A ragged cub at the beginning

"Brother!" Yu Xiaotao tugged at her brother's sleeve, frowning with a somewhat dissatisfied look on her face.

Yu Zhao turned back and stared into his sister's eyes. "Think about it carefully. If you insist this time, no one will care about you after I leave."

Yu Xiaotao's eyes widened. It's not like he had never said such words before, but he would always say them with a smile to tease her. But this time, his eyes were full of disappointment and heartache. She had hurt his heart. And he was serious. He would keep his word!

This realization made her feel palpitations and a breathless panic. Thinking of what An An had experienced since she was born, tears instantly flowed down her face. She pulled Yu Zhao's arm and cried, "Brother! I was wrong! I was wrong! I listened to you! Don't ignore me!"

Compared to Zhao Sanping who is always trying to strike a balance, Yu Xiaotao cares more about her elder brother who has spared no effort to love and protect her since she was a child. She absolutely cannot lose her elder brother!

"Xiaotao! No! No! I don't agree!" Zhao Sanping was also panicking. He ignored his mother who was still crying and went over to pull her hand. There was a crisp sound of "slap". It turned out that Yu Zhao slapped him. Zhao Sanping wailed and burst into tears, calling Yu Xiaotao in a hoarse voice.

"Dad! Uncle!" Zhao Yunniang didn't know what was going on. She cried and hugged her uncle's hand, "Uncle, don't hit Dad."

Yu Xiaotao took a step forward and saw her elder brother again. Finally, she couldn't bear to look any longer, so she pulled Zhao Yunniang and turned around to go into Fang's house.

Zhao Sanping yelled at Xiao Taoyunniang and hugged Yu Zhao's legs again, "Brother, I was really wrong. We can't get a divorce. I don't want a divorce. I will send my mother back today..."

"You useless bastard! If you don't get a divorce today, I'll beat you to death!" Yu Zhao was no longer as carefree as he was a few days ago. His eyes were fierce, and it was hard to believe that he would do what he said. "I gave you a few days, but you have been hiding in the house, not looking for work, and not dealing with your mother. Now the deadline has come, get a divorce today!"

"You...you..." Mrs. Zhao paused in her tears. If they divorced, wouldn't she have no house to live in town? No, she got up and wanted to hug Yu Zhao's legs. The wound on her waist from being kicked was still painful. After hesitating for a moment, she moved closer to Yu Zhao. With a flattering smile on her face, she said, "Yu Zhao, you see, it will be hard for your sister to find a job with two children. I won't say anything in the future, so don't let them divorce. It's not that serious that a couple quarrels at the head of the bed and makes up at the foot of the bed, right?"

"Oh, a small matter? My niece is going to die in your hands, it's still a small matter. Then what is a big matter? It will be a big matter if you kill my sister because you don't like her one day?" Yu Zhao looked down at Mrs. Zhao. He had seen too many people like this, and he knew his sister. She couldn't stand up, and this woman would become more and more rampant in the future. Maybe one day she would really dare to kill his sister.

Mrs. Zhao changed her words and tried to persuade him: "Xiao Tao can only give birth to daughters, and she will never get married. Who else would want her except my San Ping? Although San Ping is useless, he has supported this large family, right? Even if we don't look at him, the two children are so young, how pitiful it will be to be without a father in the future. Yun Niang is sensible. If she knew that you forced her mother to separate from her father, she would hate you when she grows up, right?"

Tang Xu almost wanted to applaud Mrs. Zhao. She was like a psychopath when she went crazy, but she still had some brains to talk about Zhao Yunniang. These words were really heartbreaking, and even Yu Zhao showed a hint of hesitation.

"I won't hate my uncle! My uncle is the person who loves me the most in the world! Whatever my uncle does is right! Uncle! Uncle!" Zhao Yunniang had been hiding behind the door and listening. When she heard what Mrs. Zhao said, she opened the door and ran out crying. She hugged Yu Zhao's legs and said, "Uncle, protect me, my sister and me. I want to live with uncle."

"Yunniang!" Zhao Sanping was stunned. He usually loved this child very much, but he didn't expect...

"You stupid girl! You are really a money-loser! An ungrateful bastard!" Mrs. Zhao cursed loudly, and Yu Zhao kicked her again, making her roll twice on the ground.

Mrs. Zhao felt pain in both sides of her waist and lay on the ground unable to move. She called Zhao Sanping to help her. Zhao Sanping did not hear her. He just felt sad.

If what Mrs. Zhao said just now was like pouring a basin of ice water on Yu Zhao, then Zhao Yunniang's action of hugging him tightly was like pouring a basin of warm water on him.

"Dad loves me too, but only uncle will help me fight back without hesitation. Dad would only stop me and send me away when he sees me being beaten, and would never scold grandma. I'm not as important as grandma... I like dad, but dad likes grandma more..." Zhao Yunniang wiped her tears, her whole face red from crying.

