After preparing those dishes, LiuLiu saw mother's continuous astonishment. LiuLiu actually wanted to say that pig intestines were also delicious, and the sausage made from small intestines would be even tastier. But forget it, better to reveal things bit by bit to avoid raising suspicion.
While eating together at night, they started talking about LiuLiu's in-laws. LiuLiu's father, having had a few drinks, was quite excited, "LiuLiu, you've been home for a few days now, and the Yang family isn't even worried! If they don't show some concern by tomorrow, I'll take your brothers and go straight over there! Let's see if they dare to treat my precious daughter casually!"
"That's right! Our LiuLiu is the only pampered child we have in our third branch of the family. It's such a waste that she married into the Yang family, and yet they dare to mistreat her. We'll go over there tomorrow!" LiuLiu's uncle roared vigorously.
"Attack them! Bottoms up!" Her uncle was no less relentless.
Hearing this, LiuLiu's heart thumped with apprehension. Had they all become drunk? Were they actually serious? This could be disastrous!
Moreover, during the days when LiuLiu was not at her in-law's house, her mother-in-law and father-in-law were also anxious. Although they felt more at ease without their aggressive daughter-in-law at home, they feared that the Liu Family would be furious when they found no one had come to bring LiuLiu back, causing a large crowd brandishing butchers' knives to appear. So they decided to have Xiaoquan fetch her. His father being disabled and Xiaoquan able to communicate with LiuLiu, he was the best choice for the job.
So they asked Xiaoquan to fetch her the next day. Xiaoquan was more than happy to do so. A few days before, his money from selling fish was forcibly used by Xiaowen to buy rice and oil, claiming that they would have to eat husks for lack of rice. How could he bear eating husks? Well, he had to tolerate it once. Going to pick up his sister-in-law the next day would be just fine! Every time she visited her parents' house, she usually brought back a few taels of silver, so he could directly go to the town and gamble, winning back all his previous losses.
On the third day of LiuLiu's visit to her parent's home, Xiaoquan arrived early to take LiuLiu back. He wanted to take her directly to the gambling house in town. When he got to LiuLiu's place, she had just finished breakfast and was loitering in the backyard.
"Uncle, Aunt, I have come to get my sister-in-law, where is she?" Xiaoquan was polite in front of LiuLiu's parents as he could not afford to offend them. He still needed the silver they would give to his sister-in-law to gamble.
"Why are you alone?" LiuLiu's father was displeased at not seeing LiuLiu's husband.
"My father can't walk freely and my eldest brother hasn't come back from hunting yet. I can also take sister-in-law back home! Uncle, Aunt, can I go find her? Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law!"
After explaining, Xiaoquan began to shout loudly for LiuLiu. He had his tricks, he got along well with his sister-in-law. Better to avoid a long winded conversation with her parents. If LiuLiu heard him coming, she would definitely choose to go home with him.
LiuLiu, who was in the backyard, heard Xiaoquan's voice and immediately ran out. Thank goodness, someone from her in-law's house had come to fetch her! She needed to leave quickly! She remembered the things her father and uncle said last night after they had a drink. She was afraid they were serious!
"Fourth brother, you are taking me home?" LiuLiu said happily when she saw her brother-in-law, showing her parents that she was eager to return to her in-law's house.
"Yes, sister-in-law, when can we go? If we leave early, we could check out the town?" Why wouldn't LiuLiu understand Xiaoquan's meaning? This naughty boy, always thinking about gambling!
"Father, mother, since fourth brother wants to go to town, then I will leave earlier to go home with him. Please tell my brothers for me, that I am leaving!"
LiuLiu didn't waste words, she wanted to go home. Although her in-law's house was poor, there was one good thing, no one dared to provoke her. Whatever she said or did, she was not afraid of being judged as inappropriate. But it was different here, she was very careful these few days, afraid of revealing anything, her parents knew her every frown and smile. If she stayed longer, she would surely make a mistake and perhaps, they will want to kill her.
Last night, LiuLiu's mother asked her how she was getting on while they were sleeping together. She said everything was fine, how could she seize the opportunity to say there was not even any rice to eat? Besides, she really couldn't utter it. It's not about losing face to live a hard life, the key was she had just met her collusion with the Liu Family, they didn't know depth or shallow, it would be better to be cautious. She didn't dare to speak too much, just said she was tired and wanted to go to bed early, so she could deceive them.
However, LiuLiu's parents genuinely cared for her, they insisted on giving her two taels of silver to buy some good food to supplement her health. Even her uncle and third uncle each gave her two taels of silver for her to use. LiuLiu was so touched that she could have died. This was like timely assistance! With these six taels of silver, she could at least accumulate wealth and eggs! Getting rich relied on it!
"Xiaoquan, you take LiuLiu to town. It's okay to eat and have fun, and it's fine if you gamble with a little money to have a good time, but LiuLiu can't gamble excessively, do you understand?"
LiuLiu's mother advised with concern that almost made LiuLiu drop dead. My gosh, mother! You...are you really indulging your daughter this way? No wonder she dares to gamble the Yang family into poverty, and even corrupted the fourth son of the Yang family. It's suffocating that according to Mother's words, it was as if the fourth son of the Yang family had corrupted her own daughter. Such reversed logic left one speechless!
Xiaoquan didn't care what LiuLiu's mother said, as long as he could take his sister-in-law away as soon as possible: "I understand, I understand! Aunt, uncle, well, we're leaving now!"
LiuLiu left with Xiaoquan. She looked back after walking a fair distance and saw that her parents were still watching her, and her heart was filled with complex feelings. They were looking at the daughter they raised and loved, not her. The pity was that the real daughter they cherished was gone forever and would never return, so she had to take the role of their daughter.
Father, mother! From now on, you will be my parents, and I will be your daughter. I promise to take good care of you and accompany you. LiuLiu made this promise in her heart.
All along the way, Xiaoquan was constantly asking LiuLiu, "Sister-in-law, your parents gave you silver, right?"
"No!" LiuLiu answered grumpily.
"How is that possible? Your parents always give you silver. Last time when you came back, you even brought the two taels of silver your parents gave you. Unfortunately, we both had bad luck and lost it! We must win it back this time!"
"What will you do after winning back the silver?" quizzed LiuLiu.
"After winning the silver, part of it will go towards Xiaowen's school fees. Sister-in-law, last time we lost Xiaowen's school fees in a bet, and Xiaowen cried. The remaining money will be used to carry on gambling so that we can win more!" Xiaoquan had a dreamy look.
The corners of LiuLiu's mouth twitched in annoyance, Xiaoquan sounded fine initially but his latter statements defined him as a deadbeat, just like any other gambler, all depending on gambling to get rich.
LiuLiu thought that the original host was indeed bad enough to gamble herself and even gamble with her younger brother-in-law. She guessed her own mother might know about it, or she wouldn't have given such an instruction to Xiaoquan. Now, even if she didn't want to gamble, she had to observe first and see what the town was like. She couldn't suddenly become too formidable, so she decided to go with him and gamble a little today. Hence, she agreed to gamble two taels of silver with Xiaoquan. The remaining four taels, she wouldn't say a word about it, because that was her capital to make more money.