On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 37: He is the scumbag!
Li Shiyue and his colleagues are working diligently to buy salt for the whole village, but what about Li's father?
Father Li tidied his clothes and walked out of the alley. He first found a small restaurant and had a delicious bowl of mutton noodle soup.

However, when it came time to pay the bill, Mr. Li had never imagined that a bowl of mutton noodle soup would be so expensive, and the few copper coins in his hand were not enough to spend.

Seeing Father Li's expression, the restaurant owner had to explain bitterly to him, "We are a small business. The city gates have been closed recently. We have to buy sheep from people in the city. The price is very high, so we have to increase the price of this noodle soup."

Father Li had no choice but to take out more than ten copper coins from his chest pouch to pay for the bowl of noodles.

After asking the restaurant owner for directions to the clinic, Father Li slowly walked out of the restaurant.

If Father Li hadn't considered himself a scholar, he would have patted his belly happily. This was the first time in more than a month that he had eaten so happily!
When they arrived at the clinic, he told the prescription Qin Tao had given to the medicine boy. After hearing it, the boy first stared at Father Li with a strange look on his face, and then looked down at Father Li with a wandering gaze, which made Father Li feel very uncomfortable all over.

After that, the guy asked, "How many pairs do you want to catch, sir?"

After Father Li said "five sets", he saw the guy make two "tsk tsk" sounds and then go to get the medicine skillfully.

After paying the money with a painful heart, Father Li walked out carrying the medicine bags strung together.

As a result, as soon as he left the clinic, Father Li saw a pastry shop next to the shop opposite the clinic. After thinking about it, Father Li decided to walk in.

After buying a bag of maltose, Father Li looked up at the sun in the sky after leaving the shop, estimated the time, hesitated for a moment, and did not return the same way.

He walked on the street, and after about a hundred steps, he saw a few beggars lying on the ground at the corner.

Father Li took two pieces of maltose and walked over. He stood with his palms facing up and showed the two pieces of maltose to the beggars who were looking over: "I want to ask you something. Whoever answers the question well will get the candy."

After asking the questions, he threw two pieces of candy to the beggars for them to scramble for, and then Father Li quickened his pace and walked in the direction given by the beggar.

As they walked, Father Li actually went to residential areas. However, Father Li had never been to the city before. Could it be that he had acquaintances in this city?
Father Li looked at the lantern hanging on the door and nodded in his heart. He shook his sleeves and gently stroked the hem of his clothes with his free hand that was not holding the medicine bag. Then he walked to the door in a square step and knocked twice.

"Who is it?" The question came from an elderly woman.

"I'm here to find Mei Niang."

The door opened, and the old woman with white hair and hunched back said to Father Li, "Oh, it's Mr. Wang who's back. Come in quickly. Mei Niang has been waiting for you."

Naturally, Mr. Li’s surname is Li rather than Wang. It turns out that this place is a secret brothel with the door half-closed!

Father Li, who had been holding it in for the whole journey, actually came here to have some fun after asking around.

As soon as Mr. Li entered, a little girl who looked to be about seven or eight years old came to lead the way. After passing through two doors, they arrived at the entrance of a courtyard.

As soon as Mr. Li stood firm, a heavily made-up woman walked out of the door.

As soon as she came up, the woman took Father Li's arm and said, "My dear, you are finally back. Mei Niang has been waiting for you anxiously."

Father Li raised his foot and was about to go through the door, but the woman held him back.

"My dear, don't be impatient, Mei Niang can't get away.

But, if you want to see Mei Niang, you must come.” The woman smiled and stretched out her hand to Father Li with her palm facing up.

Everyone understands what this means.

Doesn't it cost money to find a secret prostitute?

Father Li naturally understood what the woman meant, and he reached out and took out a small piece of silver from his chest and put it in the woman's palm. But the smile on the woman's face disappeared immediately when she saw the small piece of silver from Father Li.

"Hey, my dear, is this a reward for me?
Then I have to thank you for your support."

She took the silver coins without a second thought and still held Father Li's hand, preventing him from going inside. Her meaning was clear - this little bit of silver was not enough if he wanted to see Mei Niang.

Father Li felt a little sorry for the piece of silver. You know, when he was studying in the county school in the county town, he would go out for drinks and fun with his classmates, and even if he stayed in a prostitute's house for a night, he wouldn't need such a piece of silver.

Just now, Father Li thought that this was the capital city after all, so the price would not be cheap, so he picked out a larger silver ingot and handed it over.

But looking at the woman's expression now, it seems that this is far from enough.

Father Li was not happy. He shook off the woman's hand with all his strength, and his face darkened: "Don't try to deceive me. How much more do you want for me to go into the house and see Mei Niang?"

The woman was pushed away, but she didn't look concerned. Instead, she raised her hand to Li's father and extended five fingers.

"Five taels of silver?
You might as well go and rob it!

Your Mei Niang is so beautiful, why is she asking such a high price?"

When the woman heard what Father Li said, she knew that he was a man of face. You know, in the past, most of the men who could come to their half-open door were poor scholars.

Poor scholars care most about face. Even if they know that the price is high, they will still grit their teeth and give the money for the sake of face.

But there are not many people who are as shameless as Father Li and directly say that it is too expensive. However, the woman has seen a lot of people, and she knows best how to deal with people like Father Li who appear to be strong but are actually weak.

"Oh, you are joking, my dear. It's not five taels. See my Mei Niang, say at least fifty taels!"

Father Li was shocked. He had never seen fifty taels of silver in his entire life.

When the woman saw the look on Mr. Li's face, she knew that he was not just short of money, but was a person who was short of money and weak inside!
The woman clapped her hands twice and walked out of the courtyard gate. A young man, who was about eleven or twelve years old, came out, bending down and looking down. The woman said, "The young man can't see Mei Niang anymore. You take the young man to find Ying Niang."

The woman turned around and looked Father Li up and down before continuing with disdain, "My dear, he is only worthy of finding Yingniang."

After the woman said this, she walked into the room and closed the door without even looking at Li's father.

Father Li's face was red, and he looked like he wanted to get angry but didn't dare to. The servant still lowered his head and said to Father Li: "My dear, please follow me."

Father Li followed the boy to another large courtyard, where an old woman was lying on a recliner.

After hearing what the servant said, the old woman did not even stand up. She pointed to a place with a straw curtain hanging on the side with her palm-leaf fan and said, "Mrs. Ying is inside. My dear, please make yourself at home."

　Father Li is probably the biggest villain in this article, and he will be given a lot of attention.

　　Also, at this time, Father Li is roughly equivalent to patriarchy, and he will be offline, but not now, because the heroine cannot break through the patriarchy yet.

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(End of this chapter)