Chapter 87
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"Can you tell me now, is this little cloth tiger the doll you hugged when you slept when you were a child?" Cheng Yeran waved the little cloth tiger in front of Shen Yuntang to make him happy, hoping that he would put aside his unhappy things for the time being and deal with it tomorrow.
"No, my mother taught me to sew this when I was a child. It's also an animal of mine. I've always kept it on the windowsill. I don't like to hug things when I sleep." Shen Yuntang suddenly remembered that he now likes to hug Cheng Yeran when he sleeps at night. His ears turned red, and he turned to make the bed and changed the subject. "This quilt was what I used to cover myself with before I got married. My mother took it apart and washed it before, so it shouldn't have a smell."
"It's better to have a smell, the sweet smell of my wife." Cheng Yeran hugged his waist, buried his face in his chest, and took a deep breath.
Shen Yuntang patted his shoulder nervously, "Don't move. The houses here are connected. If you speak loudly, the neighbors will hear you."
As the two were talking, they heard a hearty laughter coming from next door. This was a kind of laughter that had never been heard in their family before. Everyone in their family was quite dull. They didn't like to talk or laugh, and didn't like to express their true thoughts. This laughter belonged to the eldest sister-in-law.
Since my sister-in-law came into the family, the atmosphere in the whole family has become much more cheerful.
If it weren't for Cheng Yeran, his two brothers might not have been able to find wives. He was quite grateful to Cheng Yeran.
Thinking of this, he lowered his head and kissed Cheng Yeran on the cheek.
Cheng Yeran was stunned. He forgot to hold the person he was hugging when he ran away. He slowly touched the place on his cheek where he was kissed, smiled and jumped onto the bed like a puppy wagging its tail crazily, hugging his wife tightly. "You said you couldn't do anything, but you kissed me on purpose. Are you testing my endurance? You are so mean."
Shen Yuntang didn't tell him the real reason. She turned over and faced away from him, her face flushed with shyness.
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The next morning, after dinner, they went to their uncle's house, taking some of the sausages they had brought back as gifts.
It only took them half an hour to get there by donkey cart. Walking along the familiar road brought back many memories of Shen Yuntang's childhood.
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He gradually became excited.
Instead, many memories of his previous life in the Xia family became blurred and faded, as if it was just a dream. The person he married at the very beginning was Cheng Yeran, and he felt as if he was reborn again at this moment.
When I was almost at my uncle's house, I saw a lot of people gathered in the house at the intersection, and I heard someone crying.
The villagers who were watching the excitement all stood on tiptoe to look inside. Their donkey carts couldn't get through. Cheng Yeran shouted for a long time from behind to make way. Someone recognized Shen Yuntang and shouted, "Isn't this Lao Li's nephew? Lao Li, your nephew is here!"
Someone shouted this, and the crowd's attention was focused on Shen Yuntang. When his family was selling dried tofu in the village, many people from the neighboring village would go to buy goods and bring them to the town to sell. In addition, Shen Yuntang's mother was married from this village, so his name was familiar to everyone. They even knew that he fell into the water, her fiancé Xia Xiaowu had to break off the engagement, and Shen Yuntang finally married a lazy man.
Someone else whispered, "What is Lao Li's fate? This happened to his nephew, and now this happened to his brother."
"That's different. One was an accident, and the other was that beast San Gou Wa took the initiative to not do anything. The kid from the Cheng family is different. He is good at business and is now studying. He is a capable person. Even if San Gou Wa jumps high, he can't reach the height of the Cheng family kid."
Although the crowd was still in chaos, they made way for Shen Yuntang and his group, allowing their donkey cart to enter their uncle's yard.
During this short journey, Shen Yuntang also heard a general idea and learned that the man who molested his cousin was called San Gou Wa, and he had been caught by the village chief. San Gou Wa's mother was sitting in the yard of her uncle's house with disheveled hair, crying.
She was afraid that her cousin would be depressed and report to the police. She didn't care whether her cousin lived or died, but she was afraid that her son would be beheaded.
She was also afraid that her cousin would rather remain single than marry, and would ask the village chief to punish her son. "My Gou Wa is just a child with a temper. He was just playing with you and accidentally tore off your brother's clothes. Children run around naked and play. He is just not grown up yet and does not understand love. He does not have so many messy thoughts. Forty lashes is not a joke. If he is really beaten, he will become a blood gourd. We all know that your family is kind-hearted. Please show mercy."
