"You have to make bedding tomorrow, so you can't go to the county town with me. And by the time I come back from the county town, it will be already afternoon. I can't bear to leave you."
"I'm just going to borrow your bed, nothing else. Really."
Li Qiao looked serious. If he hadn't been holding Brother Zhu with his right hand, he would have raised his hand to swear.
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Chapter 23: Drive Brother Zhu away and cut off all contact
"you……"
Tao Zhu bit his lip, feeling happy in his heart.
Who wouldn't be happy if his sweetheart can't live without him? He also wanted to stay with this person forever.
But there is also a struggle. Do we have to sleep in the same bed before we get married?
This was a bit of a bottom line for him. If word got out, his reputation would be...even if it was ruined, so what?
What is the reputation? Can it be eaten?
He didn't have a good reputation to begin with.
Family members, outsiders, these people combined are not as good as one finger of the person in front of me.
"Okay, I'm just teasing you."
Seeing Tao Zhu's hesitation, Li Qiao squeezed his hand and smiled.
In the countryside, it wouldn't be too unusual for him and Tao Zhu to get along like this, but if they were really lying on the same bed, it would be inappropriate.
Tao Zhu, who was about to agree: "..."
Can't you hold on a little longer?
Seeing Tao Zhu's face darken suddenly, Li Qiao laughed out loud: "Okay, okay, let's sleep together, sleep together."
"Why do you sound like I'm making trouble unreasonably?" Tao Zhu was dissatisfied. It was obviously this person who flirted with him first.
"It's my fault. Let's go to bed. There will be a lot of work at home tomorrow." Li Qiao let go of his hand and motioned for him to open the door.
Tao Zhu couldn't bear to push Li Qiao away, looked at his smiling face, glared at him, and then pushed the door open.
With a "dong" sound, the wooden door made a slight sound without being pushed open.
The courtyard door was locked from the inside.
…
Tao Zhu now really hoped that Li Qiao would go away.
He was going to beat someone up, it would definitely be another farce, and Li Qiao had to go to the county town early in the morning, and he was afraid of delaying Li Qiao's sleep.
Li Qiao lost his mind of teasing, he squatted down and let Tao Zhu jump into the yard by stepping on his shoulders.
After Tao Zhu entered the yard, he immediately saw his belongings thrown to the ground casually.
But he just frowned and quickly opened the courtyard door to let Li Qiao in.
The two people entered Tao Zhu's room.
The room was empty except for a bed board.
In the yard, Tao Zhu's cotton clothes in winter and linen clothes in summer were thrown here and there.
The bedding that had been used for many years was thrown to the ground like garbage, with two pairs of shoes piled on it.
Moreover, these things have a distinct smell and odor of urine.
Tao Zhu's face turned completely dark now.
Although these things are not valuable, they have been his only personal belongings for a long time.
He was so rude to Tao Shu that he beat someone up last night, and today he dared to provoke him even more.
"This is too much."
Li Qiao frowned and looked at the dark main room. There were three rooms in the main room. On the left was Tao Shu and Lai Dongmei's room, and on the right was the room of Old Man Tao and Mrs. Tao.
"Brother Shu, I know you must not have slept."
Li Qiao signaled Tao Zhu to calm down. He raised his voice and spoke to Tao Shu's room: "You are thinking about how to make maltose and Feng Gao, but you bully Brother Zhu like this. As Brother Zhu's fiancé, how can I just watch? Watching him get bullied.”
"I made it clear today, if you bully Brother Zhu once, then I will not recognize you as your uncle within a year."
"Last night and tonight, you bullied Brother Zhu, so in the next two years, let alone the recipe for maltose and Fenggao, you just can't even get in the door of my house. At the wedding banquet in a few days, you and your sister-in-law can't go."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Tao tree hidden behind the door of the hall almost jumped up.
Lai Dongmei's face instantly became so gloomy that she could squeeze out water.
What?
Can't the couple go to a banquet?
"Dongmei and I have to go, what can you do?!"
"Of course I will kick you out. There are so many people at the wedding banquet. Can't we kick you two out?"
Tao Shu: "..."
That's too much!
