Chapter 424: That

Yu Min was currently ambushing his prey, Wen Saner was also waiting for his fish to take the bait, and Old Qin had already seen his prey appear.

"He Yuzhu! Get over here!"

Qin Huairu had just helped her sister to the entrance of the third gate when she heard her second uncle let out an "Aooo~~~" and shouted Sha Zhu's name.

She turned her head, only to see her second uncle leading his two sons to go and grab Sha Zhu.

And Sha Zhu was currently standing at the entrance of the hanging flower gate, carrying Qin Jingru's small bundle and a shoe.

At this moment, everyone in the courtyard looked over; even the Third Master, who had been lecturing non-stop, had his rhythm disrupted by Old Qin's shouting.

He was a man of culture, and he didn't use profanity when lecturing his sons.

He preferred to use grand principles to lecture his sons until they couldn't refute a single word.

How could he have the lethality of Old Qin, who was now just a step away from cursing their ancestors?

Old Qin became even more anxious when he saw the things in Sha Zhu's hands.

"What are you holding in your hands!"

Good, so it turns out that since he didn't go to deliver the betrothal gifts yesterday, this cook was thinking of a "zero-dollar purchase"!

These shoes and the bundle were both his daughter's; in his hands, he must have deceived his daughter, wanting to get on the bus before buying a ticket.

He was a smart man; who in their village or the surrounding ten miles could deceive him?

There must be some of Qin Huairu's bad ideas in this too!

Of course, his own daughter definitely didn't have good intentions either.

His daughter must have thought that if she married this cook, wouldn't all that money be hers? If she gave it to her maiden family, wouldn't she be the one suffering a loss!

Sha Zhu shook the things in his hands and explained with a dry laugh: "Qin Huairu and her sister fell on the road, and I just happened to run into them, so I picked these up."

"How convenient!"

Old Qin grabbed Sha Zhu's hand, narrowed his eyes, and said: "You speak better than you sing! Make it up, keep making it up, let's see what kind of tricks you can come up with."

When Old Qin's two sons saw their father take action, they also restrained Sha Zhu from the left and right.

Sha Zhu looked at the three of them; not to mention letting them have one hand, he could take them down in minutes.

But he couldn't do that; the whole thing started because of him anyway.

Sha Zhu said to the Qin Huairu sisters standing at the gate: "Oh my, Qin Jie, hurry up and explain!"

Qin Huairu looked at her second uncle, who was about to cause a scene, and only felt exhausted.

"Second Uncle, what do you want to do!"

Qin Huairu let go of her sister's arm, walked back to the hanging flower gate, shoved Qin Laoer aside, and then snatched the small bundle and Qin Jingru's shoe from Sha Zhu's hands.

"This has nothing to do with you, go do whatever you're supposed to do!"

After saying this to Sha Zhu, Qin Huairu went to pull her second uncle's arm again: "If you have something to say, say it at home. Haven't you made enough of a spectacle of yourself here!"

"Let go of me!"

When Old Qin saw Sha Zhu, he saw three daughters-in-law and a pile of grandsons; how could he easily let him go?

At this moment, he pulled Sha Zhu's hand and said: "Give me the betrothal money!"

Sha Zhu stared at Old Qin, then looked at Qin Huairu, and finally looked at Qin Jingru.

Qin Jingru at the third gate shed tears, turned her head, and allowed Bang Geng, who had run out from the middle courtyard, to help her move toward the Jia family home.

Qin Huairu shoved Qin Laoda, who wouldn't let go, and then stood between Sha Zhu and her second uncle.

"Second Uncle, He Yuzhu isn't going through with this marriage anymore, what betrothal money are you asking him for!"

"Nonsense!"

Old Qin didn't let go, even as Qin Huairu hung onto the arm he was using to pull He Yuzhu.

At this moment, he pointed at He Yuzhu and said: "You tell me, wasn't it you who came to my house to propose? Wasn't it you who said you would give two hundred and ten yuan in betrothal money!"

Sha Zhu was a man who cared about his reputation. In the past, when everyone talked behind his back about him and Qin Jingru, he would play dumb as if he didn't know; let the past be the past.

But today, it had been confirmed by Qin Jingru's father.

If it were any other matter, based on his personality, if anyone dared to treat him like this, he would definitely punch them.

But today he couldn't, because it was indeed he who had taken the initiative to go to Qin Jingru's house to propose, and it was indeed he who had promised the betrothal money with his own mouth.

But after Qin Huairu's warning and a day of cooling off, his hot blood had already cooled down, and he had already come out of his stubborn mindset.

