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

Chapter 176 The more you struggle, the more I like it
Li Ruru said enthusiastically, "I have a method, but I don't know if it will work. You can go back and tell your mother about it."

"Go ahead and tell me, I'm listening." Wang Tieniu thought to himself, no matter how feasible it is, his mother will agree.

My mother doesn't have many merits, nor is she very smart, but her greatest merit and smartest trait is that she likes to listen to Aunt Li in everything.

In less than two months, his family made a lot of money with Aunt Li, and he admired Aunt Li very much.

Under his earnest gaze, Li Ruru said, "You can tie up the wheat and put it in your cave dwelling. It's not too late to dry it and thresh it after a few days of natural air drying."

The difference between cave dwellings and mountain caves is that the walls of mountain caves are made of stone, while those of cave dwellings are made of adobe.

The cave dwellings are warm in winter and cool in summer, and dry all year round, making them ideal for drying wheat.

Almost every household in Chenjia Village has a cave dwelling.

When we were poor, we lived in caves; when we became rich, we built houses and courtyards.

There are many unused cave dwellings in the village now, which are usually filled with things like wheat straw and corn stalks.

Wang Tieniu's eyes lit up and he said, "Auntie, this method is excellent."

After saying that, he happily led the oxcart away.

Xiao Yishan watched him leave, feeling somewhat dazed and inexplicably panicked.

"Godmother," he called to Li Ruru, who was about to cook.

"What's wrong?" Li Ruru asked. "You don't look well. Are you sick?"

Li Ruru tiptoed and touched his forehead, then touched her own, and said, "You don't have a fever."

Xiao Yishan said worriedly, "Godmother, I'm a little worried about Miss Bai. I wonder how she is now?"

Li Ruru laughed and said, "What are you worried about? She's gone home, not gone to suffer. Like Xiu'er, she won't go hungry or tired at home. Don't overthink it."

Xiao Yishan nodded and silently went to attend to other matters.

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An unnamed alley.

Bai Lu closed her eyes and tried to listen to the sounds around her. The people carrying the sedan chair were not walking steadily, and the sedan chair was swaying back and forth.

Based on the pace of the sedan bearers and the frequency of the sedan chair's swaying, Bai Lu roughly guessed where she was now.

If a person's footsteps are uneven, it means the road is difficult to walk on; it's either full of stones or muddy.

"What a terrible road! It's flooded everywhere!" one of the sedan chair carriers yelled.

The road was uneven and flooded. Based on the time they set off, she deduced that they were now in the alley behind the county government office.

This is not the way to the Nie family!

Bai Lu broke out in a cold sweat. She had thought that the worst thing Xue Shi could do was marry her off to Nie Yunhai, whom she didn't like, or to the dissolute son of Magistrate Chu.

If that's the case, she can still elope, refuse the wedding night, or even get a divorce.

But she still underestimated the Xue family.

Xue initially chose Chu Xiu, then Nie Yunhai, and later she felt that both the Chu and Nie families were benefiting Bai Lu.

She wanted to crush this arrogant girl under her feet and make sure she could never rise again.

Bai Lu's heart pounded as she twisted her body, trying to break free of the ropes binding her hands and feet.

But the rope was tied too tightly, and she felt like she was about to lose feeling in her hands and feet.

Two musicians followed in front of and behind the sedan chair, playing music intermittently and then complaining.

"Why haven't we arrived yet? What kind of place is this?"

"This place looks so run-down. Will we two brothers still be able to get the reward money today?"

Wealthy families naturally receive a considerable reward for hosting a wedding, and they only rushed to accept the Bai family's order at first.

But now, seeing the increasingly muddy road and the simple, shabby wedding procession, they were filled with deep regret. Was this the kind of pomp and circumstance the Bai family should have?
This is not even as good as the weddings of girls in their village.

There was just one sedan chair, followed by four burly men, plus two suona players.

"This girl doesn't even have a dowry, how shabby!"

Bai Lu struggled to speak, but her mouth was tightly stuffed with a rag, and she could only let out low whimpers.

Two people playing the suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument) played their instruments in resentment, and Bai Lu's voice was quickly drowned out.

After walking for a while, the suona music suddenly stopped, and the sedan chair was brought to the ground.

An old man said, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Take this money and buy some wine."

The four burly men and the two suona players each received 50 coins.

The amount of money is neither a lot nor a little.

But compared to the Bai family's achievements, it is naturally pitifully small.

The two men playing the suona grumbled for a while, their faces full of displeasure, "Why is it only this little? You old man, you're too stingy!"

The man said angrily, "Who are you calling an old man? You rude bastard, get out!"

He just has white hair, he's not old. He hates being called an old man.

Upon hearing that the person greeting her was an old man, Bai Lu's eyes widened in shock.

Is Madam Xue marrying her off to an old man?
Xue Cuiping, you vicious woman, I'm not done with you yet.

Soon, the sedan curtain was lifted, and Bai Lu was roughly pulled out of the sedan by a pair of large hands.

She tried to struggle, but the other person was too strong, and she was quickly dragged into a dimly lit small room.

The room was old and cramped, and smelled musty everywhere.

The man lifted her veil and said with satisfaction, "She really is a great beauty. Look at her face, it's so tender, it looks like it could drip water."

He reached out to touch Bai Lu's face, but Bai Lu felt nauseous and leaned back, glaring at him angrily.

The man shook his head. "Look at me, I was too hasty and forgot to introduce myself."

“I am an old widower. My wife has been dead for many years. My surname is Nie, and everyone calls me Lao Nie.”

He ripped the rag out of Bai Lu's mouth and changed the subject, saying, "From today onwards, I am your husband. You must serve me well and bear me children, or I'll beat you to death!"

He raised his fist as he spoke, his face fierce.

"What benefits did the Xue family give you? I'll give you double." Bai Lu knew she was at a disadvantage and could only try to appease the other party first.

Old Nie stroked his beard and chuckled, "The benefit, of course, is that I get a beautiful and lovely wife for free."

Haha, he laughed with a lewd expression.

Bai Lu struggled to suppress her nausea and said, "My father is Master Bai. As long as you let me go, he will give you whatever you want, even mountains of gold and silver."

Old Nie tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "What you're saying is all too abstract; it's something you can't see or touch."

Besides, how do I know your father wouldn't try to kill me if he knew I abducted you?

No temptation could compare to the beauty before him. He licked his lips and reached out to pull at Bai Lu's clothes.

Bai Lu was so frightened that she fell off the chair. Ignoring the pain, she slowly moved towards the corner of the wall.

After trying for a long time, she pressed herself against the wall, sweating profusely, and said in a tearful voice, "Please, please don't hurt me. I'll give you anything you want."

Old Nie rubbed his hands together and lewdly said, "I don't want anything, I just want you! The more you struggle, the more I like it."

Bai Lu's clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and her already thin clothes made her body appear even more curvaceous.

Old Nie could no longer contain himself. He stubbed out the candle and lunged at her.

(End of this chapter)