My uncle was so angry that his face turned blue. The other family members also found this matter shameful and hid in the house. My cousin also fainted from crying in the house. He just woke up and was lying weakly on the bed.
The uncle was also a poor talker and could not win the argument with San Gou Wa's mother. He could only frown and want to go back to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife to kill the crying woman with one blow. Killing one person was not enough, he also wanted to kill the whole family. Anyway, his life was worth it in exchange for the lives of these people.
The village chief and several prestigious elders in the village were also present. They came here today to resolve this matter.
This kind of thing had happened twice in the village before. One of the more chaste women hanged herself, and the other one married the man who molested her.
Now the village heads are also waiting for my uncle's family to make a statement. They think that if there is no punishment, the two families can discuss the marriage in peace and it will become a happy event.
Cheng Yeran heard such a suffocating speech as soon as he entered the yard. He couldn't help but said to the woman with a cold face: "How old is your son? Under twelve years old? Or eight years old? Even if he is an eight-year-old child, he should know how important reputation is to his son. Losing his reputation is the same as killing him. He knew all this and still casually pulled the clothes of an adult boy and tore them off. It's a manifestation of having parents who gave birth to him but not raising him. How dare you shout out your own child's mistakes? Don't you feel ashamed?"
Cheng Yeran was famous for his tendency to go crazy, and the news had spread to their village. In the past, he would go crazy because of his own family affairs, but today he would go crazy because of his husband's uncle?
But now that he is educated, he seems to be well-mannered and speaks reasonably. On the contrary, San Gou Wa's mother seems more like a lunatic.
San Gou Wa's mother pointed at Cheng Ye Ran and asked him, "What do you have to do here? Were you invited by the Li family to help? Are you the one who makes the decision on this matter? That's how you married your husband, and now you have a happy life. If my son marries the boy from the Li family, it would be a good thing, don't you think?"
"What is it? What are you dreaming about all day? My husband and I are destined to be together, and your son is a toad dreaming of swan flesh. If every man who can't find a wife goes to the street and grabs a boy or a woman's clothes, and that woman or boy will marry this man, then won't the old bachelors in the village have to worry about finding a wife?" Cheng Yeran said, looking at the crowd of onlookers, and then looked at the village chief and several elders in the village, and asked them: "If this thing succeeds, you have to be careful of the boys and girls in your family, be careful that they are not favored by the old bachelors in the village. If it succeeds, they will have a beautiful wife. If it doesn't work out, they will only be whipped forty times. Besides, you are kind-hearted, so you won't necessarily let those people get whipped, right?"
He deliberately emphasized the word kind-hearted. Just now when San Gou Wa's mother said that his uncle's family was kind-hearted, Cheng Yeran heard people around him join in, saying that it was not easy for San Gou Wa to be raised by his family, and if he died, what would his parents do.
Cheng Yeran likes to magnify a matter, drag everyone into this situation, and unite everyone into a community of shared destiny, otherwise there will always be people who talk without any worries.
Sure enough, after he said this, many families with daughters or boys were scared. Even the man who pretended to be magnanimous and asked his uncle to forgive San Gou Wa was scared, because he really had a boy. What if his uncle's boy really compromised and married San Gou Wa? What if there was such a lunatic who harmed their boy in the future?
"This little beast is a scourge as long as he's alive. He should be reported to the police and beheaded!" The man who just shouted that it was not easy for San Gou Wa's parents to raise him, and what would happen to his parents if he died, now changed his mind and wanted San Gou Wa to die, and he shouted the loudest.
San Gou Wa's mother didn't expect that Cheng Ye Ran's words would change the situation. She cried even louder, "This is just a misunderstanding. San Gou Wa didn't mean it. You are trying to force our family to death. You are too mean."
Cheng Yeran went to the water tank nearby and scooped a bucket of water and poured it on her head. "If you want to shout, go back home. If you shout in my yard again, I will charge you a venue fee. It's fifty taels for half an hour. The time starts now."
"You, you are so shameless. This is not your yard. This matter has nothing to do with you. Why are you meddling in it?" When San Gou Wa's mother heard that there would be a fee, fifty taels at that, she trembled in fear.
As a result, Cheng Yeran had already started lighting incense while he was talking. After burning a little, he said: "It's one-third of an incense stick's time. You continue, cry for a few more hours, so that we can make a fortune."
