vrcanaries Chapter 240 Help her
Chapter 240 Help her
Patriarch Li had a gloomy expression. Since she dared to say that, it must be true. He cast his gaze on his son beside him, only to see him swallowing hard, with cold sweat running down his temples. Looking at his expression, he knew without asking that Shang Ruoyi was not lying.
Patriarch Li was so angry that his hands were shaking. He slapped Li Quan fiercely and said, "Rebellious son! Kneel down!"
Li Quan's legs trembled, and he knelt down suddenly, shaking all over: "Dad, someone plotted against me, I didn't do it on purpose."
Patriarch Li looked at Shang Ruoyi, cupped his hands and said, "Shopkeeper Shang, I'm sorry for not bringing you up properly."
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "I guess Master Li has indeed been tricked by someone else."
"Yes, yes, my son is just a little naughty." Patriarch Li forced a smile on his face, "But these don't seem to affect our business dealings."
"Master Li, you don't know that I hate gamblers the most in my life. If this business must be done with Young Master Li, then forget it. I was just in the mood to do it. Master Li, please return the deposit of 10,000 taels of silver that I paid earlier."
what?
Not doing business anymore?
How can that work?
Shang Ruoyi said quietly, "Someone will come to your house this afternoon to ask for the ten thousand taels of silver from you, Master Li. I don't want the banknotes, I only want cash."
Upon hearing this, Patriarch Li was disappointed. This was simply cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron. How could 10,000 taels of silver be raised so quickly? Moreover, the old man in the family would be back in the afternoon. Moving so much silver would definitely attract his attention. He looked down on his son. If he knew about it, Li Quan would probably lose the qualification to inherit the position of Patriarch.
"Shopkeeper Shang..."
"Master Li, this 10,000 taels of silver should not be a big deal for such a big Li family!"
The head of the Li family's face twitched and he smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I really can't come up with 10,000 taels of silver right now." The previous 10,000 taels had already paid off part of his gambling debts, and now he could only come up with a few hundred taels of silver.
Shang Ruoyi's lips curled slightly, she naturally knew this.
That's why she is so confident.
Patriarch Li looked at Shang Ruoyi's expression, gritted his teeth, and said to the servant beside him, "What are you standing there for? Why don't you let the young lady come out?"
When the servant heard this, he hurriedly nodded and bowed and ran out.
Shang Ruoyi sat back in her chair and picked up the tea on the table. The tea in the cup was already cold, so she didn't drink it and put it back.
After a while, Li Xia Xia followed the servant in. When she saw Shang Ruoyi in the main hall, her eyes lit up: "Sister Shang!"
Shang Ruoyi looked at her face and said with a smile, "It seems that Sister Li's illness is not serious. Now it seems that she has almost recovered."
Li Xia Xia saw her father winking at her and smiled, "I was not feeling well for a while, but I am feeling much better now."
She walked to the table and looked at the cold tea on the table: "How do you serve? You didn't even change the cold tea for the distinguished guests. Xiao Tao, you go."
"Yes."
Patriarch Li looked at his daughter and couldn't help but sigh, how great it would be if she was a boy?
"Sister Shang, are you free? I'll take you to the clam farm."
"Okay." In her previous life, when she went on a mission, she lurked in a pearl oyster base for three months. She knew everything about how to raise clams, but going to the clam farm here could also help her accumulate some new experience.
Although Beiling is located in an extremely cold place, their clam farm has a natural hot spring water. The two streams of water intersect, and the temperature is just right for the growth of Eastern Pearl Clams.
This is why only the Li family in Beiling can raise Eastern Pearl Mussels.
The two of them got on the carriage, and Shang Ruoyi began to close her eyes and rest. Li Xia Xia hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "Sister Shang, I have something to ask of you."
Shang Ruoyi slowly opened her eyes: "You say."
"Shang Cong, you told me that the only way to become stronger is to become stronger yourself. I wonder if Sister Shang can teach me how to become stronger."
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Actually, you already have the answer in your heart, right?"
"But I am just a woman, how can I be in charge of the Li family?"
"So what if she's a woman?" Shang Ruoyi sat up straight and laughed coldly, "Who says that only men can stand tall in this world? What's wrong with women?"
"But women have to get married eventually!"
"You can recruit a live-in son-in-law." Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "If this man truly loves you, he will understand your difficulties. Even if he marries you for money, he will have to restrain himself and be subordinate to you when he arrives at the Li family. It is better than marrying a man you have never even met and having to endure his three wives and four concubines."
Li Xia Xia was enlightened when she heard this. She grabbed Shang Ruoyi's hand and said, "Sister Shang, you are right. What should I do next?"
Shang Ruoyi thought of the contents of the letter she had investigated earlier, and she whispered, "I heard that your grandfather loved you the most."
Li Xia Xia nodded: "That's right."
"I heard that your fiancé's concubine already has a son. You will become his mother right after you marry him. He has many concubines in his backyard. Tell your grandfather about this. Since he loves you, he will naturally not be willing to marry you to such a family." She took out another 20,000 taels of silver and handed it to her: "The balance of the Dongzhu oyster."
After hearing her words, Li Xia Xia felt a chill running from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
When his father was arranging a marriage for him, he praised it in front of his grandfather, saying that the family was scholarly and had a bright future. But which scholarly family would allow their child to bring so many concubines into the house before even getting a wife?
In Beiling, a respectable family must marry a wife, and only after the wife has been childless for three years can they take a concubine. Otherwise, they would be laughed at if others told others about it.
She never expected that her father would marry her into such a den of tigers and wolves.
She held the twenty thousand taels of silver note in her hand and whispered, "I will definitely find a way to cancel the marriage."
Shang Ruoyi took out an envelope from her bosom: "All the good things your half-brother has done over the years are listed here. Most of them were given by your father. You can decide for yourself!"
Li Xia Xia opened the letter with trembling hands. Every detail on the letter was shocking. She covered her lips and looked at the contents in disbelief.
"The maid who died suddenly in my courtyard was actually..." Hatred burst out of her eyes. The maid was chosen by her mother as her study companion when she was alive. They were like a sister. She died suddenly and tragically. Her father said that she had contracted a serious disease. She didn't expect that she died at the hands of that bastard Li Quan.
"My mother passed away suddenly that year. Could it be related to my father?"
Shang Ruoyi shook her head: "I don't know about that."
Li Xia Xia looked at her: "Why are you helping me?"
Shang Ruoyi was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Once, there was an old friend who was the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Compared with her, your Li family is nothing but a dwarf compared to her. She gave her love to the wrong person, her family fell into decline, and she did not have a good ending. Now you are very similar to her. I can't help her, but I don't want you to step into the abyss again."