Chapter 52: The Zhou Family Comes Looking for Someone

Before it got completely dark, the two of them cleaned up the house inside and out.

There are only two rooms in Chunniang's house connected from north to south. The main room is on the east side, and there is also a kitchen connected to the woodshed outside, but it collapsed at some point.

The north-facing room was pitch black from the smoke, with bowls, chopsticks, and pottery jars scattered on the ground. A simple earthen stove was built with a few stones by the window, and a basket of unburned soybean pods was piled next to it.

I guess Chunniang uses this room as a kitchen.

There was only one bed in the south-facing room, and the quilt had fallen to the ground and was so dirty that it could no longer be used.

Opposite the bed was a bamboo wardrobe, with only a few tattered clothes and some scraps of cloth left in it.

"Sister." Liang Dingfang walked in with an unhappy look on his face, "That bastard is still outside!"

Liang Jinyu picked up a few scraps of cloth to make rags and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry about him. He will be back soon."

Liang Dingfang saw Chen Lai Fu sneaking towards him through the window and hurried out.

When Chen Lai Fu saw him coming out, he immediately stopped but did not retreat.

"Don't force me to beat you!" Liang Dingfang warned.

Chen Laifu shamelessly said: "Your sister is my wife, it is only natural for me to come and see my wife!"

Although Chunniang's house is located at the back, there are several houses in front of it. If anything happens, there will definitely be a lot of villagers coming to join in the fun.

Liang Jinyu thought of this and simply walked out.

When Chen Laifu saw her coming out, he smiled triumphantly: "As long as we are not divorced, you can't get rid of me!"

Liang Jinyu looked around and saw a wooden basin under the eaves, so she walked over, picked up the basin and found a mallet.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Liang Jinyu banged the wooden basin hard.

The loud noise seemed particularly abrupt in the evening, and everyone knew that there was no one at Chunniang's house, so soon the villagers came to check.

"What's going on? Why are you here, Sister Liang?" someone asked in surprise.

"Hey, Brother Lai Fu, what happened to your face? Did someone hit you?"

"It's almost dark, what are you two doing here?"

The villagers were talking at once, and it was very lively for a while.

Liang Jinyu cleared her throat and said loudly: "Since everyone is here, I won't hide it. From today on, Chen Laifu and I have nothing to do with each other anymore, and I am no longer Mrs. Chen. What I mean is that I want to divorce Chen Laifu!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience burst into laughter.

Everyone was talking among themselves and making all kinds of guesses.

Chen Laifu gritted his teeth and glared at Liang Jinyu angrily, but said, "Don't take it seriously, Jinyu is just making trouble with me, and what she said in anger doesn't count."

"Sister Liang, as the saying goes, a couple fights at the head of the bed but makes up at the foot of the bed. If you have anything to say, just talk it out nicely. There's no need to get divorced." Shuanzi's mother advised enthusiastically.

The iron lady next to him also said: "Yes, if this woman loses her man, how can she live?"

"Look at Chunniang, she's just losing her man... Hey, Sister Liang, you're not upset because of Chunniang, are you?"

"Brother Laifu is so good to you. Women should cherish their blessings. Chunniang is gone anyway, so what else do you have to worry about?"

"......"

Everyone advised Liang Jinyu to go back with Chen Lai Fu, saying that Chen Lai Fu was an honest man and loved his wife, and that she should cherish him if she could find such a man.

Liang Jinyu waited until they had finished talking before shaking her head and saying, "If it was really as good as you said, how could Daniniang die at such a young age, and how could Chunniang run away with someone else? Look at my face, it's still swollen, it was Chen Laifu who beat me! He even threatened me and said he would kill me!"

"No way? Brother Laifu, is this true?"

Chen Laifu looked extremely unhappy and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why don't you say that your brother also beat me?"

"Why did he hit you? Wasn't it because you started it?" Liang Jinyu retorted, and then said, "Anyway, no matter if it's one month, two months, or one or two years, I have made up my mind to divorce you. So many people here today should be my witness. If I, Liang Jinyu, still go back with you, I will be struck by lightning and die miserably!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. The words were so decisive, it seemed that he really had no intention of returning to the Chen family.

Those who had tried to persuade the couple to reconcile were now silent.

Liang Jinyu didn't give Chen Laifu a chance to talk too much and directly pulled Liang Dingfang back to the house.

The door closed with a bang.

There was a lot of noise outside for a long time. It was not until the sun went down and it was almost dark that it became quiet outside.

"Sister, everyone has left." Liang Dingfang observed through the crack in the door for a while and added, "Mr. Chen has left too."

Liang Jinyu responded nonchalantly and took the package and spread it out on the bed.

She and Dingfang's luggage only included two sets of clothes, nothing else.

"Sister, where did you get so much money?"

Liang Dingfang came in and saw the silver coins on the bed at a glance, estimating that there were more than three taels.

Liang Jinyu whispered the source of the silver and gave half to Dani, who still had more than twenty taels. Later, she gave another twenty taels to the grain store owner. Now this is all she has left.

"I never thought that a small Chen family would have so much savings," Liang Dingfang exclaimed.

Liang Jinyu put away the silver and shook his head, saying, "Although this is enough for the down payment, there is still the balance to be paid, which is the bulk of the payment."

Liang Dingfang finally asked the question that had puzzled him for days: "Sister, why did you buy so much food?"

If they didn't have to buy food, this money would be enough for them to live for a long time.

"I'm gambling."

"What?"

"I bet that the price of food will go up, and then I will sell the food. I will make a profit from the difference."

Liang Dingfang frowned and thought seriously: "That's what you said, but how can you be sure that the price of food will definitely increase? The border is stable now, and the weather has been good in the north and south in the past two years. Even if the price of food rises, it won't change much."

"That's not necessarily true. When I went to the city before, food prices were already rising. Just wait, food prices will definitely rise sharply by the beginning of next spring at the latest." Liang Jinyu said confidently.

Liang Dingfang still felt that the matter was very suspenseful. Farmers depend on the weather for their livelihood. No matter how capable his sister was, could she know what God was thinking?

...

On the first night after leaving the Chen family, the brother and sister took out all their clothes and put them on, spending the whole night hungry and cold.

The next day.

Before daybreak, Liang Jinyu woke up from hunger.

She searched everywhere inside and outside, but couldn't find a single grain of rice.

As a last resort, she could only shamelessly ask Shuanzi's mother to borrow rice.

It was just daybreak and the sun had not yet risen. The village was shrouded in white mist and no one could be seen more than ten steps away.

Liang Jinyu wrapped her shirt tightly and vaguely saw someone standing in front of her. The person was standing there in a daze, not moving at all.

Because the fog was too thick, we couldn't see the other person clearly.

Liang Jinyu found it strange and didn't dare to go forward. Instead, he found a haystack to hide in.

After waiting for a long time, the man neither left nor came over here.

Liang Jinyu felt more and more suspicious. Just as she was thinking about it, she heard someone ask, "Who is there?"

"Don't misunderstand me, fellow villager. I'm here to look for someone. The fog is too thick and I'm unfamiliar with the place, so I got lost." The other party replied.

Liang Jinyu finally breathed a sigh of relief and stuck his head out to look.

The one asking the questions was the third son of the Chen family, holding an axe in his hand. The second son of the Chen family followed beside him. It seemed that the two were planning to go to the mountains to cut down trees.

"Looking for someone? Who are you looking for so early in the morning?" asked Chen Laosan.

The other party responded: "He is a driver from our mansion, his last name is Chen, and his name is Chen Youshun."