Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 12120

"No need, no need. I'm just a pig butcher. Who would dare to mess with me?"

"Big sister, I'm going back too, we're going the same way, let's walk together!" The speaker was Yang Yongzhi.

Yang Yongzhi could have gone back to the old house with Yang Huaming and Old Yang, but he suddenly remembered that he had left his coat here when he came to the small room for dinner at night, so he turned around and came to get his coat.

Yang Yongjin nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, third brother, you and my eldest sister should go together!"

After seeing off Madam Sun and Yang Yongzhi, Cao Bamei hurriedly asked Yang Yongjin about the results of the interrogation on the riverbank.

Yang Yongjin didn't mince words. Knowing they must have been worried and anxious all night, he quickly explained.

"...That beast would rather die than admit he came to steal. He's probably worried we'll use the theft charge against him. We beat him so badly his hands are sore, but he just won't admit it!"

“They gritted their teeth and insisted they came to see Yongxiao, saying they missed their son and couldn’t help but come to check on him…”

"Look at that damn head!" Cao Bamei stomped her foot and cursed angrily.

“Yongxiao is already over two years old, and he has never come to see him once, nor has he ever shown any concern for his son. He’s talking nonsense, lying, I would never believe it even if you beat me to death!” Cao Bamei said angrily.

"I don't believe it either!" Xiu Hong's face turned red. "Liars will have rotten tongues!"

“In the two years prior, Yongxiao stayed at home and never came to visit even once.”

"Now that Yongxiao has gone to live with my sister at the Wang family's house, that beast has suddenly remembered he had a son. Who would believe that!"

“Xiuhong is right!” Sixi stepped forward, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked. “He clearly wanted to steal, but when he got caught, he used missing his son as an excuse. I’ve seen shameless people, but I’ve never seen anyone as shameless as him! Bah!”

Yang Yongjin originally wanted to curse as well, but the three of them cut him off, even cursing him more harshly than the words he had prepared in his mind.

Yang Yongjin sighed heavily, "Seeing that he wouldn't budge and we couldn't find a single penny on him, we had no solid evidence to prove he stole anything, so we had no choice but to beat him up and dump him at the entrance of Lijia Village!"

"We warned him that if he dares to show his face in front of or behind our house again, no matter what his reason, we will hand him over to the authorities. This time, we'll let it go for Yongxiao's sake!"

Cao Bamei stomped her foot again: "Heavens, why are you giving him face? Why are you taking away Yongxiao's face? Yongxiao's father is Wang Wei, not Li Wei!"

"Yes, Yongxiao's father is Wang Wei, not that beast from Lijia Village!"

Yang Yongjin waved his hand, looking exhausted: "Alright, we've scolded and beaten you, let's put this behind us!"

"Daughter, son-in-law, it's too late tonight, why don't you stay here and rest?"

"Yes, honey, we've been delayed too long tonight. Why don't you two rest tomorrow and not go out to set up the stall?"

Xiu Hong and Sixi exchanged a glance, and Sixi smiled sheepishly: "I'm fine with anything, I'll listen to Xiu Hong."

Xiu Hong secretly glared at him. This guy is always like this, making people feel really embarrassed.

Upon seeing this, Yang Yongjin and Cao Bamei's eyes revealed a hint of pleasure, which lessened some of the unpleasantness of the night.

Xiu Hong paused to collect her thoughts and said to Yang Yongjin and Cao Bamei, "Father, Mother, thank you for your understanding."

"However, we still plan to go back and rest. We'll be setting up our stall as usual tomorrow!"

"Girl, isn't this too tiring? It's okay to take a day off," Cao Bamei said.

Yang Yongjin nodded: "At worst, I'll make up for it with tomorrow's earnings!"

Xiu Hong was both amused and exasperated, shaking her head repeatedly: "No need, no need! Father, Mother, we are young and full of energy, so don't worry."

……

Li Family Village, Li Wei's Home.

When Li Wei's family married Xiu Xiu, they had five large tiled houses and a courtyard.

The field also includes nearly ten acres of paddy fields, three or four acres of dry land, and several vegetable garden plots.

Back then, whenever villagers came to Li Wei's mother to praise and envy their family's wealth, Li Wei's mother and son Li Wei always looked indifferent.

Because in the eyes of the mother and son, all of this was just the beginning. By marrying the daughter of the Yang family as their daughter-in-law, they could keep fleecing the Yang family, this big fat sheep.

