Chapter 62: Making trouble at the Li Mansion
The Li family covers a large area. Fortunately, Li Xiu’s previous memory, so he didn’t have to find someone to lead the way and came directly to the inner house. Speaking of which, although Li Jing and Hongfu Nu had a deep relationship, they also took several concubines, and most of them were taken by Hongfu Nu for Li Jing. This is also the atmosphere of this era. Apart from the wife of the female hero, there is probably no woman who dares to stop her husband from taking a concubine.
With more women, naturally there are many children. In fact, Li Jing has five sons and eight daughters, among which Hongfu girl gave birth to two sons and two daughters. They are both older, both of whom serve as officials in other places and rarely come back a year. Their daughters are already married, and only children from the family, such as Li Xiu, are left.
Hongfu girl is very fair and treats all her children equally. Unfortunately, she is not at home all year round, and everything in the family is managed by Mrs. Xing. Among the five brothers, Li Xiu is the youngest. Moreover, because his mother died early, he and his sister have no backing in the Li Mansion. The place where they live is in the northeast corner of the inner house, a very inconspicuous small courtyard. The money they give is often deducted, but these are nothing. In Li Xiu's original heart, as long as his sister can be healthy and happy, it is enough.
Li Xiu walked towards the small courtyard where his sister lived with light steps. Along the way, he met many servants from the Li family. When he saw him, he was dodged. No one came forward to greet him. This made Li Xiu a little surprised, but he didn't care too much. After all, in the past, their brother and sister had a very low presence in the Li family. Now the most important thing is to see Qi Niang, the cute sister.
After a while, Li Xiu came to the front of the yard and was about to push the door and go in, but unexpectedly, a lazy voice sounded next to him and said, "Stop, who told you to come?"
Li Xiu was also stunned when he heard this voice. He turned his head to look at it. As a result, a fat middle-aged woman walked slowly with her hands on her hips. When she saw that it was Li Xiu in front of the door, the woman curled her lips and smiled, "Who am I thinking it is? It turns out to be Goro. But you have been driven out of the house by the master, why are you so handsome to come back again?"
Li Xiu has always liked to reason with others, but when the reason is not reasonable, or when he meets someone who is unreasonable, Li Xiu doesn't mind using other methods to solve the problem. For example, the fat woman in front of him sarcastically at him as soon as she met, and at the same time she reminded him of some ungood memories.
Li Xiu suddenly smiled indifferently, walked up to the fat woman and said, "Fat woman, I'll give you a chance to take back what I said just now, and apologize to our brother and sister for what I did before, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"
"Oh, Wulang is so tough. After going out for a few days, don't you know who she is old?" Hearing Li Xiu's words, the fat woman not only did not apologize, but also laughed arrogantly. She is the wet nurse of Mrs. Xing's two sons and Mrs. Xing. It can be said that in the Li family, everyone except Mrs. Xing and Li Jing and his wife, everyone has to give her some face. As for Li Xiu and other concubines, they usually have to flatter her, otherwise they will not have any good results.
"Oh, I have never hit a woman in my life for two years, why do you have to force me to break the precept?" Li Xiu shook his head and said to himself. After saying that, he suddenly raised his leg and kicked it, hitting the fat woman's heart. As a result, the other party screamed and fell to the ground. Then Li Xiu slapped her several times, making her scream repeatedly, and finally begged for mercy. After all, she was just a tyrant who relied on her power, so naturally she had no backbone.
"Fatty, remember who is the master here? A mere slave dares to be so arrogant. Believe it or not, I will just be fined some money?" Li Xiu kicked the other party again, then stood up and said.
It is indeed disgraceful to hit a woman, but this fat woman used to rely on Mrs. Xing's power and often troubled their siblings for any trouble. Once, she even slapped Qi Niang. At that time, Li Xiu was angry and wanted to fight for the other party, but was ordered by Mrs. Xing to lock him up. There were many past events like this. When Li Xiu thought about it, he wanted to really kill the other party.
"Yes~, I know my mistake, Wulang spares me!" The fat woman lay on the ground begging for mercy. She never dreamed that Li Xiu would really dare to hit her, and even said something to kill her. You must know that Li Xiu was a noble after all, but she was a slave. Even if Li Xiu killed her, she only needed to go to the government to fine some money. When she thought of this, she became even more scared.
Li Xiu was too lazy to be calculating about this fat woman. To be honest, it was a bit disgusting to fight with such a person, so he snorted coldly and ignored the other party. He immediately pushed the yard and entered it, intending to see Qi Niang first. However, what Li Xiu did not expect was that he searched several rooms in the yard, but he did not see Qi Niang at all. After calling a few times, no one agreed. This made him suddenly feel a bad premonition.
Li Xiu quickly walked out of the yard. The fat woman had just gotten up from the ground. Li Xiu immediately stepped forward and slapped her in the face and asked loudly: "Where is Qi Niang, why not here?"
