Chapter 43 The Second Household is in a Smoking Smoke
Li Youfu quickly defended himself: "Brother, I have been talking about helping your family pick bamboo shoots, you can't just talk nonsense because you are afraid of being scolded by dad.
Besides, I sprained my ankle and just squatted against the wall for a while. Who would have thought that my sister-in-law would splash water? Who is splashing water outside the wall? I thought my sister-in-law did it on purpose, so I was so angry that I called out her name.
Li Wanyue reminded him, "Second Uncle, how could you forget? You said at the time that your bamboo shoots picking had nothing to do with our family. There were several uncles and aunts from the neighbors there at the time, and they can all prove it. Why are you saying now that you picked bamboo shoots for my family?"
Li Youfu then remembered, okay, this dead girl, he was wondering why this dead girl suddenly said those words.
Seeing Li Youfu like this, Old Lady Li tried to smooth things over: "No matter who it is for, Youfu is just trying to help out and wants the two families to get to know each other more. We are all family, so it's inevitable that we'll have arguments sometimes. How can we just keep it cold forever?"
After saying that, he pushed Old Man Li, who said, "Yes, he wanted to get closer to you, so you refused to let the second family in. Boss, I'm not saying anything bad about you, we are all family, you have a way to make money, but you don't want to help your brothers. But don't do bad things. You knew Jiawang worked in Shafulou, but you still sent bamboo shoots to Zuixianju. You are deliberately making things difficult for him.
Starting tomorrow, you will also deliver the goods to Ruifulou. Otherwise, tell your second brother how to process the bamboo shoots and have him deliver the bamboo shoots to Jiawangna Restaurant."
Li Youshan clenched his fists and suppressed his anger: "Why the two families have a bad relationship, everyone in the village knows it, don't you know? Do I need to tell you? I've also said that we have signed a contract with Zuixianju, you give me one hundred taels, I will compensate them, and then we can talk about supplying goods to Ruifulou."
Old man Li slammed the table again, but his voice was not so loud: "Why should I give it to you? I am not breaking the contract. I tell you, you have to give it to me whether you want to or not, otherwise I will go to the government to sue you for being unfilial, and your family will be criticized in the village in the future."
Li Wanyue frowned slightly when she saw that Li Youshan looked unhappy. She hated it most when people always put pressure on others by filial piety.
But in this day and age, filial piety is more important than anything else, and being unfilial is a serious crime. If children are sued by their parents, they will basically be beaten and imprisoned.
This is the time to try something different.
She stepped forward with a smile and said, “Grandpa, step-grandma asked you to speak softly, and you really listened to her. Everyone in the village also knows that you respect step-grandma and listen to her very much.
My step-grandmother has always had a good reputation. When people outside the courtyard hear you forcing my father to let us make money, they think that your step-grandmother can't stand your original son's family doing well and is trying to persuade you.
If this gets out, I'm afraid that your previous quarrels with our eldest family will be linked to your step-grandmother, and the villagers will inevitably talk about it behind your back. If this gets out, I don't know what will happen.
What's more, you married your step-grandmother a month after my biological grandmother passed away. I heard that you used to work as a long-term worker in wealthy families. Does that mean you have known each other for a long time and have feelings for each other?
Could it be that my grandma knew about your affairs and died of anger? "
Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and people outside the hospital could vaguely hear it, but it was not very clear.
When Old Mrs. Li heard this, her eyes went dark and her face turned pale and blue. If this news really got out, how would she survive?
Li Youfu's eyes turned red with anger, and he turned around to look for someone he could use to deal with him.
Li Wanyue shouted, "Second Uncle, didn't you sprain your ankle? How come it healed so quickly? Did you use some magic medicine?"
Everyone looked at Li Youfu and started to chatter loudly. He just said that he sprained his ankle, but now he was slapped in the face.
Li Youfu was so angry that he didn't care about anything else. He wanted to beat this stupid girl who was talking nonsense to death.
Old man Li slammed the table so hard that his beard stood up, and roared, "You bastard, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"Grandpa, please speak louder so that people outside the courtyard can hear you. Maybe the rumors will be even worse than this. Even if it's not true, it will ruin my cousin's reputation. How can my cousin continue to study? My cousin's wife's family runs a restaurant in town, right? A small business is still a business. I heard that businessmen want to save face. What will their family think?
Grandpa, I am doing this for the sake of your reputation, your step-grandmother's reputation, and my second uncle's family's reputation. Are you so angry because I said it right, and you are using your anger to cover up your guilt?"
No matter how patient Old Lady Li was, she couldn't bear it any longer and raised her hand to hit Li Wanyue.
Li Wanyue caught a glimpse of her and when her hand hit her, she fell down and let out a miserable cry of pain.
Li Youfu also rushed over with a stick, and Li Youshan and several brothers hurried to stop him.
Li Wanyue hid and cried loudly, "Grandpa, grandma, and second uncle, please stop beating me. We have no choice. If we listen to you, we will have to pay a hundred taels of silver. You can't just care about my second uncle's family and ignore our family's life or death. My family still owes foreign debts."
When Li Erhu heard this, he immediately said, "Grandpa, when my dad was injured, my second uncle and his family didn't even come to see him. Now you're asking for our livelihood for my second uncle's family. You don't want us to live."
The crowd watching started talking about it.
"Good fellow, they really came here for the bamboo shoots business. This old man Li is too partial. In the past, he always let the eldest son's family do the work, but the second son's family did nothing."
"That's right. They say if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. Although this old lady Li has never bullied the eldest brother's family, is she really unaware of it? Didn't she always say that Old Man Li listens to her the most?"
"It is said that pillow talk is powerful, especially for Old Lady Li who used to be a maid in a wealthy family. She knows how to do it. Old Man Li was not like this before when Shan Niang was around. He only changed after he married his second wife. This is even more for the sake of the second son's family. He wants to steal the livelihood of the first son. How shameless."
Listening to the discussions outside, Old Mrs. Li really wanted to faint. Her good reputation was about to be ruined by this little girl.
Old Lady Li had no choice but to stop Li Youfu: "Youfu, stop it, let's go home."
After saying that, she covered her face and walked away. She really didn't want to be pointed at by these peasants.
Li Youfu followed him out.
Old man Li glared at the family with his eyes wide open, pointed his finger at them a few times, and walked away angrily.
Seeing this, the villagers who were watching also dispersed.
Only then did Li Wanyue brush off the dust on her body.
Zhao Suying stepped forward and looked around: "Yueyue, are you hurt?"
Li Wanyue whispered back: "Don't worry, mother. I did it on purpose. She didn't hit me."
"That's good." Zhao Suying breathed a sigh of relief, then glared at her: "You are so bold, you dare to say such a thing? It would be bad if you make them angry."
"They insisted on provoking us." Li Wanyue said indifferently: "Even if they fainted from anger, I can find other reasons for their fainting. People like them must be subdued once and for all so that they dare not come here casually. Otherwise, if they come to ask for the recipe of bamboo shoots this time, they will ask for something else next time. If they can't achieve their goal, they will keep coming and making trouble. After this time, they will be afraid."
The three Li Dachuan brothers were full of admiration and learned something.
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