The uncle standing by was a little unhappy when he saw Shen Yuntang bringing her husband over. He wanted to kick them out when such an embarrassing thing happened in his family and his nephew actually brought his husband over to watch the fun. However, he didn't expect Cheng Yeran to be so eloquent and turn the situation around.
He said to San Gou Wa's mother with a gloomy face: "This is my nephew and his husband, they are my family. If you don't leave, we will really charge you."
"Are you going to charge us too?" the village chief asked them with an unhappy look on his face.
The village chief has some grievances with Cheng Yeran's uncle, and he hates people who are sharp-tongued the most. Anyone who talks too much will be annoyed by him. He now hates Cheng Yeran very much.
As soon as the village chief started to speak, everyone around him fell silent. He looked around at the crowd and finally set his sights on my uncle: "We came here today to discuss a solution. San Gou Wa can't be locked up in the village ancestral hall forever. What do you think? Tell us. We've settled this today. No matter what happens in the future, you are not allowed to mention it again."
My uncle is also busy with lawsuits. If you ask him, he wants to kill San Gou Wa's family, but he still has a family to take care of. His son got married not long ago and his wife is frail and sickly and needs his care. If he falls, what will happen to the other people in the family?
Do you really want to kill someone just to save your dignity? But he didn't kill anyone, but punished San Gou Wa with forty lashes, and his brother would never be able to get married in his lifetime. In his eyes, it would be better for a person who couldn't get married to die.
But he really couldn't bear to send his brother to death. This brother was lively and cute. He always stuck to him when he was a child. He couldn't get along with anyone at home, but he could chat with this brother. He loved this brother the most. If he let his brother die, he would be even more unwilling. He would rather die with him. At that time, he would still kill San Gou Wa's family to vent his anger.
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He was unwilling to let his brother marry San Gou Wa, because San Gou Wa had a bad character and he would suffer if he married him. He felt sad to let his brother go to his husband's family and be bullied.
Seeing that his uncle was preoccupied with the lawsuit, Shen Yuntang hurried over to hold his uncle and said, "Where is my brother? I'll go see him. I'll have to listen to his opinion on this matter in the end."
Cheng Yeran said to the village chief and the crowd, "Please wait a moment, we need to discuss the results."
"Then hurry up, we don't have that much time to wait for you." The village chief said in a bad tone.
Cheng Yeran heard that the village chief had something against them and thought they were troublesome. He thought that the right thing to do was to marry San Gou Wa happily. A happy ending was what they wanted to see. As for how much blood and tears were hidden behind this happy ending, they didn't care.
Uncle took Shen Yuntang inside to find his cousin, while uncle and Cheng Yeran waited outside the house.
As soon as Shen Yuntang entered the room and saw his cousin lying on the bed with a pale face and red and swollen eyes, tears began to fall from his eyes.
My aunt was staying by my cousin's bedside. When she saw him coming, she said, "Child, come here quickly. It's good that you're here. Please stay with him and don't let him get upset and do something stupid."
My aunt had been with me the whole night. She had not been in good health to begin with, and now her body was shaking, as if she was about to collapse.
Shen Yuntang held his aunt's hand and said distressedly: "Aunt, please go and rest first. I will accompany him, don't worry."
My aunt wiped the tears from her face and left first.
Shen Yuntang sat down on the bed and held his cousin's hand, "Have you eaten yet? Eat something first."
"Brother, are you here to persuade me to marry San Gou Wa too? I hate him. I would rather hang myself than marry him!" As the cousin spoke, he started coughing violently again and even coughed up blood.
Shen Yuntang quickly wiped it off for him, "I didn't persuade you to marry him. Who persuaded you like that? You just regarded them as bullshit."
The cousin looked at Shen Yuntang in surprise. In his impression, Shen Yuntang had never said such rude words. How come he became like this after getting married? That lazy guy must not be a good person, which is why he forced Shen Yuntang into this state.
My cousin doesn’t want to marry San Gou Wa anymore. He even finds all men disgusting and annoying.
"My brother and sister-in-law said that I was causing trouble for the family, and asked me to get married as soon as possible. If I delay too long, the whole family will be embarrassed. Brother, tell me, have I really brought shame to the family?" The cousin didn't think he was wrong. The one who was wrong was that cheap San Gou Wa. But now his brother and sister-in-law and some villagers are saying that he is a disgrace and that it is his fault. If he hadn't seduced San Gou Wa, San Gou Wa would not have been unable to control himself and done stupid things. He heard it so much and his heart began to waver. Is it really his fault?
