"Yes, I'm from your village. Otherwise, why would I be here?"
Shi Murou was unaware of what the villagers thought. She felt that mutual affection was enough, but most people felt that the two were not a good match, which made her feel strange. They thought either the young man was too good at sweet-talking, or the girl was just naive.
Besides, even if you manage to win someone over, can you get past their parents' objections? That's unrealistic.
However, let's grab the money first. We can grab the money and watch the excitement. Today is a good day.
Old Man Qiao and Old Woman Qiao had a pretty good idea by now, and Da Cheng and Dayong were almost certain as well. They all stared intently at Shi Murou, their faces hardening.
Seeing the expressions on the faces of the two elders and the two brothers, the other members of the Qiao family had a bad feeling.
"Wait a minute, no one is allowed to rob the money," Grandma Qiao suddenly said.
Qiao Lian'er agreed. Old Madam Qiao had already guessed that it was Qiao Xi'er's rival in love who was handing out the money. If that were the case, it would be too undignified for the Qiao family to rob it.
"Why didn't Grandma grab it? This lady has a happy occasion, she just wanted to celebrate."
Qiao Zhizhi didn't understand.
She didn't think it was a disgraceful thing. For rural farmers like them, it would be foolish not to pick up money from the ground. It was just a matter of bending over. After all, they were used to a life of working the land from dawn till dusk.
Grandma Qiao patted her granddaughter's head, a touch of emotion on her face.
"Squeak, it's not that I'm trying to be high-minded, but I've toiled in the soil my whole life. What's more important than survival and having enough to eat? If you're really going to fuss about this, you're just being pretentious. You'll understand in a minute."
She said this not only to Qiao Zhizhi, but also to the Qiao family.
Considering what Qiaolian'er said last night and seeing Grandma Qiao's attitude, they felt that something unexpected might happen next.
The two thugs reached for the copper coins in the basin, and the villagers were all ready to fight, with the men rolling up their sleeves.
The Qiao family members were all pushed aside.
The copper coins were scattered from the sky, making a clattering sound on the ground. Some were even caught by people who jumped up before they even hit the ground.
The villagers jostled and pushed each other, some tripping and falling to the ground, some even getting stepped on in the head and face. The shouts of adults and the cries of children mingled together.
In an instant, dust flew everywhere, and in the dim yellow light, countless figures moved about noisily.
The Shen family was among them. Since they started doing business and making money in town, the Shen family had dressed much more respectably. Now they didn't care about anything anymore. Their fine clothes were torn and their carefully styled hair was pulled loose.
Liu pressed her hand tightly to her head, afraid that the silver hairpin would fall, while reaching out to grab the copper coins on the ground.
Qiao Lian'er almost laughed. The Shen family didn't know yet that the person standing in the middle throwing money was their future daughter-in-law.
After the coins on the ground were almost all gone, another wave of coins was thrown down, and another round of revelry began.
"This robbery is completely unskilled," Qiao Dameng said, shaking his head with his arms crossed.
If the Qiao family were to attempt to seize it, they would form a protective circle that would be invincible, preventing anyone else from getting in.
The people on the outer circle blocked the way, while the people inside just picked up the money and kept moving around.
Qiao Xiaomeng really wanted to pick it up, so he simply turned his back and covered his ears with his hands.
People gradually realized another problem: if they weren't picking up money as they went down, things might be more complicated than they thought.
"Miss, look at that family, they're not robbing us."
One of his men gestured with his lip towards the Qiao family.
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