Chapter 117 Chapter 117 Violent Stone Debris
When Yu Li came back from delivering the goods, he was surprised to see Fu Wenxiao standing in front of the butcher's stall.
She walked into the butcher's shop carrying a bamboo basket and asked, "Why are you here?"
Fu Wenxiao followed behind her, his voice warm and gentle, "I came to find you."
Hearing this, she looked at him and asked what he wanted from her.
In her opinion, if there was nothing wrong, he wouldn't come to see her. If he came here, it must be for something.
Fu Wenxiao didn't say anything. Seeing that she wanted to wash her hands, he went to get her some water and even handed her the fat beads.
This surprised Yu Li a little, and he felt that something was wrong with him today.
Fu Wenxiao didn't say anything, just waited for her to wash her hands.
Zhang Fu also came back. Seeing Fu Wenxiao here, he didn't think much about it.
In his opinion, Fu Wenxiao and Yu Li are husband and wife, and it is normal for a husband to come to find his wife. He doesn't mind the dirty butcher shop, so he can come whenever he wants.
It can be seen from this that Mr. Fu cares about Li Niang in his heart, and he is also happy for Yu Li.
After settling today's wages for Yu Li, Zhang Fu teased, "Mother Li, it's rare that Mr. Fu comes to pick you up, so just go back with him. You don't have to clean the yard anymore."
Then he sighed and said that the young couple had a really good relationship.
The young couple, who had been married for less than a year, were indeed very loving, which made him seem even more lonely.
Upon hearing this, Yu Li wanted to say something but then closed his mouth silently.
Fu Wenxiao, on the other hand, was blushing. He smiled at Zhang Fu a little sheepishly and left the butcher shop with Yu Li.
After leaving the butcher's shop, the two walked slowly on the street.
Yu Li deliberately slowed down his pace to cooperate with the people around him, so as to avoid walking too fast and making them unable to keep up, which would then tire him out.
She remembered that the man was still very fragile.
Fu Wenxiao took the initiative to ask: "Li Niang, do you want to buy something?"
He knew that after getting her wages every day, she liked to go shopping on the street, and the most common thing she bought was various kinds of food. After waking up from her nap, she could digest all the things she bought by herself.
"Let's buy some sesame cakes." Yu Li said, "I heard that a new sesame cake shop has opened in the market on Tongbai Street. The cakes are delicious. Let's go and try them."
There is a market with a very heavy flow of people in the south of the city. It is the place where Wu Shouzi often waits for work. Almost everything related to food, clothing, housing and transportation is included here, and it is very lively.
Fu Wenxiao responded with a smile.
Before buying the sesame cakes, they met Madam Song who was about to close her stall near the market.
She had sold out her steamed cakes and was ready to go home.
Seeing the two of them coming together, Madam Song couldn't help but smile and said, "Madam Fu, Mr. Fu, are you here to buy something?" She took out a pack of steamed cakes wrapped in oil paper from the basket at her feet and said, "I left this here specially. Madam Fu will give it to you to try."
Yu Li really liked the steamed cakes she made, and immediately said happily, "Thank you."
Then he wanted to give her money, but Mrs. Song refused, saying that she could pay next time she came to buy steamed cakes.
Yu Li put the money away. Anyway, she often came to buy steamed cakes, so she could pay together next time. It was just that Madam Song gave her a lot of steamed cakes every time, so it was obvious that the money she gave was too little.
As he was talking, he saw Mr. Song coming to help Madam Song move things. Seeing them, he smiled and said, "Mr. Fu, Madam Fu, you are here to buy things at the market."
Fu Wenxiao responded.
Song Xiucai looked at them and couldn't help but say, "You two have a really good relationship."
Seeing Fu Wenxiao here, he vaguely understood the reason. He probably heard the gossip in the alley, that some people disliked Madam Fu for being a butcher. So he came to Madam Fu this time to tell those people that he, as a husband, didn't care about his wife's job as a butcher.
Fu Wenxiao smiled and replied, "Brother Song and his sister-in-law have a good relationship too."
Mrs. Song blushed a little and pinched her husband secretly, telling him to say less as he was speaking so without restraint in public.
