mijobooks Chapter 83 The Li Family's Generosity
Chapter 83 The Li Family's Generosity
Zhao Lijuan ran out of the middle room and went straight into the east room, locking the door from the inside. No matter how much Sun Caifeng knocked on the door, she wouldn't open it.
There was no sound coming from inside the room, but anyone with eyes could tell that she was crying inside.
This woman is made of water; whenever something happens, whether it's good or bad, she likes to unleash her emotions. Sun Caifeng stood outside for a while but Zhao Lijuan didn't open the door for her.
Feeling helpless, he sighed and muttered to himself:
"Sigh, Lijuan, she was willful even before she got married, and she's still like this now that she's a mother."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Li Xiangdong, who was standing silently to the side, and sighed and shook her head again: "How could Lijuan have fallen for such an honest man back then? It would have been so much better if she had married her brother."
Of course, she didn't say those words aloud, but instead said:
"Xiangdong, Lijuan might be too embarrassed to open the door because I'm here. I'll go in first, and you can try to persuade her."
It's good that the couple has talked things out.
After saying that, she went straight to the middle room. It was so cold outside that she was shivering.
"I......"
Li Xiangdong had been chasing after her in a hurry and wasn't wearing many clothes. He was very cold and wanted to knock on the door but didn't know if he would actually go in. What should he say to Lijuan?
However, before he could speak, the door automatically opened a crack.
Zhao Lijuan always cared for her man and couldn't bear to see Li Xiangdong freezing outside.
"Come in."
"oh oh."
Once inside, Zhao Lijuan sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), her eyes fixed on Li Xiangdong. Her eyes were red, indicating she had just been crying.
"Say something! You were so talkative just now, why are you silent now?" Zhao Lijuan questioned.
"I...I..."
Li Xiangdong kept scratching his head, he really didn't know what to say, and after stammering for a while, he finally whispered:
"Lijuan, don't be angry."
"What right do I have to be angry? This is a matter for the men of your Li family. What right do I, a mere woman, have to be angry?!"
"Oh, Lijuan, don't say that... I agreed to let Xiangyang manage the household."
"Since you agree, then why did you come all this way?"
"I'm just seeing you're angry..."
"I'm angry." Zhao Lijuan turned her head away, not wanting to talk to Li Xiangdong.
But there were some things she had to say: "Since you say I'm angry, then tell me why I'm angry?"
"Ah, this... why are you angry?" Li Xiangdong was momentarily stunned by the question.
Why was Zhao Lijuan angry? Wasn't it because her father didn't let his eldest son take charge of the household, and she, as the eldest sister-in-law, felt she had lost face?
"Say it! Why aren't you saying it?" Zhao Lijuan urged.
"You didn't do this because Dad didn't let me run the household..." Li Xiangdong said tentatively.
"Get out, get out, get out!" Zhao Lijuan snapped, shoving Li Xiangdong out of the room.
"Li Xiangdong, stop judging people so skeptically. I'm angry that you didn't tell me about something this big. It has nothing to do with who's in charge of the household."
"Oh? So that's why?"
Li Xiangdong never expected that Zhao Lijuan would be angry because of this.
Suddenly he laughed. If Zhao Lijuan was angry with him and not with her father or brother, then it's alright.
He should go to the main room now and drink a few more cups of deer blood wine, then he can "coax" her properly tonight.
In the middle room, the group ate for about half an hour before getting up to say goodbye around 1 p.m.
Before leaving, Li Zhenshan had Li Xiangdong bring out a wolf, cut it in half, and give one half to each of the Zhao and Liu families to take back.
Although they were just there to help, and it was he and Li Xiangyang who killed the wolves.
But since they are all relatives, even if they didn't come to help, the Li family still had to send them some meat after hunting so many wolves.
Li Zhenshan's audacious decision shocked both the Liu and Zhao families.
These days, most families only eat a dozen or twenty pounds of meat a year, but the Li family is giving them over twenty pounds of meat at once... Isn't that a bit too extravagant?
Liu Guangyao and Zhao Liren immediately tried to decline.
Although the Li family was able to kill so many wolves this time, they also contributed to the effort, and they have eaten quite a lot of good food from the Li family since last night.
I'm too embarrassed to take anything home now.
but,
Li Zhenshan was very firm in his attitude and told Liu Guangyao directly that if they didn't take it, he would personally deliver it to Liujia Village the next day.
Liu Guangyao felt bad about letting his ailing in-laws brave the heavy snow to deliver meat to them, so he accepted it.
Li Xiangyang then whispered a reason in Zhao Liren's ear that no middle-aged man would refuse:
"Brother Liren, this wolf meat is very nourishing and has aphrodisiac effects."
Zhao Liren smiled knowingly and did not refuse again.
After all the relatives had left, Li Xiangyang finally felt pain all over his body, probably from the fall he made when he hit the sheep pen the night before.
"Oh dear, I hope this doesn't lead to any lasting health problems!" Li Xiangyang suddenly became a little worried.
In your previous life, you lived to the age of seventy in a daze. In this life, don't be too proactive and die young!
Lost in thought, he suddenly sat up from the heated brick bed: "Oh right, I haven't returned the gun I borrowed from Uncle Guodong yet!"
He then went to the kitchen, grabbed a machete, cut off a large leg from the wolf that he had kept for his own consumption, shouldered his gun, and went to find Chen Guodong.
It's 2:30 PM, and it will be dark in two hours.
Chen Guodong and Zhou Chunmei had just finished eating and were leisurely resting on the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove).
Zhou Chunmei had been staying at home for a while due to anemia and weakness.
But ever since she finished eating the whole pheasant that Li Xiangyang brought her, she has felt much better. Her complexion is rosy now, and she has a lot more strength in her hands and feet.
"Guodong, do you think Xiangyang might send us some wolf meat later?"
Chen Guodong glanced at her, smiled, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took two puffs, and then said casually:
"On what grounds?"
"Why...? Because you lent him a gun? Because he's sensible? Because of the relationship between our two families?"
"Oh dear." Chen Guodong chuckled upon hearing Zhou Chunmei's comment.
"Go to sleep early, prop yourself up with a pillow, maybe you'll dream about it tonight."
"What, am I wrong? Old Zhang's sheepfold was attacked by wolves because no one lent him a gun!" Zhou Chunmei said, somewhat dissatisfied with Chen Guodong's attitude.
"Which family does Old Zhang belong to? Even if you give him a gun, his ranch will still operate as usual. It has little to do with the gun; it's about the person."
He had already learned about how the Li family repelled the wolves when he went to the Li family's house that morning. To be honest, he admired Li Xiangyang's wisdom after hearing the story.
Otherwise, given that the wolf pack used feints three times, any other family in the team would have been ruined.
Whether he had a gun or not was really not that important.
Of course, he also felt that when Li Xiangyang came to return the gun, he would definitely bring them some wolf meat.
But he said this because he didn't want his wife to assume things too easily. After all, it was a favor if Li Xiangyang was willing to give them things, and they had no reason to complain if he didn't.
Just then, the courtyard gate rang.