Seeing her, the somewhat confused Uncle Li suddenly became shrewd. She was like a lifesaver in his hand. He tightly grabbed her hand and asked impatiently, "You won't leave me, will you?"
The young widow tugged at her hand and found she couldn't pull it free. The other party's strength was异常, and his gaze was incredibly frantic, making her a little scared. She said cautiously, "Didn't I tell you long ago? As long as you divorce her and marry me, I'll grow old with you for the rest of my life."
"Even if I'm penniless now, you're still willing?" His eyes stared fixedly at her, desperately wanting an answer to prove he was still wanted.
"Of course." The young widow had long heard that the couple had gone to town early in the morning for a divorce. She knew he had been stimulated and was probably testing her. It was possible that when they divorced, Madam Li had taken all the family's assets with her. She had already found out clearly that Old Master Li was the eldest son of the Li family in the city. He would occasionally get some money from the second son of the Li family. His younger brother had passed away some time ago, and now his nephew was in charge. Hadn't she received quite a bit of money from him a few days ago? Although the other party was older and didn't know how to be considerate, as long as there was money to spend, it could make up for all shortcomings.
"I knew you were the best to me. Wait, I'll marry you tomorrow. By the way, I forgot to buy rice in town today. Do you have any? Lend me some." Uncle Li's vanity was satisfied, and then he remembered the few mouths waiting to be fed at home. He lied without batting an eyelid, and without waiting for her consent, he strode past her into the small courtyard.
The young widow stood there, helpless and bewildered. She thought Master Li was very strange today, but then again, her mother had experienced a major life event, and some changes were normal. But in broad daylight, he brazenly entered the home of a widow like herself. If others saw it, they would gossip. Although they would be married soon, she didn't want to ruin her reputation.
But he had already gone in. She could only stand there and stomp her feet, then hurry to follow. She was a shrewd person. Once money entered his pocket, it was hard to get it out. If it weren't for the fact that Old Master Li had brought many good things to her before, she wouldn't have let him take even a single grain of rice from her home.
When he went in, he saw the other party frantically stuffing grain into a cloth bag. Although it wasn't a lot, it still made him frown and his heart ache. He quickly stepped forward to stop him, "Just take a little to get by for now. You know, it's inconvenient for a poor widow to buy grain, and I can't carry it. You have many men at home. You can buy more tomorrow morning."
"Didn't I say I'd marry you tomorrow? Don't worry, after tomorrow, your grain will be carried by us. You'll never have to go to the grain store alone to buy things and carry them back exhausted." Saying that, he put more into the cloth bag, disregarding her wishes. Su Dan Novel Network.
Although the logic was sound, she felt that he was a little strange today, which made her heart uneasy. The more he stuffed, the more the young widow had a bad premonition. She felt that she needed to re-evaluate her relationship with him and find out more. She had suffered too much at the hands of men. This time, she absolutely couldn't fall into a fire pit easily.
That place had taken away more than half of their family's grain like bandits. Tears fell uncontrollably. Originally, she had returned to her hometown with her husband from another city. Others thought they were returning to their roots in grand attire and would return to the county to rectify affairs, but in reality, they didn't know that this young widow had been a prostitute before. Fearing that others would look down on them, she hid her identity and returned to her hometown. Living here, her husband had treated her very well. It was a pity that good people didn't live long. They had only lived three years of peaceful days before he fell ill.
For so many years, she had been childless, and many people had taken notice of her, mainly because she was still quite beautiful and had land. But after much deliberation, she fell for Master Li. It was because she had experienced various things in the brothel over the years and had seen many tricks men used to deceive women. Since she had to get married sooner or later, she might as well find someone rich. Old Master Li used to be quite generous. Although they hadn't interacted much, each time made the young widow happy. When no one was around, she would also dig up the gold and silver buried in the ground and count it, becoming happier with each count.
In order to get more money, she would deliberately pretend to meet him by chance on Old Master Li's usual route and then stir his heart. Originally, she didn't have much hope because their children were already so old. The divorced wife was considered good for Old Master Li and could provide them with support. She had actually succeeded, but now she had no joy in her success.
Uncle Li didn't notice that as soon as he left, the young widow quietly went around the back mountain to his house and hid outside the courtyard wall, listening to the conversation inside.
"Father, where did you get so much grain?" His third son was immediately delighted and wanted to take it, but Uncle Li quickly turned around, causing his son to miss.
Although he was furious with those three ungrateful wretches now, he had to admit that his wife had raised her sons well. Among all the children, the most obedient was that one. The private tutor at the time had even said that they had the potential to become scholars. He didn't expect them to leave so suddenly. As for this third son in front of him, it wasn't that he was looking down on them, but if he had been born into another family, he would have become a beggar or a hooligan and had his legs broken by the county magistrate.
"Father is so stingy. It's just a little grain, and you won't let your son touch it. What was our family like before? Money was spent like flowing water, and I never saw Father be so stingy." His third son leaned against the wall lazily, a blade of grass in his mouth, looking at his father's stingy demeanor with some disdain.
"Circumstances change. Before, we had the Li family's support. Now, the Li family regards us as enemies. It's good enough that they don't retaliate. In the future, we have to rely on ourselves. If you could work in the city like other children in the village, then your future wouldn't be difficult. But if you continue to be idle like you are now, you probably won't even have enough to eat." He was indeed considering his son. If his son could work in the city and hand over his monthly wages, although life wouldn't be as comfortable as before, they could still get by.
"Didn't Father always look down on those who worked? What's a few hundred copper coins a month good for? Anyway, Father is not bad-looking, and he no longer has a wife. Aren't there people scrambling to be our stepmothers? I heard that the young widow has a lot of money? As long as she enters our family, the money will be ours. What are we to worry about for food and clothing?" It was ridiculous for his father to think of working in the city! With his physique, wouldn't he be tired to death? To bring back money for them to eat and drink, what a pipe dream.