Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 44 Can a divorced woman afford an oxcart?
After dinner, the family sat in the hallway to cool off, and Li Ruru paused in her fanning.

"How...how do you know everything?"

Not only did they know about her former in-laws, but they also knew exactly what Granny Liu was thinking.

Is this guy Sherlock Holmes?!
"Hehe, I have my own channels. Just tell me if you want it or not?"

Chu Xiu gave Li Ruru a chance to redeem herself, and he knew without even asking that Li Ruru would agree.

She wasn't a clueless pushover, nor did she believe in repaying evil with good.

He felt she was the kind of person who would retaliate ten times if someone slapped her once.

But Li Ruru's words puzzled him greatly.

"No need for now," Li Ruru said calmly. The Chen family were just clowns, a bunch of brainless fools.

Their feelings are written all over their faces, their schemes are simple and laughable, yet they think they are very clever.

As for that old woman Liu, we should be wary of her for now and deal with her when she shows her true colors.

Li Ruru was willing to personally slap others in the face, so naturally she didn't want Chu Xiu to do it for her.

His involvement changed the nature of the situation, and what was originally a justifiable argument became unclear.

Chu Xiu was rejected, and although he couldn't quite understand it, he had a good attitude and quickly came to terms with it.

Li Niangzi just said she wouldn't use it for now, which means she'll definitely need it later, so he still has a chance to win her favor.

Xiao Wu remained silent; just two days ago, he had been yelling at Li Ruru on the street.

Today, Xiao Wu followed the young master to Li Ruru's house and even ate their meal. He was extremely uneasy.

Fearing that Li Ruru would bring up past grievances, he kept his head down and tried to minimize his presence.

I just hope Li Ruru doesn't see this or remember what happened before.

Xiao Yishan was a man who couldn't sit still. He built a simple trellis in the yard and carefully straightened the haphazardly growing grapevines onto it.

"Wow, grapes!" Sanya exclaimed. "Quite a few."

Sure enough, foodies can find food anywhere.

As soon as Li Ruru turned her head, Sanya was already eating and even brought Li Ruru a skewer.

"Mom, it's so sweet, Brother Yishan picked it."

The grapes were yellowish-green and translucent, making them look unripe, but they tasted exceptionally sweet.

Li Ruru nodded in satisfaction, "Not bad."

After resting enough, it's time to go to bed.

Li Ruru's family didn't have any extra beds, so she said to Chu Xiu, "You can either sleep in your carriage or go to Yishan's house to sleep."

Without a second thought, Chu Xiu said, "I'll go to his house."

He had never slept in a carriage, but he knew it certainly wouldn't be a comfortable place.

In the end, Xiao Wu was arranged to sleep in the carriage, while Chu Xiu and Xiao Yishan went into the dilapidated house.

"Holy crap, are you kidding me? There's grass everywhere."

He thought Li Ruru's house was already dilapidated enough, but he didn't expect Xiao Yishan's house to be even worse.

I walked through the tall weeds and into the dilapidated house, where there was only a small, broken bed.

Xiao Yishan said, "I'll make a makeshift bed on the floor, you can sleep on the bed."

Chu Xiu's feelings were complicated. The bed was so small that he felt it wasn't even big enough for him to stretch his legs out.

There were no blankets on the bed, only a broken pillow.

He wanted to sleep on the ground, but the tattered straw mat was as torn as a sieve, and there were many small insects on the ground.

Ants and crickets took turns attacking.

He felt a chill run down his spine and quickly got into bed.

He truly regretted it, not that he regretted coming to Li Ruru's house, but that he should have slept in the carriage.

It's actually a good deal for Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu slept very comfortably in the carriage and had a good night's sleep.

Chu Xiu barely slept all night, and when he saw Xiao Wu with dark circles under his eyes in the morning, he got angry. "What are you standing here for? Hurry up and help move things."

As usual, Li Ruru went to sell konjac tofu. Yesterday, she made five more konjac tofu.

Anyway, we have oxcarts now, which can pull it.

