If we can't be lovers, we can still be friends.

In response to this statement, Shen Zhihuan could only roll his eyes and laugh.

If either man or woman tries to cross the line of normal friends, the balance is broken.

When the opposite sex gets along, once they fall in love...

What is love? Love is involuntary and hard to control.

Love is the most uncontrollable thing in this world.

For something like this that cannot be controlled, we can only leave it to time which can dilute everything.

Shen Zhihuan decided to leave everything to time.

On the other side...

However, Zhao Fugui decided to give his granddaughter to the two brothers Chai Yufeng and Chai Yubei from Jingshan Village.

Zhao Fugui took the money and spat on his hand. One, two...

Chai Yufeng watched coldly. Although he felt disgusted, he had no choice but to make a deal with this person who was worse than a beast.

Jingshanzhai, as the name suggests, is a small village surrounded by mountains. There are not many people in the village because there is no access and people have to climb up the hill to go out.

There are high mountains on all sides, and it takes two or three days to travel back and forth to the nearest town. This is for mountain people who are used to climbing hills and ridges. If it were the pampered educated youth in the city, they might not be able to make the round trip in a week.

This is also one of the reasons why no one is willing to marry their daughter into their Jingshan Village.

As the saying goes, live by the mountain.

The mountains surrounding Kejing Village are all rocky mountains. Although the mountain area is large, it is a typical limestone landform. Surface water resources are scarce, the land is barren, and no harvest can be obtained from anything planted.

This is also the fundamental reason why the people in Jingshan Village live a hard life and why girls from other places are unwilling to marry there.

When the matchmaker heard that they were going to get married in Jingshan Village, her head shook like a rattle.

Not to mention the surrounding area, even in the several small counties nearby, as soon as they heard the name Jingshan Village, they would either shake their heads or curl their lips.

In Jingshan Village, eight out of ten young wives were bought.

It is despicable.

But he couldn't let the Chai family be cut off and become extinct in the hands of him and his brother.

Sixteen great unity.

Zhao Fugui counted them carefully several times and looked at them one by one, making sure that they were all genuine Da Tuanjie coins before stuffing them into the secret pocket under his waistband.

Zhao Xiaochun stood aside with red eyes. He looked at his daughter Chen Xiu who was standing there silently with tears in her eyes, and then looked at his father Zhao Fugui who was counting money with his head down. He opened his mouth and finally closed it.

When Chen Xiu, with her clothes covered in patches, followed Chai Yufeng out of the house, Zhao Xiaochun couldn't help but burst into tears.

Zhao Fugui frowned and looked at his daughter Zhao Xiaochun who was crying with her hands covering her mouth. He felt it was unlucky but did not lose his temper.

After all, with these sixteen great unity pieces, he could not only prepare a nice dowry for his daughter, but also find a wife for his beloved son.

Once his daughter-in-law comes home, he will be able to hold a big fat grandson next year.

"Why are you crying? Your father and I are not dead yet!" Gou Juhua rolled her eyes.

It's a money-losing item, just sell it, there's no need to cry about it.

Zhao Xiaochun covered his mouth and sobbed, not daring to cry out loud.

Gou Juhua glanced at Zhao Xiaochun with her triangular eyes drooping, then turned to look at the man Zhao Fugui, "Dad, let's go back!"

My daughter and son are still waiting for good news at home!

She didn't want to waste her time here with this unlucky guy.

Zhao Fugui nodded, without even glancing at his eldest daughter Zhao Xiaochun who was crying with her hands covering her mouth, and walked straight out of the Chen family's courtyard.

Gou Juhua followed closely behind without even looking at Zhao Xiaochun.

"Mom..." Little Chen, who was only three or four years old, sniffed and looked at his mother who was crying at the top of her lungs with a confused look on his face.

Zhao Xiaochun squatted down, hugged Xiao Chen Gang in despair, and tears poured down like a river bursting its dam.

When people outside the yard heard the crying, they couldn't help but shake their heads.

The fool's mother and the fool came to Hongguang Village to escape the war. The fool's mother was generous and helpful. Whenever the villagers had any difficulties, she would never refuse to help if she could.

I get along well with my neighbors.

Although the fool is not very smart, he is very strong at work, and his mother is also good at housework and outside the house.

The mother and son lived a pretty good life.

Later, Zhao Xiaochun came into the family and gave birth to Chen Xiu within two years. As the old saying goes, first the flowers bloom and then the fruits bear, and the family became more and more hopeful.

A few years passed in a flash, and just when the silly mother was about to give up the idea of ​​having a grandson, Zhao Xiaochun became pregnant again.

Nine months later, the silly mother finally had a big fat grandson.

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I can see that the days are getting better and better.

But fate plays tricks on us...

Last year, the fool fell into the river and died. Last month, the fool’s mother fell ill and also died.

In just two years, both pillars of the Chen family were gone.

There are only orphans and widows left at home.

Chen Xiu was older and could have helped out, but...

Although everyone was somewhat indignant, this was ultimately someone else's family affair.

Zhao Xiaochun, a mother, didn't say anything, so how could outsiders like them dare to say anything?

After standing for a while, the people sighed and dispersed in twos and threes.

In the yard, little Chen Gang seemed to be infected by Zhao Xiaochun's negative emotions. He opened his mouth and cried sadly.

Immersed in endless sorrow, Zhao Xiaochun was shrouded in despair and grief, and the despair even made her breathless.

"Sister! Sister!" Xiao Chen Gang grinned and called out with sobs.

Zhao Xiaochun's head buzzed, and a voice in her heart told her that if she didn't chase him, her daughter would really be gone.

Zhao Xiaochun stumbled to her feet and left her son in the care of a neighbor. She wiped her tears and ran to her mother's home via a shortcut.

She had only one thought in her mind, that she wanted to redeem her daughter.

She couldn't let her daughter become the shared wife of two brothers.

I don't know how many times I fell along the way.

After knocking on the door of his mother's house, Zhao Xiaochun stated his purpose directly.

"Is there something wrong with your brain?" Gou Juhua looked at Zhao Xiaochun, who had disheveled hair and looked like a mad woman, with a look of shock and anger, and her voice was sharp.

"Everyone has left, what are you going to do now?" Zhao Fugui also looked impatient.

Now that the money has gone into his pocket, there is no reason to take it out.

"Yes! Maybe that money-losing thing has already been deflowered by someone else. What's the big deal about you bringing back a slut now?" Gou Juhua showed contempt.

"Dad, Mom, I beg you, please give me back the money! I must bring Xiu'er back." Zhao Xiaochun knelt down in front of Zhao Fugui and Gou Juhua.

"I'll give the money to your brother once I get it back. Your brother has already been sent to his father-in-law's house." Zhao Fugui frowned.

"I say, are you stupid? Which girl doesn't get married when she grows up? Marrying one is fine, marrying two is also fine. The Chai brothers are both handsome men. If their parents hadn't chosen them well, they would have been born in Jingshan Village and would have been the luck of your little fool. You really don't know how to appreciate the blessings you have." Gou Juhua rolled her triangular eyes.

(End of this chapter)