Chapter 260

Not long after, Li Family Old Madam returned.

As soon as she entered the temple, she saw Li Er Ya, who was so hungry she was gnawing on Guanyin soil, while Li Family Old Man was sleeping beside her like a pig, completely ignoring her. She was so angry that she went up and pushed him awake.

Li Family Old Man was disturbed from his dream and was about to get angry, but as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the furious Li Family Old Madam.

She was still carrying a bag of hot steamed buns in her hand. Li Family Old Man immediately restrained his temper and beamed with smiles: "Old woman, you're finally back."

As he said this, he reached out to take the steamed buns from Li Family Old Madam's hand.

"My daughter is there, so hungry she's gnawing on soil, and you don't even care?" Li Family Old Madam was so angry she slapped his hand away.

Li Family Old Man had already been full of anger at the wharf, and now that he had lost face because of Li Family Old Madam, his expression immediately turned ugly.

"I've been tired all day, how can I care about that? She's just a money-losing goods, eating a little soil won't kill her."

"You, you dead old man, you actually cursed my daughter as money-losing goods..." Li Family Old Madam was trembling with anger, her finger pointing tremblingly at Li Family Old Man, as if she didn't recognize the person in front of her.

Li Family Old Man snorted and said righteously: "At a time like this, when we can't even feed ourselves, why are you still worrying about that fool? Hurry up and give me the food!"

As Li Family Old Man said this, he came to snatch the steamed buns from Li Family Old Madam's hand.

Li Family Old Madam wouldn't give them to him. She had been working early and late cleaning chamber pots for big households, and it was only after much hard work that she earned a few copper coins. The few steamed buns she bought weren't enough for the whole family to eat, so she asked: "Didn't you go to the wharf to carry heavy bags to earn money? Why are you still asking me for food?"

Li Family Old Man was annoyed by the question. He was embarrassed to say that the people at the wharf thought he was too old and had already dismissed him, so he could only bite the bullet and curse: "You old woman, are you annoying or what? Hurry up and give me the food!"

As he said this, he pushed her to the ground.

"You, you dead old man, I've served you for so many years, and you actually hit me!" Li Family Old Madam was driven crazy with anger, pounced on him, and started fighting with Li Family Old Man.

The steamed buns fell all over the ground during their struggle.

Li Er Ya, who was plucking straw from the ground and stuffing it into her mouth, saw this and immediately crawled forward, picked up the dust-covered steamed buns from the ground, stuffed them into her mouth, and began to eat ravenously.

Li Family Old Man, who had been exhausted all day, was no match for Li Family Old Madam, and after a few moments, he was pinned underneath by Li Family Old Madam.

However, at this moment, Li Shoucai and Zhu Shi entered the temple.

Li Family Old Man sought help from Li Shoucai as if he had seen a savior.

However, Li Shoucai didn't even look at him, walked straight over, glanced twice at Li Er Ya, who was eating ravenously, and reached out to ask Li Family Old Madam for money: "Mother, give me the money you earned today."

Li Family Old Madam, with her disheveled hair, instantly had red eyes. She wiped her tears and said: "Son, Mother has no money left, really not a single copper coin..."

Li Shoucai didn't believe her and gave Zhu Shi a look.

Zhu Shi understood and immediately stepped forward to pin Li Family Old Madam down, fishing a small cloth bag out of her arms.

"You stinking woman, stop right now!" Li Family Old Madam struggled to come and snatch the cloth bag.

But she was no match for Zhu Shi.

Zhu Shi had long had enough of Li Family Old Madam's attitude. Now that her own husband was the master of the house, she had to get revenge, so she pinched Li Family Old Madam twice and said with a wicked smile: "Mother, aren't you lying to us? Isn't this money inside the bag?"

As she said this, she flatteringly handed the small cloth bag to Li Shoucai.

Li Shoucai opened the small cloth bag, and unexpectedly, there were quite a few copper coins inside, as well as a tael of broken silver.

"Mother, our lives are already so difficult, and you're still secretly hiding private money," Zhu Shi sneered.

Li Family Old Man beside them was suddenly enraged. He jumped up and pinned Li Family Old Madam to the ground, slapping her hard several times.

"Good for you, you old woman, you lied to me saying you had no money, making me go to the wharf to work, causing me to be mocked by so many people... Let's see if I don't beat you to death today!"

As if he had found an outlet for the anger he had suffered in the morning, Li Family Old Man began to punch and kick Li Family Old Madam regardless of anything else.

"Can you blame me for this! It's all because you stay in the temple sleeping all day long and don't do any work!"

The two started fighting again.

Ignoring the two fighting on the ground, Li Shoucai collected all the copper coins and broken silver from the small cloth bag into his own pocket.

"This little bit of money isn't enough to do anything." He threw down the cloth bag in disgust and turned to walk out of the temple.

If he wanted to do business and earn money, he needed to get more capital.

Zhu Shi hurriedly chased after him, saying: "Master, don't we still have one more person?"

She looked around the temple and found that Yun Ying was not there, so she lowered her voice and said: "I think that cheap skin Yun Ying is just eating for free staying here, she can't do any work. Why don't we sell her into a brothel, we could earn a sum of money."

Li Shoucai moved his lips, and after a long time, he dropped a sentence: "We'll see."

After saying this, he strode out of the temple.

Zhu Shi behind him stomped her feet in anger.

Don't think she couldn't see Li Shoucai's little thoughts.

What does that fox Yun Ying have? Isn't it just relying on her looks!

The two left the temple and walked toward the town in the distance, completely unaware of Yun Ying, who was hiding in the corner of the temple.

She was holding a bamboo tube filled with water, her face gloomy, her eyes staring fixedly at Zhu Shi's retreating back.

At this moment, Jiang Xiaoxiao was in the room on the merchant ship, eating the canned food her mother had taken out of the space.

On the table beside her were also half-eaten strawberry chocolate cake and various dried fruits.

It was lunchtime, and through the window, she could see everyone on the deck eating the dry rations they had brought themselves.

It wasn't that there was no fresh hot food on the ship, but that was generally the exclusive right of the rich.

The mother and daughter were taking a merchant ship for the first time and didn't dare to be too ostentatious, so they just took some fast food from the space that didn't easily emit odors to fill their stomachs.

Not long after, Jiang Wei pushed the door and entered.

She was holding a plate of simple food.

Two vegetable dishes and one soup, plus two bowls of thin porridge.

"Did Mr. Bai give this?" Jiang Xiaoxiao could tell at a glance.

Jiang Wei nodded, walked to the table, put down the plate, and said: "There is little fresh food on the ship, and what can be eaten is also limited. Even this little bit of porridge and vegetables cost fifty wen."

"What, fifty wen!?" Jiang Xiaoxiao was shocked.

This was blatant robbery!

This little bit of thin porridge and two portions of clear, watery vegetable dishes weren't even worth ten wen, and they were actually selling them for fifty wen on this merchant ship!

Jiang Xiaoxiao pouted angrily: "Simply too black-hearted!"

No wonder those people on the deck would rather gnaw on dry rations than eat the food on the merchant ship.

Jiang Wei put down the plate, took a piece of bread out of the space, and ate it with the thin porridge.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at it twice, then also stepped forward, picked up her chopsticks, and took a bite of the vegetable dish, which she didn't know what it was, but the next second she spat it out.

"... So bad."