Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 139 - 139: 137: The Pitiful Person Must Have Hateful Aspects

After calming their emotions, the two finally noticed that they were surrounded by people.

Liu Sisi shyly hid behind Di Yelei, who burst into laughter and thanked everyone who had come to help. The lively atmosphere continued as they spoke to one another until Di Yelei’s gaze met Nan Tianzong, his smile stiffened.

As their eyes met, it was like a clash of thunder and lightning! Even the people on the periphery felt the atmosphere change and moved away, leaving a clearing for the two of them. The oppressive atmosphere was not something ordinary people could withstand.

Liu Sisi was also startled by the tense atmosphere between the two in the center of the scene!

Looking at both sides, she couldn’t help but gently tug Di Yelei’s sleeve: “Ye Lei…”

Seeing her worried expression, Di Yelei’s face relaxed, suddenly smiled, and gave a fist greeting.

“Boss Nan, thank you for your help. I am also grateful to you for taking care of Sisi. She has a weak body and is timid; these days, she has relied on you to care for her.” Di Yelei’s smile held depth in his eyes.

The two men’s gazes were locked, neither of them moving.

Nan Tianzong’s mouth twitched involuntarily, his eyes darkened, and his fist clenched and unclenched a few times.

Suddenly, he chuckled, once again looking like a charming young master.

“I did these things not for you! There’s no need to express your gratitude. Since everything is settled here, I’ll take my leave now. Sisi, don’t forget the promise you made to me earlier. I’ll be waiting for you.”

With that, he laughed heartily and left.

Everyone’s expressions were complicated, having never expected that Liu Sisi, whose reputation had already fallen, would experience such a turn of events. They couldn’t describe the feeling in their hearts.

“Sisi, what did you promise him?”

He didn’t want to ask, but Nan Tianzong’s arrogance made him unable to hold back.

Liu Sisi shook her head: “It’s nothing. I just promised him that if he helped save you, I would work for free at the bookstore for a year without taking any silver…”

“How could you agree to such a condition! He’s clearly up to no good.”

Di Yelei was furious. This was tantamount to binding Sisi to his bookstore, day and night. Could he not see the other’s intentions through his eyes? Utterly despicable!

Liu Sisi, feeling wrongly accused, bit her lip: “But at that moment, he was the only one who could help me…”

Seeing Liu Sisi looking so aggrieved, Di Yelei felt extremely distressed.

“Sisi, I am not blaming you. I am just afraid that you will be deceived by him…”

Before he could finish, a teasing voice interrupted from the side: “Di Yelei, you’ve finally married a good wife. You must treat her well! How can you let her be wronged like this?”

It turned out to be the casually-dressed Lord County Magistrate.

“Your Honor’s words are wise. As a commoner, I will always keep your teachings in mind and will never slack off,” Di Yelei hurriedly bowed in thanks.

Everyone greeted the Lord County Magistrate in unison!

“Wait a moment! Your Honor, although the killer has been sent to the big prison, what should… what should Old Man Li do?” Old Man Li became anxious and rushed forward, clinging to the County Magistrate’s leg.

At this moment, he didn’t care about saving face anymore. With Big Mouth Li dead, who would support a lame old man like him?

Lord County Magistrate’s smile vanished as he forcefully shook off Old Man Li’s hand.

“Humph! What a joke! You should go after the family of the killer for compensation since your son is dead. Are you trying to blackmail me, the Official? What a tremendous joke!”

After saying that, he shook his sleeve and left!

Elderly Mr. Di was overjoyed at the moment; with Third Child being released without guilt, he was happier than anyone else.

Old Man Li nearby was crying with a sorrowful face. As soon as he saw Elderly Mr. Di, who was full of joy, he ran forward and spat a thick phlegm onto his face.

“Bah! It’s all because of you, this shameless old thing that taught your good son! Give me back Big Mouth’s life!”

“Father!” “Dad!” “Uncle Di!” “Grandfather!”

Everyone’s cries of surprise all came at the same time.

Elderly Mr. Di still had a smile on his face, clearly not awake from the sudden change in front of him.

Within a moment, he jumped up angrily and wiped his face. He pulled on Old Man Li and scolded, “It serves you right for being unlucky! Your son is dead, and now you want to drag my Third Child to his death too. Is there anyone more poisonous than you in this world? You’ve lost face for your Li family’s ancestors for eighteen generations!”

“I have no face? You damn dog! Just who is the shameless one? You’ve taught a beast of bad character, and now you still have the nerve to cause trouble for others? If it were me, I’d have already smashed my head to death and not dared to show my face in the world.” He cursed pointing at his nose.

Old Man Li, being pointed at the tip of his nose, suddenly sat down on the ground with a bang and burst into tears. “Big Mouth! Big Mouth–you let me, a white-haired person, send away someone younger, how can I live in the future! This burden you’ve left me that I can’t even lift, oh heavens…”

“This is what you brought on yourself! Who else can you blame? When Big Mouth Li was alive, which family’s things weren’t stolen by her? This kind of person deserves to die! Let go, let go!” Elderly Mr. Di was still angry.

Old Man Li stubbornly grabbed Elderly Mr. Di’s trouser leg and cried, refusing to let go.

“How am I supposed to live, how can I live? How can I live…”

Di Yelei’s heart softened at the sound of the words, finding it hard to bear.

He took out the 30 taels of silver that Diao Shanbiao compensated him with today from his arms, thought for a moment, and picked out 2 taels of loose silver. He walked to Old Man Li’s side, who couldn’t stop crying, and stuffed it into his arms.

“Old Uncle Li, here are 2 taels of silver. Take it and live a good life. It’s enough for you to last for three to five years.”

Everyone held their breath.

One tael of silver was enough for a whole family to use for a year, and Di Yelei directly gave 2 taels, which was a very generous amount!

Old Man Li stopped crying as well and repeatedly counted the silver coins in his hand twice.

“Didn’t that person compensated 30 taels of silver? Why did you only give 2 taels? You treat me like a beggar? This is the money my Big Mouth worked for her life, and you dare to accept it? How shameless. There are gods three feet above our heads, be careful that the heavens can’t stand to watch and a divine thunder will strike you dead!”

Di Yelei: “Old Uncle Li, you…”

Everyone: “…”

Elderly Mr. Di was furious! How dare he curse his Third Child! “Old Man Li, let me tell you, don’t be insatiable and go too far! My Third Child suffered this calamity because of you, and not asking you for compensation is already being benevolent and righteous. Even if I don’t give you a single tael, it’s reasonable!”

“I don’t care, I don’t care anyway! It’s because you’re guilty that you want to give me silver. You Di family are bullying an old widow like me. You must give another 3 taels no matter what. Otherwise, I’ll tell the villagers from ten miles around that not a single one of the Di family is good!”

Everyone was speechless with anger!

Liu Sisi laughed instead: “It’s said that the pitiable are bound to be hateful. Now I’ve seen what it means to be unreasonable and annoying. Ye Lei, let’s go. Talking to such a person is simply a waste of words.”

Even if you gave him 5 taels, 10 taels, or even all 30 taels, he would never be satisfied and would think it’s only natural!

There’s only one way to deal with this kind of person!

If he is stingy, you must be even stingier than him; if he is aggressive, you must be even more aggressive!

Otherwise, even if you cut the flesh from your body and give it to him to eat, he will still be unsatisfied!

This is the greedy nature of such people!

Old Man Li was still yelling behind them: “Stop! Don’t think that if you run away, everything will be over and done with! Let me tell you, as soon as I get home, I’m going to find Mr. Land Officer to argue the case…”