When Old Lady Li saw Li Mengyue, she was so frightened as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight that she collapsed to the ground, worried that she would have to return the fifty taels of silver.
However, when Li An heard about the matter of the old man, he agreed without hesitation. He didn't care about Li Mengyue and got up from the ground again. He pointed at Li and cursed her: "Bitch, you dare to instigate the second brother to go to the old man's house. Do you believe that I will let the second brother divorce you?"
When Li heard her husband say that he was interested in the family, she felt relieved.
Since their family will no longer be living under the mother-in-law's control, there is naturally no need to be polite. She said, "Okay, you should ask my husband to divorce me."
Seeing that she was always submissive and didn't even dare to speak loudly to Li, Mrs. Li fell backwards in anger and yelled at the top of her voice: "No, I don't agree."
But when Li An heard what she said, his expression became more determined than before.
As a stepmother, Old Lady Li did not go up and hit Li An directly. Instead, she sat on the ground and started to curse.
"God damn it! A daughter-in-law who contradicts her mother-in-law and instigates her son to leave the family will be punished by God."
"Ah! Why am I so miserable? I became a stepmother the moment I got married. I raised Li An with all my heart and soul, and even found him a wife. Now I have to listen to my wife and ignore my parents."
When it was time for dinner, every household had cooked dinner, and people came out from the fields to watch the fun. In addition, Old Mrs. Li was crying so loudly that the neighbors all came to the Li family with their bowls in hand to watch the fun.
You know what, the Li family has been arguing over trivial matters every few days recently. After watching this, they now have something to talk about when they have free time, and it's not so boring.
Soon, the Li family's yard was filled with villagers standing outside the gate, most of them holding bowls. Even the two or three-year-old children, who usually needed adults to chase them and feed them when they ate, were now fed one bite at a time, and they were not obedient.
Old Mrs. Li originally wanted to cry and make Li An compromise, but she didn't expect to attract so many people, which made her dumbfounded.
You should know that she doesn't want to leave home at all. Even if Li An's leg is broken and Li is sick, she has no intention of leaving home.
Not to mention that the old man is not happy, if it is the mother's family, she will not be able to control the second wife, and it will not be so easy to sell the twins.
Although selling Li Mengyue raised enough money for his son to study abroad and become a disciple, he still had not found the money for the imperial examination next year.
The rice harvest in the past two years was poor and did not bring in much money. This year's harvest is expected to be even worse.
Even though she never goes out to the fields, she knows everything about them.
After all, before she married Li Gui, she was not liked by her parents at home. She did a lot of work in the fields and at home, but she knew that without enough rain, the crops would not have a good harvest.
It didn't rain much throughout the year.
Now is the critical period when rice is heading and needs water. Once there is not enough water, a reduction in production is inevitable. It will be difficult to fill our stomachs, let alone sell the surplus grain.
But no matter what, I can't delay my son's studies and imperial examinations. If I don't have food to sell, I still have twins.
Last time, the matchmaker offered a high price of forty taels. However, during the time that the twins had been with Li Mengyue, they had eaten and slept well. She noticed that they had grown taller and had some flesh on their faces. They were no longer skinny.
The twins standing together are really amazing to look at.
In order to earn more money, she didn't dare let the twins do any heavy work these days, and only let them do some easy tasks such as cutting grass for pigs and collecting firewood.
How could she possibly agree when Mrs. Li proposed to marry the twins before they were sold and the money was received?
If the twins had been taken away by the matchmaker, she would have kicked out the second son and his wife without Li saying anything.
After all, he is a disabled person and a sickly person who can't earn money or do any work. Why keep him at home?
Naturally, I can’t eat white rice, so I can only eat it out.
But before she could accomplish what she wanted to do, Li proposed to remarry, and the second son agreed.
Although Li Mengyue has always wanted to leave her family, she also wanted to use the fact that she was sold to force her parents to leave their family.
Unexpectedly, before she even mentioned it, her parents had already made up their minds to support the family.
Seeing her parents' determination, Li Mengyue was worried that if Old Man Li came back, things would go out of control.
But since her parents wanted to go home, she would not let Old Man Li become a stumbling block, so she whispered something in Yu's ear.
After hearing his sister's instructions, Yu squeezed out of the crowd and ran out the door.
Old Mrs. Li cried for a while, but the second son didn't give in, so she didn't know what to do.
Don't be fooled by the fact that she bosses people around at home every day and treats her daughter-in-law, grandchildren and granddaughters like servants.
That was because Li Hai was too honest and Li An was filial, so he didn't bother with her.
Besides, Mrs. Li is the elder, so she can't disobey. Otherwise, if the reputation of being unfilial gets out, it will affect her children's marriage.
Now Li An thinks very clearly that his legs are still not strong enough. If he continues like this, he doesn't know when his son and daughter will disappear.
In order to avoid this kind of thing that will drive him crazy, he must go home.
The villagers who were standing there watching the fun were all surprised when they heard that Li An was going to relocate his family.
After all, in their eyes, the first and second branches of the Li family have become accustomed to being exploited and live for Li Jian's studies.
Now the honest people also began to resist, saying that what Old Lady Li did was too harsh.
At this time, a villager asked: "Hey, tell me, what evil thing did Mrs. Li do to make Li An miss home?"
"Who would have thought? It hasn't rained for months, and the rice in the fields is starving. Whole fields of rice are half-dead. Everyone is so worried, how could they have time to care about the Li family's affairs?"
"Yes! If it doesn't rain, we'll be hungry again next year."
As soon as the villager finished speaking, the people who were watching the fun all showed bitter expressions, which was very ugly.
There were only ignorant children playing and fighting around.
However, when the atmosphere was low, gossipy Li Cuihua pinched her throat and whispered: "I know why Li An wants to leave his family."
When everyone was immersed in the mood of reduced rice production in the fields, they immediately pricked up their ears when they heard Li Cuihua's words.
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