Just because Li Mingtan's brothers relied on Li Mingtan and stuck to him, now Mrs. Wu finds Li Mingtan more and more displeasing. Sometimes, when Li Mingtan comes over to her side to rest at night, she would sulk and send him to Hui Niang's room, tossing and turning by herself until dawn.
Mrs. Wu continued, "At the end of last year, your brother Li brought back an additional forty taels of entitlement silver, thinking to economize and save that amount for the family. But then, your brother Li suggested sending the third grandson of the first household, his third nephew, to study at an academy, claiming that the child was smart and had the potential to study. Who could have expected the plan to change so quickly? In the first month, my father-in-law fell and injured his tailbone. Just one prescription cost two taels of silver, and in a few days, those forty taels were exhausted.
