Chapter 37 Chapter 37 No Dad to Rely On
Sandan was completely unaware of Erdan's dislike and just kept yelling, "Dangdang~"
Erdan was helpless, "Brother Xu, Sandan is too young and can't speak clearly."
"I know. What about Erdan? Do you often have candy at home?"
"No." Erdan sat next to Xu Yunfan. "Mom and Dad said candy is expensive and can only be bought during the Chinese New Year. We only had candy when my uncle gave birth to Sandan. I wish I could have a baby too, so I could have candy."
Erdan said this with a look of regret on his face.
Xu Yunfan tapped Erdan's forehead in amusement and said, "You are a little man, you can't have children."
Erdan stood up with a cry, and remembered Qin Run picking corn in the backyard, so he ran to the backyard to help.
Xu Yunfan followed with Sandan in his hand. Seeing Qin Run had picked up two baskets, he carried them to the front yard.
When Qin San came to pick up the children, Xu Yunfan was peeling corn kernels with a few children on a bamboo mat.
With the lighting of a few candles, the originally dim eaves became bright.
At the Qin family's side, Aunt Qin lit a candle. They originally thought that these inferior products were different from the white and red candles. As it turned out, the colors were indeed different, but the brightness was not much different.
Uncle Qin pushed the corn with a corn shovel and said, "This Xu kid is really lucky. He actually picked up such a good defective product."
"That's right, this child looks good. Second uncle, why don't you call the eldest daughter back tomorrow!" Aunt Qin got angry when she thought of Qin's eldest daughter-in-law. "The more I see her, the more I dislike her. I used to think that if I endured it, everything would be fine. But now that I'm older, I realize that's not the case. When we get old, we only think about the good of our family, but we don't consider what the little ones think."
Qin Mu glanced at the closed door and said in a low voice: "I know, sister-in-law, even if you don't say it, I can't help it."
Speaking of Qin Da's wife, Qin Mu was also full of resentment. "After she married into our family, she was not active in work, always picked the best food for dinner, and always liked to be sneaky and cunning in her work."
How could my daughter-in-law be such a person?
Qin's daughter-in-law is greedy and loves to save money. Whenever she cooks, as long as there is meat, she will always steal a few pieces in the kitchen, and even secretly take it to her room and hide it under the quilt.
The family cooked eggs for the three children, but they were not at home. This woman snatched all the eggs and ate them without leaving a single bite.
Qin Mu was still thinking about something. Outside, Qin San and Dadan and their three children returned home chattering all the way.
Along the way, Erdan jumped and skipped, very happy.
Qin San held his son in one hand and held his eldest nephew in the other, shouting to his second nephew, "Erdan, slow down, be careful not to fall. Do you hear me? If you jump again, I will whip you."
Erdan wasn't afraid of his uncle, who spoke harshly but was reluctant to hit him. "I won't fall. Even if I do, I won't cry. I'm a grown man."
Qin San sneered, "You haven't even grown all your hair yet, and you're still calling yourself a man? I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about the word 'manly'."
Erdan snorted in dissatisfaction, "Third Uncle, you idiot! Being a man isn't just for grown-up men. Brother Xu praised me as a little man tonight. I eat a lot, I'm very strong, and I can peel corn kernels quickly and cleanly. I'm a man if I can help with the work."
Qin San said with a smile: "Oh, you like your brother Xu so much? When someone praises you, you seem to be so happy that you don't know what to do."
Qin San rubbed his face against his son in his arms, and smelled the faint meaty aroma on his son's face. He knew that these three little kids had eaten a lot of meat at Qin Run's house.
There was no detergent in that era. When Qin Run went to pick corn, Erdan washed Sandan's hands and face. He just wiped his hands twice and smeared Sandan's face with water. He thought that the task was completed. He had to take a shower when he got back anyway, so it didn't matter if it was not clean.
Xu Yunfan laughed out loud when he saw Erdan washing Sandan's face.
Little Sandan squatted beside the wooden basin. Erdan wet his hands, held the back of Sandan's head with one hand, and rubbed Erdan's face with the other hand. The force was so strong that Sandan swayed from side to side like a tumbler, and he almost fell down several times.
Xu Yunfan watched with a smile and had no intention of helping, so at this moment, Qin San could naturally smell the meat on his son's little face.
Erdan replied, "Of course Brother Xu is good. He gave us duck legs to eat. Big Brother doesn't eat meat, but he picked up a lot for Big Brother. He also fed Sandan rice, and Sandan ate it with relish."
Qin San was slightly stunned. "Brother Run's family isn't having pork tonight?"
He thought that Xu Yunfan sent them pork and kept the three little ones at home for dinner because they also bought pork, but unexpectedly, it was not the case.
"It's duck meat." Dadan said.
The three people's voices were quite loud, and even though they were not far away, Aunt Qin and the others sitting in the yard could hear them.
Erdan ran into the yard and happily called out to his father, mother, grandpa and grandma.
Qin San put down Sandan, and his husband took his sleepy son, stood up, and carried his son to wash.