If a man's blood cools down, his IQ returns; if you want to take money out of his pocket again, hehe.

Looking at the unreasonable Old Qin, Sha Zhu could only say helplessly: "It was me, I was the one who proposed."

"See! Give me the money!"

Huh???

Third Master, do you have a lot of questions?

The Third Master, who was sitting on the side watching the excitement, was stunned when he heard this phrase; it sounded familiar, wasn't that his line!

Then he turned his head to look at his second son, who was standing at the door watching the excitement, and lectured: "What are you looking at! Get the money! Fix the bike!"

When Yan Jiefang saw his father suddenly asking him for money, he lowered his head and buried it in his crotch.

That bike wheel cost at least twenty or thirty yuan; what did he have to fix it with?

Sha Zhu's ears were buzzing; Old Qin was noisy, Qin Huairu was noisy, and the Third Master's family over there was also noisy.

Today, the front courtyard was like a stage performance; the First Master, who had entered the courtyard, started listening from the main gate all the way until he entered the hanging flower gate.

"What's going on here?"

The First Master crossed the threshold with his hands behind his back and stood on the steps.

When someone suddenly entered the courtyard, the shouting stopped; the First Master still had some authority in this courtyard.

Qin Huairu let go of her second uncle's hand, which she couldn't pull away, and explained the situation to the First Master.

"Let go of his hand first. Can you solve the problem just by pulling him?"

The First Master frowned after listening; he knew something was wrong when he saw Sha Zhu in the cafeteria today, but he didn't expect something to happen as soon as he got home.

"Who are you!"

Qin Laoda was able to follow along now, and when he saw someone interfering, he shouted.

But as soon as he finished shouting, he was shoved by Qin Huairu again.

Qin Huairu was the eldest in the family and was now a cadre; Qin Laoda really didn't dare to challenge this big sister.

"Stay on the side! Is it your place to speak here!"

Qin Huairu scolded Qin Laoda, then said to her second uncle: "It's just a small matter, you don't want to have to take this to the police station, do you?"

The implication was that this person could take the matter to the police station.

Old Qin vaguely knew that there was someone in charge in this courtyard; he had come when Qin Huairu's husband died, and it seemed like this person was the one who organized things back then.

When the First Master saw that the situation was under control, he asked Sha Zhu: "Didn't you say you were going to propose? Why didn't you go?"

Old Qin also wanted to ask this question; seeing that the person in charge asked, he stared at Sha Zhu, waiting for an answer.

Sha Zhu said with a bitter face: "What's the point of proposing? I had just gathered the money, and Qin Jingru was acting like she wanted to die. Could I really be like the landlords of the past and force someone to their death?"

Hearing Sha Zhu's words, Old Qin was also stunned for a moment, and shouted with wide eyes: "Cut the crap! Who forced anyone to their death!"

Sha Zhu shook off Old Qin's hand and pointed to the backyard: "Go ask for yourself."

The First Master frowned and looked at Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, saying: "He Yuzhu shouldn't be lying. Is there some misunderstanding here?"

As he spoke, he looked at Qin Huairu and said: "Huairu, take your second uncle home and talk about it slowly."

Old Qin narrowed his eyes and stared at Sha Zhu: "You come with me, let's have a chat."

Qin Laoda and Qin Laoer wanted to come over, but were blocked by the First Master.

The First Master patted Sha Zhu on the shoulder and said: "Go, Zhuzi, explain things clearly. Whatever you do, see it through to the end. It's not glorious to take this to the police station."

Sha Zhu, having received the First Master's instructions, had no choice but to follow Old Qin and the others to the middle courtyard.

Now that Old Qin and the others were gone, the Third Master had no heart to argue with his son.

Comrade Ge Shuqin walked out of the room to help him stand up, but he dodged her.

There were too many people, and he was embarrassed to say anything more.

Today, he had gone out for a walk and suddenly discovered that the window of that room had been pried open.

He was the one who decided to block the window when his eldest son got married; today, seeing the window reopened made him feel very uncomfortable.

Although he had never acknowledged this daughter-in-law, he had to admit that Comrade Ge Shuqin had been doing quite well in the past few days at home.

Because of her miscarriage, her husband felt sorry for her and didn't let her do any work, but she still took the initiative to help take care of him.

There were only so many laborers in the family; Yan Fugui sighed and didn't want to manage or say anything more.

Middle courtyard, Jia family.

Today, the "controversy" in front of this widow's door could be considered off the charts.