After Fu Wenxiao and the other man left, Song Xiucai said as he was moving his things, "Madam, why are you pinching me?"
"I told you not to talk nonsense!" Madam Song scolded.
Scholar Song looked aggrieved. "Where did I say anything nonsense? Mr. Fu and Ms. Fu have a good relationship. If not, why would Mr. Fu come here? When I came here just now, I met Scholar Qin. He told me that someone in our alley saw Mr. Fu at Zhang's butcher shop. Because he was there, the butcher shop's business was very good. The meat sold out so quickly that many people didn't get to buy meat today..."
Madam Song was stunned and asked in surprise, "He actually went to a place like a butcher's shop?"
"What kind of place is a butcher shop?" Song Xiucai didn't care. "My wife, what you said is not right. Why can't Mr. Fu go to a butcher shop?" Could it be that in his wife's mind, a butcher shop is some kind of dirty place that Mr. Fu can't go to?
That's impossible. His wife is not that kind of person.
Madam Song said honestly, "I just think Mr. Fu looks like a wealthy man who doesn't care about worldly things. A place like a butcher shop doesn't suit him very well."
In fact, everyone who saw Fu Wenxiao thought that he must be a young master of a noble family. His demeanor was not something that an ordinary family could cultivate.
Even if they heard that they moved here from the countryside, many people didn't believe it and thought it was a scam.
Song Xiucai nodded, "Indeed, not to mention the butcher shop, even this market place is out of tune with him."
Although he thought so, Fu Wenxiao did go to the butcher shop and even accompanied his wife to this lively market to stroll and buy things. This place was a mess, with people everywhere trying to make a living, but he looked calm and composed, making people feel that this place had become tidy.
Mrs. Song couldn't help but turn her head to take a look, and saw the couple standing in front of a stall selling sesame cakes, buying them.
Both of them had outstanding looks and demeanor, and they were totally out of place among the common people who made a living in the market.
This is exactly what makes people feel that they are a good match.
**
After buying the sesame cakes and some other food, the two returned to Shuying Lane.
When they returned to the alley, they saw many children playing there, chasing and fighting, and shouting happily. Now that the weather is warm, the children living in the alley will come out to play during the day.
From time to time, parents who had prepared meals would pop their heads out and call their children to come home for dinner.
Yu Li also saw Fu Yanhui and his sister.
She was a little surprised that the brother and sister were out playing, and when she saw them squatting in front of her house, playing with a three-year-old girl, she couldn't help laughing.
It turned out that he was playing with the little girl from Mrs. Song's family.
Because Mr. Song often came to Fu Wenxiao to ask for advice, Mrs. Song felt bad for him and would send him some of her homemade food. As a result, the two families became familiar with each other.
It just so happened that both families had children, and the children were young, so it was easy for them to play together.
Now Fu Yanhui and his sister are not as timid as they were in the village. Occasionally, they dare to go out and play with the little girls from the Song family. However, they are very well-behaved and usually only play at the door. They will not run far. Zhou or Old Lady Song will take turns to look after them.
Seeing Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao coming back, the three children at the door shouted happily.
"Aunt! Uncle!"
"Aunt, uncle!"
The little girl from Mrs. Song's family followed suit and called softly. The three-year-old girl looked like a snowball, dressed neatly and cleanly, and was very cute.
Yu Li touched their heads one by one, took out the snacks he had bought earlier to give them, and found that their hands were quite dirty.
She said to the three children, "Go wash your hands and have a snack."
"Okay~~"
All three children shouted happily and followed them into the room.
Many people in the alley were surprised to see the couple coming back together, but they did not think much about it and told their children to go home, wash their hands and eat.
When it was time for dinner, Madam Song came over to take her daughter away and gave them some spring bamboo shoots.
"This is what the villagers brought over when they came to the city. I'll give it to you to try."
Zhou accepted it with a smile, put some snacks she made in a bowl, and asked them to take it back to eat. They kept giving and receiving each other.
**
For several days in a row, Fu Wenxiao went to the butcher shop.
Yu Li finally understood that he was not looking for her for something, but was going to pick her up and take her home.
