Chapter 80 The Poor Li Family

Halfway through the New Year's Eve dinner, Lu Hanyi went back to the house in a huff, claiming to have a stomachache.

She also pulled Li Wenxun, who was still eating, back.

Eat, eat, eat, what else is there to eat!

Snowflakes were falling outside. Lu Hanyi walked back to his yard with a gloomy face. After he returned, even a charcoal fire in the house was not warm enough.

The Li family is poor, but very stingy.

All financial power was controlled by Wei and her mother-in-law. After winter came, only Li's father and mother and the big house started burning charcoal.

The charcoal brazier she used in her room was sent to her by Lu Lingyun.

Thinking of this, Lu Hanyi became furious.

"This is how you treat your wife and children!" Lu Hanyi turned around and shouted at Li Wenxun.

"What's wrong with me?" Li Wenxun frowned slightly, with a hint of displeasure between his brows.

"It's so cold in the cold winter, just let me light a pot of charcoal in my house!"

Li Wenxun didn't mind at all, "There's only a basin of charcoal in the rooms of my parents and sister-in-law, and there are many people in this mansion who can't afford a charcoal basin."

That is to say, Lu Hanyi has a sister from the Hou family who can help her, and she has sent some charcoal, but others have not yet!

The Li family has a large population. In addition to two legitimate sons, there are three legitimate daughters, and four illegitimate sons and daughters. In addition to the people from Li's father and mother's family, there are also Li Wenxun's grandmother, two married uncles, and a divorced aunt who is raising a child. The whole family lives here.

Li Wenxun's two younger uncles were not very good at it, neither of them were admitted to the imperial examinations. With the help of Li Wenxun's father, they found a clerk in the administrative office of the Ministry of Household Affairs who was of no rank and was not of high rank.

Their monthly salary was only two taels of silver, and even with extra income they could not even make five taels.

There is no one in the house except the wife and children, not even a maid. On weekdays, he has to rely on the wife's dowry to supplement his daily life. Now the price of charcoal has skyrocketed, so where can he get the money to burn charcoal?

The sister-in-law who left home to take the baby and went back to her parents' home was extremely poor. She relied on the fact that her mother was still alive to please Li's mother and Wei, and stayed in their room all day long, flattering them and living a life of devotion.

Everyone in the house was poor, except for the eldest sister-in-law's family. Wei had a tight control over the income and told the public that the price of charcoal was high this year and that no one in the house would burn charcoal. Whoever wanted to burn charcoal had to pay for it themselves. So this year, only she and Li's father and mother burned charcoal in their house.

But grandma, who knows whose money she is using!

She is in charge of the reward, and no one else can see the accounts. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that she is playing tricks, but there is no evidence!

Lu Hanyi was very angry about this matter and started making a fuss at the beginning of winter. However, Wei was very skilled and she could not find any evidence against him. In the end, she could only go back to her parents' home to complain. Liu went to Lu Lingyun again, hoping that Lu Lingyun would help her out.

Although Lu Lingyun did not show up in the end, he still sent charcoal for the winter, and the matter was settled.

Thinking of this, Lu Hanyi became even angrier, "This charcoal was sent by my parents! It's none of my business if other poor people don't have charcoal! Why should I compare myself with them? According to what you said, if my parents have no money and no charcoal, then I deserve to be frozen too!"

Li Wenxun's expression didn't change when he heard this. "What are you making a fuss about? Isn't this useful? People should be content."

That's it, he doesn't care.

If there is, there is. If there is not, there is not. He doesn’t care a bit.

In the last life, Lu Lingjun had no hope of help, so he suffered from this cold all his life.

Lu Hanyi was in a hurry to seize the marriage, and in a hurry to suffer her.

Lu Hanyi was so angry that tears were about to burst out, "Li Wenxun! I am your legal wife and I am pregnant with your child, and you let me live like this! Just now at the dinner table, you also saw your mother's partiality, why didn't you say a word!"

Li Wenxun's eyes were filled with increasing indifference. "What our parents think is their business. It is not our turn as children to interfere."

He talks a lot about being kind and filial, but in fact, he is not like that.

He saw every time Lu Hanyi argued with him, but he just kept silent.

He hoped that Lu Hanyi would be capable and win something, and he would be secretly very happy in his heart.

If Lu Hanyi didn't have that ability, he would only feel contempt and disappointment towards her.

It was absolutely impossible for him to fight for Lu Hanyi, speak up for her and confront his parents, causing conflicts.

"Then you can just watch me being bullied! Whether I am your wife or not, you are still not a man!" Lu Hanyi cursed angrily.

"Okay, stop making noise. I need to review my lessons." Li Wenxun interrupted Lu Hanyi coldly and went to the side room to read.

From beginning to end, his face was indifferent. He never took Lu Hanyi seriously and never cared about her.

Lu Hanyi wanted to argue with him, but when she saw that he went to the side room to study, she finally swallowed her anger.

She just thought that Li Wenxun was obsessed with studying and had no time to deal with household matters.

But how could she know how selfish, cold and hypocritical Li Wenxun was.

There was no trace of emotion beneath his gentle, jade-like face.

If his wife is useful to him, he will be more tolerant of her; if she is useless to him, he will kick her out.

He just wants someone who can help him, not cause him trouble.

He never cared about any injustice his wife suffered.

Li Wenxun went to the side room to study. Lu Hanyi was so angry that she didn't sleep for half the night. The next day, New Year's Day, she went straight back to Lu's house.

Lu Lingyun was in charge of the affairs at the Marquis' Mansion until the third day of the New Year.

These past few days, she has been very busy, receiving visitors and giving gifts.

On the fourth day of the New Year, it’s time to go back to my parents’ home.

Cheng Yunshuo dressed and went to Lu Lingyun's yard early in the morning without being reminded.

"Why are you here?" Lu Lingyun asked when she saw him.

"Today is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. I want to go back to your parents' home with you."

Lu Lingyun: "......"

Lu Lingjun actually didn't want to go back to the Lu family. She was thinking of finding an excuse to say that the Marquis' Mansion was busy. Neither Qin nor the old Marquis asked first, but Cheng Yunshuo was the first to come actively.

Lu Lingyun smiled at him and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Prince."

Facing Lu Lingyun's smile, Cheng Yunshuo also smiled back, "Thank you for your hard work."

After almost a year of getting along, Cheng Yunshuo had no opinion about Lu Lingyun. Lu Lingyun handled various matters for him and managed the house inside and out, and he saw it all.

As he grew up this year, he found that women like Lu Lingyun were very soothing.

She doesn't have a stunning beauty, nor does she have a freshness that can make people intoxicated. Instead, she has a personality and wisdom that is as calm as water, but becomes more comfortable the more you get to know her.

He might not necessarily like such a person, but he was very satisfied to have someone like her as his legal wife.

Lu Lingyun gave him respect, so he naturally had to give Lu Lingyun enough face.

He had prepared well in advance for his return visit today.

Lu Lingyun put on the fox-skin cloak given to her by Qin, tied a white fox-skin scarf around her neck, and returned to her parents' home in style with a bottle of soup in her hand.