Old Qin sat at the round table with his two sons, Qin Huairu stood at the entrance of the inner room, and inside the inner room was Jia Zhangshi with several children.

And the person involved, Qin Jingru, was lying on the bed, while Sha Zhu sat opposite the three of them.

"Speak, what exactly is going on?"

Old Qin tapped the pipe in his hand against the sole of his shoe, then asked Sha Zhu, who was sitting opposite him.

Sha Zhu turned his head and glanced at Qin Jingru lying on the bed.

At this moment, Qin Jingru had gauze wrapped around her head, gauze on her hands, and gauze wrapped around one of her feet.

She looked both funny and miserable.

"It's my fault."

Sha Zhu first admitted his mistake and nodded: "When she came to the city, I thought she was angry with me, so I thought I had to marry her. I didn't ask her, I just went to propose."

When Qin Jingru heard Sha Zhu's words, she turned her head to the side; now she hated everyone.

Old Qin narrowed his eyes and asked: "Why aren't you marrying her then?"

"Can't marry her anymore."

Sha Zhu glanced at Qin Huairu and said: "I only realized after Qin Jie's advice yesterday that if I insisted on this marriage, Qin Jingru would definitely cause a scene, and we wouldn't be able to live together anyway."

"How do you know you wouldn't be able to live together!"

Old Qin looked at Sha Zhu, slapped the table with his palm, and said: "You say you want to get married, then you get married; you say you don't want to get married, then you don't. What do you take my daughter's reputation for?"

Qin Huairu saw Sha Zhu's appearance and said: "Second Uncle, I was the one who advised..."

"I advise you to mind your own business!"

Old Qin didn't wait for Qin Huairu to finish, directly interrupting her, and pointed at Jia Zhangshi in the inner room: "Just mind yourself!"

"So that when you go back to the village later, people won't say that you let your second uncle squat by the gate for a whole day, eating dust for a whole day, and then get a reputation for being heartless, bringing shame to your father!"

Qin Huairu also knew that her family was in the wrong today, so she turned her head and glared at her mother-in-law in the inner room.

Jia Zhangshi shouted with her head held high: "So it's like our family owes yours?"

"Mom!"

"You won't let me speak!"

Jia Zhangshi was also angry now; she retorted to Qin Huairu, then sat on the kang and shouted through the small window to the outer room: "Your daughter is eating and drinking for free here, and I still have to provide for you all to eat and drink for free? Who do you think you are!"

Old Qin shouted with wide eyes: "She, Qin Huairu, is a girl of the Old Qin family, and I am her second uncle! This is what she should do!"

"Pah! Damn second uncle!"

Jia Zhangshi pointed at Sha Zhu and shouted: "Does Qin Huairu owe you? The match she introduced for your Jingru is sitting right here; he has a house, he has a job, he has status, what else do you want!"

Qin Huairu saw that her mother-in-law was about to say something ugly, so she hurried into the room to stop her, but Jia Zhangshi was not one to back down; could she let Old Qin shout in her house?

"It's your daughter who has high standards! She is aiming for... mmph mmph mmph~"

Jia Zhangshi's words were cut off by Qin Huairu covering her mouth.

Her mother-in-law could say anything about anyone, but she absolutely could not say that person's name.

Jia Zhangshi also knew she had almost caused trouble, so she patted Qin Huairu's hand, signaling her to let go.

Qin Huairu let go; she couldn't stop her mother-in-law from breathing.

Furthermore, Qin Huairu thought, if there wasn't someone to restrain her second uncle today, given his unreasonable personality, he would definitely cause a scene.

She might as well use poison to fight poison, and evil to control evil.

Close the door, release... that thing, invite the mother-in-law to take the lead~

Jia Zhangshi saw that her daughter-in-law had let go, so she continued to shout: "Our Huairu is a cadre now, she doesn't bother to lower herself to your level!"

Old Qin threw his pipe aside and shouted with a sideways glance: "Even if she becomes the Empress Dowager, she is still my junior. Is there anything I can't say!"

"Yes, you can say it, but go home and say it."

Jia Zhangshi pointed at Old Qin and said: "Didn't you say at home that our Huairu forgot her roots after coming to the city? Didn't you say Huairu turned bad? Then don't have the face to come to our house!"

As she spoke, she jumped and pointed at Old Qin, shouting: "Ah! You criticize her in the village, and you still expect me to provide you with food? Eat dog shit!"

Old Qin's throat hurt from Jia Zhangshi's words; he had only said this when lecturing his daughter at home. Who told this side? No need to ask.

