Liu Hechang looked at Qin Caiyun's evasive gaze, then looked at the embarrassed expressions of Zhu Hongxia and her husband, and became very angry. He was so angry that he wanted to regret the engagement he had just made with Qin Caiyun on the spot.
But his reason reminded him that he could not break off the engagement.
As early as last night, he was possessed by the devil and asked Qin Caiyun to spend the night at his home. There was no way out for him.
Liu Hechang's heart was in turmoil. He was angry and regretful. Qin Caiyun was young and pretty, but compared to Qin Qingman, she was just an ugly duck. He regretted it so much that his intestines turned green because the ugly duck lost the swan.
The look he gave Qin Caiyun's family also became more gloomy.
The strange atmosphere immediately made Zhu Hongxia realize that Liu Hechang regretted his decision, but it was too late to regret it now.
The young lady did not come home last night, and Liu Hechang's promise to his son about his job at the dinner table today made it impossible for her to let Liu Hechang take advantage of her for nothing.
So Zhu Hongxia reminded Liu Hechang with a fake smile: "Nephew, it's getting late, go back early. The town is not far from here, but it will be difficult to travel if we run into snowy roads."
Zhu Hongxia calls Liu Hechang, who is older than herself, her nephew, and has always been flexible when it comes to interests.
Of course Liu Hechang knew what Zhu Hongxia meant. He suppressed his dissatisfaction and took a deep look at Zhu Hongxia and her husband and Qin Caiyun who didn't dare to look at him. Then he took the matchmaker and drove away.
On the way back to town, Liu Hechang's face was extremely gloomy.
The moment he saw Qin Qingman's appearance clearly, he knew that he had been plotted against by Qin Caiyun's family.
As the chairman of the farm union, he had seen all kinds of secrets and storms, but he didn't expect that at his age he would be so blind. He knew that there must be a problem if it was brought to his door, but he didn't expect it to be such a big problem.
There was no way he would just swallow this anger of being plotted against.
Wait!
"Mom...what should I do?" Qin Caiyun was only eighteen years old after all, and she was not that cunning. Facing Liu Hechang who left with a gloomy face, she was scared. She was afraid that the power she had obtained would fly away.
"Aren't you usually very smart? Why are you so stupid today?"
Zhu Hongxia finally felt a little proud when she saw the anxious Qin Caiyun. Don't think that she can't understand the lady's mind just because she is a village woman. She knows what kind of shit the baby is going to poop as soon as he sticks out his butt.
"Mom, I..."
Qin Caiyun regretted it, deeply regretted it.
Why would she want to provoke Qin Qingman? Why would she want to cause trouble to her marriage?
Qin Lei, who had been standing outside the door to see off guests in the middle of winter, felt his whole body almost numb from the cold. He stamped his feet hard and said impatiently, "Shut up, and talk when you get back."
As the saying goes, walls have ears. Liu Hechang's high-profile visit today with a matchmaker must have caught the attention of some interested parties. There was no need for them to continue making a fuss outside the door.
"Go back soon."
Zhu Hongxia patted Qin Caiyun's back hard with a look of disgust. The young lady had grown up and had her own thoughts. She even dared to ignore her mother and take the initiative to seek marriage. She was really capable.
Qin Caiyun came back to her senses after being patted by Zhu Hongxia, and quickly returned to the house with her head lowered.
At this moment, she no longer had the pride she had when she provoked Qin Qingman before. Her mind was full of thoughts on how to make Liu Hechang marry her.
Even though things have come to this, she has no intention of letting go of Liu Hechang.
The main thing is that he can't let her go. A girl's reputation is especially important. She had made a high-profile appearance in the farm's family area yesterday and had presented herself as Liu Hechang's fiancée. Moreover, many workers had seen her staying at Liu's house with their own eyes. Letting her go now would mean a dead end for her.
Gossip could kill her.
Zhu Hongxia and her family went back to the house to think about how to trap Liu Hechang. Qin Qingman next door was also very disgusted.
She saw the look Liu Hechang gave her just now. That greasy look was extremely malicious.
"Sister, what's wrong with you?"
Chuchu, who was squatting beside the stove and writing with a wooden stick dipped in water, noticed Qin Qingman's abnormality at the first moment. She quickly put down what she was holding and ran towards Qin Qingman.
"It's okay, it's just frozen."
Chuchu is too young, and Qin Qingman definitely cannot tell the child about Liu Hechang.
"Sister, let me pour you some water." Chuchu obediently turned to pour hot water. The child was young and did not suspect anything. He actually thought that Qin Qingman had frozen when she went out to fetch firewood.
Taking the warm bowl, Qin Qingman didn't waste Chuchu's concern and drank a mouthful of hot water. At the same time, she tried her best to erase the image of Liu Hechang from her mind and talked about business. "Chuchu, do you know anyone in the village who has a half-grown puppy?"
Recalling the despicable behavior of Liu Hechang in the original plot, Qin Qingman had to prepare for a rainy day.
"Sister, except for hunters, no one in the village can afford to raise a dog." Chuchu looked at Qin Qingman with a pair of watery eyes in confusion.
Qin Qingman immediately understood what the child meant.
It is not easy to raise a living these days. No one would keep a dog. After all, dogs are quite gluttonous. The only people who can keep a dog are hunters who rely on the mountains for their livelihood.
Qin Qingman frowned slightly and began to think deeply.
Even though the mountain has been closed due to heavy snow, there are still people going in and out of the mountain village as long as the weather is clear and there is no snow. Every household here has a fence made of wooden stakes, which is more than a person's height. It can only protect against wild animals, but not against people with ulterior motives.
