From Grandma Jiang's words, everyone knew the reason why Li Tiezhu was not favored by Grandma Li.
It turns out that Mrs. Li was not favored by her mother-in-law when she was young. After giving birth, her mother-in-law was afraid that her eldest grandson would be raised crookedly by Mrs. Li, so she took her grandson away and raised her herself.
This raised Li Tiezhu until he was twelve years old. After Li Tiezhu was twelve years old, Granny Li's father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away one after another, and Li Tiezhu returned to Granny Li's house.
But Li Yinzhu had already been born at that time, and was raised by Mrs. Li as a sweetheart. How could she still see the eldest son who had been taken away by her mother-in-law? He is pleasing to the eye, and often deprives him of food and beats and scolds him.
After listening to Grandma Jiang's words, everyone suddenly realized that this was the case.
At this moment, they watched Aunt Ma walking angrily in front of them and heading towards the village.
"Hey, what's wrong with your sister-in-law? She's so angry." Aunt He looked at Aunt Ma aside.
Aunt Ma glanced at Aunt Ma's back and said disgustedly, "Don't tell me about her. Who would want to be a sister-in-law with her? It's been eight lifetimes of bad luck to have such a sister-in-law."
Everyone around obviously knew what kind of person Aunt Ma was, and they all laughed when they heard her say this.
"Hahaha, it's not easy for you."
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Li Xi pushed the door open with a basket on his back. Hu Zi, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, heard the sound of opening the door and ran out of the room, "Sister, sister! You're back!"
"Well, I'm back. Let's go into the house. Sister bought you some candy." Li Xi rubbed Huzi's little head.
No matter how sensible and obedient Huzi is on weekdays, he is still a child after all. His eyes light up when he hears the candy, and his little body is filled with great joy.
"Sister eats, mother eats too, we eat together."
"Okay, let's eat together." Li Xi led Huzi into the house, "Where's mother?"
"Mom is sewing clothes at home."
Seeing Li Xi enter the room, Madam Liu put down her needlework on the kang and said, "Da Ya is back, have you had lunch? My mother is heating the rice for you on the stove, I will go and bring it to you now."
As Madam Liu was about to get off the kang, Li Xi said, "Mom, no need, I ate steamed buns in the city and I bought them for you too."
Li Xi said as he took out an oil paper bag from his backpack. When he opened it, there were two fat and white buns inside, "The ones with cabbage and pork are quite delicious. You guys have a try."
"Mother is not hungry, you and Huzi can eat." Mrs. Liu said with her throat rolling.
Li Xi could tell at a glance that she didn't mean what she said. The food at their house could only make people full of water and not hungry. How could it be possible?
She stuffed the buns directly into the hands of Madam Liu and Hu Zi, and said without any doubt, "Okay, one for each, let's eat now."
Huzi held the bun, raised his head in surprise and said, "Sister, it's so soft."
Li Xi smiled, "It's still very fragrant, try it."
Huzi took the bun and carefully took a small bite, then his eyes widened, "Sister, it really smells good, the bun is delicious."
He said, holding up the buns and stretching his arms, "Sister, you can eat too."
"Sister has already eaten, Huzi, please eat."
Although Li Xi said this, Hu Zi still insisted on holding up the bun for Li Xi to eat. Li Xi had to take a small bite and said, "Okay, sister has already eaten. You can eat the rest yourself."
Madam Liu looked at Hu Zi who was sitting on the edge of the Kang eating and shaking his head, and then at the steaming buns in her hand. Her eyes were red again, but she was concerned about what Li Xi had said before, and her tears did not fall down.
"I bought a lot of medicinal materials. I bought some things." Li Xi said and took out the things in the basket one by one.
Mrs. Liu and Huzi, who were still eating steamed buns, looked at the pile of things on the kang, their mouths opened wide, and they no longer cared about the steamed buns in their hands.
"Da, Da Ya, how much did you buy? Why did you buy so many things?" Mrs. Liu's eyes widened as she looked at the food on the kang, the oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and such a big piece of meat. I wonder if there is something wrong with my eyes.
It was not that there were no people selling medicinal materials in the village, but I had never heard that a basket of medicinal materials could be exchanged for so many things. Thinking of this, Mrs. Liu felt a little panicked.
The tiger on the side climbed onto the kang and circled around a pile of things, "Rourourou, such big meaty meat! Eat meat! Eat meat!"
"Okay, I'll make some meat for you tonight, and I'll make sure it smells good to you." Li Xi said with a smile, "Mom, I changed a total of thirty-five taels of medicinal materials, and these things cost more than two taels."
"Three, thirty-five taels?" Madam Liu looked at Li Xi blankly. Did she hear it wrong just now? Da Ya should have said five taels, yes, it should be five taels.
Country people can't earn even one tael of silver a year just from farming. When my father was alive, their family only had more than a dozen taels of silver at most.
But later on, he was building a house and was busy with his father's funeral affairs. Now the family only has three taels of silver and 532 copper coins left.
Madam Liu glanced at the basket placed on the ground by Li Xi, "Sold such a small thing for five taels of silver?"
She still found it unbelievable. Her father had sold medicinal materials before, and a basket of medicinal materials only cost more than a hundred copper coins at most.
Just as Li Xi was about to explain, there was suddenly a sound of banging on the door outside.
"Li Daya, you little bitch, come out here quickly!"
"Bang bang bang!" "Bang bang bang!"
The door panel was banged, and curses could be heard outside.
"The whole family has lost its star, don't hide in there and keep silent, get out of here quickly!"
"You beat me and you want to pretend that nothing is wrong? What a beautiful idea you have!"
Madam Liu trembled when she heard the banging on the door and curses outside, and raised her head in fear, "Da Ya?"
Li Xi looked at her appearance and sighed inwardly. She had to rely on her to support this family. She looked at Huzi's worried eyes and patted his back.
"Don't worry, I'll go take a look. Huzi, you and your mother stay in the house."
After leaving the bedroom, Li Xi picked up the machete in the yard and carried it behind him to open the door.
There were many villagers gathered at the door, and the one standing at the door cursing was Aunt Ma, who had been taught a lesson by Li Xi before.
Qian Dajuan and Song Lianhua were also in the crowd, and the group of aunties who were chatting under the tree just now also came to join in the fun.
"You are an elder after all. What are you talking about here? Why don't you, Ma Lao Er, take your mother-in-law back!" Dong Fengxia grabbed Aunt Ma, who was about to rush towards Li Xi.
Others might be worried about Dong Fengxia being the village chief's wife, but Aunt Ma, a cutthroat woman, didn't have any scruples at all. Aunt Ma slapped her hand open!
"Little bitch! Sangmenxing! I will teach you a lesson today!" Aunt Ma waved her hand and rushed towards Li Xi.
Li Xi looked at her like this without any expression. It seemed that she still didn't know what it meant to be afraid.
Seeing Aunt Ma getting closer and closer, Li Xi didn't make any move on his face and directly took the machete behind him in front of him.
The moment she saw the machete clearly, Aunt Ma became cold and started to retreat urgently. She just collided with Dong Fengxia who rushed to stop her.
There was a machete in front of her, and there was no way out behind her. She was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground and hid with her legs.
He was still shouting, "Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"
