bookbashuk Isn't Chapter 103 amazing?
Isn't Chapter 103 amazing?
Just then, the sound of a cane came from outside the door.
Xu Sui didn't need to look up; she knew it was Qin Yunzhou who had returned just by hearing his voice.
Sure enough, I got up to look.
Qin Yunzhou not only returned, but he also brought a chicken with him.
He can now walk with a single cane, and can barely lift some things with his other hand.
Xu Sui quickly went over to help catch the tied-up hen, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where did you come from?"
As far as she knew, most families wouldn't sell an old hen.
A hen can lay eggs, and the eggs can not only be eaten but also exchanged for money. It's a long-term business, and no one would be willing to sell their hen.
Especially in recent years, there has been a shortage of food; we don't even have enough to eat for ourselves, let alone sell it.
Old Mrs. Qin, Tian Hua, and Hao Lihong, who was kneeling on the ground with her daughter, also heard the commotion.
Turning around, everyone was excited to see such a large hen.
"Yunzhou, where did you get this? You didn't go to the countryside to trade it with someone, did you?"
This is meat! Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
I don't know how this person, who just got back not long ago and still has trouble walking, can get everything.
Only Hao Lihong, who was interrupted, was a little unhappy. Du Mei subconsciously tried to stand up, but Hao Lihong pulled her down and made her kneel down again, glaring at her fiercely.
Fool, who is she doing this for? Isn't it all for her?
Otherwise, who would be willing to kneel down to someone?
Du Mei froze, head bowed, feeling sullen.
"I asked someone to help me exchange it. I was lucky to find it there. I exchanged it to help Xu Sui and the baby in her belly to nourish their bodies."
Qin Yunzhou had just finished speaking with a smile when he looked up and saw two strangers kneeling on the floor of his house.
He paused for a moment, then looked at Xu Sui.
Xu Sui saw the big hen that Qin Yunzhou had brought and couldn't help but feel a little tempted, but now was not the time to crave meat.
She explained, "My aunt brought my cousin to the city to visit us."
Qin Yunzhou instantly understood Xu Sui's meaning and also figured out the identities of the two people kneeling on the ground.
Qin Youtian was an only child; he had no brothers or sisters.
The only person who could be called their aunt was Hao Lihong, the old lady's biological daughter who had stayed in the countryside before she married into the family.
Thinking of this, he looked at the old lady.
For some reason, under the gaze of her second grandson Qin Yunzhou, Old Lady Qin felt a little embarrassed and quickly pulled up her daughter and granddaughter who were still kneeling on the ground.
"What are you kneeling for? Get up now, or people will see what's going on."
"Alright, now that you've seen the person, it's getting late, so we won't keep you and your daughter any longer. Go home now."
She can make some decisions in this household, but the key question is whether these decisions will actually work.
Leaving someone to live in the city isn't something that can be done just by opening your mouth.
If this person stays, they need a place to live and food to eat. Given the Qin family's current circumstances, these are both difficult things.
What's wrong with her own granddaughter? To be honest, she's not familiar with the children she had with her daughter, and she's hardly ever seen them.
This is the first time I've met this girl named Xiaomei, except for when she was just born.
Feelings develop over time; she wasn't as close to Qin's grandsons, who weren't related to her by blood.
Hao Lihong refused to get up no matter what, and sat down on the ground with red eyes, wiping away tears, struggling to avoid Qin Laotai's hand.
"Mom, you are so heartless. I am your own daughter, and you always favor others. Why don't you think about me at all?"
"Over the years, I've only asked you for two things: a job and Xiaomei's marriage. I can forgive you for not helping with the job, but why won't you help with Xiaomei's marriage?"
"You're Xiaomei's maternal grandmother, how could you be so heartless?"
After saying that, she knelt down in front of Xu Sui and Qin Yunzhou, crying.
"Sui Sui, Yun Zhou, your aunt knows you two are capable. Please help your poor cousin for the sake of kinship. Even if it means becoming a stepmother, as long as Xiao Mei can marry into the city and have food to eat, anything is fine."
"Yunzhou, you must know a lot of men who are still single while you're in the army. If all else fails, you can marry someone from another place. As long as the man your cousin marries can provide her with food and a stable life, that's fine."
People can starve to death in the countryside, but no matter what happens in the city, I've never heard of many people going hungry.
Aside from being born into a new family, a woman's only chance to change her fate is through marriage.
She herself suffered from marrying the wrong person when she was young, and her previous daughters who married into the countryside also lived a hard life. One of them even starved to death. She really didn't want to see her youngest daughter live such a life in the future.
I had no choice but to swallow my pride and come to the city to ask for help.
Qin Yunzhou frowned slightly, glanced at his cousin kneeling on the ground, and then at his aunt who was crying with snot and tears streaming down her face.
He was silent for a moment, then said, "Aunt, get up and we'll talk about it."
"There's no rush to introduce someone to me. The military requires both parties to be of legal marriage age before a marriage application is submitted. I think my cousin is probably not even eighteen yet."
"We can wait a little longer."
Xu Sui: "You can't just find anyone to be your partner; you have to find someone suitable. You can't just look at their conditions."
"Besides, Xiaomei is too young. It probably won't work for her to be a stepmother. Aunt, don't be too anxious. This can't be rushed."
Being a stepmother is not an easy job.
A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, who doesn't understand anything yet, becomes someone's stepmother.
By the time she realizes it, it will be too late to regret it.
Xu Sui wasn't good at handling these kinds of things, so she simply stayed out of it. She went over and helped the mother and daughter who were kneeling on the ground up, then went to Old Lady Qin's side.
"Grandma, you should handle this kind of thing. You have more experience than us younger generation, and you see things more comprehensively."
"If there's a problem, you and your aunt can sit down and talk it out."
"We have some things to do, so we'll go back inside first."
After saying that, Xu Sui ignored them and went back into the house, pulling on Qin Yunzhou's sleeve.
As for the old hen, she found a place to tie it up.
When it comes to introducing potential partners to young women, it's generally not done through men. Qin Yunzhou also disliked matchmaking, so he readily followed Xu Sui.
Seeing Xu Sui and her husband return to their room, Xiao Fen didn't want to stay any longer. She got up and followed them back inside, leaving a few words before leaving to express her attitude.
"Grandma, your aunt came to ask for your help. She came all this way, crying and kneeling. If outsiders hear this, they'll think our Qin family is bullying someone."
"You're mother and daughter, sit down and talk things over."
"However, there's one thing I need to make clear to you, Auntie: our place is small, and there are a lot of people living here, so there's definitely no way we can accommodate one more person."
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Go back to the room and close the door.
Xu Sui also made sure to bring the things she brought back from outside today into the house.
She was happy to share the results of her hard work over the past few days with Qin Yunzhou.
"I passed the exam, I got a job at the grain station."
"How about that? Pretty impressive, right?"