If even Shen Yuntang said it was his fault at this moment, he would definitely not be able to survive.
He held his breath, wanting to hear a voice that agreed with him, even if it was just one person.
Shen Yuntang touched his head and said, "It's not your fault. Let's tell the village chief and ask him to punish him and give him forty lashes, okay?"
When the cousin heard Shen Yuntang's words, his lifeless eyes lit up, "Really? It's really not my fault?"
But soon his eyes darkened. "But my parents said that if we punish San Gou Wa, I will never be able to marry in this life. They said they will not support me forever. A few days ago, my sister came home, and my parents and my brother and sister-in-law treated her like a stranger. My brother and sister-in-law also scolded her for being shameless and staying at other people's homes all day. I'm scared. I'm afraid they will treat me like this in the future. I'm afraid I won't be able to endure it for a day."
My uncle and aunt always say one thing and mean another. They are obviously worried about the children, but because they are anxious, they always say things that hurt the children.
"Do you want to go to the county town with me? I'm short of staff. I'll pay you two cents of silver a month, and your salary can be increased in the future. Food and accommodation are provided. If possible, I would like to take my cousin with me. The three of us can talk to each other on weekdays and discuss things together." Although Shen Yuntang knew that taking his cousin with him was the best option, he still asked for his cousin's opinion.
The cousin held his hand tightly, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, "It doesn't matter where you go. I want to leave here. My sister will definitely be very happy to hear the news."
"Silly boy, you haven't even asked me what I'm going to do, but you agreed so quickly?" Shen Yuntang looked at him like this, and the more he looked at him, the more pitiful he felt. "We are making sausages in the county town. I brought some here. After we finish this matter, we can take some out to try when we eat."
"I don't care what you do, I don't care if you don't pay me, I don't want to stay at home anymore, just give me food to eat." The cousin's mind is in a mess, all he can think about is leaving here with his cousin.
"Okay, I'll go out and tell my uncle to have the village chief punish that man with forty lashes." Shen Yuntang tucked him in, "You should have a good rest first. When you're done, come with us to the county town."
"No, I don't want to rest. I want to see that beast being whipped with my own eyes." The cousin forced himself to sit up and looked at Shen Yuntang with pleading eyes.
Shen Yuntang couldn't bear it, and finally took him out with him.
My cousin is called Liu Ya. Although he is not as handsome as Shen Yuntang, he is also one of the most handsome boys in the village. Many men like him. He is lively and cheerful, and the aunts and uncles in the village also like this younger generation.
But now everyone's attitude has changed. When they saw him coming out, their faces were filled with disgust. One man even said, "Shame on you. You dare to come out after something like that happened? If it were me, I would have hanged myself with a rope long ago."
As soon as the man finished speaking, Cheng Yeran threw a rope at his feet and said, "Hang someone up for us to see. I have never seen anyone hanged himself in my life. Today, let me and the others open our eyes."
I don't know who laughed when he heard Cheng Yeran's words. Laughter is contagious, and others followed suit. The man who said he wanted to hang himself just now was so embarrassed that his face turned red. He wanted to quarrel with Cheng Yeran, but he was short and didn't dare to provoke Cheng Yeran who was taller than him. Usually, he only dared to bully some weak buddies. Now he could only hide behind the crowd quietly, fearing that Cheng Yeran would continue to embarrass him. When he saw Cheng Yeran turned his head and looked away, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had escaped a lesson.
Cheng Yeran didn't take the man seriously at all, but instead focused his eyes on Shen Yuntang who was supporting Liu Ya out.
He saw Shen Yuntang go in and come out after a while, and he didn't know how the discussion went.
Liu Ya said to her father, "I want him to be whipped forty times, and I want to see it myself."
The uncle was originally confused and didn't know what decision to make. Now that Liu Ya spoke, he gave him a direction. He was no longer confused and turned around to convey Liu Ya's words to the village chief.
In fact, Liu Ya's voice was quite loud just now, and everyone in the yard heard it. When San Gou Wa's mother heard this, she stood up angrily and said, "How can you be so vicious? You don't act like a brother at all, you deserve to be teased!"
The onlookers also said that Liu Ya was not kind at all. Although it was San Gou Wa's fault, they felt sorry for Liu Ya at first, but seeing Liu Ya being so aggressive, they felt that he was not likable at all and was disgusting. They even felt that Liu Ya deserved what happened to him.
