Chapter 285: Called Li Da Niu
Late at night, a merchant ship stopped on the river bank.
The seven-year-old girl was huddled in the stern of the boat. Although she was sleepy and tired, the inexplicable fear in her heart kept her from falling asleep even if her eyelids were fighting.
Hands covered his ears tightly, but he couldn't stop the sound coming from next door.
Humbling against the wall, the man’s loud gasp, that kind of laugh. Also, her mother... was holding back her sobs.
The girl’s name is Li Danniu.
Her mother’s name is Tan Shuya. Despite her delicate appearance and pleasant name, she could not help but suffer from the decline of her family. When he was seventeen years old, his father, who was addicted to gambling and drinking, gave him to Li Xiucai to bear a son for the infertile Mrs. Li.
Actually, Mrs. Li's real surname was Li, and Li Xiucai was her son-in-law. He was a scholar who was educated by the Li family.
So, even if his wife was barren, he would not dare to say too much.
Mrs. Li finally gave up when she saw that she was already in her late thirties and her stomach still hadn't moved. I thought of a way: marry an innocent girl and send her away after giving birth to a son.
It is unthinkable for a husband to take a concubine.
He just went ahead and found Tan Shuya and spent fifteen taels of silver to bring her over.
Sure enough, this idea is correct. More than a year after entering the hospital, a big fat boy was born.
Mrs. Li was happy in her arms, but when she glanced at her husband, she seemed to have some affection for Tan Shuya.
How could she tolerate this?
With a flick of his hand, Tan Shuya was given to Li Yin, an old bachelor in my family who could not find a wife.
Tan Shuya didn't dare to say no, because her wife said that if she dared to make trouble, she would be thrown into a brothel!
Li Yin, the principle of poverty comes from poverty. People are lazy, bad-tempered, petty and pretentious. Ordinarily, it should be a good thing that fell from the sky to get such a beautiful wife without spending a copper!
But he thought: You only give me what you don’t want after you have used it. This is looking down on me!
If a woman who has given birth to a child becomes my wife, she is looking down on me!
Although he thought so, he did not refuse. I'm not completely stupid after all...
But he will not be kind to Tan Shuya, and her nightmare begins.
Can enter the house, work from morning to night, are beaten or scolded, and have neither enough food nor clothing. A year later, she became pregnant and was aborted by Li Yin.
It is a son.
Seeing his son gone like this, Li Yin also felt a little regretful, so he treated her better.
Tan Shuya was a little sick due to a miscarriage, and she had no money to help her. It took four or five years to get pregnant again.
This time, a daughter was born.
Li Yin was furious and thought that Tan Shuya was going against him! "I beat you, but you were pregnant with my son. Now that I'm not beating you, you're going to give me a baby that costs money?"
So, a new round of beatings and scoldings began.
The little girl has no name, Tan Shuya calls her Niu'er, and Li Yin calls her a little bastard, a loser. People outside call her: Li Daniu.
So, this is her name.
Before she can walk steadily, Li Da Niu will help her mother carry firewood. At the age of three or four, she was able to wash dishes steadily. She only dropped one bowl and never dropped it again. Because her father can beat...
Tan Shuya is actually quite ingenious and does a very good job. If she could be allowed to do some work outside, life at home would be better.
But Li Yin refused! He was worried that "Li Xiucai" would see him and humiliate him.
No one knows why he thinks this way... Difficult days go by like this day by day. Seven-year-old Li Da Niu can do everything from chopping firewood to cooking, fishing for loaches in the river, and helping others combine mud to make adobe bricks.
Seeing it, it seems that life is getting better.
On this day, a woman wearing silk and flowers came to the village. After looking around, she saw Li Danniu at a glance.
Although he has a sallow face and thin muscles, and a slender body with a big head, he still has the shape of his head, the amount of his hair, his eyebrows, his small shoulders, and his thin arms and legs. She is different from other silly girls in the village!
The woman came over in two steps, took her hand directly, opened her mouth and looked at her teeth, "...Tsk, tsk, they are quite neat. They are really a good seedling!"
Looking at her hands and feet again... the old lady frowned.
