C63

Noon, in the Ye Family's second branch hall, after sending off those uninvited guests, they were having their lunch.

"Mom, don't cry anymore. Eat. You're so hungry that you'll panic if you don't eat. Even us big guys won't be happy if you don't eat."

Qi Mu picked up a pair of chopsticks and put them into Yang Lili's bowl. He was calm and composed, even with a slight smile on his lips, as if she wasn't the one who was being shouted at to sink into the river.

"What can I eat if you tell me? Why did you agree to let Aunt Wu go to the ancestral hall? Which one of them would be able to make it to the ancestral hall? What are you going to do in the future? "You are deliberately not letting your mother live."

Yang Lili looked at the meat in the bowl, and the more she looked at it, the more upset she felt. In the end, she just put down her chopsticks, and that sound shocked the big bowl on the table to move. She covered her face with tears, and thought about her daughter's unknown fate.

"What can I do? If I don't listen to Aunt Wu's words, what can I do? "

Qi Mu looked at Yang Lili crying and feeling sad. He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart. After she finished the food in her mouth, she spoke slowly with a cold expression.

He couldn't just let that Wu family's aunt continue making a ruckus, right? Regardless of what happened to the black and white, she would carry the stain of her entire life. The more she painted the stain, the darker it would become. Perhaps one day, she might truly become a weapon that could take her life.

Rather than a frog being boiled in warm water and having neither life nor death, it was better to tear off all face from the start and have everyone come to a clear conclusion. Or perhaps, she might as well just jump into the river and have a good time.

Of course, she would not choose the last question. It was true that she was wrong to die because of the grass roots, but it was far from the point of using one's life in exchange for another.

When Yang Lili heard this, her crying stopped. She looked at Qi Mu with a trace of disbelief in her eyes. When had her Mu Er said that? Thinking like this, his heart was torn apart as tears flowed like spring water. He could only say:

"You guys go ahead and eat. I have no appetite, so I'm going back to my room to lie down for a while."

Yang Lili left as if she was escaping. Qi Mu looked at her back, no longer as gentle and moving as before. At this moment, there was more grief and helplessness surrounding her, Qi Mu's long and curling eyelashes couldn't help but slightly tremble.

"Let's eat, we'll give mom some hot spots later."

As usual, her movements were graceful as she continued to eat. It was unknown what expression was on her face. Her left cheek was like a centipede. It seemed to be alive as it moved around every corner of her body, emitting a sinister aura.

Ye Dazhuang looked at Qi Mu for a few seconds, then peeked out of the door with a look of regret and self-blame. After a while, he forced a smile at Qi Mu and said in a low and powerful voice:

"My daughter, you don't have to be afraid. Your father is here."

Whoever dares to bully you, I'll fight with her!

Qi Mu raised his eyes and looked at Ye Dazhuang, then he smiled faintly. Feng Qingyun's smile was as serious as if he had made an oath. She nodded, and with a surge of power in her heart, she said:

"Yes."

Father and daughter, smiling at each other, tender feelings spreading through the small and run-down hall, no matter what, I will be your strongest backing, home will always be here, embrace will always be waiting for you.

"..."

Qi Mu cleaned himself up and was about to leave, accompanied by Ye Dazhuang. Under the witness of the crowd, he went to the temple at the cattle farm to argue with Wu family's aunt, but unexpectedly, Yang Lili, who had been crying hysterically after lunch, suddenly rushed out of the house. She shoved a bag into Qi Mu's arms, grabbed Qi Mu's arm and said anxiously:

"Mu Er, don't go. It won't be good if you go. I've already packed everything for you and I have all my silver taels in my bag. You should leave this village and avoid the limelight. Don't go to the ancestral hall, let's not go anymore, right?"

The last sentence was almost a plea.

Qi Mu looked at Yang Lili's mournful face, and her heart almost broke when she heard this. She felt pain in her nose, and tears just rolled down her face. She bit her lip, and Qi Mu tried his best to control her emotions, maintaining a stiff smile on her face.

"Motherf * cker, can you stop messing around?"

"We have to go to the ancestral hall. We have to explain everything about the grass roots in front of this big guy. This can't be blamed on our daughter. Our daughter did this out of good will, otherwise there wouldn't be any more problems …"

"If you don't go to the ancestral hall, then let this matter drag on. It's just us living our days here, but what will we do in the future?" No matter what, we cannot let our daughter be wronged like this! "

Ye Dazhuang looked at Yang Lili and sighed. He walked forward and gently hugged her delicate body, and leaned on her. He wiped away the tears on her face with his rough and thick hands, and explained patiently with a sweet and helpless tone.

"But that's the ancestral hall, the one that can't be ignored unless it's a big matter. I've never been there once in my life, but I, Mu Er, am still so young, and I have to …"

"I'm scared, really scared. If those elders in the hall really listen to that b * tch from the Wu family and make our Mu Er fall into the river, what will we do?"

"When that time comes, we won't be able to escape anymore. Do you remember that little wife of yours back then? The concubine that the Li Family accepted, at such a young age, even if she went to the ancestral hall, she would have been dipped in a pig cage! "

"I don't want our Mu Er to go to the ancestral hall too. We can still live after leaving the Niu Village. At worst, we can just move our family to another place to live …"

Yang Lili half fell into Ye Dazhuang's arms, sobbing out the deepest worry and fear in her heart. From time to time, she would look at Qi Mu with eyes that emitted the love and fear of a mother through the waves.

Qi Mu took a deep breath, hugged the bag tightly, and said slowly:

"Mother, I am only going to the ancestral hall to talk to the elders about the matter regarding the grassroots. I am not going to ask them to judge me for my crimes."

"It was just to let the villagers understand and not misbelieve the rumors. That's why they agreed to go to the ancestral hall. Mom, you don't have to worry, I'll be right back."

"What are you talking about? My family's foundation is all here. How can you just abandon me like that? If grandpa knew, he would be furious."

When he finished speaking, Qi Mu was starting to believe that he was only going to the ancestral hall for a day's outing. However, that was not the case. What his wife said was true.

In this era, a boy was far more precious than a girl. If a boy died because of a girl, it would be a normal thing for the girl to be buried with him. No one would feel that something was off.

Yang Lili's worry wasn't without reason, but the ancestral hall had its reasons for why Qi Mu had to go.