Chapter 234: Chapter 234 Starving to Death Chapter 234: Chapter 234 Starving to Death “Mother-in-law, I swear I will never gamble again,” Li Feng raised three fingers, making a solemn oath to the heavens, his expression earnest.
“Aiyo, what are you doing? I was just talking to you,” Madam Xie beca anxious, slapping his hand down, “Li Feng, quickly spit, ptui, ptui, ptui! Say what you just said doesn’t count, that it was all in jest.”
“My wife!” Li Feng turned his head to look at Mo Yaner, waiting for his better half to speak!
“Mom, it’s fine, let him swear. He doesn’t even realize how many oaths he’s made—if they were that effective, he would have been struck dead by lightning long ago.” Mo Yaner scoffed dismissively, her husband was soone she understood too well—a man for whom swearing was like farting, did it and then it was done.
“Ha?” Madam Xie was astonished, not expecting Li Feng to have such a checkered past.
“My wife, this ti I truly an it. Our whole family nearly starved to death. If I don’t change, am I even human?” Li Feng vowed earnestly.
“Hmph!” Mo Yaner turned her face away, showing disbelief.
“Yes! Yanyan, please trust him one more ti,” Madam Xie didn’t want their spousal harmony disrupted and hurriedly interjected.
Mo Yaner glanced at Madam Xie; not wanting to worry her about herself and her husband, she relented, “Alright! For Mom’s sake, I’ll trust you this once. Don’t disappoint the three of us.”
Li Feng was overjoyed, “My wife, rest assured, I will turn over a new leaf and start anew.”
“Mm.”
A few days later, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan were dressed in new clothes, crying and bidding farewell to Madam Xie.
“Don’t cry. When we have so free ti, we’ll co to visit Grandma,” Mo Yaner said, wiping their tears.
While she was clearly just consoling Tuantuan and Yuanyuan with these words, Madam Xie was still very happy to hear them. She squatted down, caressing their heads, “When Mom has ti, she will bring you to visit Grandma. Grandma will save all the treats for you, understand?”
“Eh!” Tuantuan and Yuanyuan nodded vigorously.
When they had arrived, they had nothing, and their clothes were tattered, but now as they were leaving, they were laden with bundles and wore new clothes, looking completely transford with no trace of their forr inferiority complex.
Just before departing, Xuexue pulled Mo Yaner aside and secretly handed her ten taels of silver, whispering, “Big sister, keep this safe and don’t let brother-in-law know. If sothing happens, you’ll have so money to protect yourself.”
Xuexue thought that if Li Feng didn’t give up gambling and knew Mo Yaner had silver, he would definitely sche to take it away. Then, Mo Yaner would fall into destitution as before, and Tuantuan and Yuanyuan would suffer alongside her.
“No, no, Xuexue, you’ve already given so much to Big Sister, that’s enough, really,” Mo Yaner felt a deep sense of guilt.
“Can you guarantee that brother-in-law won’t gamble again?”
“This…”
“See? Not for your own sake, but think about Tuantuan and Yuanyuan who are still young; you have to consider them. Take it,” Xuexue pressed the silver into her bosom and whispered, “Hide it well, don’t let brother-in-law find out.”
“Eh!” Mo Yaner’s eyes filled with tears.
“Let’s go.”
Mo Yaner, leading her family, kept looking back as they walked away.
“Wife, what was Xuexue whispering to you just now?” Li Feng was curious, finding it strange that they would secretly huddle away and murmur for so long.
“Nothing much. She just told that if we can’t stay at ho, we are always welco to co back here and seek her and Mother’s help,” Mo Yaner said.
“Oh! I see.”
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