Xiucai Xiao didn't want to lose his current life, so he had to get rid of his only obstacle, Madam Li.
Scholar Xiao went all out and strangled Madam Li to death in front of the two children.
After killing Madam Li, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, Scholar Xiao killed all of his children and buried the three of them in the courtyard of the courtyard.
The next day, the place where Madam Li and her two children were buried was a rockery.
As long as there were no accidents, Madam Li and her children's bodies would never be discovered in this lifetime.
Madam Li didn't expect this at all.
The drought didn't take her life, the bandits on the road didn't take her life, but the husband she missed so dearly took her life.
Madam Li also didn't expect that the soft-hearted Scholar Xiao would be so cruel as to strangle her and her children.
As a mother, she was strong. When she thought of her children being killed by Scholar Xiao, Madam Li's soft-hearted heart turned into a sharp blade.
Madam Li took her own death and her children's death to heart.
When Scholar Xiao strangled Madam Li and killed her two children, Madam Li's love for Scholar Xiao disappeared without a trace. Now, Madam Li only hoped that Jiujiu could raise her children well. If possible, she hoped that Scholar Xiao's reputation would be ruined.
Jiujiu opened her eyes. Her eyes were dry and painful, which she hadn't seen for a long time.
It was obvious that this body had experienced a long period of crying last night.
Jiujiu rubbed her aching forehead and sat up from the bed. She searched Madam Li's memory and found that she had returned to the day after Scholar Xiao's parents died and were buried.
Although the drought was over, the long period of heat caused the bodies of the two old people, who were already in poor health, to rot rapidly like rotten wood. Even though Madam Li had already found the best doctor, he still couldn't save the two old people's lives.
The person they loved the most was their son, but before they died, the person they worried about the most was Madam Li.
Before the two of them died, they held Madame Li's hand and repeatedly urged her to find a suitable person to marry after they passed away.
In order to reassure the two elders, Madam Li agreed readily. But in reality, she had already planned to take the two children to the capital to find Scholar Xiao after the two elders passed away.
Although those who had gone with Scholar Xiao to take the examination had told him that Scholar Xiao had caught a cold on the way to the capital and had died before he could hold on. By now, he had probably turned into a pile of bones.
However, no matter what those people said, Madam Li just didn't want to believe it. She didn't want to believe that her husband was gone just like that. She felt that Scholar Xiao must be alive.
However, because Jiujiu found out about Scholar Xiao's shameless actions from Mrs. Li's encounter, Jiujiu didn't plan to look for Scholar Xiao at all.
Therefore, the most important thing now was to raise the two children.
The eldest was a three-year-old son named Xiao Shouli. The second was a two-year-old girl named Xiao Shu.
Jiujiu didn't think that Scholar Xiao was a plaything and directly let the two children take her surname. The eldest was renamed Li Shoujie and the second was Li Shu.
After Jiujiu got up, the two children were still asleep.
Jiujiu had raised many children. No matter which world they were in, her children were all fair and chubby, like cotton balls that were lovable. However, because of the long drought, Li Shoujie and Li Shu were sallow and emaciated. There wasn't even a piece of meat on their cheeks. If they were a little thinner, they would look like refugee children in those brochures.
Jiujiu touched the two children's cheeks with heartache and turned to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
The family didn't have much money to begin with. Most of the money had already been given to Scholar Xiao so that he could go to the capital to take the examination.
In order to bury the elders, the family had emptied the house. Now, the money and rice left at home were only enough to last for two to three days.
After eating for two to three days, they really could only eat the northwest wind.
Moreover, because of the drought, not to mention the wild vegetables, even the grass roots and tree bark had been eaten clean by the starving disaster victims.
Jiujiu sighed and asked Little White to find a way to make a heavy rain here. Then, she used the little rice left to make food for the two children.
In order to survive, Madam Li drank porridge that was so thin that it could be used as a mirror every meal.
However, Jiujiu didn't. Jiujiu used a lot of rice in her porridge. When cooked, it was soft and sticky, and the layer of rice oil floating on top was even more delicious.
The two children had been eating porridge for more than half a year, but this was the first time they had eaten such fragrant and sticky porridge. They really wanted to bury their heads in the bowl.
After drinking, the two children stuck out their tongues like puppies and licked the bowl clean.
Seeing the two children like this, Jiujiu's heart ached.
Jiujiu stroked the two children's heads and turned to look through Madam Li's dowry to see if she could find the previous item.
Jiujiu searched for a long time, but she couldn't find the previous jewelry. Instead, she found a red silk cloth.
Although the quality of the silk cloth wasn't the best, it was still pretty good.
Jiujiu thought for a while and suddenly had an idea.
Jiujiu asked Little White to find the silk thread and began to embroider on the silk cloth.
Wine and meat went to waste at the door of the vermillion, while bones froze to death on the road.
This was the case regardless of the era.
Scholar Xiao's parents died because of the drought, but the rich people in town still lived a carefree life and weren't affected by the drought.
Jiujiu's embroidery was going to be sold to the rich people in town.
Jiujiu's embroidery skills were very good. It only took her three days to embroider a vivid picture of a blooming flower.
Jiujiu entrusted the two children to the aunt next door to take care of them for half a day. Then, she took the ox cart to the county town and prepared to sell the embroidery she had just finished.
The person driving the ox cart was Old Zhang from the village.
It could be said that Old Zhang had watched Madam Li grow up.
When the news of Scholar Xiao's death came back, he felt sad for Madam Li. Now that both of her parents were gone, as an elder, he also felt very sad.
Madam Li was such a good person, how could she have encountered such a thing?
Therefore, when Jiujiu offered to pay for the ox cart, he refused to accept it no matter what.
Jiujiu felt helpless when she saw this and planned to repay Old Zhang in the future.
Jiujiu went to the embroidery shop and showed her embroidery to the shop owner. The owner of the embroidery shop straightforwardly offered one tael of silver.
In fact, Jiujiu's embroidery was definitely worth more than one tael of silver. However, the quality of the red silk cloth was too poor, so the price was greatly reduced. At most, he could only offer one tael of silver.
Jiujiu took the money and bought a few pieces of embroidery cloth and colored thread from the embroidery shop. She agreed with the shop owner that she would come back half a month later to deliver the embroidery and then went shopping.
Rice flour and oil were a must.
Moreover, the two children were still growing and needed to be nourished every day.
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