Chapter 69 Chapter 69 Kneeling and Apologizing
It was already late, and the dusk that was about to darken had mostly obscured the outlines of people.
When he saw the person who opened the door, Zhu the yamen runner was stunned and thought he had seen it wrong.
Why does this girl look a bit like the one who works in Zhang’s butcher shop?
He went to Zhang's butcher shop several times and saw her delivering goods. Because the girl was really good-looking, he naturally took a few more glances at her and remembered her.
Zhu the yamen runner was not stupid and he understood everything in an instant.
This is the Fu family in Qingshi Village. The person he is looking for is the girl from the Yu family who married into the Fu family. This girl happens to work in the Zhang family butcher shop in the county town...
So, he didn't actually find the wrong person, but the information provided by Yu Jingde and others was wrong.
In other words, Yu Jingde and the others themselves didn't recognize anyone.
Zhu Yayi just found it unbelievable. Wasn't this girl from the Yu family the cousin of Yu Jingde and his family? How could someone not recognize his own cousin? It was a pity that they had lived under the same roof for more than ten years.
Someone says that a person is very dark and thin and looks ugly.
If you look for it according to this statement, it would be strange if you can find it.
Zhu Yayi felt that the brothers of Yu family were really unreliable. They didn’t even know what their own cousin looked like. Had they become stupid from studying too much?
Zhu Yayi was secretly complaining in his heart, and asked directly: "Are you Yu Li? Are you the daughter of the second branch of the Yu family in Qingshi Village?"
His tone was unfriendly and I knew he was looking for trouble.
Zhu Yayi came here to scare people, so naturally he would not speak in a nice tone. He was very skilled at this kind of thing, and he had to show his imposing manner at the first moment to scare people and achieve his desired goal.
Yu Li was practicing physical skills in the yard just now, and a sudden knock on the door interrupted her exercise.
The knock on the door was loud and very rude.
She had no choice but to stop, wipe the sweat off her face, and go to open the door. But she didn't expect to see three yamen runners when she opened the door, two of whom were old acquaintances, which surprised her.
Yu Li didn't think much about it. She thought that Ge Yayi and his men had found out her identity and that something had happened there, so they came to find her.
She works at Zhang's butcher shop, and her identity can be easily found out if one is interested.
Yu Li was not afraid of the two yamen runners' inquiries.
They had been threatened by her before, and looking at the reactions of the two, she knew that they would not dare to retaliate for the time being. In addition, she worked in the county town and had already figured out the situation in the county town. She also had Gao Sheng, Wu Shouzi and others as spies. If they had any unusual movements, she would be able to find out at the first time and deal with the two directly.
However, when she heard Zhu Yayi's impolite questions, she vaguely realized that they were indeed looking for her, but they were here to cause trouble.
Yu Li said calmly: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
After confirming her identity, Zhu Yayi said fiercely: "I heard that you are unfilial to your elders, disrespectful to your brother, and even beat people in the street. You will go to jail for this. Come with us to the county government office..."
As he said this, he reached out to catch her.
He was very confident. If it were an ordinary girl, her legs would have been limp with fear by now, so the next step would be easy to deal with.
The runners Ge and Peng at the back finally came to their senses from the shock they felt when they saw Yu Li. When they saw that runner Zhu was actually going to attack her, their hearts began to rise and they cried out subconsciously.
"Don't……"
The next moment, the tall and thin Zhu yamen runner flew out from among them, fell heavily to the ground with a dull sound, and fainted.
The two of them were silent as a mouse, standing there stiffly, not daring to move, looking at Yu Li in horror.
Her light kick sent the men flying away, just like the scene when she kicked them away that day, as if they were weightless paper figures.
After doing all this, Yu Li closed the courtyard door behind him and looked at the yamen runners Ge and Peng who were standing there.
When they met her gaze, their legs went limp and they knelt down in front of her.
"Li, Li Boss!" Peng Yayi said tremblingly, "We, we are here to apologize to you."
"Apologize?" Yu Li asked expressionlessly, "What are you apologizing for?"
The two yamen runners were sweating profusely, stammering and not daring to speak.
It was probably because they had heard Zhu the yamen runner threaten her several times along the way and asked her to kneel down and apologize to the elders of the Yu family. So when they saw her this time, they knelt down directly without thinking before speaking.
