Miao's mother was holding her son and eating melon seeds when someone suddenly barged in. Upon closer inspection, she recognized Miao Fengying, who was already married.
She quickly put down her precious son, "Why are you back? What about the bride price? We agreed to split it in half."
The moment Miao Fengying entered, she closed the door and looked nervously at her mother, "The Qiao family didn't come looking for me today, did they?"
"I did look for you," Miao's mother said, puzzled. "I told you you hadn't come back, what happened?"
"That's good," Miao Fengying breathed a sigh of relief. "I want to leave, to get away from here. Qiao Zhenjun is useless; he listens to his mother in everything. If I marry him, I'll only suffer!"
Seeing that her mother looked disapproving and wanted to argue, she said directly, "I'll find a good family that I can control and that can help you raise Dabao. Given the situation of the Qiao family, if you insist on me going back, fine, but don't expect me to bring a single penny home in the future."
Miao's mother's expression changed. "No, I didn't say you had to go back. I always thought Qiao Zhenjun was easily swayed, not even as good as Huang Xiaofu. You picked and chose, and in the end you chose this guy."
Already annoyed, Miao's mother kept nagging in her ear, "Alright! We haven't gotten the marriage certificate yet, so we can still leave, right?"
"Then, what about the bride price?" Mother Miao was stunned for a moment. "You're not planning to return the bride price to them?"
"Return what? I didn't even ask Qiao Zhenjun for money when he slept with me!"
When a daughter says such things in front of her own mother, even a thick-skinned mother like Miao couldn't help but blush with embarrassment.
She originally thought that Miao Fengying intended to return the bride price to the Qiao family and find another family with a mental disability to marry into.
I never expected that the child born from her belly would be even more shameless than her.
"What now?"
Miao Fengying opened the cabinet, took out her luggage, and started packing. "Let's go, let's go now."
“If we don’t return the bride price, the Qiao family will definitely not let it go. We have no choice but to leave now.”
Leave? Leaving requires a letter of introduction. They don't have a letter of introduction, so where are they going?
A bead of sweat trickled down Miao Fengying's brow. "Don't worry about that. Just come with me. I have a plan."
"Oh oh oh, I see."
Without saying a word, Miao's mother put Da Bao on a chair and started packing her luggage with Miao Fengying.
The mother and her two children have lived together for so many years, but they have very few things to use, and they have hardly ever used the pots and pans.
Half an hour later, everything was packed up. Miao Fengying looked down at her bright red floral shirt, took it off, and changed into a gray-brown outfit.
"Okay, let's go."
An orange halo on the distant horizon illuminated most of the sky.
People were still at get off work, so Miao's mother and her two companions hurried through the alley, hugging the corner of the wall, towards the train station.
Qiao Zhenjun went to all the places the two of them usually went, but he couldn't find them. His vision gradually dimmed.
It was getting late, so he turned around and ran towards Miao's mother's house.
She had nowhere else to go, and it was getting dark; she would have to go home eventually.
Qiao Zhenjun's plan was quite good, but unfortunately, when he arrived at the Miao family's house and pushed open the door, he found that the door was locked.
......
Jia Hua was having dinner with Qiao Jianguo at home when she looked up and saw Qiao Zhenjun walk into the house looking lost and dejected. Her heart skipped a beat.
Could he really have run away...?
"Mom, Fengying and her mother went to visit relatives, right? The gate is locked, but I went there earlier and her mother was there."
Jia Hua swallowed a mouthful of rice, and then, "Okay, now I know, and I've really run away."
I was already annoyed by that mother and daughter, so if they ran away, so be it; a hundred or two hundred yuan is gone, so be it.
If you have a coat, you don't have to worry about matching sleeves; if you have a man, you don't have to worry about not finding a wife.
With a slight upturn of her lips, she glanced at the worried-looking Qiao Zhenjun, then suppressed a smile before saying, "Alright, wait a few days. Maybe he'll come back in a few days." By then, he'd be too far away to be found.
Qiao Zhenjun was unaware of this, but hearing his own mother's comforting words made him feel much better.
"She will come back. I'm just worried about the child in her belly. That's my child, your grandson!"
Looking at Qiao Zhenjun's silly face, Jia Hua suddenly felt an itch to touch him.
"Grandson, hehe, grandson..."
The turmoil that hadn't even started in the Qiao family was quickly quelled by Jia Hua's few words.
Miao Fengying had already boarded the train with her mother and Da Bao.
"Fengying, where are we going?" Mother Miao hugged Dabao tightly, her eyes darting back and forth, occasionally shrinking back a few times.
Miao Fengying shoved the luggage between the two of them, took a breath, and said, "Let's go to Xishang Town to find Huang Xiaofu."
"What?!" Miao's mother stared wide-eyed at her daughter. "You and him? Didn't you say last time you came back that the fish got off the hook? Going to him? Do you think that'll work?"
After much deliberation, Miao Fengying still felt that Huang Xiaofu was the right person. He was tall and handsome, and had been devoted to her before. He was willing to spend money and things on her, and would even stand up for her and her family.
He's much better than that good-for-nothing Qiao Zhenjun.
"He can't get rid of her. Men are all driven by their lower bodies. Your daughter is so beautiful, why are you worried he won't take the bait?"
Miao's mother nodded. She was getting old, but when she was young, she was quite a figure. What man wouldn't fawn over her?
Her daughter is much better than her; otherwise, despite not having any jobs all these years, the two of them have managed to eat and drink their fill and live a life no worse than most people.
......
Grandma Wu and the others rode the tractor for an entire afternoon before finally arriving at Shanyao Village. By the time they stepped onto the ground, their buttocks felt like they were split into eight pieces.
Huang Xiaofu, his face pale, lay on the roadside bushes, vomiting violently and seemingly enjoying himself immensely.
The village party secretary asked, "Are you alright?"
Huang Xiaofu waved his hand, indicating that everything was alright.
The village party secretary then calmed his twitching eyebrows. He was all show and no substance; even riding a tractor could make him vomit like this.
The young and old in their village are all eager to ride in this vehicle and experience it.
They really have no luck.
"Alright, everyone's tired today. Let's get some rest tonight and start work the day after tomorrow."
That meant there was still one more day of buffer time tomorrow. Upon hearing this, the pale faces of the others softened considerably.
"Village Party Secretary, where will we stay?"
When the village party secretary was mentioned, Lao Shupi's face scrunched up again. "He built you a big courtyard, very spacious."
As mentioned above, they are all educated people from the city, so they must work hard and not slack off.
So, he specially gathered the villagers, young and old, to build a house for them.
"It's at the east end of the village, Tie Niu, you lead them there."
"clear!"
Upon hearing that the space was quite spacious, everyone's previously depressed mood couldn't help but brighten up.
In the city, every inch of land is precious, and a family of eight or nine people lives in such a small space, where everyone is crammed together.
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