"So what if I criticize her? She did forget her roots, she did turn bad!"

Old Qin pointed at Qin Jingru, who was crying on the bed, and said: "If it weren't for her showing off and hooking our Jingru to come here, could our Jingru be lying here!"

As he spoke, he looked at Sha Zhu opposite him and wanted to lecture him a bit.

But as Jia Zhangshi said, this son-in-law was standard in the eyes of a girl from a rural family; what else could he want?

"You tell me!"

Old Qin pointed at Sha Zhu and asked: "You tell me, what should we do now?"

Sha Zhu saw that this was extortion.

"I don't know."

Sha Zhu's temper also flared up; he admitted his mistakes, but he wouldn't stand for being extorted or treated like a fool.

"I'm not married, but the first time I went on a blind date with Qin Jingru, she agreed. It was she who went back on her word regarding the betrothal gifts."

"The second time I went out of my way to give betrothal gifts, it was she who didn't like me, she didn't want them!"

"Who said she didn't want them!"

Old Qin pointed at Sha Zhu and said: "You count the money now, I'll take her to handle the paperwork with you tomorrow. Let's see if she wants it or not!"

As he spoke, he glared at Qin Jingru, who was lying there crying, and said: "You've rebelled, haven't you? I am your father, what I say counts!"

"Second Uncle, aren't you being unreasonable!"

Qin Huairu frowned and said: "Master Yang Er at Jingru's state; she doesn't like He Yuzhu. In the end, wouldn't that be forcing someone to hang themselves?"

Seeing that her second uncle was about to shout again, Qin Huairu also hardened her tone.

"She didn't come to the city to get married; she came to find a job."

This was the first time Old Qin had heard this; he bit back his words and listened to Qin Huairu continue.

"I lectured her today too. I can only give her two paths: either marry He Yuzhu, whom I introduced to her, or go home with you!"

"I don't want to go home! Wuwuwu~"

Qin Jingru cried on the bed and said: "Why do you all have to force me to marry a fool! I just don't want him!"

Old Qin looked at Qin Huairu and asked: "Can you introduce a job for your sister?"

"No!"

Qin Huairu didn't give her second uncle a chance to continue, directly denying it.

She knew what kind of character her second uncle had; one Qin Jingru was trouble enough.

If she said she could introduce a job for Qin Jingru, this second uncle would stuff all his sons over here.

Old Qin frowned and looked at Sha Zhu opposite him, asking: "Then give me a straight answer, are you getting married or not?"

Sha Zhu looked at Old Qin, then at Qin Huairu, and finally at Qin Jingru.

"Get lost!"

Qin Jingru hated him to death now; if he hadn't gone to the countryside, how would her family have chased her to the city to force her?

Sha Zhu nodded with a bitter face and said: "Alright, I'll get lost."

"Wait a minute!"

Old Qin tapped the table, pointed at Sha Zhu who was about to leave, and said: "Don't you have any responsibility!"

"What responsibility!"

Sha Zhu pointed at Qin Jingru lying on the bed and said: "Why don't you persuade your daughter to give herself to me, and I'll take responsibility for you."

"Get lost! I would rather die than give myself to you!"

Qin Jingru wouldn't let Sha Zhu take advantage of her; she sat up hard and shouted at Sha Zhu.

"See!"

Sha Zhu said to Old Qin: "Freedom of marriage is no joke. Do you want to go to jail, or do you want to send me to jail?"

"No!"

Seeing Sha Zhu about to leave again, Old Qin tapped the table and shouted at Sha Zhu: "You have to compensate us!"

"Delayed work for two days! Our travel expenses!"

Hearing his father speak, Qin Laoer shouted: "And the money for drinking with the matchmaker!"

Qin Huairu glared at Qin Laoer, then said to her second uncle: "Second Uncle, how can you ask someone for money? You delayed work to come to the city, isn't that to handle your daughter's affairs!"

"And the money for the matchmaker!"

Seeing that his big sister was siding with someone else, Qin Laoer was unhappy; he jumped and emphasized his reasons.

"Stay on the side!"

Qin Huairu glared at her cousin and said: "Who was the matchmaker for?"

Jia Zhangshi, sitting in the inner room, spat and said: "Can't afford that attitude! Hmph!"

Sha Zhu felt that he was unreasonable enough, but he didn't expect to meet his match today.

"Alright~"

As he spoke, he turned around, walked to Qin Jingru's bed, and said: "We didn't know each other for nothing. Since you're injured today, these two yuan are for you to buy some tonics; consider it a little bit of my heart."

