Upon hearing that Qiao Xi'er was involved, Da Yong, her elder brother, immediately became anxious.
"What is it? Lian'er told you to speak quickly, don't delay."
Qiao Lian'er told them about their visit to the Shen family today, and Da Yong and Da Cheng were furious.
"This is clearly a deliberate delay, an attempt to find a better buyer. If they can't find one, then it'll be the Qiao family's turn." Da Yong's chest heaved rapidly.
"A person should live with integrity; otherwise, he is not a human being."
Da Cheng: "Yes, if you're willing to get married, just say so. If you're not, then break it off cleanly and don't hold anyone back. Being ambiguous like this shows that you have ulterior motives and ulterior motives."
Da Yong steeled his resolve: "Lian'er, let's go straight to the Shen family and tell them we don't want this marriage anymore, we don't care."
“No,” Qiao Lian’er said firmly. “The Shen family is full of nice words. If we do this, it will seem like we are being unreasonable.”
"What should we do? Are we just going to let them drag this out? Xi'er is fifteen years old, she's not a child anymore, we can't let this drag on." Dayong was very anxious.
“I asked my two older brothers to stay behind so I could discuss this with you. If we want to annul the engagement, we need to do it in a reasonable and justifiable way so that we don’t give anyone cause for gossip. If the Shen family turns around and says that we’ve set our sights on another family and are acting like treacherous villains, they’ll have a convenient excuse to climb the social ladder, while Sister Xi’er will end up with a bad reputation.”
Upon hearing Qiao Lian'er's words, both of them broke out in a cold sweat.
Human nature is the most vulnerable to test; when things fall apart, people are capable of anything and can say anything.
Da Cheng: "Then what do you suggest we do with the sickle?"
Lian'er must have an idea; she had already told them to do something.
Qiao Lian'er looked around to make sure no one was nearby, then lowered her voice even further.
“Brother Dayong, Brother Dacheng, I guess the Shen family has already set their sights on someone because of what they’re doing. They’re busy in the village, going up and down the mountain to stock up on and deliver goods, so we can’t really tell anything from them. But Shen Liang is studying mathematics in town, and he’s always gone for days on end. We can start with him.”
With the Shen family's current wealth, other families wouldn't even consider the girls in the village; they would definitely look for someone in town.
“Okay.” Da Yong immediately agreed: “We’ll go to town from time to time to see if that kid is up to any tricks.”
Qiao Lian'er said, "Let's do this secretly and without making a fuss. If you figure anything out, tell me first and I'll go and verify it."
The three of them settled things right there.
The sun slid down the western hills through the gaps in the banana grove, casting a magnificent glow across the western sky and making the water surface shimmer.
Da Yong and Da Cheng still tied up their trousers and went into the river. Lian'er said he wanted to eat fish, so they had to catch at least one or two.
However, the village boys would go down to the river whenever they had a spare moment, and most of the fish had been caught. They searched for a long time but couldn't find a single small fish fry.
As the afterglow faded, a sense of discouragement crept onto the faces of both brothers.
"Where have all these fish gone? If there are no fish in the river, can it still be called a river?" Da Cheng grumbled, expressing his dissatisfaction.
"Brother Dacheng, Brother Dayong, I don't really want to eat fish. I just wanted to talk to you about something. Let's go back now; we'll probably be eating at home soon," Qiao Lian'er said.
"No, we must catch a fish. If we can't catch one here, we'll go to the river upstream," Da Yong said resolutely.
"No rush, Third Aunt and the others are still on the mountain and haven't come back yet. Even if the food is ready, they won't be serving it now." Da Cheng glanced at the mountain and continued to lift stones and probe the riverbed.
Qiao Lian'er was helpless. Seeing that they were about to walk towards the upper reaches of the river, she used her mind to open up a space.
Beside the vegetable garden was a small pond, which had been abandoned and left unused because it was originally dry. Now, the water from the divine talisman flowed slowly into it, and because the flow was small, it only submerged the bottom. The pond was empty, with a small lotus plant growing inside, a few tadpoles swimming around, and a small frog resting on a lotus leaf.
This pond can also be expanded with gold coins. Raising fish and shrimp can be exchanged for gold coins. However, Qiao Lian'er is currently mainly busy with the vegetable garden, which is currently the most profitable area.
She used her gold coins to buy two bass fry and threw them in, then bought a can of fish food and dumped it all into the pond.
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