CHAPTER 142: CHAPTER 142: LUCKY, GOT SOMEONE TO HELP (1)

Liu Da Niu was stunned by her question, "Miss Li, well... how do I answer that? How could that person know? He’s just lying, it’s nothing."

Li Yuzhu blinked her eyes, "Da Niu, that man wouldn’t suddenly say something baseless; he must know something. This concerns your reputation, Da Niu, you have to tell the truth. Speak up, and I’ll help you seek justice."

Liu Da Niu bowed her head, mumbling, unwilling to speak.

Li Yuzhu added, "It’s just the two of us here, no one else will know."

"You’re a young girl, you don’t understand." Liu Da Niu still refused to speak, picked up the shovel and basket on the ground, and continued digging for wild chives.

Li Yuzhu looked at her, "Alright, I won’t ask anymore." She then said, "You’ve dug enough, haven’t you? The basket is quite full now. Shall we head back?"

Half a basket of wild chives was gathered.

Fried wild chives with eggs doesn’t require too many wild chives.

Liu Da Niu, absent-minded and no longer in the mood to dig, said, "Alright, let’s go back."

The two of them walked out of the overgrown field, heading towards the Li Family’s bamboo house.

In the kitchen, the Second Princess, who was kneading dough, saw Liu Da Niu approaching and immediately said, "Look, Da Niu, I made twenty dough balls, just waiting for the filling."

"Oh." Liu Da Niu replied sullenly.

She placed the basket on the ground and started sorting the vegetables.

With one arm sorting vegetables, it was really challenging for her.

Li Yuzhu put down her basket and shovel for herbs and went over to help.

After picking and washing the wild chives, Li Yuzhu was cutting them when outside, Li Xing’an’s voice was heard, "Third sister, someone is looking for you."

Li Yuzhu blinked, who is looking for her?

"Third brother, who is looking for me?" She was really curious. Li Yuzhu dusted off her sleeves and went out.

"Who else? Hmph! That restless fellow!" Li Xing’an rolled his eyes.

He stepped aside, and Mu Yuanxiu walked over, "Li Yuzhu, that person has been caught."

"Oh? Where is he? I’ll go ask him!" Li Yuzhu’s eyes sparkled.

Since Liu Da Niu wouldn’t tell her, she might as well ask that scoundrel.

Li Xing’an didn’t know what was happening and asked, looking at them, "Third sister, what’s going on?"

Mu Yuanxiu said, "Third Brother Li wants to know, why don’t you come along and see?"

"Of course I have to see, how can I tell whether you’re planning to elope with my sister? I’m telling you..."

"Third brother!" Li Yuzhu was speechless, "Why are you talking nonsense?" What’s the connection?

The siblings followed Mu Yuanxiu, heading towards a patch of overgrown grass outside the bamboo house.

There was not only overgrown grass but also a dozen or so scattered trees of varying sizes.

Mu Yuanxiu reached out with his stick, pushing aside the grass, revealing a bowl-thick tree trunk with a person tied to it.

A short man in his thirties, with a scraggly beard and a lecherous face.

It was the man who had just spoken disrespectfully to Liu Da Niu.

Seeing Mu Yuanxiu approach with a stick, he turned pale with fear, "Kid, I haven’t messed with you, why are you tying me up?"

"Niu Tou Mountain is claimed now; within three miles, no strangers are allowed to approach!" Mu Yuanxiu, holding the stick, walked up and pointed first at Li Xing’an, then at himself, "This Niu Tou Mountain, the mountain is mine, the hillside is his. You, if you dare come close again, I’ll break your leg!"

Li Xing’an raised his eyebrow, wow, that’s quite fierce.

But he’s right, it’s claimed here!

"That’s right, the hillside is mine, the mountain is his. Who are you? What are you doing here?" Li Xing’an asked coldly, not knowing who this person was.

Being tied up surely means he wasn’t up to anything good.

"He just tried to be inappropriate with Liu Da Niu." Li Yuzhu said coldly, "Mu Yuanxiu chased him away."

"What? He’s quite bold!" Li Xing’an got angry, "Take him to the authorities, let the government give him a hundred lashes, see if he dares next time!"

A hundred lashes? Would he survive?

The short man shouted in fear, "I only told a few jokes, I didn’t try to be inappropriate with Hu Shuangcheng’s wife, you’re wronging me!"

"Even telling jokes is no good; that’s harassment and teasing, still liable for a lawsuit." Li Yuzhu sneered, "She’s a decent woman, did she provoke you? You’re just going to mock her without reason?"

The short man immediately said, "I wasn’t teasing, I’m just stating facts, Liu Da Niu’s husband Hu Shuangcheng is just a useless man, I’m just saying the truth, how is that teasing?"

