Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Crying
Chen Jicheng struggled subconsciously.
He is not yet old enough to tie his hair up, and his hair is tied into two buns, like two horns on his head. Yu Li grabbed one of the horns with his hand, and his hand was very steady. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't get it free. He even almost cried because of the pain from pulling his scalp.
What’s even more terrifying is that Yu Li coldly forced him to apologize.
Looking at Yu Li's expressionless face, Chen Jicheng was filled with fear. Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore and burst into tears.
He cried and said, "I'm sorry..."
Yu Li lowered her eyes to look at him, and finally let go of her hand, letting him fall to the ground and cry.
She ignored everyone else, paid the money, picked up the material and embroidery thread packed by the shopkeeper, and said goodbye to him politely.
The shopkeeper was shocked by her beating and reacted slowly. He said hesitantly, "Come back next time when you are free, girl."
After Yu Li walked out of the embroidery shop, Yu Qin seemed to have just reacted. She hurried to help Chen Jicheng up from the ground, with an expression of shame and anger on her face.
She didn't expect Yu Li to do such a thing and not give her any face at all.
It's really too much.
"Cheng'er, don't cry." Yu Qin comforted softly, "She actually dared to hit you. I will definitely tell my grandma, and she will teach her a lesson."
In Yuqin's heart, Old Lady Yu is a very powerful person in the family. Her words are final and her uncles, aunts and cousins have to live their lives according to Old Lady Yu's mood.
She had seen Old Lady Yu beat Yu Jin and the others with a rattan stick before, scolding them for being lazy women who didn't work.
The Yu Jin sisters could only cry and be beaten, and they dared not resist.
Chen Jicheng cried for a while, then looked up and saw the shopkeeper and others were staring at him. He finally realized how embarrassed he was and felt a little ashamed. The pain in his cheek made him even more angry.
"How could she hit someone?" he said angrily, "Why didn't you tell me that she could hit someone?"
If he hadn't heard Yu Qin say a while ago that the daughter of her second uncle in the countryside was a troublemaker and made her parents worried, he wouldn't have made sarcastic remarks to Yu Li when he saw her, trying to vent her anger.
Yuqin choked, bit her lip, and said awkwardly: "I, I didn't know she would hit people. You know, I haven't been back to my hometown for more than a month. I heard that she has been making a lot of trouble at home recently. She is not filial to her elders and is disobedient. Grandma and grandfather are both mad at her. My father has been upset about this for several days. I thought that in a few days, after cousin Qian and sister Yang get married, I will go back to my hometown..."
She also explained this to the people around her.
Everyone present saw the scene of Yu Li beating someone just now. If you look into it carefully, it was Chen Jicheng who humiliated her first. It was wrong for her to hit him, but it was also understandable.
Yuqin didn't want people to think that Chen Jicheng did this because of her instigation.
Sure enough, the expression on Miss Yang's face eased a little.
Originally, she was quite impatient about this matter, thinking that it was quite ungentlemanly of Chen Jicheng to make things difficult for a country girl. Even if she was not good-looking, he could not call her ugly all the time, which was really too much.
I learned that she was an unfilial person who would disobey her elders...
If that was the case, Chen Jicheng's action just now was just to teach her a lesson, which didn't seem to be a big deal. It was just that he failed to teach her a lesson and was instead taught a lesson by others... This seemed a little ridiculous.
After this incident, the girl from the Yang family no longer had the heart to buy any clothes.
She brought Yuqin here to buy clothes today. She heard that the embroidery shop had recently received a batch of new clothing styles from the provincial capital, so she thought of buying some for Yuqin as well.
Yuqin was the cousin of her future husband, and they happened to have a good relationship. Yuqin often praised her and tried to please her, which made her feel very comfortable. It was okay for her to spend some money to buy her some clothes and jewelry, since the Yang family was rich anyway.
Miss Yang looked at Chen Jicheng and saw that his face was mostly swollen. She said, "Let's go to the clinic first. Don't let anything get in your way."
After all, he is the brother of my future husband, so I naturally can’t just leave him alone.
To be honest, although what Chen Jicheng did just now was not justified, his sarcastic expression still made Miss Yang feel uncomfortable.
Even if you want to teach her a lesson, there is no need to call her ugly and even bring up her sisters.
Miss Yang knew that she had an ordinary appearance and she hated it most when people talked about her appearance.
Yuqin sensed her impatience and thought to herself that it was bad, but she didn't dare to say anything for fear of counterproductive effects.
She helped Chen Jicheng up and followed the girl from the Yang family out the door.
The three of them went straight to the clinic, Huichuntang, the best clinic in the county, and sought out Doctor Xu, who had the best medical skills.
Doctor Xu was a little surprised when he saw that most of Chen Jicheng's face was swollen. It was obvious that he had been beaten.