Ask her to kneel down and apologize? That's impossible.
It would be better if they kneeled down to apologize!
Yu Li had not forgotten what Zhu Yayi had said just now, and asked, "Are you here to arrest me and put me in jail?"
“No, no, no…no!”
Ge and Peng were shaking their heads tremblingly, almost breaking their heads, and their hearts were about to explode with fear.
Yu Li considered himself a reasonable person, so he did not immediately condemn them and asked, "Then what are you doing here?"
Afraid that she would misunderstand that they were in cahoots with Zhu Yayi, the two men couldn't wait to speak.
"It was Zhu Shou who said that you beat up his great-uncle's cousin. His great-uncle was a scholar who opened a private school in the county town. His surname was Chen."
"He came here this time to scare you so that you would go and apologize to his cousin."
"By the way, I also want you to kneel down and apologize to the elders of the Yu family, saying that you are unfilial and the source of chaos in the family."
“…”
Listening to them talking one after another, although a little incoherent, Yu Li quickly figured out the situation.
It turned out that the runners were sent by the eldest wife to take revenge on her.
She heard Wu Shouzi and others mention this matter last month, but no one has come since.
Previously, Wu Shouzi told her that a yamen runner named Zhu had been to Zhang's Butcher Shop several times, but because he didn't do anything, she didn't take it seriously.
Unexpectedly, this yamen runner Zhu actually came to the village and came with the yamen runner Ge to cause trouble for her.
"No, no, no, we are not here to cause trouble for you. We didn't know that Zhu Shou was looking for you!" Ge Yayi said anxiously, almost crying. "Boss Li, even if we have ten times the courage, we would not dare to cause trouble for you."
Peng Yayi also said: "Yes, yes, if we knew that the person he was looking for was you, we would definitely not come!"
The two were so anxious that they wanted to swear that they had never intended to cause trouble for her.
Yu Li didn't let them go, "So, if it wasn't me, you would go and scare someone else?"
"No, no, no, that's not the case..."
The two of them argued weakly. If the person they met today was not her, they would really scare her. After all, they had promised Zhu Shou and Wen Niang would serve them...
Yu Li was too lazy to listen to their excuses. She walked over, pulled off Zhu Yayi's clothes on the ground, tore them into pieces, rolled them into a ball and stuffed them into their mouths. Then she picked up a branch, removed the leaves on it, and hit them with it.
The three grown men rolled on the ground after being beaten.
Because his mouth was blocked, he couldn't make any sound, only a few muffled groans occasionally.
Zhu Yayi was also awakened from his coma by the beating. The branch hit him so hard that it hurt so much that tears came out of his eyes.
Suddenly, Zhou's voice was heard in the yard.
"Li Niang, who is here? Why did you close the door?"
When the knock on the door sounded, Zhou was washing her two children.
The knock on the door sounded urgent. She thought there was something urgent and couldn't help feeling a little worried. However, thinking that Yu Li was practicing martial arts in the yard, she didn't rush out.
But she had finished washing the two children, but Yu Li still hadn't come back.
Zhou asked the two children to go to bed and came out to check.
As the twilight was about to disappear in the sky, I found that the gate of the yard was closed. Yu Li was not in the yard, but there was some strange movement outside the yard.
Just as she was about to open the door and go out to take a look, Zhou heard Yu Li's voice outside: "Mom, someone is looking for me, you don't need to come out."
Zhou paused, but still felt uneasy, so she opened the door.
When she opened the door and looked outside, she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Yu Li standing not far from the front door.
The light around was dim. Apart from Yu Li who was standing there, Zhou couldn't see the three people lying on the ground clearly and was a little confused.
Didn't they say someone was looking for Li Niang? Why didn't they see anyone?
"Li Niang, where are the people?"
Yu Li glanced at the three people in the bushes, turned around, walked over, and pushed Zhou back home.
"Mom, please stay at home. It's alright here. I'll be back soon."
How could Zhou be matched with her strength? She pushed her back home lightly and the gate was closed again.
Although he was still a little confused, Yu Li obviously didn't want her to go out. After thinking about it, he decided to give up and go find Fu Wenxiao.
Fu Wenxiao sat by the window, looking quietly towards the yard.