Some people also said that Liu Ya had no idea how to behave. If he cried and pretended to be weak now, everyone would feel sorry for him. However, he had ruined everyone's good impression, which was very disadvantageous to him.
Liu Ya clenched his fists after hearing this, but like Shen Yuntang, he was not good at quarreling and was not good at talking, so he could only sulk.
Cheng Yeran was so angry that he laughed: "You are really good at making crooked arguments. What's the point of getting your sympathy? Can you help solve the problem, or kill San Gou Wa? If you can't do either, then stop complaining. It's like getting your love is a great blessing. Don't take yourself too seriously."
Cheng Yeran looked at San Gou Wa's mother again: "And you, you can spoil your child however you want at home, but no one will spoil him outside. Even if he calls us dad, he should be whipped today."
He has a sense of oppression. The news that he had forced someone's father to death in the village and beat up that person's four sons and finally got the upper hand spread to the whole village. They were dissatisfied with Cheng Yeran in their hearts, but dared not say it out loud, for fear that Cheng Yeran would go crazy and rush over to beat them.
They are used to bullying the weak and fearing the strong, so when they meet a tough guy, no one dares to be the first to stand out.
What's more, they all came to watch the fun, and it's not worth it to get hurt just for the sake of watching the fun.
But San Gou Wa's mother was different. Her son was about to be whipped, so she wanted to rush over and scratch Liu Ya like a madman, but was stopped by her uncle, who pushed her to the ground. "If you are not satisfied with this result, I will rush to your house and kill all your sons, grandsons and your husband. We will both die together!"
When San Gou Wa's mother heard this
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When she saw her uncle's red eyes, she thought of her eldest son who had just had a lovely grandson, and her second son's family also had two lovely children. Although she loved the third son the most, those grandsons and granddaughters were also her life.
Finally, the village chief stepped forward and pulled the two men apart. "Now that it's settled, the contract has been signed. From now on, your brother cannot marry, and your third son will be whipped forty times."
"I'll sign." Liu Ya said firmly.
The village chief originally wanted to scare him with words, but the boy could not stand the threat. However, seeing Liu Ya's firm attitude, the village chief knew that he was different from the other boys, so he did not ask any more questions. Instead, he had someone write a deed and brought it to Liu Ya and San Gou Wa's mother to sign and seal it.
Liu Ya pressed her own fingerprint without thinking, and because she couldn't write, she drew a circle instead.
San Gou Wa's mother had no choice. She couldn't sacrifice the lives of her entire family for San Gou Wa alone. She could only draw a circle and press her fingerprint. However, she hated the Li family from then on and was determined to take revenge on them in the future.
After signing, the village chief asked them to go to the ancestral hall to watch the execution of San Gou Wa. Liu Ya also wanted to go in, but the village chief held him back and said, "Brother, don't go in."
Liu Ya then remembered that boys and girls were not allowed to enter the village ancestral hall, so he stood at the door and watched them execute San Gou Wa in the yard.
Shen Yuntang supported Liu Ya and watched with him.
Liu Ya heard someone say that it was just a matter of tearing off the clothes, was there any need to treat San Gou Wa like this? But only Liu Ya knew that that experience cast a shadow on his life.
He struggled hard but San Gou Wa still tore off his clothes. He was in despair at first, but fortunately he was rescued by a few uncles who passed by. After that day, whenever he closed his eyes, he would have the same nightmare again, sometimes even the scene after San Gou Wa succeeded. He was tortured to the point where he would rather die than live.
Now seeing San Gou Wa being whipped and bleeding from every whip, it seemed as if the nightmare in his heart was being pulled away bit by bit, and he felt much better.
Although the village chief hated Cheng Yeran, he did not show favoritism when punishing San Gou Wa. After the execution, San Gou Wa was covered in blood, with no good flesh left on his body.
When Liu Ya saw San Gou Wa being carried out, covered in blood, he lost his last bit of strength and fainted.
He was not scared, but because he had finally gotten his revenge, he felt relaxed and free of pressure. He hadn't slept for several days and fell asleep.
Shen Yuntang quickly supported the person, and his uncle came over to take Liu Ya and took her home.
My uncle said that thanks to Cheng Yeran and Shen Yuntang today, he invited the two of them to dinner.
My aunt and sister-in-law had already prepared the meal. Shen Yuntang took out the sausages he brought and gave them to his sister-in-law, asking her to help cut them.
