Bai Taoji was sitting on the kang bed, her chin supported by her hand, watching her fourth aunt Li Cuier rummaging around the house with her butt sticking up.
"Taotao, where did your mother hide the money?" Li Cui'er searched through the cabinets and drawers, then touched the pocket of the coat hanging behind the door, asking as she searched.
Bai Taoji frowned - this Fourth Aunt really thought that she, Bai Taoji, was a fool? !
but--
Bai Taoji rolled her eyes and stammered, "My family... has no money!"
Li Cui'er snorted, not quite believing it. "How could your family be without money? Your father was injured so badly while saving people. He was rated as an advanced worker long ago. Even the newspapers in the provincial capital praised him! Our county, town, village... and our production team all paid money to reward your father! I heard that the total amount was as much as four or five hundred yuan!"
At this point, Li Cui'er suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Taotao, don't you recognize money?"
Bai Taoji looked at Li Cui'er with an innocent and pure look in her eyes.
The more Li Cui'er thought about it, the more it made sense to her - of course the little fool didn't recognize money!
So she took out a crumpled big piece of paper from her trouser pocket and handed it to Bai Taoji, "Here, it's this kind of paper... Taotao, where does your mother usually hide these things?"
Bai Taoji couldn't see clearly what Li Cuier handed over.
She was originally the Saintess of Mei Sect in the Nine Heavens Fairyland of Xuandu Continent, and was known as the most beautiful woman in the fairyland. Somehow, she was struck by lightning and transported to this strange world, and was reborn as Bai Taotao, a silly 17-year-old country girl.
Hey, this is a real fool!
This feeling of stupidity was like wearing a veil that blocked all perceptions, causing Bai Taoji to move slowly and clumsily. She could neither hear what others said nor see clearly, and even when she was injured on her hands... she could not feel much pain, and her reactions were much slower.
However, if the environment is quiet and the person speaks loudly, slowly and clearly, Bai Taoji can still understand.
This terrible experience made Bai Taoji very uncomfortable.
After a few months, she finally understood the basic situation of this big family:
——The Bai family has four branches in total. The old man died early, leaving behind his step-wife and four sons. The eldest son Bai Zhenggan (Taotao's father) and the second son Bai Zhengkun were born to the old man's first wife Du Min; the third and fourth uncles were born to his stepwife Chen Juxiang.
According to Bai Taoji, the four branches of the Bai family lived in a courtyard and were always noisy. They could only get by thanks to the tolerance of the first branch...
This Fourth Aunt is simply the troublemaker of the Bai family. She took advantage of the fact that Bai Taoji was the only one in the big house and came to steal money? ? ?
Now Li Cui'er handed over a large piece of paper. Bai Taoji took it, touched it, and asked, "Is this... money?"
She tried hard to see what the money looked like, but even when she put the money in front of her eyes, it was still blurry and she couldn't see clearly.
When Li Cui'er saw Bai Taoji taking the money away, she felt inexplicably nervous and wanted to get the money back. But on second thought, Bai Taotao is just a little fool, what is there to be afraid of!
So Li Cui'er continued to persuade her, "Taotao, where does your mother hide things like this? Tell Fourth Auntie quickly and she will cook eggs for you!"
Bai Taoji held onto the Great Unity and pondered for a moment before answering, "It's in my milk room!"
Li Cui'er was stunned, looked Bai Taoji up and down, and spat, "Nonsense!"
——Old Mrs. Bai Chen Juxiang is Li Cui'er's biological mother-in-law, but she is the stepmother of the eldest son of the Bai family. The relationship between the mother-in-law and the first wife is only superficial. The first wife's money would never be given to the mother-in-law to manage.
At this moment, if Li Cui'er had not watched Bai Taotao grow up with her own eyes, she would almost doubt whether Bai Taotao was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.
Bai Taoji said seriously: "Yes, it's true! The table in my grandma's...room was made by my dad...himself. There is a secret compartment inside. My grandma...didn't know."
