But Chen Dazhu just looked at everyone eagerly, and the signal in his eyes was too obvious, so when Li Huan got the money and left quickly, everyone followed him and left.
Xu Laidi was even more upset. Not only did she not receive the money, she also had to give up twenty yuan. She had been thinking about that one yuan throughout the entire wedding, but Chen Dazhu seemed to have forgotten about it and didn't even mention it.
Chen Dazhu watched everyone leave, even his elder brother and sister-in-law took their nephew away, and his scumbag father and stepmother looked at him with mockery in their eyes.
"Xu Laidi, you're such a slut. You're so unlucky to marry your father. You didn't even receive a penny of marriage fee. Take out all the money you have."
"Chen Dazhu, please stop slandering me. I am still a virgin. What's the use of a slut? Besides, if you don't set up the banquet, who will pay for it?"
"There are so many families in the village who don't hold banquets, but I'm the only one who didn't receive any money. It's all because of you, a slut. It's not enough to hang Chai Jianmin, you also want to hang me."
"Chen Dazhu, you are talking nonsense. How can a villager get married without a piece of candy? If you continue to wrongly accuse me like this, I will not be polite."
"Haha, show me how to be polite, you slut, are you looking for a beating? I'll help you..."
When Xu Laidi saw that Chen Dazhui's eyes were red, he immediately became timid, took out all the money hidden in his underwear and handed it to Chen Dazhui.
Chen Dazhu felt a little better when he saw the money he had worked so hard to earn returned to his hands. However, he felt a little uncomfortable because Li Huan had taken away more than 18 yuan from him.
However, the money was also made up from Xu Laidie. In twenty-five days, he gained twelve centimeters every day, a total of three hundred centimeters, which he exchanged for twenty-one yuan, and there was still some left.
Xu Laidi had no idea that the money she had earned from twenty-five days of hard work had been taken away by Chen Dazhui, otherwise she would have vomited blood on the spot.
"Don't lie down yet."
Chen Dazhui put the money away carefully and glanced at Xu Laidi. Xu Laidi was shocked. It was broad daylight now and he hadn't even had a sip of water today. He must be very hungry.
"Brother Dazhu, why don't you cook first? Aren't you hungry?"
"I'm hungry. I've been hungry for more than 20 years. How can I not be hungry? Take it off yourself. Don't let me do it."
Chen Dazhu looked at the clothes on Xu Laidie, which were neither new nor old, and he was reluctant to tear them. The piece of cloth he gave him could probably only be used to make a vest, which was definitely not enough to make clothes.
Xu Laidi was so angry that he took out bedding from his backpack and spread it on the kang. However, the bedding was small and the kang was too big, so the bedding looked particularly shabby.
"This is your dowry, nothing more."
Chen Dazhu went to look through Xu Laidie's backpack. Apart from a few sets of clothes and some women's things, there was not a single valuable thing in it.
"My mother's family is poor, so..."
Xu Laidie didn't dare to speak. After she knew that she was going to marry Chen Dazhui, she secretly sold all her good things, such as the thermos, and bought a piece of oil paper. She wrapped the money tightly, put it in a small can, and buried it together with the can under a tree at the entrance of the village.
"Didn't Cheng Zhiqing say that you were wearing vanishing cream and eating malted milk? Where is the malted milk and vanishing cream?"
"I've finished the malted milk a long time ago. The vanishing cream is just a bottle, but it's filled with clam oil. Look, and this vanishing cream was given to me by Cheng Qiao."
"Where's the thermos? I went to the educated youth camp to see it. You have a lot of good things."
"I was out of rations, so I traded my thermos for rations..."
"Fuck..."
Chen Dazhui suddenly felt that he had suffered a great loss and slapped him without thinking. He was controlling his strength, otherwise Xu Laidie would not be able to face anyone tomorrow.
"ah… "
Xu Laidie had never expected that she would be slapped in the face less than three hours after her marriage. She didn't dare to fight back and could only cry bitterly out of grievance. Seeing Xu Laidie crying, Chen Dazhui became excited and pounced on her.
"Ah... let me go..."
Xu Laidi never thought that her wedding night would start during the day, and Chen Dazhu was so rude and cruel that it was outrageous. Looking at the bloodstains on the bed, Xu Laidi wanted to die.
"Lai Di, I'm sorry, I'm too excited. You've worked hard. I'll go boil some water for you. Oh, you must be hungry. I'll go cook something for you."
Chen Dazhu saw that Xu Laidi's body was red and swollen all over, and one side of his face was so swollen that he couldn't even open his eyes. He felt a little guilty, so he put on his clothes and went to the kitchen, took out some food from the tattered cupboard, and lit the stove.
Not long after, a big bowl of fragrant noodles was brought in. When Xu Laidi saw the noodles, his stomach started to growl automatically and he quickly took the bowl and started eating.
Chen Dazhui saw Xu Laidie holding a big bowl of noodles and slurping it up without even asking him if he had eaten. He felt a little unhappy because white flour is precious and this bowl of noodles is enough for two people.
"You slut, no, you stinky bitch, you ate all my share, you are a pig, I felt sorry for you and let you eat first, don't you know to leave half for me?"
Xu Laidi's hand paused while eating noodles. This bowl of noodles was not enough for her alone, let alone the amount for two people. Why was Chen Dazhu so stingy
"Have you eaten yet?"
Seeing that Xu Laidi had spoken but was still holding the bowl with both hands, Chen Dazhui snatched the bowl away and gobbled up the remaining noodles in a few mouthfuls, not even leaving a drop of the noodle soup.
"Go take a shower and go to bed. You look so shabby."
Chen Dazhu kicked Xu Laidi and climbed onto the kang to sleep. Not long after, he started snoring loudly. Xu Laidi endured the pain all over his body and went to the kitchen to clean himself up.
When I saw that all I washed out was blood, tears started to fall. Cheng Qiao, it’s all thanks to you that I’m where I am today. Just wait, one day I will make you live a life worse than death.
Cheng Qiao sneezed several times in a row. Mother Li quickly went into the house and took out a blanket to cover Cheng Qiao. The weather was getting colder and colder, but she didn't know what to do.
It was too early to heat the kang, and it was too cold if she didn't. Cheng Qiao found a few blankets from the grocery store in the space, gave one to Li's mother, and kept one in her own room.
"Mom, the new house has been almost ready these past two days. We just need to heat the kang for two more days and then we can move in. When we move in, you can move in here."
Mother Li nodded with a smile. Li Huan had carefully renovated this room, and now it was completely drafty, unlike her and Li Le's room, where they had to cover themselves with thick quilts at night, otherwise they would be woken up by the cold in the middle of the night.
"Second sister-in-law, are you going to the back mountain tomorrow?"
Li Le came over. She had been following Cheng Qiao into the mountains during this period and had gained a lot.