Chapter 61 Puppy
Liang Jinyu thought for a moment and said, "One tael of silver is enough for you to buy two sets of clothes and jewelry. This money is not included in the ten taels of silver. If you can hook up with Chen Laifu, I will give you three taels. If you can marry into the Chen family, I will give you another three taels. If you can help me get the divorce certificate, the last four taels will be all yours."
Doesn't this mean that she can get eleven taels of silver? Yao Yao was secretly happy. This was much better than marrying Wang the Butcher.
"Okay!" Yao Yao agreed immediately and extended his hand towards Liang Jinyu.
Liang Jinyu looked at the other party's impatient look and reminded him, "The Chen family is not a good family either. Mrs. Wang is mean and mean, old man Chen is irritable and easily angered, and Chen Laifu looks honest but is cruel and ruthless. Are you sure you want to agree?"
Yao Yao lifted her hair and said with contempt: "Why, do I look like someone who can be easily provoked?"
Anyone who could force Butcher Wang to drink and had the heart to strangle him to death was definitely not a good person.
"You know Chunniang, right? The Chen family spread the word that Chunniang ran away with another man."
"In reality, either something happened or he escaped, right?" Yao Yao sneered, raised his fingers and looked at his pink and round nails, "I've seen this kind of trick many times in Cuihonglou, I'm not surprised."
Liang Jinyu didn't expect the other party to be so resilient, but she kindly reminded him: "Since it's a deal, there are risks. You did this completely voluntarily. Don't blame me if anything goes wrong in the future."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and give me the money quickly." Yao Yao urged impatiently.
Liang Jinyu took out a small piece of silver and said, "I will be very busy recently. I hope you can ask Chen Laifu to stop harassing me."
Yao Yao grabbed it, held it in his hand with joy, and said confidently: "Don't worry, I'm the best at dealing with men."
"One more thing." Liang Jinyu paused and pleaded, "I hope you can help take care of Dani. Although the child has a strange personality, she is not a bad person."
Yao Yao glanced at Liang Jinyu with contempt and said mockingly, "You actually sympathize with the enemy's daughter. No wonder you can't handle it."
"Dani is different from them."
"Oh, I can only promise that I won't target her. As for being her stepmother, that's another price."
After saying this, Yao Yao shook the silver in his hand and left happily with a twist of his waist.
...
It's not even noon yet.
Liang Jinyu heard the commotion at the Yao family's house and guessed that it must be the matchmaker hired by Butcher Wang who had arrived.
Sure enough, Shuanzi's mother came to chat with her in the afternoon and brought a handful of dried beans.
"What do you think this person is thinking? Does she really think of herself as a virgin? Coming from that kind of place, she should be thankful if someone wants her, and she even picked the man." Shuanzi's mother said with a sigh of relief while cracking melon seeds.
Liang Jinyu was packing up the washed quilts. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "Didn't you say yesterday that Butcher Wang was not a good person? If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to cancel the engagement?"
Shuanzi's mother spat out a mouthful of melon seed shells and said, "Girls from other good families are ruined when they marry Butcher Wang, but how can it be the same for Yao Yao? I don't know how many people she has slept with. I heard that she even had an abortion. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, only Butcher Wang is not picky."
Liang Jinyu frowned slightly and said, "She didn't want to be sold to such a place."
"Who knows? I think she's quite proud of it. A normal girl would be too embarrassed to see anyone after coming back from a place like that. But she's the opposite. She dresses up all day and flirts with everyone. She even touches a male dog when it passes by her. She has no shame!"
At this point, Shuanzi's mother curled her lips and said, "With a sister-in-law like this, it's no wonder that Yao Tianci has never been able to find a wife. He's already in his twenties and has been delayed."
"If it weren't for Yao Yao, how would Yao Tianci have had the money to study back then? I think it's Yao Tianci who has let her down." Liang Jinyu retorted.
Shuanzi's mother disagreed: "Everyone has their own destiny. That's her destiny. Who made her a girl?"
Liang Jinyu smiled and said nothing.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Shuanzi's mother clapped her hands and said, "Okay, I have to go back to cook. Shuanzi's father should be back soon."
Liang Jinyu nodded and watched Shuanzi's mother leave.
The setting sun melts gold, and wisps of smoke rise from the village.
Liang Jinyu walked outside the yard, wanting to see if Dingfang had returned, but she caught a glimpse of rustling noises below the hillside, as if something was moving.
She was suddenly startled and was about to leave when she saw a child sticking his head out from inside.
"Liang, Aunt Liang." The other party was also shocked.
Liang Jinyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What are you doing there?"
Fortunately, it is winter now, otherwise the haystack would be full of snakes, insects, rats and ants.
"I, I'll dig the grave." The child replied in a low voice.
Liang Jinyu's eyebrows jumped: "What are you digging?"
"Dig the grave, my dog Dahuang was poisoned to death." The child said, and suddenly choked up.
Liang Jinyu thought of the crying she heard in the morning and felt bad. She was somewhat responsible.
"Wait a moment, I'll come down and help you."
Liang Jinyu found a small path down, and when she got there, she realized that what the child was burying was not a dog, but a few bones.
"My dad said that Dahuang's death should not be wasted, so, so... sob, sob..." The child burst into tears instantly.
Liang Jinyu rubbed his head and didn't know what to say for a moment.
She helped dig a deep hole on the hillside, buried the dog bones in it, and found a large stone to press on top.
After all the busy work, the child's mood gradually calmed down.
"Do you want a puppy?" the child asked in a low voice while sniffing his snot.
Liang Jinyu was puzzled: "What puppy?"
Only then did she realize that Dahuang was a female dog who had just given birth to two puppies. The child asked Liang Jinyu if she wanted one because she was worried that the puppies would be thrown away.
So, when Liang Dingfang returned home, he saw two little yellow dogs crying for food.
"Sister, where did this come from?" Liang Dingfang asked in surprise, squatting beside the bamboo basket and watching without blinking.
Liang Jinyu brought out a bowl of thick rice porridge and told him about the dog.
"The house is big anyway, and I thought I could keep two dogs to help look after the house."
Liang Dingfang hurriedly stood up and took the bowl and spoon: "Sister, I'll do it."
The two puppies were very hungry. As soon as they smelled the rice porridge, they came up whimpering.
Liang Jinyu squatted aside, watching Ding Fang clumsily feeding the baby, and asked casually, "How is it going?"
Liang Dingfang did not dare to use force, so he could only open the puppy's mouth and stuff it inside little by little with his fingertips.
"The owner of the house said he could sell it, but there was one condition: Luanxiangyuan must be kept."
In other words, no matter whether it is for later renovation or for people to live in, the Luanxiang Garden cannot be moved.
Liang Jinyu frowned: "How can this be true? Why, is he planning to live in Luanxiang Garden by himself?"
"Yeah." Liang Dingfang nodded.
Liang Jinyu was speechless for a moment, then asked after a while: "Have you seen the owner of the house?"
Liang Dingfang saw that the dog in his hand was full of food, so he changed to another puppy: "No. By the way, Liu Ya said that the owner of the house will go on a long journey in two days. If we are sure, it is best to pay tomorrow."
This is too hasty.
"how much?"
"Thirty taels."
"Thirty?" Liang Jinyu was shocked. Such a big house only cost thirty taels?