On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

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Li's mother also told Li Shiyue what Li Shiyang had informed her when she was asleep.

"Forget it. Tomorrow is a good day. They chose the hillside facing the riverbank and are going to cut down some trees to use as graves."

Li Shiyue asked, "Can that place be used casually?"

Mother Li shook her head. "Nephew Shiyang said he would write a note and submit it later. It should be approved. Let's bury our people there first."

Seeing Li Shiyue nodded, Li's mother continued: "It's just that..."

After saying "but", there was no further comment. However, Li Shiyue only looked at Li's mother's face in the light, and then looked at the faces of Li Wangming and Zheng Meiniang on the side. She immediately guessed what the next word would be.

"But I can't go?"

Mother Li nodded helplessly to Li Shiyue: "The messenger said so. This should not be what Nephew Shiyang meant. Nephew Shiyang cannot persuade Uncle Youfu and the others.

In our village, women are not allowed to visit graves or offer sacrifices in the ancestral temple. This time, they..."

Li Shiyue's expression remained unchanged, as expected. Then she interrupted and asked, "What about Erdan's mother? Erdan is so young, how can she let him bury his father alone?"

Li Wangming continued Li Shiyue's words: "Uncle Wangshui came over in the afternoon and said that Erdan's mother asked him for help and asked him to take Erdan up to bury the body."

After listening to this, Li Shiyue nodded and continued to eat the biscuit with her head down. She was not full yet. She was really exhausted in the past two days.

Li Wangming felt a little strange, and so did Li's mother. Or rather, everyone present felt a little strange. Why wasn't Li Shiyue angry?
The only sound in the room was Li Shiyue chewing on the pancake. She realized it later and looked up at everyone. Li Shiyue smiled helplessly: "What's the matter? You think it's right that I have to smash the chopsticks and the bowl?"

"Why aren't you angry this time?
Last time, Grandpa Youfu said that everyone should contribute money to build the ancestral hall. You asked whether women were allowed to enter the hall, but they didn't say anything, and you were not happy.

Why don't you care this time when they don't let you go to the grave to bury the dead?"

Li Shiyue ate the biscuit in his hand in two or three bites, and then said to Li Xiatian who was talking: "Sister, paying money is a big deal, burying the dead is a small matter, which one is more important?

Money is real gold and silver, which can buy food to fill the stomach;
And bury the dead?

It is buried for the living to see, and cannot be eaten or drunk."

Li Shiyue reached out and picked up another pancake, "Besides, there's no one to bury in our family, why should I care about other people burying people?

Why should I care about this?

But if they don’t let me go up to bury someone, I’ll have to talk to them.”

Not knowing what he was thinking of, Li Shiyue laughed twice and said, "In the future, there will always be times when they will beg me for help.

Sister, I have helped the village several times because we were in the same village and we both have the surname Li.
The other thing is that we all escaped from famine together, and this is also a kind of friendship.

But what about the future?

Am I afraid of them?

Is there anything I can ask of them?
On the contrary, they will definitely need my help in the future!

So, when the time comes, if I say women can enter the Li Family Ancestral Hall, can they say no?

If they say no, at worst, I can just pay for the construction of a Li Family Ancestral Hall that women can enter.”

Li Shiyue raised her eyebrows at Li Xiatian, blinked, and said with a smile: "Sister, we have money, so we can build as many as we want.

Haha, one goes in at one, three, and five, and the other goes in at two, four, and six."

Li Xiatian nodded and she said, given Li Shiyue's temper, how could he just let it go like that?
Sure enough, this was all planned out, and that was what was waiting for them in the future.

At this time, Li Wangming and Li's mother looked at each other. Li Wangming finally mustered up his courage. He looked at Li Shiyue and asked carefully: "Shiyue, I have something to tell you."

Li Shiyue swallowed the biscuit in his mouth and turned to look at Li Wangming, meaning, just talk and I'm listening.

Li Wangming coughed and swallowed twice before telling Li Shiyue that he wanted to build a cenotaph for his scumbag father.

".Look, is this okay?"

"Okay, why not?"

Li Shiyue agreed to Li Wangming's words without hesitation, which made Li Wangming a little surprised and puzzled.