My sister-in-law had never seen this thing before. She smelled it and found it smelled quite good. She guessed that it was a good thing he brought from the county town, and she even took out a good plate from the kitchen to serve the dish.
While eating, my uncle looked worried. Although his family had gotten rid of their anger, Liu Ya's life was over. If a person cannot get married, what is the point of living? But if he hadn't signed the contract, the village chief wouldn't have beaten him so angrily. He secretly cursed San Gou Wa in his heart, hoping that San Gou Wa would die when he returned!
My cousin didn’t talk about what happened in the afternoon, and there was no worry about Liu Ya on his face. Instead, he kept asking about what happened in the county with Shen Yuntang and Cheng Yeran, and also asked what Shen Yuntang was doing in the county.
Shen Yuntang did not mention that his family ran a noodle shop and sold soap. He only said that Cheng Yeran was studying in the county town, while he was selling sausages in the county town.
As he spoke, he pointed at the sausages on the plate and asked his uncle, aunt, cousins and their wives to try them. He looked at the people at the table. Except for the sleeping Liu Ya, his cousin didn't come over either. So he asked curiously, "Where's your cousin? Why didn't she come out to eat?"
"Why call her? She's such a disgrace," my cousin was furious when he talked about this. "Her husband died, and no one said anything to her if she went back to her parents' home for a while, but she said she would never marry again in this life. Does she want us to support her for the rest of her life? I told her about several good marriages, but she didn't like any of them. She didn't even look at herself. As a widow, it's good enough if someone wants her, and it's good enough if others don't pick on her. But she's still picky. Does she really think she's a fairy who has come down to earth?"
My cousin changed the topic to sausages again. "This sausage is really delicious. It's selling well, right? How is it made?"
My cousin often heard people gossiping about Shen Yuntang, saying that Shen Yuntang always gave money to her parents' family, and that if he wanted to marry a man, he should never marry someone like Shen Yuntang, who gave all his family's secret recipes to his brother from his mother's family.
Outsiders don't like Shen Yuntang, but the cousin likes Shen Yuntang because he is Shen Yuntang's family member and he also hopes to take advantage of Shen Yuntang.
Now he asked Shen Yuntang how sausages were made, not out of pure curiosity, nor was it a casual question, but he wanted to hint to Shen Yuntang that he hoped Shen Yuntang could give them the secret recipe of the sausages.
"This sausage is made of pig intestines stuffed with meat and some seasonings." When Shen Yuntang sells sausages, he will explain to customers that it is made from pig intestines and pork stuffing, but he will not tell them the specific amount, the ingredients of the seasoning, and the starch. He only gives a rough idea. Even if others go home and make it, they can't get the same taste as him.
Especially the starch added in it, which had not appeared in this era. Pure meat sausages were not as delicious as those with added starch. Someone in the county town once tried to make it, but the sausage casing was not crispy, and the meat filling inside was like steamed bun filling, or even worse than steamed bun filling. It was old and hard, and was completely different from sausages.
"Did it sell well? Did you make a lot of money?" My cousin couldn't help asking, "How much did you make?"
Cheng Yeran had disliked his cousin since he opened his mouth for the first time. Now, when he heard his cousin asking Shen Yuntang in a questioning tone, he couldn't help but retort to his cousin, "Why is your cousin asking us how much money we make? Are you trying to borrow money from us?"
The cousin's face changed. He was embarrassed by his question and said anxiously, "We have money. Why should we borrow money from you?"
My cousin's wife secretly pulled my cousin to shut up. She smiled and said, "He is just like that. He is not good at talking and has a straightforward temper. He wants to ask if you are short of people for such a big business. If you are short of people, we can go over to help. We are all family, so we can rest assured."
My cousin wanted the secret recipe, so he went to help. My cousin's wife winked at him and said, "If you go over there to help, can't you see the production process?" They will have to learn it in a year, and when they have learned it, they will go out on their own. They are all relatives, and he believes that Shen Yuntang and Cheng Yeran will not have the nerve to blame them.
The couple looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts. The cousin also changed his tone and said, "Yes, I asked you how much money you make because I want to know if you are busy. If you are too busy, we will help you share the burden."
Cheng Yeran was unhappy with them, but these were the brothers who grew up with Shen Yuntang. Just because he didn't like them didn't mean Shen Yuntang hated them.
