Pick up a princess to be your wife

Wang Xiulian never expected that Li Mu would bring her a gift.

This brocade box is very beautiful; usually only wealthy families would use such a box to store their treasures.

Wang Xiulian carefully opened the lid and then exclaimed in surprise.

"ah!"

"what is this?"

Li Tian leaned closer to take a look and saw that the box contained a pair of exceptionally exquisite earrings.

When Wang Xiulian married Li Tian, ​​he never gave her any jewelry.

What woman doesn't love jewelry?

Wang Xiulian never expected that Li Mu, whom she had always ostracized, would actually give her a pair of earrings.

Moreover, she had never seen this material before in her life; it was obviously a valuable item.

"What beautiful earrings! What are they made of?" Wang Xiulian asked.

"Glass earrings".

"hiss!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xiulian gasped in shock.

It's made of glass!

She never even dared to dream of jade jewelry before, but Li Mu gave her glass earrings!

She had never seen glass, but she knew how rare it was.

“In a peaceful and prosperous era, these earrings would be worth more than a thousand taels of silver, but now they’re worth about two hundred taels,” Li Mu explained.

"Erlang, where did you get so much money? You're using it to pay off debts and to buy earrings for your sister-in-law. Tell me the truth, don't hide anything." Li Tian said with a worried expression.

Such expensive items are beyond the reach of ordinary people like them.

“I went to Jubaoge today and spent some silver to scrape off a piece of stone. I was lucky and found a piece of glass. So I used the scraps to make a pair of earrings for my sister-in-law, and sold the rest for a thousand taels,” Li Mu explained.

"You actually went gambling?" Li Tian asked, somewhat annoyed.

"It's just good luck," Li Mu said with a faint smile.

“What if we lose the bet? Our family doesn’t put our hopes on gambling. Gambling is not the right way,” Li Tian said sternly.

"I understand, this is a one-time thing, and I won't do it again. Sister-in-law, please accept it without worry," Li Mu said with a smile.

Wang Xiulian didn't doubt Li Mu's words, but glared at Li Tian and said, "Look how sensible Erlang is?"

She was overjoyed for a moment, then became somewhat worried.

Even though her family was struggling to make ends meet, she was still overjoyed to have received a pair of earrings.

These earrings can't be eaten as food.

"Well then, let's eat," Wang Xiulian said.

Just as everyone was about to eat, they heard footsteps outside.

Li Ertie walked in with two followers.

Upon seeing this, Wang Xiulian's face immediately turned extremely gloomy.

No sooner had Li Tian's employer caused trouble than Li Ertie arrived.

She hasn't told her family about being laid off because she doesn't want them to worry.

But with Li Ertie's arrival, the truth will inevitably come out.

Wang Xiulian originally thought Li Ertie was there to cause trouble, but with his smug smile, he looked more like someone who was just visiting.

"Haha, Brother Li Tian, ​​Sister-in-law, you're all here!"

Li Ertie waved his hand, and his two henchmen placed the large and small bags on the table.

Wang Xiulian was completely bewildered. What was going on here?

"I got some food and wine today, but I can't finish it all by myself. I was just passing by your house, so I brought it over for you," Li Ertie said.

"This, this is too much trouble," Li Tian said, standing up and repeatedly declining.

"Xiulian works harder than anyone else at my place. I'm bringing you some food as a token of my appreciation. By the way, Xiulian, starting tomorrow, I plan to promote you to foreman, with double the salary you used to get."

Li Ertie did not mention the previous dismissal of Wang Xiulian.

This left Wang Xiulian completely bewildered.

Based on her understanding of Li Ertie, this cowardly bully only knew how to deduct money from her pay and take advantage of her, nothing more.

Why would he be so kind as to promote me and even double my salary?

Is the weasel giving New Year greetings to the chicken?

"How can I not believe that you, Li Ertie, would be so kind?" Wang Xiulian asked, her face full of suspicion.

"Hey, I've come all this way in person, why would I lie to you? Look, I've brought you your salary for the next three months."

As he spoke, Li Ertie took out five taels of silver and placed them on the table.

"Even if you don't believe me, you can't possibly not believe in money, can you?"

Wang Xiulian picked up the silver coin and bit into it; it was actually real.

But why is he suddenly being so nice to me? Is he planning to steal her away right in front of Li Tian?

Li Ertie smiled at Li Tian and said, "Brother Li Tian, ​​you can rest assured that your wife will stay with me from now on. We are brothers, and I will definitely not let her suffer any losses."

"Then thank you very much, Brother Ertie." Li Tian thanked him repeatedly.

"I have something to do, so I'll be going now. See you later."

Li Ertie came and went in a hurry.

As she left, she secretly winked at Li Mu.

This guy was indeed much smarter than Li Mu had imagined; he handled interpersonal relationships perfectly.

"I have a feeling he has ill intentions," Wang Xiulian said, still somewhat dazed.

"A raise is a good thing, so don't overthink it."

For Wang Xiulian, there was no better option than going back to work for Li Ertie.

So she decided to go back and try first. If Li Ertie had ulterior motives, then she could make further plans.

The food Li Ertie brought included a large bowl of fragrant rice, the rest of the dishes were all meat, and there was also a jar of fine wine.

"Could they have poisoned me?" Wang Xiulian murmured.

"Sister-in-law, I don't think Brother Ertie is the kind of person who would poison someone. Today, thanks to you, we finally get to eat meat," Li Mu said with a smile.

"That's true, let's eat."

Wang Xiulian had just received an expensive gift from Li Mu, so she stopped serving food to Li Tian and kept piling meat into Li Mu's bowl.

“Erlang, eat more so you'll have the strength to work tomorrow. You must listen to your brother and sister-in-law and never gamble again. We'll pay back the money we owe Zhou the rich man slowly. If all else fails, your sister-in-law can take these pendants to exchange for silver to pay off the debt.”

“I’m giving this gift to my sister-in-law as a token of my respect. She should just accept it. Problems that can be solved with money aren’t really problems,” Li Mu said.

"In short, you can't gamble anymore. You have to listen to your sister-in-law," Li Tian instructed.

"Okay, okay, you two stop nagging."

Li Xin, who was standing to the side, had no idea what had happened.

Her eyes widened as she stared at the large amount of meat and fish on the table.

"Eat more meat." Li Mu added some meat to Li Xin's bowl.

Li Xin glanced at Li Mu and felt a warm glow in her heart.

So this is what life is like for ordinary families; this is the everyday life of ordinary people.

In that instant, Li Xin felt a strange sense of belonging to this place.

If one could live a peaceful and safe life like this, with someone to care for and look after them, wouldn't that be a kind of happiness?