C5

Madam Lin, who only wanted to go to the town to see her son and daughter-in-law, could not care about anything else. She took the few leftover eggs from her family and switched them some rice with Widow Zhang's family member.

He took out a small piece of cured meat from the cellar and stewed some porridge with the white pine nuts. After that, he took two taels of silver and went out of the house without eating anything.

The Qin family's breakfast and lunch were originally cooked casually by Qin Wuya, but dinner was cooked better by Madam Lin, with Wu Ya as his assistant.

However, she didn't expect the situation to take a turn for the worse today. Since Lady Wang was lazy, she could only cook dinner by Wu Ya.

Although he had been here for three months and had almost gotten used to simple farm work, Wuya was, after all, a typical one-child who came and went as he pleased. In his 22 years of life, other than cooking instant noodles and cold mixed tofu, he couldn't cook anything else.

Previously, when the Madam Lin had helped, she did not think much of it, but this time, she was somewhat flustered.

It was either too much oil in the dish or too little water was poured into the rice bean porridge.

If it was any other time, they would definitely be scolded by Old Man Qin to be the leader, but today, the entire family's thoughts were focused on the Zhang Clan in the town, no one paid attention to Qin Wuya's repeated mistakes.

After placing the dishes on the table, Qin Wuya continued to scoop up the porridge in her bowl and ignored the people around him.

Old Qin Han was worried about the health of his grandson in the Zhang family's stomach, as well as his remaining silver taels. When his wife left the house, she brought two taels of silver with her as a gift. Adding the large sum of money she always carried in front of the mountain, there was a total of two halves. It was equivalent to the cost of spending it for half a year in Qin family.

In these few days, if his corn bracts were sold well, they could be exchanged for a large sum of four cents, which was barely enough to pay for the expenses of Zhang's family. However, without these bract rice, he was short on rations for the second half of the year.

There were seven people in the family, and all of them were asking for food. Their future days would be miserable.

Thinking about old man Qin's frown and the irritation in his heart, Old Man Qin didn't even notice that the congee today was thicker than usual. He only chewed on it and became absent-minded.

Old Man Qin was not in the mood to eat. Qin Wuya had already eaten less, but the speed at which the two of them were adding dishes became faster and faster, one after another. In just a few minutes, all three or four bowls of food on the table were swept clean, and Lady Wang even ate until her mouth was dripping with oil, completely satisfied.

Actually, Lady Wang already discovered that the dishes today were a little different. There were a lot of oily water in the dishes, and even some porridge. She could not help but give a strange smile at Qin Wuya.

However, she would not foolishly say those words out loud. Normally, Qin family's food would never have salt or oil, it would fade out of the bird's body, it was rare to find a good meal, if not, he would just be a fool.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, everyone had already finished eating. Qin Wuya stood up to clean up the tableware, Old Man Qin found a chair by the kitchen door and sat there smoking a cigarette to cool himself down.

All of these things were as usual, it was just that what was strange was that Lady Wang, who usually ran out of body from the meal, was actually left in the kitchen today. She gave Qin Dazhuang a look, and Qin Dazhuang happily found a chair not too far away from Old Man Qin, helping her to sit down.

Wu Ya's hands paused for a moment as she suddenly had a bad premonition. She put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands and looked at old man Wang, who had just sat down with a smile on his face as he handed a pipe to Old Man Qin.

There was no need to be courteous. It was either adultery or theft.

Old Man Qin's only hobby in this life was smoking a big cigarette. Seeing Wang Shi give him a pipe, and then seeing Wang Shi's somewhat big and sturdy stomach, he immediately became in a good mood, giving Lady Wang and Qin Dazhuang a rare good look.

Seeing Old Man Qin's expression, Lady Wang's eyes lit up. She didn't know whether to say what was stuck in her throat or not. As if pouring beans, she started to speak it all out.

"Dad, look at this stomach, this shape, the village elders have all shown me, it must be a fat kid, you old man, just wait to carry your grandson."

Pui!

The moment she heard this, she knew that Lady Wang must have had some bad intentions. Every time she wanted to cheat something, she would first use this stomach to beat the vanguard.

What stomachache, to feel too lucky and bitter, or perhaps even the village seniors would all look at it and say that the fetus was carrying a handle, it was the Qin family's big fat grandson, the eldest son and direct grandson ?

It was just a matter of going back and forth, but it didn't necessarily mean that there would be new ones. But Old Man Qin and Madam Lin were all used to it. As long as Lady Wang said yes, the two elders would be coaxed senseless.

As expected, after Old Man Qin heard Lady Wang's words, he happily glanced at Lady Wang's stomach a few more times. His face, which was knitted up in lack of money, also returned to its original position at this moment.

Seeing that Old Man Qin was now willing to listen, Lady Wang no longer hid her words of guidance and cautiously said:

"Father, I have more than five months now. In another four months, the child will fall to the ground." Father, I have more than five months already.

Now that her family was pregnant, this was a good thing. She should have been happy, but now that Little San brought her home, how could she not be worried?

