There had long been a grudge between Lianyan's family and Village Chief Wang's family. Ten years ago, Lianyan's husband, Zhao Dafang, also wanted to compete for the position of Huangling Village Chief.
Although Zhao is a big surname in Huangxiling, all the Zhao family members should support Zhao Dafang. However, Zhao Dafang is just the opposite of his name, he is extremely stingy.
Even many members of the Zhao clan did not choose him as village chief.
So over the years, Zhao Dafang and Lianyan held the hatred towards Village Chief Wang's family, and never reflected on their own shortcomings.
However, the person Lianyan met was Sun Hongying. Sun Hongying was not like Wang Lan. She did not dare to provoke Lianyan and sneered.
“I’ve seen people with thick skins, but I’ve never seen anyone with thicker skins than your family.
You can't write the word Zhao with one stroke, why don't you mention that the prefect of Yongzhou Prefecture is also surnamed Zhao, and the prefect's affairs are also your Zhao family's affairs?"
After Sun Hongying said this, Lianyan didn't dare to respond. She could say anyone, but she was afraid of getting into trouble if she mentioned the official.
But Cuihong had no intention of listening to their verbal argument. She was silently calculating in her mind that the annual tuition for the village school was four taels of silver.
Qian Chunhua, that damn bitch, actually sent Zhao Xiaoling to a school. What use is there for a worthless little girl like her to go to school?
Both of them want eight taels of silver. Qian Xingshan is also in school at this point in time, and the tuition fee must have been paid by Qian Chunhua.
Ah..., Cuihong was going crazy. She was not good at arithmetic. After counting on her fingers for a long time, she finally figured out that the annual salary for three people would be twelve taels of silver.
Cuihong went completely crazy. She ignored the person who was talking in a sarcastic tone under the old locust tree and ran home.
This is twelve taels of silver, not including the cost of writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone.
Qian Chunhua was cutting flesh from Cuihong's body, which made Cuihong feel aching in her heart.
Cuihong ran to Zhao's house angrily, but Zhao Yongqiang had already sent Zhao Qingyun to the county town.
Only Zhao Daqing and his mother were left at home. Zhao Qingshui and Zhao Xiaojuan, a brother and sister, had been sent by Zhao Daqing to chop firewood at Lion Mountain.
"Dad, Mom, something terrible has happened." Cuihong rushed into the main room in a hurry.
Zhao Daqing had just lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and before he could exhale the smoke, he was shocked by Cuihong's big move and choked the smoke into his lungs.
Mother Zhao quickly stepped forward and took away Zhao Daqing's pipe, and gently patted Zhao Daqing on the back to calm him down.
Zhao Daqing coughed violently for a while, and he couldn't breathe until he spat out a mouthful of blood. Only then did he recover his breath.
Seeing Zhao Daqing spitting blood, Cuihong was even more shocked. "Dad, Dad, what's wrong with you? Are you so angry at Qian Chunhua that you spit blood?"
The sudden words left the two elders of the Zhao family confused.
Mother Zhao scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. Your father was obviously frightened by your sudden startle just now."
After Zhao Daqing recovered, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve. It was normal for a countryman to cough up some blood. Zhao Daqing asked nonchalantly, "Tell me, what's the big deal?"
Only then did Cuihong tell the Zhao family's two elders about Qian Chunhua sending the three of them to school.
Zhao Daqing frowned. He was very happy to send Zhao Qingsong to school, as the Zhao family had one more scholar. But what about sending Zhao Xiaoling and Qian Xingshan to school?
Zhao Daqing felt that the second brother's family did not know how to live, and the two hundred taels of silver for breaking up the marriage were not meant to be wasted by her.
Zhao Daqing: "I understand. I will come forward to stop Chunhua from doing anything stupid."
Mother Zhao looked at her husband in surprise and reminded him, "The second son's family has severed ties with us."
Zhao Daqing was immediately furious. "What's wrong with breaking off the relationship? She is still Zhao Yongcai's child, and she is also a descendant of our Zhao family. I don't believe that she will dare to disobey me just because the relationship is broken off."
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