His expression was very cold, and his pale face looked as sharp and cold as ice and snow under the light, which was very scary.
Seeing him like this, Zhou felt a little nervous and whispered, "Xiao brother, it's windy at night, don't sit here and get blown by the wind."
Fu Wenxiao asked, "Mother, who is here to see you?"
He had been sitting here watching Yu Li practice physical skills. A sudden knock on the door called her out, and she never came back. Just now, he keenly heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground outside.
Obviously the people who came tonight had bad intentions.
Zhou shook her head, "I didn't see it clearly, and Li Niang pushed me back." She was a little worried and whispered, "Xiao Ge'er, do you think it could be..."
"No!" Fu Wenxiao said coldly, "Those people should think I'm dead. At most, they will send someone to confirm whether I'm dead or not."
Zhou opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
**
Outside the door, Yu Li stood under a tree. The tree's shadow was heavy, hiding her figure.
In front of her were three kneeling men.
It was already late, and everyone in the village had gone home to eat and rest. In addition, the Fu family was some distance away from the surrounding neighbors, so no one noticed what was happening here.
Yu Li didn't want to alarm the villagers, so he shut their mouths before taking action.
Just because she is not afraid of these yamen runners doesn't mean that the villagers are not afraid of them.
The yamen runners Ge and Peng knelt willingly, and even hoped that she would show leniency and not beat them anymore because they knelt so respectfully.
Before Zhu, the yamen runner, could figure out the situation, he was pulled to his knees by two yamen runners, Ge.
He knew that they were doomed here today.
At this moment, the three yamen runners hated the Chen family and the Yu Jingde brothers in their hearts.
The yamen runners Ge and Peng not only hated the Chen family, but also hated the yamen runner Zhu. If it weren't for him, they wouldn't have ended up like this and were beaten up by Yu Li again.
This time the beating was really painful, much more painful than the beating in the alley that day, and it happened with my mouth gagged.
Yu Li looked at the three kneeling men coldly and asked, "Who did you just say you wanted me to kneel down and apologize to?"
"No, no, no!" Both Ge and Peng shook their heads. "That's not true! They should be kneeling down to apologize to you!"
This was the truth. At this moment, they really wanted to tie Yu Jingde and the others up in front of her and make them kneel down in front of her to apologize.
Those bastards!
They actually dared to provoke her. Are they tired of living?
The two men were furious and decided that when they returned, they would tie up Yu Jingde and the others, bring them in front of her, and make them kneel down and apologize, only then would they be able to get rid of their hatred today.
Zhu Yayi was also terrified and said hurriedly: "This... big sister, it's all a misunderstanding! Please be magnanimous and let us go. We will never trouble you again..."
If you can't beat someone, just beg for mercy. It's not shameful.
Although Zhu the yamen runner often bullied the common people, he was not really so tactless that he thought all the people would be afraid of him. There were many idle and brave hooligans in the county town who roamed the streets and alleys. Sometimes conflicts broke out and when the fight really got out of hand, even the yamen runners would be afraid of them.
At this moment, in his eyes, Yu Li was like those idlers and hooligans who begged for mercy very easily.
Otherwise, will she continue to beat me?
Yu Li held the branch that he had used to hit the man in his hand, and the sound made a rustling sound in the air, which frightened the three men and made the wounds on their bodies feel even more painful.
"Misunderstanding?" She said slowly, "It may be a misunderstanding today, but it may not be in the future."
If it wasn't her, but an ordinary country girl, and she encountered a few yamen runners coming to her house, no matter what the situation was, she and her family would probably suffer.
This is what Yu Li hates the most.
She had no fear of the government, nor was she afraid of beating people, but she knew that this world was strictly hierarchical, and that the lives of ordinary people and even women were not very good.
It can even be said to be very bad.
Although she had no intention of challenging the entire social system, it did not mean that she would tolerate these things when she saw them.
These ambiguous words startled the three yamen runners and made them realize that she hated this kind of thing very much.
The strong sense of crisis made them make the decision in an instant.
The three men swore again that they would never do such a thing again, would behave themselves and no longer oppress the people.
Yu Li listened calmly without saying anything.
Until the three of them were terrified and sweating profusely, she finally spoke: "Really? But I don't believe your promise."
