stingy landlady

Chapter 249 The Li Family Makes a Scene in Huanghua Village (2)

Upon hearing this, Li became anxious and suddenly raised her voice, screaming:

"Where did your second and third sisters go? Your second sister even got dumped! She's such a worry! Always running around!"

If she had just been working steadily in the workshop, how could she have been dumped? No way! I have to find her! Even if you don't know, surely someone else does?

Guiling and Erbao were frightened by Li's scream and started crying. Li pushed them away and said:

"Stop crying! I didn't hit you or scold you! Why are you all so spoiled! Stop crying! You don't even know where your own sister is, and you still have the nerve to cry!"

Wanrou was breastfeeding her child when she heard Li's screams and the children's cries, and she was extremely anxious.

After Wanrou settled the child, she walked up to Li Shi and whispered:

"Madam Wang! The second and third young ladies both have their own things to do! Please don't worry!"

Li, however, showed no appreciation and loudly proclaimed:

"Don't worry! How can I not worry! Two perfectly healthy young girls, just vanished like that! Did you send them to do something shady?"

No wonder Gui Hong's engagement was called off!

As Li spoke, she walked outside. Once in the courtyard, she looked around and saw that it was just an ordinary small mountain village, with one house after another. Where could she find someone?

Overwhelmed with grief, Li sat down in the courtyard and wept bitterly, disregarding her image! Between sobs, she cried out:

"You heartless bastards! Give me back my daughter! My Guihong! My Guizhi! Where are you?!"

"Mommy's here! If you hear me, run out quickly, Mommy will take you home! Waaah!"

Wanrou was still in shock at Guihong's engagement being called off! Xu Hong and Du Huaichuan had left Huanghua Village that morning and hadn't heard anything about Guihong's engagement being called off.

Du Huaichuan knew, but he couldn't possibly mention a girl's engagement being broken off. Xu Hong genuinely didn't know; he only said he was going to the prefectural city. The round trip, plus the business to attend to, meant he wouldn't be back for several days.

Upon hearing Li's wailing in the courtyard, and seeing the small child crying loudly in the inner room, Wanrou quickly carried the child to the courtyard and tried to comfort Li:

"Madam Wang! The Second Miss and the Third Miss are out of the village on business! I'll have them explain to you when they return, okay?"

Madam Wang! Please stop crying! This is such a bad influence!

"This will have a bad influence! I'm afraid people will laugh at me, so hand over my daughters! My children are suffering somewhere! Waaah!"

Give me back my child!

Well, the more Wanrou tried to persuade Li Shi, the louder her wailing became!

Erbao had gone to find Taozhi sometime earlier.

"Aunt! Why are you crying here? Eldest sister, second sister, and third sister aren't here. Didn't Uncle come with you?"

Guiling also brought Aunt Lan over. Aunt Lan's belly was already showing, and she was shocked to see Li sitting in Xu Hong's courtyard crying loudly.

"Madam! Madam! What brings you here? What happened?"

Upon seeing Aunt Lan, Madam Li immediately stood up and loudly rebuked her:

"So it was you! I was wondering why my two daughters had disappeared! Did you sell them?"

You vixen, you shameless slut! You can't live without a man! Now that the master is ignoring you, you've set your sights on my daughter!

"Tell me! Where did you sell my osmanthus blossoms and osmanthus branches? Give me back my child! I'm going to beat you to death, you scoundrel!"

While cursing, Li was about to hit Aunt Lan! Wanrou was holding the child and it was inconvenient for her, so Taozhi quickly stepped forward to stop Li.

"Aunt! Aunt! Calm down! Aunt Lan is pregnant! You can't hit her!"

Aunt Lan was so frightened that she quickly retreated. Jixiang and Ruyi, having heard the news, rushed over. Each grabbed one of Li's arms, and Jixiang said, "..."

"Madam, please calm down! Madam! The two young ladies are the mistresses, and Aunt Lan is the servant. Only a master can sell out his servant. How can a servant sell out his master!"

Looking at the people surrounding her, Li knew them, but none of them were close to her. Only Taozhi was family, from Erzhu's family. She quickly asked:

"Taozhi! Tell your aunt the truth, is what Jixiang said true? Or is he just lying to her?"

Taozhi nodded and said:

“Aunt! Third Sister is our employer! We all work for Third Sister! And you! Here, you are the old lady!”

Li had initially believed him to some extent, and was even a little secretly pleased. Seeing that Li was wavering, he gave Jixiang a wink and said to Li:

"Madam! Quickly come inside and tidy up. Miss will be back in a few days after she finishes her business!"

Jixiang and Ruyi helped Li Shi into Wanrou's room. Taozhi had already brought water for Li Shi to wash her face. Jixiang helped Li Shi comb her hair again before they sat down to talk.

"Taozhi! Guizhi is your employer? I've never heard your uncle mention it, nor has your mother ever mentioned it."

Taozhi had no idea about all that; she simply went along with Li Shi and coaxed her, saying:

“Auntie! We’ve all signed confidentiality agreements. None of us factory workers mention our workshop when we go home, so my mother definitely doesn’t know!”

Li's doubts:

"It's not a bad thing, is it? Why keep it a secret? Keep it a secret from others, what's wrong with telling your own family! How do you know Guizhi is the boss's?"

She didn't separate herself from the family, so logically your uncle should be the employer!

"Auntie! Everyone in the village calls Third Sister 'Master' or 'Miss Master'! And they call Uncle 'Master'!"

Li was self-righteous:

"That's right! Your eldest uncle is the master of the house, and your eldest sister and several younger sisters are the eldest and second young ladies of the house. That's the proper way to address them!"

Ah! Peach Blossom! Then you should be addressed as "Miss" here too!

Taozhi quickly waved her hand and said:

"Auntie! I'm just a worker who earns money! Don't call me 'Miss'! I can't live the life of a mistress!"

"Aunt! Now that you know that Second Sister and Third Sister are alright, I'm still working, so I'll go and get back to my work."

After saying that, Taozhi walked out. Jixiang also said to Li Shi:

"Madam! We servants also have to go to work. Why don't you sit here with the Fourth Miss for a while?"

Seeing that everyone was quite busy, Li stopped crying.

"Good fortune, and all your wishes fulfilled! Go and get on with your work!"

Madam Li looked at Wanrou and asked:

"Who is this?"

Wanrou replied:

"Madam Wang! My husband's surname is Xu."

Li suddenly realized:

"Oh! I remember now, you're Xu Hong's wife, right!"

"Yes, Madam Wang! My husband is Xu Hong!"

"Hey! Aren't we all family? Look at this mess! I'm sorry, Xu Hong's family, but this is truly a case of the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple, family members not recognizing each other!"

Wanrou smiled as she held her child.