"Five... Wulang, it's really okay for Qi Niang's affairs!" The fat lady was already defeated at this time and begged with her face covering her face.
"Stop talking nonsense, where is Qi Niang?" Li Xiu's eyes were red with anxious eyes at this time.
"Qian Niang... Qi Niang accidentally broke a vase yesterday and was locked in the Buddhist temple by... by his wife!" The fat lady shrank and retreated. Her eyes were dodging when she said these words, for fear that Li Xiu would see it. Yesterday, she personally locked Qi Niang who was crying and begging for mercy into the Buddhist temple.
"Buddhist temple!" Li Xiu was even more angry when he heard this name. The so-called Buddhist temple was nominally the place where Mrs. Xing worshipped Buddha, but in fact it was mainly used to punish them, the concubines who made mistakes. The Buddhist temple was full of vicious Buddha statues, and the Buddhist temple was very cold, just like a prison. Even adults would feel unbearable even if they stayed inside, let alone a little girl who was just seven years old.
When Li Xiu thought of Qi Niang suffering from being locked in a Buddhist temple, he felt even more furious and rushed to the Buddhist temple as fast as possible. The Buddhist temple was at the junction of the inner house and the front yard, and it was an independent building. When he came to the door of the Buddhist temple, there were two servants guarding the door and trying to stop him from entering. This forced Li Xiu to take action again, and each of them slapped them in the face to make them honest.
"Boom~" The door of the Buddhist temple was locked, and Li Xiu couldn't wait to unlock it, so he kicked open the door of the Buddhist temple with one kick. He saw that there was only one small window in the entire Buddhist temple, and a beam of sunlight shone into the dark Buddhist temple through the window, and the situation inside could be vaguely seen.
I saw that the Buddhist temple was only a dozen square meters, and there were many strange-shaped Buddha statues enshrined on the walls on all sides. They looked very cunning in the darkness. There was a futon in the position where the sun was just shining. A small figure curled up and lay on the futon, as if she was sleeping very well, and even the sound of Li Xiu kicking the door did not wake her up.
Li Xiu walked over quickly, squatted down and hugged the little girl on the cushion in his arms, but found that she had not woken up yet, which made Li Xiu feel something wrong. He reached out and touched her forehead, but found that it was so hot that it made him even more angry that there was a obvious slap mark on Qi Niang's white little face, and the slap mark was fat and big, which immediately reminded Li Xiu of the fat woman's fat claws just now!
"Damn Fatty, don't let me see you again!" Li Xiu angrily squeezed out a few words from his teeth, and immediately hugged Qi Niang, who was sleepy, and left the Buddhist temple. It is important to save people now, and it is not too late to cause trouble for that Fatty in the future.
However, what Li Xiu didn't expect was that just as he stepped out of the Buddhist temple, he saw that fat woman was so desperate that she came over with a few servants. When she saw him, she shouted and stopped her: "Wurang, you can't take Qi Niang away, otherwise you will be unbearable if your wife blames you!"
Fatty was afraid of being beaten by Li Xiu just now, but she thought that Mrs. Xing told her to take Qi Niang to take Qi Niang away. If Li Xiu asked her to take Qi Niang away, she would also be punished, so she ran over with her teeth and called a few servants on the way to raise her courage. However, Li Xiu was angry at this time. Seeing her running over, she was so angry that she freed up a hand, pulled out the door of the Buddhist temple and smashed it down on Fei Niang's head. As a girl as young as Qi Niang, she actually hit her more than once. She was simply worse than a beast!
"Bang~" Li Xiu's door hit the fat lady's forehead, and suddenly opened her mouth and blood also poured out. The fat lady only felt a heat in her forehead. When she touched her hands, she found blood all over her hands. This made her scream immediately like a pig killer, "Kill someone, Goro is killing someone!"
He saw blood with one stick, but Li Xiu was still confused. He immediately swung the door bolt and looked at the fat lady with a few sticks, which made her roll on the ground. However, although the blood was covered in the forehead, it was still far from death. As for the servants who followed him, they saw blood, and Li Xiu was Li Jing's son no matter what, so they were all so scared that they dared not step forward.
The fat woman kept beating her and begging for mercy. Li Xiu kicked her a few times in dissatisfaction, and then she strode out of the Buddhist temple. Li Xiu did not go to the front hall to find Mrs. Xing’s trouble, but went directly to the Li Mansion to find the clinic. After all, Qi Niang was still having a high fever, so she had to stabilize her condition first. This is the most important thing.
However, Li Xiu's anger was still not vented. The culprit of this incident was Mrs. Xing in the front hall. If Li Jing did not give him a satisfactory explanation, then don't blame him for disregarding the father-son relationship. At worst, he would take Qi Niang out of the house again, and everyone would split up. From then on, the brother and sister would never have this ruthless and unrighteous father again!
Chapter completed!