Hearing this, Ge and Peng became desperate.
They still remembered her threats. Given her cruelty, she might really slaughter all the males in their family like pigs, leaving the Ge family (Peng family) without descendants.
This is the most terrible punishment for a man.
Although Zhu had never been threatened like this before, after the beating he just received, he realized how terrifying the person in front of him was.
He was terrified, his hands and feet went limp, and he looked at her in horror.
The dusk finally disappeared and a bright moon rose from the east.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the moonlight is getting brighter every night, allowing people to see things at night.
Yu Li stood under the tree, hiding her body in its shadow. If she hadn't spoken, she would have been easily ignored.
The three of them couldn't see her clearly, and didn't know what her expression was. The figure trapped in the shadows only made them more frightened.
Yu Li said: "I don't believe you, but I will keep an eye on you from now on."
Staring at them?
The three of them were stunned, a chill ran straight into their hearts, and they couldn't help but shiver. Fear spread in their hearts, making them unable to speak.
"Okay, you guys go now." Yu Li said.
The three of them didn't move, but looked at her cautiously, as if to confirm whether she really wanted them to leave.
They had just been severely beaten and were already frightened, and her unfinished threats also made them shudder.
Seeing that they didn't move, Yu Li asked again: "As for this matter, do you know what to do?"
Since Yu Jingde and the others want her to kneel down and apologize so much, then let her kneel down.
The three of them were very sensible. Upon hearing this, they immediately said, "Don't worry, we understand. We will definitely make them come over and kneel down to apologize to you!"
This matter involves three brothers: Chen Zhongxun, Yu Jingde and others.
As for the fact that Chen Zhongxun was Zhu Yayi's uncle's cousin, the three of them didn't take it to heart at all. They were all so miserable, how could they care about the relationship between relatives? They had to let her calm down first.
Zhu, the yamen servant, was full of resentment and felt that he had been cheated by those people.
If he had known she was so scary, he wouldn't care about their grudges and would have stayed as far away from her as possible.
Yu Li was finally satisfied and generously let them stand up.
The three of them supported each other and stood up with gritted teeth, feeling pain all over their bodies.
Especially Zhu the yamen runner, he was kicked and flew away, falling to the ground as if all his bones were dislocated, his shoulder was dislocated, and one arm hung down unnaturally.
From childhood to adulthood, they had never suffered such a severe punishment, and the pain was unbearable. Ge Yayi and Peng Yayi had never expected that the last time they were beaten by Yu Li, it was not the most painful, but there was something even more painful.
Perhaps it was because they went straight to her house this time and even wanted to scare her, which led her to take such ruthless action.
Yu Li turned around and went home.
The three of them watched her enter the Fu family's house, closed the gate, and waited for a long time to make sure that she would not come out before leaving cautiously.
They endured the journey, but as it was too late and there was no boat to go back, they had to walk back to the county town.
It wasn't until they left Qingshi Village that they finally stopped, gasping for breath.
All three of them broke out in cold sweats. When the sweat spread over the criss-crossing red and swollen scars, it was extremely painful, just like being cut by a soft knife and having salt water sprinkled on it.
They sat down in the grass by the roadside to rest.
I was too nervous before and didn't dare to cry out in pain in front of Yu Li. Now that I have left Qingshi Village and confirmed that she will not appear, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Peng Yayi felt so much pain all over his body, and he was angry and resentful. He complained, "Zhu Shou, don't call us for this kind of thing next time. We will never do it again."
If Zhu Shou hadn't asked them to come here, they wouldn't have suffered this kind of suffering.
It hurts so much!
Ge Yayi thought so too. He was already scared by the beating.
He was also afraid that Yu Li would slaughter all the men in their family like pigs one day. His only son would have to marry and have children in the future. His father was so old, and he couldn't let him suffer like that in his old age.
Of course, as a normal man, he doesn't want to be... He still wants to continue being a man.
Zhu Yayi was even more miserable than them, "How dare I? If I knew..." At this point, he asked the two, "How did you know her?"
He didn't expect that there was such a terrible person hiding in this Qingshi Village.
If I had known, I would never come here.
Thinking back to the reactions of Ge and Peng just now, Zhu Yayi couldn't help but wonder if these two people had been beaten by her before?
