FH Chapter 57 :
长得丑，但想的美啊！
Looks ugly but you think beautiful ah!
Li Jin Hu did not sleep all night, sitting in the doorway, could not stop rubbing his eyes, and when he saw a dark shadow at the doorway, he rubbed up and ran towards the door.
Xiao Lingchuan’s face was gloomy, his hair stained with white flour, holding Li Haitang, and carrying a huge box in his hand.
“Big brother Xiao, my sister, she…”
Li Jin Hu waited all night, his heart sinking, and now seeing his sister being held, he thought something had happened, but he saw the crystal bright water stains by the corners of Li Haitang’s mouth. He swallowed back his words.
He was almost crying at home, but his sister was sleeping soundly, how big is this heart ah!
Xiao Lingchuan first carried Li Haitang to her room before he and Li Jin Hu said, “It’s done as imagined.”
As for the details, it was better to wait until he woke up from his sleep.
At dawn, the people in the north of the city got up and found a bag in the courtyard, opened it and saw that inside was the most lacking rice and noodles in the house, not only that, but also polished round-grained non glutinous rice (Japonica rice) fine noodles.
The people puzzled, probing to see outside the door, there was nothing, he immediately kneeled on the ground.
The family’s youngest daughter is about to celebrate her birthday. He wanted to use silver money for some fine white noodles, for his daughter to make a meal of noodles, and did not expect that once he fell asleep, his dream would come true!
Unlike the joy of the people in the north of the city, the Qin family has been in chaos, the Qin family grain store door open, was robbed by Li Haitang and Xiao Lingchuan, and then robbed twice by thieves who steal chickens and dogs [(of a man) always having affairs with women]; not only lost silver, but also the loss of thousands of Jin of rice and noodles.
Qin officer outside playing with women, did not sleep all night, was planning to have a good dream, who expected to get such a news, immediately angry, his two eyes rolled over, foaming at the mouth, unconscious.
“Serves you right!”
When Li Haitang heard the news, she felt extraordinarily relieved in her heart, as for those dregs of the Li family, she didn’t need to be in a hurry, solve it slowly.
Li Qiuju became a death contract lackey instead of her. It couldn’t become such a substantial blow to Old Mrs. Li, so she still had to take action herself.
“Big Brother Xiao, if Elder Qin just stomps off, what about those underlings in his family?”
It was said that Elder Qin didn’t have any relatives, his property would definitely be confiscated, and the magistrate couldn’t wait for an extra sum of money.
“Slavery is slavery, it can’t be changed.”
Such examples are not unheard of, and in the end, they are all resold, by the Yamen as a middleman, in order to have more silver. Surely, this will not find a good way out for the subordinates.
Of course, if you save enough silver, you can redeem yourself, the Yamen will not make it difficult for you.
Li Qiu Ju’s deed of sale is exactly the same as Li Haitang’s, but with a new name, with three hundred taels of silver written on it.
Not to mention three hundred taels, just three taels, want to gouge out in the hands of Mrs. Li, unless the sun comes out of the west.
One night, opportunistically pocket sb’s possessions and walk off, earned more than a hundred taels, money earned really fast, the happy Li Haitang wanted to change profession to do three hands (pickpocket), specializing in stealing money from such underhanded people like Counselor Qin, relief the poor people.
“Big Brother Xiao, you still haven’t said, what other stores does Counselor Qin have?”
Taking the stolen silver, Li Haitang buys a chicken leg for breakfast, only he has never eaten such a fragrant chicken leg.
Li Jin Hu squatted in the corner and drew circles. If there is a crack in the ground, please let him drill into it, it is too embarrassing!
“Jie, there is a Fushan academy of classical learning in Deer City, why don’t you send me there to study?”
Although he was very reluctant to let go of his family sister, he had always stayed in a place like this. What year could he pass the examination for tóngshēng aka candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam, a Xiucai, or even a jǔrén and a palace graduate! Without forcing himself to grow up, he couldn’t protect those close to him.
“Deer City?”
Li Haitang wiped her hands, Fushan Academy is the number one academy in the north, the requirements for students who come to the door to study are strict, they have to go through layers of examination, and it is too far from home, a round trip is a day.
“I can do it.”
