"No!" Lu Shiyi shook his head. "Du Zhiqing got the letter of introduction tonight, so it probably won't take too long. If we talk about it after breakfast, it might be too late."

Lu Shiyuan put on his clothes and walked out, followed closely by Lu Shiyi.

"Shi Yi, I wonder if the village can get through this difficult time." Lu Shiyuan sighed, "With you staying by my side, those people shouldn't make things difficult for the villagers."

"I can only help from the sidelines. If the villagers say something wrong, no one can save you." Lu Shiyi reminded the village chief, "What role did the Hu family play in the incident back then? What role did the villagers play?"

Lu Shiyuan's back was covered in cold sweat. The villagers trusted the Hu family at that time and put pressure on Du Qingsong to let Du Qingsong and Hu Erya hold a banquet.

"I don't know if Du Zhiqing hates the villagers." Lu Shiyuan defended himself in front of Lu Shiyi, "If he hates the villagers, the people in the Zhiqing Office are talking nonsense, and they can't explain it."

"Even if you hate the villagers, you just don't know them well," Lu Shiyi said, looking towards the threshing ground in the distance. "The villagers are all protective of their own people. When a conflict arises between a clan member and an outsider, they will definitely help the clan member."

During breakfast, the villagers discussed countermeasures at home according to the village chief's request, hoping to extricate themselves from this matter.

However, the atmosphere in the Hu family was not good. Aunt Hu looked at the listless Hu Erya and did not let her eat breakfast.

Ever since Hu Erya got married, Du Qingsong didn't like her, but he would not let her go hungry and ensured that she had three meals a day.

After returning home after the divorce, Hu Erya was different. She had already started working at around 3 o'clock and had not yet had any breakfast.

"Mom, I took a lot of money and food from Qingsong as you said. Why don't you give me food?" Hu Erya looked at Aunt Hu aggrievedly.

The youngest son of the Hu family sat at the dining table, eating thick rice porridge, and glanced at Hu Erya.

"You still have the nerve to say that," Aunt Hu poked her forehead with her finger, "You wasted seven years for nothing. How come you didn't catch Du Qingsong?"

Du Qingsong was an educated youth from a big city. At that time, Erya was the only one in the Hu family who was of the right age, so the family allowed Erya to climb onto the bed.

"Mom, my second sister is divorced now. She should find someone else to marry," Hu Xiaodi said directly. "We don't support idlers at home. When will the other three sisters send food back?"

Aunt Hu calculated the time. Her three daughters were sold to the city. Their husbands were all disabled. Their in-laws thought that their three daughters were honest and dutiful, so they asked them to deliver food every month.

Hu Erya received the least gifts among the four daughters, but her life was the best among the four sisters, because at least her husband was a normal person.

"Sister, if you don't tell me, can you give me 30 kilograms of rice this time?" Little brother Hu likes to eat rice. Every time the sisters bring food, they will cook rice for a few days.

"Mom will make you rice when she gets the food, and then ask your dad to go fishing to see if we can make some meat." Aunt Hu hurriedly comforted her son. She didn't want him to suffer any injustice.

Hu Erya sat on the bench, looking at the loving mother and filial son in front of her, and Su Jin's words emerged in her mind: this loving mother and filial son were gained by sacrificing their daughters.

Except for Hu Erya, the other three daughters of the Hu family felt that this was their duty, so they sent food home today.

"Mom, you want so many things. It's hard for the three sisters to live." Hu Erya learned a lot from Du Qingsong and was not as blindly obedient as before.

Aunt Hu took the bed broom from the side and immediately hit Hu Erya.

"Mom, Erya is so angry that she dares to challenge you!" Little Brother Hu was eating while listening to Hu Erya's screams. He smiled and asked Aunt Hu to continue beating her.

Hu San didn't even raise his eyes. He ate his breakfast and thought about asking the matchmaker to find a new home for Erya.

"Erya, go clean up the kitchen. If you dare to steal food from the kitchen, I will break your legs." Aunt Hu glanced at Hu Erya and sent her out.

Hu San watched Hu Erya leave, and the family of three sat around the table.

"Du Qingsong has never touched Hu Erya. They have been sleeping separately for seven years." Aunt Hu whispered to the father and son.

Hu San and Hu Xiaodi looked at each other, and happiness flashed in their eyes.

"We can ask for more betrothal gifts and marry her directly into the mountains to avoid being released again." Hu San thought about it. Hu Erya's incident caused quite a stir, and the nearest brigade would not work.

"Then we can only sell it once. We can't send food to the other three sisters." Hu Xiaodi persuaded his parents, "I remember that Shangou Village didn't want a daughter-in-law. The introduction fee was 60."

Hu Xiaodi felt that 10 people was not a good number. If someone came home and told him about it, he would definitely let Erya marry him.

Hu San and Aunt Hu thought that what Hu Xiaodi said was right. Hu Xiaodi was smart and immediately thought of a way to make money.

Hu Erya stood in front of the pigpen feeding the pigs. She resented Du Qingsong and Qing Yan for giving up. When she returned home, she became cowardly again.

The Hu family will not support Hu Erya for too long, and even Hu Erya herself knows this. She is wondering whether she should rely on another educated youth.

Men in the city are always better than those in the countryside. Because of Du Qingsong's incident, the Hu family and her reputation are not good, and she is worried that the Hu family will marry her into the mountains.

While Hu Erya was daydreaming, Su Jin had breakfast and asked Wang Dahong and the other two to go to the supply and marketing cooperative together.

Lu Shiyi was driving the jeep, Su Jin was sitting in the passenger seat holding Hanhan, and the three educated youth were sitting in the back seat.

"Xiao Jin, the people in Shangou Village are difficult to deal with. When you return to the farm, you must be careful and cautious, and never let anyone plot against you." Wang Dahong warned the villagers after hearing what they were saying about Shangou Village.

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