She was listening quietly on the kang, when suddenly Brother Qiu from the outer room said that he would not marry, and if he wanted to marry, he would wait two years. If he married her, would he starve someone else's girl to death, or would he starve one of his brothers and sisters to death?
At that moment, all the noise inside and outside the room fell silent.
At this moment, Mother Qiu replied, "Let's not talk about it for now. In this year, marrying a new bride won't provide enough food for one more person, and the drought won't last forever. Let's wait until next year when the harvest is better."
"Well, now that the harvest is good, it's not easy to find a wife. Let me tell you, the Li family in the fourth team of Shangquan Village has three daughters. They can't hold on any longer and are saying they'll marry off any of their daughters for two liters of grain..."
As he said this, he clicked his tongue twice, not sure whether it was out of envy or pity.
Qiu Yuling was a child now and had no say, but someone didn't want her to be idle. Someone nearby asked, "Yuling, do you want a sister-in-law? If your brother marries a new sister-in-law, you'll have candy."
It wasn't a funny thing to say, but there was laughter all around.
Qiu Yuling: ...
Others sell their children to make ends meet, and here she is just thinking about eating candy. Even if she is a real child, her heart is a bit too big!
Seeing that Qiu Yuling didn't say anything, some people joked that Qiu Yuling could eat wedding candy at least three times.
How much should I miss that candy? Besides, she didn't believe that if she didn't marry her sisters-in-law, Qiu's mother would not even give her a piece of candy.
The aunt who was the first to talk to Qiu's mother about the matter even leaned over and whispered to her enthusiastically.
Qiu Yuling saw that Qiu's mother seemed to be shaken...
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