Placing the two yuan in his hand by Qin Jingru's side, Sha Zhu turned and left.

"Who wants your stinking money!"

Qin Jingru grabbed the money and threw it at Sha Zhu's back.

Watching the money fall to the ground, Qin Laoer rushed over in a stride and picked it up before his big brother could come over.

Seeing the people in the room looking at him, especially his big sister's gaze, Qin Laoer argued: "This... this is what he compensated us!"

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes; they say that when people are poor, their ambitions are short, and when horses are thin, their hair is long. Her two brothers were really going down that path.

Watching Sha Zhu leave, Qin Jingru wiped her tears with her sleeve and said: "I want to stay in the city."

"Stay my ass!"

Old Qin raised his head slightly; he hadn't eaten all day, and now he didn't even have the strength to shout.

"Does this city have your home? Does it have your father and mother? You'll starve to death here."

"I'd rather starve to death in the city than be numb in the countryside."

Qin Jingru sniffed, looked out the window, and said: "The city doesn't have my home, but the village doesn't have it either. The city doesn't have my father and mother, but does the village have them?"

"Master Yang Er at the bastard words you're saying!"

Old Qin pointed at his daughter and scolded: "You don't even want your home, you don't even acknowledge your father and mother?"

Qin Jingru said with hollow eyes: "I went home just to be traded for a wife for my big brother. Where is my home? My father sold me for money; who is my father and mother?"

"You bastard!"

Old Qin was so angry that he jumped up and wanted to hit her.

But having not eaten all day, standing up suddenly made him dizzy, and he saw stars.

"Dad!"

Qin Laoda was also hungry, but he was a big young man, so he grabbed his father.

Qin Huairu saw that her second uncle was about to fall, so she hurried over to check.

Actually, there was no need to check; it was just hunger. His mouth was sour, and he was seeing stars.

"Mom, make some food."

"Not making any, wouldn't give it to them even if I were feeding a dog~"

Jia Zhangshi wouldn't serve these ingrates.

But Qin Huairu wouldn't let her second uncle go back hungry; if she did, she really couldn't go back to the village, and her father wouldn't acknowledge her.

Not to mention this uncle, even if it were two matters from the village, she had to entertain them; that was the principle at the time.

Why else would people in the city be afraid of poor relatives at this time?

Qin Huairu couldn't order her mother-in-law, so she had to do it herself. Knowing the three of them hadn't eaten all day, she specially mixed more cornmeal.

Good heavens, more than forty corn buns, and those three men finished more than thirty.

This didn't include a large basin of thin rice porridge, which was scraped clean.

It made Jia Zhangshi grimace; this was enough for their family's food for a week.

After eating, Jia Zhangshi snatched the bowls Qin Huairu was going to wash, signaling her to hurry up and deal with her second uncle's affairs.

It was already dark; either leave and catch the horse-drawn carriage for the evening market, or stay and hurry up and find a place to sleep.

Qin Huairu wiped her hands, walked back to the table, sat down, and looked at the three men opposite her who were burping: "Are you full, Second Uncle?"

"Hmph~"

Old Qin snorted and said: "Corn buns with pickles, you're a cadre, but you're not as generous as the cadres in the village~"

Qin Huairu nodded and said: "Yes, I couldn't keep up, so don't come again in the future~"

"How are you talking!"

Old Qin pointed at Qin Huairu and shouted: "Is this how you talk to your second uncle? I really have to talk to your father when I go back!"

"Fine, tell my father to come to the city and hit me."

Qin Huairu said indifferently: "Anyway, I'm living my life in the city. How many times can I go back to my father's place in a year? My name isn't even on the genealogy, I don't even need to visit the graves. Why should I be afraid of you criticizing me?"

Hearing her niece's words, Old Qin was stunned; he didn't expect Qin Huairu to be so ruthless.

Hey! The ruthless part was yet to come.

"Don't look for me if there's anything in your family in the future. Even if you look for me, I won't go. Jingru, you guys take her away in a while; our family is a widow and an orphan, we don't have a place to put you."

"You want to drive your second uncle away!"

"Isn't it you who said I couldn't keep up!"

Qin Huairu turned her head to Bang Geng and said: "Go put shoes on your little aunt, your second grandfather is leaving."

"I'm not leaving!"

"I'm not leaving!"

Hey! They really were father and son, shouting in unison that they weren't leaving.

Qin Huairu glared and said to Qin Jingru: "Your father is sitting here, saying I hooked you to come to the city. Today, you have to make it clear: did you come yourself, or did I write a letter calling you?"

