The Man Who Raised a husband Through Ancient Times

Chapter 16

　When the divorce incident was at its most intense, Zhao Xiaoyu came to Li’s house, and he came to Li’s house several times later to pay back the money. It was not difficult to find him all the way.

　"That's the house." Zhao Xiaoyu pointed to the dilapidated yard in front.

　The Li family's house is made of soil mixed with fine grass. It has been growing for too long and has collapsed in some places. Only large black holes are exposed under the grass eaves. The fence in the yard was rickety and patchy, and it was covered with morning glory vines. The chicken coop in front of the house was covered with chicken feces. A lonely hen was squatting inside, and a child was feeding the chickens with a broken bowl.

　Li Gou'er seemed very happy to see Zhao Xiaoyu. After shouting a few times, an older man came out of the dark room.

　"Sit down." Liu Amo pointed to the small broken stool in the yard, and then said to Li Gou'er, "Go to the fields and call your father back."

　Li Gou'er agreed and ran away. He was thin, but he ran very fast, and soon he disappeared.

　Liu Amo's hair has turned gray, and her black and yellow face has ridges and grooves, full of the sorrow of life. A pair of rough big hands were covered with calluses, and the mud stains on the fingers had sunk deeply into the gaps between the fingers.

　The Li family was not so poor in the past, but their eldest son Li Chengcai was born with a heart disease and had to take medicine all the time, which brought down the whole family. At that time, the doctors said that he would not live to be twenty, but the Li family refused to accept their fate. They invited a Taoist nun to marry him, calculated the horoscopes, and settled on Zhao Xiaoyu with 30,000 yuan.

　However, Li Chengcai died anyway. They knew that Zhao Xiaoyu was not to blame, and they should not get back the betrothal gift. It can be said that they ruined Zhao Xiaoyu's life just to get married, and this betrothal gift cannot compensate at all. But the family owed so much debt that the creditors would have forced the whole family to death if they didn't want the betrothal gift. So they simply smashed the pot, tore themselves out and gave up, and cruelly made trouble with the Zhao family.

　Soon, Father Li and Li Gou'er came back. They sat down again and were silent for a long time.

　What should be said and what should not be said has been said.

　Both sides were speechless and had nothing to say, and there was no need to be polite. Zhao Xiaoyu said directly, "There are still two taels left. I haven't paid back the money for three months. That's two taels plus sixty wen, right?"

　Li Dad nodded.

　"I brought them all today. If you give me the IOU, we'll settle everything."

　"Wait a minute." Ama Liu stood up and went into the house to get the IOU.

　One hand of silver, one hand of exchange of IOUs. Zhao Xiaoyu took the IOU and looked at it carefully. Although he had not read a book, he had learned his own name. The crooked characters were indeed written by himself.

　Zhao Xiaoyu handed it to Yuan Ye again, and Yuan Ye nodded.

　"Since there's nothing wrong, let's leave first." Yuanye said.

　After speaking, the old couple of the Li family left the yard one after another without waiting for a response.

　"Brother Xiaoyu!" Not far away, Li Gouer suddenly chased after him from behind.

　Hearing the cry, both of them stopped and looked back at Li Gou'er.

　Li Gou'er looked at Zhao Xiaoyu with bright eyes and said, "Brother Xiaoyu, can I, can I go find you later?"