Dad, my baby is so dishonest. When I got sick, I wasn't comfortable, but I never got into trouble.

My family is a bit too scary today, I'm afraid I'll have to spend quite a bit of money. "If the situation here is the same, I will let you know ?"

Although Lady Wang had a ruthless heart, she was a smart person and knew how to read words. She deliberately stopped talking here and instead carefully raised her head to look at Old Man Qin's expression.

As expected, Old Man Qin's expression turned serious again. He knew what Lady Wang said. He was just thinking about it after dinner.

He did not know if it was enough for him to use, but after Wang Shi grew up and spent a large amount of money, although he would be able to collect the two acres of rice he grew in a few days, after deducting the taxes that he had to pay to the Shangguan Family, he did not have much left, even if he sold them he would not be able to earn more than two taels of silver.

Thinking of this, Old Man Qin couldn't help but fall into silence, and his expression became increasingly unsightly. Lady Wang found this reliable at first glance, but continued:

"Father, I didn't want to say these words, but I saved myself the trouble of becoming a bad person. If I don't say them now, I am afraid that my Qin family will have a difficult time in the future. Let's not talk about the money for the birth of a baby in five months, the money for the month, and the money for the full moon. Let's just talk about eating.

When your grandson is low, we will have another mouth to speak with, even if all of us kids in the countryside are reared cheaply. But this is still Dazhuang and my first son, and is also the eldest son and grandson of our Qin family. As adults, we don't have to worry about anything much, even if we have to bite the bark of the trees with our bare hands, what can we do about it?

I don't want this child of mine to be unable to eat his fill as soon as he was born. Thinking about me now makes my heart ache. "Father!" With that said, Lady Wang used her sleeve to wipe her eyes and began to mournfully cry.

"Life is going well, why are you crying all the time?" Old Man Qin couldn't wait for Lady Wang to wipe her tears. He scolded her, "Dazhuang, bring your wife back to her room. Don't always wipe her tears away, lest you bring my grandson down with you."

"Yes, Father."

Qin Dazhuang agreed from the start, he seemed to want to go and support Wang Shi, but his feet did not move, it was clear that the couple had already agreed on a strategy, and was putting on an act for Old Man Qin to see. Wang Shi's words hadn't even come to the main point yet, how could she leave just like that?

Old Man Qin also only wanted to say something, but when he saw Lady Wang didn't leave, he didn't say anything. He just continued to smoke his pipe silently.

Qin Wuya listened to the fun at the door while busying herself with her work. Not long later, she put all the dishes into the cupboard and started to clean them with the broom.

"Fifth girl, there's no water in that old crock in the yard. Sister-in-law, I've been very dry recently and I want to take a bath today. Why don't you go get some water while it's still light?"

Bath? Who are you trying to trick?

Qin Wuya had never seen a woman who was even lazier than her, although people in this age did not need to bathe every day, but in the summer, they would need to bathe once every two to three days, otherwise, it would be too sticky. Mrs Wang was not only lazy at work, but also lazy to herself. Forget about taking a bath, she would probably even wash her face a few times every morning.

Would she be so desperate that she wanted to take a bath? He just wanted to say something to Old Man Qin, but he didn't want to hear it for himself.

"Sister-in-law, can't you see that I'm busy right now? If you want to take a bath, you can ask Big Bro to fetch water. Big Bro's entire body is covered in tendons and meat, and if he were to go back and forth, that would be enough for you.

Qin Wuya rolled her eyes at Lady Wang, but did not answer her question. First, since she wanted to avoid him talking to Old Man Qin alone, it must be because she was saying something related to him, and definitely not some kind words. Lady Wang had already sold him once, and there was already a second time, Qin Wuya did not need to guess to know that her stomach of bad water was making noise.

Secondly, fetching water was physically hard work. Although the crabby Qin Wuya was used to physical work since she was young, with a body of rough skin and a lot of endurance, picking up water was, after all, picking up water.

The Qin family had a large population and required a large amount of water, so no matter how far the nearest river was, he would need to use a large bucket to go back four or five times to fill up the large vat in his house. If he used an ordinary family's small wooden plank, he would have to go back and forth a dozen times.

Qin Wuya was already fifteen years old, but was much younger when compared to hherpeers. Not only was she skinny, his height was not high either. She didn't look like a fifteen year old girl, but also looked like a eleven or twelve year old girl. One point was malnutrition, and another was the pressure of being beaten and cursed at for long periods of time.

From the very beginning, Qin Xiaowen tried his best to avoid doing too much work. Instead, he tried to avoid tedious and time-consuming jobs, such as fetching water and staying away from water from the very beginning.

Fifteen years old was the best period for puberty. Qin Xiaowu, the current Qin Wu, was really afraid of the burden that weighed on his shoulders every day. Let alone the damage to his shoulders, he was afraid that he would not grow up for the rest of his life now that he was in shape.

Just by looking at those famous weightlifters in his previous life, he knew that even though he had eaten a lot, he had only developed his body in a horizontal way. As for his height, you know that.