Chapter 18 Old things
Thinking about what Mrs. Wang had done, Nanzhi shook her body. She had some doubts that Li Zhu was not Mrs. Wang's biological child. The tiger's poison would not eat its children. What if her biological mother could do such a thing?
"Mommy, eat this, it smells delicious."
Seeing Nanzhi shaking his body, the dog thought his mother was hungry, so he stretched out his little hand to feed Nanzhi lard dregs.
"The dog is good, my mother won't eat it. If the dog eats this piece, he can't eat it again today." Nanzhi said with a smile.
"Okay, save it for later." The dog nodded. When he ate again, he took small bites, for fear of eating too much to finish today's amount in one go.
Fortunately, the courtyard wall was high, so Nanzhi was not afraid that they would break in. He just let the dog stay in the room obediently, and moved all the food into the small cellar in the backyard, leaving only a 100-jin bag. of black noodles and enough food for five or six days.
She has to take the dog back to her parents' house tomorrow.
With the plan in mind, Nanzhi was ready to start cooking dinner. Thinking of the spices he bought, Nanzhi felt that his mouth was already drooling.
From the day she came here, it can be said that she has been eating food with only oil and salt every day, which is even more uncomfortable than the diet meals she had before. Now that the situation at home is better, she wants to reward herself no matter what.
After thinking about the people outside the door, Nanzhi still put away the thought of cooking with lard residue.
The lard residue tastes very fragrant when cooked. If Mrs. Wang knew that she had these things at home, she would probably have to snatch them away.
Originally, she was thinking of treating herself and the dog today, but now she forgot about it, and just planned to steam a pot of dry rice and braise a potato.
Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Wang cursed outside the door for a long time. Their mouths were already dry, and the weather was sultry and hot, so they were sweating all over.
Originally, not many people in the village took baths now. It was okay if they didn't sweat much on weekdays. Once they sweated, there would be a sour smell.
The sky had darkened, and Li Zheng was worried that it would be unsafe after dark, so he directed the villagers to pack up their things and leave. Hundreds of households were walking around in a mighty manner, which looked quite spectacular.
Nanzhi's yard was near the end of the village. When everyone came back, chatting and laughing, they saw the panting Wu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Ms. Wu, if you don't take your mother-in-law to cook at home, why did you come to Mrs. Lin's house?"
Li Zheng looked at Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Wang and their faces darkened a few shades. Neither mother-in-law nor daughter-in-law was a good person, and he didn't know what evil the Li family had done in their previous life to marry such two women.
"Li Zheng, Li Zheng is back, you have to make the decision for us." Mrs. Wang's eyes lit up when she saw Shen Dashan coming back with the villagers, and she immediately started to cry out for injustice. She was no longer as fierce as before.
"Making the decision? Making the decision?" Li Zheng looked at Mrs. Wang and sneered.
"Is there anything else that I, a little Li Zheng, can use to make the decision?"
After hearing Shen Dashan's words, everyone around him fell silent.
Who didn’t know about Li Zhu back then?
Not only did Mrs. Wang go to the village next door to force her to get married, but she also went to make trouble every now and then. In the end, she forced her daughter to death and then went to ask for compensation. At first, Li Zheng stopped her and asked her to calm down, but she ended up being tortured in front of so many people in the next village. slapped her.
Later, she also threatened that Shen Dashan, a young man, was not qualified to take care of her.
After that, word spread outside that girls from Lihua Village could not marry. People with girls at home would naturally resent Mrs. Wang, but what could be done?
It turned out that four years had passed since this incident, and everyone tacitly pretended that it had never happened.
Now that Shen Dashan has said it out, smart people will naturally know that this is too serious to accommodate the Li family.
Mrs. Wang's face also froze. She couldn't count the number of people she had offended in her life. It was Shen Dashan who led others to stop her from asking for compensation, but the daughter she had raised for nineteen years was in vain. How could she be willing to die without benefiting from it at all?
Thinking that the free money would not reach her pocket, she did those things because she was too anxious.
