The ancient life of the master craftsman

41-50

Chapter 41

Yunli's eyes, red and swollen from frequent tears, widened and stared at Li Enbai, "Brother Li, you don't have to feel guilty, you saved me... I can't force you to marry me because of this." "

I'm not feeling guilty, nor am I responsible for touching you," Li Enbai looked at Yunli, his eyes seemed to only have room for him, he gently touched the corners of Yunli's eyes, "I like you very much, Yunli."

Yunli shook her head, her cheeks gently bumped against Li Enbai's hands a few times, causing Li Enbai to involuntarily hold his face with both hands, "You don't believe it?"

Yunli, held in his palms, could only look at him eagerly, "I'm not afraid of being laughed at behind my back, don't take it to heart, you just saved me..."

Li Enbai's hands on Yunli's face looked particularly large, and Yunli looked small and delicate, his fingers gently stroked and pressed the corners of his eyes, he said in a low voice, "I don't think I'm a saint. I ca

n't risk my whole life to save you." He stared into Yunli's eyes and smiled, "If it wasn't you, I probably wouldn't have saved you. Because it's you, I chased you in the rain regardless of anything. Because it's you, I can't bear to see you suffer."

He held her in his arms, "So, don't worry that I just married you for the so-called responsibility. If I didn't like you, this situation wouldn't have happened."

He lowered his forehead against Yunli's, his voice low and clear, "I've said it all, I like you."

Yunli was stupidly held by him, and began to wonder if she was dreaming?

The weight on her forehead, the intertwined breaths, and the firm hands on his waist, everything, told him that this was real.

Gently pressing Yunli's face into his arms, Li Enbai said helplessly, "Why are you crying again? When did the pear become made of tears? Stop crying, okay..."

Yunli didn't know that she was crying again, as if she had cried too much and her tears were out of her control, but this time they were not tears of sadness or sorrow. He grabbed Li Enbai's collar and looked up, "I took it seriously."

Li Enbai bent down slightly with his strength and wiped away his tears with his fingers, "Yes, it's true."

Yunli showed her first smile of the day, "I took it seriously. If you regret it, I won't let you go."

"If I regret it, I'll let Yunli live in my house, eat my food, use my things, and let me serve you like a farmhand at home, okay?" Li Enbai coaxed him.

Silly Yunli had never heard such words before, and couldn't help laughing, patting Li Enbai's arm, "What are you talking about?" His tone was a little shy.

Seeing that he finally returned to his normal self, Li Enbai felt relieved. He didn't like Yun Li's bitter face and hopeless look. She looked better when she was laughing and making noises.

Li Enbai grabbed his hand and said to him, "Uncle Yun should have discussed the date of the engagement with Uncle Mu San. The only good date recently is the 25th of this month, and the other is August 23rd. I think we should choose one of these two days. Which one do you want to choose?"

"I..." He shrank back a little uncomfortably when Li Enbai held his hand, but the gentle and polite Li Enbai held on to him a little forcefully, "I'm fine with anything."

"I'd like to settle it down sooner, so that I can let everyone know earlier that you're mine." Li Enbai pinched his fingers.

Yun Li didn't really want him to let go, he was still a little uneasy, Li Enbai's toughness and initiative made him feel a lot more at ease.

At this moment, the door of the Yun family was knocked frantically, and the noise was so loud that it almost woke up the sleeping baby. Li Enbai asked Yun Li to comfort the child in the room, and he went out to see what was going on.

Qing Ge'er was quicker than Li Enbai. He was afraid of disturbing Mu's cultivation, so he hurried out of the kitchen to open the door when he heard the door knock. Outside the door was an old woman with sloping feet wearing a dark green dress.

"It's you, old woman! What are you doing here?" Qing Ge'er was furious when he saw the person coming. He closed the door, rolled up his sleeves and put his hands on his waist, "Hey, I said, we haven't settled the score with you yet, and you still dare to come to Yunli's house?"

The old woman with a sloping foot drooped her old face, "Get out, I don't have time to deal with you, little bitch, where is Bai Meihua? Let her get out!"

"You are the bitch, oh, no, you are the shameless one, what's the matter, your son Chen Gousheng died? You came back to attend the funeral?" Qing Ge'er was very good at talking, and he was never afraid of scolding people. When

the old woman with a sloping foot heard him cursing her son, she was also furious, and she wanted to tear Qing Ge'er's mouth apart. As soon as she raised her hand, which was as thin as old tree bark and as thin as a dead tree, Li Enbai grabbed it and threw it to the side, causing the old woman Chen to fall to the ground.

He used his skillful strength and quick movements, which made people think that Chen accidentally fell. Even Chen herself thought that she accidentally fell because she used too much force. Li Enbai asked Qingge'er to go to Mu Laosan's house to call Yun Laohan back. This old woman was older than them, and they, the younger generation, always suffered when they faced the elders.

"Auntie, the family has just added a new member, and there is also a woman who needs to recuperate after giving birth. We really can't stand being disturbed. Please be quiet and don't behave so unrestrainedly and noisily." Li Enbai has always been unreasonable. He seems to be polite to everyone, but in fact he is so annoying that you can't say anything.

He is unwilling to leave any handle outside. Even if he is annoying people, he has to be polite and gentle, but he doesn't know that his attitude makes people more angry.