Just as I finished packing, I heard He Dajiao's voice from outside the door.

"Ms. Li, shall we go to the market?"

He knew that Li Ruru went to the market every day to sell konjac tofu, and that so much stuff couldn't be sold without an oxcart.

Although he had given a ride to the Zhao family yesterday, Li Ruru said she would never ride in his oxcart again.

But he thought she was just bragging. Did she think she wouldn't do business if she didn't ride in an oxcart?

Sure enough, Li Ruru walked out the door and said with a smile, "Of course I'll go, I'll definitely go."

He Dajiao gave him an "I knew it" look, got off the bus, and stood aside, waiting for Li Ruru to move her things.

He knew that his oxcart was a treasure in Chenjia Village, and no family could do without it.

While He Dajiao turned around to smoke his pipe, Xiao Yishan had already driven the oxcart out. Only after everything was loaded did Li Ruru call out to He Dajiao, "We're leaving."

"Alright!" He Dajiao went to herd the cattle as usual, but after a few steps she felt something was wrong.

This oxcart is so light, it's almost as if... it's not carrying anything at all.

He turned his head sharply and saw Li Ruru sitting on a brand-new oxcart, smiling and saying, "Big Foot, move aside, we're leaving."

"Us?" He Dajiao then realized that Li Ruru's "us" did not include him.

He jumped out of the car and rushed over, shouting, "Ms. Li, how could you do this?"

Li Ruru asked, puzzled, "What?"

He Dajiao angrily said, "You promised to ride in my oxcart every day, how can you go back on your word?"

Li Ruru was so angry she almost laughed. "Who went back on their word? I paid yesterday, but you brought someone else along."

She paused for a moment, then added, "Speaking of which, I'm a person who keeps my word the most. I said yesterday that I wouldn't ride in your oxcart anymore, and I won't."

See how trustworthy I am? If you were as trustworthy, I wouldn't have bought this oxcart.

He Dajiao's eyes widened. "This...you bought this oxcart? How much money did you make to be able to afford an oxcart?"

He hadn't taken Li Ruru's small business seriously before, but now she'd actually bought a luxury car by selling konjac tofu! This was outrageous!
He knew the market price of oxcarts like the back of his hand.

Li Ruru has only been doing business for a few days, how could she afford an oxcart?

There must be at least a dozen oxcarts; how could she earn five taels of silver a day?!
Er Ya never minces words. She said, "Uncle Big Foot, why do you care how much money my family makes? Are you so poor that you can't afford to eat and want to borrow money from my mother?"

"Oh, really? You're someone who owns an oxcart! Right, right?"

He Dajiao's face flushed with anger, and he said, holding his breath, "Can't I even ask?"

Er Ya laughed and said, "Of course you can ask. Just ask away, we won't tell you anyway."

He Dajiao's face went from red to white. If it weren't for the fact that Er Ya was still a little girl, he would have already started to attack her.

Li Ruru didn't want the villagers to know how much money she could make selling konjac, so she sighed and said, "Sigh, what money can I make? I haven't even recouped my investment yet. I bought this oxcart with the money I got from our divorce."

Everyone in Chenjia Village knows that Li Ruru and Li took 36 taels of silver from the Chen family. This is money that has been made public, so Li Ruru can say whatever she wants.

He Dajiao breathed a sigh of relief for no reason. She thought to herself, how could a divorced woman like her afford an oxcart?

She's just exploiting her in-laws for money; such shallow women are the most despicable.

Although Li Ruru was divorced, in He Dajiao's eyes, she was a divorced woman.

He drove off arrogantly in his oxcart, and Li Ruru and her group quickly arrived at the market.

She had just unloaded her things when Aunt Pang came over.

She gestured towards the opposite side with her lip and said, "Hey little sister, look, that person is imitating you."

Li Ruru looked up and saw a sign standing opposite her.

"Tofu, authentic white tofu! Not some cheap konjac tofu!"

Li Ruru was stunned. She said her konjac tofu wasn't worth much? What disgusting business tactics.

(End of this chapter)