Qin Jingru's tears hadn't stopped; she sat on the bed sobbing without a word.

Qin Huairu looked at her second uncle again and said: "Your daughter is sitting here, ask her yourself. Did I just organize to introduce He Yuzhu to her? When she didn't agree, did I drive her home?"

Old Qin couldn't win against his niece; at this moment, he stiffened his neck and said: "I'm not leaving. It's the middle of the night, where do you want me to go?"

"Go wherever you want, do I have a place to put you here?"

Qin Huairu's tone became more and more severe; she also knew that if she didn't suppress her second uncle today, this courtyard wouldn't be able to hold him.

"The marriage isn't happening, so you're just going to mooch off my house? Are you my daughter? Do I have to raise you!"

After scolding Qin Jingru, she scolded her second uncle: "You don't even know what your own daughter is like? Really treating your daughter like livestock to be sold? Your sons are all your own, but your daughter is something you picked up!"

"Who said they aren't my own!"

Old Qin was unreasonable, but he also knew he couldn't bear the name of selling his daughter.

"Men should marry, women should marry; can't I, as a father, manage this?"

"How are you managing it?"

Qin Huairu said impatiently: "By trading her? Or selling her for two hundred and ten?"

Speaking of this, Qin Huairu also got angry, pointing at Qin Laoda and Qin Laoer and scolding: "How did the Old Qin family get two losers like you? Can't earn a wife and rely on us women! Are you still men? You might as well die early!"

Seeing that their big sister was scolding them so harshly, the brothers didn't dare to make a sound. Their big sister even dared to scold their father; what were they?

These words not only made the brothers blush, but also made Old Qin lose face.

"I am a loser, but tell me what I should do? Should I let my eldest son be a bachelor?"

"If you can't keep up, then stay bare!"

Qin Huairu glared at Qin Laoda and said: "You tell me, do you have the heart to trade your sister for a wife for a fool?"

She didn't know what Qin Laoda was thinking, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. If he dared to say that, his sister would dare to hit him with the sole of a shoe.

"Little Aunt!"

As the few of them were talking, Bang Geng suddenly shouted.

His mother told him to put shoes on his little aunt; he was just going through the motions, he couldn't really drive his little aunt away.

But he didn't notice that his little aunt had picked up the scissors from his grandmother's sewing basket.

"I'm not marrying a fool!"

Qin Jingru got angry when she heard her sister mention a fool, crying and shouting: "A fool in the village, a fool in the city, do I have to be given to a fool!"

"Put it down quickly!"

Old Qin was also panicked; this was his own daughter.

"What are you doing, child! Don't stab yourself, stab your father!"

Qin Huairu saw that her second uncle was about to move forward and hurried to pull him, but her second uncle had already reached the bedside.

How could Old Qin understand the principle of coaxing people? He would rather let his daughter stab him with scissors than let his daughter stab herself.

Don't look at him forcing his daughter to marry and collect betrothal gifts; that's how things were done at the time.

Not to mention now, this kind of situation still happens from time to time even decades later, doesn't it?

Saying it's for a fool, that's because their family is poor, and Old Qin's unreasonable reputation isn't good either; who would want her from a good family?

Their family's brothers-in-law, those who could want her, didn't dare to want her.

That fool's family is said to be foolish, but their family background is good, and they only have one son. If Qin Jingru goes, she will be the head of the house.

Either way, she's getting married; if she can eat well, can Old Qin let his daughter suffer?

Qin Jingru was also a stubborn donkey; watching her father come over, she picked up the scissors and stabbed them toward her own neck.

Good heavens, her father had eaten his fill and had strength now; he grabbed the tip of the scissors, and blood instantly dripped from his fingers.

Everyone in the room was stunned; the blood dripped onto the quilt.

Bang Geng's heart was about to fall out; that was his quilt!

Looking at his stunned daughter, Old Qin sighed, snatched the scissors away, and threw them aside.

Ignoring his niece who came over to check his hand, he nodded with a bitter face and said: "Dad won't force you anymore, live well."

Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs; no matter how much of a bastard Old Qin was, he couldn't let his daughter die right in front of his eyes.

After saying this, Old Qin pushed Qin Huairu aside, walked to the dining table, picked up his pipe, and walked out.

"Eldest, Second, let's go, let's go home!"

Qin Laoda and Qin Laoer looked at their father's hand, then at their stunned sister, and followed their father out.

Qin Huairu watched this scene and raised her hand to slap Qin Jingru.

"Smack!"

