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“Mom, that b*tch ran away! She pushed me into the lotus pond and ran away. Damn it, I won’t let her off!”
Qian Yi was hopping mad.
“Son, who is this b*tch you’re talking about?”
“Hmph, who else could it be? It’s that b*tch from the Li family, Third Madam Li!”
Of course, Longyue wouldn’t foolishly wait for mother and son to find trouble with her. After she made a fool of someone, she would vanish without a trace.
However, since they had been in the lotus pond, their feet were covered in mud. Longyue brought Ah Qiu to a stream in the mountains to wash their legs.
A portion of the area where her pants were rolled up was stained with mud, making it difficult to clean. Longyue looked at her pants, which had turned white from washing, and pondered.
It was time to get new clothes.
However, money was short at home. They had to put food on the table and there were also Li Qingmu’s expenses for the imperial examination. Only after paying these expenses could she scrape together some money for new clothes.
In her previous life, she had insisted that she wanted to make two new sets of clothes, and Li Qingmu had given her a portion of the money set aside for the examination.
Those years had been hard on him… When Longyue thought about this, she suddenly thought of her second sister-in-law, Madam Zhang.
She was not frugal at all and her family was greedy. In her previous life, Li Qingmu became a local minor official after passing the imperial examination. The Zhang family relied on his official position to throw their weight around. Not only did they abuse their power, they even annexed the fields of the
neighboring village. In the end, they hounded the son of a family to death.
This matter had blown up and provoked public anger. Li Qingmu was implicated in this matter. He was demoted and sent to the southwest. The eldest son of the Zhang family, who forced the villager to death, was sentenced to prison for 10 years. He was immoral and had no heirs, and was disowned by
Old Master Zhang.
At that time, Longyue did not fancy Li Qingmu and did not want to accompany him to the southwest to suffer with him. Essentially, she felt that she had married a useless man and was too ashamed to face her grandfather, so she simply divorced him.
Thinking about it now, that incident was the real test of their relationship. If she had pulled through back then, she might have been able to take revenge on that younger sister of hers.
Longyue was deep in thought and did not realize that they were home.
Ah Qiu opened the door and entered. When he saw that Longyue was silent, he thought that she was in a daze. He was about to call out when Longyue suddenly said, “Ah Qiu!”
“Huh?” Ah Qiu was startled. When he looked up and saw her smiling at him, he was baffled. “Longyue, what’s the matter?”
“Come, let’s go in and look for mom. Tell her that we brought back lotus roots and that we’re going to take some eggs to the Chen family to exchange for glutinous rice.”
“Ah, you want me to go?”
“What else? Don’t you think this is important?”
“Oh…”
‘Ah Qiu headed to Madam Li Zhou’s house glumly. He was about to ask Longyue if she wanted to go in with him when he turned around and saw her sneaking into Li Qingmu’s room.
“Well, her own husband is more important!” he thought.
Li Qingmu was painting in the room when the door opened suddenly. His little wife rushed in.
“Wife…”
Before he could finish speaking, he was pushed against the wall by Longyue.
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He was a little stunned. Looking at the pretty face of the little woman who was just inches away from him, Li Qingmu felt his heart beat wildly.
He said innocently, in a panic, “Little Yue… Wife, what are you doing…”
“Li Qingmu! Stop pretending to be a pitiful little rabbit!” Longyue’s martial arts skills were quite good. She pressed him down and prevented him from moving. Then she asked with a cold expression, “A few days ago, I met Qian Yi by the river and we flirted with each other. You saw everything back then, so
why didn’t you react at all when we came home? Tell me, what exactly were you thinking back then?”
His own wife had flirted with another man and made him a cuckold. Yet there was no reaction at all from him. He continued to eat and sleep as usual and his attitude towards her did not seem cold.
In the past, Longyue didn’t care about him, and he didn’t care about her either. However, things were different now. She had truly become his woman. If he didn’t care about her, Longyue would definitely cut him off!
Looking at the little woman’s angry manner, even a dimwit would have understood, let alone a shrewd person like Li Qingmu.
He chuckled softly, his eyes filled with tenderness and a little mischief that she had never seen before. He lowered his head and whispered into Longyue’s ears, “My wife was deliberately provoking me at that time. Why should I get angry?”
“You…” Longyue’s eyes widened as if she had seen a ghost. “You knew?”
Li Qingmu nodded seriously. Longyue was so angry that she wanted to punch him. So this guy had read her mind!
“Wife, why are you asking about this suddenly? Did you encounter some difficulty?”
“This person’s sensitivity is astonishing.” Longyue glared at him. “Nothing. I ran into Qian Duoduo today. How annoying!”
Ahint of coldness flashed across Li Qingmu’s dark eyes. He knew that Qian Yi had most likely said something that disgusted her. Then he recalled how that person used to tease Longyue
“This is not good!” he thought.
“Mom, Longyue and I went to the mountains to get some lotus roots and lotus pods today. We even caught some fish. I want to have glutinous rice with lotus roots. Can I take some eggs to the Chen family to exchange for glutinous rice?”
Ah Qiu followed at the heels of Madam Li Zhou. His eldest sister-in-law, Madam Wang, was coming out to collect her laundry. When she heard this, she said happily, “Glutinous rice with lotus roots. That’s good. About this matter, Mom…”
‘As she spoke, she licked her dry lips and looked pleadingly at her mother-in-law. Madam Li Zhou hesitated and did not say anything. Inside her house, Madam Zhang heard the discussion outside and rushed out.
“What? Why should we exchange eggs for glutinous rice? Why do we have to eat glutinous rice and lotus roots? Besides, didn’t you catch some fish? Why don’t you exchange fish for rice instead?”
“Meihua, fish are more expensive than eggs, right? We don’t often eat fish and this time, we can have fresh fish. As for eggs… Mom hasn’t said anything. Why are you making a fuss? You don’t have a say in this family!”
Longyue walked out of her house and interrupted her.
Longyue’s words left Madam Zhang speechless. She stamped her feet in anger. “I raised the chickens! I’ve said I won’t give the eggs to you!”
“What a joke. It was Mom who bought the chickens. If you don’t raise them, others will. Besides… Ha, who doesn’t know that Meihua often helps herself to the eggs when others are not around?”
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“Bang!”
Having been jabbed by Longyue’s words, Madam Zhang was so angry that she turned murderous. She threw a wooden basin filled with clothes at Longyue, who dodged it.
“Little hussy, how dare you slander me! See if I don’t teach you a lesson!”
She was indignant that her attack had missed its target. She bared her fangs and brandished her claws as she charged at Longyue, wanting to tear her hair. However, Li Qingmu was faster than her. After hearing the commotion, he rushed out and stood in front of Longyue, restraining Madam Zhang.
“Ah—it hurts, it hurts! Let go, No. 3, let go of me. I’m your sister-in-law…”
“Longyue is my wife!”
With that, he made his position clear and pushed her to the ground!