Of course, it is impossible to give one's own money to Old Mrs. Bai; but there is indeed a secret compartment on the table in Old Mrs. Bai's room.
When Old Lady Bai and Tao Tao's mother quarreled, Tao Tao's mother often said, "When we learned carpentry, the first thing we did was to open my dowry box and make a table for you."
Sometimes when Taotao's mother is busy and has to entrust Taotao to the care of Old Lady Bai, Old Lady Bai will not refuse for the sake of her face. But Old Lady Bai thought Taotao was a fool and there was no need to be shy, so she took the money out of the secret compartment in front of Taotao.
However, the secret compartment was locked and the key was kept close to home by Old Lady Bai. Whether Li Cui'er had any way to open the lock was none of Bai Taoji's business.
After hearing what Bai Taotao said, Li Cui'er was stunned at first, then she was overjoyed, thinking that the first wife and her husband were really bad, actually hiding the money in...
That’s right, the most dangerous place is also the safest place!
Li Cui'er was so happy that she turned around and wanted to go to her mother-in-law's room. But after thinking for a while, she stopped and asked Bai Taoji, "Taotao, where is the secret compartment?"
Bai Taoji, "Count down to the third drawer on the right hand side, on the left... reach in and you can touch it."
Li Cui'er was overjoyed and turned away.
Bai Taoji calmly hid the Great Unity in her hand.
Li Cui'er ran out and just ran to the yard. Before she entered her mother-in-law, Old Lady Bai's room, she suddenly remembered something and hurried back, "Taotao, where is the money I gave you just now?"
"Ah?" Bai Taoji widened her eyes, looking confused.
Li Cui'er knew something was wrong!
——That big unity note was her private savings that she had saved for a long time!
"You son of a bitch! You have dirty hands and dare to steal my money! Hurry up and give it to me! If you don't, I will beat you to death today..." Li Cui'er roared angrily and swung her claws towards Bai Taoji.
Before the slap landed on her body, Bai Taoji burst into tears.
She knew she was slow, so she was prepared. She held the awl her mother used to make shoes in her hand and protected it on her arm.
As expected, Li Cui'er, who was so angry that she couldn't see clearly, slapped Bai Taoji hard, and the awl in her hand just happened to cut a long cut, and her skin was torn and bleeding.
The second room's aunt was hanging clothes in the yard when she suddenly heard Bai Taotao's howling. She was startled and hurriedly shouted, "Taotao, what's wrong with Taotao?"
As a result, when she rushed into the house, the second aunt saw the fourth son's wife standing in front of the kang with a ferocious face, raising her hand as if she was going to hit Taotao? Taotao was lying on the small table crying her heart out...
Second Aunt has always known the situation of the eldest wife's family: although Taotao is a fool, she is the eldest wife's treasure. Moreover, when eldest brother and his wife went out today, they asked her to look after Taotao.
She quickly came over and grabbed Li Cui'er, "Sister-in-law, don't you know what happened to Taotao? The child is naughty, you can just wait for big brother and sister-in-law to come back and tell them, why did you do it?"
Li Cui'er was so angry, "Why don't you ask what this little cousin has done? When he was young, he stole needles, and when he grew up, he stole gold!"
Bai Taoji didn't say anything, she just lay on the table and cried.
Second Aunt was stunned. "You mean, Taotao..."
Li Cui'er said angrily: "This little swordsman stole my money!"
Second Aunt's face was full of disbelief. "What nonsense are you talking about! Taotao has not left the house today. How did she steal your money?"
Li Cui'er was speechless for a moment.
At this time, the women who were not working in the neighboring yard heard the noise coming from the Bai family compound and came over in groups of three or four.
Some people with sharp ears had heard the noise and started to discuss it -
"What's going on?"
"I heard there was a thief in the house!"
"There's a thief?! Oh my, this is terrible!"
