Li Erlang pulled the ox cart and carefully placed the emotionally broken Li's younger sister on the cart, and the few of them left this dangerous place.
After leaving the alley, Li Yan saw the boy following the cart from a distance, so she asked Li Erlang to stop the ox cart.
He ran to the boy and said to him, "Thank you for helping us. I don't have much money on me today, only these three coins." Then he took out his purse from his arms and handed the copper coins to the boy.
The boy scratched his head embarrassedly. He had no choice but to take the silver in order to survive.
Li Yan watched him take the silver and explained to the boy, "I'll send you the remaining payment after I finish my family matters. You can also ask around in town these few days to find the way to your sister's house!"
When the boy heard Li Yan say this, he nodded to show his understanding.
Seeing that the boy agreed, Li Yan said again: "If you have anything urgent to find me, go to Piaoxianglou and find a guy named Li Jianmin. He is my cousin!" The boy nodded cautiously and kept it in mind.
After explaining everything, Li Yan climbed onto the ox cart nimbly. It was already dark at this time, and Li Dalang drove the ox cart back in a hurry.
When we arrived at the entrance of Lijia Village, we saw Mr. Li lighting a torch and looking into the distance at the way home.
It wasn't until he saw a few people that he breathed a sigh of relief.
The ox cart stopped in front of Li Dalang's house. After Li Yan helped her aunt get off the ox cart, Li Dalang drove the ox cart to the clan leader's house.
After a few people entered the house, the whole family was sitting in the main room, waiting for everyone to come home.
The eldest aunt-in-law was the first to ask about what happened today, but was interrupted by Wu.
He asked everyone to sit down first and brought up the food that had been prepared long ago.
Everyone sat down, but no one had the appetite to eat.
Mrs. Wu caressed her daughter's back with a distressed look and softly comforted her, "Good girl, eat first! You still have your mother no matter what you want!"
Li Xiaomei could no longer hold back her tears. She was really aggrieved. Over the years, her mother-in-law had been controlling her husband and not allowing him to sleep with her, saying that she was afraid of hindering her husband's future. Li Xiaomei had always tolerated it.
Over the years, the gossip outside has always been about her. She thought that as long as she could take good care of the family, her husband would always see the good in her, but reality gave her a hard slap in the face.
Seeing her daughter weeping in front of her, Wu felt her heart bleed. Her precious daughter, whom she had cherished for over twenty years, had now suffered such a great injustice.
Mr. Li took a puff of his pipe and said, "Girl, you haven't had a child of your own in all these years. How do you plan to live your life in the future? Have you thought about it?"
Li Xiaomei opened her mouth to explain, but couldn't say anything.
Wu spat, "What do you mean by 'how can we live'? There's no place for our daughter in that family now! I think we should get a divorce as soon as possible!"
When Liu heard her mother-in-law say that she wanted her sister-in-law to divorce, she was afraid that her sister-in-law would really come back to live with her, so she hurriedly advised, "Divorcing like this is a bit hasty!"
When Mrs. Wu heard her say this, she immediately got angry and pointed at Mrs. Liu and cursed, "It's all your fault. It was you who insisted that this man was good-looking and well-educated, and that my younger sister would be blessed if she married him!" Otherwise, how could I have easily married my daughter to that pit.
Liu was scolded by her mother-in-law so much that she dared not speak again.
But in my heart I was complaining: "How could I have known that this man could do such a shameless thing to his wife, and he is a scholar!"
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