Chapter 327 I heard that I am the best (14)
"There's a thief! Come and catch him!" Zhou Shichu shouted and immediately jumped out of bed. Her sharp voice successfully woke up the other two adults in the family in the silent night: Aunt Qian and Uncle Li.
Of course, the thief, Li Ji, was even more frightened. Li Ji obviously didn't expect that he would be discovered by Zhou Shichu. He was so scared that he didn't even bother to look for the money. He just wanted to run away as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, he was facing Zhou Shichu, and Zhou Shichu wanted to teach him a profound lesson, so it was impossible for him to escape.
Zhou Shichu took a long stride and caught up with Li Ji in a few steps. He reached out and grabbed him, then picked up his slippers and started beating Li Ji on the head with lightning speed.
Don't think that hitting someone with slippers has little lethality, but - you have to know that the slippers worn by ordinary people in this era were actually clogs, and the soles were made of thick wooden boards, so it would be very painful to hit someone with them.
Li Ji was beaten so hard that he screamed and begged for mercy: "Stop hitting me, stop hitting me! I am Li Ji!"
Unfortunately, Zhou Shichu pretended not to hear what he said, and continued to beat him hard and quickly, not forgetting to find a piece of rag to stuff into his mouth. Until Zhou Shichu had beaten him enough, he had better "keep quiet" obediently.
Aunt Qian and Uncle Li heard the noise and rushed over in a panic. Aunt Qian was so scared that she shouted, "Madam! What happened?"
Uncle Li came over with a carrying pole and rushed in to see a taller figure beating a shorter figure. Because he was presbyopic, he couldn't see clearly and didn't know which one was the hostess, so he asked anxiously, "Madam, who is the thief?!"
"This is it. I've caught him. Come on, help me beat him up. When he's too weak to bear the beating, I'll send him to the authorities at dawn!" Zhou Shichu pushed Li Ji in front of Uncle Li. Uncle Li recognized her voice, so he started to beat the thief, who was crying but couldn't even cry, without any mercy.
Seeing that her family had the upper hand, Aunt Qian found an oil lamp and lit up the room, hoping to see where the thief came from and how he could have stolen into their house.
She originally thought that this thief was rather thin and small, which was why he was easily caught by her own wife. But when she took a closer look, she was horrified, because she finally recognized that this thief was none other than her young master Li Ji.
She was so scared that she screamed, "Stop hitting him! Stop hitting him! He's the young master! Madam, Brother Li, stop it!"
Zhou Shichu gave Li Ji a final hard spanking on the butt before stopping with a feeling of being unsatisfied.
Uncle Li was also startled when he heard Aunt Qian's words. He immediately stopped, threw the pole aside, and moved closer to carefully look at Li Ji. He found that Aunt Qian was right. This was indeed Li Ji, so he asked in confusion: "Young Master, how could it be you?"
Zhou Shichu also pretended to just realize it was him, frowned and asked: "Li Ji, why did you come to my room so late at night instead of sleeping? I thought it was a thief from somewhere, sneaking into my closet and throwing things in my closet into a mess..."
Aunt Qian had already guessed the result. She looked at Li Ji in disbelief and said, "Young Master, did you really come to Madam's room to steal something in the middle of the night? How could you be so foolish?"
Li Ji had been beaten so badly at this time that it felt like all the bones in his body had been dismantled and put back together. They were not broken, but the pain was so severe that it made him question his life.
He couldn't even stand steadily. He lay on the ground like a dead dog, gasping for breath. He didn't even have the strength to raise his hands to tear out the rag in his mouth.
It was only when Aunt Qian saw that he was pouting that she helped him tear off the rag.
"I remember that Li Ji asked me for one string of silver during the day. One string of silver was too much, so I didn't give it to him. I didn't expect that he didn't give up and ran to my room at night to steal!" Zhou Shichu pretended to be enlightened and directly pointed out Li Ji's motive.
Aunt Qian was immediately angry and distressed, and more of it was a sense of disappointment: "Young Master! How could you do such a thing? You only have so much money, what do you want to buy? Even if the master is at home, he will definitely not give it to you. You are really... Alas! You have learned to steal money at such a young age, what will you do in the future..."
Zhou Shichu said to Aunt Qian, "Aunt Qian, I didn't know the thief was Li Ji, so I used too much force. We need to ask a doctor to come back and see him, so that he doesn't get hurt."
"Yes, yes! We need to ask a doctor to take a look!" Aunt Qian agreed, and then wanted to carry Li Ji back to his room. However, Li Ji was already eight years old and almost nine years old, and because he ate well and was strong, he was much heavier than the average child. Therefore, Aunt Qian could not move him at all, and almost dropped him, causing a second injury.
Zhou Shichu would not help to hold him, but that did not stop her from showing her "kindness", so she said to Uncle Li: "Uncle Li, you are stronger, you can carry him back to his room."
"Okay." Uncle Li said, and he picked up Li Ji and left Zhou Shichu's room.
Just as Zhou Shichu was about to catch up, he suddenly heard Zhou Shiwan's weak voice: "Sister, don't leave, I'm scared..."
It turned out that she had woken up early. Well, with the noise of catching and beating the thief just now being so loud, it would be strange if she didn't wake up.
"Then you should get up too. The one just now was Li Ji. He wanted to steal something from our room, but I caught him and beat him up. Now we need a doctor to treat his injuries. I have to be present. If you are scared, get up and follow me." Zhou Shichu did not hide anything and told Zhou Shiwan the whole story.
After being awakened, Zhou Shiwan lost his sleepiness, but was afraid to stay alone in the room, so he got up and watched the fun with Zhou Shichu.
After Uncle Li moved Li Ji back to his room, he went to find a nearby doctor overnight.
A quarter of an hour later, the doctor came. The injuries on Li Ji's body could be said to be serious but also minor. They were said to be serious because his whole body was covered with bruises and looked scary; they were said to be minor because they were just stick injuries. If he applied some medicine and took good care of himself, the scars would heal and the foundation of his body would not be damaged.
Although Zhou Shichu wanted to teach Li Ji a profound lesson, he was not cruel enough to destroy his body. He just wanted him to experience what unforgettable pain was, so that he would not become more and more lawless and worse.
The doctor cleaned Li Ji's wound, and Li Ji wailed in pain for a long time. When the doctor finished applying medicine to him, he was still sobbing. But Zhou Shichu would not pity him. He thought it was his own fault and he had to bear the consequences for doing bad things.
"I will write a letter to Li Wei tomorrow to tell him what kind of person his son is." Zhou Shichu said expressionlessly. The original owner's mother used to be a maid in a wealthy family, so she could read. The original owner learned from her, so she could write a simple letter.
"Will this disturb the master too much? The master is busy with affairs, why not wait until he comes back?" Aunt Qian said reluctantly. Although she had only been in the Li family for more than a year, she had no children and treated Li Ji as her own grandson, so she couldn't help but speak for him.
(End of this chapter)
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