This made her a little confused. She didn't know why he did this, so she asked directly: "Have you not been studying recently? Why are you here? I don't need you to take me home, just take care of yourself."
This was a very impolite statement. If someone didn't know her character, they would probably be so angry at her straightforward words that their heart ached.
Fortunately, Fu Wenxiao had already figured out her character and knew that she meant no harm.
She says whatever she wants to say and is a very straightforward person.
Fu Wenxiao said: "I'm fine. I'm tired from reading recently and want to come out and relax."
Yu Li was stunned, and actually thought that he was tired from studying.
Although she did not participate in the imperial examination, she had heard about the difficulty of the imperial examination. Could it be that he was also under pressure? That's why he wanted to go out for a walk.
It is already April and the provincial examination will be at the end of April, so there is actually not much time left.
"Is that so... Don't put too much pressure on yourself." She hesitantly comforted him, "It's okay if you don't pass the exam."
Although she hoped that he would become an official in the future so that she could do other things, it didn't matter if he couldn't become one.
Don't put too much pressure on him.
Fu Wenxiao didn't know what she was thinking, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Li Niang. I can pass the exam. I just want to come out and relax occasionally."
Yu Li nodded and asked, "Do you want to go to the mountains and enjoy the flowers with Mr. Wang?"
She heard that those literati like to travel and enjoy the scenery, and Mr. Wang is no exception. As for the flower viewing party last month, she was unable to go because she had to go to Yuqing County, and she felt a little regretful.
She hasn't been to appreciate the flowers yet.
Fu Wenxiao shook his head, "No, I'm afraid I won't be able to walk halfway."
He didn't care at all about showing weakness in front of her. She treated his body, and no one knew his physical condition better than her. There was no need for him to act tough at this time.
And showing weakness has its benefits.
Yu Li thought about it and didn't say anything more.
What if he fainted from exhaustion? He was still weak, so he couldn't be careless.
The two chatted all the way back to Shuying Lane.
To people who don’t know the situation, it seems that they have a very good relationship. They even chat while walking and their attention is always on each other.
When entering the alley, Yu Li saw many aunts and wives sitting under the eaves chatting. When they saw them, they looked at them with complicated eyes.
Someone asked, "Mr. Fu, Ms. Fu, where are you coming from?"
Yu Li looked over and said, "Just came back from the butcher shop."
Although she looked cold, she was actually very honest, and honest people are easy to bully. When the people around her heard this, they all had strange expressions on their faces.
Someone else said, "So that's how it is. Did Mr. Fu go there specially to take Ms. Fu home?"
Fu Wenxiao's eyes swept over those people, still with that calm and gentle look, and said with a smile: "My mother has worked hard to earn money to support the family. I have been free recently, so I went to pick her up and take her home."
Hearing this, many people showed an incredible look on their faces.
Did Mr. Fu really go to the butcher shop?
In fact, when someone went there to buy meat, he saw Fu Wenxiao appear in Zhang's butcher shop, and came back to tell everyone, but many people didn't quite believe it.
But Fu Wenxiao actually honestly said that he did go to the butcher shop.
Moreover, he didn't just go there for one or two days, but for several days in a row. Every day, he would wait for Madam Fu to finish her work, and then go home with her.
After Fu Wenxiao finished speaking, he nodded slightly to them politely and took Yu Li home.
When Yu Li was held by his hand, her fingers moved slightly, but she did not break free from him.
This is outside, if they break free, how will those people outside look at them? If people knew that they are just a couple in name only, that would be terrible, right?
After returning home and closing the door, Fu Wenxiao let her go as if nothing had happened.
Yu Li looked at him and thought he seemed strange, but he couldn't tell why.
Yu Li hadn't figured out what was wrong with Fu Wenxiao yet, but Zhou looked very happy.
She said happily, "Mother Li, Xiao Ge'er has been picking you up from the butcher shop every day recently. It's a way for him to exercise his body. I heard that he can already walk to the butcher shop in one breath without panting."
Yu Li: “…”
This place is quite far from the butcher shop. It would take an ordinary person about fifteen minutes to walk there. Fu Wenxiao was afraid it would take even longer.
