Chapter 10： Raise your head (please collect and read)

Chapter 10: Raise your head (please collect and read)

After looking for Li Tongshi to discuss the redemption, Wei Tu thought carefully, and decided not to delay for too long.

He is worried that things may change if it is too late.

According to Caixia, the master Li Yaozu wanted to use the autumn harvest of the tenant fields to threaten him and his wife and force him and Xinghua to submit.

The wheat harvest in Qingshan County will be in these ten days.

As time goes by, if Li Yaozu threatens you..., then there will be no friendship between master and servant.

At that time, he redeemed himself, Li Yaozu would try to stop it, even at the expense of planting stolen, and to remove the "scourge" of Li Zhai.

And redeem yourself in advance.

Although the money on my body is still a little short.

But now that the master and servant have not yet broken their skin, Li Yaozu will be wary of him when he sees that he is "strong", and there is a high probability that he will cancel the original plan and will not enmity with him.

night.

Weitu told Xinghua his plan and asked for Xinghua’s opinion.

“You are my man, and I will obey you.” Xinghua replied.

Xinghua knew that she had a weak eyelid, so she never argued with Wei Tu in the general direction.

"Your words are enough." Wei Tu nodded and asked Xinghua to return to Li's house later when she went to the county town to buy groceries tomorrow.

“If something changes, you should leave the county as soon as possible and hide outside the city…”

He warned.

"Brother Wei, are you going to..." When Xinghua heard this, her heart was shaken, and she suddenly thought of something bad.

But as soon as her words left her throat, she stopped again. She hummed slightly, pulled her legs out of the quilt, and took advantage of the night to start tidying up the household items.

“Don’t drag me down when you leave.”

After the lights went out, the couple hugged each other and fell asleep. In the middle of the night, Xinghua opened Wei Tu's eyes and whispered this sentence.

Wei Tu's sleepy spirit was in a daze for a while after he was woken up.

In a daze, he heard Xinghua's words clearly, but he didn't know how to answer Xinghua.

At that time, in a panic, he could not guarantee whether he would bring another burden and cause his own death.

"I still want you to cook for me. I'm used to eating your own food. It's not a good idea to eat someone else's food..." Wei Tu thought for a long time and said something that was not very sensible.

However.

The voice fell.

Xinghua fell asleep, and her breath was quick and hot.

…

The next day, morning.

 Wei Tu got up very early as always. He went about his work, mixing the horses with ingredients and chopping up the hay accumulated in the previous days one by one.

He even filled the bucket with clean water, leaving no space.

After finishing work.

Wei Tu watched Xinghua walk out of the front door of Li's house in a basket with Xinghua. Then he sat on the stone pillar and waited for a while until the sun burned his back unbearably. Then he got up and walked to the inner house.

Outside men are not allowed to enter the inner house without the master's instructions.

Wei Tu remembered his "duty" and stood at the door of the inner house, asking the maids who came and went to come in and report to Li Tong.

soon.

With Li Tong's order, the maid led Wei Tu into the living room.

"Brother Wei, what's the important thing you want to see me for? But what's missing at home? Or are you and Xinghua at odds?" Li Tongshi frowned and glanced at Wei Tu standing in the center of the hall.

 Li Tongshi's voice was calm, without any hint of condescension, but anyone familiar with Li Tongshi knew that this was because he was deliberately suppressing his anger and dissatisfaction. When a male servant enters the inner house, if he has something to say directly to the outer house and communicates it through the maid, there is no need to go into the inner house to "discuss" it.

Wei Tu entered the inner house today. In Li Tong's opinion, it was unruly.

No rules no standards.

As the mistress, Li Tong wanted to suppress any "signs" that might cause turmoil in Li's house and crush them to death.

Li Tongshi sipped her tea. The hot water made her lips and tongue hurt, but she still maintained the demeanor of a mistress and looked at Wei Tu coldly, waiting for Wei Tu's answer.

However, Wei Tu's opening caught Li Tongshi by surprise.

Wei Tu bowed and said, "Grandma, I came to the inner house this time to redeem my bond. I plan to take part in the martial arts examination next year."

As soon as the words fell, the whole hall fell into silence. The atmosphere was so stagnant that you could hear a pin drop.

Li Tongshi was stunned.

Including the serving maids standing behind Mrs. Li Tong, they were also shocked.

In the house, it should be said that in a large family, the last thing that the servants should not mention is the deed.

This is a taboo.

No one mentioned the contract of selling oneself, and the servants in the outer house and the inner house could perform their respective duties, as if they were born this way rather than being imposed upon them.

"Brother Wei, you have been in the Li family for some years. The Li family should treat you well." Li Tong's expression did not change, but the fingers hidden in his sleeves tightened the corners of his sleeves.

The redemption of servants often occurs in wealthy families who are restless at home. She has been in charge of the internal affairs of Li's house for so many years, and she does not want to cause a stain, a stain that can be criticized by other women in the county.

“Li Zhai has been kind to me for my survival.”

Wei Tu nodded and replied.

The hall faces north and south. Under the shadow of the sun, Li Tong's face softened slightly.

“But the salary is not enough?”

She spoke softly.

At this time, Li Tongshi remembered that Wei Tu's salary had not increased for a long time, probably because of salary issues, which led Wei Tu to remind her of the ransom.

"No, Grandma." Wei Tu shook his head firmly, "Grandma, I just said that I plan to redeem myself and take the martial arts exam next year."

Wei Tu was confused as to why Li Tongshi didn't hear the second half of his words when he spoke clearly just now.

“Martial arts examination?”

These four words appeared in Li Tongshi's mind again. After this time, Li Tongshi finally understood the meaning of these four words.

Li Tongshi raised her eyes and carefully examined the slightly dark-skinned young man in front of her. After looking at him for about half a while, she said, "Raise your head."

From the moment she entered the living room, she saw that Wei Tu's head had been lowered and never raised.

In other words, since Li Zhai bought Wei Tu, a servant, she has never seen Wei Tu raise his head.

She has always been very satisfied with Wei Tu's compliance with the rules, but today, she felt that she had made a mistake.

The person who had always been the most well-behaved turned out to be the most restless at heart. He actually wanted to redeem himself, take the martial arts exam, and leave the Li family.

"Yes, grandma." Wei Tu followed the instructions and raised his head to look at Madam Li's house in front of her.

"Why do you want to take the martial arts exam? It's not easy to take the martial arts exam..." After seeing Wei Tu's appearance, Li Tong felt temporarily relieved and asked warmly.

Wei Tu’s face is not the “long and quasi-dragon-like” look she saw in books. On the contrary, Wei Tu's appearance is still a little unremarkable, and he is indistinguishable from a rural farmer.

“Grandma, I don’t know, but Wei Tu asked for a book of health-preserving skills from my second aunt two years ago. After two years of practice, his strength has increased a lot, and he has met the requirements for taking the martial arts exam..."

Weitu thought for a moment and told him all about his practice of health-preserving skills. By the way, he mentioned his second aunt Wei Xin.

Thanks to woshileilei for the 100 starting coins

(End of this chapter)