Chapter 30 Chapter 30 The Third Room Was Beaten
As Yu Li and the others just walked out, they saw the door of the next room opened and Yu Laoer and his wife walked out.
Liu asked quietly, "Li Niang, what are you going to do?"
Every time the couple learned that their eldest daughter had returned to her parents' home, they became nervous, worrying that Yu Li would do something to anger the old lady again.
They couldn't control their daughter, and didn't know how to do so, but they still hoped that she wouldn't cause trouble.
Otherwise, when Boss Yu comes back, I'm afraid she will be the one who suffers.
Yu Lao Da has always been valued by Mr. Yu and his wife. He was sent to a private school since he was a child. Later, he married the daughter of a scholar and had two promising sons. He also found a decent job in the county town, lived and ate in the county town, and became a decent county town person in the eyes of the country people.
In the minds of Yu Lao Er and Yu Lao San, this eldest brother is high above them, has great prestige in the Yu family, and is an unshakable existence.
As long as he said something, even the head of the village, the elders, the clan leader, etc. were willing to listen to him and give him face, and the people in the village also respected him very much.
It’s not that Yu Laoer and his wife are pessimistic, but they are too aware of the prestige that Yu Laoda represents in the Yu family and in the village, and few people dare to resist him.
If Boss Yu wanted to deal with his daughter, they felt that Yu Li would have no power to resist.
After all, she is their daughter, and they don't want her to be punished or suffer a bad fate.
In fact, they hope that she can live a good life in the Fu family and not go back to her parents' home to get involved.
The Fu family doesn't have that much work to do, and Zhou is a kind-hearted mother-in-law. Being a daughter-in-law of the Fu family is much better than being in the Yu family. Why doesn't she understand?
Yu Li glanced at them and said, "Go find Uncle San."
Hearing this, the couple first breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they were not going to look for the old man and the old lady.
Then, Yu Lao Er was a little surprised and asked, "What do you want to do with Lao San?"
Yu Li didn't say anything, his calm face revealed a sense of indifference in the twilight.
It didn't feel like facing my parents, it felt like I was facing two insignificant strangers.
Yu Jin said, "Dad, Mom, don't worry about it. It was Uncle San who was wrong this time. Just stay in the room."
She knew that her parents were useless and unreliable, so she didn't expect them to help her. As long as they stayed in the house obediently, no matter what others said, they would just remain the same.
I don't expect them to protect my daughter, nor do I want them to help outsiders blame them.
Yu Jin now has very low expectations for her parents, so low that she just wants them to stay the same, continue to be useless and not cause trouble for them.
Yu Laoer and his wife looked at their daughters' calm expressions and opened their mouths, but didn't know what to say.
In the end, I could only watch them go towards the third room.
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Perhaps because Yu Li came back, the Yu family was very quiet. Everyone stayed in their rooms and even if they were thirsty, they didn't dare to go out to drink water.
There was only a little twilight left in the sky, and it was getting darker.
Yu Li brought his sisters to the third room and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" The voice of Third Aunt Wang was heard in the room.
Yu Li said: "It's me."
When this voice sounded, there was a moment of silence in the room, followed by the sound of a chair falling to the ground. One could foresee how chaotic the scene inside was.
Yu Jin and the others heard it clearly. The three sisters' eyes were as bright as cats' in the twilight, almost glowing.
It was difficult for them to describe their current mood. They were excited and nervous, and there was an unknown energy rising from their hearts, making them feel that they had nothing to fear.
There is nothing in this world that can scare them. When they encounter unfair things, they should face it bravely instead of swallowing their anger and thinking it is their fault.
After a long while, the door of the third room finally opened.
The one who opened the door was Yu Lao San. He stood at the door, looking at his four nieces, obviously feeling uncomfortable, and his voice was a little tense, "Li, Li Niang, what's the matter?"
Wang in the room pricked up her ears nervously, worried that Yu Li, the evil star, would come to cause trouble for their third room.
Even in the main house, Mrs. Yu and Mr. Yu, who heard the noise, couldn't help but listen attentively.
It can be said that, unknowingly, Yu Li's every move has completely affected the hearts of everyone in the Yu family. As long as she moves, they will become extremely nervous.
Yu Li didn't play along and said straight to the point, "Third Uncle, when you helped Ah Yin to sell her embroidery at the embroidery shop in the county, you should have earned about 400 coins a month, excluding the money for the fabric and thread. But you only gave 300 coins to Ah Nai. Where did the remaining 100 coins go?"
Instantly, everyone was stunned.
Yu Laosan and Wang in the room changed their expressions drastically.
At this moment, there was a bang from the main room, and then Old Mrs. Yu suddenly opened the door and rushed out like a firecracker.
"You are such a good fellow, you actually stole a hundred coins!"
That’s one hundred wen. One hundred wen every month. I don’t know how much money I would have in these few years!
In Old Lady Yu's heart, all the money of the Yu family belonged to her, and she wanted to save it for her two grandsons to go to school. Although she knew that the Third Brother Yu was not honest and must have embezzled some money when he went out to work odd jobs, she thought it would not be too much, so she turned a blind eye.
