Chapter 6
The ancients were superstitious and believed in ghosts and gods. So when Zhao Shi said this, Old Liu's wife was still a little scared in her heart, but she was still a little unforgiving in her words.
"I say Yang Wei's wife, you have to be careful, don't get too close to her, be careful that you will be like her." The "she" in Liu Shi's mouth was, of course, referring to Li Suniang.
"I say Old Liu's wife, you dare to curse my son, believe it or not, I can tear your mouth apart." Aunt Yang glared, and as long as Old Liu dared to say one more word, she would immediately pounce on her and tear her apart.
"What bad luck." When Old Liu saw that Aunt Yang looked like she was going to tear her apart, she was immediately scared and dared not say anything more. She only muttered in a low voice and finally glared at Li Suniang.
"I say, Old Liu's wife, if you want to sit in my car for nothing, then don't sit, walk." The old man driving the car was named Du, and he was a little dissatisfied with Old Liu's behavior.
The young wife didn't do anything wrong to her, why did she say that as soon as she came? Besides, everyone knows the details of that incident, if she has the guts, she should go and vent her anger on her husband. She is really a bad woman who bullies the weak and fears the strong.
Li Suniang never thought that while she was just going out to the town, she would be picked on.
Oh, forget it, she will be more generous and won't bother with unreasonable old women like her. But don't blame her for being rude to her in the future, hum, hum!!!
Old Liu Shi didn't know that she had been listed as an unreasonable person by Li Suniang at this time, but she was that kind of person. She was a bully.
At this moment, she was busy explaining to Lao Du, who was driving the ox cart. "Lao Du, look at what you said. How could I dislike riding on your cart? You really heard it wrong." Liu Shi said with some embarrassment.
It would take at least an hour to walk there, and two hours to go back and forth. If it was a few years ago when she had no money, she would definitely not be willing to spend these two cents to take a cart.
"Okay, in this case, then everyone sit tight and get ready to go." After Lao Du confirmed that everyone was seated firmly, he flicked the whip in his hand, and the ox pulling the cart began to run forward.
For Li Suniang, whether in her previous life or this life, this was her first time riding an ox cart, and she still thought it was quite fun. After all, in her previous life, in her impression, she had never seen it in real life except on TV. The streets were full of cars, motor vehicles, non-motor vehicles, and bicycles that few people rode.
Soon Li Suniang lost her curiosity. The roads in ancient times were not like the smooth asphalt roads of modern times. There were potholes just outside the village. People sitting on the ox cart were constantly bumped, just like students in the school, shaking their heads while reciting books. The shaking made her head a little dizzy. If she continued to be shaken like this, she would probably vomit.
Li Suniang never thought that she, who had never been carsick in her previous life, would get carsick in ancient times.
"Mom, are you not feeling well?" Xiao Zihao was the first person to find that his mother was different.
"Suniang, what's wrong? Where are you not feeling well?" Aunt Yang asked worriedly. If something really happened to Li Suniang, she would feel guilty, after all, she was the one who brought her up.
"No, it's okay..." Li Suniang replied after enduring a bump.
Everyone in the car looked at Li Suniang. Except for Old Liu Shi, the others all showed worried expressions on their faces.
Old Liu Shi was hoping that something would happen to Li Suniang. If she wasn't afraid of being kicked out of the car, she would have said something unpleasant.
"Is Niu Shi motion sick? It's okay. It will be stable after this section of the road." It was Lao Du, the driver, who noticed that Li Suniang was abnormal.
"I don't know when this section of the road at the entrance of the village will be fixed. It's bumpy and not easy to walk on. Especially after the rain, it's even harder to walk on." Lao Du complained.
"Yes! The village chief always says he will fix it, but he hasn't done it yet." After knowing that Li Suniang was just motion sick, Aunt Yang was relieved, but she still asked Zhao Shi to pay more attention to her.
This can't be blamed on the village chief. After all, it costs money to build bridges and pave roads, and the people in the village are unwilling to pay, so they keep dragging it on.
Sure enough, after leaving the section of the road at the entrance of the village, the ox cart became much more stable, and Li Suniang felt much better and began to be interested in watching the scenery along the road again.
In fact, the scenery along the road is not very good, just mountains, trees, and some wasteland waiting to be reclaimed.
However, the gossip of the women on the oxcart is very interesting. Although it is all gossip, it can at least let Li Suniang know more about the people in her village.
"Lao Du! Your son should be back!" Aunt Yang asked.
So the women who were gossiping in the car immediately stopped talking, especially Old Liu Shi, who listened even more.
There is a reason why Liu Shi always takes Lao Du's ox cart when she goes out to the town. First, she doesn't want to walk and be too tired, and second, she wants to build a relationship with Lao Du and find out about his son, and it would be best if he can get his son's marriage through Lao Du.
