When Su Yao mentioned Third Master Cui, her tone was full of disgust, so Chen Dong tilted his head and looked at her in a strange way: "You seem to have already determined the identity of Third Master?"
Su Yao sneered.
Even if we didn't know it before, we all know it now. Who else could be so deliberate in plotting against Fourth Master Cui and preventing Cui Yuandao from going to Yunnan except someone from the branch of the Fenyang Princess Cui family
Seeing Su Yao's determination, Chen Dong asked solemnly, "What is the county lady going to do?"
Sometimes he called Su Yao "Miss Su" and sometimes "County Lady" without any rules. Su Yao did not care about it. But when she heard Chen Dong ask this, a cold smile appeared in her eyes.
Like a cold cheetah, she now feels that the Fenyang Palace and the Cui family, which are entangled with her, are just an eyesore.
The noise next door gradually died down. After a while, she could only hear the rustling sound of cleaning up. She came to her senses and said coldly, "For this kind of bug that keeps sucking your blood, you naturally have to pluck it out and throw it on the ground and stomp it to death. Otherwise, you can only be prepared to be sucked for the rest of your life."
Chen Dong noticed that Su Yao seemed to be particularly tough this time, and more impetuous than before. This was not difficult to understand - Su Rong and the others had gone to Yunnan, and she was worried about them. Now Princess Fenyang chose to cause trouble at this time, which was really a problem.
He actually had the same mentality now. After thinking for a moment, he said, "If the county lady needs my help, please let me know."
She laughed and said, "Yes, of course I need your help. Please help me send a message to Li Shoude."
The Li family was shrouded in a shadow. They had been farmers for generations. Finally, when it came to Li Shoude's generation, smoke came out of the ancestral grave. He passed the imperial examination and became an official. The entire Li family finally rose to prosper and no longer had to live a hard life facing the earth and back to the sky.
In addition, all of their children have married well, and the Li family is no longer the same as it was in the past.
But only Mrs. Li knew how difficult it was for this family to run. The Hanlin family was noble, but they were also poor. The reason why the family was able to marry daughters-in-law and hold weddings and funerals in succession in recent years, and look glorious on the surface, was all because her daughter Li married Mr. Cui Si.
Li has been the eldest sister since she was young. She is very strong at home. Her younger brothers and sisters all obey her discipline. Whatever she says, they cannot say no.
After getting married, Li got used to being in control of the overall situation. The house had to be decorated as she liked. She liked to eat light meals, and there should be no seasonings in the food, not to mention any onions, ginger, or garlic. But Fourth Master Cui was not like her brothers and sisters, and the relationship between the couple was very cold for a time, until Jiulang was born.
After Cui Jiulang was born, the relationship between the couple finally eased briefly, but as they raised the child, the conflicts between them began to accumulate again.
Cui Jiulang fell ill, but Li refused to listen to the doctor and insisted on using the folk remedies she had used to treat her younger siblings when she was a child to cure him. However, the folk remedies were of no use to Jiulang, and he almost died. Li refused to let Jiulang go out to play, did not allow him to make friends, and did not like Jiulang to give things away. If Jiulang did not obey, her nagging would continue from morning to night.
As time goes by, the relationship between husband and wife becomes worse than that of strangers.
Li Shoude knew all these problems, including the fact that Li always took out a large sum of money when she returned to her parents' home. He also understood that this was money saved by Li's housekeeper from various sources. Over the years, he did not feel anything wrong and had become accustomed to his daughter's subsidies. It is easy for people to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. The inkstone he used, the books he read, and the food, clothing and other expenses of his family all cost money.
This is also why when Li died, the whole family felt like they had lost their parents.
What's the point of being noble? You have to have money and be able to survive before you can have the confidence to be noble.
No one spoke in the house, and the people below knew that the master was in a bad mood, so they didn't come forward. For a moment, the silence in the yard was depressing.
Everyone was waiting for Mrs. Li to speak. They all knew in their hearts that the only one in the family who was willing to take risks and lose face was the mother.
My father couldn't do that. After all, he was a scholar and had to save face.
Mrs. Li was also very upset. It was not that she didn't feel sad about her daughter's death, but the problem that followed was that without the hen that laid golden eggs, how long could the family survive? This was why she brought people to the Cui family to make trouble.
In fact, the daughter had long wanted to divorce Mr. Cui. Mr. Cui was unromantic and had different personalities from her daughter, and they quarreled all the time. This time, Li hurried to find Mr. Cui because she had found something on him and planned to negotiate with him and ask for a large sum of money.
After all, as a girl who grew up in the countryside, Li did not receive the same upbringing as those real ladies from wealthy families. In her mind, it was not shameful to get divorced and remarry when life became difficult. After all, life was long and she still had half of her life left.
But now it's all gone.
Mrs. Li thought about this incident over and over in her mind, and couldn't tell whether she felt more sad or regretful about her daughter's death.
In the gloomy atmosphere of the room, a maid suddenly ran in from outside, and reported nervously with a stammer: "Master, Madam, there is someone outside who wants to see you."
Li Shoude was in a bad mood and was about to say no, but the maid winked at Mrs. Li and said, "Madam, it's said that our eldest aunt knew a friend in the past."
Lee's friend
Mrs. Li pondered for a moment and broke the silence: "Then please come in."
After that, she sent her children away: "Go back and rest first. We are all tired after such a long time. We can talk about the rest tomorrow."
What's the point of just going to the government office to try him? Even if Mr. Cui Si had to pay for Li's life, what would happen? Li couldn't come back, and she had fallen out with the Cui family. How would the family live in the future? Relying on Li Shoude's salary alone, the whole family would have to starve.
Most of the people in the family were still uneasy and wanted to ask what the rules were. However, Mrs. Li was the housekeeper and her word was always final. She looked so unhappy now, and it would be useless to ask. They might even get scolded. It was not worth it, so they all left.
Li Shoude was left looking at Mrs. Li and sighed: "What should I do?"
Mrs. Li was very upset. Her husband was good at studying. He was the only one who passed the exam among so many people in the county. But he only knew how to study.