The purpose of their coming this time was to ask their cousin and his wife to help. Now that they have taken the initiative to ask, there is no need to ask. Cheng Yeran thought unhappily that if Shen Yuntang wanted them to go, then let them go. At most, he would just ignore them in the future.
But Shen Yuntang also couldn't stand the two of them. Shen Yuntang felt that his cousin had changed. When he was a child, his cousin was very good to him and would save the delicious food for him. When he took them out to play, if other children bullied them, his cousin would fight with them.
Once when he was playing in the mountains, he sprained his ankle, and it was his cousin who carried him down the mountain, even though his cousin was only three years older than him.
But why has my cousin become like this? He always talks about his annoyance towards Liu Ya and my cousin. Even when Liu Ya was bullied, my cousin didn't even show up, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Shen Yuntang changed his mind. "We are really too busy with business in the county, so I came here this time to bring Liu Ya and my cousin to the county and ask them to help me. I will pay them two cents a month, and provide them with food and accommodation. Liu Ya has already agreed, but I don't know if my cousin is willing."
When my uncle and aunt heard this, they were no longer worried. Shen Yuntang had solved a big problem for their family.
After what happened to Liuya, she will not be able to marry in the future, and her life in the village will be difficult. She will be pointed at when she goes out. Although they are reluctant to let Liuya go so far away, as long as Liuya can live a good life, they can only bear the pain and let the child leave.
My cousin is also the beloved child of my uncle and aunt. My uncle likes Liu Ya, but my aunt likes my cousin more. After her husband died, she moved back to her parents' home. My uncle and aunt didn't say anything. My aunt always missed her child, and now she can see her child every day. She is very happy. In fact, she looked down on that son-in-law. He always beat her daughter when he was drunk. Now it's better that he's dead.
But my cousin always scolds my cousin, hoping that she will get married soon and not stay at home. When they see my cousin eating a bite of food, they think that my cousin is too hungry.
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My uncle and aunt have a different feeling towards my cousin. Although they also love this child, they are more afraid of him.
The older my cousin gets, the more irritable his temper becomes. He often quarrels with his family, throws things, and makes the house uneasy over a single disagreement. My uncle and aunt choose to coax him and compromise with him in exchange for a moment of peace.
It was also because of my cousin's mischief that my aunt and uncle told my cousin to find someone else to marry as soon as possible.
My uncle and aunt thought that now that my cousin and Liu Ya both had a way out, and my cousin would no longer make a fuss at home, all the problems were solved.
But what they didn't expect was that their cousin was not happy.
"Why should we let them go? They are so skinny, how can they do a good job?" The cousin was used to having the final say at home, so he spoke to Shen Yuntang in an imperative tone, "Besides, one of them is a widow, and the other is not clean. It will be bad for their reputation if the news gets out. Be careful that no one will buy your sausages."
"How can you say that about your brother and sister?" His uncle looked at him angrily and told him to stop.
But every time his uncle tried to stop him, he would only become more aggressive. Sometimes he would even scold his uncle, and after he finished scolding him, his uncle would stop talking because he couldn't beat him.
"Is what I said wrong? Liu Ya wears flashy clothes all day long, isn't she going out to seduce men? Aren't you afraid that they will seduce men in the county town?" The cousin looked at Shen Yuntang, "Aren't you afraid that he will seduce your man? It's no use crying when you regret it later."
"Don't insult our love. No one can come between us. And I don't think Liu Ya is the kind of person you say he is. No matter what he wears, it is not a reason for others to attack him." Cheng Yeran knew that Shen Yuntang didn't like his cousin either, so he felt relieved to confront him. "Besides, cousin, you dare to yell at your own father at home. I'm afraid that you will beat my husband when you go to our place. Liu Ya is more suitable. He is more gentle and can listen to my husband."
"Let your brothers and sisters go. You are the only son in the family. If you leave, who will take care of the family fields? You are not allowed to go." The uncle also got tough for once. He felt that there was something wrong with his way of education. On weekdays, when there were no outsiders around, the cousin could make whatever trouble he wanted. Now he was embarrassing himself in front of outsiders. The uncle was afraid that he would become lawless and be spoiled like San Gou Wa. It would be fine if he caused trouble at home, but it would be bad if he went out and got whipped and lost his life.
My cousin’s request was not met, and he smashed the bowl in anger, “I don’t want to eat anymore, you guys eat it by yourselves.”
He was like a naughty child. If he couldn't get what he wanted and no one agreed with him, he would just throw the bowl and leave in frustration and rage.
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