8. Male Supporting Roles in Period Novels (8)

The new clothes from Duanjia Shop have become popular in the town and even the whole city. At this time of sudden cooling, beautiful and warm skirts have become the favorite clothes of women.

Li Hongfeng worked hard to help in the shop for a few days, and there were many people. Fortunately, she was good at math, and she did not make any miscalculations even if there were many people. After everything was over, Ye Cuixiang valued her daughter-in-law even more.

Filial, sensible, considerate and quick at work, she is simply the daughter-in-law God has given her.

Of course, life is not always perfect. For example, Li Hongfeng is so good, but he has a relative like the Li family behind him.

When Li's mother came to visit with Li Bishuang, although Ye Cuixiang didn't think much of her, she treated her well for Li Hongfeng's sake. As a result, when she opened her mouth, she asked the Duan family to buy the clothes that Li Bishuang had brought in.

Li Hongfeng had already gone to school and was not at home. However, Duan Qingen was at home, so he sat on the chair and listened quietly to Mother Li's words.

"We are all relatives, so we will make a loss and sell these clothes to your family cheaply. This is also for Hongfeng's sake..."

It's obvious that the clothes are stuck in my hands and I can't sell them, yet I still want to talk so high-sounding.

He chuckled softly, took a sip of the water in the cup, and imitated Mother Li's tone, "We are all relatives, and we don't like it, mother-in-law, that you are at a disadvantage."

Mother Li's eyes lit up, "What does Qing En mean?"

Duan Qingen raised his eyes and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Mother, I can sell these clothes to others, whether at the original price or at an increased price, as long as you don't suffer a loss."

After understanding what he meant, the expressions on the faces of Mother Li and Li Bishuang turned ugly.

If they could find someone to buy these clothes, why would they come to the Duan family!

She was thinking about Bishuang crying to her because these clothes were not for her nose or eyes. If she didn't sell them and get a return, she didn't know what they would be like in the future.

Mother Li finally got anxious and ignored her "I'm here to give you an advantage" look, and directly showed her trump card: "In this town, your family sells clothes, and we don't specialize in this." No matter where you sell it to others, they are all relatives. Can you bear to watch our clothes being smashed into your hands? "

Duan Qingen chuckled mercilessly.

"We are all relatives. Auntie, your daughter came to my door to sell clothes with a cart without even saying hello."

Now that he had said this, he simply criticized it. The cup fell on the table with a bang, which made the two of them tremble subconsciously. The next second, Duan Qingen's cold voice was heard in their ears:

"Who doesn't know that our family is the only one selling clothes in the whole town. If Li Bishuang wants to sell, she can go wherever she wants to sell. What does it mean to come to our shop specifically? They are all relatives. Before she did such a thing, she thought Are we relatives?"

Mother Li's face was ugly. She also knew that her daughter had done something dishonest. What could she do? She was her own daughter.

She subconsciously turned sideways and looked at her daughter, and saw that Li Bishuang's face was also extremely ugly.

Li Bishuang did not expect such a change. In her previous life, the Duan family only made skirts and no jackets. Logically speaking, she should take the opportunity to make a lot of money.

Before he could recover from the shock of "This is different from my previous life," I faced Duan Qing'en, who had always been obedient to me in my previous life, but now he was cold-blooded.

Why did he look at her with such contempt!

When Li Bishuang first came back from rebirth, she thought about reminding Ye Cuixiang to check her body. Now it seems that people can't be too kind.

Just let Ye Cuixiang die of illness!

While she was thinking angrily, Duan Qingen had already stood up to see the guests off, "If my aunt and cousin are okay, I will see you out."

"Hey, Qing En, you..."

Mother Li wanted to pull Duan Qingen to say a few words, but Li Bishuang, who had long been accustomed to being held by Duan Qingen in her previous life, stood up with anger and grabbed her mother.

"Mom, let's go! Do you think it's rare for us to stay at your house? Let me tell you Duan Qing'en, things are changing. If your family makes money today, it may not be the same in the future!"

Li Bishuang said this in a very confident tone, Duan Qingen shrugged, "Please."

Li Bishuang's face became even more angry, and she pulled her mother out and walked out. Mother Li was so anxious that she was pulled into the yard and stopped in a hurry, "Bishuang, don't be so petty. If you don't sell these clothes to the Duan family, , your mother-in-law won’t bully you to death.”