Being able to walk there without getting out of breath is actually quite impressive.
Zhou said in a joyful tone: "Mother Li, you and Xiao Ge'er must be well. This will make me feel relieved."
Yu Li looked at her and said "oh" slowly.
"Also, don't take what those people outside say to heart. Xiao Ge'er is not that kind of person. He doesn't think there's anything wrong with you slaughtering pigs in the butcher shop." Zhou comforted him, "They don't know that the people in the village want to invite you to slaughter pigs for the Kitchen God Festival, but they can't."
This is also Zhou's truth.
She didn't think there was anything wrong with Yu Li's job as a butcher. It was a legitimate business, not murder or arson, or anything immoral. So what couldn't he do?
As for the fact that killing pigs is a lowly job in the eyes of the world?
Zhou was born into a poor family. She had experienced the horror of poverty and knew what it felt like to be hungry and die. She also knew how difficult it was for someone to survive in this world.
As long as they can survive, people will rush to do even more dirty things, not to mention killing pigs.
Besides, Xiao Ge'er didn't mind his wife doing this job, so she naturally wouldn't think there was anything wrong with it.
In Zhou's mind, Fu Wenxiao was a very opinionated person. If he didn't like something, no one could make him change his mind.
Since he didn't say anything when Yu Li chose to do this job, it means he acquiesced.
Zhou knew that Fu Wenxiao was not a pedantic person, and she also knew that Yu Li went to kill the pig because the family had no money.
She does this job to support her family.
How could they dislike her? They just felt sorry for her hard work.
Yu Li didn't expect her mother-in-law to say that, and a smile appeared on her face, "Mom, I don't care."
It's just some gossip, what's there to worry about?
"I'm glad you don't care." Zhou couldn't help but look at her. After confirming that she really didn't care, a smile appeared on her face.
In fact, she knew that sooner or later, someone would use this matter to attack her or Xiao Ge'er.
Xiao Ge'er's identity is there, so it would be fine if they didn't return to the capital. If they did, someone would definitely check Yu Li's background and even know that she had slaughtered pigs in a butcher shop.
By then, I'm afraid people will say all kinds of things, and they may even be worse than what's being spread in the alley.
Whenever she thought of this, Zhou felt uncomfortable.
Although she knew that Xiao Ge'er would be able to handle it and would not let Li Niang suffer any grievances, she could not bear the thought of someone saying this about Yu Li.
Yu Li was puzzled to see her mother-in-law suddenly looking worried. She thought that maybe her mother-in-law was unhappy because she heard bad things said by people outside.
That won't work.
Originally, she thought it was okay for those people to say a few words, but if it affected her mother-in-law's mood, she still had to do something.
**
Recently, Fu Wenxiao went to the butcher shop to pick up Yu Li almost every day.
It seems that he not only didn't care that his wife was a butcher, but he even went to the butcher's shop to pick her up every day, as if to prove to the world how good their relationship was.
This made the scholars in Shuying Lane, who had originally admired him very much, feel very uncomfortable. They cursed him in private, saying that he was stubborn and even deliberately ran to such a dirty place.
As for the aunts and wives, they just kept their mouths shut.
Mr. Fu doesn't care that his wife does this, so no matter how much outsiders say, it's useless. Some people with foul mouths will even be so angry that they want to vomit blood after being scolded by Ms. Song.
Of course, there are also some people who envy Yu Li.
Especially those women who work hard to earn money to support their husbands' education feel very uncomfortable.
In order to support the men in their family to study, they have grown from young to old women. Their husbands have finally passed the imperial examination and become scholars, but they are looking for prostitutes outside. If they say a few more words, they will be despised for being old and ugly.
Mr. Fu doesn't even mind that his wife has to do the job of slaughtering pigs. So when Ms. Fu is no longer young, she shouldn't mind it either, right?
It is also said that Mr. Fu refused many poetry and literary gatherings organized by scholars, and would rather go to the butcher's shop to pick up Ms. Fu. Although those scholars privately scolded him for being hypocritical and treating the butcher girl as a treasure, they were envious of him in their hearts.