Li Da Niu's hand was holding a knife to chop wood. It was a knife that had been passed down in her family for several generations, like a toothless old lady. If you don't use force, you can't cut it at all. Therefore, her hands were calloused and her fingers were deformed.
"What kind of family is this? The little girl Shui Ling'er is such a disaster!?"
Li Da Niu looked at her mother-in-law blankly, why is she so beautiful? It still smells so good... The clothes on her body, when she reached out and touched them... they were soft and slippery, and her hands almost made people feel hooked!
Sure enough, the woman knocked her hand off. Tan Shuya was working. When she heard the movement and took a look, she hurriedly came over, pulled Li Danniu over, glared at the old woman, and pulled her daughter away.
Li Da Niu looked back while walking...
How could a person let go easily after falling into the eyes of that woman?
Once she inquired about it, she went directly to find Li Yin. The asking price is ten taels, I want to buy Li Da Niu!
Li Yin almost dropped his jaw in shock, how much? That money-losing item is worth ten taels of silver?
But he is so clever, he has no expression at all...
The mother-in-law thought that he was unwilling, so she advised: "That little girl, if she stays in your house any longer, her appearance will be completely ruined. I'm afraid no one will want her if she is sold to a wealthy family as a girl. Look at those hands, they are all deformed! Take care. Girl, how did you raise her?
Dark face, yellow hair, and smelly. Ten liang is a huge price. If I hadn't come out this time, I wouldn't have asked for it. Even if you want it, it’s only five taels at most! "
As soon as Li Yin looked at the woman, he knew what she was doing. He didn't feel offended, but said: "Thirty-two? My daughter, among these ten miles and eight villages, is there any one who is as good-looking as her? I love you so much... I want to get this little money from you! What are you thinking about?"
The mother-in-law is very good at talking when she is dissatisfied and tries to persuade and belittle her.
But Li Yin really had a couple of moments and was unmoved. Now that he knows the way, there is no need to rush. Without your home, there would be another home! That money-losing product... No, no, no, it's not a loss-making product now! She is only six or seven years old, so it’s still early! There's always a good place to go!
Looking at how he really wasn't in a hurry, the woman seemed to be a little interested. She had been out wandering around for many days without disturbing anyone!
So she raised the price, and the two bargained for a long time, and finally settled on thirty taels of silver.
Li Yinzi stretched out his hand for the silver, and the old woman said, "Can I carry dozens of taels of silver with me? Aren't I afraid of being robbed?! Either you take the girl with you, or I'll come and get her. But we have agreed that we can't Changed. Otherwise, don’t think I’m a vegetarian!”
The mother-in-law raised her eyebrows and her eyes were crossed, she was very powerful.
Li Yin was a little scared and nodded in agreement. Before leaving, the mother-in-law told him: Wash the girl, and don't get hurt in the next two days!
Tan Shuya led Li Da Niu back and warned her, "That woman is not a good person. Next time you see her, hide! If she dares to pull you, bite her!"
How does Li Daniu know? "Mom, why are the clothes she is wearing so bright?! They are so beautiful! They are so thin and soft that they are scratched when I touch them."
"Don't look at it again! Those clothes are not easy to come by! If you look at them again, I will beat you!"
“Oh.” Li Danniu stopped talking. However, she remembered again: the flowers on the mother-in-law's head looked like real flowers in the field. She also had one on her head, but it wilted after a while. Hey, the mother-in-law also has a shiny thing on her head. Is it silver?
The two of them walked around the woods and walked home. They were just talking and didn't pay attention to a boy of about ten years old standing behind the tree.
Having beautiful features, neatly dressed, and looking like a scholar. He was looking at Tan Shuya hard...
Wait for them to walk over. The young man following behind him said anxiously: "Master, let's go back quickly! If my wife finds out, this servant will not survive. Just take a look, okay?"
The young man said: "Are you sure this is her? Why is she so old? Isn't it said that she is much younger than her mother?"
“She’s having a hard time here! What do you think she’s wearing? She’s been exposed to the wind and sun all day…”
“That little girl was also born to her?”
“Yes, my name is Li Daniu! Master, go back quickly! Don’t let your wife know..."
This is the past.