Miao Qiuduo walked around the room a few times in annoyance.
Huang Yuer was dizzy from her spinning and complained, "Mom, when are we going to go home? I really can't live in this country anymore! Look at the scars left by the insect bites. What should I do?"
He rolled up one of his sleeves, and there were red marks on his fair and tender arms from bites from some unknown insect. There are many mosquitoes in the countryside, so they are now staying at the third uncle's house. Although it is spacious, it is not cleaner than the Miao family, not to mention compared with their home in the provincial capital.
"Stop making trouble." Miao Qiuduo scolded. She thought that she would never leave and would live in this village, but at the moment she was really unsure.
People love their youngest child. She is the youngest child in the family and has always been loved and spoiled. The Miao family and even the entire Miao clan in Shiqu Village actually care a lot about family affection. Her parents, brothers, and sisters all doted on her. Later, she married to the county town. Because she was pretty and sweet-spoken, her husband Huang Wulang gave in to her in everything, which spoiled her and made her become even more bad-tempered.
It can be said that Miao Qiuduo's life has been smooth sailing. But people are always dissatisfied. Many people who are doing well do not think that they are doing well. Instead, they feel that others cannot see or understand their suffering, and they feel so bitter that they are gushing out.
But I don’t see that others can’t even get enough food.
Miao Qiuduo is such an example.
After her father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away, the Huang family split up. The Huang family originally ran a grocery store in the county town, so they had some assets. Huang Wulang didn't want the store or the house, and after getting a considerable sum of money, the couple were unwilling to continue living a small life on their small piece of land in the county town, so they took the money and went to the provincial capital to make a living.
When I arrived in the capital, I still opened a grocery store. In the following years, although they never returned to Shiqu Village, they returned to Anping County several times. Whenever the brothers get together, they always talk about how Huang Wulang and his wife are capable and have been able to gain a foothold in the provincial capital, becoming people from the big city. But in fact, business in the provincial capital was not that good, and Huang Wulang and his wife did not necessarily live a better life than their brothers in the county town: they did earn a little more in the provincial capital, but their expenses were also high.
Food, oil, salt and daily necessities all cost money, and the prices are twice as high as those in the county town. We cannot afford to buy a house, so we have to rent one. The locals in the provincial capital also look down on those who come from the small county town to make a living, and sometimes even exclude them. Miao Qiuduo and his wife looked glamorous on the surface, but in reality they were just barely making ends meet and had little savings.
Otherwise, why hasn’t she returned to Shiqu Village for so many years? Everyone thought that she lived a comfortable life in the capital city. Miao Qiuduo was afraid that her brothers and sisters would ask her for help. She wanted to save the money to send her son Jinbao to college. Studying in the capital city cost a lot of money!
Who would have thought that not long ago, Huang Sanlang and his wife went to the provincial capital to see a doctor. While sitting at her house, they actually mentioned the boy born to her sister Miao Chunlei.
"He's a promising man! It's incredible that a guy can achieve this level!" Huang Sanlang mentioned Shen Qing and gave him a thumbs up. He didn't know that Mr. Shen in the county town was Shen Qing, but his family ran a grocery store, so Huang Sanlang went to Lantang Village to buy some starch sausages to sell in the store. It’s quite popular among nearby residents, and people often buy it and stir-fry it with garlic shoots and green onions.
The weather is getting warmer, and this thing can't be kept for too long, so I have to make a trip to Lantang Village every two or three days. As a businessman, Huang Sanlang was good at speaking. It didn't take him much effort to find out about this new thing that was popular in Anping County and some things about Shen Qing. Who would have thought that she was related to his brother's wife?
Huang Sanlang's wife pushed the cakes she brought to Miao Qiuduo and held her hand affectionately: "We are all relatives, but we didn't interact much in the past. Can you help pass on a message, we also want to be intimate with our eldest nephew."
This flower sausage costs three cents to buy from the workshop in Shiqu Village, but when it is brought to the county town, Huang Sanlang sells it for four cents each or seven cents for two. It would not be cost-effective if it were any more expensive. Why don't people buy the fried ones, which only cost five cents each?
The profit was really thin, so Huang Sanlang and his wife wanted to find Miao Qiuduo's way to get the goods from Shen Qing at a lower price.
Miao Qiuduo has always been annoyed with these relatives, especially her husband's brothers. Every time they come to the city, they have to come to their house, either to stay or to eat with them. It is very troublesome. Her family can't get any benefits from it, and they just help others. However, this time, Miao Qiuduo rolled her eyes but did not show any impatience and agreed happily.
