Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11846

Finally, the solution everyone came up with was to abandon the first point: this time, the Yang family would resolutely not take the initiative to contact the Sixi family.

Then, implement the latter two points. First, go and reason with Xiu Hong, analyze the infeasibility of this matter. If the analysis fails, take her to town and let her cool down for a while.

After a moment, Yang Yongqing was puzzled. He slapped the table and said, "I just don't understand one thing. Why is it that now that our Yang family is so powerful and wealthy, with even the governor being one of our people, and our daughters are interested in someone, shouldn't that be a great thing for them? Why is the Sixi family so unwilling to marry into our Yang family? Don't they want to climb the social ladder?"

His question left everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.

Some people present understood the situation, but didn't want to say it directly.

Some, like Yang Yongqing, are also confused. For example, Yang Huaming.

Yang Huaming said, "That's right, I also want to ask. Other families, even if they produce a county magistrate, can dominate their hometown. If they take a fancy to someone's daughter or wife, they can just snatch her without saying a word, and the family being robbed doesn't dare to utter a sound. Why is it that in our Yang family, we don't dare to do the same things as bullying men and women? In fact, we even have to suffer humiliation when it comes to our children's in-laws?"

Yang Huazhong frowned and glanced at Yang Huaming: "Even if Da'an is the governor, or even if he were of a higher rank, he can't bully men and women. People should have a conscience; they can't use their power to bully the weak!"

Old Yang kept staring at Yang Huaming: "What do you mean by suffering injustice? Explain it clearly."

Yang Huaming said, "Is there any need to say anything? Aren't we suffering right now? If it were any other powerful or influential family, even if our girl and Sixi had run away for most of the day and had nothing, we would have rushed to Sixi's house, grabbed that boy and his father by the collar, and if they dared not marry our girl, we would have sent them both to the yamen, pinned a crime on them, and put them in jail for life. I don't believe they wouldn't be crying and begging to come and discuss the marriage with us!"

Yang Huaming's words immediately jolted most of the people present awake.

Liu clapped her hands in praise: "As expected of Yang Laosi, he's so domineering! I think this is how we should deal with Sixi's parents, let them stop putting on airs and acting all high and mighty!"

Yang Huazhong shook his head directly: "No, no, marriage is a major life event, and forced marriages are never sweet."

“Third Brother, we’ve never forced anyone in our family. If someone’s sweet or not, you’ll know once you twist them, right?” Yang Huaming asked.

Yang Huazhong still shook his head, "Even if we really get Sixi's parents to give in and the two children get married, just think about it, after marriage, two people sharing one quilt. Does Sixi really not feel the slightest bit jealous about making this happen?"

"His parents will nag him for the rest of their lives, saying how the Yang family bullies others and that the woman they marry is not a daughter-in-law but a goddess who needs to be worshipped. Do you think that if they say these things too often, won't it affect the young couple's relationship?"

“If Xiu Hong wants to ease the tension between her and her mother-in-law and go to them to show filial piety, they won’t appreciate it and will be sarcastic and mean. Even if Xiu Hong talks to Sixi, Sixi won’t take her side. In the end, won’t it be our Yang family’s girl who suffers? The worst thing is that in the end, the whole family will be polite to her on the surface, but in reality, they will all gang up on her and isolate her. Our girl will have a hard time!”

Yang Huaming said, "Whether it's easy or not, we have to get through it first. People are inherently servile. The better you treat them, the less they'll listen to you. But if you slap them in the face, they're done for. They'll become obedient and their eyes will clear up."

puff...

When Yang Ruoqing heard Yang Huaming say that his eyes had become clear, she almost burst out laughing.

"Fourth Uncle, you're a talented person, but I must say, what you said makes some sense," Yang Ruoqing said. "We should take things slowly with our own girls, but we don't need to be so polite with Sixi's family."

"I have a plan. It won't be so bad as to force them into marriage, but it'll be pretty much the same as getting them to come begging to us!"

"Qing'er, what's the method? Tell me quickly." Madam Liu couldn't wait any longer.

Yang Ruoqing said, "The fewer people who know this method, the better, so I can't tell my fourth aunt. I can only tell my grandfather, my fourth uncle, my second brother, my third brother, and my youngest brother."

Liu rolled her eyes repeatedly: "Wow, you could have told this to a whole bunch of people, but you didn't mention me?"

Yang Ruoqing smiled without saying a word, "Fourth Aunt, this plan has several parts. I won't tell you the initial part, but the later parts will require your part. I'll discuss it with you privately later."

"You said it yourself, right? You have to come to me for a secret plan!" "Absolutely!"

Yang Yongqing then asked Yang Ruoqing, "So, should we just not do those two things that Third Brother mentioned earlier?"

Yang Ruoqing looked at him in surprise, "Why not? Of course we'll do it! My plan doesn't conflict with Third Brother's, we'll do both at the same time!"

"Okay, let's do it both ways!"

"Qing'er, are you not taking me with you on your plan?" Yang Huazhong suddenly asked, because his name wasn't among the names mentioned earlier.

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "Dad, you don't need to do this. You're the village head, you have a lot on your plate, so don't get involved this time."

Although Yang Ruoqing's words seemed to be for his benefit, Yang Huazhong still felt a slight sense of disappointment...

……

The people Yang Ruoqing had mentioned earlier all left the second branch of the family and came to the main hall of the Luo family.

Discussing matters here ensures there's no risk of being overheard by others.

"Qing'er, now you can tell us about your plan!" Yang Yongjin asked impatiently before he even sat down.

The others were also clearly very curious about Yang Ruoqing's method.

Yang Ruoqing said, "It's very simple. Let's set a trap and lure the Si Xi family into it. Whether it's Si Xi's father or any of Si Xi's three brothers, as long as one of them gets involved, we'll have leverage over them and force Si Xi's parents to bow down to us!"

"No wonder you dumped Uncle Three!" Yang Yongqing realized, scratching his head and chuckling.

Setting up a scheme is definitely not something someone with Yang Huazhong's personality would do.

Old Yang coughed lightly, "Qing girl, stop being so mysterious. None of you should interrupt her. Let her tell us her plan in one go!"

Everyone nodded.

Yang Ruoqing thought for a moment and said, "I've got it!"

"If I remember correctly, around this time of year, many small vendors come to the village to buy sesame seeds, soybeans, and peanuts."

"It seems that the Sixi family planted more than an acre of peanuts this year. I can find someone to pretend to be a small-time vendor and buy the Sixi family's peanuts at a high price. Then, we can tamper with the peanuts. I'll make a call to the county government and use that as a pretext to arrest the Sixi family. We won't convict them, we'll just drag it out. I don't believe they won't panic!"

"Then we'll find someone to leak some information to their family, letting them know that only our family in the surrounding villages has the connections to get her out of trouble."

"Of course, to prevent this from arousing suspicion, it won't just be Sixi's family that has problems with the peanuts, but also two other families in the village."

"Those two families came to us asking for favors, and we were able to get them released. Now it's Sixi's turn. Let's see if he begs or not!"

"As long as they come to us for help, we'll have the upper hand, and we won't easily arouse suspicion!"

(End of this chapter)