Who knew he was so bold that he dared to embezzle a hundred coins just for Yu Yin's embroidery.
If it was only a few or a dozen cents it would be fine, but a hundred cents is really too much.
Old Mrs. Yu had extraordinary fighting ability. In a rage, she picked up a rattan stick in the yard and hit Old Third Yu with it.
Yu Laosan didn't dare to fight back and was beaten up and down by her.
"Mom, don't hit me, don't hit me..."
"I'll beat you to death, you greedy ghost, you wretch! You actually cheated your mother!" Old Mrs. Yu was furious and beat her even more crazily, "Hurry up and spit out the money, it's mine..."
Yu Li and her sisters stepped back to avoid being hit by the cane of old lady Yu.
Hearing what Old Lady Yu said, she reminded: "Grandma, this is Yin's money, not yours."
In her heart, the money Yu Yin earned was hers. Even if she had to turn it over to the public treasury because the family had not been divided, that was fine. She would hand over as much income as the eldest wife turned over. She had to keep some for the earner, otherwise it would be so disheartening.
I eat little, work hard, and never get a penny of the money I earn.
Even if you are a hard-working person, there is no reason for you to be exploited like this.
No family is like this. Not a penny is left to the people who earn money. The old people who are in charge of the money here usually only keep half of the income for the public, and the rest is kept by the younger generation.
Old Mrs. Yu choked. She wanted to retort but was afraid that she would do something. In the end, she could only vent her anger on Old Third Yu and beat him even harder.
Yu Laosan is not Yu Li. He dare not resist his mother, let alone snatch the cane from Old Lady Yu's hand. He can only run around in the yard and ask the old lady not to be angry.
Wang in the room couldn't bear to watch her husband being beaten, so she rushed out to stop the old lady.
Old Madam Yu was so angry that she beat Wang as well, making her scream in pain. Even the Feng family heard the noise and stood at the door looking towards the Yu family.
In the end, the three brothers Yu Jingzhong couldn't bear to see their parents being beaten, so they ran out to stop the old lady.
"Grandma, please don't hit my parents..."
The youngest, Yu Jingyi, hugged old lady Yu's legs and burst into tears.
Old Mrs. Yu couldn't bear to beat her grandson, so she finally gave up and pointed the cane at Old Third Yu, asking sternly, "Where's the money?"
Yu Laosan's head, face, neck and other parts were covered with marks from the cane, and some parts were swollen. The old lady would not just hit people in the face, she would specifically hit the parts that were not covered by clothes.
Not only him, but Wang also had whip marks all over her face, feeling both painful and aggrieved.
Hearing Mrs. Yu's question, Yu Lao San stammered, "Mom, I spent it all..."
"All spent?" Old Madam Yu raised her voice, "One hundred coins a month, after two years, there are more than two taels of silver..."
Yu Yin was young, and the embroidery work she did two years ago was not very good and could not be sold for much money.
Later, she worked hard and her embroidery works gradually became outstanding. Only then did the embroidery shop accept her. It was only in the past two years that the quantity and price of the embroidery works sold were fixed.
Old Lady Yu was so angry that whenever she thought of Yu Lao San embezzling more than two taels of silver, she felt so distressed that she wanted to whip them.
At this time, Yu Li spoke up, "Uncle San, you have to return these two taels of silver to Ah Yin."
"What? How can this be..." Wang just opened her mouth when she realized that it was Yu Li who said this, and quickly shut her mouth.
But she was unwilling to do so in her heart. That was two taels of silver, and they had all spent it. How could she pay it back?
Yu Li didn't care. She said calmly: "Third Uncle, since you have embezzled the money from Ah Yin's embroidery work, you must return it. If you don't return it..."
Instantly, everyone looked at her with bated breath.
If she doesn't return it, what will she do?
"Then I'll have no choice but to smash your house to pay off the debt." Yu Li looked at the residence of the third room, "I'll give you three days. If you can't pay it back, I'll come back and smash your house."
Yu Laosan and his wife's faces changed drastically.
This threat is so cruel and abominable.
If she said she would beat them up, they would not be so anxious. But if she really beat them, since this niece beat her uncle and aunt, she would be wrong no matter how you look at it. Then they could talk about this matter with the clan leader and village elders. They are not like old men who need to save face.
But if she just smashed the house...
They couldn't stay at home all day and night, could they? Even if they did, they couldn't stop her from smashing the house.
Yu Li didn't care what they thought. After telling them the time to pay back the money, he took his sisters back to the west room.
Old Mrs. Yu moved her mouth, wanting to say that this should be the money handed over to the public, but when she thought of her threat, she closed her mouth silently.
But she was very unhappy in her heart and pointed at the noses of Yu Laosan and his wife and cursed them.
The Yu Jin sisters couldn't help but look back.
In the past, the old lady always scolded their parents, and the third wife's family just watched the fun. Unexpectedly, the situation changed and it was the third uncle's family's turn to be scolded.
When I returned to the west room, I saw Yu Laoer and his wife guarding the door.
