A group of people blocked the door of the house tightly.
Shen Wei frowned secretly.
The old lady is the matchmaker in the village and often arranges marriages for girls from different families. The old lady greeted Shen Wei with a smile: "Why are you still standing there? Come in and pour us some water."
Yuanfu doesn't open the door.
Shen Wei said: "I don't want to get married yet, so don't stay at the door of my house."
The old lady pointed at Shen Wei and said to the middle-aged man, "Look, Xier is shy. Girls are always shy like this before they get married."
The middle-aged man was from the same village and everyone called him Lao Huang.
Old Huang looked Shen Wei up and down with his cunning eyes, his eyes full of brilliance.
Mr. Huang got married two years ago. His wife had difficulty giving birth, so her in-laws chose to keep the baby. As a result, the mother died of severe hemorrhage, leaving behind two thin sons.
Having two precious sons at once, Old Huang felt more confident and had more face in the village.
But soon, Lao Huang found that he had no wife at home, and his two babies could only be taken care of by two elderly people. He could not have a hot meal when he came home from fishing, and his children were also skinny.
He is in his forties, with elderly parents and young children to support, and a family to support. No girl dares to marry him.
He soon set his eyes on Yuan Xier from the same village. Xier had no parents and only a younger brother, and she was very beautiful. It is most suitable to marry her and bring her home as a wife. She will not fight back no matter how you beat or scold her, after all, she has no support from her parents.
Old Huang gave some money to the village matchmaker.
So today, a group of people came to propose marriage.
"He is almost fifty years old, how can he marry my sister!" Yuanfu's face turned red with anger.
The old lady smiled and said, "It's good to be old. Only when you are old can you know how to care for others."
Yuanfu was angry: "Then why don't you marry him and let him love you more."
The old lady glared at Yuanfu and said, "You are a child who knows nothing and is just talking nonsense. I am looking for a husband for your sister. Come into the house and bring out some stools and boil a pot of water."
Just as the old lady finished her words, another group of people came from the other end of the intersection of the fishing village.
It was another bachelor in the village who came with his family to propose marriage.
When the two groups met, they disliked each other and started cursing at the top of their lungs on the spot.
"I was the one who took a fancy to Xier first, why are you trying to snatch her away?"
"I brought a matchmaker with me today to propose marriage. I came before you."
"You've got half your foot in the coffin, why don't you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror?"
Yuanjia Fishing Village is not big, and the noise in front of Shen Wei's door quickly alarmed the entire village. There were many old bachelors in the fishing village who coveted Chen Wei. After hearing the news, they all crowded over and joined the verbal fight.
In fishing villages, there are more men than women, and there is a culture of favoring boys over girls. Baby girls are drowned in the sea, while baby boys are carefully raised. Over the years, there are at least a dozen elderly bachelors in the village.
The other fishermen's girls looked down on them, so they set their sights on Yuan Xier. Now these bachelors or widowers all crowded in front of Shen Wei's house, and the quarrels escalated into fights, competing for the ownership of Yuan Xier.
Amid the quarrel, Shen Wei and Yuan Fu closed the door and propped it against it with a wooden stick.
"Sister, how can they do this! You are a human being, not a fish." Yuanfu was so angry that he kept wiping away his tears.
Shen Wei sighed secretly.
Human nature is despicable, it is what it is.
Shen Wei's original plan was to recuperate in the fishing village and then pick up seafood with her brother to exchange for money. After accumulating enough silver and money, she went to Qing State.
She couldn't wait for Li Yuanjing to rescue her.
It is never better to rely on yourself than on others.
But Chen Wei really underestimated the human nature of the fishing village. No matter how smart and wise she is, and no matter how long she lives in the village, she cannot survive safely under the covetousness of a group of evil spirits.
She had to leave the fishing village as soon as possible, the sooner the better.
"Brother, how much money do we have left?" Shen Wei pulled Yuan Fu back into the house and the two talked in a low voice.
Yuanfu dragged a wooden box out from under the bed and counted the copper coins inside: "Including the money from selling clams today, there are three hundred copper coins. Sister, you were seriously ill a few days ago, and you spent a lot of money."
There is a difference in the prices of goods in Donglin Kingdom and Qing Kingdom. The copper coins in Donglin Kingdom are not very valuable, and one hundred copper coins are only worth one hundred coins.
Shen Wei calculated the value of three hundred copper coins in her mind. To go to Qing Kingdom, three hundred copper coins were not enough. But Shen Wei had made up her mind that she had to leave this broken fishing village. She could go to the imperial capital in the east, where there was a branch of her shop.
During these years, there were no wars between countries, and Shen Wei's business empire flourished in various countries on the mainland. In the imperial capital of Donglin Kingdom, there is also a shop opened by Shen Wei.
As long as you contact the branch, you will have the opportunity to return to Qingguo.
"Pack your luggage, take some dry food, and leave after dark." Shen Wei instructed Yuanfu.
Yuanfu's face turned pale. After guessing his sister's intention, he nodded vigorously after a while: "Sister, wherever you go, I will go."
At this time, the noise outside the house had become much quieter. The fishermen's fight alarmed the respected old village chief. The old village chief stepped in and put an end to the farce.
The old village chief certainly didn’t stand up for Shen Wei.
The old village chief gathered all the old bachelors together and asked them to sit down and discuss who should marry Yuan Xier.
After arguing for a long time, there was no result.
Everyone wants to take Yuan Xier for himself.
After discussing for a long time, someone couldn't help but suggest: "How about we each marry her for a year? This year she goes to my house, and next year she goes to Old Huang's house, and both give birth to a fat baby for us. Anyway, she has no parents, and we are taking her in out of kindness."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience fell silent.
The old village chief was smoking a water pipe, his dim eyes rolling around, but he didn't refute.
The golden sun at the beach slowly sank into the sea, and the sky gradually darkened.
...
After dark, Shen Wei certainly wouldn't just run away with her brother. This is very risky and can easily be detected.
Therefore, Shen Wei first asked Yuanfu to pretend to go to the beach to catch the night sea and pretend to pick up a large giant clam.
Yuanfu, carrying a large bag, deliberately shouted at the door: "Sister! I found a really big giant clam! I can exchange it for a lot of money!"
Shen Wei opened the door and pretended to be happy: "Really? Let's go to the county town and sell it right away."
Yuanfu deliberately asked: "How about going to the county tomorrow?"
Shen Wei replied: "That won't work. If it dies tonight, it won't be sold for a good price. Let's go to the night market in the county to sell it."
The siblings' voices were so loud that they could be heard by their neighbors next door. Qiaojie, the fisherwoman next door, opened the window impatiently and said sarcastically, "It's no big deal to pick up a broken giant clam. Keep your voices down and don't disturb my sleep."
Yuanfu scratched his head and said, "Oh, then I'll keep my voice down. Qiaojie, you go to sleep first. My sister and I will go to the night market to sell giant clams."
Chen Wei and Yuan Fu carried their luggage and left in the night.
Qiaojie curled her lips, cursed "junk", and then closed the window.
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