Meng Jinbao and Meng Jingui witnessed the fight between their grandparents and huddled in a corner, not daring to say anything. Only then did they stand up. Meng Jinbao said, "If Sanwa leaves, our family will have one less person to work with. Aunt, you can't talk nonsense. You should persuade my dad not to agree."

Geng Guifen is the cousin of the mother of Meng Jinbao and Meng Jingui. For some reason, she was unable to give birth to children for several years during her first marriage and was divorced. Later, she married Meng Laifu and gave birth to three children. Meng Jinbao, Meng Jingui and Meng Jinniu all call her mom, but only aunt.

Meng Jingui continued his brother's words: "That's right, auntie also knows that cousin Caiyue is waiting to marry Sanwa. If he leaves, how will my grandma explain to my second uncle's grandma?"

Hearing this, Geng Liuju's face became even worse. She stroked her old waist and rolled her eyes at Geng Guifen: "You are so old, but can't you be more sensible? You are not as good as the children! Sanwa has grown up and is capable of everything. With him around, there is so much work to do at home. I just gave him 50 yuan for his medical expenses. Why should I send him to the Meng family in Linshui Village as a grandson? Besides, the marriage with Caiyue has been discussed. Who will marry Caiyue if he leaves? I, as an aunt, am already worrying about Caiyue. How can you, as an aunt, be so heartless?"

Geng Guifen said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, it's all my fault... Dad was quite scary today, and I forgot about Caiyue because of him!"

Geng Liuju thought about how the old man had just thrown her to the edge of the kang and threatened to send her back to the Geng family. Her eyes suddenly became fierce: "You old bastard! I have worked hard all my life to give birth to children for him and let him have many descendants. Without me, Geng Liuju, to take care of it, how could he guard this courtyard with his ugly appearance? How could the old Meng family be in such a situation? How dare you treat me like this, you have no conscience? Just wait and see, I, Geng Liuju, will not suffer this loss! Sanwa, he is my cat and dog. Without my order, he can't go anywhere. He has to guard this house and listen to me forever!"

Geng Guifen nodded, paused and said, "Mother, could it be that Sanwa himself wants to be adopted to Linshui Village? You see, the last time he came back, even though he was punished, he was very happy. He always loved to watch Bawa read and write, looking fascinated. In the past, mother, Sanwa dared not disobey whatever you said, but he just refused to listen to Caiyue... What if he has to go to Linshui Village to escape this marriage?"

Geng Liuju glared: "He dares to escape? How far can Linshui Village be? He must be brought back to me even if he is tied up. I promised him to marry Caiyue!"

"Mom, why don't we just forget it and not force him to marry Caiyue? This way, we can still keep him working in our house."

Meng Jinbao and Meng Jingui nodded together. In their opinion, keeping Sanwa at home to work was more important than marrying Geng Caiyue.

Geng Liuju snorted: "Don't worry, he can't leave, he has to do the work, and he has to marry Caiyue!"

Geng Guifen thought of something, and moved closer to massage Geng Liuju's shoulders, saying, "Speaking of which, the girls in our Geng family are the most blessed. They are good at giving birth and bringing good luck to their husbands and children, just like mother. Mother married Sanwa to Caiyue for Sanwa's own good. The other day I heard my second sister-in-law praising Caiyue for her fertility and envying Sanwa for having many sons and grandchildren in the future. Mother has so many grandchildren, and it's not just Sanwa who hasn't married yet, there are others as well. Mother, you see, it's time for King Kong and Jinlin to get married, but King Kong has to work in a factory, so he has to wait. Maybe he can marry a city wife and get double salary in the future. As for Jinlin, since he works at home, he should get married early. First, he should honor you and dad, and second, there will be more laborers in the family, so he can earn more work points and more food."

Geng Liuju pondered and nodded slightly: "You reminded me. Jinlin and Caiyue are not suitable. Caiyue is too old. I think your fourth brother's Cailing is very good. She is also very blessed and capable. Go back and ask in a few days, and tell her to give her to Jinlin!"

"Why!"

Geng Guifen agreed and smiled secretly: Geng Cailing from fourth brother's family, has a nice name, but she is not pretty at all. The girl is stout and strong, with pockmarks all over her face. She got sick when she was a child and took the wrong medicine. She is not very smart. She has a lot of strength and can carry heavy loads, but she can't do delicate work. She is slow and clumsy. People who don't know her will say she is a rude man as soon as they meet her.

If it was a girl from another family, Jin Lin would definitely not accept her, but her surname was Geng, and she was the niece of her mother-in-law Geng Liuju. Her mother- in-law wanted to marry the daughter of the Geng family into the old Meng family, who would dare not agree? Just now, the second child Meng Laixi wanted to sell her son Meng Jingang's worker quota, and the second sister-in-law took the lead in arguing with her, saying what the eldest wife was like by name, and did she think that Geng Guifen was easy to bully? Let them know, who doesn't have bad intentions? Who is more powerful than who! Meng Jinbao and Meng Jingui listened to the conversation between their grandmother and aunt, and both shrank their necks, secretly glad that they had already married and started a family.

Before dinner, Meng Changshou and Meng Laifu came back. Geng Liuju heard from Meng Laifu that the old man really went to the brigade to inquire about the matter of transferring Meng Jinniu's household registration, and then went to Meng Changshou to have a big fight. Meng Changshou let her quarrel and smoked silently. He asked the wives to set the table for dinner, and then lay down to sleep after the meal without saying a word. Geng Liuju was so angry that her liver hurt.

Geng Guifen went to a small room in the east wing. This was originally where Geng Guifen's two daughters, Meng Manzhi and Meng Manxiang, lived. Now it was given to Geng Caiyue for her confinement after childbirth. It was arranged by Geng Liuju. Even if she was not happy, could she not obey?

