Geng Zhenlan returned to her home in Dahe Village and saw that Tang Xiaomei's eyes were red. She knew that she must have cried.
Tang Xiaomei has liked Geng Feng for many years, but who would have thought that Qin Nian would appear halfway and Geng Feng would become hers.
Looking at her sad daughter, how could Geng Zhenlan swallow her anger?
How to deal with that old hag and Xiao Jian? It would be best if they could be finished off right away.
After thinking about it, an idea suddenly came to my mind: Don’t Qin Nian’s biological parents live in Dahe Village?
I heard that her family ran out of food a while ago, and she went to pick up Qin Nian several times. Several people in the family were beaten by Qin Nian and that old hag.
He dares to beat his own father, mother and grandmother. That little bastard is really not a good person.
Go to the Qin family and tell them that Qin Nian is engaged and the betrothal gift is eight taels of silver.
Those people in the Qin family are not good people, let them fight each other.
Thinking of this, Geng Zhenlan got up and went out, heading for the Qin family first.
A few days ago, Qin Rongsheng and Li Dahua wanted to bring Qin Nian back and marry her to the village leader, Old Wang, for ten taels of silver.
As a result, Mrs. Qin and her son and daughter-in-law, who were sent to pick up the person, returned in defeat.
Especially Qin Duo, both of his ankles were hit by the oak wood, and he screamed in pain.
I can’t beat him. I really can’t beat him.
There is no food at home.
Zhao Xiaocao had no choice but to go back to her mother's home and beg for help before she could borrow a few pounds of bran.
Cook a bowl of very thin bran porridge every day, eat it once a day, and each person drinks one bowl.
Although there were mountains in the Western Zhou Dynasty, it had not rained for several years. All the families who were short of food went up to the mountains, and wild vegetables could no longer be found.
Those centuries-old trees were all drooping and looked like they could collapse at any time.
These people in the Qin family are also struggling on the brink of life and death.
Geng Zhenlan came to the Qin family, stood beside the crooked door and asked loudly, "Is Dahua home?"
"At home."
Li Dahua replied weakly, "Who is it?"
Geng Zhenlan walked into the house with an evil smile on her face.
There are north and south kangs in the Qin family. Old Mrs. Qin is lying on the south kang, and Li Dahua is sitting at the end of the kang, leaning against the wall in a daze.
Lying on the north kang were Qin Rongsheng, his second son Qin Kai, and his third son Qin Li.
Qin Duo and Zhao Xiaocao, who had injured their ankles, were in the west room.
"Oh, it's Zhenlan."
Old Mrs. Qin, feeling dizzy from hunger, slowly sat up from the kang and asked, "Why are you so idle?"
Geng Zhenlan looked at Mrs. Qin: "Aunt Qin, I just came back from Dawa Village.
My nephew Geng Feng is getting engaged, so he needs some people to go with him to propose marriage. My eldest sister-in-law and her family are going with him."
Geng Zhenlan's eyes fell on Mrs. Qin's face: "Aunt Qin, who do you think my nephew is engaged to?"
Both Mrs. Qin and Li Dahua were interested in this question, and they just stared at Geng Zhenlan with dry eyes.
Geng Zhenlan clapped her hands and said, "Oh, you guys are so anxious. I won't keep you in suspense any longer. I'll tell you now."
She looked at Li Dahua and said, “Tell your daughter Qin Nian that my second brother’s family and Mrs. Li’s family are neighbors.
They knew Qin Nian and were very satisfied with this daughter-in-law who had not yet married into the family, so they gave her eight taels of silver and two silver hairpins as a betrothal gift.
Mrs. Li was also a straightforward person. She cooked six dishes, including boiled wolf steak, rabbit meat stewed with jujubes, stir-fried meat with peppers, and spinach with egg sauce. What was the other dish? "
Geng Zhenlan looked like she was thinking.
