Uncle Li got up from the ground, stumbled into the house, unlocked it, and took out the headgear.

My flesh hurts. It hurts so much.

Li Mingxiu took the hairpin and rubbed the flowers on the hairpin carefully with her hands, feeling like crying.

This was the last thought her mother left for her.

When he was six years old, he was discovered by his second uncle and aunt, who took it away from him.

Ever since Li Mingxiu asked his second uncle for a headdress, his aunt has been staring at his second uncle.

She had been thinking about this set of headgear for a long time and always thought that it was hidden by Li Mingxiu, but she didn't expect that it was fooled by the second brother's family.

The second brother and his wife were also a pair of idiots. They didn't know to pawn or sell the headgear and hid it in the house like a landmine.

They deserve it. The second wife can never get what the first wife can’t.

Li Mingxiu established a female household and got what she was supposed to get, so she didn't stay in Lijiazhuang for too long.

Before leaving, she asked her grandmother, "Would you like to live with me?"

Grandma thought for a while and shook her head and said, "The Li family is my home."

Li Mingxiu understood that her grandmother couldn't bear to leave her children and grandchildren.

Looking at her grandmother's evasive eyes, Li Mingxiu couldn't help but think that her grandmother had always known about what her eldest uncle and second uncle had done to her. When they treated her harshly, her grandmother always protected her and loved her. When they wanted to sell her to the old widower, her grandmother stood up to stop them.

However, her house and land were occupied, and the headgear left to her by her mother was stolen, but her grandmother did not stand up to seek justice for her.

Maybe in my grandmother's mind, we are all family and there is no need to be fussy.

Perhaps in my grandmother’s mind, she was a girl and would sooner or later belong to someone else’s family. The things left by her parents all belonged to the Li family and had nothing to do with her.

The grandmother loved her, but chose her descendants over her core interests.

This was pointed out by her employer when her grandmother was hesitating whether to establish a female household. Thinking of this, Li Mingxiu felt a little uncomfortable.

But she soon felt better and kowtowed to her grandmother three times, thus fulfilling the relationship between the grandmother and her granddaughter.

From then on, her Li and the Li family in Lijiazhuang were no longer the same Li.

After bowing, Li Mingxiu followed Gu Taohua and Su Qing and left Lijiazhuang without looking back.

Uncle Li waited until the three people disappeared from his sight, and suddenly realized that his wife had given Su Qing fifty taels of silver to buy the lucrative position of embroiderer.

Judging from the way Su Qing supported Li Mingxiu today, I'm afraid this plan will fail.

Uncle Li was so upset that his teeth ached. At this time, he had not realized that this was a trap. He thought that since the lucrative position was gone, the money would naturally be returned.

Although I can't enter the embroidery workshop, the money is my own.

The closer she got to Qinghe Bay, the happier Li Mingxiu felt. From now on, the world was vast and she had nothing to do with the Li family anymore.

Second Aunt Li had been guarding the entrance of Qinghewan Village. She didn't know that the Li family had turned upside down.

The three of them arrived at the entrance of the village, and Second Aunt Li spotted Su Qing at a glance.

She stepped forward and grabbed Su Qing and said, "Miss Su, is there something wrong with the list of embroiderers to be recruited? Why is my name not on it?"

Su Qing brushed away Second Aunt Li's hand and said, "Who is Third Sister Niu? How dare she question the recruitment list of the weaving workshop?"

The second aunt of the Li family smiled and said, "Niu Sanmei is me."

Su Qing looked at the second aunt of the Li family and suddenly laughed, saying, "What a joke, you didn't take the embroidery recruitment exam, so your name is naturally not on the list."

"No, Miss Su, didn't we agree on that?"

Second Aunt Li became anxious and stopped Su Qing.

She was still wondering if it was Gu Taohua who was there. To avoid suspicion, Su Qing could not say anything and forced a smile and said, "Miss Su Qing, can we talk for a moment?"

