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Chapter 466 Protecting the Best Sister 8

Li Mingzhu did not move the books, fearing that they would be accidentally damaged during the move, so after obtaining Zhang Rulan's consent, she placed the books on top of the wardrobe, intending to take them out to dry in the sun when the weather was good.

After working hard for a whole morning, I finally put everything in place.

Then, Li Mingzhu invited a few people into the house and started to divide the money.

"My son, where did you get so much money?" Li's mother was scared to death.

When Li Mingzhu gave money to Qiu Bailing yesterday, Li's father and mother were busy moving things and didn't see it.

Now, looking at the box that Li Mingzhu had placed on the table, Li's mother was terrified. She quickly stood up and closed the door, lowering her voice and asking, "Did you steal... uh... take it from the Qiu family?"

Li Mingzhu: …

Mom, this is not something you can talk about!

She patted Li's mother's hand and soothed her, "Mom, this money is actually compensation given to my sister by someone else. My sister was wronged yesterday, and the other party voluntarily gave these things to my sister as an apology."

Hearing the word "voluntary", Zhang Rulan looked at Li Mingzhu silently without saying a word.

Li Mingzhu took out another small box and opened it, revealing some small change. "I've been in constant contact with my sister. She's worried I'm short on money, so she often sends me money. I haven't touched any of this money, thinking I'll save it up so I can redeem my sister."

Zhang Rulan was so moved by this that tears welled up in her eyes: "Little sister..."

Li Mingzhu held Zhang Rulan's hand and apologized softly: "Sister, I was too selfish. I only thought about myself and didn't consider your difficulties. I'm sorry."

Zhang Rulan shook her head and felt that having a sister like Li Mingzhu in this life would make her die without regrets.

Li Mingzhu had previously secretly put ten gold bars into the small box, each weighing 500 grams, or ten taels.

If we calculate based on one tael of gold to ten taels of silver, one gold bar would be one hundred taels of silver, and ten bars would be one thousand taels.

Not counting the money that Zhang Rulan had given to the original body over the years, just looking at the things that Madam Zhou gave yesterday, there were about one thousand two hundred taels. Although Mudan didn't take out five thousand taels in the end, she still had more than four thousand taels when she pieced them together.

Adding up, it’s six thousand taels.

For an ordinary family, this is a huge, huge, huge, huge, huge, huge sum of money.

Now that the Great Xia Dynasty has entered its countdown, although the capital is not as chaotic as other places, chaos has already appeared.

The most obvious thing is the soaring prices.

In the past, at the feet of the emperor, a family of five, not counting weddings and funerals, would spend about forty taels of silver on food and clothing per year.

Nowadays, if you want to eat your fill, you absolutely cannot do so without sixty taels.

However, the money Li Mingzhu currently has is enough for the five of them to have food and clothing for decades.

Of course, this is when the situation is relatively stable.

Li Mingzhu pushed the small box and four thousand taels of silver in front of Zhang Rulan, and placed the remaining ten gold bars in front of Li's mother: "Sister, mother, keep them!"

"Xiaoxuan, if you hadn't been there yesterday, I don't know what would have happened. This money was earned thanks to you, and I can't accept it. You'd better keep it!" Zhang Rulan evaded.

Mother Li also said: "Yes, child, your father and I are old, and you are still young. You must have money on hand. If you marry again in the future, you will have more confidence with this as your dowry!"

"No, no, no," Li Mingzhu waved her hands hurriedly, "I don't want to get married again. I want to be with my parents, my sister, and five taels of silver forever!"

Li's mother scolded her, thinking she was joking: "Silly child!"

In her traditional understanding, women are supposed to get married. If they don’t get married, what kind of women are they?

Zhang Rulan, on the other hand, had no objection to Li Mingzhu's statement.

After so many years in Zuichunlou, I have long lost my expectations for men.

She had seen too many men who were praised by everyone for loving their families and wives, eagerly hugging Hua Niang and being affectionate with her.

Take the Peony incident for example. It was clearly done by two people, but people blamed the woman.

There is also Li Mingzhu, who mourned for Qiu's father for three years, but was still divorced in the end.

Love is too ethereal.

Marriage is too fragile.

Now, Zhang Rulan just wants to live well and for herself.

Despite Li Mingzhu's tantrum, Zhang Rulan and Li's mother finally accepted the things.

However, they all took out a portion of the money and gave it to Li Mingzhu, under the pretext that all eggs should not be put in one basket.

"You and I are sisters, why do we need to make such a clear distinction?"

Zhang Rulan touched Li Mingzhu's head, her eyes full of love.

With more money in hand, daily expenses on food, clothing and other daily necessities will naturally be higher.

During this period, Qiu Bailing secretly came to find Li Mingzhu.

The young man looked around like a thief, took out a purse from his sleeve and stuffed it into Li Mingzhu's hand.

"My wife, I wanted to return the five hundred taels to you, but..." Qiu Bailing's face turned red and he couldn't say anything for a long time.

But even if he didn't say it, Li Mingzhu knew that the banknote must have been taken away by Qiu's mother.

She didn't say anything, but smiled and raised her chin: "Thank you!"

Qiu Bailing didn't stay long and went back soon.

However, his arrival reminded Li Mingzhu of something fatal.

"what?"

Mother Li hurriedly stood up, dropping the winnowing basket from her lap to the ground. She paid no attention to the situation. She and Zhang Rulan each grabbed Li Mingzhu's hands, repeatedly asking, "Are you pregnant? Really? Does the Qiu family know?"

She was so anxious that tears came out, crying and saying, "God bless the Qiu family, you are still pregnant with his Qiu family's flesh and blood, and they are forcing you to divorce!"

Li Mingzhu was very calm: "Oh, actually they don't know I'm pregnant!"

Zhang Rulan frowned: "No, we have to talk to the Qiu family about this!"

"No, no, no!" Li Mingzhu hurriedly stopped him. "We're already divorced, what else is there to say? Now's the perfect time. I can abort the child and have nothing to worry about!"

Li Mingzhu's words startled Li's mother and Zhang Rulan. Li's mother shook her head frantically: "Silly child, this is not allowed!"

Why would someone have an abortion for no reason?

Zhang Rulan touched Li Mingzhu's flat belly and said tearfully, "Xiaoxuan..."

The people here are also the bloodline of our Zhang family!

Long before she started taking on clients, Zhang Rulan drank a sterilization drug, making it impossible for her to have children in her lifetime.

Now, Li Mingzhu is the only one who can leave bloodline for the Zhang family.

However, looking at Li Mingzhu's determined eyes, Zhang Rulan finally did not say any words of advice.

In her heart, Li Mingzhu's feelings come first, and the unborn child naturally cannot be compared with Li Mingzhu.

Moreover, if Li Mingzhu remarries in the future, it is better to have no children than to have children.

No matter what others think, Li Mingzhu has made up her mind.

She found time to go to the pharmacy to get some herbal medicine. After drinking a bowl of the medicine, she started bleeding immediately.

Li's mother cried bitterly, but it was of no use.

"If this child is born, someone will call us grandpa..." Mother Li hugged Father Li and cried.

Father Li had no choice but to wipe away his tears and pat Mother Li's hand to comfort her.