In fact, she didn't eat any of the dishes except the wolf steak. She only found out about it when she asked Tang Lao Er on the way home.
"Oh, I remember now."
Geng Zhenlan was very excited: "The big, crunchy radish was cut into shreds and mixed with sugar. It was a whole plate, but I didn't eat it all."
"What?"
Old Lady Qin, Qin Dahua, Qin Rongsheng, Qin Kai and Qin Li all said the same word in unison.
Li Dahua's breathing was short and rapid: "Zhenlan, your second brother's family gave eight taels of silver as a betrothal gift?
How come his family is so rich in such a famine year? "
"Oh, you don't know, my nephew Geng Feng killed a wild boar and sold it for a lot of silver.
The day before yesterday, another wolf was shot and the wolf meat was stewed until it was soft. On the day of the engagement, so many people didn’t finish eating it, and they insisted on giving me a wolf leg.
That wolf skin would probably sell for a few taels of silver.
I just came back a while ago, and I thought that since we are relatives, we should visit each other more often in the future."
The faces of the Qin family members all changed, becoming anxious and fierce.
Geng Zhenlan felt so happy. After chatting for a while, she went home.
Old Lady Qin asked Qin Rongsheng to carry Qin Duo over, and Zhao Xiaocao also followed. The family decided to ask Mrs. Li for money.
Qin Rongsheng said, "If we ask for it openly, that old hag won't give it to us. No matter who goes, she will beat them back."
Li Dahua nodded: "My mother is very ruthless. Xiao Nian was taught by her to beat people ruthlessly no matter who they are."
Qin Kaixin still has lingering fears: "Especially now that we are engaged again.
You don’t know how strong Geng Feng is. He picked me up like a puppy and threw me over the wall in one go.”
"Shut your stinky mouth."
Li Dahua scolded Qin Kai.
Qin Kai knew he had said the wrong thing, but he was unwilling to accept it, so he whispered:
"If you don't believe me, ask my eldest brother. He was also thrown out by Geng Feng."
Qin Duo nodded: "Qin Kai is right, Geng Feng is really strong, with his help, we can't beat him."
Qin Rongsheng has thin hair. Last time, Mrs. Li burned her bun with a burning stick. Now she can't hold it up with a hairpin and can only let it hang loose.
He lifted the hair on his cheeks to show as much of his thin face as possible:
"What should we do? Eight taels of silver can buy a lot of brown rice, enough for our family to live for a year."
"or--"
Zhao Xiaocao, who had been silent, spoke up: "Shall we go steal?"
"steal?"
Several people came again and asked in unison: "How to steal?"
"Think about it, even if Qin Nian had eight taels of silver, he would still have to go up the mountain to look for wild vegetables every day, right?
Now that Mrs. Li's leg has healed, she can't stay at home anymore and has to go for a walk.
As soon as she leaves the house, we'll go in and look for the silver."
Li Dahua was excited: "There is an old cabinet on the kang in my mother's room, and the silver must be locked in the cabinet.
Take an axe and chop off the padlock in a few strokes and take out the silver.
And the two silver hairpins, bring them back too, one for me and one for Xiaocao, wear them for a few days first, and sell them when you can’t stand it anymore.”
Granny Qin glared at Li Dahua with dissatisfaction: "I'm not dead yet, when will it be your turn to be the head of the family?"
Li Dahua was stunned: "You are not dead, but can you go to steal the silver? Don't Xiaocao and I have to go?
We got the silver hairpins, so what's wrong with that?"
Mrs. Qin was furious: "Look at you, you look like a beggar, and you want to wear a silver hairpin."
Li Dahua was also angry: "You are not much better than me, you are more like a stinky beggar, or the kind that eats shit when you can't get anything."
"Okay."
Qin Rongsheng shouted angrily: "Li Dahua, Xiaocao is here, don't you want to be a role model for your daughter-in-law?"
Li Dahua was angry: "Behave like a bitch."
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