"Be obedient and go back and have a good talk with Qing En. You two had some feelings for each other before. If you soften up, he will definitely not be so heartless."

"Why should we humble ourselves and beg them!" Li Bishuang shook off Mother Li's hand and grabbed her hand. She was reborn. She knows everyone's future. The Duan family has offended her now. Let's wait and see in the future. .

"But if you don't beg, my husband's family won't be able to explain!"

Li Bishuang paused.

Really, although she felt that she was superior to others after her rebirth, she had to say that the current situation was that the Zhou family was still very poor. If she couldn't get the money back, the old woman who didn't like her in the first place might not have to deal with her in any way.

Li Bishuang felt tired all over when she thought of being pressed down by Zhou's mother and being busy from the first second she opened her eyes in the morning to the last second before going to bed.

She gritted her teeth and thought of solutions in her brain.

"Yes!"

Li Bishuang said to Mother Li: "Li Hongfeng was raised by our family. Mom, just cry to the villagers that when she gets married, she will not care about the uncle and aunt who raised her. When the time comes, Duan Qingen will help Li Hongfeng even if he doesn't want to." ”

Even if Duan Qing'en doesn't help, Ye Cuixiang is hard-spoken and soft-hearted. Seeing how much she likes Li Hongfeng, she will definitely not watch Li Hongfeng being reviled by thousands of people.

As for whether Li Hongfeng will suffer criticism and reputation damage after this incident, let's ignore Li Bishuang's matter.

She thought about it and calculated that this time would be when most of the villagers went home, so she took Mother Li and sat in front of Duan's house, and told the confused Mother Li: "Someone will be here soon. "Mom, just cry, the louder the better. If anyone asks, just say that our family worked hard to raise Li Hongfeng, but as soon as she got married and lived a good life, she didn't care about her mother's family."

Mother Li was still a little hesitant. She grew up in the village, and of course she knew what would happen if a person had a bad reputation in the village.

"Isn't this good? Hongfeng is about to take the college entrance examination. If we do this at this time, if she fails the exam again, she may be..."

Li Bishuang's eyes flashed with displeasure: "Which is more important, Li Hongfeng or your daughter? Mom, you choose for yourself!"

"Either you join me today in forcing the Duan family to pay for clothes, or I will go back to the Zhou family empty-handed and be beaten to death by my mother-in-law. It's up to you!"

Of course, Mother Li could not just watch her daughter die. In the end, she could only sit with her in front of Duan's house.

Seeing the mother and daughter relying on their family, Ye Cuixiang's expression became gloomy. When she got off the steps, she picked up a broom and hit them: "You really think our family is easy to bully, don't you?"

"mom!"

Duan Qingen caught her in time and shook his head at the angry Ye Cuixiang, "Just rest, I'll do it."

Li Bishuang saw Duan Qingen coming with her sharp eyes, and saw several villagers carrying farm tools walking towards them from a distance. Her expression immediately changed and she pretended to wipe away tears.

She spent time battling with Liu Beibei, but she learned a lot of tricks to show off her pity, with a weak voice and a hint of crying, turning herself into the weak person in an instant.

"How can you be so cruel..."

Mother Li was hesitant before, but now she cooperated very much and started patting her thighs and crying: "That's right! I raised Hongfeng by myself. When she was a child, I couldn't even eat without starving her, so I pooped her She’s grown up. I don’t want her to be blessed when she grows up. I just want her not to follow her husband’s family and abuse us!”

When the villagers walking back in twos and threes saw the movement, they were all curious: "Isn't that Aunt Li's wife?"

"Is that Li Bishuang next to you? What are they doing in front of Duan's house?"

"I seem to hear something about practicing and not practicing."

"Let's go and have a look."

The most indispensable thing these days is people watching the excitement. When they saw the excitement, no villagers passing by walked away directly. They all stood there to see what was going on.

Li Bishuang lowered her head and cried very sadly. With her young face, she really made the onlookers feel a bit of pity.

Mother Li's appearance when she was crying was rather ugly. Fortunately, she still remembered her daughter's instructions, and cried miserably at the same time, "Everyone knows how I have treated Hongfeng, my niece, over the years. It's simply worse than... I reciprocated my love for my daughter. I sent her to school, provided her with food and clothing, and even gave her away for marriage. But now, her husband's family is treating us like this and wants to kick us out without even sending her off. "

"What are we working so hard for?! Oh my sister-in-law has a spirit in heaven. If she sees my niece like this, she will be so angry again..."