"Yes, we must find the thief, otherwise...everyone will be in danger, and that's unacceptable!"
"Our village has a good moral character. No one has ever picked up anything on the road. We were recently named a civilized village. How could this happen?"
"This matter must be thoroughly investigated! Otherwise, no one will have a peaceful life!"
"Let's go tell the village chief!"
The two sisters-in-law of the Bai family knew that this matter concerned the reputation of the Bai family, so it was better not to make a big fuss. They hurriedly said at the same time:
"No, no, no! This is our family matter, a family matter!"
"No, no, no, we're just joking. Hahahaha..."
The villagers looked at each other.
As they were talking, the Bai family's eldest couple came back with their eldest daughter-in-law Tan Fenghui and eldest daughter Bai Lili.
As soon as she entered the yard, the hostess Tang Liren saw that her house was surrounded by people?
Her first reaction was that something had happened to her silly daughter Bai Taotao, and she quickly ordered, "Lizi, help your dad!"
——Taotao is not a normal child. Tang Liren has spent a lot of effort to take care of and educate her, so no matter who bullies Taotao, Tang Liren cannot accept it.
After Bai Lili supported Bai Zhenggan, Tang Liren let go and hurried into the house. As expected, she saw her daughter Bai Taotao lying on the small kang table and crying.
"Taozi, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Tang Liren was anxious.
Bai Taotao hasn't spoken yet...
Tang Liren suddenly saw that her daughter’s snow-white arms were covered in blood? ? ?
When I turned around again, I saw my sister-in-law Li Cui'er holding up her bloody hand...
Tang Liren was furious, she put her hands on her hips and cursed: "Li Cui'er, do you still have any humanity? You ran into the house and bullied my Taotao while we were away?"
Li Cui'er: "I, I..." She suddenly found herself unable to express her pain.
Tang Liren had a strong and straightforward personality. She had always known that Li Cui'er was a sharp-tongued person who would never give in. Now she was stammering and unable to utter a complete sentence, which showed that her precious silly daughter had indeed been bullied. She could not help but get angry, raised her hand high, and slapped Li Cui'er hard on the face with a "slap".
Li Cui'er was hit so hard that her body swayed!
The women standing at the door and watching the excitement were talking about it.
"Li Cui'er has finally come to this! She is usually as aggressive as a crab, and only her sister-in-law can control her!"
"Come on, Old Lady Bai is not here today, otherwise we wouldn't be able to hit Lady Tang!"
"Didn't they say that there was a thief in the Bai family? Looking at this posture, could it be that Li Cui'er is the thief?"
"We have to be on guard!"
Li Cui'er was so ashamed that she covered her face and started crying, "It's wrong to hit people..."
But she didn't dare to make a big fuss.
After all, this is the eldest wife's house, and Tang Liren has always been strong.
Tang Liren stared at Li Cuier, "How did our Taotao offend you?"
Li Cui'er: "No, no..."
Tang Liren, "She didn't offend you, why are you bullying her?"
Li Cui'er, "I, I didn't..."
Tang Liren, "Then why is there so much blood on Taotao's arm... What deep hatred do you have against the child? Do you want to use a knife on a teenager? Do you really want to kill her?"
Li Cui'er, "I didn't..."
Tang Liren, "Then let me ask you, why did you come to my room when you knew we were not home?"
Li Cui'er, "I..."
Second Aunt Bai tried to reconcile them, "Sister-in-law, Fourth Sister-in-law, we are all family after all. Can we put this matter aside in front of the children?"
Li Cui'er covered her face and sobbed, "Yes, yes, let's put it aside for now... Wait until mom and Zhenglang come back, and see if you dare to bully me again!"
Tang Liren was so angry that she raised her hand again.
Li Cui'er ran away quickly.
Bai Taoji lay on the table, pursed her lips to hold back her smile, and clenched the big unity in her hand.
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