Chapter 59: Being fooled
Three poles in the sun.
The people blocking the Chen family's gate dispersed.
Lin secretly felt lucky that she had divided the family and written the document of severing the marriage. Otherwise, even if Qing Yatou didn't want to get married, she would still be forcibly taken away by Li the Butcher.
Chen Zhanshan was not disturbed by the situation of Mrs. Chen and her husband.
If my parents had a clearer conscience, they wouldn't be so embarrassed. This is all their own fault, so they can't blame others.
Seeing that Old Lady Chen was so frightened that her face turned pale, Chen Qingqing couldn't help but smile.
This is the result of your evil intentions.
Now that Chen Zhancai has taken away all the silver, given the moral character of him and his wife, there is no reason for them to spit out the meat in their mouths.
No matter how Old Mrs. Chen handles this matter, she will be in big trouble.
Chen Qingqing didn't want to worry about her family's troubles, so she turned around, picked up her backpack and prepared to go into the mountains to dig ginseng.
"Sister, where are you going?" Chen Han asked hurriedly.
"I'll go pick some more herbs. They'll be needed to treat Mr. Fan's illness in a couple of days."
"Sister, I'll go with you!"
"You stay and accompany mom. I can go alone." Chen Qingqing didn't want to take him with her, so she smiled and scratched Chen Han's little nose.
Lin hurriedly said, "Xiao Han, don't bother your sister. Go dig wild vegetables with mother later." After saying that, she did not forget to remind Chen Qingqing, "Qing girl, don't go too far. Come back early."
"Okay, mother, I know." Chen Qingqing picked up the backpack and walked towards the Wild Wolf Valley...
The Chen family's old house.
Old Mrs. Chen was restless and paced around the room anxiously.
She was frightened by the brutal and brutal Butcher Li and was terrified.
We have to return the money quickly. If that animal goes on a rampage again, robbing houses and beating people, then the Chen family will be too embarrassed to face anyone in Nanshan Village...
Old man Chen frowned and sat on the edge of the kang in a distracted manner.
He pressed his hand between his eyebrows, muttering to himself, "What should I do? What should I do?"
Old Mrs. Chen glared at him impatiently. "You old fool, are you done yet? Didn't Zhan Liang go find the third brother? You can do whatever you want. If I let you manage this family, I will drive you crazy."
"Don't talk nonsense. If I were in charge of this family, I would never let anyone block the door and make trouble. Look at us now. Everyone in the village is stabbing us in the back and calling us inhuman."
"You know shit! Those peasants are just mean-spirited. Let them curse as much as they want." Old Lady Chen spitted. "In my opinion, they are just jealous. Our third son is the only one in Nanshan Village who is a student. When he passes the imperial examination and becomes a juren, those peasants will rush to curry favor with us."
Old man Chen curled his lips and waved his hand in displeasure, "Okay, old woman, please stop doing these nonsense. Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. I now feel that the third child is really not cut out for studying.
He's been taking exams for over 20 years and still hasn't passed. What does this mean? It means he's not very smart. I think we should support him for another year. If he still fails, we won't bother with it and let him go home to farm!"
Old Mrs. Chen's eyes were blazing with anger, and she pointed at Old Man Chen. "What nonsense are you talking about? I think you're getting more and more confused as you get older. Your son is studying hard outside, but you actually treat him like a piece of crap. Is there any father like you?"
"Okay, okay, don't be angry, old lady. Just pretend I didn't say anything."
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Chen Zhanliang braved the scorching sun and walked into the house sweating profusely. "Dad, Mom, I'm back."
Old Man Chen glanced behind him and said, "Zhanliang, where is your third brother?"
"He will be back soon." Chen Zhanliang wiped the sweat off his face and sat down at the edge of the kang.
Old Lady Chen looked anxious, "Zhanliang, silver, did you bring the silver back?"
"I don't know. When the third brother comes back, you can ask him yourself."
Sun came in right after him. "Zhanliang, you must be exhausted. Are you hungry? I'll get you some dry food. You can fill your stomach first."
Chen Zhanliang panted heavily, "How can I not be tired? I almost vomited blood from exhaustion. My legs hurt from walking. I'm not hungry, but Zhancai just gave us two meat buns."
"The third family's life is pretty good!" Sun glanced at Old Lady Chen with dissatisfaction and said in a somewhat unfriendly tone, "They still eat meat buns. The food in town is better than at home."
Listening to Sun's sour words, Old Lady Chen smiled coldly, "The third son needs to study, and it's only natural for him to eat a few buns to nourish his brain. Second son's wife, you are being too nosy!"
Mrs. Sun was instantly furious. "I'm being nosy. The family is almost in chaos, and the third child is acting like nothing happened. If he had a little more common sense, he wouldn't have let Zhan Liang come back first!"
"The third brother must have been held up by something. Didn't Zhan Liang say he would be back soon?"
Chen Zhanliang couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, "Mom, you still don't know where I found the third brother."
"Where else could he be? It must be the academy."
"No, I found him in a particularly luxurious restaurant in town."
Old Mrs. Chen was stunned. "What's going on? Where did the third brother go to work as a waiter?"
Chen Zhanliang frowned upon hearing this and said dissatisfiedly, "Mom, you're really something. I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you usually have so many evil intentions towards us, but why are you so confused when it comes to the third child?"
Old man Chen was getting a little impatient as he waited with his ears perked up. "Second brother, why are you talking to your mother like that? Just say what you want to say. Where on earth has Third brother been?"
"What can you do in a restaurant? Eat."
"How much does it cost to eat at that place?" Old man Chen widened his eyes in surprise.
"How would I know?" Chen Zhanliang felt more and more that something was wrong on the way back. There seemed to be only four chairs in the room, with no extra seats at all. How could there be someone else here?
He felt that this matter was not simple and he needed to let his parents know.
"Dad, Mom, you don't know how grand that restaurant is. If you don't have money, you wouldn't dare go to a place like that.
When I saw the table full of food and wine, my eyes almost fell to the ground. I didn’t expect that there were so many delicious foods in the world. It really opened my eyes.
Take that plate of big pork elbows for example, it weighs two or three pounds, and looks shiny and oily. Not to mention eating a bite, just looking at it will satisfy your appetite.
And the fried fish, more than a foot long and weighing four or five pounds, smelled delicious.
There were also small chickens and big meatballs, filling up the entire table.”
Sun was listening intently and asked hurriedly, "Zhanliang, there are so many delicious foods, have you eaten them?"
Chen Zhanliang shook his head. "I wanted to eat something, but the third and third brothers said that it was prepared by the old master to predict the topic, and we couldn't lose our composure. They gave us two buns to eat and let me go back first."
"Oh, you idiot, the third brother is lying all the time, and you believe everything he says. If I'm not mistaken, are the third brother's family here?"
"Yes, they are all here."
"That's right, you must have been fooled by the third brother."
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