"Yu Zhao, hurry up and drive this old woman away. She swears all day long and is so noisy." said another neighbor of the Zhao family.

"Yes, she scolds your Xiaotao and Yunniang all day long and chases after Yunniang to beat her up at every turn. You'd better divorce her quickly. Xiaotao is pretty and it won't be difficult for her to find another one." Another person advised.

"It is better to demolish a temple than to ruin a marriage! Aren't you afraid of going to the hell of tongue-pulling after you die? What does it have to do with you? Are you bored?" Mrs. Zhao shouted.

"I can raise my own sister by myself. It's not like I can't afford it." Yu Zhao snorted and chuckled, then softened his voice to coax his niece, "Yunniang, be good, don't cry. From now on, you will live with your uncle, and your uncle will raise you."

After coaxing Yunniang to stop crying, he sent her to Fang's house and said, "Thank you for your help, sister-in-law."

"Hi, it's okay." Dong Wanwan called Fang Zijun and asked him to take his sister out to play.

"Zhao Sanping, the house deed is in my hands. I will sell the house today. Take your mother and leave." Yu Zhao thought about it, so as to avoid any more trouble. He walked over and picked up Zhao Sanping, "Let's get a divorce first." He called Yu Xiaotao and Dong Wanwan offered to help take care of the children.

Zhao Sanping was half a head taller than Yu Zhao, but was dragged away by Yu Zhao like a child. He didn't even dare to struggle and could only beg Yu Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao was so anxious that she barely got up. When she saw Yu Xiaotao coming out, she tried to pull her out. Tang Xu took two steps forward and grabbed her, "Hey, Mrs. Zhao, when are you going to pay me back the money you owe me?"

Mrs. Zhao paused, and before she could react, she asked, "When did I owe you money?"

"No? Think about it again." Tang Xu said.

Mrs. Zhao really thought about it and made sure that she had never borrowed money. After realizing that she was fooled, she pulled her hand back and pointed at Tang Xu's nose and cursed: "You little whore, how dare you fool me?"

"If you don't owe it, then you don't owe it. Why are you still scolding me, old hag?" Tang Xu said lightly and turned back to his home.

It was too late for Mrs. Zhao to pursue Yu Xiaotao. She was so angry that she beat her chest and stood at the door of the Tang family and cursed Tang Xu, saying that she was a troublemaker who could not get married but was always messing with others and had bad intentions.

"You deserve it!" The woman who had just asked Yu Zhao to drive away Mrs. Zhao spat, then went home and closed the door.

"It's so satisfying, ha!" Dong Wanwan laughed, said hello to Tang Xu, and went home.

Tang Xu felt refreshed instantly and went back happily to have breakfast.

"It's so noisy." Tang Ling slammed the table in annoyance, pinched the chopsticks between his index and middle fingers and threw his hand away.

Mrs. Zhao's voice suddenly stopped. She reached out her trembling hand to touch her bun and pulled out a chopstick from it. She shuddered at her own imagination if this was stuck into her head.

"Aunt, what is this?" Qiyue looked up at the sky in surprise and tugged at Tang Ling's fingers again, "Do it again, Aunt!"

Tang Ling slowed down this time so that July could see clearly.

Before Mrs. Zhao could breathe out, her hair trembled again, and something was inserted into her scalp. She shivered and felt a heat in her crotch.

"Ouch, I peed my pants. Hahahaha, Mrs. Zhao was so scared that she peed her pants..."

"What just flew over her head?"

"I don't know, why does it look like a pair of chopsticks?"

"Scary, where did it come from?"

"Seems to be……"

"I said something bad about her last time..."

"It's too scary. I'm going back now."

"I'm leaving too..."

Everyone was too scared to watch the excitement and went back. Mrs. Zhao finally started crying, her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground, crawling back to the Zhao family step by step.

Tang Xu didn't know what was going on, he was just curious why Mrs. Zhao suddenly seemed to have been strangled by someone and became silent.

Qiyue watched helplessly as the two chopsticks flew away. He searched everywhere in the sky but couldn't find them. He turned around and found that his aunt had no chopsticks to eat with. He didn't bother to figure out where the chopsticks flew to. He jumped off the stool and ran to the kitchen to get the chopsticks, "Aunt, chopsticks!"

The little child looked up with a smile, his always clean and clear eyes showing love for her and a little pride that he was great.

She took the chopsticks, not knowing how to express her feelings at the moment. Finally, she took out a silver ingot from her bosom and put it into July's hand, "Be good, buy some candy."

Qiyue almost lost his grip, his hands fell down, it was a bit heavy. He held the money in both hands, although he didn't know how much money it was, but he could buy candy, and he smiled and said, "Thank you, auntie."

"Sister, why did you give him such a big ingot of silver? His teeth will be broken if he eats all the candies with it." Tang Xu saw the silver weighing at least five taels as soon as he came in.