Li Xing’an squinted slightly, wow, isn’t this explosive news?

He suddenly noticed Li Yuzhu was listening intently to the man’s words, curious, with her eyes wide open, and his face darkened.

Li Xing’an pushed Li Yuzhu in the direction of home, "Talking about men’s matters, you go back."

"Is it that serious? Let me just listen." Li Yuzhu was reluctant to go back.

"No way, if mother finds out you’re poking into these things, you’ll be punished to kneel tonight." Li Xing’an wouldn’t let Li Yuzhu listen and pushed her back home.

Li Yuzhu found it funny, ancient rules, "Okay, I won’t listen then."

But then, as soon as Li Xing’an left, she quietly ran over.

She even ran ahead of Li Xing’an.

The weeds were tall, so she crouched within them, holding her breath to listen.

Mu Yuanxiu was interrogating the short man, "What were you doing around here?"

The short man grinned bitterly, "There’s no food at home, I came near to hunt wild animals. After searching around, I accidentally ran into Hu Shuangcheng’s wife. I wasn’t here on purpose, purely coincidence."

"You said earlier, Hu Shuangcheng is impotent? How do you know?" Mu Yuanxiu squinted and asked.

"I-I... I, one night last month, it was dark, and I stumbled into the Hu Family. I saw the house still lit in the middle of the night, and out of curiosity, I poked the paper window and looked inside." Speaking of what he saw, the short man stared at Mu Yuanxiu, grinning lecherously, "Kid, do you understand matters between men and women? Why ask me about this?"

"Answer what I ask without dodging!" Mu Yuanxiu’s voice was stern, "What’s the deal with Hu Shuangcheng? Speak up!"

With that, Mu Yuanxiu pressed the stick against the short man’s nose.

The short man’s face changed again, and he had no choice but to speak, "It’s about making children between men and women, Hu Shuangcheng’s just useless. They’ve been married three years, and he hasn’t managed her even once. Whenever he touches her, he shakes badly. His wife, unfortunately, doesn’t understand what the marriage bed entails. So now, she’s still a virgin."

From the grass, there came footsteps with Li Xing’an’s voice, "Brother Mu, there’s a loose bamboo piece at my house back yard. Is this guy trying to make it loose to sneak in and steal? Properly interrogate him!"

Mu Yuanxiu squinted his eyes, glaring at the short man, "Put the earlier matter aside, now, tell me, why is there a loose bamboo piece at the Li Family’s bamboo garden? Did you pry it loose?"

"No no no no... I didn’t..." The short man hurriedly waved his hand, "I didn’t go to the bamboo fence."

Li Xing’an pushed aside the weeds and came over, "Didn’t go there?" He pointed at the short man’s feet, "The mud on your shoes is the same as the mud by the fence, not to mention there’s a footprint there! None of us went there, everyone else’s shoes are clean, but yours have mud, if not you, then who?"

"Third Brother Li, take him to the authorities, he might be a habitual thief." Mu Yuanxiu suggested.

"Yes, yes, take him to the authorities, have him lashed a hundred times to make him remember." Li Xing’an agreed.

"I-I-I... I didn’t steal, I just stood there curiously for a moment, really didn’t plan on stealing, please let me go, I’ll do anything you ask."

"Anything?" Mu Yuanxiu nodded, "That’s what you said." He asked Li Xing’an, "Third Brother Li, Brother Li arranged for you to cut the weeds around the garden fence. Have you finished cutting them?"

The Li Family’s bamboo house was built on an overgrown piece of land.

When the house was built, only the area enclosed within the garden fence was cleared of weeds.

The wild grass outside the garden fence had many yet to be cut, with some places even having grass taller than a person.

Li Xing’an was a bit surprised by Mu Yuanxiu’s question.

He hadn’t cut the grass yet today!

That rascal took the new sickle, leaving him with an old one, it wasn’t good to use. While he was sharpening it, he heard Mu Yuanxiu came to find Li Yuzhu, not feeling reassured, he came to check.

"Not yet, this scoundrel wants to do something then have him cut the weeds!" Li Xing’an was thrilled inside.

He had been thinking about slacking off, and heaven sent someone to help him.

Though Mu Yuanxiu’s usual behavior wasn’t much, today’s conduct was particularly satisfactory.

Really won his heart!

From the grass, listening to their conversation, Li Yuzhu couldn’t help but laugh.

Mu Yuanxiu was really cunning!

The area of weeds surrounding her house was quite large, over five miles.

The scoundrel will be busy for quite a while.

Anyway, he deserves it for harassing Liu Da Niu and damaging the garden fence!