"Hey! Madam Zhou, give me some money!" Li Ji came back from playing wildly outside and came to Zhou Shichu, asking her for money rudely.
Zhou Shichu squinted his eyes and asked, "Why do you want so much money?"
"You don't have to worry about it! Just give me the money." Li Ji said impatiently.
"Dream that I'll give you a lot of money? It's a good idea for you. Your father only gives me a lot of money for my whole family in a month. It's better for you to ask for a lot of money as soon as you ask. You are so powerful, why don't you earn this money yourself? Always money?" Zhou Shichu couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard his lion's mouth open.
"Don't you always have a lot of money? Didn't you make a lot of money selling steamed buns? In addition, my father gave it to you. How can you not get out the money? You just refused to give it to me, right? Sure enough, the stepmother didn't have a good one. , he is well fed and clothed, but he abuses his stepson..." Li Ji stared at his bull's eyes and said angrily to Zhou Shichu.
"Yes, my stepmother is not a good person. Since you all know that I am not a good person, how can you have the nerve to ask me for money? You even pay attention to the money I get from selling buns. Who gave you the courage? ? The money I earn, I would rather give it to a beggar on the street than give you a penny!" Zhou Shichu snorted coldly.
Li Ji was so angry that his chest kept heaving, and his eyes looked as if he wanted to eat Zhou Shichu. He was so fierce. He pointed at Zhou Shichu and said: "You are my stepmother, then the money you earn should be given to me! If you don't give it, My money, then when I grow up, I will definitely not care about you and leave you alone, with no one to help you collect the corpses..."
"Are you kidding me? You and I, who might die first! Besides, you don't need to care about me after I die, and I don't expect you to take care of my body in old age. I'm worried that you will defile my body." Zhou Shichu He said angrily.
To be honest, she is indeed likely to die later than Li Ji. After all, women are born to live longer than men, not to mention that in this era of war and chaos, men are more likely to have accidents. Although Li Ji is Li Wei's son, if Zicheng Father's business, then Li Ji, with his reckless and brainless temper, would definitely die on the battlefield.
"You, you vicious and cruel woman! If you don't give me money, don't blame me for being rude..." Li Ji was so angry that he couldn't scold Zhou Shichu, let alone beat him, so he could only be so ruthless. talk.
"Oh? How can you be rude to me?" Zhou Shichu glanced at Li Ji with unabashed disdain. Li Ji glared at her fiercely, turned around and walked out.
Zhou Shichu thought about it and realized that if Li Ji couldn't get the upper hand with her, he would probably seek revenge on his sister who was taking advantage of her. So she found Zhou Shiwan who was playing with mud in the vegetable garden and said, "Don't go to Li Ji recently." Go ahead and stay away from him. If he bullies you, just tell me and ignore him."
Zhou Shiwan nodded quickly. She had nothing to do with Li Ji, and their relationship was unfamiliar and distant. Li Ji had always looked down on her, a cheap aunt who was dull and younger than him, and didn't bother to look at her more, so Zhou Shiwan Shi Wan naturally listened to her sister and did whatever her sister told her to do.
"Sister, look at the puppy I kneaded." Zhou Shiwan enthusiastically handed the small clay thing in his hand to Zhou Shichu to look at.
Zhou Shichu took a look and saw that the little ball of mud didn't look like a puppy at all. But if she said it was a puppy, then it was a puppy. Zhou Shichu was very tolerant towards children, so he nodded and said, "Good job, continue." Let’s play.”
So Zhou Shiwan happily lowered her head to squeeze the clay ball again, and said while squeezing it back: "Now I want to squeeze a sister."
Zhou Shichu: ...it’s better to stop pinching, right?
Zhou Shichu looked at the black mud on her little hand. With her ability to squeeze a puppy, she really didn't know what her "sister" would look like in the end.
Out of sight and out of mind, Zhou Shichu turned around and left.
Because Li Ji asked her for money but failed, Zhou Shichu had a change of heart and put all the money he earned into the space as a precaution, leaving only the two dollars that Li Wei gave her for household use.
Zhou Shichu did not lie to Li Ji. Li Wei indeed only left two guans of money. The two guans of money would last for two months, so she said that Li Wei gave her family a month's worth of money. This was true.
In this era, the usual money is one thousand penny, which is a thousand copper plates. When converted into silver, it is one tael of silver, but one penny can buy a steamed bun. The various delicious steamed buns with thin skin and rich fillings made by Zhou Shichu only cost 2 taels. He only had a small amount of money, so you can imagine how excessive it would be for Li Jicai's child, who was just a few years old, to ask Zhou Shichu for a lot of money.
Ordinary people would probably not be able to use the same amount of money in a month. In addition to household expenses, the amount of money Li Wei gave actually included Zhou Shichu's squandered pocket money. After all, the original owner had made a fuss about asking him for money before.
Of course, if it were Zhou Shichu, he would not squander his money.
Li Ji's temper has gone wrong now. If he can't get money from her, he will probably think of some evil ways to deal with her, so she can't be on guard. After all, she has a cheap sister.
Li Ji came back during dinner. He had a cold war with Zhou Shichu because of money. Of course, the two of them usually had nothing to say. It was just a plastic stepmother-child relationship. But at that time, they at most pretended that the other person did not exist, but now, Li Ji Ji still didn't talk to Zhou Shichu, but he looked at Zhou Shichu with a nose that was not a nose, and eyes that were not eyes. He would also snort at her from time to time and roll his eyes, making it clear that he had fallen out with Zhou Shichu.
Zhou Shichu didn't pay attention to his little actions at all and turned a blind eye to him. Li Ji became even more angry when he saw that he couldn't anger her. His opponent didn't care at all about his provocation. It would be strange if he didn't die of anger!
Zhou Shichu, as usual, went to bed with Zhou Shiwan after washing up.
Just when she was drowsily asleep, and her consciousness was about to fall into a sweet dream, she suddenly heard the door of her room being gently pushed open. She was suddenly shaken and woke up instantly, her sleepiness disappearing without a trace.
There was moonlight streaming in outside the window, so the room was not actually dark, and she could vaguely see people's figures. In addition, after Zhou Shichu came, she had developed her internal strength and her five senses were sharper, so she saw it at a glance and secretly opened the door to come in. It was Li Ji.
Li Ji's movements were very light. If Zhou Shichu hadn't been alert, he wouldn't have known what he was doing. He was obviously prepared. As soon as he came in, he walked towards the locker at the end of the bed that served as Zhou Shichu's dressing cabinet.
The locker actually contained the sisters' clothes and a small amount of cheap jewelry. The money was not placed there at all, but Li Ji didn't know that, so he rummaged there.
When Zhou Shichu saw him throwing all his clothes on the ground, he immediately became angry. If he stole money, he would steal money, and he also soiled her clothes. That was unforgivable!
