Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11850

Sixi's mother was no longer willing to listen to her sons' endless chatter. With a wave of her hand, she said impatiently, "There are plenty of good girls in the world. The Yang family won't miss out on one more."

"Our Sixi is easily swayed. She's already run away from home because of that Xiuhong, abandoning our whole family. What will happen when she marries into the family? With all that pillow talk, she'll end up raising a son for the Yang family sooner or later!"

Sixi's father finally took his pipe out of his mouth, tapped it on the corner of the table next to him, and said loudly, "A dowry, no matter how much, is still just so-so. After what happened between Xiuxiu and Liwei, the Yang family will definitely be on guard this time. No matter how much the dowry is spent, it won't end up in our family's hands. If you don't believe me, go and ask around. When Xiuxiu and Liwei divorced, the Yang family sent a large group of people, several carts, and brought back all the dowry. They even beat up Liwei. I heard that Liwei and his mother can't even afford to eat now!"

Sixi's mother nodded repeatedly: "That's right, that's right. It's best not to marry into the Yang family unless it's a match made in heaven. If you do, you'll definitely be the weaker party. Even if it's the Xiang family of Caochang, who are related to the third branch by marriage, and Xiang Shengnan is their son-in-law, does he have any influence in the Yang family? No, not at all!"

"The only son-in-law whom the Yang family truly acknowledges and treats as an honored guest is Luo Fengtang!"

Sixi's father said, "Your wife seems confused, but she understands everything. That's right, so our Sixi should just settle down with a girl from a farming family. It'll save us a lot of trouble!"

The family reached a consensus, and even though Sanxi felt sorry for Sixi, he couldn't say anything more and could only sigh to himself.

Sixi's mother said, "Let's not talk about Sixi anymore. Once his leg is healed, we'll send him to your uncle's house to learn a trade from your older cousin. We won't let him come back to the village for the next year or two. After a year or two, when things have calmed down, we'll find him a wife."

"Right now, our focus is still on selling peanuts!"

Erxi nodded, "Mother is right. Let's split up. Father and eldest brother, you two stay home and sort the peanuts. Third brother and I will be responsible for following that merchant, Wu Laoliu, to find out about the workshop. Then we'll meet directly with the workshop owner, negotiate the price, and then come back to deliver the peanuts. It's cash on delivery!"

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The Luo family's side.

Liu came over excitedly to tell Yang Ruoqing the latest news: "Qing'er, you asked me to secretly spread the word about the peanut price increase, and now the whole village knows. At first, Sixi's mother didn't believe it, but after she went to ask around, she should believe it now!"

"And then? What's been happening at Sixi's house these past two days?" Yang Ruoqing asked again, as she was tending to the chrysanthemums in the backyard.

Yang Ruoqing has been planting roses, lotuses, and gardenias in spring and summer, chrysanthemums and osmanthus in autumn, and plum blossoms in winter. This has been her habit for many years.

Just then, Liu came to deliver the news, just as Yang Ruoqing was tending to Juhua.

As she continued to trim away the excess leaves, she asked Liu, "Tell me about it."

Liu said hurriedly, "There hasn't been any obvious activity at Sixi's house these past two days. Sixi's mother and her daughters-in-law are doing housework as usual, and Sixi's father and his eldest son are busy tidying up at home and rarely go to the fields to tend to the crops."

"Her second and third children seem to be away from home during the day these past few days. I don't know what they've been up to. They leave early and come back late."

"Oh?" Yang Ruoqing's lips curled up slightly. "This commotion is a bit strange. Fourth Aunt, couldn't you find out what their second and third sons were up to?"

Liu shook her head: "I tried to subtly inquire with their third daughter-in-law, but I couldn't find out anything. They said they were visiting relatives and kept it a secret!"

Yang Ruoqing nodded. Just then, Yang Yongqing came in from outside. "Qing'er, breaking news!" Then, he paused, because upon seeing Liu Shi, Yang Yongqing became wary and turned to leave.

Liu ran over and stopped him: "Don't go, we're all family, you can ask Qing'er if you don't believe me!"

Yang Yongqing stopped and turned to look at Yang Ruoqing: "Really?"

Yang Ruoqing smiled and nodded: "The task of gathering information from the woman's side has been handed over to Fourth Aunt."

Yang Yongqing thought about it and agreed, saying, "Auntie Si is indeed good at spreading rumors in the village."

Upon hearing this, Liu was not angry at all. Instead, she smiled and nudged Yang Yongqing with her elbow: "You little rascal, are you praising me or insulting me? Hurry up and get down to business with Qing'er!"

Yang Yongqing got goosebumps all over from her bump and quickly stepped aside.

Yang Ruoqing chuckled to herself as she watched this scene; her fourth aunt had really gone mad.

Luckily, they called the guy a brat; if it were a dead man, he probably would have jumped up and run away...

"Brother, please continue," Yang Ruoqing quickly changed the subject and asked Yang Yongqing.

Yang Yongqing immediately said, "Based on my observations over the past two days, Sixi's family seems to be keeping quiet. People from all around are flocking to Wu Laoliu's place to sell peanuts and mung beans, but they have remained inactive."

"Actually, this family has been quite busy these past two days. Sixi's father and Daxi have been cleaning up the storeroom at home and spreading out the hundreds of pounds of peanuts in the backyard to dry. Several women are helping to sort them."

"Erxi and Sanxi are following Wu Laoliu towards the county town. It seems they want to use Wu Laoliu in Tonggu as a springboard to find out where the workshop is so they can directly transport the peanuts there and sell them at a high price!"

Hearing this, Yang Ruoqing paused in her pruning of the flowers and leaves, staring at one of the newly sprouting buds, and said with a smile, "The fish are starting to bite. When you reel in the line, don't rush, or you'll scare the fish away."

Yang Yongqing understood Yang Ruoqing's meaning and nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, we'll keep an eye on things secretly without alerting them. The workshop will also let us know, so we won't give anything away."

After finishing discussing the matter of Sixi's family, Yang Ruoqing turned her attention to Xiuhong's situation over the past two days.

Nearly four days have passed since Xiu Hong, who had eloped, was brought back.

Yang Yongqing said, "I don't know what happened. Anyway, the next day my second brother and Xiuxiu took her to the restaurant in town. I haven't seen her for two days."

Finally, Yang Yongqing added, "Of course, I don't want to see that girl either. Just seeing her makes me angry, and it reminds me of that day in the thatched hut in the valley, when she was wailing and refusing to come back. It makes my hands itch to hit her!"

Yang Ruoqing waved her hand: "Don't mention that. If you do, I'll get angry too."

Liu chuckled, "I know what's been going on with Xiu Hong in town these past few days. I visit Ba Mei every day. Ba Mei goes to town every morning, has lunch, and then comes back to the village. She tells me everything about Xiu Hong!"