Soon, the news spread that the Chi family was going to hold a full-moon celebration for Chi Tang.
The Li family also found out.
After thinking for a moment, Li Cuiliu went to find Zhou Shi.
At this moment, Zhou was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) groaning.
Upon seeing her daughter arrive, Zhou Shi calmed down a bit.
Li Cuiliu hesitantly recounted the matter of Chi Tang's planned full-moon celebration.
"...A bunch of heartless bastards! A little girl, aren't they afraid of shortening their lifespan? They deserve to be struck by lightning, and even their own mothers and grandmothers don't care..."
After the last disturbance, Li Guangmao beat Zhou Shi again when he got home.
Naturally, he also scolded Li Lao Er.
However, when Li Lao Er brought up his mother, who had been dead for many years, Li Guangmao vented his anger on Zhou Shi.
Zhou felt a burning hatred in her heart at the thought of being beaten every few days because of the Chi family.
“Mother, my elder brother has money now, but he doesn’t even think about supporting you. How can that be?” Li Cuiliu said nervously, fidgeting with her fingers.
no!
She absolutely cannot sit idly by and wait to die any longer.
Otherwise, what future does she have?
Then Zhou started cursing Old Man Chi again.
But none of this was what Li Cuiliu wanted. She stammered about how she didn't have much dowry and was afraid it would be even harder for her to get married, and so on.
With a generous dowry, she can definitely marry better.
Hearing this, how could Zhou not understand what her daughter meant?
only……
“No, if I make a scene again, your father won’t agree.” Zhou’s eyes shrank back a few times.
It's not that I disagree.
I'll kill her!
Of course, if they could get their money back, they would beat the driver much less.
But... can she get it back?
Li Cuiliu hurriedly said, "Mother, please don't make a scene. After all, my elder brother is still my own brother. You've been beaten like this, don't you need some medicine and tonics? As the eldest son, shouldn't my elder brother pay for it? When I get married, shouldn't my elder brother give me a gift?"
"...Mother, even if we don't want this money, my sister-in-law will spend it anyway. Haven't you heard? They're going to throw a big full-moon celebration for Chi Tang...Mother, you're over sixty already. Have my brother and sister-in-law made any arrangements for your birthday?"
Li Cuiliu spoke softly and gently, gradually stirring up the fire in Zhou's heart.
At the same time, he subtly and unintentionally pointed out to Zhou what he should do with a single sentence...
So, at dusk the day before the full moon celebration for Chi Tang, Zhou stopped Old Man Chi on the edge of the field.
As soon as she arrived, Zhou began to complain about how painful it was to be beaten each time.
This was the first time Zhou had told Old Man Chi about being beaten. Looking at his mother's gray hair and swollen face, Old Man Chi felt as if ants were gnawing at his heart.
It's incredibly uncomfortable.
"Mom, I'll go ask the village chief for help. We can't let him keep beating you like this, can we?" Old Man Chi said honestly.
Zhou: "What's the use of finding the village chief? Can the village chief watch over him every day?"
Old Man Chi said anxiously, "But we can't..."
Seeing that Old Man Chi was pretending to be stupid, Zhou simply brought it up and said, "...Give me some money, I'll go buy some medicinal wine to rub on it..."
Old Man Chi's eyebrows twitched slightly, but he still took out twenty large coins.
Before Old Man Chi could say anything, Zhou grabbed it and stuffed it into her pocket. Then, with a worried expression, she told Old Man Chi how difficult it was to arrange Cui Liu's marriage.
At first, Mr. Chi listened attentively.
After all, she is her own sister.
But gradually, he began to understand the trick.
“Mother, the Meng family did give us ten taels of silver as a thank you gift, but they saved An’an before, and we didn’t do anything in return, so we returned the ten taels of silver and only accepted the grain.”
"What?! You spendthrift! What's wrong with you? Do you have money to burn? If you really don't want to accept it, give it to your sister! Cui Liu's dowry and marriage are still unsettled, and you're already pretending to be rich? You spendthrift, you heartless bastard..."
Listening to Zhou's furious curses, which sounded like a storm, Old Man Chi actually felt a sense of reality.
Actually, Zhou was just pretending.
But she had never been so kind and gentle to Old Man Chi.
I simply couldn't keep up the act any longer.
Old Man Chi said with a blank face, "Mother, people need to reciprocate favors. If someone saves An'an and we don't reciprocate, and then we accept their money, what kind of person would I be?"
"You fucking think you're human? Your sister is..."
Zhou was so angry that he spat out his own saliva.
But this time, Old Man Chi did not give in.
He thought about the estrangement from his family.
I thought of my wife's tears and forbearance.
Even Tangtang knew that he had made a mistake...
This time, he didn't want his family to give in anymore.
"Hey, where are you going?"
Seeing Old Man Chi turn and leave, Zhou Shi hadn't realized anything and was still cursing.
Old Man Chi wasn't walking very fast, and Zhou was able to keep up, so she quickly discovered that Old Man Chi had gone to Li Guangmao's house.
Suddenly, Zhou felt uneasy and quickened her pace to catch up.
Just then, the neighbor and Li Guangmao were talking under a big tree outside the yard.
Old Man Chi walked over with a stern face and said loudly, "Uncle Li, I want to ask you, is Cui Liu my father's child?"
Li Guangmao's eyes widened: "What do you mean?"
The neighbors were extremely gossipy.
"Chi Yongcai, are you trying to get yourself killed?! What nonsense are you spouting?"
Hearing this clearly, Zhou was so angry she jumped up and down.
Old Man Chi scoffed, "My mother keeps asking me for money to prepare a dowry for Cui Liu. I thought Cui Liu was my father's child! Otherwise, why should someone surnamed Chi prepare a dowry for someone surnamed Li?"
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