However, Li Wei and Xiu Xiu divorced, and Li Wei took nearly 70% of the dowry with him.

Why 70%?
Because after Xiuxiu married into the family, Li Wei's family had been living off their savings without doing any work, and in just over half a year, they had consumed nearly 20% of the dowry money.

The mother and son had gone to great lengths to secretly withhold 10% of the dowry, so Xiuxiu only took 70% of it with her.

For a year after the divorce, Li Wei and her son lived off the remaining 10% of her dowry.

Just when the dowry was about to run out, the mother and son decisively "married off" Li Wei's younger sister to an older man in the mountains, someone about the same age as Li Wei's mother...

Not only that, Li Wei also sold off most of his ten or so acres of paddy fields, turning them into silver.

With the addition of the younger sister's dowry, the family's livelihood was sustained for quite some time.

That was the time when Li Wei was fooling around with other women in the mountains.

Just when the dowry for his sister's marriage was almost gone, Li Yi was released from prison.

Li Yi forced Li Wei to work in the fields with him, and they resumed their honest lives as farmers.

If it weren't for the long, continuous snowfall last December that collapsed the two houses of Li Yi's family, and if Li Yi hadn't been crushed by a falling beam from the roof, breaking his leg, and if Li Wei's mother hadn't caught a cold, the two of them would have fallen one after another and needed medicine. As a result, the little grain, cotton, and other crops that the family had saved from growing crops were all sold off to pay for doctor's visits and medicine.

Now, right after the Lunar New Year, it's almost March, and every household is actively preparing for the upcoming spring plowing season.

In Li Wei's house, there was a patient lying on the bed at both ends of the bed in the east room, and the house was filled with the strong smell of medicine every day.

Li Wei originally wanted to go to the mountains to call his sister back to take care of her while she was sick, but he was beaten up and kicked out by his brother-in-law, who was older than him, and his brother-in-law's brothers. They said that the Li family was not marrying off their daughter, but selling her, and that the money had already been settled. If Li Wei dared to act like a brother-in-law in their village again, it wouldn't be as simple as just being beaten up.

Li Wei went to the mountains and got beaten up. He was physically hurt, but his heart was even more aching.

Because when his sister saw those people beating him, she remained expressionless and didn't say a single word of advice!

Indeed, Mother was right. Girls are a money-losing burden; they always side with outsiders. Once they get married, their hearts turn to outsiders.

After returning home, Li Yi was filled with grief and anger for several days. She lay in bed cursing him every day for being useless, but the family had no money left to buy rice or grain, let alone medicine!
Finally, Li Yi and Li Weiniang, having exhausted all other options and desperately seeking any possible solution, grasped at the last straw and placed their hopes on the youngest son of the Yang family…

The next morning, Yang Ruoqing had just gotten up when He Lian'er came over.

“Sister, about an incense stick's time ago, Grandpa, Uncle Ga, Fourth Uncle, Second Brother, and Third Brother all came over. Everyone was asking Dad what happened, but Dad couldn't explain it either. Then Brother-in-law went over and told everyone the whole story... Now everyone is waiting for you to come over, so they sent me to check if you've woken up yet.”

“I just woke up, I’m coming right now,” Yang Ruoqing said.

"Sister, brother-in-law asked me to pass on a message to you privately." He Lian'er smiled.

"What did you say?" Yang Ruoqing asked while getting dressed.

“My brother-in-law said he’ll take care of things over there for now. He’s said everything he needs to say, and they need time to process what’s going on,” He Lian’er said, picking up a coat from the side and handing it to Yang Ruoqing. “My brother-in-law told you not to rush over as soon as you get up. He told you to make sure you eat breakfast first before you go.”

"Don't rush to eat, let's go over there and take a look first."

"Sister, please don't! Your husband will be angry with me for not doing a good job."

Seeing He Lian'er's anxious and serious expression, Yang Ruoqing finally took Luo Fengtang's instructions seriously. If she hadn't listened to him and had gone there on an empty stomach, he might have gotten angry.

He's easygoing; even if she makes a big mistake, a little coquetry and it's over.

However, he can be very stubborn about certain things. For example, he'll remind her to eat three meals a day properly, and if she doesn't eat properly, that's touching a nerve...

"Okay, I'll go grab a bite to eat first and then head over."

"He'er, come with me, and grab a bite while you're at it."