Later, she was also worried that Shen Dashan would wear small shoes for their family, but the days passed slowly and nothing happened, so she just regarded it as a thing of the past.
Who knew that Shen Dashan would suddenly mention it today.
Thinking about the consequences of the matter, Mrs. Wang's face gradually turned pale and she didn't speak again.
"Li Zheng, you can't protect the little widow this time!" Wu didn't notice the change in the surrounding atmosphere at all, and her face looked like a yaksha due to excitement.
"Everyone, listen, that little widow is doing a lot of harm to people." Wu shouted to the people around her and pointed to the closed door.
"It's that little widow who didn't tell us about the good things she found on Dongshan Mountain. My father-in-law was killed by a snake when he went up the mountain, and he's still lying at home now! The doctors at Jishitang have said that if he doesn't have five taels of silver, he can't be cured at all. Bad legs!"
While talking, Wu still pretended to be sad.
Shen Dashan glanced at Mrs. Wang who was no longer talking, then turned to look at Wu who was performing hard, "Then tell me, what good thing did Mrs. Lin discover?"
"This..." Wu's eyes rolled. She was thinking about the chestnuts on the mountain. If everyone in the village knew about it, wouldn't she be able to pick up less?
"She found a bush of wild vegetables on the mountain! Whose life is easy now? She just followed that little bitch...that dog. How could the two of them eat so much, and they are not willing to tell us. If you tell us the way, my father-in-law How could we encounter a snake?"
The people in the village followed Li Zheng back. Those who followed found Li Zheng stopped at Lin's door, and they all gathered around him. Now they heard Wu's words and their hearts sank.
Everyone gathered at the entrance of the village at noon today. Li Zheng told everyone that yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lin took her dog to dig wild vegetables on Dongshan Mountain and accidentally discovered the chestnut forest.
All the edible things in the West Mountain have been picked, but no one dares to go to the East Mountain.
Isn't it because people were killed by wolves on Dongshan Mountain?
Now that Lin was an orphan and a widower, the first thing she did when she discovered Chestnut Forest was to tell the villagers, who could speak ill of others without conscience?
Looking at Mrs. Wu's appearance, I'm afraid that the Li family knew about the chestnut forest and accidentally encountered a snake when they went up Dongshan in the middle of the night. Listening to Mrs. Wu, I'm afraid that what happened to Old Man Li was not serious.
Before Shen Dashan could speak, Aunt Qin had already spoken out, "You're funny. I picked up bird eggs from your house a few days ago, but I didn't see you giving some to Mrs. Lin. If someone finds a wild vegetable bush, I have to tell you." One sound."
"Which one fell and got bumped while going up the mountain and it wasn't your own responsibility? Your family is fine. If you were bitten by a snake when you went up the mountain and came to ask Mrs. Lin to compensate you, your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would have a big face. Did you choke on the water one day? Are you asking for money from the well digger?"
The sensible aunts in the village all asked questions. It can be said that everyone in the village owed Nanzhi a favor for what happened this time. It would be heartless to help Mrs. Wang and the others.
It's hard for men to speak, so let their women do it.
"You, you guys!" Mrs. Wu saw that everyone's fingers were trembling. She couldn't understand why people who usually only mind their own family affairs were helping the widow to speak.
Then looking at her mother-in-law who was silent behind her, Wu tugged on her sleeve and said, "Mom! Talk! The dog was just beaten with a stone by our family and bled a little last time, but the little widow... You blackmailed us for a hundred cents, and now my father-in-law can hardly save his legs, mother!"
Mrs. Wang seemed to have just come back to her senses, and ignored Wu. She just looked at Shen Dashan and said sarcastically: "Li Zheng, I'll go back right away."
Wu's eyes nearly popped out after hearing this. When had her mother-in-law ever been afraid? Why are you dragging yourself away with such a good opportunity today?
"mother……"
Before Wu could finish speaking, Mrs. Wang had already ran back to her home in a panic. Wu wanted to speak again, but when she saw Shen Dashan's cold eyes, she trembled with fright and hurriedly followed her into the house.