Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 111 Mother, why did you pull off his beard?

Li Ruru didn't have time to think much and hurriedly pulled the children down to squat down.

She didn't quite understand what the old man meant, but she got the gist of it.

"Ah..."

I heard a lot of men shouting, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Li Ruru pulled the children down to their sides, and the group huddled together in fear.

A moment later, the old man's deep voice came from above: "Get up, it's alright."

When Li Ruru saw a pair of large, fair hands suddenly appear in front of her, this...

Is this an old man's hand?
The man bent down slightly, stubbornly trying to help Li Ruru up.

As if possessed, Li Ruru grabbed those hands and stood up.

"Are you all alright?" the old man asked with concern.

The bandits on the ground clutched their chests and groaned, but he remained dignified, not even a single hair out of place.

Li Ruru clicked her tongue in amazement. What kind of martial arts master was this?

After recovering from their shock, everyone bowed and thanked the old man.

The old man handed Xiao Wu a pill, saying, "Eat this; you've been poisoned."

He didn't mention any poison, and Xiao Wu swallowed the pill without thinking much about it.

This person was their savior, and naturally, their savior would not harm him.

The horse-drawn carriage and oxcart were ready to depart again, and Yinyin carefully comforted the two animals.

The old man kicked the bandit on the ground: "Aren't you leaving? Waiting to bleed to death?"

Upon hearing this, the bandits struggled to their feet and, supporting each other, fled in disarray.

Li Ruru stared in the direction they left, and asked calmly, "Why didn't you kill them?"

They're all vicious criminals anyway, killing them wouldn't be too much of a problem.

Moreover, she was worried about retaliation from those people.

The old man's actions were undoubtedly like releasing a tiger back into the mountains.

The old man stroked his beard, his face enigmatic: "I know what you're afraid of, but you don't need to be."

He pointed to Xiao Wu, "As long as he's here, everything will be fine."

As long as he isn't poisoned, he'll be fine.

Murder would attract the attention of the authorities, and explaining it would be troublesome. He was afraid of trouble and just wanted to live his peaceful life.

"Oh." Li Ruru didn't know how to thank the person for saving her life, so she said, "My surname is Li, and my home is at the foot of Chenjia Village. I have no way to repay your life-saving kindness, so please keep this money and buy some food."

She took out twenty taels of silver from her waist and tried to give it to the old man, but he took a few steps back and refused, saying, "No need, I'm just passing by."

As he was about to leave, Li Ruru hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, but accidentally pulled out a tuft of his beard.

"you……"

"you……"

Both of them were taken aback. Li Ruru looked at the beard in her hand, unsure of what to do.

The old man covered half his face, frowned, and glared at her with displeasure.

Then, he flicked his sleeves and quickly left.

Li Ruru stood there, frozen, pinching a tuft of her beard, unsure of what to do.

"Mother, why did you pull someone's beard off?"

Chaochao exclaimed in surprise, and the children all turned to look at Li Ruru.

They were inspecting the konjac tofu and didn't pay attention to this area.

The konjac tofu is fine, but the old man isn't doing so well; his mother pulled off his beard.

"Um... let's hurry up and deliver the goods."

Li Ruru tucked the tuft of beard into her pocket, raised her whip, and continued on her way.

That's life; when you're busy, you don't even have time to catch your breath.

Even if you almost lost your life, you still have to go to work since you're alive.

The konjac tofu needs to be delivered on time, and we also need to make money.

Upon arriving in the county town, they split into two groups to deliver the goods.

Xiao Yishan and Xiao Wu drove a horse-drawn carriage to deliver goods to Hongfu Restaurant, while Li Ruru and Chu Xiu, as usual, used an oxcart to deliver goods to Boss Qian.

Manager Qian grumbled for a long time because they were late.

He was wiping his nose as he pulled out some silver with his chubby hands.

Li Ruru received the 10 taels of silver covered in snot, and although she was disgusted, she didn't show it.

She cheerfully said to Manager Qian, "Thank you, see you tomorrow." Before leaving, she added with a smile, "Manager Qian, you can tell he's a wealthy man just by looking at his hands."