This sound was so crisp that it made Qin Jingru cry out.

"You cause a scene, you cause a scene with all your might!"

Qin Huairu said while running out to chase her second uncle: "If you want to die, go die outside, don't die in our house."

Qin Huairu was angry that Qin Jingru was too ignorant; how could a child use their own life to force their parents?

Not being filial was one thing, the other was not taking herself seriously.

If Qin Jingru really died on this bed, the Jia family's life would be over, and Qin Huairu wouldn't have the face to live.

When she ran to the hanging flower gate, she finally caught up with her second uncle.

"Second Uncle!"

"Go back, we're leaving."

Old Qin waved his hand without looking back and walked straight toward the gate, but was grabbed by Qin Huairu who had caught up.

"Second Uncle, what are you doing!"

Qin Huairu shed tears at this moment, pulled her second uncle, and walked toward Li Shun's house.

"You're being difficult with me, aren't you? Are you not letting me live?"

Old Qin's tears also fell at this moment; one was for his daughter, the other was for his own inability to keep up.

Allowed to be pulled by Qin Huairu, and supported by his two sons who were worried, he was finally dragged into the Li house.

Li Shun was really busy today; he had just returned from the opposite side, and Yan Fugui was angry again, his head hurting severely.

Li Shun took his pulse and prescribed Chinese medicine, letting Yan Jiefang go and get it.

I don't know what happened, but Yan Fugui had really latched onto Li Shun.

In the past, he was the one who didn't get along with Li Shun, but this time when he got sick, the first person he thought of was Li Shun.

Today, he even held Li Shun's hand and wouldn't let go, muttering about the annoying things in his family.

The Third Master's wife tried to persuade him a couple of times but couldn't stop him, so she could only let her husband talk.

Li Shun was a person who didn't gossip or meddle in other people's business; what could he do when Yan Fugui talked to him?

He wouldn't say Yan's sons were bad, nor would he say Yan Fugui was bad; he could only urge him to calm his mind and recover well.

By the end, Yan Fugui was a mess of snot and tears, saying he had no luck.

Li Shun listened and urged him, repeating the same few sentences over and over.

It wasn't until Yan Jiefang bought the medicine back and Li Shun instructed the Third Master's wife on how to decoct it that he finally returned home.

He hadn't even gone to the inner room to see his eldest granddaughter when Qin Huairu led her second uncle over again.

Li Shun saw the hand Qin Huairu had pulled over, frowned, opened his medical kit, and treated the wound.

Qin Huairu wiped away her tears and said to Li Shun with a crying voice: "Uncle, sorry for the trouble, it was a scissor wound."

She had no face left; her relatives were making such a scene, and she couldn't lift her head in front of Li Shun.

Li Shun didn't say a word, cleaned the wound with alcohol, checked the depth of the wound, applied hemostatic medicine, and then bandaged it.

"Don't catch a cold, don't get it wet, don't strain it, apply medicine once every three days."

Knowing these were Qin Huairu's relatives from the countryside, Li Shun wrapped some powdered medicine in paper.

"Uncle~"

Qin Huairu was crying now and didn't dare to mention paying money.

Not to mention that Li Shun didn't charge for treating people in the courtyard, just look at how much the Li family had helped her since Li Xuewu returned.

When she had no way to eat, she had been eating food from the Li family for a month.

Old Qin saw his niece's state and sighed, wiping the tears from his face with his other hand.

Liu Yin was kind-hearted and poured hot water for Old Qin and Qin Huairu and the others, placing it on the table.

There was no need to ask how she got hurt; since she was brought by Qin Huairu and had that expression, it must have been stabbed by her own daughter.

That girl looked stubborn; not to mention whether they were a good match, just based on this temper, Liu Yin wouldn't let this girl enter the door.

On this point, Li Shun and Liu Yin had the same standard.

Zhao Yafang's personality was said to be strong, but she was truly obedient to Li Xuewen and truly filial to the two of them.

An eldest daughter-in-law had to have this kind of strength, plus her status as a college instructor, which was why Liu Yin nodded.

Like that girl Qin Jingru, who was unreasonable, how could the Li family tolerate her?

The Li family only had one unreasonable girl now, and that was Li Shu.

"Everything is fate!"

At this moment, the old lady had already coaxed Li Shu to sleep, and Liu Yin didn't dare to speak loudly.

But since she was at her house and Qin Huairu wasn't a stranger, she persuaded her a couple of times.

"They say children are debts from a past life; you can't avoid them, you can't seek them."

Old Qin looked at the hot water brought by the doctor's wife and nodded.