She was crying and miserable, and Duan Qing'en, who had been tough before, did as she wished. He seemed to be panicked and went to help Li's mother, "Auntie, get up first. Let's talk carefully if we have anything to say."

Seeing him showing weakness, Mother Li's heart suddenly calmed down, but she was still crying and refused to get up, "I can't get up!! I have a niece, it's better not to have a niece, and I have a niece and a son-in-law, so why not?" Why don't I get up and wait for you to kick me out?"

Duan Qingen sighed, "Mother, please get up. If you keep talking, this matter will never end."

Mother Li didn't listen, and there was no way it could end without making a big fuss.

"Oh my god, how can I not be sorry for Hongfeng? I worked so hard to raise her, and now our family is in trouble. It would be better for her to just leave it alone. She is worthy of me and her uncle, and of her father." Mom!”

Seeing her crying so pitifully, the villagers onlookers thought about the information they had learned in the past that "the Li family treats Li Hongfeng better than their own daughter" and they all said, "Qing'en, your aunt is right." "It's really not easy for her to raise Hongfeng. If she has any difficulties, just help her."

"Yes, if it weren't for them, Hongfeng would still be alive today."

"After all, I sent her to high school and treated her so well. If I'm not filial, wouldn't I be considered a beast?"

Duan Qingen clenched his fists tightly, as if he could bear it to the limit, but in the end, he still whispered to Li's mother: "Auntie, I'll save you some face, let's go into the house and talk."

"It's all about face and shame, now that it's over, why should I care about it?"

Mother Li became more and more obedient. Seeing Duan Qingen's appearance, she opened his hand directly.

"Hey you old shrew, you hit my son!!"

Ye Cuixiang saw this scene as soon as she came out. Her eyes widened and she was about to take action, but Duan Qingen stopped her in time.

The young man, who was slender and had a very good appearance even in the city, frowned. He finally couldn't bear it anymore and stood forward, staring directly at Mother Li.

"After the accident happened to Hongfeng's parents, the perpetrator's family was rich and they paid a large sum of money. Auntie, you and your uncle took Hongfeng over and took them over. By the way, you also took over the money, Hongfeng's house and land. In the past, wasn’t it?”

Mother Li's heart skipped a beat, "That money isn't much at all, it's not a big sum of money. Also, the house is a rundown house, and there isn't much to grow on the land. We didn't take advantage of her!"

"good."

Duan Qingen nodded, and a series of words came directly from his mouth: "When the Hongfeng family was in trouble, the collective had just been disbanded three years ago. When we were in the collective, everyone had almost no savings, and it had only been three years since we contracted the land. Assume that all If the weather is good and the harvest is good, a family can earn almost 200 yuan a year, which is 600 yuan in three years, not counting expenses. "

"After Hongfeng's parents had an accident, your family took her over and built a new house the next year. I was young at the time, but I watched the whole process. Taking into account the cost of artificial bricks and the land area, this house is about the same It cost 1,500 yuan. In the same year, your family bought another sewing machine. At that time, aunt, you showed off to the whole village how expensive and rare this sewing machine was. In the same year, aunt, your nephew got married, and you gave it as a gift. A bicycle, one hundred and fifty yuan, plus the gold earrings on your ears, the silver necklace around your neck, and the cigarettes and wine your uncle smokes and drinks. To buy these things, your family will spend that year. At least three thousand yuan."

"Then here's the problem."

Duan Qingen squatted down and smiled at Mother Li who had a blank face, "If these money are not compensation from Hongfeng's parents, where did they come from? You don't have to deny that you had that money before. I can totally calculate it right here for you, where did your eldest uncle live in the first half of his life, what did he earn, how much did he spend, and how much did he spend. We can get it right point by point. You know, my family owns a store, and I am pretty good at calculations. "

"If I remember correctly, in the year when the collective was disbanded, a theft occurred in the city, and the amount stolen was as high as 20,000. If this money is not compensation from the Hongfeng family, do you mean to say that? , are you the thief that year?"

"How long was the sentence for the thief who stole 100 yuan last month? I don't know how much the sentence is for 20,000 yuan."

Either admit that he swallowed the compensation money from Li Hongfeng's parents and his reputation will be ruined.

Either admit to stealing 20,000 yuan and spend the rest of his life in jail.

He gave her a choice, didn't he?