"Mother, I secretly went over to inquire, and they really do have food."
Tan became suspicious and the next day she sent her eldest son to inquire about it, making a special trip to the town.
"Han Mingyuan's family eats meat every few days. Each time they buy more than ten kilograms of meat."
Upon hearing this, the Yan family members all gasped.
More than ten kilograms of meat? In the past, when there were no famines, their family wouldn't even be willing to cut more than ten kilograms of meat for the New Year.
Is Han Lenghua's third brother's family really that rich? Back then...
"That can't be right. Isn't the Han family also struggling financially? Her third brother is paralyzed, yet he still insists on dividing the family property. How could they possibly have any food or money?"
Ms. Tan is in pain all over her body. She has to stand most of the time, as sitting or lying down is uncomfortable.
After the family separated, they stopped serving meals. She didn't want to eat, and the whole family went hungry because of her.
"I don't know either, but I heard from the people in Hutouya Village that her third brother and the Han family had a very bad falling out. But they really have grain, and they even gave a lot to the villagers. By the way, that girl from the other day, I don't know where she got some sweet potato seedlings, and she distributed them to the villagers to plant. She said they could be harvested in less than two months."
"What? So fast?"
The Tan family has been farming all their lives. They plant sweet potatoes every year, but they don't harvest them so quickly.
"That brat, she's always siding with outsiders. She always gives us the best stuff first. We're family, aren't we?"
Tan cursed angrily. She instinctively tried to raise her hand to gesture, but unfortunately, the moment she moved, she aggravated the burn on her buttocks, causing her to break out in a cold sweat from the pain.
"That damned bitch."
After finally catching her breath, Madam Tan cursed angrily.
"Mother, I think that little girl isn't doing anything productive."
The boss's eyes took on a sly glint.
"You have no idea how beautiful that girl is. There's really no one for miles around who's prettier than her!"
He wanted to play with it after seeing it.
"I wonder how many men they found outside to get the grain. That shop might have been supplied by men they served."
The eldest son's wife wanted to curse him whenever she saw his appearance.
She really is a vixen, just like her mother.
"Hmph, I never imagined the Han family would be like this."
The third brother's wife snorted coldly: "Even the second brother and the others find this kind of food disgusting."
The way they say that makes it sound like they don't want to eat.
"But they do have food to eat now. Mother, when are we eating?"
She's been starving for days, and she's so hungry she wants to cry.
"What are you eating! The second son actually dares to go out and enjoy himself. He has no conscience. When he was born, we should have drowned him in a chamber pot."
Madam Tan was so angry that she ran away. She couldn't move now, otherwise everyone would know how unfilial her second son was.
"But we need to eat something too..."
The fourth son's wife felt extremely wronged, but Tan Shi kept a cold face and refused to give her any food.
...
Although the Han family dared not go out, they had found out what was happening outside.
They learned the news the day after Han Lenghua and her group arrived.
"That brat, she actually went off to enjoy herself?"
Grandma Han has been staying at home lately and is afraid to go out.
She was afraid that the villagers would find out, so they drove her away.
After staying at my daughter's house for a few days, I realized that home is still the best.
At the very least, they can eat. They won't go hungry, and they won't have to search the yard for mice.
Thinking back to the days spent at Luhua's house, it was simply inhuman.
She was truly blind before, doting on this daughter so much, and then...
Grandma Han regretted it and vowed never to acknowledge Luhua as her daughter again.
“Oh, Mother, Leng Hua and Third Brother had a good relationship back then.”
Han Laosi regretted it too; why hadn't he said something for his third brother back then?
He shouldn't have pushed his third brother that time either. His third brother loves him so much; did he really want something to happen to him?
Unfortunately, there's no going back in life. Even when he and his wife knelt before his third brother's door, they still couldn't forgive themselves.
"Hmph, what feelings? If I hadn't given birth to him, would Han Mingyuan even exist? After all, he drank my milk for a year!"
Grandma Han said angrily, "Now every family in the village has some grain, but our family doesn't have much grain left."
"By the way, I told you guys to go and pick some sweet potato vines last time, did you do it?"
The back of Old Han's yard is also quite empty; everyone in the family is idle. Tomorrow, they'll tidy up the land and plant some sweet potato vines.
Didn't they say it would take a little over a month for these sweet potatoes to ripen? If we wait a month, we'll have something to eat at home.
They had all forgotten about it if Grandma Han hadn't reminded them, but now that she had mentioned it, everyone's eyes lit up. Unfortunately, no one had told them that these seedlings were different from the others; they couldn't reproduce on their own.
"That heartless Han Mingyuan, he's already run off to town, but he still won't give us the things from his yard. I've really wasted all these years raising him."
Grandma Han had heard that Han Mingyuan's yard had lots of sweet potato vines. But the yard was now under the jurisdiction of the village head, so she didn't dare go and steal them.
"My third brother is a heartless ingrate." Han Laosi gritted his teeth in anger when he talked about the courtyard.
"Mother, what about Juhua? Her reputation is ruined in the village." Old Master Han was worried about his daughter. Han Juhua wasn't young anymore; she'd be of marriageable age soon, but her reputation…
They originally wanted to cling to Han Yuchen, but their plan was well-conceived; Han Yuchen didn't fall for it. And then there was that brat Han Luoxue, who interfered and sent that beast out to hurt people.
His wife and daughter are still lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), kicked by that beast. Although it wasn't fatal, they'll need to recover for a while.
"And you guys, you didn't even tell me about this. Does Han Yuchen look like someone who's easy to talk to? Serves him right!"
Han Datou felt ashamed when he thought about what happened that day.
He was so foolish to think that Han Juhua and Han Yuchen really had something going on, only to be disappointed for nothing.
"Let's focus on getting her back to health first. We can marry her off somewhere far away so she won't know about this."
When Grandma Han returned, she knew about the foolish thing her eldest daughter-in-law had done. If she had been home, she would have definitely found someone else to extort money from.
“Now Han Lenghua is with Lao San too. Dad, it’s not appropriate for us to go over there, but you are her father, so you can go and see her.”
Han Lao Er's eyes darted around; Leng Hua was soft-hearted and easy to coax.
Hmph, I didn't expect that the third brother is still soft-hearted.
"Alright."
Han Datou straightened his back. He had been controlling of his eldest daughter his whole life, and he was still quite confident in her.
...
"My lord, something terrible has happened."
The towns are not far apart, so any major events usually spread very quickly.
When Magistrate Wen heard the news from the neighboring town of Sixi, his expression changed, and he hurriedly went to report to Lord Zhu.
"What's all the fuss about? I've told you so many times, stay calm, don't panic when something happens."
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