sjar Chapter 370 Aunt Li, I underestimated your fighting power.
Chapter 370 Aunt Li, I underestimated your fighting power.
He got into the carriage in black and called out at the door, "Master, Madam!"
Gao Mengli patted Aunt Li Chunhong on the shoulder, "Aunt Li, let's go, we'll go with you to your village and take a look!"
Li Chunhong took a deep breath and nodded.
She hesitated for a moment, but then made up her mind to go back and separate from the family.
She also explained her family's situation to the two benefactors in front of her in detail.
It's time to put an end to that family of vampires!
She sat on the carriage wheel and pointed out the road into the village to Hei Yi.
The cart wheels creaked as they rolled over the country dirt road.
Gao Mengli lifted the carriage curtain and looked at the surrounding scenery, the air filled with the sweet fragrance of rice blossoms.
She thought about the situation in Wangyue Village, and suddenly, she also missed her son, Da Niu...
"I wonder how Da Niu's studies are going, whether he's fallen behind..."
Lin Xi, sitting to the side, saw Mengli gazing absently at the rice blossoms and chuckled softly, "Is Mengli thinking about Da Niu?!"
They had only been in the prefectural city for a short time, and not to mention Mengli, even he suddenly felt a pang of envy for the good son he had gained for free.
However, once the rice paddies turn golden, they should be able to go home and see their eldest son.
Gao Mengli didn't answer, but the corners of her mouth curved slightly.
The scenery outside the car window gradually changed from open fields to scattered mud-brick houses, which must be the village where Aunt Li lives, Jiangzhong Village.
"My lords, our village is just around the corner," Li Chunhong said, her voice tinged with nervousness.
I don't know if there's been any trouble at home.
As the saying goes, what you think about comes true. As soon as the carriage entered the village, a group of people could be seen gathered in front of a farmhouse, discussing something.
Li Chunhong was startled and quickly jumped off the carriage, rushing over.
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi exchanged a glance and then told Hei Yi to stop the car.
The carriage was too conspicuous, so they decided to walk over and stand outside as bystanders.
"Mengli, quick, it sounds like they're arguing!"
Lin Xi pulled Gao Mengli along quickly toward the sound of the argument, and didn't forget to pick a large paulownia leaf to shield their heads.
Li Chunhong pushed her way through the crowd and immediately stood protectively in front of Zhang Er, who was kneeling before her father-in-law. "Father, what are you doing now?"
Old Zhang, leaning on his cane, was so angry that his hands were trembling. He wanted to point at Li Chunhong, but his hands were shaking.
He immediately turned around, pointed at Zhang Er's nose and cursed: "You ungrateful wretch! So what if you're a lame bachelor?"
They gave five bushels of rice and five taels of silver as a betrothal gift! Your daughter will be living a life of luxury without having parents-in-law to serve her.
"Get out of my way, or I'll send your Erni over there today."
Li Chunhong immediately understood that they were planning to forcibly take her daughter away to get married while she was away!
Damn it, her daughter is only fifteen!
Li Chunhong felt a surge of anger rush to her head, and she rushed forward to push away Old Zhang's cane.
Her voice trembled with fear as she cried out, "Father! How could you be so heartless!"
Erni is only fifteen; she's still a child!
That bachelor could be her father now, this isn't enjoying a life of luxury, it's pushing her into a fire pit!
Old Zhang was pushed and stumbled, then pointed at Li Chunhong and cursed, "You outsider, mind your own business!"
I'm her grandfather, so I'm in charge!
Five pecks of rice plus five taels of silver—this offer won't come again!
Besides, your sister-in-law has already received the betrothal money, so Erni has to go today whether she likes it or not!
"What? Zhao Dahua accepted the betrothal money? If she did, then her Sanni should be the one to marry!"
"What nonsense are you spouting, you filthy hussy!"
Zhao Dahua rushed out of the house, leaning on her cane, spitting as she spoke, "What's wrong with me accepting betrothal money?"
Erni is a member of the Zhang family, so it's her turn!
My Sanni is so precious, why should she marry a cripple?
Moreover, since you've beaten me up like this, Erni's betrothal money should be my compensation, and you won't get a single penny back!