"It's our inability to keep up, sorry for the trouble."

Only then did he say something human, knowing that the doctor's family were good people.

Qin Huairu took advantage of the time the wound was being treated to persuade her second uncle: "Stay here for the night, I'll persuade her again."

"Hehe."

Old Qin shook his head with a bitter smile and said: "I know my own daughter, who can persuade her?"

"When you were little, your father teased her, and she was so angry she grabbed cow dung with her hands to hit your father. No one could say anything; she's a stubborn donkey."

As he spoke, remembering his daughter when she was little, he couldn't help but pout, feeling a sense of sorrow from his heart.

"Just follow her. You're her sister, take care of her more; consider it Second Uncle owing you."

Old Qin wiped his tears and said with a choked voice: "If there's no work, let her wipe tables and sweep floors for you, just don't let her starve. If there's a good family, just say..."

He felt uncomfortable in his heart, and speaking was also uncomfortable.

"Just say the family doesn't want anything, as long as they are good to the girl, that's enough."

Qin Huairu covered her mouth and cried too.

Human hearts are made of flesh; there's no such thing as someone jumping out of a stone crack and being heartless.

There is only one kind of illness in this world that goes deep into the marrow, and that is the illness of poverty.

It crushes people until they have no face left, crushes them until they cannot stand straight, crushes them until they cannot speak, and crushes them until they are half-dead.

"Second Uncle."

"Your Second Uncle is just like this; you'll have to bear with it. Who told me to be your Second Uncle?"

Old Qin stood up, bowed to Li Shun, and then walked out.

Qin Huairu wanted to persuade him further, but Old Qin would not stay no matter what.

His niece's home had no room for him to stay, and he had no face to remain.

Qin Huairu chased him outside the main gate and took thirty yuan out of her pocket.

This was money she had saved up over the past few months by scrimping and saving, and she shoved it all into her Second Uncle's hand.

"What are you doing!"

Old Qin waved his hand to refuse, but Qin Huairu forcibly stuffed it into his pocket.

"Qin Yong, don't blame your sister for scolding you."

Qin Huairu looked at Qin Laoda and said this, then turned to her Second Uncle and said: "The hardest thing in this world is being a parent, and the hardest thing is also being a child."

Qin Laoda supported his father with his head lowered, saying nothing. He was also a grown man; after such a scene today, no one's face looked good.

Qin Huairu grabbed her Second Uncle's hand and said: "Consider this thirty yuan as money Jingru brought home. If she is willing to stay here, let her recover from her injuries. If there's work, we'll find her work; if there's a match, we'll find her a match. If she doesn't want to, I'll send her home myself."

Old Qin looked at his niece, truly not knowing what to say. Recalling the things he had said, he felt even more ashamed.

Seeing that his Second Uncle still wanted to argue, Qin Huairu pushed him and said: "Just consider it a loan from Jingru. Once she starts working, she can pay me back."

As she spoke, she glanced at Qin Laoda and said: "I only have this much money. We can't find someone good-looking, but we can find someone filial. As long as we work hard, what kind of good life can't we live?"

Hearing this, Old Qin stopped arguing with his niece. He sighed and said: "Consider it that your Second Uncle owes you."

"Stop saying that."

Qin Huairu covered her mouth and cried too, saying: "When Dongxu died, who from our family came? I remember your kindness."

These country folk have a side that is unreasonable and pestering, but they also have a side that is simple and kind.

Qin Huairu watched the figures of her Second Uncle and his three children disappear into the alley, feeling as if all the strength had left her body.

She also had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She said she wouldn't care about Qin Jingru and complained about her Second Uncle, but could she really watch her sister die or her cousin remain a bachelor?

Relatives are just like that, aren't they? A good time, then a fight.

Back when Jia Dongxu passed away, which of the family relatives in the village looked up to their household?

Only this stubborn Second Uncle, along with her father, had driven a horse cart through the heavy snow overnight to get there. It was also her Second Uncle who, along with the people in the courtyard, carried Jia Dongxu out.

Don't look at Jia Zhangshi's scolding; scolding is scolding, but she wouldn't dare drive Old Qin away.

Throughout the night, Jia Zhangshi scolded so much, but not a single word was "you get out." These were Qin Huairu's relatives; she allowed Qin Huairu to speak, and Jia Zhangshi had nothing to say.

Her consideration for Qin Huairu was one thing, but she still had to remember the kindness from back then.

If it were any other relative, could Jia Zhangshi have let Qin Jingru stay for such a long time?

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