Chapter 208 Uncle
Both Old Mrs. Tang and Tang Jizu were killed. The villagers felt a great resentment and did not want their bodies to remain for too long, so they were buried early the next morning.
After the burial, the Tang family's house became a haunted house, and several neighboring families asked to move out. There were several vacant houses in the village, and the village chief asked them to choose one.
Li Taohua and her daughter paid for the funeral but did not attend the scene. For them, they were willing to pay because they were part of the village, but it did not mean they had forgotten the old grudge.
After the murder, the village was quiet for a while. Those who used to gossip and stir up trouble are now much more honest. After all, so many major events have happened one after another, and every household is worried. Everyone adheres to the principle of less trouble is better than more trouble, and tries not to cause trouble. Therefore, the whole village has been peaceful recently.
"Aunt Taohua..." Xiao Chunni knocked on the Tang family's door.
Li Taohua and the others just got off the mule cart and heard Xiao Chunni's voice. They responded to her, "Chunni, wait a minute. We are unloading the things and will send the mule cart to your house right away."
Yesterday, Carpenter Zhang mentioned that he wanted to use the mule cart today, saying that he was going to the next village to transport a batch of wood. Li Taohua thought she was urging the mule cart, and she responded while opening the gate.
Xiao Chunni came in carrying a backpack filled with wild taro dug from the mountains.
Xiao Chunni said, "I'm not here for this. Aunt Taohua, I met a tall and thin man on my way back. He asked around about your home. He should be able to get to your home soon. I don't think he's a good person, so I hurried back to tell you."
"The tall and thin guy, is he here with bad intentions?" Li Taohua thought for a moment, then turned back to Qin Huiyin and said, "It's been so many days, and he still came to my house."
"Aunt said before that he wasn't home recently. I'm afraid he just came back recently. When he came back and found that Aunt wasn't there, he didn't want to lose his cash cow, so of course he came to look for her."
"Mother, do you mean that the person who came is my uncle?" Tang Luwu understood. "If it's him, why don't you go directly to the county government office to find him?"
"You'll know why later." Li Taohua said, "Come here, steamed buns, steamed stuffed buns. You have to behave well later."
Steamed buns and dumplings have grown a lot bigger, and steamed buns have also grown a bit, but obviously not as big as the steamed buns and dumplings.
Xiao Chunni reminded Li Taohua and others, and went back to the next door carrying the backpack.
Not long after Xiao Chunni left, a man pushed open the gate without even saying hello. As soon as he stepped into the yard, three dogs pounced on him.
“Woof woof…”
“Woof…”
"Ahh..." The man was startled and leaned back, falling on his butt. "Get out of the way, you damn dog, ahhh... don't come over here..."
A bucket of rotten water was poured over.
The man was drenched.
Gulp! He swallowed a mouthful of sour water.
"Tang Dafu, look carefully at who I am." The man yelled at Tang Dafu who was throwing rotten water at him.
"Where did this little thief come from? He broke in without even knocking." Tang Dafu said, picking up the broom next to him and hitting him. "Bite him, steamed bun, bun."
The three dogs pounced and bit his arms and thighs.
The man kept hitting and got up from the ground and ran outside, begging for mercy: "Brother-in-law, it's me, I'm Deng Gui, oh, we're one..."
"Deng Gui?" Tang Dafu stopped. "How is that possible?"
Seeing that Tang Dafu stopped hitting him, Deng Gui stopped and brushed aside his messy hair, revealing his calculating face: "It's really me, look, it's me, right?"
Li Taohua came out, put her hands on her waist and said, "Tang Dafu, why don't you come in and work? Why are you being lazy?"
"Wife, I'll be right here." Tang Dafu turned around and said attentively, "Deng Gui is here. I'll say a few words to him and come in to clean up the room right away."
Deng Gui looked at Tang Dafu with disdain: "Brother-in-law, you are still cleaning the room? You are embarrassing men. Housework is a woman's job. How can a grown man do this? If I were you, I would beat such a disobedient wife three times a day."
"What on earth are you doing here?" Tang Dafu asked impatiently.
"I'm here to find my wife, who is your sister. My wife has come to your house, right? Is she still at your house now?" Deng Gui asked.
"Caiyun? She's already married, why is she still in my house? Could it be that you've divorced and she doesn't have to stay in your house anymore?" Tang Dafu asked knowingly.
"She's really not at your house?"
"No. What did you do to her?"
"I've been working outside to earn money lately, what can I do to her? If she's not at your house, then she's at the county government office. I'll stay at your house tonight and follow you into the city tomorrow."
As he spoke, Deng Gui walked inside.
Tang Dafu stretched out his arms: "I don't have any extra rooms at home, it's inconvenient."
"Brother, I'm your brother-in-law, and I'm considered an honored guest of your family. Isn't it a bad idea for you to do this?" Deng Gui said, his eyes rolling. "Then give me some money and I'll find a place to live."
"Oh, you're here to extort money from me." Li Taohua strode over. "You've got the wrong guy. He has no money. I manage all the money."
"Sister-in-law, we are all relatives, there is no need to be so ruthless, right? Besides, my wife is penniless, how could she run around on her own? Did you hide her?"
"Your wife has legs. If she wants to run away, she can run away. Don't throw dirty water on us. Also, if you are nice to her, will she run away? You should reflect on yourself and ask yourself why she ran away?" Li Taohua said, "If you don't leave, I will let my dog eat meat. Steamed buns, steamed buns, open your mouth..."
"Wait a minute... I'll just take a ride into town tomorrow morning to ask my daughter, okay?"
"No." Li Taohua said calmly, "Are you going to leave? If not, I'll let the dogs go..."
"Okay, okay, you look down on us poor relatives, don't you? My daughter is working for the county magistrate's son now, so don't beg us for help in the future." Deng Gui wanted to say a few harsh words, but when he saw the dogs rushing towards him again, he quickly ran outside.
"Woof woof...Woof woof..." The three dogs chased out until Deng Gui ran far away, and then they came back in a swagger.
Li Taohua said to Qin Huiyin, "Girl, give these little guys some more meat tonight."
"Okay." Qin Huiyin's voice came from the kitchen.
Tang Luwu said, "Mother, my uncle will definitely look for my cousin Shaoyao and aunt. Should I go and remind them tomorrow?"
"Tell them tomorrow." Li Taohua said, "A few days ago, Shaoyao brought the young master she served to the restaurant for dinner. Although the little fat boy was quite spoiled, he was very reasonable and respectful to Shaoyao. I heard from Shaoyao that her mother helped in the kitchen and was paid one or two taels of silver every month. She usually didn't even go out of the door because she didn't want to be caught."
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