Chapter 35 Father and Son Fight for a Daughter
"Who told you these words?" Liang Jinyu asked in a flat tone.
Liang Dingfang froze and dared not answer.
"Let me ask you again, who told you?" Liang Jinyu's voice became a little colder.
An invisible sense of oppression made Liang Dingfang subconsciously tense. He had to speak, but his voice was as soft as a mosquito.
"I don't know him. He's a man who calls himself Yan."
"How could he tell you this if he didn't know you?"
Liang Dingfang sighed in frustration and had to tell everyone what had happened at the Song residence.
It was also a coincidence that at noon, Liang Dingfang was still thinking about finding an excuse to leave the kiln, but unexpectedly his boss just asked him to go to the city to do something.
So Liang Dingfang took the opportunity to go to Song's house.
That place is really remote. If he hadn't seen someone passing by the stone bridge, he would never have thought that there were houses on the other side of the stone bridge.
Just as he got off the stone bridge and was about to go to Song's house, he was stopped by the young man.
He called himself Young Master Yan, and was in his early twenties. He wore white clothes and a red skirt, and a veil on his head. He was holding a folding fan in the middle of winter, and looked like a playboy.
"He asked me if I had rented the Song residence, and said that the house was not clean and asked me to move to another place. He also asked me why I wanted to rent there. In short, it was inexplicable and weird." Liang Dingfang frowned.
Why rent there?
Isn't this nonsense?
Of course it was because of poverty. In the huge city of Shaozhou, there was no cheaper warehouse than there.
"After listening to me, he said he could give me some money, but he needed me to be his medicine boy." Liang Dingfang said, then he looked at Liang Jinyu cautiously and asked uncertainly, "Sister, are you angry?"
He must be just a curious passerby, Liang Jinyu thought.
"I'm not angry. I'll find a way to deal with the money issue. Don't even think about being someone's slave in the future."
"Didn't you just say there was no way?" Liang Dingfang muttered in disbelief.
Liang Jinyu was afraid that he would do something stupid. If he really sold her out, she would not even have time to cry.
"Do you know why we fled to Shaozhou?" Liang Jinyu asked.
Liang Dingfang shook his head: "I don't know."
"Ten years ago, my father saved a wealthy businessman. His hometown is in Shaozhou."
Liang Jinyu had also heard her mother mention this matter by chance, but at that time they were just chatting about it as a side topic and had never thought that there would be a day when they would be able to repay the favor.
"Sister, do you mean to ask that rich businessman for money?"
Liang Jinyu smiled bitterly: "If you really have no other options, then this is the only option. But we still have time, let's think of other solutions first."
Although it was a bad idea, it was also an option, and Liang Dingfang felt a little relieved.
The brother and sister talked in low voices and fell asleep before they knew it.
The next day.
Liang Jinyu was woken up by the squealing of pigs next door. It sounded like someone went to the pigpen to feed the pigs.
You are really risking your life.
Liang Jinyu sighed, saying that even a body made of iron could not withstand long-term labor, let alone when she was pregnant.
With the help of the morning light outside the window, Liang Jinyu put on her clothes and left the woodshed.
"Dad, why did you get up so early?" Liang Jinyu just arrived in the yard and saw old man Chen coming out of the house stealthily, as if he was afraid of disturbing someone.
After Liang Jinyu yelled at him like that, Old Man Chen's eyes flashed with panic, but he quickly calmed down and angrily said with a dark face: "You also care about going to the toilet?"
Liang Jinyu raised her eyebrows and said calmly, "I was just asking casually, Dad, why are you so angry? It's cold outside, take care of yourself."
"Mind your own business." Old man Chen stormed out of the yard.
As soon as he left, Chunniang came out of the pig pen, holding a pig food bucket, and smiled at Liang Jinyu, saying, "You're up."
Liang Jinyu nodded: "I'll go wash up."
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In the morning, Chunniang fried pancakes, cooked corn porridge, and stir-fried three side dishes.
Wang smacked her lips as she chewed the cake, while the chopsticks in her hand made a clang-clang-clang sound against the bowl.
Either he complained that Chun Niang put too much oil in the dish, or he complained that the dish was too dry. In short, nothing was to his liking.
Chunniang lowered her head and said nothing, looking like a typical young wife.
"Didn't you see that your man has finished his porridge? You only care about yourself. You have no eyesight at all!" Wang knocked on Chunniang's bowl and scolded her.
Chunniang hurriedly got up and went to take Chen Lai Fu's bowl.
At this time Chen Lai Fu also stretched out his hand and just covered the back of Chun Niang's hand.
"It's okay, I'll go by myself." Chen Lai Fu patted Chun Niang considerately.
Chun Niang lowered her head even more, and the area behind her ears and her neck were all red.
“Bang!”
Old man Chen suddenly lost his temper, threw his chopsticks on the table, and yelled at Wang: "How many times have I told you to stay away from me? Why are you getting so close to me? Don't you have bones?"
Wang looked puzzled: "You ate gunpowder early in the morning, and I sat here as soon as I arrived. How did I offend you?"
"I'm not going to eat anymore. I'm going to go out for a walk." Old man Chen kicked the stool away.
[Oh my god, did Lao Deng take the wrong medicine? ]
Chen Dani complained secretly and looked at Chun Niang suspiciously.
[No, why are you crying? Lao Deng is not scolding you. Good guy, you are really good at pretending.]
Liang Jinyu chuckled, lowered her head and took another sip of porridge.
The fight between father and son is quite interesting.
As the year draws to a close, there is less and less work at the kiln factory, and everyone can barely earn much money from going back and forth all day.
But there is also good news. Merchants in the city have begun to purchase large quantities of timber, and the prices are not low.
Shaozhou is surrounded by mountains and is moist all year round, which is very conducive to the growth of trees.
In addition, due to the convenient water transportation, timber merchants come here every year to purchase timber, especially fir trees.
"I heard that a white fir tree with the bark scraped off can be sold for 20 to 30 wen. This must be several hundred wen in a day."
Wang said excitedly, and found an axe and a saw and stuffed them into Liang Dingfang's backpack.
Chen Laifu glanced at the kitchen and said, "It's still early. I'll go up the mountain later."
"The sun is already at the top of the sky, how long are you going to wait? The second and third brothers have already left, and you won't be able to get any warmth even if you dawdle." Old man Chen came back from outside with his hands behind his back, and as soon as he entered the room, he glared at Chen Lai Fu.
Chen Lai Fu had no choice but to get up. Before leaving, he ran to the kitchen anxiously and came out with a smile on his face.
Old man Chen had a gloomy face and sat under the eaves without saying a word.
"Be careful when you go up the mountain. I heard there are wild boars in the mountain. You should be careful." Liang Jinyu patted Liang Dingfang's clothes and stuffed a cake into his arms.
Liang Dingfang touched it and nodded with a smile: "I know."
The two of them walked into the yard, and Minrui sensed that something was wrong.
Liang Dingfang was young, and although he didn't know the secret, he still reminded Liang Jinyu.
"The old man has been acting a bit strange these days, please be careful, sister."
Everyone has seen how powerful Old Man Chen's horsewhip is.
Liang Jinyu felt amused and replied, "I know."
Before setting off, Chunniang came out of the kitchen and stuffed the prepared rice balls into Chen Laifu's hands.
This action caused different emotions among the people in the yard, some were happy and some were angry.
Liang Jinyu looked at Chen Lai Fu, then at Old Man Chen, and couldn't help wanting to laugh.