But after he checked, he found that although it looked terrible, the injury was only on the surface and did not hurt other parts. Even the face was not broken, and it would be fine if some ointment was applied. It can be seen that the person who hit the face had very good control of the strength.
"It's nothing, just apply the ointment for a few days." Doctor Xu prescribed medicine calmly.
"Really?" Yu Qin was worried, "Don't you need to take some medicine?"
Chen Jicheng's face was swollen, and he said vaguely: "Doctor, I'm in great pain..."
The swollen area felt like it was being pricked by needles and was numb and painful, and it was getting more and more painful. He had never experienced such pain before and felt so miserable that he wanted to cry.
Doctor Xu smiled and said, "It's all swollen, so it's naturally painful. Just apply some medicine. Remember not to touch water, and don't press your face when you sleep at night. It will be fine in a few days."
After hearing what he said, the three of them had no choice but to take the medicine and leave.
Then Miss Yang said goodbye and went home, and Yu Qin and Chen Jicheng also went home.
When Chen Jicheng returned home, his family members were shocked and angry when they saw the swollen half of his face. Yuqin went to find her mother Chen with a worried look on her face.
Chen was cooking in the kitchen. Seeing her daughter coming back, she was a little surprised and asked, "Didn't you go shopping with Ah Hui today? How come you're back so soon?"
Ahui is the maiden name of the girl from the Yang family.
Every time my daughter and Yang Hui go out, they play for most of the day and eat at restaurants outside. Yang Hui's family is rich, and she is not stingy in taking her out to eat and play, and she also buys her clothes and jewelry from time to time.
Chen was quite satisfied with the financial ability of her future niece-in-law.
The only thing she was dissatisfied with was that Yang Hui was the daughter of a merchant. Qian was a good student with a promising future. In her mind, she could marry any daughter of a juren, but it was a bit unfair for him to marry a plain-looking merchant daughter.
Yuqin said: "Mother, just now at the embroidery shop, we met Li Niang from my second uncle's family..."
She told her mother what happened in the embroidery shop.
After hearing this, Chen was so angry that she threw the fire stick to the ground and said angrily: "Why did she hit Cheng'er? This is really outrageous!"
"Yes, yes!" Yu Qin agreed, "She has changed. She actually hits people."
The last time Old Lady Yu and Old Third Yu went to the city, they and their children were not there. Later, Old Dad Yu casually mentioned to them that after Chen Boqian got married, he would find time to go back to Qingshi Village with them, saying that he had something to do in his hometown.
What's the matter?
Naturally, the second wife's daughter has been disobedient recently and has been making trouble when she returns to her parents' home, causing headaches for both the old lady and the old man.
The first family still had the same impression of Yu Li as before and did not think she could cause any trouble.
What can a submissive country girl achieve even if she makes a fuss?
However, the old lady went to the city to complain to Boss Yu and hoped that he could make some decisions. As he was a filial son, he must go back to take a look.
Yuqin didn't take it to heart.
She and Chen Jicheng were of similar age, half a year younger than her. The two cousins had been playing together since childhood. Chen Jicheng had always been very nice to her. When she heard about this, she complained to him a few words.
This meeting with Yu Li was purely accidental. Chen Jicheng was an impulsive teenager, and when he saw Yu Li in person, he wanted to vent his anger on her.
After Chen got angry, she quickly calmed down and looked at her daughter with some disappointment. "How can you tell anyone about the Yu family? Be careful that your father will scold you if he finds out."
Yuqin whispered: "Brother Cheng is not an outsider..."
In her heart, her grandparents' house is like her second home. She and Cheng Ge'er get along well and it's okay for them to say a few words to each other.
Chen was choked. She wanted to say something but couldn't bear to scold her daughter.
She had spoiled her daughter since she was young and often brought her to live in the county town because she didn't want her to be like the other girls from her second wife and have to suffer in the village.
How could her daughter live like a village woman?
Chen stopped cooking and said, "Cheng'er was beaten this time. Your uncle and aunt must be angry. We have to go and take a look."
Not to mention that this time Chen Jicheng took the initiative to provoke Yu Li because of his daughter, and the one who beat her was a girl from the Yu family. No matter what, her family would definitely be dissatisfied with the Yu family and would also vent their anger on them.
If this matter is not handled properly, the two sons studying in the Chen family may be implicated, and her sister-in-law will also be disappointed with Qin Niang. She also wants to marry Qin Niang to her second nephew Chen Zhongxun.
Chen Xiucai and his wife have two sons and one daughter.
After the eldest son got married, he had three sons, namely Chen Boqian, Chen Zhongxun and Chen Jicheng.
The second son has a son and a daughter.
Chen Boqian and Chen Zhongxun were the younger generations of the Chen family who were more capable of studying. Chen Xiucai was still hoping that these two grandsons could pass the imperial examination and fulfill his dream of passing the imperial examination.