"Brother Zhu is not filial to my parents when he attacks me, my eldest brother. Can't I teach him a lesson?"
"I don't care about the dispute between you and Brother Zhu. I only want to see if Brother Zhu is being bullied."
"You!" Tao Shu was so angry that he wanted to kick the door.
Old man Tao, who was lying on the bed, was also furious and asked loudly: "Li Qiao, do you recognize me as my father-in-law?!"
"Of course I do. But Brother Zhu is my savior. There is a dilemma between kindness and filial piety. I only recognize Brother Zhu, so the identity of father-in-law cannot suppress me."
"Anyone who treats Brother Zhu badly will not be favored by me. Therefore, you and Aunt Tao cannot go to the wedding banquet in a few days."
Li Qiao said in a deep voice.
"you!"
Old man Tao was so angry at these words that he hammered the bed.
Tao Shu was even more angry. He originally thought that he could use his parents to suppress Li Qiao no matter what, but who knew that Li Qiao would show kindness and beat his filial piety!
"Brother Zhu, I can't marry you, you are a cunning and cunning person!" He was so angry that he opened the door and wanted to argue with Li Qiao in person.
But before he could open the door to the main room, someone kicked the door violently. There was a "boom" sound. Although the door panel was not kicked open, it really shocked him.
Immediately afterwards, Tao Zhu's chilling voice sounded: "Tao Shu, come out."
Tao Shu: "..."
Thinking of the scene where Tao Zhu punched him last night, he couldn't help but shrink his head, but thinking of Li Qiao's words, he hardened his mouth again.
He was so angry.
"What can you do to me if I don't go out? Come in and beat me!"
"You already have a masculine face and a temper as fierce as a tiger. Li Qiao is just interested in you. He will definitely divorce you when he gets tired of it!"
Lai Dongmei also helped, as if she had seen the scene of Tao Zhu being divorced: "That's right, Brother Zhu, you have no land or homestead. If you kneel down and beg me, I won't let you enter this house. Let’s see where you can go!”
"..."
Tao Zhu grinded his teeth, but said nothing. He turned around and went to the woodshed and took out the ax he usually used to chop wood.
He cursed him like this before he got married, and these words really touched the deepest uneasiness in his heart.
He knew himself whether his face was beautiful or ugly. For the past two days, he seemed to be living in a dream, fearing to wake up.
I am also afraid that Li Qiao will wake up.
These two people poked at his sore spot with the things he feared the most. He wanted to break down the door, take these two people out and beat them severely.
Li Qiao: "..."
He stepped forward and stopped Tao Zhu: "Don't be impulsive. Let's call people over and let everyone know that they are going to drive you away from this home."
"You have paid so much for this family, but they want to drive you away. Just leave. From now on, you will have nothing to do with this family. From tonight on, you will live in my eldest brother's house!"
"..."
The anger that was about to reach the sky in Tao Zhu was extinguished by these few words.
Has nothing to do with this family?
He threw the ax in his hand as quickly as possible, took Li Qiao's hand and walked towards the door: "Let's go call someone quickly."
"Okay." Li Qiao was amused by his eagerness and strode to follow him.
Li Qiao was originally worried about how to let Tao Zhu cut off contact with the Tao family. He hadn't come up with a good reason yet, but the Tao family gave him a ready-made excuse tonight.
Of course, tonight alone would not make Tao Zhu completely cut off from the Tao family.
But using tonight as an excuse, he could tell the Tao family to get out of his wedding banquet.
Tao Shu, who was hiding in the house, was stunned when he heard the conversation between Li Qiao and Tao Zhu.
"What do we mean to drive Brother Zhu away? We just want Brother Zhu to know who the head of the family is! I really didn't accuse Li Qiao unjustly when I said he was treacherous."
"I want to take the opportunity to get rid of us, but I won't let us take advantage of it at all!" Lai Dongmei was also anxious.
It's so abominable. Why don't they let them take advantage? The Tao family can't raise Tao Zhu in vain, right? !
"Open the door and stop them!"
Old man Tao was lying on the bed, patting the bed anxiously.
Without his reminder, Tao Shu had already opened the main room door, but at this time Li Qiao and Tao Zhu had already left the yard.
