Not only the title of 'Gou Erpi', even Old Madam Li's own surname, 'Gou', didn't like it when called 'Gou'. When she married into the village of Xitang, everyone called her Little Gou because there was a sister named Gou who was related to her. In order to distinguish between the two of them, the villagers called her Little Gou. She clearly didn't have any bad intentions, but she didn't think so herself. She felt that if they called her "little dog shit" again, she would be extremely unhappy.
Although she wasn't satisfied or happy, her parents-in-law was still around. She couldn't possibly be called Old Lady Li. Where is Old Mrs. Li? Wouldn't that make everyone laugh their teeth out? Thus, little Gou clan held it in.
Until ten-odd years ago, when Old Madam Li's in-laws successively passed away, she became the mother in charge of the Li family. In addition, Old Li had been a criminal all those years ago. After he caused such a ruckus that someone had died, he had always been suppressed by Old Madam Li. Thus, with a wave of her hand, Old Mrs. Li changed the way she was addressed from "little dog shit" to "Old Mrs. Li".
At that time, Old Madam Li was only in her early thirties, and the title "Old Madam Li" did not suit her. However, she did not care about those people. If anyone in the village came across her, or if they did not call her "Old Mrs. Li" when they were talking, she would quarrel with them for a while, and would not stop until they had corrected them.
Old Madame Li was in good spirits. She had argued with the heavens a few times, but other people were not her match. She had almost always been defeated by them. Just like this, over time, no one in the village called her "Little Gou" anymore, and most people called her "Old Lady Li". However, there were also exceptions. There were quite a few people in the village who had high back-up status. They would call her whatever they wanted to call her when they met.
After listening to Old Mrs. Li's dramatic and legendary title change, Wen Xiu sighed in her heart.
"Luckily, she married into our Xitang Village, and her husband's surname was Li. If she were to marry into a family with the surname Mu, and they call her 'Mu Gou', wouldn't she go completely crazy? "
Isn't the Murgos a bitch?
"Puff …"
Wenxiu's unkind joke made Mrs Zhang and Song Xiaoyue laugh.
"By the way, what do you mean by 'old man Li' committing a crime and causing his death?" As long as it was a woman, they would have gossip and silver in their bodies. Wenxiu was no exception. Grabbing the important part of Mrs Zhang's words, she asked out of curiosity.
Seeing that it was about time to go back and cook, Zhang Wenxiu told her to do her work in the afternoon. Then, she stood up and left with Song Xiaoyue.
Wenxiu closed the doors and windows as usual and counted the money. She took out the heavy copper coin from her bosom and became even happier. As per usual, after counting the money, he gave Tree and Tong Tong each a snack to eat.
The two siblings had already saved up several copper coins. They were looking forward to buying some candy. However, he couldn't help but feel disappointed when he didn't even see his aunt or uncle, who sold candy.
After Wen Xiu received the money, she went to the kitchen to cook. After the three of them ate and she cleaned up the kitchen, Mrs Zhang and Song Xiaoyue came back.
The three of them went about their work step by step. Before they could say anything, Wenxiu had already returned to the topic she had not finished talking about this morning. She then looked at Mrs Zhang with curiosity.
Song Xiaoyue did not know about what happened more than twenty years ago. She was just as curious as Wenxiu and urged Mrs Zhang to tell her story.
It had been several years since Zhang's marriage to Xitang Village. But her mother-in-law had personally witnessed this, so even though she hadn't personally witnessed it, she knew very well. She wasn't a talkative person to begin with, but since she was entangled by Wenxiu and Song Xiaoyue, coupled with the fact that the entire old generation of Xitang Village knew about it, there was nothing for her to hide, so she told the two of them in full detail. However, just as she said those two sentences, Wenxiu and Song Xiaoyue cried out in shock.
"Sister-in-law, you're so explosive?"
Zhang Shi's face was a little hot. Feeling embarrassed, she nodded and continued.
Old Man Li's mess, it turned out like this!
Roughly twenty-two to twenty-three years ago, Old Man Li was still young at that time, only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. However, unlike his peers, he didn't work hard to support his family. Instead, he was crafty and lazy, completely disregarding the fact that he had two sons and the little Gou family that was pregnant again.
Old Li's parents were reincarnated at that time, and they were both spirited as well. The couple were hardworking people, and they had many fields to grow. They saw that their younger son was not a hardworking man, and was not the type to serve the crops. Although their hearts were sad, they couldn't just ignore seeing their family starve to death a few times. After all, they still had their grandchildren! Thus, the old couple saved their lives and used their surplus food to help Old Li's family.
If it were any other man, his entire family would have to rely on the help of his parents to support him. That would have made him want to close his eyes and jump into the Qing River, lest he disgraced himself living in this world. However, Old Man Li was still very happy. Not only was he not ashamed, he was even very proud. He did not work and saw how the sky was shaking in the village.
The villagers saw that Old Man Li's parents were working tirelessly, but he was very tired. All of them poked him in the back. Even Little Gou couldn't stand it and told him to go work in the fields. Old man Li's left ear went in and out of his right ear, completely disregarding the little Gou family. He should eat, drink, and live a carefree life.
Little Gou looked at the skinny bodies of his two sons and felt uncomfortable in his heart. When he thought about the birth of the child in his belly and how the burden would be even heavier, he lost his temper every day at Old Man Li and cried that he had met someone unpleasantness in his life.
Old Man Li was at the age where he was full of vigor and vigor. Where would he hear Little Gou's wails every day? Thus, he quarreled with Little Gou. He had made a huge ruckus once and directly carried a bag of potatoes out from his house. He would only be back half a month later.
The bag of potatoes was given to them by Old Man Li's parents.
Old Li took the potatoes away, the three of them didn't get to eat, and shamelessly went to beg the parents-in-law. However, Old Man Li's elder brother and elder sister-in-law didn't want to do it this time. They directly cursed their parents, and if they felt sorry for the lazy old man's family, they would have them follow Old Man Li.
In ancient times, when people grew old, they would always follow their eldest son and live with him. In the next hundred years, their eldest son would carry the banner on the tray. No matter how much Old Man Li's parents wanted to help his family, they didn't dare to agree. They didn't want their eldest son and him to not even carry a flag after death because of this. If this were to spread out, he would lose all face even if he were to die, so why would he meet with the ancestors?
Thus, they did not agree!
Little Gou didn't get any food for the rescue. Looking at the empty house, he cried and howled with grief. He cursed Old Man Li with every word he said, cursing him to die.
However, when Little Gou's family was fiercely cursing Old Man Li, something that made her collapse even more and made her even more mad happened. It instantly caused a sensation in the entire village.