With a gloomy face, he looked at Li Mingxia who was blocking the door with a kitchen knife. He didn't know why, but the girl from the Li family had changed so much recently. She became difficult to talk to and aggressive. This matter had to start with Zhang. Five kilograms of polished japonica rice was not a small amount for any family. If it was taken out, the three families would probably fight, and then it would be his old bones that would be tormented.

"Sanlang's wife." The village head looked at Zhang who had just wiped her tears and said with some embarrassment, "Our village is poor, you know this too. How can we afford five catties of polished rice? You can discuss whether it is okay to give less."

"Not even a pound!" Erdan's mother screamed at the top of her lungs, as if her tail had been stepped on. "She beat my son like this, and she still wants my polished round-grained rice? Make her pay me! Two taels of silver! Yes! I want her to pay me two taels of silver! Not a penny less!"

"Two taels of silver?! Wow, this Erdan's mother is so bold to ask for it. With so much money and a few more things, she can marry a wife, but she only asks for two taels?"

"That's not what I meant. Look at Erdan lying there, motionless. I think it's a serious case. Erdan's father died early, and there's only a widow like Erdan's mother to run the family. Doesn't she have to plan for everything?"

"That's right. I don't know how badly this Li family girl hit Erdan. He hasn't woken up for such a long time. I think his condition is pretty serious."

"Who knows? Maybe it's nothing, this..."

A group of people were talking about it, and the topic they were talking about was just that Erdan hadn't woken up yet.

Covered by her sleeves, Li Mingxia took out a silver needle from the space and hid it in her palm. She held the kitchen knife in her left hand and the needle in her right hand. No one dared to stop her, and she walked to Erdan.

"What are you doing! You! Ah! Murder!! Village chief, hurry up..."

"Why are you howling? Shut up!" Li Mingxia raised his needle and stabbed it hard into Erdan's fat flesh and then quickly withdrew the needle. The good son who should have fainted in Erdan's mother's arms now let out a shrill howl!

"It hurts, it hurts! Ah!!! Mom!" Erdan's voice was loud and clear, piercing the sky and like thunder in the ears. Erdan's mother was startled and subconsciously let go of her hand. Erdan, who lost his support, fell to the ground with a thud. This time he screamed even louder.

"You're awake now, aren't you? You're full of energy and look smarter than you, your aunt. What's the matter? You still want to blackmail me? If that doesn't work, let's go see the authorities!" Li Mingxia sneered at Erdan, who was crawling up from the ground covered in dust, and the kitchen knife in his hand seemed to turn around inadvertently.

"She stabbed me with a needle! Today I'm going to tear her skin off!"

"Hurry up and go back and get five kilograms of polished round-grained rice for the Li family! What are you making a fuss about? Isn't it embarrassing enough?" The head of the village couldn't see what was going on. Since they were shameless, he would not worry about it, he said impatiently with a dark face.

And stabbed him with a needle? Xia Jie had nothing in her hand but a kitchen knife. Did she really think they were blind? This Erdan has never told the truth since he was a child, and now he tells lies with every step. You can tell a person's future from his childhood!

"That's right, Erdan's mother, your beloved son is fine. We think he is in good spirits!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

The onlookers pointed and laughed at her, and Erdan's mother couldn't help herself. She clapped her hands, sat on the ground and started crying, "You are bullying us, an orphan and a widow! Where can we get five kilograms of polished rice? We can't even afford to live!"

"Sanlang's wife, look at this..."

"Not even one less child is acceptable!" Zhang wiped her face and finally had the chance to say what she had been holding back!

"Just do as my daughter says! If he fails to do anything, I'll break his legs if he dares to leave this door!" Zhang said viciously, poking several holes in the ground with a wooden stick she got from somewhere.

"Yes!" Li Zhengde held a brick and blocked the door with Zhang, staring with red eyes at the three people who beat his sister.

Everyone saw that the Li family couldn't swallow this breath! Li Mingxia clamored to see the official again. If they couldn't satisfy the Li family today, none of these people would be able to leave.

"Give it to us! We'll give it to you!" Erdan's mother stared at these people for a while, especially Li Mingxia, whose cold and terrifying eyes kept falling on her and Erdan. That kitchen knife...

She knew that she would not get any good result today, so she might as well leave quickly to avoid embarrassing herself here.

The two women were not happy when they heard this. One of them said, "My son Mengzi told me that he came to the Li family and beat up those two bitches because he listened to your son Ergou. My eldest son is a timid and honest man. He listened to your son Ergou in everything. You have to give us three kilograms of our five kilograms of polished rice! Otherwise, we will go to your house to eat when we run out of food!"

The other one who had been silent all this time heard this and his eyes lit up and he also agreed, "That's right, our Da Mu is usually afraid to go out by himself, how could he dare to hit anyone, it was Erdan who did these things, I would say that your family should pay for these five pounds!"

The two looked at each other, and the more they thought about it, the more it made sense. Their son had even been beaten! Why did they still contribute to the rice?

"Dream on! You want me to pay for your son's income? Do you have any shame? Do you really think I'm easy to bully? Get out of my way!" Erdan's mother treated people with kitchen knives and those without kitchen knives in two different ways. She reached out and slapped Erdan, "Go and apologize!"

Erdan touched the place where he was stabbed and looked at Li Mingxia with resentment, but he did not refute his mother's words. Although he was a bad man, he also had brains. He would apologize if they wanted to, and when he found a chance, he would make them kneel in front of him and kowtow to admit their mistakes!

"If you dare look at me like that again, I'll dig your eyes out."

When Erdan passed by Li Mingxia, a subtle but clear voice that only the two of them could hear reached his ears. His eyelids twitched, and he lowered his head and walked up to Li Mingqiu and Li Mingdong to apologize. The two girls nestled in Zhang's arms without saying a word, not even looking at him.

Erdan's mother pulled Erdan and said, "Lizhang, let's go home to get some rice. We'll send it to the Li family soon."

Seeing that Erdan's mother had already run away, the two women stamped their feet and quickly pushed their son to go and admit his mistake. They had to get out of there quickly so they could talk to Erdan's mother about these things. That was five kilograms of rice, and they couldn't just take it out like that no matter what!

After the chaos, the headman took his people away. The yard was in a mess but at least it was quiet again. The two little girls' faces looked like kittens from crying. Li Mingqiu looked at the tattered silk flower in his hand and the tears that had just stopped were about to fall again.

This was the first gift that her elder sister gave her. She had tried very hard to protect it, so why was it still broken? Would her elder sister be very disappointed?

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