He Erniang grabbed Hua Shi's hand, patted the back of her hand, and spoke soothingly.
Hua Shi's expression froze for a moment, and he chuckled dryly twice: "Haha... no rush, no rush."
Logically speaking, both Mrs. Li and Grandma Xie are gone. If she wants to cancel the engagement, she can talk to Xie Mingchi at any time. Then she can go to the village chief to cancel the registered marriage document, and everything will be clear.
but……
My heart trembles slightly when I see flowers.
After getting along with him, she didn't dislike Xie Mingchi. Whether from his appearance or his personality, Xie Mingchi seemed to be her best choice right now...
He Erniang suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Hua Xiao and Hua Li standing behind her, then turned to look at Hua Yu and Xiao Huaying not far away, and sighed:
"Poor...your brother and sister-in-law are still young. If you are worried about them, when you get married to Ming Chi, you can bring your brother and sister-in-law to live with you."
Hua Shi was really stunned this time.
Living together means...
He Erniang looked at the skinny children and felt heartbroken.
Their father and grandmother are dead, leaving only these few children, pitiful...
The older ones have lame legs... The whole family has teenagers.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, He Erniang insisted on keeping the bamboo basket she had brought with her, and then left the Hua family with He Juanhua.
On the way back, He Erniang took He Juanhua's hand, patted the back of her hand, and asked, "You won't blame me for being partial, will you?"
He Juanhua was stunned and shook her head: "How could that be? Grandma treats Mingshan and me very well, how could I blame Mom for being partial?"
He Erniang finally nodded in relief and sighed, "I'm glad you don't blame me. I'm not partial. Look at those pitiful children. They're as skinny as monkeys. Their parents are gone, and I guess there's not much money left at home..."
He Juanhua listened to her mother-in-law's chatter and nodded from time to time.
…
“…You’re not here to break off the engagement…”
In the yard, Hua Li looked at the open gate and muttered softly.
He had heard a lot of gossip in the village these days... They said that since his grandmother and father were dead, they were the only ones left in the family. The Xie family would definitely dislike his sister and come to cancel the engagement and demand the return of the two taels of silver they had given them...
He was also thinking that he didn't want to get married so early, but... if the Xie family really broke off the engagement, his family might not be able to pay the Xie family two taels of silver as compensation.
Hua Xiao was thinking in his heart, and his thoughts were very different from Hua Li's.
Hua Shi had no idea about the complicated thoughts in the two people's minds. She untied the purse in her hand and poured out three pieces of silver from it.
Three taels of silver...
It was added to the five taels of silver that Li had asked for before.
However, she really didn't expect that He Erniang was actually here to give her money...
…
In the backyard, birds are singing, and the early spring afternoon is quite refreshing.
The warm orange-yellow sun slanted down from the sky, and the half of the mountainside and the trees could not block the dazzling golden light. The forest shadows were smoky and the birds were singing crisply.
Looking at the vast overgrown weeds, Hua Li's neck shivered, and the small knife in his hand unconsciously tightened a little.
"Are we really going to clear all this weeds...? Isn't it too much..."
Hua Li asked uncertainly, looking up at Hua Shi who was standing in front of him.
Hua Shi raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and nodded.
It does look a bit dense, but there is no way...
It was obvious that this place had been abandoned for too long, with weeds growing everywhere. There was a large area on the right side covered with prickly thorn bushes, a large sunken pit in the middle, and grass about ten feet high. If an adult man walked in, the ten-foot-high weeds would probably cover his neck.
Damn it…without herbicides or readily available machines, we have to weed and tidy up by hand.
Hua Shi clenched his palms and looked back at his four younger brothers and sisters standing behind him.
Among the four people of varying heights, one wore a straw felt hat, held a curved sickle in his hand, some of it blunt, and had a thin and delicate body...
ah……
Looking at these people, they don't seem to be very capable.
If they were to rely on just a few of them, it would probably take them two or three months to finish the task.
There is some hesitation when it comes to flowers.
Hua Li looked around and swallowed. Seeing that Hua Shi was still staring at them thoughtfully, he asked with some difficulty, "What, what happened?"
Hua Shi came back to his senses, looked at the four people's arms and legs with a complicated look, touched his chin thoughtfully, and said, "I was thinking, should I spend some money and ask a few people to come back and help us clean up this place together?"
Hua Li also imitated her, touched his chin, and said: "Uh... I think... forget it, we don't have any money."
Hua Xiao nodded in agreement.
If I had enough money, I could hire someone...
Sighs when flowers bloom.
It's just too eye-catching, and I'm afraid of getting into trouble...
After all, there's a tall, strong, white vixen hiding in the yard. If the villagers accidentally see her...
Hua Shi held her forehead with her hand. She couldn't imagine the consequences.
"Forget it, let's start pulling it out today. If it doesn't work, I'll find two more people to help."
Facts proved that Hua Shi's intuition was correct. She, Hua Yu and four other people, as well as a cat, a dog and a fox, worked for the whole afternoon. When night fell, they looked up and found that they had only cleaned a small area.
It's not a standard cleaning. The roots of many weeds are deeply embedded in the soil and cannot be pulled out no matter how hard you pull. You can only use a knife or a sickle to cut them. But in many places, after the grass is cut, most of the grass stalks are left, with their points pointing upwards.
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