When Zhao Dahua came out, Gao Mengli and Lin Xi gasped.
They had previously thought that Li Chunhong was someone who could be easily manipulated because of her high cheeks.
Now, comparing Zhao Dahua's swollen face, bald forehead, gaping teeth, and broken leg that she can't use any strength, it all shows Li Chunhong's extraordinary fighting power!
Lin Xi quietly tugged at Gao Mengli's sleeve and exclaimed in a low voice, "So Aunt Li is that powerful! Her sister-in-law looks like this; she must have been beaten quite badly by her."
Gao Mengli tilted her head and nodded in agreement, "Indeed!"
"Zhao Dahua—" Li Chunhong shouted angrily, "Since you accepted this betrothal gift, it has nothing to do with our second branch!"
"If you're going to stay asleep, then your family should let your third daughter get married! Or your eldest daughter should immediately divorce her husband and marry that cripple!"
"What did you say? You actually want my daughter to get a divorce? I'll tear your mouth apart!"
Zhao Dahua suddenly jumped up and down twice, leaning on her crutch, and tried to tear Li Chunhong's mouth apart.
Just then, a carrying pole silently extended from beside Li Chunhong. "Mom, use this, it won't hurt your hand when you hit her!"
The one handing over the carrying pole was Zhang Zhi, Li Chunhong's third son.
Hearing this, Gao Mengli, who was watching the drama unfold from the sidelines, couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.
At the age of twelve or thirteen, he was quite clever, so he turned his head and whispered a few words in Lin Xi's ear.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xi's eyes lit up, and she nodded with a smile, "Excellent, arrange it!"
"enough!"
Old Zhang snatched the carrying pole and threw it on the ground.
Pointing at Li Chunhong, his face flushed with anger, he said, "Second son's wife, I am your father-in-law. You must listen to what I say, or you will be unfilial."
Li Chunhong put her hands on her hips, not to be outdone, "What, you just said I was an outsider, and now you want me to be filial to you?"
"Pah!"
Li Chunhong spat on the ground, her voice crisp and clear, "How can an outsider like me be filial to you? I'm telling you, no way!"
Do you want to morally blackmail her?
Then she threw ethics and morality to the ground and watched how they would hold her hostage!
As Li Chunhong spoke, she simply sat down on the threshold, slapped her thigh, and shouted, "Fellow villagers, please judge this! My father-in-law says I'm an outsider, but then he expects me to fulfill my filial duties."
If outsiders could be so filial, then even the old hen next door would be laying goose eggs!
As soon as he said this, the villagers watching burst into laughter.
Someone covered their mouth and joked, "Chunhong is right! How can you treat people like outsiders and expect them to serve you?"
"That's right, that old man is really inhuman, wanting both ways, shameless!"
Upon hearing this, Old Zhang was so angry that his beard bristled. He pointed at Li Chunhong, speechless, and cried out, "You, you, you shrew!"
"So what if I'm a shrew! I'm a shrew!"
After Li Chunhong finished speaking, she immediately lay down on the ground and rolled around, throwing a tantrum, shouting, "Everyone, come and see! This old man from the Zhang family is not human!"
She actually sold my daughter while I was away from home, and now she wants me, an outsider, to fulfill my filial duty.
How could there be such a shameless person, my poor Erni!
At only fifteen years old, she was to be sold by her own grandfather to a lame bachelor for five taels of silver. What meaning is there for me, her mother, to live?
Old Zhang was so angry that he did a split on his back, his vision went black, and he almost fainted!
He pointed a trembling finger at Zhang Er and roared, "Second brother, control your wife!"
Zhang Er kept his head down, his face expressionless, but a smile played on his lips, and he would occasionally give his wife an appreciative look.
Hearing his father's words, he looked up and immediately frowned, "Dad, it's not that I don't care, it's that I simply can't manage it!"
As Zhang Er spoke, he deliberately shifted his knees to the side, looking like he had no choice but to remain silent, perfectly embodying the image of "cowardice."
"Give me, let me!"
At this moment, Zhang Yi limped in, the gauze on his arm still stained with red, and led his son Zhang Pan, who was wearing a blue shirt, through the crowd.
"Father, this second wife is getting more and more outrageous! We must separate the family immediately!"