Tang Ling paused. It was impossible to take back the money. Let Tang Xu worry about the tooth problem. She said, "Eat."

Tang Xu complained that she had given so much money to the child, and how would she be able to spend her own coins in the future. She also coaxed Qiyue and said that such a large amount of silver could not be spent, so mother would change it into copper coins for her, and she could change ten!

Tang Ling had long been accustomed to her nagging, and her ears automatically ignored her voice. But ten copper coins in exchange for a silver ingot still made her look sideways, and what surprised her even more was that Qiyue agreed very happily. She sighed secretly, this child was not only not good at fighting, but also not very smart. "Let's go, let's do horse stance." She dragged Qiyue to the yard.

"You're starting to do horse stance now? I still have to teach. Why are you trying to steal my students?" Tang Xu muttered a few more words and finished all the leftovers on the table. Has she gained weight recently? Eating leftovers all the time, oh, too miserable. She pinched her belly and thought, why not practice with Tang Ling? While thinking, she cleaned up the dishes and went to wash them. From time to time, she looked at her fingers and wrists. Have they gained weight? Have they gained weight?

Yu Xiaotao and Yu Zhao came back in the afternoon. Tang Xu was just about to go out after lunch. She asked Qi Qing to open the shop first. She walked towards Yu Xiaotao and said, "Sister Xiaotao, are you really going to sell your yard?"

Yu Xiaotao glanced at Yu Zhao. In fact, she was reluctant to leave. She had lived in that yard for many years and Yunniang had grown up there since she was a child.

"You have to sell it. If you don't, Mrs. Zhao will come to your house to bother you. I have to go far away in the future, so I'm worried about it." Yu Zhao patted his sister's shoulder, looked at Tang Xu and smiled, "Miss Tang, do you want to buy it?"

"How do you know?" Tang Xu asked curiously.

Who can't see that he was so happy to hear that the house was being sold that his eyebrows were about to fly out? Yu Zhao shook his head and laughed, "I can sell this yard to you, it depends on whether you are afraid of that woman causing trouble."

"I'm not afraid! If she dares to come, I will scold her to death!" Tang Xu raised his chin, very confident in his harsh mouth.

"Since you want it, I won't ask for a high price. Two hundred and eighty taels." Yu Zhao said.

"Really?" Tang Xu asked in surprise. The Zhao family's yard was bigger than the Fang family's and smaller than her own. She didn't know the layout of the house. But two hundred and eighty was definitely cheap. The price quoted for her own yard was four hundred and fifty taels. Thinking of this, she felt a little embarrassed. "How about adding a little, three hundred taels, it's too cheap."

"No need. If it weren't for you and Sister Fang, Xiaotao might not have lived to see me back." Yu Zhao waved his hand, "I'm going to watch Zhao Sanping move. I'll tell you about the house later."

"Okay, okay." Tang Xu said goodbye to them happily. When he was almost at the shop, he saw Zhao Sanping walking slowly into the alley. He wanted to go and watch the fun, but unfortunately he had to work.

Having just finished a single order, Wang Xiaofang came over in high spirits.

"What makes you so happy, Auntie Wang?" Tang Xu asked.

"Thanks to you, I made some money." Wang Xiaofang picked up a bag of snacks and put it on the counter.

"Thanks to me?" Tang Xu was surprised, and then thought of the dolls he had drawn before, "Which dolls were sold?"

"Yes, it's selling well. I didn't recognize it before and didn't take it seriously. I didn't expect it to sell so well. Look at me, how much should I give you?" Wang Xiaofang thought to herself, the doll is not only selling well, not only the children, but also the young girls can't walk when they see it. Her daughter couldn't help but keep one for herself.

"No, no, it's not a big deal." Tang Xu shook his hand to refuse.

"How can that be? This was your idea." Wang Xiaofang disagreed. She discussed it with her husband, and they were 40% accepting it.

"No, really. Next time I buy fabric, just give me a discount and it will be fine." Tang Xu joked.

Wang Xiaofang said seriously: "Of course, next time you buy cloth, I will make clothes for you for free!"

Tang Xu smiled and said, "That won't work. You have to wait in line to make clothes. My sister Wan really likes to make clothes for me."

"Hey!" Wang Xiaofang was a little embarrassed, "Really?"

"Really? There's no need. You earned the money with your skills, so why would you give it to me?" Tang Xu said.

"Well, can I buy your patterns for you? I want to buy some more patterns from you." Wang Xiaofang touched her purse.

"I see," Tang Xu thought for a moment and said, "The previous ones are for you. If you want more in the future, it will be fifty cents per piece. I will mark the colors, but I won't paint you all the colors. After all, pigments are not cheap. Do you agree?"

Wang Xiaofang calculated the cost and immediately nodded in agreement, "Okay!"