He Lian'er's morning sickness has been quite pronounced lately. Sun tried various methods to change her diet every day, but no matter how she changed it, it was all done by Sun herself. Even if she didn't repeat the same thing for half a month, wouldn't she still go back to her old ways after half a month?
Furthermore, even if she changes the dishes every half month, the cooking methods, habits, and heat control of the same person are basically fixed, so He Lian'er's appetite has been much worse recently.

The baby was growing rapidly, requiring more and more energy and drawing more from the mother's body, so He Lian'er was losing weight at a visible rate, which greatly worried Sun Shi and Yang Huazhong...

So whether it was Yang Ruoqing, Da Sunshi, Ersao, or Da Yun's aunt, whenever they cooked some rare dishes that they didn't usually eat, or cooked common ingredients in a rare way, they would send a bowl to He Lian'er to change her appetite.

Of course, all of this is due to the good relationships Sun and Yang Huazhong have built up in the village over a long period of time, and not because of the rise of the Yang and Luo families.

Of course, the rise of the two families was partly due to certain reasons, but those attracted by these reasons were mostly sycophants.

Those who were genuinely willing to deliver vegetables were people who had previously received help and support from Sun and Yang Huazhong. After all, when dealing with people, this couple would rather suffer a loss themselves than let the other party suffer a loss.

Whenever someone brings their daughter-in-law a treat to change her appetite, the couple always reciprocates in other ways. It is because they have adhered to this practice for so many years that they are well-liked in the village.

Many women in the village would bring vegetables to the third house every now and then, such as pickled sauerkraut, dried grass, wild vegetables, goose eggs, and so on.

He Lian'er and Xiao Hua, both pregnant women, were enjoying a meal together. However, after a while, the pregnant women's appetites became picky, and they still got tired of it.

Xiao Hua is quite robust, this is her fourth pregnancy, but He Lian'er's constitution is different, so her belly is growing every day, but she is getting thinner and thinner every day.

"Sis, I... I already ate, so... I won't eat with you..."

"You silly girl, you clearly want to eat it, why are you lying to me?"

Yang Ruoqing immediately noticed that He Lian'er's "pregnancy-related illness" had flared up, but she was embarrassed, since not everyone could be like Fourth Aunt Liu.

"Sister, I'm just embarrassed. Other pregnant women don't seem to be as greedy as I am..." He Lian'er lowered her head, her voice getting softer and softer as she spoke, until she blushed and became very reserved.

Yang Ruoqing shook her head and directly took He Lian'er's hand: "With your sister here, you don't need to be like that. Eat whatever you want. The baby in your belly is my precious little nephew!"

And so, Yang Ruoqing led He Lian'er to the kitchen in the backyard.

At this moment, Rong Gu and the others had already noticed that when Yang Ruoqing pulled He Lian'er to sit down at the table, an extra set of chopsticks and a bowl had been added to the table.

The Luo family's breakfast today was also very substantial, nutritionally complete, light and delicious, especially the mushroom, shrimp, meatball and vegetable soup, which He Lian'er drank a whole big bowl of.

"I think this soup tastes even better with steamed buns, you should try it," Yang Ruoqing encouraged from the side.

Although the soup was very good, it lacked carbohydrates, while steamed buns were a good source of carbohydrates.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

So He Lian'er ate three more small steamed buns in one go.

Yang Ruoqing then recommended that she eat some fruit, a handful of nuts, and finally drink half a bowl of milk with a little sugar.

He Lian'er ate with a satisfied look on her face and said to Yang Ruoqing, "Sister, this breakfast today has brought me back to life. I feel like my eyesight is much clearer and I'm full of energy."

Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but chuckle, and picked up a handkerchief to wipe the grease from He Lian'er's lips. "If you don't like the food at home for lunch or dinner, come to my place. It's all about 'homesickness,' you know. Have a meal here today, and a meal there tomorrow. It'll be fine after five months."

He Lian'er stroked her belly and nodded gently, her eyes filled with emotion.

She never imagined that after getting married, she would receive so much care and love from her relatives!

After breakfast, Yang Ruoqing and He Lian'er went to the third room next door.

Sure enough, Old Yang, Old Sun, and all the men from Old Yang's family were there. Even Liu and Cao Bamei, who had just argued yesterday noon, were there.

But clearly before cooking breakfast, Liu was still at the Sun family's house, visiting the third branch of the family. She was in the kitchen with the eldest Sun, and the eldest Sun scolded Cao Bamei.

As a result, after breakfast, Liu and Cao Bamei met and reconciled because they both condemned Li Wei.