Aunt Qin lovingly touched her eldest grandson's head and asked, "Dad, did you guys eat duck at Runge's house tonight?"
Dadan nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Xu bought it in town this morning."
Uncle Qin said, "I guess Xu has some money on him."
Qin Mu: "He has money and is willing to spend it on household expenses. I don't think he will leave easily."
Qin San coughed and said, "Dad, Mom, Uncle, Xu is a good guy."
He took out a few candles from his pocket and said, "He asked me to take these candles to my cousin's house."
Qin Er hummed curiously.
Erdan said, "Third Grandma gave Brother Xu a lot of wild fruits. Brother Xu said he wanted to give Third Grandma's family candles. What's that called... um..."
Seeing Erdan humming for a long time without being able to say anything, Dadan added: "Brother Xu said that this is called reciprocity."
Aunt Qin was happy. She had originally planned to send a few to her cousin's house later. Now that Xu Yunfan gave them to her, she asked Qin San to deliver them over quickly.
Qin Qi went up the mountain to pick up some dry firewood today. He did pick a lot of wild fruits and gave a lot of them to them.
When Qin Sanniang and Qin Sen learned that Qin San had sent them candles, they were still a little overwhelmed.
After a while, Qin Sanniang pushed the candle back and said, "That's not worth it. The wild fruit I gave him is worth very little. Why would he give me such an expensive thing?"
She sent wild fruits to Xiao Qin's family just to let Xu Yunfan and the others have a taste, and never thought about asking them for anything in return.
Xu Yunfan asked Qin San to send a few candles over, and Qin Sanniang was embarrassed to accept them.
"He insisted on giving it to me. He also gave it to our family. He said these candles were cheap and the inferior ones sold in stores were cheaper, so he bought too many. But I've seen that these candles are cheap, but they are very bright when lit. You only need to light two, and you won't have to worry about pricking your hand with a corn cob."
Qin San added, "This kid is a good person. All three of my children like him very much."
After talking for a while, Qin Sen finally accepted the candle.
Qin Sen's family is not richer than Aunt Qin's family.
Among his four sons, only the eldest son, Qin Si, is married, while his three younger brothers have not yet found wives.
Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Qin Qi got into trouble in town and had his leg broken. They had to spend all their family savings to rescue their son.
Now Qin Qi is lame and cannot do heavy work, and life at home is becoming increasingly difficult.
While peeling corn, Xu Yunfan listened to Qin Run's introduction to Qin Sanniang's family. When he heard that Qin Qi's leg was broken, he couldn't help but be curious, "How did he get his leg broken? Did he do something sneaky?"
"No." Qin Run shook his head, pushing the corn with a corn shovel and sighing, "Qin Qiren was a good guy. He was smart and worked as a waiter in a restaurant in town. He was doing well. But one time, he saw Qin Wu's fiancée hooking up with a student from the academy. He was so angry that he rushed over and beat them up."
"Because the incident was quite serious, the student lost face and was criticized by the academy teacher. Later, Qin Qi was retaliated and had his leg broken."
Xu Yunfan exclaimed, "Then why didn't Qin Sanniang report it to the authorities?"
Qin Run: "The other party is a student, a scholar at that. Moreover, even if he reports to the authorities, Uncle Qin San will not win the case. He can't produce any evidence. The common people are so scared of the officials that they can't explain anything."
Xu Yunfan was completely astonished. "Just because he's a scholar, Qin Sanniang and the others let it go like that? Shouldn't the officials investigate thoroughly? If a scholar can do such a thing, what will happen to him when he becomes an official in the future?"
"The scholar is very powerful, not someone we ordinary people can mess with. He might even become a high-ranking official in the future. Qin Sanniang and the others are afraid of retaliation."
I haven't met the Li family. There is a boy in the family. Whenever Aunt Li sees other people, she looks at them with her nose up and her eyes are raised on their foreheads, as if she is very powerful and great.
Xu Yunfan knew that families with scholars could not only enjoy tax exemption on their land, but also be exempted from military taxes, and receive a few hundred coins and several kilograms of fine rice every month.
Scholars in the Dayan Dynasty had a very high status, and merchants and those with wealth and power also had a high status.
Xu Yunfan knew too well the importance of power, influence and money.
In the past, with his father, uncle and other elders around, who would dare to mess with him?
Now... I have no father to rely on.
Xu Yunfan almost cried.
He was born at a height that others could never reach in their entire lives. It could be said that he was born in Rome. Now, having returned to the time before liberation, he had to rely on himself to fight for everything.
Xu Yunfan threw the corn cobs with the kernels peeled off into the basket, thinking to himself that for someone like him, it would not be enough to just have money in the future. Without some power, he would still not be able to get ahead, and connections were also very important.
If asked where to build connections, the first place Xu Yunfan thought of was Qingfeng Academy.
But he has no plans to study at the moment.
While Xu Yunfan was thinking about something, Qin An had already peeled all the corn in the basket.
Xu Yunfan looked at his own basket, then at Qin An's, and finally understood.
Qin Run was afraid that his hands would hurt, so he pushed the corn and put two baskets of corn in Qin An's basket and only one in his.
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