Chapter 326 I heard I am the best (13)
"Hey! Zhou, give me ten coins!" Li Ji came back from playing outside and ran to Zhou Shichu, asking her for money rudely.
Zhou Shichu narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why do you need so much money?"
"Don't worry about it! Just give me the money." Li Ji said impatiently.
"You're dreaming. I'm going to give you one string of coins? You're dreaming. Your father only gives my whole family one string of coins a month for expenses. And you, on the other hand, ask for one string of coins right away. You're so capable, why don't you earn the money yourself?" Zhou Shichu couldn't help rolling his eyes when he heard his exorbitant request.
"Is one guan of silver a lot of money? Didn't you make a lot of money from selling buns? Add to that what my father gave you, can't you come up with a mere one guan of silver? You just don't want to give it to me, right? It turns out that no stepmother is good. They eat well and dress well, but abuse their stepson..." Li Ji widened his eyes and said to Zhou Shichu angrily.
"Yes, I am not a good stepmother. Since you know that I am not a good person, how can you have the nerve to ask me for money? You even set your sights on the money I make from selling buns. Who gave you the courage? I would rather give the money I earn to beggars on the street than give you a penny!" Zhou Shichu snorted coldly.
Li Ji was so angry that his chest kept heaving, and his eyes looked like he wanted to eat Zhou Shichu, so ferocious. He pointed at Zhou Shichu and said, "You are my stepmother, so the money you earn should be used by me! If you don't give me money, then when I grow up, I will definitely not care about you, and leave you all alone, and no one will help you collect the bodies..."
"Are you kidding? Who knows who will die first between you and me! Also, you don't have to take care of me when I die, and I won't expect you to take care of me in my old age and collect my body. I'm even afraid that you will defile my corpse." Zhou Shichu said angrily.
To be honest, in fact, she was very likely to die later than Li Ji. After all, women are naturally longer-lived than men. Moreover, in this chaotic era, men are more prone to accidents. Although Li Ji is Li Wei's son, if he follows in his father's footsteps, then Li Ji, with his reckless and brainless character, would definitely die on the battlefield.
"You, you vicious and cruel woman! If you don't give me money, don't blame me for being rude..." Li Ji was furious, but unfortunately he couldn't scold Zhou Shichu anymore, let alone beat her, so he could only say these harsh words.
"Oh? How can you be rude to me?" Zhou Shichu looked at Li Ji with undisguised contempt. Li Ji glared at her fiercely and turned away.
Zhou Shichu thought about it and realized that if Li Ji couldn't get the upper hand over her, he would probably seek revenge on his adopted sister. So she found Zhou Shiwan who was playing in the mud in the vegetable garden and said, "Don't go near Li Ji recently. Stay away from him. If he bullies you, tell me and ignore him."
Zhou Shiwan nodded quickly. She and Li Ji had no interactions in the first place. Their relationship was unfamiliar and distant. Li Ji had always looked down on her as a dull and younger aunt than him, and was too lazy to even look at her. So Zhou Shiwan naturally listened to her sister and did whatever her sister told her to do.
"Sister, look at the puppy I made." Zhou Shiwan enthusiastically handed the small clay thing in his hand to Zhou Shichu.
Zhou Shichu took a look and found that the little ball of mud didn't look like a puppy at all, but if she said it was a puppy, then it was a puppy. Zhou Shichu was very tolerant of children, so he nodded and said, "Well done, keep playing."
So Zhou Shiwan happily lowered his head and continued to make clay balls, saying as he did so: "Now I want to make a sister."
Zhou Shichu: ...It’s better not to pinch it?
Zhou Shichu looked at the black mud in her little hand. With her skills in making puppies, he really didn't know what this "sister" she made would look like in the end.
Zhou Shichu didn't mind seeing it, so he turned around and left.
Because Li Ji had asked her for money but failed, Zhou Shichu changed her mind and prepared for a rainy day by putting all the money she earned into the space, leaving only the two strings of money that Li Wei gave her for household expenses.
Zhou Shichu did not lie to Li Ji. Li Wei indeed only left two strings of money, and two strings of money would last for two months, so what she said about Li Wei giving her one string of money per month for household expenses was true.
In this era, one string of money is equivalent to one thousand wen, or one thousand copper coins, which is equivalent to one tael of silver. However, one wen can buy a steamed bun, and the various delicious buns with thin skin and rich fillings made by Zhou Shichu only cost two wen each. So you can imagine how excessive it was for Li Jicai, a child of only a few years old, to ask Zhou Shichu for one string of money.
Ordinary people may not spend even one string of silver in a month. The string of silver given by Li Wei, in addition to household expenses, actually also included pocket money for Zhou Shichu to squander. After all, the original owner had been asking him for money before.
Of course, if it were Zhou Shichu, he would naturally not squander this little money.
Li Ji's temper has become crooked now. If he fails to get money from her, he will probably think of some evil ways to deal with her, so she can't help but be on guard, after all, she still has a step-sister.
Li Ji came back during dinner time. He was in a cold war with Zhou Shichu because of the money issue. Of course, they didn't talk to each other normally. Their relationship as stepmother and son was just plastic. But at that time, they just pretended that each other didn't exist. But now, Li Ji still didn't talk to Zhou Shichu, but treated Zhou Shichu with a cold face and snorted at her from time to time, rolling his eyes, making it clear that he had fallen out with Zhou Shichu.
However, Zhou Shichu didn't take his little actions seriously and turned a blind eye to him. Seeing that he couldn't anger her, Li Ji became even angrier. His opponent didn't care about his provocation at all. It would be strange if he wasn't angry to death!
Zhou Shichu washed up and went to bed with Zhou Shiwan as usual.
Just when she was dozing off and her consciousness was about to fall into a sweet dream, she suddenly heard the door of her room being gently pushed open. She was suddenly startled and woke up instantly, and all her sleepiness disappeared.
Moonlight was pouring in from the window, so the room was not actually dark and she could vaguely see figures. In addition, Zhou Shichu had practiced internal strength after she came here, and her five senses became sharper, so she saw at a glance that the person who sneaked in by pushing open the door was Li Ji.
Li Ji's movements were very light. If Zhou Shichu had not been alert, he would not have noticed his movements at all. He was obviously prepared. As soon as he came in, he walked towards the storage cabinet at the end of the bed that served as Zhou Shichu's dressing table.
The locker actually contained the sisters' clothes and a small amount of cheap jewelry. There was no money there at all, but Li Ji didn't know that, so he searched there.
When Zhou Shichu saw him throwing her clothes on the ground, she immediately became furious. Not only did he steal the money, but he also soiled her clothes. That was unforgivable!
(End of this chapter)
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