During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

The villagers who had gathered to watch the spectacle erupted in laughter.

"Second girl, you're so bold! How can a young lady say such things?"

"So what? She's been acting like this for a while now!"

"That second girl is absolutely right. They were engaged and still went and cheated on each other. If it were me, I would have kicked those two bastards away long ago!"

……

"You...you're talking nonsense!"

Zou's face turned pale with anger, and she burst into a tirade, "You brat, what are you saying? Have you no shame?"

"What are you yelling about? Keep your voice down, I've been afraid of dogs since I was a kid!"

Ye Qingqing's voice was even louder than hers.

The villagers burst into laughter again.

Everyone originally came to watch the argument for fun, but they never expected that once Er Yatou came back, the scene would be even more exciting than a theatrical performance!

"You, you..."

Zou gritted her teeth, making a grinding sound, and pointed her finger at her nose.

"I'm not here to argue with you! Today, the Fang family is giving you two choices: either pay my son four taels of silver, or break off the engagement. Let me tell you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ye Qingqing casually said, "Cancel the engagement."

Ms. Zou was taken aback. This road was just used to scare Ye Qingqing and was not part of her plan at all.

The reason he got engaged to the Ye family was simply because that silly girl only had eyes for his son, and she would give him money whenever he asked. She was very easy to coax.

She didn't really come here to annul the engagement; she came to give the Ye family a warning so they could be more controllable in the future.

Secondly, she wanted to use the incident of her son being beaten to extort money from her son to pay for his tuition.

Who knew that this girl would want to break off the engagement without saying a word? How could that be allowed?

Where else can I find such an easy person to manipulate?

"Did I hear that right? You want to break off the engagement?"

Zou steadied herself, then said with a disdainful look, "Someone like you, after breaking off the engagement with my son, I don't believe you'll ever find anyone else."

Ye Qingqing raised an eyebrow. "Did you eat too much pickled vegetables for lunch? You're so idle! Whether I find them or not is none of your business!"

Ms. Zou's eyes widened. "You..."

Ye Qingqing put her hand under her nose.

"Stop talking nonsense! We've already taken out the engagement certificate and signed it. Anyone who doesn't sign it is a dog!"

"Sister-in-law, could you please bring me my share?"

"Okay!"

Li Chunyan shouted at the top of her lungs and ran to the main room to ask Ye Youliang for the engagement certificate.

Her sister-in-law was really something else today!

The gleaming engagement letter was right in front of her, and it was Zou's turn to be stunned. She blinked and looked at Ye Qingqing in disbelief.

"Hey, Ye family's second daughter, do you know that my son is going to be the top scholar in the imperial examination? So many girls are eager to marry him..."

Ye Qingqing was too lazy to waste words. She handed the engagement letter to Zou Shi, raised her chin, and said, "It's settled then, whoever doesn't sign it is a dog."

Zou's lips twitched.

Under Ye Qingqing's intense gaze, a bead of cold sweat slid down her forehead. She felt as if she were being roasted on a fire, and had no choice but to steel herself and pull out the engagement letter. Her eyes darted around, and she quickly said…

"Hey Er Yatou, you think you can just call off the engagement like that? I gave your family five hundred coins as a betrothal gift when we got engaged!"

Even if we break off the engagement, you still need to get the betrothal gifts back from me first!

"broken!"

Li Chunyan's heart skipped a beat. She involuntarily pinched a piece of flesh on Ye Dali's arm, gritting her teeth as she said, "The betrothal gifts were already given to that brat Fang by Er Yatou! Where are we going to get five hundred coins?!"

It was called a betrothal gift, but it was really just a formality under the noses of the Ye family. In the blink of an eye, Fang Jincheng coaxed it back from Ye Qingqing!

"Cough cough..."

Ye Dali, wincing in pain from his wife's pinch, grumbled, "It's alright! I'll go to town and do manual labor to earn some money for my sister!"

"Big brother, I'll go too! I'll earn some for second sister!"

Ye Cuicui whispered, "Anyway, we can't let Second Sister marry into such a shameless family!"

Ye Qingqing searched the original owner's memories and found that such a thing did happen, but the money hadn't even been in the original owner's hands before Fang Jincheng tricked her back.

"A dowry of only five hundred coins? Your family's dowry is far too meager!"

She raised an eyebrow and said without hesitation, "No problem, it's just money, my family can afford it."

The villagers immediately began to mock them.

"A dowry of only five hundred? What kind of family is that stingy!"

"Exactly! A grown woman, and she can't even afford the price of a wild rabbit?"

"If you ask me, Er Ya was right to break off the engagement! What kind of family is this? If she marries into that family, she'll be tormented to death!"

……

After a flurry of discussion, Madam Zou's face fell, and she scoffed, "..."

"I'm not going to argue with you. If you have money, just give it to me, and then we can talk about annulling the engagement!"

However, I still advise you to honestly support my son's studies. Once he passes the imperial examinations and becomes a high-ranking official, you can at least try to become an official's wife..."

Ye Qingqing turned her head and called out, "Cuicui, bring out the rabbit we caught today and let people see if it's worth five hundred coins."

"They're here!"

Ye Cuicui's eyes lit up, and she quickly went to get the manure basket.

Yes, if my second sister hadn't mentioned it, she would have forgotten that we caught four rabbits today!

Even though she can't eat rabbit meat anymore, as long as her second sister is happy, she'll give it up no matter how reluctant she is!

Pushing aside the withered grass on the manure basket, four large rabbits huddled together came into view.

The villagers watching were immediately envious and started chattering away.

"Didn't she just catch a pheasant yesterday? How come she caught a wild rabbit today?"

"Second Girl's luck is truly amazing!"

"That's right! Hunting is hard to find in winter, even hunters are too lazy to go up the mountain. How come she's catching chickens and rabbits every time she goes up?"

……

Zou's eyes lit up as well.

With fewer wild animals available in winter, prices are soaring.

The fur of the four rabbits looks thick and sturdy, skin and flesh included. They could easily sell for 150 coins, and 500 or 600 coins for all four.

The reason Ye Qingqing was chosen was because her father was a hunter, who often had some extra income, which was better than families who could only make a living by digging in the fields. They could afford to send her son to school!

Since his family has the ability to hunt prey, the marriage proposal is even less likely to be rejected.

Otherwise, finding another one for my son would not only cost money again, but we might not even get the same benefits as the Ye family.

Zou's face softened, and she reached into the manure basket, grabbed a rabbit by the ear, lifted it up, and clicked her tongue.

"Wow, this rabbit is really fat! Second Sister, if you had brought out the wild rabbit earlier, things would have been much easier."

Fine, I'll let it go this time. But if you dare to throw a tantrum again, I'll never forgive you!

Consider these rabbits as compensation; I'll take them back to help Jincheng recover…

Ye Qingqing crossed her arms and said, "Put them down."

Ms. Zou was taken aback. "What?"

Ye Qingqing looked down at her and said, "Did you stuff pig bristles in your ears? I said put them down."

Ms. Zou blinked and stammered.

"Release, release what? Didn't you just say you were going to give this rabbit to Jincheng to help him recover?"

Did I say I was going to give it to you?

Ye Qingqing sneered, "I just said I'd let you see if it's worth five hundred coins, not that I'd give it to you! Put it down."