"Okay! That bitch Shen must have hidden her private room before the family separation!" Mrs. Zhang was so angry that her eyes almost popped out.
Li Guodong reached out again and patted Mrs. Zhang's arm.
"Okay, mother. We have no evidence, so don't worry." He comforted her.
By saying this, he agreed with what Zhang said.
"Why aren't you in a hurry? That bitch's money should belong to our family!"
"That workshop, shop, and yard should all belong to our family!" At this point, Ms. Zhang looked distressed.
Those things should all belong to the Li family. What belongs to the Li family belongs to my parents, that is, to their second wife.
Those unscrupulous people in the fourth room were really bad when they forced them to separate their families.
Li Guodong patted Mrs. Zhang on the back.
"Mom, please don't be impatient."
"The fourth aunt and the third brother and sister are not easy to get along with. We have to consider this matter in the long term."
Mrs. Zhang looked at Li Guodong.
Seeing his son nodding towards him, he reluctantly calmed down.
"What do you think?" asked.
Li Guodong's expression turned gloomy.
"You will know later, mother-in-law."
Mrs. Zhang was a little frightened.
Averted his eyes.
Li Guodong noticed the situation and put away the gloom on his face.
He changed the subject and chatted with Mrs. Zhang about something else.
"It's almost the New Year's Eve."
"Mother, I have to arrange some New Year's gifts for Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Qin. What do you have in hand-"
Zhang's expression changed.
He lowered his head and gritted his teeth.
"How much do you need?" He asked Li Guodong again.
"Those two masters are both scholars. If we can get more care from them, my son may be able to pass the college examination next year."
"In terms of New Year's gifts, they can't be too shabby." Li Guodong looked at Mrs. Zhang, "The two wives combined should have at least five taels of silver."
"What?!" Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened in shock.
Seeing the irritability in Li Guodong's eyes, he quickly put away his exaggerated expression.
After sorting out his expression, he said: "This is too much. I...I don't have much money on hand. I can only give you two taels at most."
Seeing that Li Guodong's eyes became displeased, Mrs. Zhang quickly explained: "Son, it's already winter, and the chickens at home don't lay eggs anymore. There's no output in the fields, so we can't make money."
"After scoring, hold on to your money tightly. I... really can't save any money."
Li Guodong sighed.
"Mom, please give me two taels of silver first. I'll go find Nai and Cui'er for the rest." She said with a sad look on her face.
"Hey! Okay!" Ms. Zhang quickly agreed.
Then ran back to the room to get the money.
After a while, Li Guodong received the money.
"Son, our family is different now. The big, third and fourth bedrooms have all been divided. The family has lost a lot of income."
"You're in the academy. If you can, you have to save a little." Mrs. Zhang handed the money to Li Guodong's hand and said with some pity.
Li Guodong frowned.
"Mom, you are not in the academy and you don't know the situation in the academy."
"Your son's classmates are either rich or noble. If your son befriends them and behaves too stingy, they will only look down on your son."
"It's a small thing to look down on your son, but it's a big deal to not interact with your son."
"In this case, if your son fails to pass the examination as a scholar, he will lose even the contacts in the academy."
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she hurriedly said, "My mother is superficial."
"Guodong, you can spend whatever you need. If I don't have enough, I'll help you find a way!"
Speaking of this, Zhang's eyes darkened.
Besides her family, she could find someone else to get money from. That is Li Dajiang.
Guodong is also his son, he can't even think of leaving his mother alone!
Li Guodong didn't know Zhang's thoughts yet, but he was very satisfied with her answer.
"Mom, don't worry. When the end of next year comes, my son will definitely test you as a scholar and come back!" So, he said something that Mrs. Zhang liked to hear to coax her.
Mrs. Zhang smiled and nodded, and once again told Li Guodong to study hard.
The mother and son talked for a while before Li Guodong left.
Not long after Li Guodong and Zhang separated, he saw Liu Cui waiting for him on the roadside.
Liu Cui hasn't seen Li Guodong for a decade. She has been bullied by Zhang at home and regards Li Guodong as her life-saving straw.
Now that her lifeline was back, of course she wanted to talk to him.
It's a pity that the person was intercepted by Zhang just now, so she could only stay away and wait.
Now that she saw the person, she felt extremely aggrieved, and her eyes instantly turned red.
Li Guodong's heart moved.
He strode over and took Liu Cui's hand.
"What's going on?" asked.
"Woo..." Liu Cui suddenly threw herself into Li Guodong's arms.
"Woo, why are you back now?!" He clenched his fist and pushed it towards Li Guodong's chest.
Li Guodong was tickled.
"You're such a big man, and you're still crying." He smiled and tapped Liu Cui's nose.
Liu Cui was so shy that she buried her head in Li Guodong's arms.
"Haha, let's go back to the room and talk." Li Guodong smiled.
He held Liu Cui's waist and walked towards the room.
Zhang, who had already separated from Li Guodong, remembered something and was about to come to see her son again, saw this scene.
"Bah! What a slutty bitch!" he spat on the ground.
Li Guodong and Liu Cui didn't know this.
The two returned to the room and started making fire.
About a quarter of an hour later, Li Guodong lay on the bed with a satisfied expression.
Let Liu Cui lie on her chest and complain to herself.
"Ms. sir, how about we rent a yard in the town? Then I will move to the town to take care of you." Liu Cui said tentatively.
If she stays in this house any longer, she will really go crazy.
Li Guodong's gentle look just now suddenly became unhappy.
"I'll pay you." Liu Cui said quickly.
Li Guodong's complexion improved now.
But still a little unhappy.
"The price of renting a yard in the town is not cheap. Besides, our Dahe Village is not far from the town."
Seeing that Liu Cui was about to speak, Li Guodong continued: "I know you have been wronged at home."
"But what wife doesn't come here like this?"
"After all, when I first welcomed you in... my mother had some objections."
Liu Cui's expression changed.
Li Guodong sighed when he saw this.
He reached out and touched Liu Cui's belly.
"You have a body now."
"The one in your belly is the eldest great-grandson of our Li family, and also my mother's grandson."
"Just for the sake of this child, she won't go too far next."
Liu Cui looked better after hearing this.
"But mother, she slandered me and said that what was in my belly was not——" Liu Cui shut up before she could finish her words.
Just because, Li Guodong was already looking at her with a gloomy expression.
Liu Cui's heart trembled, and she lowered her head with a guilty conscience.
Li Guodong was silent for a while.
After a long time, he finally got up and helped Liu Cui up.
"So, this child is really mine?" Chong Liu Cui asked.
Liu Cui's body trembled.
"Of course it's yours!" He immediately looked at Li Guodong.
But the fierce look in Li Guodong's eyes forced Liu Cui to look away again.