Li Jin Hu was unwilling to concede, thinking his sister underestimated people, those Four Books (the four major Confucian classics, namely, The Great Learning (《大学》), The Doctrine of the Mean (《中庸》), The Analects of Confucius (《论语》), and The Mencius (《孟子》)). Two or three years ago he learned a lot, his mother said, he is suitable for study, if there is help from maternal grandparents’ home, in the future, for him to be an official is not a problem.
Lushan academy is closed management, only once every three months, goes down the mountain, so there is no outside interference, Li Jin Hu can study at ease.
He believed that Big Brother Xiao was a trustworthy person, and his sister could live just as well even without him.
“Okay.”
Li Haitang considered for a moment and agreed, a good man should aspire to travel far and make one’s mark, the teaching staff of Lushan academy is much stronger than Xiucai (one who passed the imperial examination at the county level in the Ming and Qing dynasties) in the town and country, she can’t delay Jin Hu’s future because she can’t afford to give up.
Only, she has a condition, she hopes to let her little brother see her married, she currently only has one relative.
Things settled, the three packed their bags and went on their way. Due to Li Jin Hu’s request, half a cart of Chinese cabbage was placed in the carriage, resulting in the siblings only being able to sit in the corner.
With things settled, Li Haitang looked relieved and leaned against the wall of the carriage to drift off to sleep.
“You’re that savage from Li Jia village!”
The carriage suddenly stopped, Li Haitang leaned forward and the corner of her forehead almost touched a small table. She instantly woke up and was about to ask Xiao Lingchuan what happened when she heard a familiar voice.
Enemies are bound to meet on a narrow road.—One can’t avoid one’s enemy (much as one wants to), Old Lady Li’s influence remains!
Outside the carriage’s window, old lady Li suddenly scurried out from the street, killing Xiao Lingchuan by surprise, he hurriedly pulled the reins tighter and frowned.
“Savage, really savage!”
Li Qiu Ju shouted, she followed Liu home this time, waiting for Liu Fu to come to the door to propose marriage.
In the lawsuit between the Li family and the Qin family, it was all thanks to her regulating in the middle that the Li family was spared from jail, and now she is a filial granddaughter in the eyes of Old Mrs. Li.
“That’s right ah, we are all from the same village, you drive the carriage, why don’t you take us back.”
Liu’s face is full of smiles, her daughter is capable, she has a solid position in the Li family, and she can use this to pin down her mother-in-law, Old Mrs. Li, in the future.
At the moment, Mr. Qin is in a coma, the Qin family is in a mess, and the subordinates are worried about where they will go after their master died, so they don’t have the heart to fight with the Li family in the lawsuit.
Liu Fu took advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, and Li Qiu Ju agreed to find a way to redeem themselves and prepare heavy gifts to propose marriage.
“Yeah, you’re going home, right, just on the way.”
Li Qiuju hugged her arms, her tone was condescending, as if their family was willing to sit in the savage’s carriage, it was already giving face.
The savage was so ugly that no one else was willing to say more than a word to him, and if it wasn’t for the sake of saving silver money, Old Mrs. Li wouldn’t have stopped the carriage.
“You’re ugly, but think beautifully ah!”
Sooner or later, Li Haitang had to show her face, Li Haitang lifted the curtain of the carriage and smiled externally, “Sorry, my husband and I are in a hurry to go home, please make way!”
“Li Haitang, you bitch!”
Old Mrs. Li saw that the carriage was none other than Li Haitang who escaped from marriage, and immediately opened her bare fangs and brandish claws—make threatening gestures, what did this little hoof say, husband, did she marry a savage?
“Haitang, why are you here!”
Li Qiu Ju’s eyes flashed slightly, a flash of surprise in her eyes, but she quickly calmed down, squeezing out two tears, “I heard that you ran away from marriage, where have you been these days?”
“What do you mean by running away from marriage, my cousin? My mother has long settled a marriage for me.”
Once the Qin and Li families made a mess, Li Haitang became a celebrity in the county, she was on the wanted list, and many of the people knew her.
Li Qiu Ju purposely said it very loudly, on one hand, she wanted to spoil Li Haitang’s reputation, on the other hand, she wanted the people who were watching to report to the police.
“You little bitch, you…” Old Mrs. Li exploded with anger, if it wasn’t for Li Haitang, she was properly counting silver at home, how could she be arrested by the officials and become the laughing stock of the village!