It's chubby, and each of its fingers has a small black mole.

Upon hearing her words, Manager Qian simply smiled awkwardly, then turned and went into the shop.

Xiao Yishan and Xiao Wu have finished delivering the goods.

Li Ruru handed the water bottle to Xiao Wu and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

Xiao Wu gulped down several large mouthfuls of water and then handed the kettle to Xiao Yishan.

He patted his chest and said, "I'm fine now, as strong as an ox."

Chu Xiu glared at him with displeasure and said fiercely, "Stop showing off, go home and get some rest."

This person is really careless; how could they get poisoned?

Although Xiao Wu was nominally Chu Xiu's page, he didn't know many words and was more like his bodyguard.

Over the years, Xiao Wu has always protected Chu Xiu very well.

Now that he has suddenly been injured, Chu Xiu is even more worried than he is.

The roles of caregiver and caregiver have suddenly been reversed, and Xiao Wu knows that the young master cares about him.

With her nose still red, she nodded obediently and said, "Yes, I understand."

He needs to rest well and recover quickly, so as not to upset the young master.

Although the young master didn't say it, he knew that the young master was really good to him.

As he thought about it, his eyes reddened and he almost cried, but he hurriedly turned his head away.

Now only Aunt Pang's two buckets of goods are left. Li Ruru said to Chu Xiu, "You and Xiao Wu go home and check on your father."

After all, they went through a life-or-death situation, so their family should at least be able to reunite.

Li Ruru only knew that Chu Xiu's family lived in the county town, but she didn't know exactly where.

Chu Xiu settled Xiao Wu in the carriage, and he personally drove the carriage to the county government office.

Magistrate Chu was smiling and talking to Chu Yu in his study when he saw Chu Xiu, and only nodded slightly.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes. He had a lot to say to his father just now, but now he didn't want to say anything at all.

His father only smiled when he saw his cousin; he always had a stern face towards him.

He was seething with anger, so he went back to his study and started moving things out.

He came back today mainly to bring some books back with him. Since he had promised his godmother that he would take the county exam, he had to start preparing.

When the time comes, I absolutely cannot do worse than Chen Jinbang in the exam.

He could accept not being able to pass the exam as well as his cousin, but he absolutely could not afford to fail Chen Jinbang.

He couldn't let his godmother lose face, and he couldn't let the Chen family and their ilk continue to disgust her.

Chu Yu and Magistrate Chu were having a pleasant conversation when Ai Lian came in and deftly served them tea.

He then thoughtfully reminded him, "Sir, please remember to eat and don't go hungry."

After saying that, she lowered her head and silently withdrew.

Chu Yu stared at her retreating figure and said calmly, "Second Uncle, how about I give you a maid?"

"Hehe, not bad at all." Magistrate Chu was satisfied with his nephew in every way, and even found Ailian pleasing to the eye.

He had no legal wife in his harem, but he did have concubines and maids.

It wasn't that no one had tried to seduce him before, but those women were all after something from him and had ulterior motives.

Unlike his nephew, he genuinely cared about him, which is why he specifically hired a maid to take care of him.

"That's good. I was worried that my second uncle wouldn't like it, and I was also concerned about what others would say."

"How could that be! Anyone who dares to talk nonsense, I'll cut out their tongue."

The uncle and nephew chatted and laughed, but Chu Xiu on the other side kept a dark face.

The master and servant tidied up a pile of books and a few pieces of clothing and jewelry.

Xiao Wu wanted to move the items onto the carriage, but Chu Xiu pushed him away, saying, "I'll do it myself. You can't tire yourself out right now."

They've all been poisoned, why don't they know how to take care of their own bodies?

This is really giving me a headache.

Xiao Wu chuckled and stepped aside to watch the young master bustling back and forth, sweating profusely.

After finally finishing moving everything, Chu Xiu breathed a long sigh of relief. But when he looked up, he saw that the two guards at the yamen gate didn't look too good.

One of them was missing two teeth.

Suddenly realizing something, he froze in place in shock.

(End of this chapter)