Li Shiyue didn't even need Li Wangming to say anything, she knew what he was thinking just by looking at the expression on his face.

"Why did you agree so readily? Shouldn't you be angry, upset, and awkward and not say anything, disagreeing with me building a cenotaph for him?"

This is what Li Wangming said on his face.

Li Shiyue was really amused by Li Wangming, and she actually laughed out loud.

"Second Uncle, am I such a petty person?

Even if my father is not like that, I will still agree with my second uncle's words for his sake.

But, Second Uncle, do you need me to go with you to build the cenotaph? Or should I go alone?"

After asking this question, without waiting for Li Wangming to speak, Li Shiyue continued, "Second Uncle, don't worry about me. Dad is sorry for the three of us, but he is still my brother's father and a member of the Li family.

If Second Uncle wants to build a tomb on the land that Brother Shiyang mentioned, then go ahead."

Li Wangming was struggling and confused in his heart, and he didn't answer Li Shiyue for several breaths.

After a while, he finally made up his mind!

Li Wangming raised his head and looked at Li Shiyue and said, "We won't go with them. Let's choose another place. Anyone can go to our grave!

The daughter is also our flesh and blood, why don’t we allow her to visit the grave and pay homage to us?

From now on, in my family, not only my daughters can go, but my wives can go too, so no one can be excluded from going!"

Li Shiyue was really surprised at this moment. She really didn't expect that Li Wangming would have this awareness?

To be honest, Li Wangming was a man who passed the imperial examination and received such a disciplined education in this era, but he was still able to have such a broad mind and break the tradition and establish new rules. That's great!

"Okay! Listen to Second Uncle!"

After finishing what needed to be said, the family chatted happily for a while, and then Li Wangming took Shi Tou back to their own room.

Because the weather was getting cold, and in order to save fuel, Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian moved into Li's mother and Zheng Meiniang's house.

Five people slept on one kang, which was very warm.

After turning off the lights, Li Shiyue closed her eyes and listened to the sisters Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian breathing steadily and falling asleep. Then she gently pushed Li's mother and turned over. Li Shiyue leaned against Li's mother's arm, put her head close to her ear, and whispered, "Mother?"

Mother Li was very sensitive to Li Shiyue's words. Although she still closed her eyes, she had already responded with a "hmm" in her throat.

"Mother, those words I just said were just to coax Second Uncle."

As soon as Li Shiyue finished speaking, Li's mother's eyes opened immediately. She turned her head, and in the darkness, only Li Shiyue's eyes seemed to reflect light.

However, the golden light flashed by and Li's mother could no longer see anything.

When Li Shiyue saw her mother turned her head, she rested her head on her mother's neck and continued to whisper softly, "I was just trying to coax my second uncle, mother, you don't believe it, do you?"

Li Shiyue snorted coldly, "For a man like my father, we still want to build a cenotaph for him?

Haha, he is so unkind to the three of us, he didn't acknowledge my brother, he almost killed me, and he has already killed my grandmother. When my mother was his wife, she worried about him and considered him in everything. How could he have the nerve to force my mother like that for Qin Tao?

If I hadn't held back at that time, I would have killed him with a knife!

Only in this way can I relieve the hatred in my heart!
He fell into the sea, which made me feel relieved. "

Mother Li turned around in surprise, hugged Li Shiyue and pulled her into her arms.

Mother Li really didn't expect that Li Shiyue hated Father Li so much!

But deep down, does Li's mother really not hate Li's father, this scumbag?
Of course I hate it!
However, Li's mother needs to consider Li Shiyue and Shitou more!
This hatred can only be buried deep in the heart and pretended not to exist, convincing oneself that Father Li is dead, dust to dust, earth to earth, debts are settled when people die, and things are over.

But Mother Li and Father Li have been married for twenty years. How could Mother Li not hate Father Li for treating her so badly?

"Mother, my second uncle always remembers that my father is his eldest brother. Even though my father killed my grandmother, my second uncle still couldn't let go of my father after he got angry. I know all this.

I also know that if I say that my second uncle is not allowed to build a cenotaph, he will definitely be heartbroken and may even become estranged from us.

So, I said okay, let my second uncle do it, it’s just a ridiculous grave.

Mother, Father gave up on the three of us back then. I will always remember this!" (End of this chapter)