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Chapter 191: Stepmother, Private Money

(Girls' Literature)

Su Zhi looked at the carriage and the horse and thought that this might have been brought by Zhang Qingniang. A woman who could make Zhao Daliang demote his wife to a concubine, a woman who could make Old Lady Li look so happy, a woman who could make Zhao Xiaohua hold her hand with a smile, must have money.

The village head knew that Liu Si Niang was going to live in Su Zhi's house, so he gave her a few instructions and left.

Those who came to watch the fun also left, leaving only some wives who got along well with Su Zhi and Liu Si Niang. Everyone comforted Liu Si Niang and accompanied her to Su Zhi's home.

"Stone! Wait a minute!"

When they were almost at the door of Li Shi's house, they heard a shout from behind. They turned around and saw Li Shi's father and stepmother.

Li Shi stopped, frowning, and wanted to see what they were going to say. He knew that they came for no good reason. He thought that they must have just heard about what happened in the Zhao family and were now looking for trouble with him. A few days ago, his stepmother wanted to arrange a marriage for him, but he blocked her and they parted on bad terms. Now they came after they had just made trouble for Liu Si's family. It must be no good.

"Shitou, I heard that you were involved with that Liu Si Niang?! You foolish boy! She is a married woman, how could you be involved with her? Do you still have any shame? Even if you are shameless, you should at least save some face for your father! Where will you put your brother's face!"

Li Shi's father ran up to Li Shi and started to criticize him. He also heard nonsense about Zhao Daliang's family affairs, and Zhao Daliang said that Li Shi and Liu Si Niang had an affair. He was overwhelmed when he heard it. In such a small village, seducing someone else's wife would be scolded and could bring trouble to the whole family. As for Li Shi, he said that this son was here to bring him down!

Li Shi's stepmother, Mrs. Hu, also said, "That's right. Shitou, you are really wrong. Some time ago, Shitou said that she would find a wife for you. You are unlucky. It is not easy to find a wife, but you have money now. As long as you are willing to pay the betrothal gift, are you still worried that you can't find a wife? Aren't those girls that I told you all good? They are all good-looking and fertile. As long as you marry them, you will have a big fat boy next year. No one will say that you are unlucky anymore. By then, our family will be happy and harmonious. How wonderful it would be. You insist on getting involved with a useless girl. Aren't you asking for trouble? And you will make your father very angry! Then you will be even more unfilial!"

Su Zhi glanced at Mrs. Hu, a woman she had met several times before. She was a nosy person, not as rude as Mrs. Li, nor as kind as Mrs. Shen Zhang. She was a person who could stir up trouble with her words. She thought that if this woman arranged a marriage for Li Shi, then Li Shi would be in real trouble.

Sister Li said at the side: "Hu, what are you talking about? What does it mean to be a withered flower and a willow? If you have been married, you are a withered flower and a willow. You are also a withered flower and a willow! This person should be careful with his words, or he will be struck by lightning!"

"Li Qing, be careful with your words. I am your elder, you should call me auntie, don't be disrespectful, or you will be struck by lightning!"

Sister Li and this Hu had a feud. Although they had never fought each other, they would attack each other when they met. People usually wouldn't say something like "someone got struck by lightning" out loud. They would only say it when they hated the other person very much. This shows how much they didn't get along with each other.

Sister Li snorted and sneered, "How can you be my aunt? You are not related to me, and you are not my aunt. I don't want an aunt like you. Even if we talk about Brother Shitou, his mother is my aunt, and he just let it go. Who do you think you are!"

“You, you!”

Mrs. Hu stared at Mrs. Li, speechless.

Old Man Li pulled her and said, "Okay, stop talking. Let me talk to Shitou. Shitou, you have to tell me one thing today. You will never have anything to do with Liu Si Niang again! Then tomorrow you will find a matchmaker and go to your mother's family to ask for the girl she found for you! Marry her this year and have children with her!"

Liu Si Niang had been keeping her head down. After hearing what Old Man Li said, she was shocked. She wondered if Li Shi would marry another girl. If he wanted to marry another girl, she...she also hoped that he would marry a good one.

Li Shi said, "Dad, don't worry about this. Go back. We have already separated. You don't need to worry about my marriage. I can marry whoever I want."

Mrs. Hu said in a sharp voice: "Do you really want to marry this Liu Si Niang? Do you really want others to spit in the face of our Li family? This won't do. You are shameless, but we still have some dignity!"

Li Shi looked at her coldly and said, "From the day you sold me out, you have lost all your dignity. Now that I'm back and the family is divided, you can't control me. If you really feel ashamed, then don't have any contact with me in the future! Anyway, you sold me out in the first place, and when you got the money, you couldn't control me anymore."