Because they knelt very neatly and pulled him down with them.
A man should kneel to heaven, to the earth, to his parents, so how could he kneel to a young girl?
He had always thought so, and when he saw the two men kneeling down like this, he was so shocked. But he didn't know that the next moment they would pull him to kneel down.
This had a great impact on Zhu Yayi.
When Ge and Peng heard this, their expressions paused.
Although the three of them were in the same boat today, they had not thought of telling them, otherwise it would involve the injury of Manager Cui. The less people knew about it, the less danger of being exposed.
Otherwise, all their efforts in making Manager Cui mute would be in vain.
Ge Yayi said: "We accidentally offended her before and were beaten by her, so..."
The words were said vaguely, leaving room for people to imagine what they wanted. Zhu, the yamen runner, thought he understood it. It was just that they saw that the girl from the Yu family was pretty, so they might have done something and ended up in her hands.
This is a shameful thing, no wonder neither of them is willing to talk about it.
After this beating, both Ge and Peng felt that they would never dare to oppress the people or scare them again.
If anyone dares to let them scare the little girl in the future, they will definitely beat him to death!
They finally made the decision to turn over a new leaf and live a peaceful life.
**
After dealing with the three uninvited guests outside the door, Yu Li returned to the yard. Just as he was about to continue practicing physical skills, he saw Zhou coming over.
"Leave mother."
Zhou was standing under the eaves, waiting eagerly. When she saw her come back, she hurriedly asked about what had happened.
Yu Li said: "Nothing, they were people from the county town who came to see me. I talked to them for a while and then they left."
Zhou looked at her suspiciously, "Are you really okay?"
"fine!"
After confirming again and again that everything was fine, Zhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She moved her mouth and whispered, "Li Niang, if you encounter bad people in the future, you must protect yourself first."
Yu Li nodded, "Of course."
Although I don't know why she said that, Yu Li has always been an obedient person.
She assured: "Don't worry, mother, I am very strong. If there are bad guys, I will definitely protect you!"
Grandma can cook a lot of delicious food and embroider. She is reluctant to leave her grandmother and will definitely not let bad people bully her. And Fu Yanhui and his sister, Fu Wenxiao, these are grandma's family, she will naturally protect them.
Zhou pursed her lips and smiled, and her originally heavy mood became a little lighter.
She smiled and said, "No, no, just protect yourself."
These days, she saw Yu Li practicing physical skills in the yard every day. Although she didn't understand, she realized that this daughter-in-law didn't seem to be simple, so she felt relieved.
After talking with Zhou for a while, seeing that it was getting late and he had to get up early to go to the county town tomorrow, Yu Li simply stopped practicing, took his clothes to wash up, and then went back to his room to rest.
Fu Wenxiao sat in the room waiting for her. Seeing that she had washed her hair, he took a towel and wiped her hair.
As he wiped it, he asked, "Li Niang, what happened just now?"
Yu Li told him what happened before. She was afraid of scaring her weak mother-in-law, so she didn't tell her, but she had no concerns about Fu Wenxiao.
Although this man looks very weak, he is not weak in character and has a strong ability to accept things.
You can tell from how well he accepts her abnormal behavior. When he was awakened by her subconsciously strangling his neck at night, he could still lie there calmly, which shows that he has a very strong psychological endurance.
Don't worry about scaring him.
After listening to this, Fu Wenxiao looked indifferent.
But when he spoke, I heard the coldness in his tone and knew he was angry.
"How are you going to deal with this?" he asked.
Yu Li blinked his eyes and said as a matter of course: "If they want me to kneel down and apologize so much, then let them kneel down and apologize."
Fu Wenxiao: "..."
Yu Li said: "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will go find them."
It is rude not to reciprocate. Now that people have come to her house to cause trouble, she must not let them go. She must let them know how powerful she is so that they will not always think of doing anything tricky.
She has never been afraid of retaliation from others. If she has the ability, she will take action. If she doesn't have the ability, she will hold it back. The reason is very simple.
Fu Wenxiao was silent for a moment, then laughed softly.
When she raised her eyes to look at him, he continued to wipe her hair and said softly, "That's good. Let's do it."
He was very angry because someone bullied her.
But if she bullied those people—wasn’t that what they deserved?
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