Female-dominated society: My husband is clingy and I can't shake him off

Actually, it's not that serious. Li Mo'er said this because she was worried that Su Yanli would keep things to herself in the future.

"You must tell me if anything happens in the future, okay?"

Su Yanli nodded, lowered his eyes slightly, and his long eyelashes concealed the struggle in his eyes.

In the following days, Li Mo'er stayed by Su Yanli's side at all times, fearing that something might happen to him.

Besides taking care of Su Yanli, she was thinking about how to design the device. After all, if she were to open a shop, she would definitely need a lot of salt, and her ambitions extended beyond Luo City, so the device had to be simple and convenient.

Li Tianming came by in the middle of the time and told Li Mo'er that a shop had been found. The shop owner was in a hurry to sell and it would cost six hundred taels of silver to take it over.

She had inspected both rooms; if Mo'er planned to make and sell at the same time, this shop would be perfect.

Li Mo'er frowned upon hearing this. Six hundred taels?!

Where is she going to earn those six hundred taels?

Add to that the fixtures and other miscellaneous decorations in the shop, and it must cost at least a thousand taels.

Sigh (╥w╥`)

Now she can only take out some of her family's savings and ask Li Lin to install the device for her.

She handed the blueprints she had been working on for several days to Li Lin, and carefully explained that the first layer was for storing charcoal, and the two layers below were for storing sand.

She was instructed to divide it into three layers, with a small hole about the size of a little finger at the bottom of each layer.

Li Lin held her blueprints, repeating Li Mo'er's words as if afraid of forgetting them.

Looking at her empty purse, Li Mo'er began to think about how to earn money.

Currently, her source of income is collecting medicinal herbs; otherwise, she would borrow some from Doctor Wang.

But she couldn't go empty-handed, could she? Should she buy her some gifts? Li Mo'er thought about Doctor Wang's personality and decided it would be more practical to go to the back mountain every day to collect some herbs and bring them to her.

Su Yanli's condition has improved significantly. Tomorrow she will be able to go to the back mountain to gather herbs and discuss her condition with Doctor Wang.

next morning

Li Mo'er then set off with her basket on her back. This time she was more careful than ever before, and even specially selected what she considered to be more valuable.

On the way back, she kept thinking about how to ask Dr. Wang for money and how much she could borrow.

"Dr. Wang! Dr. Wang!"

Li Mo'er's voice is gentler than before.

Looking at Li Mo'er's beaming face as she entered, Dr. Wang knew she had ill intentions.

She raised an eyebrow. "Speak, what is it?"

Li Mo'er walked to the table and stood obediently to the side. "Um, uh, I want to borrow some money."

Dr. Wang rolled his eyes at her, but still asked, "How much do you want?"

Li Mo'er guiltily extended one finger, but it wasn't fully extended.

"One tael? You need to borrow even this small amount of silver?"

As she spoke, she began to open the drawer and take out the silver.

"Yes, one thousand taels."

Li Mo'er quickly corrected Doctor Wang, her voice trembling slightly.

"Bam—"

Dr. Wang shoved the drawer in with a loud bang.

"Get out! There isn't any."

After scolding Li Mo'er, Dr. Wang looked her up and down suspiciously.

"Mo'er, tell me the truth, did you go gambling again?"

Before Li Mo'er could speak, Doctor Wang began to give her a long lecture.

“These past two days, you’ve only just earned a little money and you’ve already gone gambling. Tell me, what couldn’t you do with that little bit of money? Now Su Lang is pregnant, and we’ll have to raise the child. If you keep squandering like this…”

Li Mo'er quickly stopped Doctor Wang, as she had no idea that Doctor Wang was so strong.

"I want to open a shop."

Li Mo'er's attitude was sincere, and her clear eyes were full of genuine emotion.

Dr. Wang sighed, "Mo'er, it's not that I'm unwilling to help you, it's just that right now I..."

Hearing this, Li Mo'er thought that Doctor Wang had rejected her, and replied dejectedly, "Okay, then I'll think of another way."

Dr. Wang looked at Li Mo'er, who was looking down and feeling dejected, and slapped her on the head.

"Boom——"

"what!"

Li Mo'er cried out in surprise, covering her head and looking at Doctor Wang in confusion.

Although it didn't hurt, she felt extremely wronged. Not only did she fail to borrow the money, but she also got slapped for nothing.

"Who said I won't lend it? I just don't have enough money."

After saying that, Doctor Wang went into the inner room of the backyard.

Li Mo'er didn't follow them inside; instead, she consciously began cleaning and tidying the herbs.

A short while later, Doctor Wang came out with a silver note in her hand, which she slipped into Li Mo'er's sleeve.

"Here you go, this is five hundred taels. If you lose it, I won't have any left."

These are all things that Doctor Wang saved to use when Wang Jingmo got married.

Dr. Wang figured it was meant for his son anyway, and his son preferred Mo'er, so giving it to her now would be a roundabout way of achieving his goal, as long as Mo'er worked diligently.

Li Mo'er looked at Doctor Wang with teary eyes, and was about to rush over and hug him.

Dr. Wang grabbed her outstretched hands with disdain, "Go back to work."

Doctor Wang glanced at the herbs she was cleaning, his tone slightly disdainful, "This isn't enough."

Li Mo'er nodded repeatedly, "Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll continue picking."

Li Mo'er's lips curled into a wide smile as she thought about the five hundred taels hidden in her sleeve.

Half of the silver has already been borrowed, so how far away can the rest be?

Before leaving the pharmacy, Li Mo'er suddenly remembered that she hadn't even written an IOU!

She held up the silver note in her hand and waved it at Doctor Wang.

"Dr. Wang, you haven't written an IOU yet. Aren't you afraid I won't pay you back?"

As Dr. Wang was arranging the herbs, he waved to her and jokingly told her, "If you don't return them, I'll marry my son to you."

Li Mo'er instantly became serious. She looked around the backyard and, not finding Wang Jingmo, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Dr. Wang, how could you talk such nonsense!"

Li Mo'er was worried that Wang Jingmo would be upset if he heard this. What kind of mother would marry her son off to someone who didn't repay a loan?

Actually, Li Mo'er didn't know that she wouldn't have lent it to anyone else.

This time it was Doctor Wang's turn to get serious, but he got a little too serious, to the point of getting angry.

"What? You're unwilling?"

Li Mo'er sensed the blatant threat in his voice.

"No, no... I don't want to?"

Before she could even voice her negative answer, she changed her tune.

Dr. Wang nodded in satisfaction. She had said that her son was so good, how could Mo'er possibly be unwilling?

If she doesn't agree, beat her until she does.

Li Mo'er is worried about Wang Jingmo now, but Doctor Wang doesn't even ask if he's willing.

His mother sold him without his knowledge.

Li Mo'er quietly took a few steps back, then assured Doctor Wang, "Doctor Wang, don't worry, I will definitely pay you back."

Looking at the clueless Li Mo'er, Doctor Wang was furious and wanted to beat her up.

Wasn't what she said obvious enough?