bookrandom Chapter 123 Beating the Autumn Wind
Chapter 123 Beating the Autumn Wind
Old Mrs. Li stood outside the shop, looking at the signboard with Li Ji Tofu and curled her lips in disdain. Among the five classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, the lowest class was the merchant.
So what if he makes some money by opening a shop? He is still an inferior bastard. Compared with his eldest son, he is not even as good as him by a finger.
It was now past nine o'clock, and many people went to the store to buy tofu. Old Mrs. Li stopped a middle-aged woman who had just bought tofu.
"How much is this? How much is it per pound?"
"Six cents a pound. If you want to buy it, you'd better hurry up, or it will be sold out soon. It's delicious when cooked with this. My grandfather likes it the most and he wouldn't even trade it for meat. If you came to buy it a few days ago, you would not be able to buy it if you came later." The woman was obviously a talkative person.
"It's so expensive, yet so many people buy it." Old Lady Li was surprised. It's six cents a pound, and the best rice is only five cents a pound.
"You don't understand this, do you? This tofu is delicious no matter how it is cooked. The old people and children in my family all love to eat it. We come to buy it almost every day." The woman lives nearby and can be said to be a regular customer. The old man in their family will not eat any other dishes, but he can eat two big bowls of rice as long as the dishes are made of tofu.
Old Mrs. Li didn’t get to eat the tofu when it was distributed last time. After so many days, she still remembers it. With so many people coming to buy it and hearing these words, it must taste good, so she thought about asking for more for the second child later.
People kept coming in and out of the door. Old Mrs. Li and Mrs. Jiang followed in. Mrs. Sun and Li Ruolan were busy while Li Dahai collected money.
"How much tofu do you want?" Sun had just cut the tofu for the last customer and asked Old Lady Li again. She was so busy that she didn't even see who was in front of her.
Old Mrs. Li's face suddenly became long. Sun was really getting more and more bold. When she came, she didn't even look at her. She just opened a shop in the city, but she didn't know her own weight.
No one spoke for a long while. Sun looked up in confusion, and met the gloomy face of Old Lady Li. She was so scared that the tofu-cutting knife in her hand almost fell to the ground.
"Mom, mom, why are you here?" Sun spoke a little unsteadily. The habits formed over the years could not be changed overnight.
At this time, Li Dahai and Li Ruolan also saw Old Lady Li.
"Humph, what's the matter? My son opened a shop, so I can't come to visit him. Sun, you have been trying to sow discord between my son and me. One day, let my son divorce you and marry him another wife."
Old Mrs. Li noticed that Sun was wearing new clothes again. She was so angry that she thought to herself that she was just a purchased child bride. Why should she wear better clothes than her? And her face was so much prettier than when she was young. She really wanted to scratch her.
"No, I didn't." Sun hurriedly denied.
"Mom, she just felt that you came very suddenly, there was no other meaning, you think too much." Li Dahai hurriedly came to Sun's rescue.
"I don't think she would dare." Old Mrs. Li rolled her eyes at Sun and walked to Li Dahai. She looked at the many copper coins on the table with greedy eyes. She secretly thought how great it would be if it was hers. There would be several hundred coins.
"Second brother's shop has really good business. He must make a lot of money every day." Jiang looked at the shop with envy. It was very clean. She thought it would be great if she could have a shop like this.
"I don't earn much. It's not easy to make tofu. It's just hard-earned money." Li Dahai replied.
"The tofu looks clean and white. Second brother, don't sell it. Our mother has come a long way to see you, so give them all to her so that she can have a taste." Jiang noticed with her sharp eyes that there were several empty wooden boards, and only one board had half of the tofu on it.
"This..." Li Dahai was hesitating about how to start.
"Okay, we won't sell any more today. You all can go. My son will give the rest to me as a filial son." Old Mrs. Li gave Jiang an appreciative look and without waiting for Li Dahai to reply, she drove the people who were buying tofu out.
"Grandma, who said the tofu is going to be given to you? We still have to sell it for money." Li Ruolan saw that everyone was about to be driven out by Old Lady Li, so she mustered up the courage to shout loudly. She had to stand up bravely when Xiaoxiao was not around.
After so long since the separation from the old house and after going through so many things, Li Ruolan has changed her way of doing things. What Xiao Xiao said is right, kind people are often bullied. She was bullied and enslaved because she was too kind in the past. Now she has to change. She cannot let others bully her. She has to be kind but with a limit.
"So are you selling it or not?" The people who came to buy tofu were confused when they saw one of them saying no and the other saying yes.
"Of course we have to sell it." Li Ruolan said as she walked to Sun's side, took the knife from Sun's hand, and was about to cut the tofu.
"Li Ruolan, you little bitch, are you trying to rebel against the heaven?" The girl who had always been honest and cowardly actually dared to go against her. As she spoke, she was about to snatch the knife from her hand, but Li Ruolan easily avoided it.
"Grandma, please be careful. It will be troublesome if you get hurt." Li Ruolan appeared calm on the surface, but she was actually a little flustered inside. It could be said that this was the first time she officially disobeyed Grandma Li. But she knew in her heart that with her grandma's temper, if they followed her wishes today, they would not be able to live a peaceful life in the future. She would come every few days.
"Okay, just take a knife and kill me, you unfilial little whore." Old Mrs. Li cursed and sat on the ground and howled. Now that the troublesome Li Xiaoxiao was gone, here came Li Ruolan. Did the second brother's family want to piss her off to death?
"It is such a misfortune for our family to have such an unfilial son who doesn't care about my life or death. Why doesn't God send down a bolt of lightning to kill your whole family, you ungrateful bastards?" Old Mrs. Li cried so sadly, howling at the top of her lungs, but not a single tear came out.
Those who wanted to buy tofu stopped buying it. Two or three of them gathered together and whispered, pointing fingers from time to time, roughly saying that Li Dahai's family was unfilial.
Jiang was watching the fun from the side, leaning against the door frame with his left leg pressing against his right leg. He looked so uncomfortable that he almost held a handful of melon seeds in his hand.
"Mom, get up and talk." Li Dahai wanted to help her up. How would she do business in the future if her mother made such a fuss in the store?
Sun wanted to help, but was hesitant and didn't dare to step forward.
"Dad, grandma doesn't like our family anyway, so just let her do what she wants." Li Ruolan was anxious. If only Xiaoxiao was here, she would be able to tame grandma.
"You little whore with a rotten heart, I will go to the county government to sue you and have you all thrown into jail." Old Lady Li cursed viciously.
"Hey, isn't this my fourth aunt? My grandma is old, but you are sitting on the ground and scolding me so hard. It seems that you are very happy."