Chen's mother didn't know Li Enbai, but she had heard about Li Enbai. She looked him up and down and found him to be nothing like her son. He was also quite good at pretending. "Who are you? Why are you meddling in other people's business here? I want to find Bai Meihua!"

"Aunt Bai is not at home now. Aunt Bai might as well come back another day." Li Enbai still replied with a faint smile.

Chen's mother said, "Bah! Bai Meihua is not at home? I think she took my money and ran away. Bai Meihua, get out of here!" She shouted the last sentence very loudly, and the people around came out to see what was going on. When

Li Enbai heard her say that the money was taken away by Bai, he didn't know why, and thought of the twenty taels of silver that the two thieves said. If it was true... He clenched his hands behind his back tightly, and the blue veins on his neck were exposed. He was so angry that he almost couldn't suppress his temper.

Bai, you are not worthy of being a mother!

He thought so, but the matter at hand had to be solved. He couldn't let people know that Yunli had been sold, otherwise there would have been constant rumors. How could he speculate and fabricate Yunli now?

"Auntie, Aunt Bai is not at home. If you don't believe me, you can come in and see if I am lying to you." Li Enbai made way for Chen's mother to enter the yard.

Chen's mother had not lived in vain for so many years. She could tell at a glance that he wanted her to go in to avoid being laughed at by the villagers, but she would never let him have his way. She did not stand up from the ground and started to throw a tantrum on the spot, "Bai Meihua, you have lost your conscience. You promised to sell the little boy to our Yingcai, but he ran away. Bai Meihua, come out, twenty taels of silver, twenty taels of silver, the little boy is gone, Bai Meihua also ran away, my twenty taels of silver, silver--"

Crying and shouting, Chen's mother put on a good show, attracting the villagers who had nothing to do to come and watch the fun. After listening to Chen's mother's crying and wailing like a wheel, they looked at each other in bewilderment, and soon began to whisper to each other.

Li Enbai's face also darkened, but everyone's attention was on Chen's mother, and no one noticed that Li Enbai looked at Chen's mother as if he wanted to kill her.

"Widow Chen, what nonsense are you talking about! You said you would buy it? Hasn't your conscienceless Chen Gousheng harmed Li Zi enough? People with a bit of shame wouldn't be like you two, mother and son, ugh." Qing Ge'er's mother Liu retorted with her hands on her hips. But

Chen's mother took out a piece of paper from her bosom, "I signed the contract, it's written in black and white, I can't deny it. Twenty taels of silver to buy a little boy, isn't it our Yingcai's kindness, otherwise, it would be enough to buy a woman!"

Old Man Yun also came and heard her abuse Yun Li like this. He snatched the paper from Chen's mother's hand and opened it. Sure enough, it clearly said Yun Li's Ming'er, and there was also the handprint left by Bai.

He almost couldn't stand steadily, and his eyes were dizzy, "White Plum Blossom!" He roared in a low voice, obviously Bai had really sold her son.

Seeing this, Li Enbai hurriedly said, "I didn't know that the affairs of the Yun family were decided by a woman named Bai? Uncle Yun is still healthy, this document... can't it be fake?"

Chen's mother jumped up and down, "Bullshit! Bai Meihua took twenty taels of silver from my mother and sold her son to my family as a concubine. What's fake about this?!"

"But Aunt Bai is not here now. I can only hear one side of the story and a document that is not in accordance with the rules and is not known to be true or false... Who can be sure that you are not lying? After all, you have deceived Uncle Yun for more than ten years. It seems normal to deceive once more, right?" Li Enbai continued to refute, directly beating Chen's mother and son into habitual liars.

His words also reminded the villagers and Old Man Yun that the old widow in front of them was not a good egg. Before she became rich, she pretended to be pitiful. Old Man Yun didn't know how many times he helped them and their son. Once he passed the examination for a scholar, he immediately turned his face and refused to recognize her.

The villagers started pointing fingers at Chen's mother again, and she was so angry that she cursed at Li Enbai. Chen Yingcai, who had been hiding in the distance and watching, saw that something was wrong, so he stopped hiding and ran over in a hurry, "Mother, mother, are you okay?" He looked anxious as if Chen's mother was bullied by the villagers.

Li Enbai also stood up, "Brother Chen, why do you have to be so fake? I was scolded so badly just now. I need to buy some salt to get rid of the bad smell."

"Brother Chen, your mother is now saying one-sided things. She insists that you bought Yunli, but everyone in the Yun family, including other villagers, knows that Yunli was kidnapped. If it weren't for the alertness of the gatekeepers, Yunli would be dead now." After showing pity and putting the credit on the gatekeepers, Li Enbai continued, "Brother Chen, if Li goes to the officials to sue you for robbing a young man, what will you do?"

"What Brother Li said is wrong. My mother did take twenty taels of silver and signed a contract with Aunt Bai. How could Chen rob her?" Chen Yingcai explained with a dark face.

"How can we believe one-sided words?" Li Enbai said, "Besides, these twenty taels of silver may be what you paid back to Uncle Yun, right? After all, Uncle Yun has also given you a lot of money in the past few years. You are a scholar, and you are still taking advantage of the people. It's not appropriate, right?"