Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 224 Hurry and give me the silver

Li Changgen, who was originally dejected, suddenly perked up and cursed: "Stinky woman, where have you been these two days? It's so hard for me to find you."

"Where's the little pillar? Was it stolen by you too?"

After he finished scolding, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to pull Zheng Sanniang's clothes, trying to drag her into the yard.

Zheng Sanniang was usually afraid of being beaten and scolded by Li Changgen, so when he scolded her like this, she just timidly dodged back slightly and didn't even dare to look up at him.

Seeing that Li Changgen was about to come over to pull Zheng Sanniang, Qixi stepped forward and grabbed Li Changgen's arm, twisted it lightly, and snorted coldly: "Watch your mouth, you don't mind being dirty, but I think it's dirtying my ears when I hear it."

Li Changgen is not tall, but he is an adult man after all, half a head taller than Qixi.

At this moment, he was like a chicken, with Qixi twisting his arm, unable to move, but he kept yelling: "Hey, who are you, why are you meddling in my business?"

"She is my wife. She has been missing for two or three days and ran away with her child. Who knows, she went to some wild man's house. I can't scold her."

When Zheng Sanniang saw her husband throwing dirty water on her head in front of everyone on the street, she felt disheartened and angry, and the only remaining fantasy she had about Li Changgen was shattered.

She trembled her lips and mustered up the courage to say, "Li Changgen, you are going to use me to pay off your gambling debts. Do you think I should wait at home? I want to divorce you and take Xiao Zhuzi away from your house."

When these words were spoken, the three people from the Li family widened their eyes as if they had heard a joke.

Li Changgen struggled hard, but Qixi pushed him to the ground.

He rolled over and got up. Although he didn't dare to go forward and hit anyone, he pointed at Zheng Sanniang and cursed: "Bitch, you want to leave just because I have no money? No way."

"You have already entered the Li family. You are a member of the Li family in life and a ghost of the Li family in death."

Li Changgen's mother also said: "Xiao Zhuzi is the only child of our Li family, how can we let you take him away."

Zheng Sanniang was a person who was not good at speaking, and was used to being bullied by the Li family on a daily basis, so she was speechless all of a sudden.

Mrs. Liu couldn't help it and came up to her and said, "Aunt Li, did you know that your son was dissatisfied with Xiao Zhuzi's noise a few days ago, so he forced him to drink a big bowl of wine?"

"If Sanniang hadn't come back to take Xiao Zhuzi away at night, your only child wouldn't be in such a good condition by now."

Mrs. Liu's words were full of sarcasm, and the people around her also accused the Li family of not taking care of the children.

Only then did Li Changzhu's mother realize that her son had done such a wicked thing. She felt sorry for her grandson, but also hated her son for not living up to her expectations.

He was so angry that he picked up a bamboo basket at his feet and threw it at Li Changgen who was standing nearby.

Li Changgen never expected that his mother, who always felt sorry for him and protected him, would hit him with a basket. He was caught off guard and couldn't dodge in time. He could only protect his head instinctively.

The bamboo basket bounced to the side, but his face was covered by a few rotten vegetable leaves in the basket.

When everyone saw Li Changgen's miserable appearance with rotten vegetable leaves on his head, they all laughed and said that he deserved it.

Li Changgen said angrily, "Mother, why did you hit me? You don't take care of Xiao Zhuzi on weekdays. It's Sanniang who takes care of the child. He keeps crying, and the wine tastes sweet. What's the harm in giving him a drink?"

Only then did everyone realize that this family was not good people and that what they said could not be trusted. They all looked at Zheng Sanniang, who was standing aside with her face turning purple with anger, with sympathy.

Shen Yu whispered a few words to Zheng Sanniang, and Zheng Sanniang's face looked better.

She took a deep breath, calmed her breath, and then said, "Husband, I know your difficulties. If you can't pay off your gambling debts today, your father-in-law and mother-in-law will be driven out to the street."

"If I can help you pay off your gambling debts, you will let us go and I will divorce you."

When Li Changgen heard that there was silver, he quickly cleaned the rotten leaves on his head and glared: "Where did you get the silver from? Do you have any private money hidden?"

"You stinky bitch, you belong to our Li family, so the silver is naturally ours, so give it to me quickly."

Zheng Sanniang said angrily, "How can I have any money? Didn't you secretly take away my dowry to gamble?"

Li Changgen said, "Didn't you just say you would pay off my gambling debts? Now you say you don't have the money. Let's ask everyone to judge. Did you hear what you said just now?"

Everyone felt that Li Jia had bad character and was unwilling to speak for him, so no one said a word.

Zheng Sanniang said, "I really don't have any money, but I met a kind person who is willing to help me and lend me some money."

"Good-hearted people, there are not so many good-hearted people in this world who are willing to help a woman like you, could it be your mistress?"

Li Changgen became majestic again and made the assertion with clear words.

Zheng Sanniang was so angry that her face turned as pale as paper and she looked like she was about to faint. If it weren't for Mrs. Liu supporting her, she would have fallen down.

Shen Yu was watching from the side and felt really embarrassed, so he had to stand up and say, "I wanted to lend money to Sister Zheng, but it was a pity that Xiao Zhuzi was drunk by you that day and fell into a deep sleep, and almost got into trouble."

"If I hadn't come across them and saved them, your children would have been gone. If you, the Li family, still have a trace of conscience, you should part ways amicably and agree to a divorce."

When everyone saw that it was a young girl who came out, they couldn't help but laugh at Li Changgen: "She is a girl who is kind enough to lend you money. She is not a mistress at all. You should be more polite."

Li Changgen saw that it was Shen Yu, and couldn't help but say: "It's you, aren't you the steamed bun beauty who just opened a shop?"

Shen Yu was calm and composed, not angry at all, and nodded, saying, "My family used to rent a house in this alley for some time, and we were neighbors with Sister Zheng."

"That day when I met Sister Zheng on the street, she had nowhere to go, and I realized that you were going to sell her to pay off your gambling debts."

"Although I am not rich, I really can't bear to see Sister Zheng fall into that kind of situation, so I agreed to lend her some money."

Li Changgen said: "Thank you for your kindness, young lady, in lending the money to my wife. Give me the money. I will use it to pay off my gambling debts."

Shen Yu couldn't help feeling anxious when she saw that Li Changgen only wanted money and refused to mention the divorce.

But he had to patiently say, "If you agree to sign the divorce agreement and let Xiao Zhuzi follow Sister Zheng and leave your home, the twenty taels of silver will naturally be given to you."

Before Li Changgen could say anything, his mother quit.

She stood up and said, "We can divorce, but Xiaozhuzi is the lifeblood of our Li family and cannot be taken away."

Mrs. Liu said coldly, "Aunt Li, Sanniang is leaving. Xiao Zhuzi will stay at your house and it will all depend on you to take care of him."

"When you are hungry, you need to eat; when you are cold, you need to wear clothes. You need to have three meals a day and clothes for all four seasons. You must take care of everything."