Chapter 19: No more berths, the Qin family lives in a barn.
Chen Fenghe had already thought about it and said, "After the Crown Prince got into trouble, I roughly guessed that he might be confiscated and exiled, so I secretly asked someone outside the palace to help me exchange some copper coins for travel convenience and carry them with me."
Qin Mengyue listened without any suspicion, nodded, and sighed, "You are indeed thoughtful. If it weren't for you, Hao'er and I... and the prince... my poor child..."
As Qin Mengyue spoke, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
During the day, she couldn't help wiping away tears whenever she thought of Xiao Yunshuo, but she was afraid that Xiao Yunhao and Shen Fenghe would find out, so she kept holding them back.
Now, when he heard Chen Fenghe mention the prince, he could no longer hold back.
Chen Fenghe saw that her eyelids were swollen, and thought that she must have cried secretly for several times. She sighed in her heart, feeling sorry for the love of parents in the world, except for the dog emperor, who had no love.
She comforted him, "Mom, don't worry. Maybe... good fortune will come to you."
After hearing this, Qin Mengyue's hope was rekindled: "Feng He, you... do you think so too? They said Shuo'er fell off a cliff, so I thought he must have survived! Otherwise, if he was such a filial child, why didn't he send me a dream if he really wanted to die..."
As he spoke, he began to shed tears silently again.
Chen Fenghe persuaded her a few more times before she finally calmed down.
She asked Qin Mengyue to look after the children while she went to pay the money.
Not long after she left, Liu Cui came over and said, "Big sister, how are you...how are you doing?"
Liu Cui's presence in the Qin family suddenly became weak. Qin Mengyue was stunned for a moment before she recognized that the person who came was her third sister-in-law.
"Third sister-in-law... do you have something to talk to me about?"
Qin Mengyue now has complicated feelings towards her family.
From what she had experienced that day, she vaguely knew that her family members were not as easy to get along with as she thought, but she did not want to make enemies with them at the moment, so she responded.
Liu Cui hesitated for a moment, then said, "It was…grandmother, father-in-law, and eldest sister-in-law…no, I mean second sister-in-law…who asked me to come. As you know, grandmother and father-in-law are old, and the Qin family was raided…we were caught off guard. In our haste, we only took some meat patties from the kitchen, and nothing else. Now the official needs money for accommodation, and for a family of over a dozen, it'll cost at least a hundred coins. We…really can't afford it! Big sister, if you have any money on you, could you lend it to my family first?"
After hearing this, Qin Mengyue couldn't help but hesitate.
All she had on her was the golden hairpin. Should she really give it to them?
Seeing Qin Mengyue remained silent, Liu Cui was afraid of being scolded when she returned, so she said anxiously, "Big sister! If you didn't have it on you, I wouldn't say anything. But don't you still have a gold hairpin? You... you can't just watch your whole family sleep in the barn, can you? If you really can't bear to take it out, then when you encounter difficulties in the future, your second and third brothers will be heartbroken by your hurt. How can they help you?"
The last sentence hit the mark of what Qin Mengyue was most worried about.
She was just afraid that no one would take care of her during her exile!
Qin Mengyue hesitated again and again, but finally took out the gold hairpin reluctantly and was about to hand it to Liu Cui: "Third sister-in-law, this is the only gold hairpin I have on me, you...you take it first..."
Chen Fenghe came back after paying the money and happened to see this scene.
I almost laughed out of anger.
This mother-in-law is so confused, isn't she? After what happened today, she is still so gullible?
Are you going to give your golden hairpin to someone just because of a few words from others?
"Wait a minute!" she sighed and said.
"Mother, what do you mean? Didn't I just tell you to keep the gold hairpin safe to prevent it from being stolen by others?"
"But... Feng He, your great-grandmother and second uncle didn't have any money for accommodation..."
Being caught in court, Qin Mengyue explained with some guilt.
"Why not?" Shen Fenghe sneered.
Qin Mengyue was stunned for a moment.
Liu Cui's expression changed before she smiled guiltily and said, "Big sister, it's really... really not true. If there was, Third Sister-in-law wouldn't have brought it up..."
Chen Fenghe said, "You don't have it, but others do. Isn't that a silver hairpin stuck in Qin Huanhuan's hair? It must be worth a few coins, more than enough to pay for the room!"
Although the Qin family sent Liu Cui to ask for money, in fact, everyone was listening attentively.
After hearing this, Qin Huanhuan quickly covered the silver hairpin on her head!
She knew the silver hairpin was valuable and should be hidden, but seeing that the officials did not rob her, her vanity could not be restrained, and she still blatantly wore the silver hairpin on her head.
Unexpectedly, I was taken advantage of by Shen Fenghe!
"This... this is fake! It's worthless! Chen Fenghe, don't talk nonsense!"
Chen Fenghe said coldly, "Whether it's real or not, you hand over the silver hairpin and the official will be able to tell for himself. Mother, how can the shopkeepers exchange your gold hairpin for it? It's better to pay with the silver hairpin to avoid causing trouble for them."
Qin Mengyue couldn't help but feel angry.
She always thought that her third sister-in-law Liu Cui was an honest person, but she didn't expect that she was telling lies all the time in order to deceive her!
She immediately took back the golden hairpin and said coldly, "Third sister-in-law, I think we should pay with Huan'er's silver hairpin!"
Liu Cui listened, hesitated to speak, and finally returned home. She was inevitably scolded by Mrs. Zhang.
In the end, the first and second wives each paid half, and only paid for the store bill until the end.
However, they were unlucky. When they went to pay, all the beds had been sold because there were so many people being exiled.
"I'm sorry! The barn is free, so you can stay there for the night."
Qin Jinzhong was so angry that his face turned blue, and in the end he could only huddle in the barn with his family for the night.
For dinner, steamed buns were still distributed. However, if anyone wanted to spend a few cents to buy a bowl of hot soup or hot noodles from the store, the officials would not care.
The Qin family was full of ulterior motives, so they naturally couldn't spend money on food and had to rely on the dry food they brought with them. The meat patties that Qin Chang's wife, Sun Shulan, had brought were all gone, leaving her so distressed that she cried in bed that night.
Shen Fenghe brought Qin Mengyue, Shen Yichuan, Shen Qingxing, and Xiao Yunhao to stay in a single room in the inn.
Qin Mengyue was stunned for a moment and asked, "Feng He, why... is there a single room here?"
Chen Fenghe smiled and said, "I asked the official, and he said that if you're willing to spend a few more bucks, it's okay to stay in a single room. We have a child with us, and since we're women, it wouldn't be good to sleep in a dormitory. So I made the decision myself, spent a few more bucks, and chose a single room."
After hearing this, Qin Mengyue couldn't help but sigh: "Feng He, you are really thoughtful."
As they were talking, there was a knock on the door.
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