Su Qing said coldly: "What do you want to say? Isn't it just that you asked Mingxiu to ask me to work in the weaving workshop as an embroiderer. Don't you think that in our embroidery workshop, you have to rely on your real ability to get in, not on your relationship with others?"

"Besides, where does your relationship with Mingxiu come from?"

Second Aunt Li was stunned.

She didn't expect Su Qing to change her expression so quickly. She dared to say that in front of the young master Gu Taohua. Wasn't she afraid that the fact that she collected the money would be exposed?

Since Su Qing is so heartless, don't blame her for taking revenge.

The second aunt of the Li family said viciously: "You took fifty taels of silver from me, you have to give me back the fifty taels of silver you took from me."

Su Qing frowned: "What fifty taels of silver?"

Second Aunt Li was so angry that her head was dizzy and her hands and feet were shaking. She wanted to swallow her money.

"Taohua, Su Qing cheated me and sold me a position as an embroiderer for fifty taels of silver. You should investigate her carefully. I don't know how much money she has made from other lucrative positions in the weaving workshop."

"Su Qing must pay me back, otherwise I will spread the news that you have to pay to work in the weaving workshop."

Second Aunt Li looked at Gu Taohua threateningly.

Gu Taohua didn't seem angry at all. She smiled and asked Aunt Li: "You said Su Qing took fifty taels of silver from you. Who can testify?"

Second Aunt Li was stuck. If it was a bribe, it must have been done in private. How could it be seen by others?

"My son and I came here two days ago to give her the money." said the second aunt of the Li family.

Gu Taohua said, "What kind of witness is your son? He will definitely speak on your side. What you said about the weaving workshop requiring payment to work is just your imagination. Why don't you go and ask the weavers in the weaving workshop and see which one didn't get in with real ability? It's simply a huge joke to get in with money. Go and tell me who will believe you. Be careful or I will sue you for slander."

Second Aunt Li's hands and feet were cold. She didn't expect that she had exposed Su Qing in front of her, but Gu Taohua didn't believe it.

At this time, many people gathered at the entrance of the village to watch the show.

Gu Taohua said loudly: "Everyone, please judge for yourself. This aunt said that the embroiderers hired by my weaving workshop this time were all paid through the back door, and she also said that everyone who entered my weaving workshop did the same. Ladies and aunts, if any of you or your family members work in my weaving workshop, can you tell me if this is true?"

The crowd instantly became excited.

To defame the weaving house is to defame them.

Everyone knows that getting into a weaving workshop requires real skills.

"Auntie, please don't slander me without any evidence. My sister-in-law got into the weaving workshop based on her real ability and passed three rounds of examinations."

"If you don't have the ability to take the exam, don't slander others. What good will it do you?"

"If you can get in by paying money, why is it that Gu's sister-in-law Honglian won't let you in no matter how much she begs and pleads?"

"My dear sister, are you a greedy person who wants to be paid for everything you do? That's why you think you can only enter the weaving workshop if you pay money?"

Everyone was talking about it.

Second Aunt Li couldn't explain herself. She wanted to say that she did give Su Qing fifty taels of silver.

But Su Qing refused to admit it. Her witness was her son. This was a dead end where she couldn't prove herself.

Li Mingxiu said, "I saw that Second Aunt was jealous of the money I was making in the weaving workshop. You didn't have the ability to pass the exam, so you wanted to use this method to slander the weaving workshop. That day at home, you begged Su Qing to join the weaving workshop, but Su Qing rejected you. You held a grudge and slandered Su Qing for taking money from you."

"You're really good at making up stories. If I sell your whole family together, will you get fifty taels?"

Second Aunt Li's lips trembled with anger.

That was her fifty taels of silver, and it was obvious that Su Qing had kept it secret.

Su Qing stood beside Gu Taohua like a little white flower, and Second Aunt Li wished she could tear off all of Su Qing's disguise.

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