Now there are only her and Chuchu in their family, neither of them has much fighting power, so they must have the ability to protect themselves.
If you can't keep a dog, then keep something else.
"Chu Chu, does anyone raise geese?" Although Qin Qingman received the original owner's memory, the original owner was busy supplementing the family income this year and didn't pay any attention to the village. Chu Chu, who was not even five years old, was well-informed.
Although Chuchu didn't know why Qin Qingman asked this, she answered immediately, "Sister, Auntie Ayun has two geese at home. They are very big. If their wings are not clipped, they can fly."
Qin Qingman smiled with satisfaction as she watched Chuchu stretch out her skinny little hands to measure the size of her goose in front of her.
"Sister, the geese at Auntie Ayun's house are very fierce and will peck people. Liu Sangun, the laziest boy in the village, was pecked and his legs were pecked black and blue. If he hadn't been smart and climbed the tree quickly, he would have been pecked even worse."
Talking about Liu Sangunzi's embarrassing incident, Chuchu curled her eyebrows happily.
He didn't like Liu Sangunzi, because he was lazy, greedy, and a bully. He often bullied the lonely, elderly and weak in the village. He had been scared by him, and if he hadn't run fast, he would have been beaten by him.
Originally, Qin Qingman just wanted to ask who in the village raised geese and wanted to share one to look after the house. Seeing the child's expression, she immediately realized that something was wrong. "Chu Chu, has Liu Sangunzi ever bullied you?"
Chu Chu widened her eyes in shock.
Qin Qingman's expression immediately turned cold when she understood what was going on, and she also felt a little bit of sympathy towards the original owner.
I can't protect my children and I can't support my family. My life is really in vain.
"Sister, Liu Sangunzi didn't bully me, really. I run fast. I ran as soon as I saw him from a distance, and he didn't catch up with me." Facing Qin Qingman's sudden change of expression, Chuchu was both happy and anxious, and hurried to explain.
He was afraid that Qin Qingman would cause trouble for Liu Sangunzi.
Although Liu Sangunzi appears to be lazy and is used to cheating at work, he is actually very tall. With such a tall stature, his sister is definitely no match for him, which is why he did not tell his sister before.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault that I didn't protect you well."
Facing the sensible Chuchu, Qin Qingman's heart softened and she reached out and held the child in her arms.
Nestled in the warm arms, Chuchu's little hands tightly grasped Qin Qingman's clothes, her little face flushed as she defended herself, "Sister, you protected me very well." The child saw Qin Qingman's dedication. Without his sister, he might have starved to death long ago.
The child was still young, like a blank sheet of paper, and Qin Qingman could see all his emotions clearly at a glance.
With a slight sigh in her heart, Qin Qingman stopped holding on to Liu San's stick and started talking about the goose.
Hearing that geese can guard the house, Chuchu's breathing became faster.
When his sister is not at home, he is worried that the aunts will come to "borrow" things like last time. He is young and weak, and cannot chase them away. It would be great if the goose could help him.
The more she thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and Chuchu's face was full of excitement.
Just as she opened her mouth to smile, the smile froze on her face. The child suddenly remembered what she was worried about, "Sister, the goose at Auntie Ayun's house is very, very vicious. It not only pecks at bad people, it will peck at us too!"
Since Qin Qingman thought of using geese to guard the house, she must have thought about how to make the geese recognize their master.
He stroked the child's worried face and said, "We feed the goose its favorite food and take care of it every day. After a while, it will recognize us as its master. Once it recognizes us as its master, it will protect us."
"But...but the snow is so thick, there's no grass."
Chuchu knows the goose recipe.
"Then feed it corn." Qin Qingman knew that in order to gain something, one must pay something.
Hearing Qin Qingman's bold words, Chu Chu was so shocked that she didn't know how to move her eyes.
There wasn't much food at home, and he couldn't bear to feed the geese with corn!
"It's okay. Several uncles still owe us food. If it's really not possible, I can go to town to buy some. We still have some food coupons at home, which I secretly hid before." Qin Qingman comforted Chuchu with lies.
"Um."
Chuchu believed Qin Qingman, and her worry immediately turned into motivation. She urged Qin Qingman to get dressed and go out, "Sister, hurry up, let's go to Auntie Ayun's house to pick geese." The child had no playmates and was looking forward to the new member who was about to come.
You can't get a goose just because you want it!
Qin Qingman looked at Chuchu with gentle eyes, and took out two feet of cloth coupons from the house and put them away.
Things that cannot be traded can only be bartered.
Auntie Ayun's home was not close to Qin Qingman's home. In the thick snow, the brother and sister were wrapped up like balls and walked slowly in Kaoshan Village.
The weather was cold, and the ground in the village, which had been walked on by many people, had long been frozen and slippery.
Qin Qingman carried Chuchu on her back and tried her best to walk in the snow where no one had ever stepped on. The snow was above her ankles, but she was still relatively stable.
Ten minutes later, the brother and sister finally arrived outside Aunt Ayun's house.
Before I knocked on the door, I heard the sound of geese coming from Auntie Ayun's house, and it was very miserable.
Qin Qingman understood what was going on as soon as she heard it. She didn't care about etiquette and pushed open the gate and ran in, shouting as she ran: "Auntie Ayun, spare the goose!"
At the kitchen door, a kitchen knife quickly chopped the goose head, and the blade was shiny under the sunlight.
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