The alley seemed to calm down again, and when those people saw Yu Li, they no longer made sarcastic remarks.
But there was still some contempt in the look he gave her.
Especially those scholars, who felt that Fu Wenxiao was simply hopeless.
That day, Fu Wenxiao went to the butcher shop to pick up Yu Li.
Seeing him, Yu Li said, "Let's go home. I ordered some stones from a nearby quarry, and they should be delivered."
Fu Wenxiao was puzzled, "Why are you fixing the stone?"
Yu Li turned his head and looked at him without saying anything.
This gave Fu Wenxiao a bad feeling, and he followed her home with some trepidation.
When we arrived at Shuying Lane, we saw Wu Shouzi and others pushing several carts with a lot of large stones on them.
They piled them at the entrance of the alley, and because there were too many stones, they gradually blocked the entrance of the alley.
The people in Shuying Lane were very dissatisfied with this, but when they saw Wu Shouzi and others, they did not dare to say anything.
These look like idlers who are not easy to mess with. They are all ruffians with shifty eyes. Although there are often yamen runners patrolling nearby, idlers and hooligans dare not cause trouble here, but if they are provoked, they will retaliate privately, which is not good.
Hearing the noise here, everyone in the alley came out to watch the excitement.
At this time, a few scholars came back from outside and were blocked at the entrance of the alley. They were in a very bad mood and asked angrily: "Where did these stones come from? Who piled them here?"
Another scholar shouted, "You are disturbing the people. Find an official to drive them away."
For these scholars, they are accustomed to asking officials to handle such matters and rarely do it themselves.
At this moment, they thought that after they said this, the unruly people who brought the stones here would quickly move them away and make room.
But they didn't expect that these people just glanced at them, turned their heads away and ignored them completely.
Several scholars blushed.
At this time, they saw Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao walking towards them, and they felt a little gloating.
A scholar shouted, "Mr. Fu, the door to your house is blocked by stones, what should we do?"
The Fu family is the first house at the entrance of the alley, and is blocked by a pile of stones. Many people who saw this scene thought that the people who transported the stones must have done it on purpose.
So when they talked, these people naturally had a mood of watching a good show.
It was true that they were blocked outside, but the Fu family was also blocked.
Fu Wenxiao didn't say anything. His gaze shifted from the pile of stones in front of his house to Wu Shouzi and others. He seemed to understand why she bought stones from the quarry.
Sure enough, I heard her say, "This is the stone I bought."
Everyone looked over here, even those people in the alley were looking over here across the pile of rocks.
They looked puzzled, wondering why she bought so many stones.
"Madam Fu, why did you buy so many stones?" Madam Song stood at the door of her house and shouted, "Are you planning to build a rockery?"
Yu Li replied: "I bought it to use as fertilizer for flowers."
Everyone: “…”
Everyone thought they had heard wrongly.
Who would buy stones as fertilizer? No, how can stones be used as fertilizer? Is she kidding?
Only Fu Wenxiao, Wu Shouzi and others present knew clearly that she was not joking.
Fu Wenxiao finally knew what she wanted to do and smiled helplessly.
Forget it, if she wants to buy stones to use as fertilizer, then she can use them as fertilizer. Even if she says she wants to buy gems to use as fertilizer, he will work hard to make money to buy it for her.
Just when everyone thought she was joking, Yu Li stepped forward and kicked a stone that was half a person's height.
With a loud bang, the stone cracked and broke into pieces in front of everyone's gaze.
Yu Li picked up a stone, squeezed it casually, and when he opened his hands, the stone turned into a pile of powder.
She said to the stunned people, "This is fertilizer for flowers."
Everyone in the alley: "..."
Yu Li turned his head and looked at the scholars at the entrance of the alley. "I heard that the stone contains some kind of minerals. After being ground into powder, it can also be used as fertilizer for flowers, right?"
She looked like she was not ashamed to ask.
The scholar who was questioned by her turned blue in the face and sweated profusely. He looked as if a demon had sucked all his energy out of him and was on the verge of collapse.
In the alley, the group of people also swallowed secretly.
This, this, this…what kind of monster is this Madam Fu? She actually crushed the stone? ! ! !
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