Then came Li's heart-wrenching cries: "All you know is how to hit me! Why didn't you do this earlier? You drank so much sheep urine and lay on the ground like a dead pig."
"He doesn't care about anything, he just hits me when he wakes up."
"You're still being stubborn after doing something wrong, you son of a bitch, I'll beat you until you submit." Lu Lao Er cursed and swore, raising the stick in his hand to hit her again.
With a cry, Li ran towards Lu Yanping's room.
Seeing Li Shi heading into her son and daughter-in-law's room, Lu Lao Er threw down the stick in his hand. As an old man, he couldn't very well go in.
Inside the room, Lu Yanping was still unconscious. Huang Qingqing was wiping the whip in her hand with a handkerchief, while dipping it in water.
This whip was used for herding cattle. When she got married, her mother made a new one and put it in her dowry.
This comes in handy right now.
Li rushed in in a panic, her hair disheveled, her face covered in snot and tears, completely lacking the demeanor of an elder.
"Qingqing, what are you doing with that whip!" Li Shi had just been beaten by Lu Lao Er, and now seeing the whip in Huang Qingqing's hand, she couldn't help but feel scared.
Huang Qingqing didn't even glance at Li Shi, and sneered, "Didn't you say you were handing Lu Yanping over to me to discipline? Of course, it's to help you discipline your son."
"Huh?" Li picked at her ear, thinking she had misheard.
Huang Qingqing got up and went to the table, gently stroking the wine pot on it. Her fingertips traced the two gourds beside it, a faint sense of loss in her heart. Yesterday's nuptial wine remained quietly on the table, untouched.
How utterly ironic!
Holding the wine jug in her hand, Huang Qingqing slowly walked to the bedside, her dark eyes coldly looking at the motionless Lu Yanping. She raised the wine jug in her hand and poured it onto Lu Yanping's face.
Li became anxious, snatched the wine pot from Huang Qingqing's hand, and shouted, "What are you doing!"
Without saying a word, Huang Qingqing raised the whip in her hand and lashed it at Lu Yanping.
Lu Yanping woke up with a howl on the bed. He had been whipped by his mother yesterday, and then Huang Qingqing whipped him. He was in so much pain that he was grimacing and screaming.
"Huang Qingqing, you've gone too far! How dare you hit your own man!" Madam Li threw down the wine jug in her hand and angrily rebuked Huang Qingqing, but dared not step forward because of the whip in Huang Qingqing's hand.
Huang Qingqing ignored Li Shi and stared coldly at Lu Yanping.
Lu Yanping felt a chill run down his spine from Huang Qingqing's gaze. Enraged, he scrambled to his feet and said, "You pig, believe me or not, I'll beat you up!"
"Give it a try!"
Seeing that Huang Qingqing was about to whip her son again, Li Shi could no longer be afraid. She stepped forward, grabbed Huang Qingqing's hand, and tried to take the whip from her.
Huang Qingqing wouldn't let go, so Li slapped her and yelled, "You think you can cause trouble as soon as you get married? You even dare to hit your own husband. I want to see who gave you the guts."
Huang Qingqing covered her face and glared fiercely at Li Shi. Neither her parents had ever hit her; her mother had taught her since she was little that if anyone hit her, she should hit back.
Li was an elder, and she couldn't hit her, otherwise she would be labeled as unfilial, ruining her father's reputation and career.
Since she can't hit Li, she can at least hit Lu Yanping for what he did to her.
Huang Qingqing turned around and lashed Lu Yanping twice more, making him scream in pain.
“If you slap me, I’ll whip your son twice.”
Lu Yanping was in pain all over his body and was beaten so badly that he had no power to fight back, but he still stubbornly cursed, "Huang Qingqing, you poisonous woman, I will not let you get away with this."
Li screamed and sat down on the ground, slapping her thigh and howling, "I don't want to live anymore! What kind of sins have I committed? My newlywed wife beats her husband and now she's going to beat me, her mother-in-law!"
Huang Qingqing was annoyed. She thought her mother had mastered the art of tantrums, but she hadn't expected her mother-in-law to be even better.
Hearing the commotion, Lu Lao Er had no choice but to go into his son's room. Upon seeing this scene, he almost stumbled and fell.
What terrible things has he done?!
Lu Lao Er was a real man after all. Knowing that Huang Qingqing's family was large and not to be trifled with, his face turned cold, and he cursed at Li Shi, "You're always wailing and howling like a ghost. Look at what you've done to our son. Get out of here."
"Your son was beaten by this ugly woman, and you're still making sarcastic remarks."
Lu Lao Er grabbed Li Shi by the collar and pulled her out, muttering, "Good job! If you hadn't protected him, I would have hit him a long time ago."
Lu Yanping's eyes widened: "Are you still my father?"
Lu Lao Er snorted coldly at Lu Yanping, then turned to Huang Qingqing and softened his expression: "Qingqing, Yanping is in your hands now. You can teach him a lesson however you want."
After saying that, he pulled Li out of the house and thoughtfully closed the door behind him.
...
Gu Nanjiao went to Jiaoniang Pavilion very early today, as she had agreed to sign the transfer document for the back mountain with Bai Luochen.
Gu Nanjiao waited and waited, but no one showed up. She was puzzled. Bai Luochen was always so proactive, why was he so unpunctual today?
As noon approached, Bai Luochen rushed over.
Before Gu Nanjiao could speak, he picked up a kettle of water and started chugging it down.
"I'm so thirsty!"
Gu Nanjiao frowned: "Why are you so late today?"
Bai Luochen sat down casually, opened his jade fan and fanned himself vigorously a few times, wiping his sweat as he said:
"Oh dear, my old man has been acting strangely lately. He's lost his appetite, and he's been feeling dizzy and vomiting. We've seen doctors, but they can't figure out what's wrong with him. It's driving me crazy."
Gu Nanjiao asked, "Is it the old master of the Zheng family?"
"you do not say!"
Mr. Zheng looks quite fat and is afraid of the heat.
Gu Nanjiao sighed: "It's hot in the summer, and the elderly can't stand the heat. They might have suffered from heatstroke."
Bai Luochen paused in wiping his sweat, and asked in confusion, "Heatstroke?"
Gu Nanjiao thought for a moment, realizing that the term "heatstroke" didn't seem to exist in ancient times, and explained, "It's heatstroke. Master Zheng is the headmaster of the academy, and with the autumn exams approaching, he's working day and night, not eating or sleeping well, so he's very susceptible to heatstroke."
Bai Luochen said with some worry, "What can we do? There are many students in the academy. My grandfather cherishes talent and attaches great importance to this autumn examination. He wishes he could stay in the academy every day."
Gu Nanjiao asked, "Does the academy provide ice?"
Bai Luochen looked at Gu Nanjiao with the same expression he had for a fool: "The academy is a place for studying, and extravagance and debauchery are strictly forbidden. Where would you find ice? Besides, ice is something only wealthy families can afford."
Gu Nanjiao raised an eyebrow and smiled: "I can supply ice to the academy at a discounted price."
Bai Luochen glanced at it dismissively, thinking Gu Nanjiao's claims were nonsense.
Gu Nanjiao looked at Bai Luochen with a half-smile: "Have you forgotten what I said before? I can make ice."
"Those stones? They can really turn into ice?"
Gu Nanjiao had said before that he wouldn't expose her, but now that she said it again, Bai Luochen had no choice but to believe her.
"Hmm," Gu Nanjiao uttered an interjection.
"Then let me see how ice is made."
"no problem."
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