On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 172: A fight between brothers, a life-and-death power game.

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Li's mother also took the risk. She actually gave Zheng Meiniang money and asked her to go to the clothing store and buy a delicate pink dress for Li Shiyue.

Li Shiyue was really speechless. She didn't understand why Li's mother was so obsessed with her dressing and appearance.

In the past, when she wore a man's bun and a gray short dress for work, Li's mother disliked her.

However, during that period, Liujiatun was busy with spring ploughing, building a paper mill and covering a house. At most, Li's mother would glance at her and sigh at her a few times, but she did not force her to dress like a little girl.

But now, when they arrived in the city and were going to the restaurant to watch a play, Li's mother asked Li Shiyue to act like a little girl when she went out.

"Mother, mother, why did you buy this dress?
I'm not used to wearing this kind of clothes, so I'll just wear this one. If others laugh at me, let them laugh at me. I don't care.

Leave this dress to my elder sister. I don’t want to wear this color.”

But Li's mother didn't pay any attention to what Li Shiyue said. She directly took off Li Shiyue's clothes and wanted to put on this delicate pink dress for her.

Naturally, Li Shiyue did not dare to resist. She could only let Li's mother strip off her clothes and put on this soft and cute little girl's dress for her.

It's not that she couldn't resist, of course. She was just afraid that if she used too much force, she might hurt Li's mother.

Therefore, with such concerns in mind, and since she is her biological mother, what can Li Shiyue do?
She could only let Li's mother manipulate her body like this. As long as she didn't say a word and just stood there obediently, she looked like a cute little girl.

It must be the effect of the fertility pills and vitality water that made Li Shiyue thinner and more fair-skinned than ordinary girls.

If you get closer to her, you can still smell the unique youthful scent of Li Shiyue.

When she was dressed like this and walked out of the room, Li Wangming, who was waiting in the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant, was surprised at her.

"My girl has grown up!

Sister-in-law, I think you should not find a wife for me yet, but find a good husband for our little girl!"

Without waiting for Li's mother to reply, Li Shiyue, who was no longer polite, said, "Forget it, Second Uncle. I won't get married. I have to stay at home and look after you. I have to take care of all of you.

If you really want to talk about this, you should let Sister and the others come first."

Li Shiyue directly threw the topic to the sisters Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian. Li Qiutian was not embarrassed at all. She smiled and continued Li Shiyue's words: "I want to marry a son-in-law. I don't want to get married!"

"I want to marry a son-in-law too! I won't marry anyone either!"

Li Xiatian imitated Li Qiutian's words and said the same thing, adding at the end: "When the time comes, I will stay at home and live with my mother and sister for the rest of my life!"

Zheng Meiniang scratched Li Xiatian's nose with her hand while she was holding her arm, and said, "Okay, okay, our Xiatian will stay at home and live with me forever!"

The whole family left the restaurant and walked for a long distance before being led by Li Wangming into Yuelai Restaurant.

As soon as they entered, they saw a stage half a person's height in the middle of the lobby on this floor. The actors would probably perform on it soon.

Because they arrived on time, it would be You time in a quarter of an hour, and the brightly lit restaurant was really bustling with people. There were about ten square high tables surrounding the stage in the hall, and they were all full of people.

After Li Wangming showed the small wooden note for booking the table to the waiter on the second floor, the waiter let them go upstairs.

Following the instructions on the wooden note, they found the house with a plaque carved with hibiscus flowers and walked in.

When I went in, I saw that the room was not small. There was a round table in the middle and a low couch against the wall next to the table.

The two open windows were facing the high platform in the middle of the lobby on the first floor. If the play started later, it would be convenient to watch the show. When a few people were standing by the window looking down, there was a knock on the door.

As soon as Li Wangming opened the door, a waiter came in to serve tea and water, and asked Li Wangming if he wanted the dishes to be served now or after the show.

Li Wangming asked the waiter to bring the dishes directly, thinking that he would move the table to the window later, and the whole family could eat while watching the show, which would be very comfortable.

At exactly 0:00 p.m., the sound of clear gongs rang out from the high platform, intermittently mixed with the sound of "dong dong clang", which was very interesting to listen to.

A short man with a white face painted came up onto the platform. As soon as he came up, he let out a long "ah", and this one cry alone won cheers from many people.

"it is good!"

"What a voice!"

At this time, Li Shiyue heard waiters holding trays on the first floor surrounding the high platform and shouting: "Liu Silang in the Lotus Room on the second floor is rewarding you with 20 taels of silver!"

The waiter shouted three times before going backstage with the tray.

"Uncle, how much did you spend on booking this table?
Don't we have to follow suit and appreciate others later?"

Li Wangming was also a little stunned. It was his first time to watch a show in this restaurant. How could he know if there was any such trick here?

"Can't?

The deposit I paid for this table is ten taels of silver."

“It’s so expensive!”

Li's mother was the first one to scream in surprise. After she said it, she quickly covered her mouth, fearing that her cry of surprise would make others look down on them.

"Mother, this is the capital city, how can it be so cheap?
I'm not talking about my second uncle spending money, I just want to ask, if they have such a set rule, we have to pay even if we don't want to.

My second uncle is studying in this city, and he must not be looked down upon because of a few dozen taels of silver. Our family is not without the money."

Later, Li Wangming opened the door and asked the waiter standing outside. Only then did he realize that there was no requirement for guests in private rooms to give tips, but it was acceptable to tip one, two, three or five taels of silver at the end of the show.

After resolving this doubt in their minds, everyone finally had the mind to go downstairs to see what kind of play was being performed.

After listening for more than a quarter of an hour, Li Shiyue finally figured out what was being performed tonight.

To sum it up in one sentence: a power game of brothers fighting each other to the death.

To expand further, it is a drama of power struggle between the eldest son born to a concubine and the second son born to the wife in a wealthy merchant's family.

I heard that what is being said now is that the second son is taking advantage of his status as the legitimate son and wants to pull down the eldest son who controls the family business. But the eldest son has been in charge of the business for many years, so how can he be so easily tricked?

The eldest son also started to think about it and wanted to find the fault of the second son so that his plan would not end well.

The play had not yet ended, but the more Li Shiyue listened, the more he felt that this play was about the great general Liu Tan and the crown prince Liu Shu.

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