Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11857

The news that Sixi's family had earned five taels of silver from selling peanuts spread like wildfire throughout the entire Changping Village.

The news spread not only to Changping Village, but also to neighboring villages like Lijia Village, Yujia Village, and Zhengjia Village.

The reactions of villagers in other villages are unclear, but in the vast Changping Village, Sixijia Town has become a local celebrity, directly climbing to the top of Changping Village's 'news headlines'. In addition, the news of Sixijia's runaway from home again in the past two days has not yet subsided. As a result, in Changping Village, at the entrance of the village lanes, in the fields, in the vegetable gardens, by the pond, under the old maple tree, or when neighbors visit each other, wherever there are people, they are talking about Sixijia's family.

Regarding the matter of Sixi's family, and Sixi running away from home, everyone has different opinions.

Some people think that Sixi's family is foolish, that they don't know how to be harmonious in-laws with Lao Yang's family, and that they have to make this mess of things.

Others maintain a neutral, spectator attitude, refusing to express their opinions, preferring to watch the drama unfold and see how it ends.

Of course, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest. No matter how powerful or awesome the Yang family is, there will always be people who envy, are jealous of, and hate them behind their backs, thus harboring secret resentment.

In cases like Sixi's, it's impossible for them to be completely without support in the village. At least, Sixi's relatives, friends, and some neighbors with whom he had a good relationship were giving Sixi's parents a thumbs up for their toughness and assertiveness.

In their words, don't try to climb the social ladder. Si Xi is illiterate, and even if he becomes the grandson-in-law of the Yang family, he won't be able to change his fate of toiling in the fields.

If you don't believe me, go and see Xiang Shengnan. She married Xiaoduo, who is the legitimate son-in-law of the core third branch of the Yang family.

The eldest brother-in-law was the governor of Changhuai Prefecture, the eldest brother-in-law was the Grand General Luo Fengtang, and the youngest brother-in-law worked in the Ministry of War in Qing'an County.

My eldest nephew, Dazhi, is about to pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi; my eldest nephew-in-law is also going to pass the imperial examination; and my second nephew, Chen'er, is even more remarkable...

But so what? Doesn't Xiang Shengnan need to raise cattle to support her family? Is the whole family just going to live off Xiao Duo's dowry?
Not only did he not get a job, Xiang Shengnan had to work even harder, raise cattle, and strive to make the family well-off, so that he wouldn't be looked down upon by his wife's family and be seen as a gigolo who lived off his wife and her family.

However, during the annual Spring Festival family reunion, Luo Fengtang, as the eldest son-in-law, is always the center of attention.

Da'an is next.

Even Da'an, the governor's brother-in-law, had to show some deference to his brother-in-law Luo Fengtang.

Needless to say, Xiao An is even more so.

They were drinking tea and chatting together, discussing important matters of the court and military and national affairs. You, Xiang Shengnan, have the same status as them, but can you really join in on these topics?
All you know how to do is raise cattle!

It's not that people don't want to chat with you, but even if they do, you can only open your mouth a few times, but you can't utter a single word.

If Xiang Shengnan is like this, then what's the point of you, Sixi, forcing yourself to marry Xiuhong? You're not even as good as Xiang Shengnan.

At least Xiang Shengnan married Xiaoduo. Even if the Luo family and the Yang family looked down on Xiang Shengnan, they would still help and protect her for the sake of Xiaoduo and her granddaughters, and take care of the cattle farm business. If anyone in the surrounding villages dared to raise or slaughter cattle, the authorities would immediately come to arrest them. But what about the Xiang family's cattle farm? They wouldn't dare to interfere at all, right?
Even when slaughtering beef for the New Year every year, the gentry and officials of all ranks in the county government would make a special trip to the Xiang family's cattle farm to buy dozens of kilograms of beef to support their business, in order to maintain good relations with the Luo and Yang families.

Especially this year, with Da'an serving as the governor of Changhuai Prefecture, the cattle farm's business is expected to be even better.

And what about you, Sixi?
What can you do?

All you can do is farm work. You can't even find an opportunity to help someone. Besides, you didn't marry a girl from the core branch of the Yang family. She's just the daughter of the second wife in the first branch. Your father-in-law only became a restaurant manager because he was dependent on the Luo family. At best, you'll be a waiter or manager.

After working in the fields for so many years, why should I go and work as a waiter in a restaurant? I'd have to learn everything from scratch and be bossed around, so it's better not to go through with this marriage.

She would find an ordinary girl from a farming family, live a down-to-earth life, and not think too much about anything else. If her daughter-in-law did anything wrong, the mother-in-law, Sixi's mother, could pick her up and give her a good scolding to keep order in the household.

If you marry Xiu Hong, would Sixi's mother dare to scold you? Aren't you afraid that Old Yang's family will come over and tear down your front door?

Therefore, the villagers have different attitudes towards these matters, and there are many different opinions.

But when these rumors reached Yang Ruoqing's ears, she could only shake her head helplessly.

Although everyone had their own reasons, and those people even analyzed Xiang Shengnan's situation in the Yang family...

However, everyone here overlooked one point, and that point alone was enough to betray their selfishness and arrogance.

That is, everyone is looking at the problem from their own perspective, but no one is willing to stand in the shoes of the two parties involved, the two young people in love, to solve the problem.

They analyzed all the clichés together: face, substance, the mother-in-law's airs...

But no one says that marriage is about two people sharing a blanket, that the couple is going to spend their lives together, and that their feelings for each other should be the top priority. Why add so many extra conditions to negate what could have been a perfect match?
Admittedly, during family gatherings during holidays, when Luo Fengtang and Da'an discussed matters of state and military affairs, Xiang Shengnan, as their son-in-law, had no say in the conversation.

But so what?
Aren't they relatives? Does he really have to be ostracized and looked down upon by his in-laws?
No, no.

There are many people who don't understand those topics or can't participate in them. Even Yang Ruoqing and Yang Huazhong can't participate, and many other members of the Yang family can't participate either. But so what? It doesn't affect everyone's gathering together at all.

Because Luo Fengtang and Da'an rarely talked about topics like that, and even when they did, they would go to the study in the backyard to talk alone.

In the main room, at the dining table, everyone chatted about trivial family matters and teasing the children.

Moreover, Luo Fengtang himself is not a talkative person. Even as the eldest son-in-law, he is probably more reserved and socially awkward than Xiang Shengnan at family gatherings!