The couple also heard Old Lady Yu scolding the third wife in a strong voice. They felt the same as their three daughters, which was quite subtle.
Yu Jin kindly reminded, "Dad and Mom, if you have nothing to do, go back to your room and rest, otherwise grandma will see you and scold you again."
The old lady is very angry now. Maybe after scolding the third room, she will scold them next.
After all, the easiest people to bully in the family are Yu Laoer and his wife.
Hearing this, Yu Laoer and his wife hurried back to their room to rest.
They don't want to be scolded by the old lady.
Seeing this, Yu Jin laughed at himself, but he didn't know what he was laughing at.
She followed Yu Li back to the room, feeling inexplicably low until Yu Li took out a piece of candy, broke it into several pieces, and stuffed a piece into each of her three sisters' mouths.
The sweet taste made the three girls forget everything else in an instant.
"Sister, is this the candy? It's so delicious!" Yuzhu held her face with both hands and held the candy carefully. She was reluctant to swallow it, fearing that the candy in her mouth would be gone in an instant.
She had seen Yu Qin and Yu Jingzong from the first house eating candy before.
At that time, she watched with eager eyes, and then was bullied by the two men. Yu Jingzong threw the remaining candy wrappers on the ground, with some sugar stains still on them, and told her to lie down and lick them if she wanted to eat them.
If Yu Jin hadn't passed by and seen her and pulled her away, she might have really licked him while lying on her stomach.
It was also the first time for Yuyin and Yujin to eat sugar in their lives. It turned out that sugar tasted like this, even sweeter than the sweetest fruit in the mountains.
The three sisters were instantly conquered by the sugar.
Yu Jin asked, "Sister, where did this candy come from?"
"I bought it in the county town." Yu Li said, "By the way, I found a job in the county town. I will buy you delicious food in the future."
The three sisters looked at her with shining eyes, their faces full of surprise.
Found a job in the county? That means she can make money in the future, and she doesn't have to hand over the money to the Yu family's public treasury. It's all in her hands.
This is better than anything else.
Yu Jin couldn't wait to ask, "Big sister, what kind of work is this? Can I, can I do it?"
She was shocked when she said this, but she quickly became firm.
Why can’t a girl go to the county town to find a job?
She is fourteen years old now, and will be fifteen next year. At the age of fifteen, she will be an adult. Why can't she go to work and earn money? Instead, she has to be confined at home, doing endless work, but she can't get any good in return. And they say she is eating and drinking for free at home?
In that case, she would go find a job so that she wouldn't be eating and drinking for free when she earned the money.
If it were in the past, Yu Jin would never have dared to ask this question, and would have felt it was unrealistic.
The old lady would not allow them to go out to find work. There was already too much work to do at home, so why would she let the girls go out to work and earn money? What if they became too independent?
Although there were some country women who went out to find work during the slack season, most of them were married women, and unmarried young girls were still confined to the house to work.
If they don't do it, then the old lady will have to do it. How can that be possible?
In the mind of Grandma Yu, she did not think her daughter was very capable, and making money was not her job. She had never thought of letting her granddaughter find a job in the county town.
Yu Li saw that his sisters were looking at him happily, and he liked their expressions at that moment, so he said, "Kill the pig."
Three sisters: “…”
The surprise and hope in the eyes of the three sisters froze, and then they looked at each other.
"Kill, kill a pig?" Yu Jin asked cautiously, "Sister, can you kill one?"
She was a little conflicted. Although she thought her elder sister was very capable, she had never thought of killing pigs. How to say it, this job was not within her expectations.
Yu Li said: "Yes, I have seen people slaughtering New Year pigs, and I know how to do it."
Seeing her confidence, the three sisters finally chose to believe her.
When they found out how much money it cost to kill a pig, they all exclaimed in amazement. They instantly felt that killing pigs was a good job. If they killed a few more pigs a day, wouldn't they earn a few hundred coins? That was enough to make Yu Yin earn from embroidery work she had done for a month.
Yu Jin's face was full of excitement. "Big sister, can I go and kill the pig? I, I think I can do it!"
She had also seen people slaughtering pigs for the New Year and knew how to do it, and she didn't feel afraid of slaughtering pigs.
Yu Li pinched her skinny arm and shook his head, "It takes strength to kill a pig. You can't do it."
Yu Jin suddenly felt lost.
At this time, Yu Li said again: "I will pay more attention to see if there is any work suitable for you, and then you can do it."
She doesn't think girls shouldn't go out to work, even though there are very few young girls working outside these days, but she thinks it's okay.
Anyway, she will watch over and protect her younger sisters.
Yu Jin was very surprised and rushed over to hug her, "Thank you, big sister. I'm so happy."
Yu Li was stiff for a moment, as he was not used to being so close to someone, but when he thought that this was his sister, he gradually relaxed.
Seeing this, Yuzhu also smiled and threw herself on her two sisters.
Yu Yin was originally smiling quietly, but when she saw her sisters hugging each other and laughing, she finally couldn't help it and moved closer to her eldest sister. When she put her arms around her, she pursed her lips and smiled gently.
That’s great!
She thought to herself that things would get better and better in the future.
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