Xiaoyue was at a loss and hurriedly bent down to pick up the copper coins. Wearing gloves made it very inconvenient, so Xiaoyue took off the gloves and threw them aside.
He quickly squatted down to pick up the copper coins. Seeing this, Liang Qi also quickly squatted down, wanting to pick up the silver coins that Xiaoyue had dropped on the ground. The two squatted down together, their heads touching, and they both fell backward.
Fortunately, the road was covered in snow, and there were only shallow tire tracks on the road. The two of them fell to the ground sprawled out. Xiaoyue scrambled to her feet and glanced at Liang Qi. She saw him use his waist to push off the ground and immediately flip over.
Xiaoyue couldn't help but think back to the summer days when they trained on Xiaoma Hutou Mountain. Back then, the two of them trained every day, picked mushrooms together, and went to the market together. At that time, Uncle Liang was very kind to her.
Xiaoyue couldn't tell when things had changed. Feeling she'd been thinking things she shouldn't have, she shook her head and then bent down again to pick up the coins and silver pieces.
The howling north wind blew the snow off her face. Xiaoyue wiped her face with her hands and picked up the silver coins in front of her again. Every two copper coins she picked up, Xiaoyue had to put her hands under her armpits to warm them before stretching them out to continue picking up the coins.
Looking at Xiaoyue, Liang Qi felt a pang of sadness. He stole glances at her, wanting to go up and hug her.
He finally managed to restrain himself, and another voice came from the doorway: "Liang Qi, come in here."
Liang Qi looked back, shook his head, and Uncle Liang slammed the door shut with a bang and went home alone.
After regaining his senses, Liang Qi carefully helped Xiaoyue pick up the broken silver and copper coins that had fallen on the ground.
When Xiaoyue left home, she had three taels of cash and sixty-five copper coins in her purse.
With his quick hands, Liang Qi quickly picked up all the silver and copper coins that were far from Xiaoyue, clutching them one by one in his palm.
Liang Qi wasn't wearing gloves; he had come out to see off a guest. His hands were red with cold, but the knuckles of his fingers were white. He handed a handful of copper coins and loose silver to Xiaoyue.
Xiaoyue straightened up, took out a handkerchief with one hand, and without caring that Liang Qi was standing right in front of her, wiped the snot from her frozen nose with the handkerchief. Then she picked up the gloves on the ground and put her hands inside them.
Liang Qi watched Xiaoyue's actions quietly, even though his outstretched hand was numb with cold.
With his eyes fixed on Xiaoyue's every move, he said when Xiaoyue finally looked at him, "These are all I could find. The others were either lost in the snow or buried by the snow blown by the strong wind."
He took another step forward, reached his hand to Xiaoyue's heel, and said, "Here you go."
Xiaoyue took a step back, glanced at Liang Qi with an ambiguous look, and said indifferently, "No need, you can keep it. I was just giving you my wages anyway."
Liang Qi struggled, feeling the silver he had picked up was burning hot. He couldn't bring himself to take it back, but he also couldn't force it on Xiaoyue. After struggling several times, Liang Qi finally withdrew his hand.
The two stood there motionless in the cold wind. Xiaoyue gazed at the hazy sky in the distance, while Liang Qi looked at Xiaoyue. Neither of them spoke, nor did they take a single step.
In the howling north wind, it felt like the wind had pierced through their thick clothes. "Um, shall I take you home?" Liang Qi couldn't help but speak first.
As if she had just come to her senses, Xiaoyue smiled at Liang Qi and said, "No need." Xiaoyue turned around and staggered away against the howling north wind.
"Xiao..." Looking at Xiaoyue, who was all alone, Liang Qi really wanted to reach out and help her up, but then he didn't know what he thought of, so he helplessly let his hand hang down and entered the Liang family's courtyard with his head down.
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the strong wind was blowing snowflakes all over her face. Xiaoyue was all alone against the wind, and she was being blown all over the place. Before she even got home, she could vaguely see two people fighting in the snowflakes.
Xiaoyue spat, thinking that if they didn't fight, they would be blown away by the wind, let alone fight. Xiaoyue slipped past the fighting man and woman.
Unexpectedly, the man ran towards Xiaoyue. Xiaoyue turned around and saw: Ge Sanlin.
Da Lingzi was chasing Ge Sanlin with a shovel. Ge Sanlin ran while circling around Xiaoyue. Da Lingzi, not wanting to hurt anyone, sheepishly went home.
Ge Sanlin followed Xiaoyue closely and they went together.
Xiaoyue thought that Ge Sanlin's house was right next door, so there was no reason for her to go home while preventing Ge Sanlin from going home. Xiaoyue kept walking without saying a word. Ge Sanlin, on the other hand, followed step by step, talking all the while, not even afraid of the wind blowing into his stomach.
"Xiaoyue, could you let Dalingzi work for you too? Look, isn't Lu Xiaomei doing quite well for you?" Ge Sanlin said to Xiaoyue shamelessly.
Xiaoyue pretended not to hear, didn't even turn her head, crossed her arms, swung her two short legs, and waddled home like a penguin.
Ge Sanlin took two quick steps, still walking around Xiaoyue, when he suddenly grabbed Xiaoyue's arm and said angrily, "Don't forget that I'm the one who saved you."
Xiaoyue had no choice but to face Ge Sanlin and say, "Don't forget, after you left, I've been taking care of Lu Xiaomei and Xiaodouding. I've already repaid my debt of gratitude."
"Damn it, did I ask you to take care of them? You might as well be dead." A ruthless glint flashed across Ge Sanlin's狰狞 face.
Xiaoyue was startled, but quickly regained her composure and glared back fearlessly: "If your wife doesn't want her, what about the little one? She's your own daughter."
"She's just a liar girl."
Xiaoyue really didn't want to continue talking to Ge Sanlin. If she weren't so unsure if she could beat him, she would have kicked him a few times right now. So Xiaoyue turned around and wanted to leave again.
Ge Sanlin grabbed Xiaoyue again, shamelessly following her and saying, "I can also work for you. Little Douding said that I'll get paid for working for you."
Xiaoyue said angrily, "Impossible." After saying that, Xiaoyue shook off Ge Sanlin's hand and walked back in that direction.
As they approached Xiaoyue's house, Ge Sanlin stopped her again: "How about I sell you the house? I spent fifty taels of silver building it!"
"I have no money."
"Just give me ten taels of silver."
"Aren't you sick? You spent fifty taels of silver to build a perfectly good house, but you don't live in it, and you sell it for ten taels of silver. If you say there's nothing wrong with it, I won't believe you."
Ge Sanlin hesitated for a moment, then said with a troubled expression, "There's a problem with this house. Look, after the house was built, Lu Xiaomei got sick, and my father passed away. Da Lingzi also stopped being with me."
Xiaoyue's face was red from the cold, but Ge Sanlin still kept chasing after her.
Xiaoyue pushed open the courtyard gate, and Ge Sanlin was already outside. Xiaoyue tried to close the gate, but Ge Sanlin blocked the entrance, and Xiaoyue couldn't close the gate no matter what she did.
Li Lei, who was in the upper room, pushed open the door and came out.
Xiaoyue shouted to Li Lei, "Quickly, beat him out!"
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