Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 74: Leaving the Family, Severing All Ties
Earlier, she was eager to get the Big Hat from Li Qingmu, but then suddenly turned around with a smile saying she didn’t want it. Long Yue thought this old woman was hiding something!
She slowly approached and stared into Mrs. Li Zhou’s eyes, asking, "Do you have something else you haven’t given us?"
Mrs. Li Zhou’s heart skipped a beat, feeling guilty under the question, her voice trembling, "No, no, I’ve given everything, right, I’ve given everything!"
Long Yue looked at her expression and knew she was really hiding something, so she said nothing and headed straight for the room behind her.
"Hey, Pang Longyue! What are you doing, what are you doing!"
Mrs. Li Zhou didn’t expect Long Yue to be so decisive, moving as soon as she spoke, without having time to react before Long Yue entered.
She hurriedly jumped up and rushed to follow, while Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Zhang, not knowing what happened, instinctively followed her.
"Bang!"
Long Yue kicked open the door and started searching inside, Mrs. Li Zhou followed and saw, her eyes turning red with anxiety, rushing to stop her.
"Get lost!" Long Yue grabbed a teapot from the side, raising it above her head, "Come any closer, I’ll smash you!"
Her tone was fierce, her gaze fierce, scaring Mrs. Li Zhou into stumbling backward.
"Mother, what’s going on?"
Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Zhang were curious, deftly grabbing Mrs. Li Zhou’s arms to stop her from moving forward, eager to see what Long Yue was searching for.
"Crash!"
Amidst the chaotic searching, Long Yue even knocked on the walls, and sure enough, found an opening under a cracked brick seam.
Stuffed inside the gap was a bundle, wrapped in oil paper, bulging, wrapped layer upon layer. Long Yue took this bundle out and glanced at Mrs. Li Zhou, seeing her face turn pale, knowing she had found the right thing.
"Is this it?"
Long Yue waved it at her, then began unwrapping the layers of oil paper.
At this moment, everyone’s eyes fell on the bundle, breathing heavily, could there be a golden ingot inside?
Finally, a white piece of jade like fatty coagulated appeared in Long Yue’s hand. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
"Hiss—"
There was a gasp in the room, it was Zhang Meihua, her cow eyes fixated on the piece of jade, drooling.
This is a good piece!
"Mutton Fat Jade Pendant?"
Long Yue immediately recognized what it was, estimating its considerable value.
"This is the Li family heirloom!"
Mrs. Li Zhou watched Long Yue touch and examine the jade pendant anxiously, worried she might directly take it away, if that happened, what should she do? Shouting and crying? Then the whole neighborhood would know they have this treasure, and if anyone got any ideas...
"Ha, heirloom?" Long Yue laughed, the shamelessness of Mrs. Li Zhou was really something, who are you fooling? This could be an heirloom? If the Li family had such a thing, how could they be so down and out?
"Yes, give it back to me, quickly give it back! Or I’ll report it to the authorities!"
"Then go ahead, if there’s no resolution to the dispute between the two families, this thing will go to the government, which is better than giving it to you!"
"You..."
Mrs. Li Zhou was so furious she almost fell, if not for Mrs. Wang’s quick reflexes to catch her.
"You... you’re so vicious, you little wench!"
Feeling the jade pendant slipping away, Mrs. Li Zhou couldn’t help but lament, clinging to Mrs. Wang and crying loudly.
"No matter what, I raised your man for over ten years, painstakingly brought him up. When he was in school, during heavy rains, I would wade through the mud to pick him up, fearing he might catch a cold or fall ill. Even if it was for a purpose, there’s no reward without effort, how can you treat me like this? The jade pendant was originally given to us by that person you were just hugging, said to be pawned if hard times fell..."
Mrs. Li Zhou was sobbing profusely, her voice wailing, Long Yue had never seen Mrs. Li Zhou cry so loudly, and it’s fortunate it’s cold now, with few villagers out, or there’d be a crowd at the Li family gate.
"Yue’er, give it to her!"
Li Qingmu’s cold voice came from the door, viewing the family indifferently, Long Yue pouted slightly and tossed the jade pendant to Mrs. Li Zhou.
"My treasure!"
Mrs. Li Zhou instantly came to life, grabbing the pendant tightly, blowing on it as if it was dirty.
"Yue’er, let’s go!"
Li Qingmu no longer wanted to see this family, he spoke and turned to leave.
"Prime Minister!"
Long Yue called to stop him, taking out a document from her sleeve, it was a registration she had processed at the government after opening the medicine field, once registered, an annual tax must be paid.
What is meant by royal grain and national taxes? It refers to these fields, anything planted must be filed with the Agricultural Bureau, failure to file results in evasion of taxes, which leads to imprisonment.
When Long Yue went to process it, it had her name on it, so she could boldly declare upon entering, that it was her field.
Mrs. Li Zhou was pleased having reclaimed the jade pendant, saw the deed in Long Yue’s hand, and her whole demeanor changed.
"You... you... you’re playing dirty! You little wench, shameless!"
Mrs. Li Zhou pointed at Long Yue, stammering, that medicine field could make a lot of money, they had already consulted someone, eagerly awaiting the spring harvest to sell the first batch and make money, and now, upon seeing the deed, the field wasn’t theirs but Long Yue’s? It turned out all previous efforts were in vain?
Mrs. Li Zhou felt her chest blocked, breathing heavily, wanting to spit blood!
"Give it to them!"
Li Qingmu’s voice remained cold, with undeniable authority, Long Yue said nothing, tearing the deed to pieces.
Tearing the deed would require a re-registration, allowing them to re-register.
Li Qingmu led Long Yue out of the Li family, as they crossed the threshold, he spoke slowly, his voice icy: "We’ve given you the deed and the pendant, today we leave as mere paupers, from now on, we have no ties! Our wealth won’t concern you, nor will our poverty have us come begging for grain from you! Yue’er, let’s go!"
Li Qingmu departed resolutely, Long Yue followed without hesitation, the north wind howling, whipping their robes, making sounds of rustling, while snowflakes started to fall, amidst the swirling whiteness, their two figures appeared so cold and solitary...