Naturally, Chen also had her eyes on her outstanding nephews. Her eldest nephew's marriage had already been planned by her parents, but her second nephew's marriage was more open, so he didn't have to choose a merchant girl.
She fell in love with her second nephew Chen Zhongxun and hoped that her daughter would become a juren's wife in the future.
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After leaving the embroidery shop, Yu Li went to buy some things.
She first went to buy half a pound of salt. She used the salt to marinate two pounds of pork yesterday, as there was not much salt at home. Then she bought some daily necessities, such as fat beads.
When killing pigs, your body will have some smell, which needs to be washed off with fat beads.
After buying all these, Yu Li had spent all the money he had just earned today.
Looking at his empty wallet, Yu Li once again felt that he did not have enough money to spend, so he decided to kill a few more pigs and deliver the goods to more houses tomorrow.
Because she had no money, she didn't buy anything else and went straight home.
Under the scorching sun, Yu Li walked quickly all the way.
She finally returned to Qingshi Village at noon.
At this time, the villagers had all gone home to eat and rest, and there were not many people outside, so no one saw her coming from the village entrance.
When she got home, Zhou was sitting in the main room making clothes. Her two children were squatting in the shade of the yard, practicing calligraphy on the sand with tree branches.
Seeing her come back, the two children rushed over happily.
Zhou quickly put down the work in her hands, "Li Niang, you're back. Are you hungry? I left some food for you."
Although she didn't know when Yu Li would come back, Zhou still cooked for her. Anyway, if she didn't come back at noon, she should come back in the afternoon.
Yu Li put his things down, washed his hands and face to get rid of some of the heat, and then sat down to eat.
The dish was half a pot of meat left over from yesterday, a bowl of pickles, and a plate of blanched vegetables, with the vegetables doused in the gravy from the braised pork.
Although he had meat buns and braised meat at the butcher shop, Yu Li was hungry again after the walk back and immediately ate up all the food on the table.
After eating, she slowly drank the tea poured by the two children.
Zhou said, "Mother Li, it's still early, go back to your room and have a rest and sleep a little longer."
Thinking of her getting up in the middle of the night to go to the county town to work, I felt really distressed and worried that she would harm her health.
Yu Li responded and gave Zhou the material, embroidery thread and salt for the embroidered table screen that he had bought today. He then took the fat beads back to his room, found some clothes and prepared to take a bath.
When she entered the room, she glanced at the bed and saw Fu Wenxiao lying there quietly sleeping, moving lightly.
While taking a bath, Yu Li rubbed his body with fat beads and found that there was a lot of foam, with a medicinal scent, and the cleansing effect was very good.
It deserves to be the most expensive.
Although it hurt to buy the beads, she still chose to buy the fat beads.
After taking a shower, Yu Li felt that he smelled delicious all over.
She lowered her head and sniffed. She couldn't smell any sweat or the blood from slaughtering pigs. That was good. She didn't have to worry about disturbing others.
After all, she was not sleeping alone. There was a patient in the bed and she couldn't disturb the patient's rest.
Yu Li felt refreshed and tiptoed back to his room. Then he lay down on the outside of the bed and soon fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up, it was almost evening.
Yu Li sat up, hugging the quilt. It was hot and she was sweating profusely in her sleep. She had no idea what day it was.
"woke up?"
A clear and pleasant voice sounded beside him. Yu Li turned his head slowly and saw the man sitting against the bed.
He sat there quietly, as if he had no presence, and did not disturb her rest.
Yu Li nodded at him, got out of bed and straightened her clothes. Maybe it was too hot when she slept, so she was a little dishonest and her collar was a little open, but fortunately nothing was exposed.
Yu Li went to the table to get some water and poured him a glass.
Fu Wenxiao's eyes moved over her and asked, "Did your work go smoothly today?"
"It went pretty smoothly." Yu Li's lips curled slightly, "The pigs were obedient and let me kill them. They didn't struggle, and I got errand fees for helping to deliver the goods..."
Fu Wenxiao listened quietly, his eyes fixed on her.
Although her tone did not fluctuate much, one could still tell that she was in a good mood and was very satisfied with the job of slaughtering pigs.
It seems she did a good job.
At this time, she was heard saying: "When I went shopping, I met a bad person who humiliated me and my sister, and then I slapped him."
Fu Wenxiao was a little surprised, frowned and asked: "Do you know who the other party is?"
"He is my aunt's nephew, his name is Chen Jicheng, that's what Yuqin said." She said calmly, "He actually said my sister is ugly, how is my sister ugly?"
They are just a little thinner. When they regain their strength and grow up, they will definitely be beautiful girls.
Fu Wenxiao finally understood why she hit him, and said gently, "You did the right thing."
She is indeed a good girl, very responsible, and very caring towards her sisters. She will not tolerate others humiliating them.
Yu Li was happy to see that he agreed.
As expected, Fu Wenxiao was indeed a good person and very sensible, and he didn't think it was wrong for her to hit someone.
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