She discussed it with Huang Wulang at night. At first, he had no intention of marrying Shen Qing off. He just wanted to find the recipe from Shen Qing, learn the craft, and then go to the provincial capital to make and sell it. In Miao Qiuduo's eyes, Shen Qing only sold his products in Lantang Village and Anping County, and could not sell them in the provincial capital. Her getting the prescription would not affect Shen Qing's business. Since they were relatives, why didn't Shen Qing give it to her?
However, when she arrived in Anping County, Miao Qiuduo changed her mind. She had personally visited the flower sausage shop and found that the business was extremely good. With such a shop, there were many people like Huang Sanlang who purchased goods for their own sales. There was no telling how many flower sausages they sold in a day. Moreover, she heard that Qing Ge'er not only had the Flowered Sausage Workshop in Lantang Village, but was also planning to open another workshop in Shiqu Village!
How much does this cost! This Qing Ge'er's net worth is at least one hundred taels, right? Their family had endured so many years in the capital city, and had only saved sixty or seventy taels! When she heard that Qingger was not married, Miao Qiuduo's heart suddenly became hot. Qing'er has severed his relationship with the Shen family and lives with his sister. If her boy marries Qing'er, won't all the money belong to their family?
Their family no longer has to put on a brave face in the capital city. Qing'er's business is worth a lot of money, so Jinbao will be in charge of it in the future. They will have a legitimate excuse to come back, and they won't have to be laughed at by the Huang brothers and sisters-in-law for not being able to make it in the city and having to return in disgrace.
It was at that time that Miao Qiuduo saw Master Shen in the shop from afar. She had seen Shen Qing when he was a child. When Shen Qing was seven or eight years old, he didn't look much different from other boys. But Miao Qiuduo didn't expect that Qing now looks like a man and is pretending to be a man in the county town. She didn't even recognize him!
Miao Qiuduo held Huang Jinbao's hand and sighed, "I feel sorry for my son. I'm sorry for you. But he is your cousin, my sister's biological brother. Even if he doesn't look good, you have to respect him in the future, don't you understand?"
Huang Jinbao's eyes were bright: "No grievance!" The young man lowered his head shyly, his ears reddened: "Cousin... cousin is very good, this is the first time I have seen a brother like cousin, I... I like cousin!"
Before meeting Shen Qing in person, Huang Jinbao was quite unhappy when he heard that his mother wanted him to marry a country boy. However, after meeting Shen Qing, his reluctance completely disappeared. He fell in love with Shen Qing at first sight!
Miao Qiuduo, Huang Wulang:? ? ?
Seeing that Huang Jinbao's expression did not seem fake, Miao Qiuduo didn't know what to say. Why did her son's taste become so unique? "...If you don't feel wronged, that's even better. You should treat Qing Ge'er better in the future."
Huang Jinbao nodded like a little chick.
He really doesn't feel wronged! He had never seen a guy like Shen Qing. He just didn't look like a guy, but he was not ugly. Both his facial features and face shape were remarkable. Especially his temperament, how could he look like someone who grew up in the countryside? Huang Jinbao had seen several martial arts candidates from afar in the provincial capital, and Shen Qing was more energetic than them!
The key point is that Shen Qing doesn't take his mother seriously and ignores her. Huang Jinbao admires his calmness!
Huang Jinbao was influenced by his family since childhood. He doesn't like girls and thinks they are as nagging and controlling as his mother. He also didn't like ordinary boys, thinking that they were all as pretentious and spoiled as Huang Yuer. He had never seen a brother like cousin Shen Qing before. He was like a cool breeze in the sultry summer, which made his eyes brighten. He really liked him.
Seeing her son like this, Miao Qiuduo felt more confident. Qing'er has grown up to be like that and has not yet gotten married, so it might be difficult for him to find a partner. Even if someone wants to marry him, it's probably just for money. How many people in the world can truly love Qingger as much as their Jinbao? Are you still not content after meeting someone?
So two days later, when the Miao family came to Shiqu Village for a family reunion, Miao Qiuduo confidently mentioned this matter at the dinner table: "Jinbao took the initiative to tell me that he likes Qing'er, who has a unique spirit! He liked her at first sight and begged me to propose marriage. I thought, isn't this a match made in heaven? The perfect match for my cousin! I am Qing'er's biological aunt, and I will definitely not treat him badly in the future!"
