The kimchi in the broken jar was all sold out, and Lingyin grabbed the coins and counted them.
I then realized that the money I received was more than what I could have made from selling two jars of kimchi.
She quickly stood up, trying to recognize the people who had just bought kimchi there, but they had all gone far away, and she didn't know who had paid how much.
This is everyone taking care of the siblings. Think about how aggressive the Shi family was, how kind the Qiao family was, and how warm the strangers on the street were.
Lingyin felt a mix of emotions.
"Sister Lingyin," Qiao Lian'er walked to her side and said, "Originally, I thought it was your family matter, and I would pretend I didn't hear anything even if I heard something. But seeing the Shi family like this, I think they will continue to pester you. Are you willing to tell me what happened?"
Lingyin sighed.
She's already seen how pathetic she looks, so what's the harm in telling her?
She sat on a small stool, gazing at the sky.
“My dad is a carpenter. Two months ago, the shrine at Shi Lao Er’s house broke down, so he asked my dad to go and fix it.”
“When my father was repairing it, he didn’t notice that Shi Lao Er had placed a piece of porcelain on the shrine. The noise he made while closing the mortise and tenon joints caused the porcelain to fall and break.”
"The Shi family said that this porcelain is an antique, obtained from a master, and has been blessed to ward off evil spirits and bring wealth. It is worth at least fifty taels of silver."
“My family doesn’t have that much money. The Shi family demanded that if I couldn’t pay it back within five months, they would make me marry Shi Zhenxiang.”
"There are still three months left, and the family can start earning money, but I didn't expect them to come and cause trouble."
Qiao Lian'er said, "Since it's a porcelain piece worth fifty taels, and someone is already working on the shrine, why would they insist on putting it there? It must be intentional."
"Who knows? In any case, it was my dad who knocked him down, so the responsibility lies with him."
"Also, I'd like to ask, what are the conditions like at the Shi family's residence?"
Lingyin nodded: "The Shi family is well-off."
"Shi Zhenxiang looks to be twenty-three or twenty-four years old. It's rare for someone his age not to be married. Is it because he's stupid that no matter how much dowry he offers, he has a hard time finding a wife?"
"Well, the Shi family has already offered thirty taels of silver as a bride price, but no family is willing to marry their daughter to them. Who would want to spend their life with a fool?"
Even the poorest parents, if they still have a shred of humanity, wouldn't do such a thing.
Qiao Lian'er confirmed her guess: "I know, they don't want money, they want people, because no matter how much dowry they offer, no one is willing to marry Shi Zhenxiang. Their family is taking advantage of your father's mistake and thinking they can take advantage of your family."
“I believe that after they had raised fifty taels, they still wanted eighty taels, and even one hundred taels.”
Lingyin's heart tightened, and she was momentarily at a loss. Thinking about it, this was indeed something that historians were capable of doing.
"Shi Zhenxiang is already ruined, why would he want to marry a wife?" Ling Xiao said angrily.
He thought that by deposing Shi Zhenxiang, the Shi family would no longer want the marriage.
Qiao Lian'er shook his head: "Even if you're crippled, you still need to get a wife to manage the household, maintain appearances, and appease Shi Zhenxiang. For the sake of face, they might blame the inability to have children on the wife. At that time, the whole family can beat and scold you however they want."
Lingyin felt a chill run down her spine; her hands and feet turned cold.
"What should I do? What should I do?"
“I don’t want to marry into the Shi family. I don’t want to have anything to do with them.”
"That porcelain piece might not be worth that much money. If it were really that valuable, they wouldn't have been willing to break it. They're deliberately setting a trap for your father."
Qiao Lian'er lived to be twenty-seven years old in her previous life, so she could still make a basic judgment about the character and nature of different people.
Judging from what I just saw, those members of the Shi family would never be so generous as to actually use a valuable piece of porcelain to stage an accident.
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