Lai Da didn't expect Li San to reject him. He thought that Li San would definitely hand over Jiujiu after he revealed his intentions towards Jiujiu. However, from the looks of it, Li San wasn't willing. 1357924?
However, how could he not eat the fat meat in his hands? Moreover, Jiujiu was such a beautiful woman. Li San was just a hunter. If he went out to hunt, he wouldn't return home for half a month. How could he protect such a delicate woman?
If he didn't benefit himself now, who knew who would benefit in the future. Lai Da smiled wretchedly. He felt around in his pocket and took out a silver ingot. He stuffed it into Li San's hand and said meaningfully, "Brother Li San, let's not beat around the bush. Your wife was bought for three coppers. I'm willing to pay one silver ingot. What do you think?"
This meant that he wanted Li San to hand over Jiujiu to him.
Jiujiu didn't expect that someone would have such thoughts after she and Li San were married. Her face instantly darkened and her eyes were filled with depression.
Li San seemed to have sensed Jiujiu's unhappiness. He quickly grabbed Jiujiu's hand and looked at Jiujiu as he said softly, "Wife, don't worry."
This sentence was like a peace of mind pill. Jiujiu instantly relaxed.
Li San looked at Lai Da's wretched smile and directly raised his fist towards Lai Da's face. He coldly snorted, "Bastard, you think you can covet my wife?"
Lai Da didn't expect that Li San wouldn't be willing even after he offered a large sum of money. He wanted to argue with Li San, but when he thought about how Li San could kill a tiger with his bare hands, he could only leave with a face full of unwillingness. He covered his bleeding nose and left while cursing.
"Good for you, Li San. I wanted to use money to pay you, but you actually dared to hit me. Let's see if your delicate wife will climb the wall without you looking after her."
After that, it was followed by foul language. Jiujiu was scolded until her face turned black.
Li San looked at Jiujiu's ugly expression and instantly felt a little embarrassed. He quickly pulled Jiujiu's hand and left.
When the two of them arrived home, Li San looked at Jiujiu and sighed. He softly said: "Wife, don't be angry. That Chong Da is a hooligan on the streets and is used to talking nonsense. Your husband will not marry you to him."
Hearing Li San's comfort, Jiujiu pursed her lips and put her palm on the back of Li San's hand.
Li San was tall, and because he was used to doing manual labor, his palms were as big as palm-leaf fans. His palms were even bigger than Jiujiu's face. The skin on his hands was rough, and the back of his hands had a frosted texture.
Jiujiu rubbed her delicate face against the back of Li San's hand and said softly, "I'm not angry with him."
"Then why did you …"
Why was your face so ugly just now?
He thought about Jiujiu's background. She should be the young miss of the household, but now she was being humiliated by a hooligan on the streets. As her husband, he couldn't stand up for her. He was originally not worthy of her, and now he didn't even dare to stand up for her. He was simply useless. Li San wasn't afraid of anything, and he never had any scruples in his heart. But today, for the first time, he felt that he wasn't worthy of Jiujiu.
Jiujiu raised her head and looked into Li San's eyes. She felt the uneasiness and uneasiness in his heart. She licked her dry lips and whispered: "Husband, do you want to change?"
Hearing Jiujiu's words, Li San was startled. After a moment, he looked at Jiujiu in confusion and asked in a low voice: "Change, how to change?"
He was an ordinary farmer. Because of his good martial arts, he became a hunter. Now that more than ten years had passed, how could he change? Besides, was change something he could change just because he wanted to?
Jiujiu looked at Li San's confused appearance and sighed deeply: "Husband, now that the new Emperor has ascended the throne, he has distanced himself from the virtuous officials and wantonly killed the loyal. Moreover, the taxes are getting heavier every season. The officials are forcing the people to rebel, and the people have no choice but to rebel. In less than five years, there will be riots everywhere. As the saying goes, the times create heroes. Husband, you have good martial arts skills, could it be that you don't want to take advantage of these troubled times to make a good future?"
Hearing Jiujiu's rebellious words, Li San was stunned. He subconsciously stood up and looked outside the room. After seeing that there was no one outside and that no one heard Jiujiu's rebellious words, he let out a long sigh of relief.
Actually, he knew about Jiujiu's background.
On the other hand, the Minister of Revenue, Mu Shuliang, had been sentenced to death by the new Emperor because he was upright and plainspoken, and he cared about the people wholeheartedly. He admired him in his heart. Otherwise, how could he have married Jiujiu just because she was cheap?
However, he didn't expect that as a woman, Jiujiu would have such insight.
In fact, he also knew that he wouldn't be able to live like this for long. But now that Jiujiu mentioned it, he couldn't help but sigh. After thinking for a while, he said: "Then what does my wife think?"
This meant that he agreed with Jiujiu's words.
Jiujiu knew that Li San was smart and quickly said in a low voice: "Husband has good martial arts and is very intelligent. In the future, your achievements won't be small. But as an official, how can you not know how to read? If husband doesn't mind, I will teach you how to read and write in the future. What does husband think?"
Jiujiu's words were reasonable and she was thinking for him. Li San was only stunned for a moment before agreeing to Jiujiu's words.
Seeing that Li San agreed, Jiujiu smiled. After thinking for a while, she said: "Then husband can come back tomorrow and buy some ink and paper. As for books, your wife will think of a way."
Bianzhou was a forgotten place. Books were extremely precious. A book was almost worth one tael of silver. In the future, the two's lives were all on Li San's shoulders. Therefore, Jiujiu didn't plan on letting Li San buy books. As for books, Steamed Bun had the system. She could let Steamed Bun help think of a way. When the time came, she could pretend to memorize it.
However, the matter of teaching Li San how to read and write was settled.
They didn't speak for a night.
The next day, when Li San came back, he was holding paper, ink, and brush. Of course, behind him was Li Ruke, who had an ugly expression.
This morning, when they came back, Li San pulled Li Ruke to buy ink, brush, and paper. Li Ruke naturally couldn't help but ask. However, he couldn't not ask. After asking, he found out that Jiujiu wanted to teach Li San how to read and write. Li Ruke also approved of teaching Li San how to read and write. Although Li San explained to him that Jiujiu was doing it for his own good, he didn't think that he would be illiterate at his age. Even now, he couldn't even write his own name.
However, he didn't know if it was because of Jiujiu's background, but he couldn't help but look at Jiujiu's words and actions with an abnormal attitude. He always felt that Jiujiu was up to no good, especially when she was just a girl. To put it nicely, she used to learn how to read at home. Although there wasn't much difference between men and women nowadays, it was impossible for a male teacher to teach a female student. Now, those who were knowledgeable were all men, and a woman, no matter how knowledgeable she was, couldn't be any better.
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