Lao Du, a widower in his fifties, came to Linshan Village with his newly married wife thirty years ago to settle down. Lao Du is a bodyguard and often has to go out. Because he was already quite old when he got married, and his time at home was not fixed, he had his first child when he was nearly 30. Unfortunately, the child died in an accident when he was five years old.
At that time, Lao Du was not at home and was still working outside. When he returned home later, he learned that his son was gone. His wife was also depressed about this matter and her health began to deteriorate.
His wife always felt that it was because she did not take good care of the child that the accident happened. Lao Du felt that it was all his responsibility. If he had not been away from home so often, he would not be like this now.
So he quit his job as a bodyguard and began to take care of his sick wife at home peacefully. By the way, he bought seven or eight acres of land in the village and bought an ox cart.
Lao Du did not buy the ox cart to make money, but just to make it convenient for him to take his wife to see a doctor.
Perhaps because of Lao Du's company, his wife's illness got much better. Within two years, she became pregnant again and gave birth to their current son.
It was just that the illness was too severe the last time. Although it seemed that she got better later, she could not recover to her original state after all. As a result, when she gave birth to her second son, her body was damaged and she became weaker and weaker. No matter how many medicines she took, it was useless. She died within two years.
So Lao Du began to play the role of both father and mother to raise his only son. During this period, some people tried to matchmake for Lao Du, but Lao Du rejected them all. He felt that it was because of him that his wife died early, so he didn't want to remarry. He just wanted to raise his son well and remain faithful to his wife.
Lao Du raised his son, but he almost pissed off his father. The child liked to fight since he was a child. In fact, it's not that he loves fighting, but there are many boys in the village, and sometimes the older ones bully the younger ones.
In addition, the child had no mother since childhood, and the children in the village often laughed at him. He was a tough guy, and when people laughed at him, he would use his fists to teach them a lesson. So he often went home with a bruised face. Lao Du thought that he couldn't let the only son left by his wife get into trouble! So he sent him to the martial arts hall in the town to learn martial arts, so that he could save himself in the future.
Who knew that the boy would take the same path as he did when he was young and secretly became a bodyguard? When he found out, it was already a few years after he became a bodyguard.
Bodyguards are miserable! Although they make money quickly, their jobs are life-threatening. Otherwise, he wouldn't get married at such an old age. Which good girl would be willing to risk becoming a widow all the time? Only his wife was stupid, so she was willing to marry him, but it was a pity that he didn't protect her well.
Now his boy just doesn't listen to advice and insists on being a bodyguard. With only one son, he had to ask his old friends to take good care of him. But even so, the brat still came back with a scar on his face, and he almost couldn't be sent to reunite with his mother.
He couldn't get a girl when he didn't have the scar on his face, and it's even harder to say now that he has it healed. Girls are scared at first sight. Who would want to marry him?!
Alas, ...
When someone mentioned his son, Lao Du was also full of anger. Now he didn't ask for anything, just that his son would quickly marry a wife, bring her home, and have a child. It didn't matter if it was a boy or a girl, it was so that he would not be alone in the future, and no one would go to his grave to burn paper money after he died.
"Yes! He came back last night, and went up the mountain again early this morning." Lao Du sat leisurely in front of the car. Because it was used to running, he didn't need to drive the cow, and it knew how to walk by itself.
"He is about twenty-four or twenty-five years old! When will you help him find a wife?"
Once someone started, others would take over.
"Isn't it! Daughter-in-law... Hehe" Lao Du chuckled twice and said nothing.
He could say anything. He also wanted a daughter-in-law, but the brat just didn't want to marry. What could he do? He had urged and threatened, but the other party just wouldn't budge. What could he do?
Old Liu Shi was just trying to listen to it clearly, but who knew that Lao Du didn't say anything more, which made her anxious. But she didn't dare to ask. The last time she mentioned it, Lao Du got scared and said that he, as a father, was not anxious, so why should she, an outsider, be anxious?
Just when Old Liu Shi was anxious, someone else spoke up and helped her.
"Lao Du, what do you want for your future daughter-in-law?"
"What can I ask for? I just hope it's a woman who can give birth to a baby." Lao Du said with a curled mouth.
This was also his true feelings. He was afraid that his son would be led astray if he had too many contacts outside.
"Haha, Lao Du, are you afraid that your son will bring you a male wife?"
After hearing Lao Du's answer, several women in the car couldn't help laughing.
Lao Du also laughed, but he had seen the world and knew that men could have impure relationships with other men, so he said that.
However, the villagers in Linshan Village had only been to the county town, and the highest official they had ever seen was the county magistrate. There were some things they had never seen in their entire lives, let alone things that were not allowed to be seen by others. So they just thought Lao Du was joking.
Yuyu: Some people are just so unreasonable... 🙄