Chapter 49 Dispute

"Who knows, it's probably because the Huang family is short of a wife and is anxious to marry her and give it to the young master of the Huang family as a heir."

"Tsk, I heard that the young master of the Huang family is not young anymore. He is already in his thirties. How come he doesn't have any children yet?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao's head was buzzing when he heard this. The young master of the Huang family is in his thirties! ! ?
  No, at this age, he would have been a grandfather in ancient times, but he still calls him "young master"?
  Do you have any misunderstandings about the word "young master"?
  A few old ladies got excited talking, and suddenly they saw a few young wives carrying buckets of water hurriedly towards the ancestral hall.

"What's going on?" Several old ladies stopped one of the wives and asked, "Mother Shuanzi, why are you running away?"

"Oh, aunt, you don't know. Something big has happened. The well in Li Zheng's house is out of water! There isn't much water left in the well in the ancestral hall. I have to pick some back quickly, otherwise the whole family will be without water. Eat the water!"

After the wife finished speaking, she left without stopping.

"Why, why is there no water!?" The old ladies were so frightened that they stopped nagging after they realized what they were doing. They rushed home with the half-twisted hemp rope in their hands, asking their family members to put it down first. He had to go to the ancestral hall to fetch water.

If you go late, all the water will be sold out!
  Jiang Xiaoxiao frowned slightly as she watched the people under the big locust tree disappear.

The drought situation is getting worse and worse. First it doesn't rain, then the rivers dry up, and finally even the water in the wells gradually dries up...

By that time, the entire village had no water to drink.

Even though he knew that these were plots that were about to happen in the original book, Jiang Xiaoxiao still couldn't help but worry.

She saw her daughter-in-law running to the ancestral hall carrying a bucket in the distance, and she simply followed her to have a look.

However, when they arrived at the ancestral hall, Jiang Xiaoxiao saw a circle of people surrounding it from a distance. Two buckets knocked over and the water in them spilled all over the floor.

When they got closer, Jiang Xiaoxiao saw clearly that it was two people fighting over the water.

"Damn it, Li Shoucai, how dare you kick over my bucket!!"

"I just played! Who asked you to join my team!"

The two men struggled together again.

"Damn it, Rascal Zhao, you are so shameless! Even if you cut in line, you still dare to kick my bucket!"

During the scuffle between the two, Zhao Laigui was so angry that he simply kicked over Li Shoucai's bucket.

The villagers were all watching, and no one dared to stop him until Li Zheng hurried over.

"Stop! What are you doing!!" Li Zheng saw the two of them covered in wet mud and cursed angrily, "The village is almost out of water, how dare you waste water like this! Don't you even want to live!"

As soon as these words came out, the villagers who had been watching the fight between the two people looked at each other in condemnation.

"That's right! It doesn't matter that Rascal Zhao is a bastard, but even Li Shoucai is so ignorant! Every household is waiting for water from this well, and you kicked over the bucket!"

Li Zheng called two young men, Li Shoucai and Zhao Rascal, to break up the fight, and ordered sternly: "Get out! From now on, you two are not allowed to go near the well in the ancestral hall!"

Li Shoucai, who was still yelling at Zhao Laigui, was stunned when he heard this: "What? How can I fetch water for my family if I don't get close to this well?! Li Zheng, you are going to make my whole family die of thirst!"

Li Zheng glared at him fiercely: "If you want to carry water, let your family members do it! You are not allowed to go near this well again. This is your punishment for wasting water!"

"Okay, just wait!" Li Shoucai seemed a little angry, spat hard, picked up the barrel and turned around to leave.

It wasn't until he returned to Lao Li's house that he threw the barrel into the yard and said, "Damn it, I quit!"

"You are seeking death, why are you throwing a bucket!" Mrs. Li was startled and cursed loudly in the yard, "I asked you to fetch water. Where is the water? You ate it?!" Li Shoucai didn't say anything and just said Sitting on the steps, sulking alone.

When Old Mrs. Li saw this, she could only step forward to pick up the barrel. She looked at the bottom of the barrel and saw that it was not broken. Then she was relieved.

She picked up the carrying pole and threw it in front of Li Shoucai, and ordered as always: "Stop sitting here and go fetch water. The young and old at home are pointing this water to light a fire for cooking!"

"I'm not going!"

Li Shoucai refused directly. He didn't say anything about being driven back by the police. He just said angrily: "Why should I go? The work at home falls on me every day, and the benefits of studying and studying for merit and fame all fall on my eldest brother. , why?!”

Since Li Shoude left, all the heavy work in the fields has fallen on him, and he has become increasingly dissatisfied. What happened today was like the straw that broke the camel's back, and he completely exploded.

"Damn it! Whoever wants to drink water can choose it. I won't serve you anymore!"

After saying that, Li Shoucai simply put down his burden and got up directly to go back to the West Room.

"You damn boy, stop! What are you doing lying down in your house in broad daylight! You can't do any more work at home!"

Seeing that she couldn't stop anyone, Old Mrs. Li started yelling in the yard.

Her voice was shrill and stern, and Mr. Li couldn't bear the noise, so he left the main room with an impatient look on his face: "You know how noisy you are every day, can you stop it?"

"Should I calm down? Then who's going to fetch water!" Mrs. Li scolded back without any weakness, "I'm not quarreling just because of this family! Now you, this damn old man, dislike me for coming! I never married you. Live a good life, but now you have to worry about me teaching my son, is there any justice left in heaven?"

"Okay, okay, my son won't carry water, then you can find someone to do it!" Mr. Li seemed to be unable to stand Mrs. Li's arrogance, so he dropped his words and turned back to the house.

The weather is hot and no one wants to stay outside.

Mrs. Li cursed a few times in the yard and then hurried back to the house. She picked up a water ladle and drank a few large gulps of water. Only then did her anger subside.

However, when she turned around, she saw Li Xiufen running over crying with a face covered in red rash.

"Mom, my face is so itchy! My whole body is itchy. Please boil some water for me to take a bath!"

"Xiufen, what's going on?" Seeing the dense red spots on Li Xiufen's face, Mrs. Li was stunned.

"I don't know, mother!" Li Xiufen kept scratching her face with her hands. She had a red rash on her face since yesterday.

At first she thought it was caused by the hot weather and didn't take care of it. Unexpectedly, it started to get serious today. The rash spread to her entire face and it was unbearably itchy.

And as time went on, my body started to itch.

This is why she didn't go out showing off in that red dress today.

"Mom, stop talking nonsense and get me some water to take a bath!"

"Okay, mother, I'll ask someone to fetch water for you to come back and take a bath!"

Mrs. Li didn't dare to delay, so she ran to the west room to call for help, but no one answered her.

Li Shoucai had just lost his temper and was afraid that he would not be well for a while, so Mrs. Li ran to the east room to call Mrs. Sun.

However, as soon as she opened her mouth, the door and window of the east room, which had been left open for ventilation, suddenly shut shut.

(End of this chapter)

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