender doesn't have to be a strict requirement, right?
Li Qian was unwilling because the temptation was too great, which made people feel something was wrong. How could there be such a good thing? There must be something wrong with it.
Anyway, she didn't want to. She didn't want to be someone's maid; she wanted to go to school.
"Grandma, I'm not going. No matter how wonderful or flowery your words are, I'm not going."
I must study; only through studying can I achieve something. Only by saying this can I see better people, stand taller, and become a more successful man.
She didn't want to end up like her grandmother, scheming her whole life and ending up in this tiny village.
All she has to do is study and meet more people. She's not bad-looking either, so she'll definitely be able to marry into a good family.
"You have no choice but to go, even if you don't want to."
The old woman had her tied up and thrown into the woodshed.
Li Qian: "..."
Li Qian sneaked out in the middle of the night, went to the place where the box was, stole all the money, and ran away!
Li Qian was very clever. She knew very well that she couldn't run too far at first, otherwise she would definitely be caught and brought back after being discovered. So she ran to a cave in the mountains, which was where she used to hide things.
While studying in the county with Tan Zian, she met many people. Because of her grandmother's preference for boys and her pitiful experience of being beaten every day, she received many valuable gifts. She wanted to take them all and start anew in a different place.
The suffering she is experiencing now will all be repaid by Mo Yan and her son in the future; all her pain now comes from them.
...
After grinding the beans, Tan Zian felt like he was about to die. His hands and back ached terribly; it was really unbearable.
Mo Yan looked at him and said, "What are you doing? Hurry up and wash the millstone with clean, cool water."
Then put the millstone away and help me start the fire.
Tan Zian was stunned. It turned out that this was just the beginning.
After Tan Zian helped wash his face, he also washed his own face and then went to start a fire. The fire couldn't be too big or too small.
If it's too big, it'll burn; if it's too small, it's useless.
He didn't dare blink an eye.
After the water boiled, Mo Yan kept stirring it without daring to relax for even a moment, otherwise it would stick to the pot.
Once everything was done, Tan Zian was asked to cool down and stand up to help with the filtering.
Pour all the soy milk into the strainer cloth and wrap it up; the cloth then becomes the best container for filtering.
They also had to use two bamboo poles to press and squeeze out all the soy milk. Before, Mo Yan did it all by herself, with one side of the pole stuck against the wall. Now, they each had to press the same bamboo pole together, and Tan Zi'an seemed to have no strength at all, which Mo Yan found very distasteful!
"Hurry up and put in the effort! What are you doing? Don't slack off!"
Tan Zian had a bitter pill to swallow. Could he really say that there was no epidemic?
After filtering the soy milk, the tofu dregs should also be stored away. They can be used to feed pigs and chickens, or made into fermented black beans.
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