Pick up a princess to be your wife

After Zhou Feng left, Li Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, he didn't lay a hand on anyone tonight, otherwise Li Muzhen wouldn't know how to handle the situation.

At this moment, Wang Xiulian slid down against the corner of the wall, knelt on the ground, and stared blankly into the eye.

"What should we do? What should we do? Our family is in such a state."

Looking around, Wang Xiulian's face was filled with despair.

"Sister-in-law, it's my fault. If I hadn't provoked the Zhou family father and son, they wouldn't have been so vicious." Li Mu felt somewhat guilty.

He acted according to his principles, which saved He Xianzhi from losing 10,000 taels of silver.

But he underestimated Zhou Wanfu's evil.

Wang Xiulian shook her head and said weakly, "You said they are vicious criminals, so how can we blame you? Even if you didn't provoke them, they would still find ways to bully us. At least you are here to help us share some of the burden. On the contrary, we have dragged you down with us."

Hearing this, Li Mu felt a pang of sadness.

My sister-in-law is surprisingly reasonable.

She really is a good woman.

"We've lost some things at home, but we'll gradually replace them. Don't worry, brother and sister-in-law," Li Mu could only say after holding back for a long time.

“Erlang, why don’t you leave? The Zhou family father and son will most likely not let this go. It’s better if one of us leaves. You won’t be a burden. Leave Luyang County and live a good life,” Wang Xiulian said.

These words moved Li Mu to tears.

“If I leave Luyang County, there will be Zhao Wanfu and Sun Wanfu outside. You are my family. Now that you are in trouble, if I abandon you and leave alone, how will I explain to my parents in the future?” Li Mu frowned.

"Erlang, why don't you listen to your sister-in-law and leave for now? You can come back when things have calmed down," Li Tian advised.

"I won't leave. The difficulties will definitely be resolved," Li Mu said.

Li Mu started tidying up the yard, and Li Tian and Wang Xiulian quickly followed suit.

Repair what can be repaired, and throw away what can't be repaired.

Such a large pile of things, yet we can't even put together a complete chair.

Pots and pans were all smashed, and even the blankets used for sleeping were torn to shreds.

"These people are worse than animals!" Li Xin, her face full of anger, remained silent for a long time before finally speaking.

After standing there for a long time, Li Xin also started tidying up.

That evening, Li Mu found some thicker clothes and used them as a blanket for Li Xin.

He lay on the ground, staring blankly at the dark roof.

"Are you very sad?" Li Xin asked softly.

"I feel bad for implicating my brother and sister-in-law," Li Mu replied.

“The fault is not yours. Your brother and sister-in-law are reasonable people. They said they don’t blame you, so you don’t need to blame yourself,” Li Xin comforted her.

"I never expected you could comfort people."

Li Mugang was somewhat moved, but he soon realized that he had moved too soon.

"Although my house was vandalized, thankfully it wasn't demolished..."

Li Xin paused here. Was it really appropriate to comfort someone like that?

"It's okay if we can't come up with ten thousand taels now, but if we still can't come up with it when they come knocking again..."

At this point, Li Xin couldn't continue.

"I know your intentions are good, but you shouldn't set off."

"Okay." Li Xin pouted. "I'm really not good at comforting people, I'm sorry."

"Tell me, what method should we use to deal with these evil people?" Li Mu asked.

"That's right, report it to the authorities!" Li Xin suddenly realized.

"If reporting to the authorities were effective, would Zhou Wanfu dare to be so arrogant? Do you think this is the first time he has persecuted someone?"

Li Xin remained silent for a long time.

How could the world, which was perfectly fine, have turned into this in just a few months?

“Those rebels are slaughtering people everywhere, they are extremely despicable. These landlords and gentry are oppressing others everywhere, they are even more despicable than those rebels!” Li Xin said through gritted teeth.

Perhaps, the only way to deal with a villain like Zhou Wanfu is to be even more wicked than him.

Currently, the only person Li Mu can unite with to deal with Zhou Wanfu is Li Ertie.

I just don't know if this cowardly bully has the guts.

"Go to bed early."

"I can't sleep, I'm so angry," Li Xin said indignantly.

"Then I'll go to bed first."

"Ok."

Although she has the status of a princess, she is now in a precarious situation.

Even though he really wanted to help Li Mu, he simply didn't have the ability.

Zhou Feng, who had just returned home, felt incredibly relieved.

"Is the matter settled?" Zhou Wanfu asked.

"Hmm, his family is dirt poor. They don't have anything of value, so they just stole this pair of earrings. Dad, look, these are genuine glass earrings, aren't they beautiful?"

Zhou Feng took out the spoils of war and handed them to Zhou Wanfu.

“It really is glass. Your mother used to pester me to buy it for her, but glass was so expensive back then. Even our family couldn’t afford it, yet that poor guy’s family could.” Zhou Wanfu said with a smile, admiring the glass earrings.

“He knows how to gamble on stones. This is something he won through gambling, not something he bought,” Zhou Feng said.

“No wonder this kid was able to scrape together a thousand taels in just a few days; he’s got some skills. Keeping this kid around might just keep him sending money to our family,” Zhou Wanfu said.

“When there’s really no more profit to be made, I’m going to break that Li Mu’s legs with my own hands! Oh, by the way, Dad, I saw two very beautiful women from the Li family today. Why don’t we snatch them? We can each have one, wouldn’t that be great?” Zhou Feng asked.

"You think I don't want to? Didn't you just say that once there's no more profit to be made, we'll snatch those two young ladies? Then I'll let you choose first," Zhou Wanfu laughed.

"My father is still the best to me."

As the father and son were chatting, a middle-aged man dressed in brocade robes strode in.

The two quickly bowed and greeted each other.

"Greetings, Your Excellency."

"no."

Lord Yu flicked his sleeves and walked straight to the head seat to sit down.

"The higher-ups have given me orders to requisition 200,000 catties of grain to fund the army. How much grain do you have left?" Lord Yu asked.

"So many? That's like taking my father's manhood!" Zhou Feng exclaimed in surprise.

"If you can't deliver the grain, I'll lose my official position. Do you still want to live a carefree life?" Lord Yu retorted.

"This……"

Zhou Wanfu's smile vanished, and his brows furrowed.

He did indeed hoard a large amount of grain, and with that grain, he had made a considerable fortune.

He was really unwilling to hand over the grain for nothing.

How can you easily spit out meat that's already in your mouth?