Chapter 164 We've Both Been in Hotels
"Alright! Quiet down, all of you!" the captain snapped, his gaze shifting slightly to Li Zhaodi with a hint of displeasure. His tone seemed calm, but it carried a hidden threat.
“Comrade Li Zhaodi, it’s true that your parents are in jail, but you, as their older sister, are still standing here! Raising your younger brother is your natural duty as the eldest sister!”
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the disheveled siblings, his words carrying an undeniable weight:
"Besides, your second uncle and aunt are still in the hospital recovering from their injuries, and it's hard to say when they'll be discharged. Your two cousins are only temporarily staying with relatives, living under their roof. How are they going to support your brother? Food is precious these days. Why should they support strangers?"
The captain stepped forward, his voice not loud, but it struck Li Zhaodi's heart like a heavy hammer:
“I advise you two siblings to go back to Lijiazhuang as soon as possible! If you continue to cause trouble and make a scene here…” His eyes darkened, and he spoke each word clearly and forcefully.
"I'll go to your brigade right away and talk to your brigade leader about what happened today!"
hiss--!
The captain's last sentence struck Li Zhaodi like a needle, hitting her right in the lungs!
Her face turned deathly pale in an instant, and all her previous tantrum vanished, replaced by panic and fear in her eyes.
Today she brought Li Yaozu to Da Ge Ba Village to cause trouble, but she ran away secretly without telling anyone in the village! If their village head found out that she had come to another village to embarrass herself, and that she even tried to abandon her younger brother to her cousin's family, who had almost killed her...
She couldn't bear the wrath of her uncle.
Thinking of this, Li Zhaodi seemed to have grasped her last bargaining chip. Without saying a word, she grabbed Li Yaozu's arm and shoved him forward! Her eyes glared fiercely at Li Dani and her sister, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "Fine! Since your parents no longer expect our Yaozu to do housework, I suppose you won't even look at those few dilapidated houses and those few plots of land in Li Family Village!"
“I’ll go to the brigade leader myself and make him take over your house and land—the whole village collective.”
Li Dani stood quietly in place, her gaze meeting Li Zhaodi's venomous stare.
She slowly said, "Heh, as long as my father doesn't give the nod, who would dare touch a single brick or tile of my house? Eldest cousin, you're not a child anymore, how can you still be so... stupid in your words and actions?"
"A married daughter, yet you still dare to interfere with the property of your maternal uncles and aunts? Aren't you afraid that the village head and the elders of the clan will gossip about you and break your back?"
After saying that, Li Dani tossed her head up, a hint of smug satisfaction in her expression, and added insult to injury:
“Oh! Right! There’s one more thing—” she deliberately dragged out her words, her sharp eyes fixed on Li Zhaodi’s face, “Remember to return those three new cotton quilts you ‘borrowed’ from my house when you got married! Return them right away!”
“Otherwise…” she mimicked the calm, threatening tone Lin Baozhu had taught her, “Don’t blame me for bringing people to your husband’s house one day to ‘have a good talk.’ I’m the kind of person who can’t keep my mouth shut, and I love to ‘talk nonsense.’ For example—why did that handsome educated youth from Beijing in our village choose to marry the daughter of the brigade leader of Lijiazhuang? And what about…what did that precious son of the brigade leader ‘do’ to you before? Tsk tsk…”
"You—!" Li Zhaodi swayed violently, her face turning deathly pale, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Her voice cracked, "You little slut! If you dare utter a single word of nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!!"
She was terribly panicked: How did that little bitch know all this?! If these old grudges really got back to her man, she wouldn't have a peaceful life from now on!
Li Dani showed no fear whatsoever; instead, she stepped forward, her voice clear and resonant:
"If you don't believe in superstitions, you can try it and see! Let's see if I dare!!"
Li Zhaodi was completely stunned by the resolute look in his eyes, and said with a fierce but weak voice, "Li Dani! You just wait!"
After saying that, he didn't dare to linger any longer. He grabbed the still bewildered Li Yaozu and, covered in dust, squeezed through the crowd and ran away.
Watching Li Zhaodi flee in panic, Li Dani's eyes gleamed with excitement. She turned around abruptly, like a puppy begging for praise: "Sister Baozhu! The method you taught me is amazing! As soon as I imitate my grandma slapping her thigh and cursing, she immediately shut up! Sister Baozhu, can you teach me more?"
"Little ancestor..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Baozhu rushed forward and tightly covered Li Dani's mouth, forcing an embarrassed smile on her face as she waved repeatedly at the villagers who were watching the spectacle with great interest.
"Hehehe... Children say the darndest things! Children say the darndest things! Kids just love to talk nonsense! Uncles and aunts, go on with your business! Hahahaha..."
She chuckled dryly as she half-embraced and half-clung to Li Dani, who was still struggling and moaning, and rushed home. The villagers behind them burst into laughter, and Lin Baozhu felt her face burning.
As soon as she entered the house, Lin's mother couldn't help but reach out and tap Lin Baozhu's forehead with her finger, scolding her in a reproachful tone: "You silly girl! If you keep talking so recklessly, how will you ever find a husband!"
"Didn't Mother quite like Qin Haifeng?" Lin Baozhu asked with a grin.
"I like it!"
Lin's mother sighed, "But it's been so long! There's still no sign of anything happening between you two. I'm so worried. Do you think Qin Haifeng... could he have some kind of hidden illness?"
She lowered her voice even further after saying that: "Back in the day, your father dared to hold my hand on our third meeting! How many times have you and Haifeng met? And he's never done anything like that to you..."
As she spoke, Lin's mother's gaze swept over her daughter's shapely figure, and she muttered, "That boy looks tall and strong, full of vigor, not like he's lacking in virility... Daughter, do you think he might be... a 'second-rate man'? (Note: a dialect term referring to a man lacking masculinity or sexual prowess)"
Lin Baozhu was amused by her mother's thought process, and then dropped a bombshell:
"He's really something! We've even booked a hotel room together! His size... most people couldn't handle it!"
Clang!
The courtyard gate was just pushed open! Lin's father, who had returned with Qin Haifeng, had barely stepped over the threshold when he heard his daughter's outrageous words! His blood boiled instantly, his eyes widened like saucers, and he abruptly bent over—
"You little brat! How dare you ruin my daughter before you're even married! I'll beat you to death, you worthless bastard!!" With that, the cloth shoe in her hand whistled through the air and smashed towards Qin Haifeng, who had just entered the room!
"Uncle! Uncle! It's a misunderstanding! A huge misunderstanding!!"
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