Chapter Five
Seeing this situation, Li Mu frowned and said, "Uncle Bai, what's the reason for you to block the door of my house with you?"
"What's the reason?" Li Mu didn't speak, but he even angered Bai Nao'er. He spat a mouthful of thick phlegm, pointed at the tip of Li Mu's nose and cursed: "You called me Uncle Bai, then I won't hit you first. Please give me some comments." Bai Nao'er made a circle and said: "Listen to everyone! Sixteen years ago, the little old man came here to join his relatives. On the way, he met a horse thief. He happened to meet Li Mu's father, Li Gan, and returned to the camp with his wounded soldiers and rescued my family.
The old man is not the kind of ungrateful person. He first took out money to thank him for saving his life, and invited him to drink. He thanked him for his gratitude, but he was not arrogant. He thought that this kind of kindness would be a reward, but he didn't expect that Li Gan actually took a fancy to my four-year-old daughter at that time and said that he had a newborn son, who had a gold brick in his junior year, and insisted that my daughter be a wife for his son. The old man was reluctant in his heart, but he was saved by someone. Can he say no? He had to agree."
Bai Naoer covered her face and cried, sobbing and said, "Later, Li Gan died at the hands of the Turks, so the old man took the money to discuss with the Sun family. Sun asked me for two stagnant money and canceled the engagement. I thought that the matter would be broken at this point, but I didn't expect that Sun was so heartless that she had taken my money. Over the years, she had been bewitching my daughter in every possible way. I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup I gave her, so that my poor daughter would run to their house day and night, and even steal the money from her family to help them. This would not work. The old man thought about finding a good family for her daughter to marry quickly, so as to get rid of this family. Who would have thought about finding a good family for her daughter to get rid of this family.
Thinking of this silly girl resisting and even forcing her to die, I don’t know how many times I cried for this little old man. Li Mu followed the army to transport grain, and my silly daughter came to deliver food to this sick woman every day. A marriage had already been decided, but when people heard that this silly girl always ran to the Li family, they felt a rift in their hearts and regretted the marriage. The old man was so angry that he had no place to sprinkle! Today, the guy in my shop saw someone passing by the door of the shop and felt it looked like Li Mu, so he told me. Just as I saw my silly girl secretly cut bacon and slipped out of the back door with vegetable porridge. He was so angry that he asked someone to follow him!"
"Has the little old man done something wrong? Even if Li Gan saved my life, I will pay it back. Do you have to catch my poor daughter and not let go? Your Li family is poor and can't afford to marry a wife. That's your own business. What's the point of dominating my daughter! Everyone can judge it!"
After saying this, Bai Naoer was already crying. Many people didn't know the details, and really believed him, and stood at the door and pointed at Li Mu.
Li Mu didn't say anything, watching Bai Naoer perform. Li Mu didn't feel anything about what he said. In later generations, people who made up lies and curse people were much better than him. If this was all taken to his heart, he would have been a waste of time travel. Of course, it was necessary to fight back. After all, it was related to Li Mu's parents' reputation. Since he promised to take responsibility for Li Mu, his parents' reputation would naturally be included.
Just as Li Mu was about to speak, Bai Qiaoqiao came out of the house. She looked angry and stood in front of Li Mu, and said to everyone, "Dad, although I am your daughter, I can't let you arrange your benefactor randomly. I was four years old back then and remembered some things. You took the initiative to ask for engagement. Uncle Li Gan didn't agree at first, but later you invited him to drink and got drunk, he reluctantly agreed. I heard from you and your mother that our family is from another place, and when we come here, we will be bullied. Uncle Li Gan is the leader of the army. With his blessing, no one dares to bully us."
Hearing Bai Qiaoqiao say this, Bai Naoer's face suddenly changed. She picked up the wooden stick in her hand and beat it, cursing: "You are a money-losing guy, turning your elbow outwards, why don't you shut up for me?"
Seeing that Bai Qiaoqiao did not hide, Li Mu pulled her behind him, raised his hand and grabbed the wooden stick in Bai Naoer's hand, and said, "If you want to beat or scold her, let her finish her words first. If you come to block my door today, I can't give up. So I made it clear and let it break!"
Bai Naoer was frightened by Li Mu's momentum, looked at him, let go of the wooden stick hatefully, and took a step back and hid behind the gangster he brought.
Bai Qiaoqiao continued behind Li Mu: "I got along well with Aunt Sun because my mother told me that no one was trustworthy. She couldn't control you, so she had to teach me. No matter what marriage was made for, since there was an agreement, we must abide by it so that we can call him a human being. When you see Uncle Li Gan died in battle and the Li family declined, you don't want to recognize this family, but I want to recognize it because I think my mother is right! There is absolutely no such thing as giving money to Aunt Sun to terminate the engagement. According to your temper, how can you be willing to pay two cents of money for my business?"
"You also said that I would give my family money to Aunt Sun, but it was not a problem. I helped my shop sell wine. You promised to buy rouge for me twenty cents a month. I was useless. I saved it and gave it to Aunt Sun. It cannot be considered as my stealing family. But you, in order to sell me a high price to marry my younger brother, ask the matchmaker to ask the rich family to say marriage. The marriage I made for me was to be a second wife for a cripple man. The original wife disagreed and regretted it. What does it have to do with the Li family?"
