(Sorry for the typo in the title!)
After finishing his meal, Su Lu hurried off to work. Qin Xiaoxiao saw him off at the gate, told him to be careful on the road, and then kissed him on the cheek when no one was around.
"Honey, ride your bike carefully. Don't rush. It's okay if we're late. We can just lose some money. Safety is the most important thing."
Su Lu also took advantage of the fact that no one was around to give him a kiss in return, "Don't worry, I know. Don't work too hard when you're at work. If you don't want to work, then don't. Tell Grandpa later and come back early."
"Let's eat here tonight. We still have some meat at home, right? Take some out, and we'll make dumplings when we get back."
Qin Xiaoxiao knew that Su Lu was referring to the frozen meat in her space, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go home and get it in a bit."
Su Lu got on his bike and was about to leave when he stopped and looked back at Qin Xiaoxiao. "Honey, put less meat and more vegetables. I'm worried Xiaoyue might..."
Qin Xiaoxiao immediately understood and nodded repeatedly, "I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it. I understand. I'll ask Auntie to put in more vegetables and less meat, so that Xiaoyue won't feel nauseous and think about the Li family again."
Su Lu was relieved and quickly rode away.
After Su Lu left, Qin Xiaoxiao pulled Qin Yue to work. When they arrived at the field, they easily found Aunt Liu and Aunt Song.
Aunt Liu and Aunt Song first comforted Qin Yue, and seeing that Qin Yue was recovering well and seemed to be fine, they then huddled together with Qin Xiaoxiao to talk about the Ren family.
"Ren Daya jumped off the building the night before last when she went to the hospital. I heard that before she died, she told all the evil things that Li Laosan had done, and she also mentioned Widow Yang. She was the one who helped Li Laosan kidnap her and locked her in her cellar."
When the Ren family found out about this, they sent people to help. But do you know what? The Ren family is really despicable. They insisted that Qin Erzhu marry Ren Daya.
Ren Daya is already dead, yet Qin Erzhu still wants to marry her. Is this an attempt at a ghost marriage?
"Oh dear, you can't say that! Just pretend you didn't hear it!"
Aunt Song patted her mouth and whispered, "This Qin Erzhu is so unlucky. He was just dating someone, and now he's clinging to her. She's dead, and he still wants to marry her."
Qin Xiaoxiao was shocked and looked at Aunt Song in disbelief. "Auntie, I just don't understand. How can you get married when the person is dead? Even if it's a marriage, doesn't it require two dead people to get married..."
Auntie, I don't know anything about this either. I was just asking out of curiosity, nothing more. If it's inconvenient to say, that's fine too.
After hearing this, Aunt Song secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she did not answer Qin Xiaoxiao's question, but only whispered, "Go home and ask your grandma."
Qin Xiaoxiao nodded and said no more.
Aunt Liu chimed in, "It's only because Erzhu is kind-hearted and doesn't hold grudges. If it were me, I would have beaten them until their faces were covered in bruises."
Qin Yue, standing beside her, asked softly, "Sister Ren is dead, didn't her family say anything? Didn't they cause trouble for the Li family?"
Qin Xiaoxiao quickly chimed in, "That's right, Li Laosan is dead, but Li Laoda and the others are still alive. Has the Ren family caused them any trouble?"
Aunt Song and Aunt Liu shook their heads and pursed their lips, saying, "What trouble are you looking for? Li Laosan didn't get along well with his brothers and sisters, and they hardly ever interacted. Even if the Ren family wanted to cause trouble, they couldn't find anyone to blame but the Yang family's son. I'm afraid he'll have endless trouble in the future."
Ren Daya was imprisoned by his mother; the son cannot bear the consequences of his mother's evil deeds.
Aunt Liu said, "Her son is no good either. The Ren family and he are fighting, it's like dogs fighting each other. We can just wait and see what happens."
Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yue exchanged a glance, then stopped asking questions and instead steered the conversation to other people's homes.
