At the end of July, Yan Erni came suddenly. The strange thing was that she always brought her grandson or son with her in the past, but this time she came alone. When she saw Zhou, she hugged her and cried. She cried no matter what she asked, which confused Zhou.
Yan Bingfa just came back from the town and was shocked to see her like this. "Er Ni, what's wrong with you? Stop crying."
Not to mention Yan Bingfa, even Zhou was a little flustered by her crying, "What happened? Tell me."
She just cried and didn't say anything.
Zhou then asked Yan Bingfa to go to the field and call over several women in the family.
When Chunxiao and the others came back, Yan Erni had stopped crying but was sitting in the main room in a daze.
"Mother." Tian and the others walked over to Zhou. "What's wrong with Auntie?"
Zhou shook her head, "I don't know. She doesn't say anything no matter what I ask. She just cries. Something doesn't seem right." She walked over and sat next to Erni, "Ernii, why don't you tell your sister-in-law what's going on? How can we help you if you don't tell us? Is your family short of money?" This was the first time Zhou took the initiative to ask her if she was short of money.
When she heard the word "short of money", Yan Erni started crying again, and her crying stunned everyone again.
"Er Ni, what's the use of crying? Just tell me what's on your mind." Yan Bingfa couldn't stand it anymore and yelled.
"Brother, Yuqing wants to sever the mother-son relationship with me. She doesn't recognize me as her mother anymore."
Yuqing is Yan Erni's eldest daughter, and she should be 27 years old this year.
"Why?"
Yan Erni cried for a while, and when she had cried enough, she wiped her nose with her sleeves, "Fang Quan is dead. When the conscription was first carried out, she came to borrow money from us. I had just borrowed money from you at that time, and it would be too late to come again. In fact, there were still more than 10 taels of silver at home, but my daughter-in-law kept the money tightly and refused to borrow it. She cried for a long time but to no avail and went back. In the end, because of the lack of those 10 taels of silver, my son-in-law went to the battlefield. A few days ago, the government office reported the death, and she fainted at home. Mu Ming came to find me. I hurried to see her yesterday, but she drove her out with a broom, saying that she wanted to sever the mother-daughter relationship with me. Brother, sister-in-law, how could she be so cruel? Can the mother-daughter relationship be severed just like that?" Yan Erni said sadly, "Second brother, what should I do?"
"You're so confused!" Yan Bingfa sighed. "Are you no better than your daughter-in-law at home? Your daughter has come to you begging for help. This is a matter of life and death. You have money but don't lend it. How can she not hate you?"
"I didn't think too much about it. They said you wouldn't necessarily die in the battlefield, and it's hard to get the money back once you give it away. I don't know why I was so cruel at the time. What could I do? How could she blame everything on me? I was pregnant for 10 months and gave birth to her, and she said she didn't recognize her, so she didn't."
"You, you, what can I say to you? Aren't you usually very strong? Now you are in this state, you can only blame yourself." Yan Bingfa was very disappointed in him.
Chunxiao and the others looked at Zhou and sighed. It was really unlucky for a daughter to encounter such a thing.
Seeing Yan Erni started crying again, several people hurried over to persuade her, "Aunt, don't cry. Does your uncle know about this? Why didn't he come with you?"
"Your uncle and your cousin went to the county town to seek business opportunities, so they are not at home."
Zhang Mingyuan is a bit of a weirdo. He said he wanted to do business a long time ago, but it's been more than a year now and he hasn't done anything remarkable. He just uses business as a cover to wander around.
"Your cousin's wife is at home. I don't want to see her right now. I have nowhere to go and I feel miserable, so I came to find you. Big brother, you have to make a decision with me on this matter. You haven't seen Yuqing's expression. She is determined to break up with me!"
Yan Bingfa was silent for a moment. "Okay, stop crying." He looked at Zhou again and sighed again. "Stay here for one night. Tomorrow, your sister-in-law and I will accompany you to find Yuqing. Once you've talked it out, everything will be fine. If you keep crying like this, how can you face people with your eyelids? I'm not saying that your daughter-in-law is not a good one."
"I've felt it for a long time." Zhou added with a pout.
Yan Erni stayed there that night. Before Chunxiao left, Dashan and Dahe had not returned yet. Yan Bingfa went over tomorrow's work with the three of them, and everyone took up their work and went back.
Chunxiao felt deeply sympathetic towards Zhang Yuqing's situation. If the same thing had happened to her, she would probably resent Yan Erni as well. Therefore, Chunxiao felt that Yan Bangfa and the others' departure might not have any effect. However, as the only brother Yan Erni could trust and rely on, Yan Bangfa had to go. That Xu Shi was truly a bad person. She had crushed the money that was equivalent to saving her life without a care, and she was so cruel to her own sister-in-law. Fortunately, there was no such person in the family.
Tian said the three men had left at dawn, and since Yan Bingfa was away, Chunxiao was the one delivering the goods today. The rice in the farm had matured and was being harvested these days. When Chunxiao went there, the harvest was almost complete. There were 80 mu of rice, with nearly 40 people working. When she arrived, they were baling the last bit. After the rice, the wheat would soon be harvested.
Wang Shiwen was very happy to see her. "Boss, boss, the wheat yield has increased this year. One acre has increased by dozens of kilograms. I'll tell you the number after everything is harvested. It's definitely more than last year."
Shufeng laughed at the side, "Aunt, look at Uncle Wang, he's so happy that his eyes are gone."
"You're still making fun of him. Why don't you look in the mirror and see what you look like now?"
"Oh, no matter how much I laugh, I won't laugh like that. Auntie, please stop scaring me."
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