Bai Qiaoqiao stood up to refute her father and immediately reversed the view of the onlookers. What is important is that Bai Qiaoqiao has heard a little gossip between neighbors, and by confirming each other, you can tell who is lying and who is telling the truth.
Bai Naoer's face turned blue and white, but it was irrefutable. He pointed at Bai Qiaoqiao and scolded: "I think you are crazy about gaining and losing your heart. I am your biological father, but you are just talking to others. OK, just pretend that I don't have you as a daughter, and I will kill you today!"
As he said that, Bai Naoer winked at the gangsters he brought. Several people holding sticks came out and wanted to beat Li Mu and Bai Qiaoqiao behind him.
"Slow!" Li Mu raised his hand and shouted loudly. Bai Naoer looked over and saw that there was a string of copper coins in his hand. It seemed that he was quite consistent. Seeing this, the gangsters stopped one after another. They knew that Bai Naoer regarded wealth as life, and that things would turn around when they saw money.
Li Mu still put the string of money on the ground, then reached into his sleeve, exchanged it from the system, and threw five strings of copper coins one after another on the ground. Bai Naoer was stunned. This was five-spoke money. He didn't have that much money. Did Li Mu go to deliver food or rob the road this time? Where did he get so much money!
Li Mu said: "There are a total of five stakes of money here. Didn't you say that you would have to go to your house to propose marriage? You don't plan to ask for your daughter anyway. If you take this five stakes of money, Qiaoqiao has nothing to do with you anymore. You are witnesses here!"
Bai Naoer suddenly felt a little regretful. If he knew that Li Mu could take out the five-spot money, he would never make a fuss at this point. But things had come to this point and it was irreversible. Bai Naoer gritted her teeth and walked over to pick up the five-spot money. When Bai Qiaoqiao saw it, a hint of sadness flashed across his eyes with clear black and white eyes. It seemed that in his father's heart, he was worth five-spot money.
Bai Naoer felt a little unwilling, looked at Li Mu, and said, "I married my daughter, and I have a son-in-law's filial piety during the holidays. Today I sold her to you. Depending on your attitude, I will not give me filial piety. I don't expect it anymore. Let's give it to me as money!"
Li Mu took out a string of copper coins and threw them on the ground, saying, "I am too lazy to talk nonsense to you. I will give you a common deed. If you want it, take it away. If you are greedy, be careful of my turn. I might as well tell you that this time I killed several Turkic cavalry and made meritorious contributions. I will receive a reward soon. I advise you to stop when you see it, otherwise I will be furious and you will not be able to open your wine shop!"
Bai Naoer had no doubt at all when he heard this. If it weren't for this, Li Mu would not have got so much money. He had heard that the rewards and punishments in the army were clear, and there was a reward for killing the enemy's head. It seemed that this kid had killed many people, but he didn't expect that he was so cruel! Bai Naoer picked up the money and dared not linger anymore. He glanced at Bai Qiaoqiao, who was silent and silent, and left with the gangster he brought him.
Li Mu bowed to the onlookers and said, "I'll tell you to laugh at me, let's all go, let's go!" After that, he took Bai Qiaoqiao's hand and returned to the house, closed the door. When the people outside the gate saw that there was no longer any fun, they all scattered like birds and beasts and went back to their own houses.
When he returned to the house, Bai Qiaoqiao's tears could no longer be stopped and flowed silently. Sun held her hand and comforted: "He can sell you for money, which means he has no affection for you and is not worth crying. Your mother has passed away, and her stepmother has treated you mean again, and there is nothing to be left for that family. He doesn't treat you as her daughter, I treat you as her daughter, and you will be in our house in the future. Let's live a good life." As he said that, he looked at Li Mu again and said: "My son, you must treat Qiaoqiao well. Her life is too hard!"
Li Mu didn't say anything, he was thinking about the money.
The currency of the Tang Dynasty was like this. The legal currency was copper Kaiyuan Tongbao. A copper coin was one penny, a hundred penny was one penny, ten penny was one liang of silver, and ten liang of silver was one liang of gold. Gold and silver were not circulating currency, but were mostly used in bulk transactions and among nobles. Ordinary people used copper coins. When they were threaded with threads, they were in units of penny. A penny money corresponded to one liang of silver, which was one thousand penny. That day, Tang Jian gave him a total of fifteen taels of silver, which he gave.
Five taels of Turkic guards were recharged to the system. Among them, the cost of learning pharmaceutical techniques and inferior fragrance was spent 10 taels, five cents, two cents, and one liang was spent on scrubbing the incense, one liang was spent on learning primary riding, and two cents, and seven liang was spent on 7 liang, four cents, ninety-eight cents. Just now, Li Mu threw six cents to Bai Naoer, which means six taels of silver were gone. Now he only has 1,498 cents! Except for Yiguan on the kang, there is only 498 cents in the system!
Chapter completed!