lcionline Chapter 223 I can't jump anymore
Chapter 223 I can't jump anymore
While Chen Bianbian was feeling uneasy, Shangguan Yue finally came back secretly a few days before the baby's full month.
Chen Bianbian finally felt relieved. In this strange world, Shangguan Yue was her pillar and support, a position that even her husband could not match.
If Xiaoyue was gone, she couldn't think of how she would live. Fortunately, Xiaoyue was her daughter in this life, a dozen years younger than her. That way, she could walk in front of Xiaoyue in the future, and she wouldn't be afraid.
Xiaoyue has a strong character, is calm and rational in dealing with things, and can always stand on her own. Without her, Xiaoyue can live well alone, but she has to rely on Xiaoyue in modern times, and she is even more inseparable from Xiaoyue in this strange world where she has no relatives or friends.
Three days later, the general's residence held a full-moon banquet, inviting only some familiar business partners and some military generals who were on good terms with Shangguan Yan. Although no one from Li Junlan's parents' family came, they actually sent a gift.
Although the gifts were not expensive, they were all local specialties and small toys for the three children, as well as a letter. The longing and simplicity between the lines made Shangguan and Chen Bianbian feel that this was a good official.
No wonder he has been a minor official of the seventh rank for more than ten years, and a small official in a poor county. No one would work for him without benefits, so naturally there is no need to transfer, and he has been in the position ever since.
Moreover, Li Junlan's father was an honest official who did not engage in corruption or bribery, so the gifts he gave were naturally not expensive, but they were all practical things.
Now that my life has stabilized and I have a way out in Zi Yan Country, it’s time to give back to my family.
Shangguan Yue's idea coincided with Chen Bianbian's. In addition to the deceased daughter Li Caiju, Li Junlan's father Li Bing also had a second daughter, Li Junlan, a son, and a younger daughter.
Li Bing was honest, upright and kind, but his wife Lou Huan was a lazy, snobbish and shrewd woman known in the surrounding area. She looked okay, but no one dared to marry her.
If she hadn't designed someone to pretend to be a bandit and Li Bing hadn't held her tightly when he rescued her, Li Bing, an honest man, would not have married her for Lou Huan's so-called reputation.
Lou Huan, a village woman, was very happy and satisfied to be able to marry into an official family. She no longer had to be driven by her family to collect grass for pigs, shovel chicken manure, or do laundry and cooking.
She had a maid to serve her every day, and she had everything she wanted, including clothes and food. When she returned to her village, she was very proud because she was the wife of the local county magistrate and no one dared to offend her.
He was very popular for a while, and lived well with Li Bing for several years. However, after several years, Li Bing still did not move. Ten years passed, and he still did not get promoted.
Lou Huan began to feel dissatisfied with the status quo. Every day when he saw Li Bing, he would look at him with eyes that were not eyes and nose that were not nose, and start to scold him. If Li Bing talked back, he would be pelted with punches like raindrops.
The officials of a county were often bruised and battered, and Li Caiju helped Lou Huan to ridicule Li Bing. Li Junlan grew up in such an environment and became cowardly and sensitive.
But his younger brother Li Qingzhu is irritable and quick-tempered, while his younger sister Li Ruomei is timid and fearful.
Li Bing's forbearance did not bring about compromise and peace. Instead, Lou Huan thought that Li Bing was a coward and had no future, so he beat and scolded him even more severely.
Li Bing couldn't stand it anymore, so he moved to the temporary lounge of the county government office to sleep and eat with the bailiffs. He was unwilling to go back to the backyard and sleep with Lou Huan.
At first Lou Huan thought that Li Bing would come back obediently in a few days, but he didn't expect that Li Bing never came back, and even when he came back to see his children, he didn't stay overnight, which made Lou Huan very angry.
There was a lot of gossip in the county government office, and the runners all felt that their master was so pitiful for marrying such a disgraceful wife.
Some people even gave Li Bing advice, urging him to divorce his wife and remarry, but Li Bing felt that it was too cruel to leave several children without a mother. He thought that as long as they didn't live together, saw each other less and spent less time together, they would be able to live in peace.
Li Bing's thoughts were simple, but Lou Huan didn't think so. She felt that being ignored by Li Bing made her lose face in front of the servants and in the circle of noble ladies outside.
She followed some noble ladies to the men's brothel to have fun, hoping to annoy Li Bing and make him go back obediently. However, she never expected that Li Bing had long since stopped caring about her affairs, and the subordinates and servants knew the husband's character and temper very well, so how could they dare to tell the adults about such an ugly thing?
If the wife's cuckold scandal were to be told to others, no one knew how she would die, so they kept their mouths shut.
Seeing that what Lou Huan did was so obviously out of line, Li Bing didn't care about her, which encouraged her evil thoughts. There were all kinds of handsome men in the men's brothel, which completely made her fall.
No matter how handsome Li Bing was, he would be just like that after seeing him many times; no matter how delicious the sea bass was, one would get tired of it after eating it too much. She felt annoyed every time she met Li Bing.
But Li Bing wanted to marry a poor student he had taught to his eldest daughter, and Lou Huan was so angry that she wanted to strangle Li Bing to death. Fortunately, the eldest daughter was like her, and she didn't like this poor and handsome man, who had nothing good in other aspects except his good looks.
Li Bing actually scolded Lou Huan for being short-sighted, greedy and vain, and for raising his daughter like that. Lou Huan was so angry that the two started fighting again. Li Caiju also joined in and pushed Li Bing down.
Let Li Bing not interfere in her life, she will never marry a poor man, she already has someone she likes. When Li Bing learned that his eldest daughter had someone she liked, he did not force her to get engaged to Cheng Rui, as long as the eldest daughter found a good family.
Unexpectedly, the eldest daughter liked a married man who had several concubines. Li Bing did not agree to let the eldest daughter be a concubine. The master of the Zhou family was more than ten years older than his daughter and only a few years younger than him. He was also a merchant, so he disagreed even more.
No one can change what Li Caiju has decided, and her mother also supports her. She cannot be a concubine. She will definitely become the main wife and become a wealthy person in the future.
Will Dad still dare to look down on her then? Humph!
Li Caiju eloped with the master of the Zhou family, and Lou Huan helped to conceal it. This incident completely made Li Bing despair of Lou Huan and he wanted to divorce her, but Lou Huan disagreed.
The title of an official's wife is so convenient and useful, how could she give it up? There are so many benefits to be gained.
The news that Li Bing wanted to divorce Lou Huan spread out. Those who had given money to Lou Huan or bribed Lou Huan to do things for them could no longer sit still. They all asked Lou Huan to do the job quickly, and if he couldn't, they had to return the money immediately.
This incident caused a big commotion and when it reached Li Bing's ears, he had no idea that his own wife was such a corrupt person who had destroyed his integrity. He had no face to face the people and the emperor.
Li Bing had no choice but to sell his property to pay off his debts and had Lou placed under house arrest. However, Lou Huan was not someone who would settle for the status quo, so he sneaked out of the house at night when his mother-in-law was tired.
She went to a men's brothel and lived a life of debauchery. The fool Li Bing actually spent all the money that others gave her as gifts and even sold his property to pay it back. He was so stupid. Isn't the purpose of being an official to have wealth and glory?
Lou Huan thought that the handsome man she had paid money to hire had not expired yet, so she had someone serve wine and asked the handsome man to come and accompany her. However, she waited and waited but there was no sign of him.
She was already in a bad mood and angrily searched room by room, but this search made her unable to jump up anymore.