"You rebellious son! You killed your mother! And now you don't want to acknowledge me as your father. Why did I give birth to such a bastard like you? I shouldn't have given birth to you!"

Old Man Li scolded him. He was unhappy that Li Shi was now powerful and did not listen to him. He felt guilty for selling him out, but as soon as Mrs. Hu mentioned the death of his first wife, his guilt disappeared. He felt that he did not need to be too nice to his son.

"Then just pretend you never gave birth to me. When you sold me, didn't you mean you didn't want me as your son? It's useless to be a slave to others even if you beat me to death. You sold my life, and now I want it back on my own. It's mine. You have no right to interfere."

Li Shi said, feeling very impatient. He originally thought that as long as they didn't bother him, it wouldn't matter if he called them dad. But he didn't expect that his father was so disappointing that he wanted to control his marriage and wanted him to marry a girl from the Hu family. That was impossible. He had seen the girl from the Hu family. Not to mention her appearance, her temper was stupid and mean. He would have to be crazy to listen to them. If his father didn't dislike him, would he want him to marry such a person? Then don't blame him for not recognizing them!

When Old Man Li heard this, he was so angry that he trembled. He had no choice but to rush towards Liu Si Niang.

"Liu Si Niang, you have been divorced by your husband's family and your reputation is ruined! Shitou's reputation is all ruined by you. If you still have some dignity, don't bother with him anymore. Tell him now that you don't have any feelings for him and let him get married as soon as possible. Go ahead!"

"Brother Shitou, you handle it. We are leaving now. Si Niang cannot be tortured any more."

Su Zhi had really seen Li Shi's biological father and stepmother. She had never liked them in the first place, and now she hated them even more. If they were really doing it for Li Shi's good, she wouldn't have hated them so much even if they had advised Li Shi to marry another woman. But she knew that the girl they wanted Li Shi to marry was not a good one, and this was simply harming Li Shi. She felt that they were too selfish, and that they were controlling his marriage just to plot against Li Shi. It was really hateful, and she didn't want Liu Si Niang to be entangled by them here.

Li Shi looked at Liu Si Niang with concern, and saw that she kept her head down and never looked up. He felt full of pity for her, and was even more dissatisfied with his father and stepmother. He thought that Liu Si Niang had just divorced her husband's family, and she was humiliated by them like this. This was really not what fellow villagers should do.

"Sister-in-law, you guys go ahead. Si Niang, ... don't mind, just have a good rest."

Li Shi still said something to Liu Si Niang. He was really worried about her. Liu Si Niang nodded gently. Then she left accompanied by Su Zhi and others.

Liu Si Niang listened to the dissatisfied voices of Old Man Li and Mrs. Hu behind her, and the humiliation she had just suffered in her heart had completely disappeared. She only thought about Li Shi's caring words just now, and her heart felt warm and sad. She thought that Li Shi really cared about her, but she could really be said to be a broken flower now, and had been splashed with dirty water by the Zhao family. Could they really be together smoothly?

When they arrived at Su Zhi's house, Su Zhi arranged Liu Si Niang to live in the east room. Originally, she wanted to let her live with the three children so that it would be more lively. But then she thought again and decided to let her live in a room by herself. If she lived in the same room with the children, she would be a restless person and might have to take care of the children too much, and she would not be able to rest well.

When Su Zhi first built this house, both the east and west rooms had kangs, and they also had tables and chairs, and they looked no different from the main room. Su Zhi went to get some bedding and asked Liu Si Niang to go to the kang to rest.

Several sisters-in-law comforted Liu Si Niang and then left.

Although it was early spring, Su Zhi still lit a fire on the kang to make it warm, and then let the three kids go out to play. She sat on the kang to accompany Liu Siniang and chat with her, hoping to relax her. The three kids could only look at Su Zhi eagerly, and then they all said a few words to Liu Siniang, and then took Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai out.

"Si Niang, you can live in my house. I just feel that my home is too lonely, so you can keep me company from now on. I will do some small business in the future, and you can help me. Don't worry, your future life will definitely be better than that in the Zhao family. Look, this is the money you left with me. Now that you have finally left that family, you can take it yourself. You see, this is a lot of money. You are so capable, you will not starve to death without them."

Su Zhi handed a money bag to Liu Si Niang. Liu Si Niang had given all the money she earned from weaving hair ornaments to Su Zhi for safekeeping, for fear that it would be confiscated if she took it back to the Zhao family.

"Thank you, Su Zhi, I'm glad to have you."

Liu Si Niang said to Su Zhi gratefully that if Su Zhi had not persuaded her to save her pocket money and given her work, she would not have been able to earn so much money, let alone leave the Zhao family. Now, although she was confused, she felt relieved and felt that she could live a good life.