20demayo Chapter 8 Li Lizhi scolds her daughter
Chapter 8 Li Lizhi scolds her daughter
"Those beasts won't let us go."
Aunt Liu wiped away her tears and continued.
"They said they were going to sell us women to the northern deserts as slave girls."
"They even said they would kill the village children... to feed them when there's a food shortage in the winter."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Yaojin clenched his fists so tightly they cracked.
"Those Tibetan bastards! I'm going to kill them all!"
"That day we were trapped in the valley by hundreds of cavalrymen."
A sacred smile suddenly appeared on Aunt Liu's face.
"Just when everyone was so desperate that they were about to commit suicide, a god descended to earth."
"It's that Miss Yu."
Another village woman said admiringly.
"She was so small, yet she rode that huge wooden tiger."
Within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, all the cavalrymen were scared away.
"She saved us all."
Aunt Liu continued.
"They even helped us settle down here, and they send us rice and money from time to time."
"Therefore, we believe anyone she saves."
Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling both fell silent.
The image of that arrogant little baby simultaneously flashed into their minds.
She brandished a short sword and spoke in a childish voice about robbing someone.
But unseen by them, they supported the livelihood of an entire village.
"Do you know... what her full name is?"
Li Shimin asked softly.
The anger he had felt at being robbed was gone from his tone.
"have no idea."
Aunt Liu shook her head.
She only said her surname was Ye, and that it was fine to call her "Yu".
Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling exchanged a glance.
An unusual light flickered in their eyes.
Despite his young age, he possesses a chivalrous spirit and a strong sense of justice.
But if she is a commoner living in seclusion in these deep mountains... then who is the elder who taught her?
At this moment, Ye Lingyu was squatting in the bushes behind the back gate of her own estate, her face full of sorrow.
"Oh no, oh no!"
Ye Lingyu looked at the sky gradually darkening.
"I'm still too late. Mother is sure to find out."
She remembered Li Lizhi's stern gaze when she punished her, and the feather duster specifically used for spanking.
Although she possessed a wealth of mechanical skills and martial arts prowess.
But in front of her own mother, she was as timid as a quail.
"Let's give it our all!"
Ye Lingyu gritted her teeth.
She took a small pebble out of her pocket.
He aimed for the side yard and threw it over there.
"Clatter!"
The crisp sound of pebbles hitting the ground echoed at the gate.
"Who's there?"
Li Lizhi's melodious yet authoritative voice echoed from the courtyard.
Then, the footsteps gradually faded into the distance.
"Hehe, a diversionary tactic!"
A hint of smugness appeared in Ye Lingyu's eyes.
Taking advantage of the opening, she quickly climbed over the back wall.
But just as her feet touched the blue brick ground in the backyard...
A huge shadow suddenly loomed over her from above.
"Is this what they call the Thirty-Six Stratagems?"
A gentle, slightly teasing voice sounded overhead.
Ye Lingyu's movements froze instantly.
She mechanically, little by little, raised her head.
Ye Yuhang was sitting on a stone stool with his arms crossed and a smile on his face.
He was still holding a steaming cup of tea in his hand.
"Father... Father!"
Ye Lingyu chuckled twice, then awkwardly drew circles on the ground with her toes.
"You...you're still awake?"
"Are you trying to play a diversionary tactic on me?"
Ye Yuhang picked up his daughter and lifted her into the air.
"Lingyu, have you forgotten?"
Who taught you this plan back then?
Ye Yuhang looked at her with a half-smile.
"You're still too green to pull this trick on your old man."
"Father, dear father, please put me down."
Ye Lingyu quickly begged for mercy, her sweet words as sweet as honey.
"Mother is coming soon"
If she sees me, I'm dead!
Ye Yuhang looked at his daughter's pitiful appearance.
He shook his head helplessly, but his heart softened.
He gently put his daughter down and casually pointed into the distance.
"Your mother went to the place where you threw stones, and she hasn't come back yet."
Ye Yuhang blinked and said in a low voice.
"Get back inside now while you still can!"
Pretending to be reading the whole time.
"Yes, sir!"
Ye Lingyu was overjoyed and ran to the bedroom as fast as she could.
But the moment her fingertips touched the door...
The door, which had been tightly closed, was slowly pushed open from the inside.
Li Lizhi's figure appeared at the doorway.
She didn't have the broom she had imagined.
Instead, he calmly watched Ye Lingyu, who was maintaining her sprinting posture.
"Ye Lingyu".
"You think your little tricks can fool your mother?"
Ye Lingyu slowly withdrew her hand and obediently lowered her head.
She nervously twisted the hem of her clothes with both hands.
Half an incense stick later, in the living room.
Ye Yuhang sat in the main seat and awkwardly touched his nose.
He was about to take a sip of tea to calm his nerves when he met Li Lizhi's ambiguous smile.
"puff--!"
He spat out a mouthful of tea.
Ye Yuhang quickly wiped his mouth and sat up straight.
He never dared to give his daughter a meaningful look again.
"Tell me about it."
Li Lizhi sat upright in the chair.
"Where did you go all day?"
Ye Lingyu secretly glanced at her father and discovered that the reinforcements had been completely paralyzed.
She had no choice but to tell the truth.
"Mother, Father, I encountered some despicable Tibetans today."
Ye Lingyu's voice was so soft it was like a mosquito buzzing.
"I also took care of a few sneaky bandits."
"I saw that the women in the mountains were living a hard life, so I gave them the money I had earned."
Li Lizhi's heart tightened suddenly.
Although her daughter was highly skilled in martial arts, as a mother,
Hearing the words "Tibetans" still sends a chill down my spine.
Only after learning that her daughter was indeed safe and sound did she feel much relieved.
But looking at her daughter's unrepentant, even somewhat smug little expression...
Li Lizhi decided that she had to teach her a lesson today.
"Lingyu is really amazing."
Li Lizhi suddenly revealed an extremely gentle smile.
The smile was so bright that it gave Ye Yuhang a sudden, inexplicable sense of dread.
"They can fight the Tibetans, and they can also rob the rich to help the poor."
He's truly a little hero of the Ye family.
As Li Lizhi spoke, she looked at Ye Yuhang standing to the side.
"Husband, bring out that 'new weapon' I asked you to make for Lingyu."
"what?"
Ye Yuhang was stunned.
He quickly realized what was happening, and a strange look of sympathy crossed his face.
He fumbled under the counter for a while before slowly pulling out a thin, long object.
Here you go, the 'reward' you wanted.
Ye Yuhang handed the items to Ye Lingyu, then quickly looked away.
Ye Lingyu was overjoyed.
She thought her father had developed some powerful hidden weapons for her again.
She excitedly stretched out her hands to receive it.
But when that "weapon" was fully exposed to the light...
Ye Lingyu's excited face froze instantly.