Miao was extremely happy because her sister came back. She is the second oldest sister in the family. She was the one who raised Miao Wang and Miao Qiuduo most of the time when they were young, and she still misses the family affection they had in the past.
She was not present for what happened two days ago, but she did not feel as upset as Miao Xing and Miao Wang. She was just happy for the reunion of her family. Who would have known that Miao Qiuduo was talking to her about the deep sisterly love one moment, and then mentioned Qingger's marriage the next?
Old Mrs. Miao was so scared that she dropped her chopsticks. She quickly waved her hands at Shen Qing and Miao: "I didn't agree to her. She told me before and I refused. I really don't know what she is going to say today!"
After saying this, Old Mrs. Miao became angry and glared at Miao Qiuduo. Why is this child so troublesome? Can’t she tell her? She can’t tell her!
Now, only a fool would treat Qingge'er as an ordinary farmer's boy and think about his marriage according to the village's ideas. Mrs. Miao was very wise as she was able to raise four children to adulthood as a widow after her husband's death.
She thought that Qing'er would either marry the nobleman's steward in the future, or become his mistress. Being a mistress sometimes is not necessarily for the sake of beauty or to serve in bed, but is also a means of changing one's status. Qing'er becomes a mistress to a noble man, which is considered as crossing the social class barrier. She can also be a good wife to the noble man, which is a mutually beneficial thing.
In the past, Jinbao would have been a good marriage, but now there is no way Qing'er would agree to it.
Besides, Qing Ge'er is not stupid. Can't he see what that damn girl Qiu Duo is planning? Instead, it destroyed the relationship. This damn girl, I didn't let her say it, but she insisted on doing it!
Li Yanzi almost choked when she heard what Miao Qiuduo said. She remembered that more than half a year ago, she had quarreled with Miao Wang several times over Shen Qing's marriage. Who would have thought that Qing Ge'er now had a status and became so popular.
Miao was stunned, and hadn't figured out how to decline. However, Shen Qing didn't have a good impression of this aunt whom she hadn't seen for many years. Before she could open her mouth, she said stiffly, "No way, I don't agree."
A trace of anger flashed across Miao Qiuduo's face. How many times has she been rejected by Shen Qing since she came back? Nothing went smoothly, and now she was rejected by the younger generation in person. She was very unhappy: "Qing'er, you are wrong. The marriage of a boy is a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words. It's up to your mother and I to decide whether it's good or bad. As a boy, you don't say anything and get out of the way immediately. How dare you get involved in it yourself?"
"It's my own marriage, so why shouldn't I interfere?" Shen Qing was very unhappy and in a bad mood. He hated being treated like an object, a commodity, and being scrutinized. If a man takes a fancy to him, he should be grateful? "Don't worry about me, auntie. It's my own marriage, and I have my own say."
After Shen Qing finished speaking, he pushed away his bowl and chopsticks, left the table, and went for a walk outside. It would be a waste of words to talk to someone like Miao Qiuduo. Shen Qing didn't want to pay any attention to her and just avoided her.
Seeing this, Miao Qiuduo's chest rose and fell rapidly. She was so angry that she said something she didn't want to say: "You pretend to be a man outside and even made up such an identity. You are so friendly with people on the street. Who would dare to marry you? It's only because my Jinbao is a simpleton who doesn't care. I am your aunt, how can I harm you? If you don't speak to me nicely and disrespect your elders, be careful that I will expose this matter to others and I will see your business..."
"Qiuduo!" Old Mrs. Miao quickly interrupted Miao Qiuduo loudly. This was really inappropriate. She turned around to look at Shen Qing and Miao's expressions.
Miao's face turned pale and her chest heaved with anger. Who is this person? They are all her own flesh and blood, but because something didn't go her way, she would expose other people's secrets and use this as a threat. Miao looked at Miao Qiuduo and found her so strange and scary: was this the sister she had raised since childhood? How could I have such a sister!
After being yelled at by Old Lady Miao, Miao Qiuduo realized that she had said something she shouldn't have said. But she usually didn't bow her head, so she stopped talking and sat aside with her arms folded.
Everyone in the room stopped eating and looked at Shen Qing and Miao Qiuduo.
Shen Qing had already walked to the door. He turned back to look at Miao Qiuduo and sneered, "Whatever you say, do you think I'm afraid or not?"
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