The next morning.

With a dark expression, Hao Li'an boarded the northbound train with Lao Yuan.

Hedao Village.

The rooster crowed.

Li Guihua clung to life and endured another night.

When Zhao Tiezhu and Zhao Tengfei woke up, they caught Qin Yuzhu and beat her up again.

Because the Zhao family had run out of rice to cook.

Their whole family is going to go hungry.

Qin Yuzhu was beaten black and blue, and cried and wailed.

"Stop hitting them! Please stop hitting them!"

She clung to Zhao Tiezhu's leg, crying and pleading, "Li Guihua isn't dead yet! I still have a way! I still have a way to bring Xuancao back!"

Zhao Tiezhu stopped upon hearing this. "What's the plan? Tell me!"

He said with a sinister look, "Let me tell you, if Xuancao doesn't come back today, don't blame me for being ruthless and selling you for food!"

Qin Yuzhu exclaimed upon hearing this: "!!!"

His expression changed drastically.

Even tigers don't eat their cubs, but Zhao Tiezhu is a beast, worse than a pig or a dog!

He didn't scare her.

He had indeed found a buyer and was going to sell her.

It is said that they were two brothers living deep in the mountains who were willing to exchange three bags of grain for a wife.

Three bags of grain!

This beast, for three bags of grain, actually wanted to sell his own daughter!

Qin Yuzhu had read many reports in her previous life and knew what would happen if someone was sold to a remote mountain area.

She doesn't want her legs broken.

Don't get chained up.

Don't become a tool for relieving your thirst or a baby-making machine!

"I have a way! I still have a way!"

She screamed wildly, her face contorted with venom, "Listen to me, you..."

Zhao Tiezhu and his son approached her, and upon hearing her words, hope rekindled in their eyes.

Qin Yuzhu was married before, so she's worthless.

Selling Qin Yuzhu would only get them three bags of grain, which wouldn't last long.

Now, daylilies are their lifeline.

They were determined to get the daylily back to the Zhao family, and then, through the daylily, drain the Qin family dry...

While enduring hunger and cold, the Zhao family of three secretly plotted their scheme.

Courtyard at the entrance of the village.

Yu Mingxiang slept with her daughter in her arms all night and woke up feeling refreshed.

As soon as she moved, Xuan Cao opened her eyes.

"Are you going to make breakfast, Mom?"

As she spoke, she put on her clothes, saying, "I'll help you."

Upon hearing this, Yu Mingxiang quickly reached out and pressed her down.

"I don't need your help!"

She said, "It's just cooking, Mom can do it all by herself, and your second brother will get up and help Mom start the fire!"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Cao immediately frowned.

"Men should stay away from the kitchen."

She subconsciously said, "Second brother is a grown man who is destined for great things. How can he spend all his time in the kitchen?"

With that, she put on her cotton-padded trousers and jumped off the bed.

Yu Mingxiang: "!!!"

Hearing her daughter say that, she instinctively wanted to correct her.

After all, the idea that men should stay away from the kitchen is an outdated concept from many years ago.

In later generations, a man being able to grace a formal occasion and cook a delicious meal is considered basic skill!

However, seeing her daughter hurrying away, Yu Mingxiang was not in a rush.

Some ideas are deeply ingrained.

Correction should not be rushed; it must be done gradually.

Yu Mingxiang wasn't in a hurry, but...

In the front yard, Qin Xiangdong got up early as usual to help his mother cook, but after being scolded by his younger sister, he refused to continue.

"What do you mean, 'men should stay away from the kitchen'? Sister, you've been badly harmed by the Zhao family!"

"What's wrong with me cooking for Mom? Uncle Gu used to cook for Mom every day!"

Upon hearing this, Xuancao asked, "??"

His face showed surprise and uncertainty.

Deep down, the beliefs she was taught since childhood are correct.

But if her views clash with Uncle Gu's, then without a doubt, Uncle Gu is right.

This is only a matter of opinion, except for the fact that Uncle Gu wants to marry her mother.

The daylily opened her mouth, about to say something, when suddenly...

Two "plop" sounds came from outside the courtyard gate.