In the morning, Qin Xiaoxiao finally broke through the 30-meter mark. Aunt Song and Aunt Liu were shocked and kept urging Qin Feng to give her a certificate or something. Qin Xiaoxiao was so embarrassed that she was practically steaming with embarrassment.
During the lunch break, Qin Xiaoxiao took her lunchbox back to the Qin family home. As soon as she entered the gate, the two girls went straight to Old Mrs. Qin.
When Grandma Qin looked down, she saw two bright, sparkling eyes blinking at her, and she knew that these two girls were up to something.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
Qin Xiaoxiao smiled ingratiatingly and massaged Grandma Qin's legs, while Qin Yue massaged Grandma Qin's shoulders.
"Grandma, we chatted with Aunt Song and Aunt Liu today and heard them talking about ghost marriages. They also said that the Ren family wants Qin Erzhu to marry Ren Daya."
"Grandma, aren't ghost marriages supposed to be between two dead people? How can a living person marry a dead person?"
Qin Xiaoxiao was puzzled, and Qin Yue also stared at the old lady Qin with wide, bewildered eyes.
Grandma Qin tapped Qin Xiaoxiao's forehead with her finger, annoyed. "You're curious about everything. Don't lead your sister astray."
Qin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes. "How could that be? I'm just trying to broaden Qin Yue's horizons, so she won't be clueless and become a laughingstock."
She'll grow up eventually, and the more experiences she has, the less likely she is to be deceived later.
Grandma Qin couldn't do anything with Qin Xiaoxiao, so she glared at her and said, "You always have a way of dealing with her, you won't suffer any losses."
Qin Xiaoxiao smiled ingratiatingly and obediently squatted down next to Grandma Qin, quietly continuing to massage her legs.
Grandma Qin knew that Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yue wouldn't have a moment's peace until they got an explanation, so she said softly, "Most ghost marriages are between young men and women who died before they turned eighteen and were unmarried. The two families were afraid that the deceased would cause trouble after death and be detrimental to the family, so they arranged for the two to get married."
As for Qin Erzhu's matter, it's probably because the Ren family wanted Ren Daya to have a place to be buried and didn't want to bury her body in the Ren family's ancestral graveyard, so they came up with this idea.
The Ren family is really despicable; how could they do such a thing?
They actually came up with the idea of having a living person marry a dead person!
Qin Erzhu and Ren Daya's relationship wasn't particularly good, so how could Qin Erzhu possibly stay by Ren Daya's side?
Erzhu is a grown man now, he can't stay unmarried forever, can he?
Now that this has happened, how will Qin Erzhu ever get married?
Is it considered a first marriage or a second marriage?
Oh, what a tragedy!
Qin Xiaoxiao understood. To put it bluntly, the Ren family didn't want Ren Daya to be buried in the Ren family's ancestral grave, so they let Qin Erzhu take over, also to prevent Ren Daya from causing trouble after her death.
This is all feudal superstition. What era are we living in? How can anyone still believe in such things? (It still exists today; you can search it online.)
Qin Erzhu definitely wouldn't agree to a ghost marriage, Qin Xiaoxiao wasn't worried about that. She was only worried that the Ren family wouldn't take care of Ren Daya's funeral arrangements, and that Qin Erzhu would have to step in in the end.
In the afternoon, Qin Xiaoxiao whispered to Aunt Liu and Aunt Song. After listening, the two women pursed their lips and nodded. Finally, the three of them looked at each other and sighed in unison.
Finally, after finishing work in the evening, Qin Xiaoxiao rushed home, lit the kang (a heated brick bed), boiled a pot of water, and then lit the coal stove in the yard to prepare dinner.
When Su Lu returned from get off work, Qin Xiaoxiao had already prepared dinner.
Braised eggplant, tomatoes mixed with white sugar, and a salted duck egg.
The salted duck eggs were from a trade between Qin Xiaoxiao and Aunt Song; there were only about thirty in total, and they had just been pickled. (End of Chapter)
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