I had no choice but to let my daughter live with her parents for a while.

Although Geng Caiyue was locked up in the room to recuperate after giving birth, she knew everything she needed to know about what had happened in the past two days.

As soon as Geng Guifen entered the room, Geng Caiyue asked, "Aunt, my uncle is back. What did he say? Can Sanwa be cured?"

Geng Guifen looked at the kang bed and saw that all three children were asleep. The room was tidy. She couldn't help but curl her lips secretly: the third child was hospitalized due to a fight, so her mother-in-law arranged for several granddaughters-in-law to take turns to take care of Geng Caiyue and her daughter. Geng Caiyue was really destined to enjoy a happy life. Even though she was in such a miserable state, she could still be taken good care of by her aunt. Although she was her cousin, she still felt a little jealous.

Geng Guifen said: "Don't worry, Sanwa can be cured."

Geng Caiyue breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I was worried that he would become disabled. Who would we mother and daughter rely on then?"

Geng Guifen lowered her voice and said, "But your uncle wants to adopt him to the Meng family in Linshui Village. There is only one girl there named Meng Taohua. She is a hard-luck jinx. She brought death to her parents and her father. Her engagement was cancelled. She also wants her brother to take over the family so that she can get married and not be bullied in the future...Yesterday, Meng Taohua from Linshui Village came to take Sanwa to the hospital. Did you hear that? If Sanwa settles down in Linshui Village and becomes the eldest son and grandson of that family, you might not be able to get married!"

"What can we do? Just wait for your great aunt and your great uncle to quarrel! If they quarrel, it's yours. If they don't, there's nothing we can do. Meng Taohua is smart. She went to the county hospital to take care of Sanwa herself. She waited for him to be healed and took him back to Linshui Village directly."

"Aunt, there are so many people in our family, can we send someone to look after Sanwa?"

"That's easy for you to say. You have to go up and down the bus, live there for ten days or half a month, and you have to eat. It's free, right? If your aunt was willing to spend money, she would have let Jinbao or Jingui go there long ago. She also paid fifty yuan for medical expenses. Now the whole family is arguing over this. They hate that Sanwa doesn't want to come back."

Geng Caiyue: “…”

She frowned and thought about it, then made up her mind and said to Geng Guifen, "Aunt, my mother-in-law broke up with me and gave me 200 yuan. Keep it all with my mother. My mother should come to see me tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I'll ask her to give the money. You ask Jinbao or Jingui to go to the county town to look after Sanwa, and bring him home as soon as he's healed. I'll be waiting for him!"

Geng Guifen waved her hands: "That money was given to you and your child by your mother-in-law after you left your previous husband's family. How can I..."

Geng Caiyue: "What's this little money? If we don't have Sanwa, my child and I will be left with nowhere to go. That would be difficult!"

"No, no, your aunt will scold us if she finds out."

"If I don't tell you, no one will know!"

"Okay, I'll help you arrange it then."

"Well, tell Jingui to keep a close eye on him and don't let Meng Taohua kidnap Sanwa. He's the father of my child!"

“I know, I know!”

Meng Tao in the county town doesn’t know yet that she has been treated as a human trafficker.

The winter night in the small county town was cold and deserted, but beneath the surface, there was still a relatively lively black market, and Meng Tao had just come out of it.

She put on makeup, covered herself tightly, and walked down the street carrying a small bag. After making sure no one was following her, she went straight back to the hotel to rest.

Meng Jinniu made all the arrangements in the hospital and asked Zhang Fu, the young man who came to take care of his father in the next bed, to look after him as well. The two of them agreed privately that Meng Tao would pay Zhang Fu 80 cents a day. Zhang Fu was very honest and said that 80 cents was almost his daily salary at work and he didn't want any more.

He also told Meng Tao the location of the black market.

There are many things sold in the black market in the county, including grain, game, dried goods, clothing, medicinal materials, and some old items, that is, antiques.

Meng Tao didn't sell anything. After she strolled around, she did buy two things: a pair of water-blue ice-patterned vases that were more than a foot high. They were very delicate and beautiful. The seller said they were from the Ming Dynasty. She didn't know whether they were real or fake. Meng Tao didn't know how to identify them. She just relied on her taste and her preference. In addition, they were so cheap that it was heartbreaking. They only cost ten yuan. Meng Tao was embarrassed to bargain! She also traded with a middle-aged man who sold medicinal herbs. She bought a wild ginseng that was just dug and said to be fifty years old. The price was two hundred. The seller came from the mountains seventy or eighty miles away. The wild ginseng was dug by his father. His father knew a lot of herbs and collected them all year round. He usually sold them to the public purchasing station. The unified purchasing price was too low and they were not worth much money. In the autumn and winter when there was no farming, he let his descendants try their luck in the black market in the city. It would be good to make more money.

Meng Tao casually bargained for a price of one hundred and fifty, and the middle-aged man sold the wild ginseng to her. If she had sold it to a purchasing station, it would have been good to get fifty yuan.

There was a bag of medicinal herbs left, including Panax notoginseng, Dendrobium officinale and Gastrodia elata, all of which were precious medicinal herbs. Meng Tao bought them as well for twenty yuan.

I will collect them all and give them to Shen Yu later. I want to see what price these medicinal herbs blessed by space can be sold for.

Today is also the day of 10,000 updates. Thank you to the fairies for their enthusiastic support! 　　Thank you to the fairy Moment After the Rainbow, the fairy I Dance and I Watch, the fairy Yi Zi, and the fairy So That's How to Hunt for your tips! Thank you very much! 　　 　 (End of this chapter)