When Qian's mother returned to the Qian family home, Qian's father was planing wood.
He recently took on a new job; a family in town whose daughter is getting married.
This family was well-off and wanted to prepare a decent dowry for their daughter.
This is because he got some rosewood and wanted to make a whole set of furniture for his daughter.
This job should earn me at least four taels of silver.
Qian Lai was sitting on the doorstep picking beans, watching her father busily preparing dowries for other people's daughters, and she couldn't help but feel a little bitter.
Her father never thought about her and her sister. Even if he only made a wooden box for her and her sister, she would be very happy.
But it never has.
I wonder what she will receive on her wedding day.
To outsiders, her father seemed to love her dearly. After all, he had already said he would prepare a dowry for her.
Her father has always said that since she was a child.
But now she really has some doubts, after all, Duo Duo's fate is what it is.
But Qian Lai was genuinely worried that if someone offered her a very high dowry to marry her, would they also do the same and marry her off without any regard for the consequences?
They wouldn't consider what this person looks like.
They wouldn't even consider the person's age or character.
She felt it was very likely.
They loved her because Qian Duo was in the family, which made their love for her seem more apparent. But now that Qian Duo is no longer at home, that love no longer seems so strong.
"Get out of the way."
Qian Jin kicked Qian Lai in the back, almost sending her flying.
"Son, you have to be careful. Your sister's face is very important."
Upon hearing this, Qian Lai's heart skipped a beat.
Her face is her most valuable asset, but what about her as a person? Is she worthless?
Qian Lai lowered his head and tightened his grip on the beans.
Perhaps in their minds, she really wasn't important.
Most importantly, how much money can she sell for?
Have you seen more money?
“No.” Qian’s mother shook her head. “The Ning family won’t let me see her. They say that Qian Duo is already part of their family.”
"Then should we buy it back with money?"
The Luo family is offering fifty taels of silver to buy a child bride to take care of their mentally challenged son. Don't they think they have too much money?
With plenty of money and a gentle nature, as well as being meticulous, she will definitely be able to take good care of that fool.
Having a lot of money is the best choice.
Of course, it's not impossible for Qian Lai to marry, but they want her to marry someone from the town.
"I don't think it will work." Mother Qian sighed. "They said that when we sold Qian Duo to them, he was on the verge of death. They spent a lot of money to save him. If we want to get Qian Duo back, we not only have to return the ten taels of silver to the Ning family, but also the money they spent on treating Qian Duo."
"How much money could that be?"
"They used a century-old ginseng to save Qian Duo's life."
"What, a century-old ginseng?"
Qian's father stopped planing the wood.
Are you kidding me? A century-old ginseng?
"Where did they get a century-old ginseng?" The Ning family was so poor—
"It's said that Ning Hongze picked it," Qian's mother sighed. "I suppose he went into the deep mountains to raise money." There are still many valuable medicinal herbs in the mountains surrounding them, but there are many wild animals in the deep mountains, so unless you are a professional hunter, you don't dare to go into the mountains easily.
"Ning Hong does dote on her younger brother." No normal person would dare go in. "But, could it be a lie?"
"Probably not. They even showed me ginseng chicken soup, a thick pot of chicken soup. It smelled amazing."
Thinking of the taste of ginseng chicken soup, Qian's mother couldn't help but swallow her saliva again.
"Is there chicken soup? Where is the chicken soup?" Qian Jin ran back from outside and happened to hear the words "chicken soup". "Dad, Mom, I want to drink chicken soup. They said that my second sister is at someone else's house and eats meat and drinks chicken soup every day. I don't get any."
His second sister doesn't deserve to drink chicken soup; she should be the one to drink it, and he should also eat meat.
Qian Jin thought indignantly.
"I'm never going to acknowledge her as my second sister again." She never even shares good food with him—
Qian Lai watched with a hint of despair as her parents put down their work to comfort Qian Jin.
Qian Jin is already eight years old, yet she remains so selfish and self-centered, never considering anyone else. However, her parents seem oblivious to anything amiss.
If this continues, the money will be wasted.
But she dared not say such things.
I'll definitely get beaten up if I say it—
The army led by Marquis Mingjue of Dingyuan was stationed in Huayang City, near Dashan Village.
Mingjue was stunned when he received the secret letter from his son.
He was somewhat puzzled as to why his calm and rational son would believe in a dream so much and care about it so much.
He immediately wrote back to him.
Honestly, even if Mingzhi really wasn't his biological son, he had raised him for so long, and he definitely wouldn't want to switch him back.
If possible, and if this is true, he hopes to have a proper talk with that family and simply accept the situation as it is.
He never expected that this opportunity would come so quickly.
Ning Hong then went back into the mountains.
It rained heavily a couple of days ago.
The mountain must be covered with mushrooms now.
Acha likes his mushroom soup, so he wants to go to the mountains to pick some mushrooms. Of course, it would be even better if he could hunt some wild game.
I wonder if I'll run into that little wild boar again. It runs so fast; the meat on its legs must be very firm and chewy.
Wild boar leg meat stewed with mushrooms sounds delicious.
However, that wild boar was simply too fast.
Ning Hong tossed the mushrooms that sprouted from the ground into the basket on her back, still thinking about the wild boar. Suddenly, she heard the grunting and squealing of the wild boar.
As soon as I looked up, I saw the wild boar leap out of the deep forest.
His eyes lit up.
Why did he think that was the wild boar? It's because the moment the wild boar saw him, it raised its front hooves and didn't put them down.
The obese body spun 180 degrees and ran straight backward.
"Hey, wait a minute. We're so destined to meet—"
This is the third time I've encountered it; it's like God is making him eat it.
Upon hearing his voice, the wild boar ran even faster.
They disappeared in an instant.
Ning Hong originally intended to chase after them, but the smell of blood made him turn his attention to the person standing to the side.
The man looked quite disheveled.
His body was covered in blood, and his face was extremely pale, with a bluish tinge from excessive blood loss.
"Hey, you actually got chased by such a stupid wild boar—"
Mingjue: "..."
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