NCCnovel Chapter 209 About Xia He
Chapter 209 About Xia He
Uncle Pan walked around the shop and then went back.
Song Yuntang counted all the things in the shop, then went upstairs and sat opposite Xu Qingye by the window. After drinking some sour plum soup, he made a list of the things needed in the shop.
Seeing that she was almost done, Xu Qingye lowered his eyes and said, "Tang'er, when you're done, pack two small pots of wine and take them with you."
Song Yuntang thought he was going to send someone off, so he didn't even raise his head.
"it is good."
She handed the list and five taels of silver to Tu Shi, and asked Chen and Tao to put the things they had bought in order. Then she filled two pots of wine from the wine cellar and returned to the farm first.
On the way back, Xu Qingye went to East Street and bought two pieces of pork, two bags of brown sugar, and two bags of tangerine cakes.
Song Yuntang just thought that it was Jiang who asked him to buy it, so he didn't ask any more questions.
The first thing Song Yuntang did after returning to the farm was to run to the field to check on the pepper seedlings he had planted a few days ago. The pepper seedlings were growing well and were now standing upright, so there seemed to be no problem with their survival.
After looking at the pepper seedlings, she waved to Qiao Da and the two went to a place a little further away from the wooden shed.
"Uncle Qiao, did you find out everything about the Liu family's child bride in Shili Village yesterday?"
Qiao Da nodded and said, "I found out. The girl was originally from the Xia family in Yanliu Village. One year, her family became poor and she was sold to the Liu family as a child bride. Her husband's name is Liu Zishi."
This is consistent with what Song Jinsheng had told her before.
"Liu Zishi was a scholar. It seems he disappeared four years ago while going to the county town to take the imperial examination. There's been no news of him since then. Some say he married into a wealthy family in the county town and lived a good life, so he never came back. I guess that's not impossible."
This possibility is indeed very high. If this is true, then Xia can be considered a pitiful person.
But, it's pitiful.
This concerns my second brother's lifelong happiness, so I can't just marry her out of pity for her.
"Who else is in the Liu family now? What about Xia's character?"
Mr. Qiao told everything he had found out.
"The head of the Liu family is Liu Liquan, 42 years old, with three sons and two daughters. Xia was the child bride of the second son. According to the villagers, she has no problems and is honest. She has a good relationship with Liu Zishi."
"The strangest thing is, the eldest of the Liu family is only 22 years old this year, and they've been married for just over three years, but their eldest child is already four years old."
"So, regarding this child, I gave the village aunt a few copper coins to ask her more. She said that the Liu family's eldest grandson was actually born to the second son's wife, Xia. However, the second son disappeared the year Xia gave birth. She was so sad that she had no energy to raise the child. Coincidentally, the eldest son got married two or three months later, so she raised the child with him so that he would have both parents. I don't know if this is true or not."
Xia He is nineteen years old this year. If her child is four years old, then she was exactly fifteen years old when she gave birth.
Although they are a little young, it is indeed common for child brides to give birth early as soon as their menstruation comes.
A farmer's child bride is no different from an ordinary wife. She sleeps in the same room with the man. Xia He and Liu Zi lived together from the age of eleven to fifteen. Four years of living together was enough time for them to develop feelings, and it was normal for them to have sex.
Although it was not Xia's fault that she had given birth to a child, the Liu family deliberately concealed these circumstances, saying that Xia was still a virgin, which was tantamount to a marriage fraud.
When the money is in hand, the Liu family will send the people over and leave them alone. The second brother can only swallow his bitter pills and suffer in silence.
The most important thing is that Xia and Liu Zishi have a good relationship. If she refuses to remarry, she might even try to commit suicide after coming home.
I don’t know what Zhao was thinking, she actually believed that family’s lies.
Song Yuntang took out a silver coin from his purse and stuffed it into Qiao Da's pocket. "Thank you, Uncle Qiao. Take this silver. You've been running around outside every day lately. It's been hard work."
Qiao Da evaded the question, "You've already paid us the wages. I can't take this money."
However, Song Yuntang still insisted on giving him the silver.
"Uncle Qiao, just take it. Not to mention that you're out there all day, you'll have to keep an eye on the work in the woodshed from now on."
After hearing this, Qiao Da did not refuse.
Since the boss was generous, he naturally worked harder in the future.
Seeing Song Yuntang coming over here, Xu Qingye looked at her, "Tang'er, today is the third day of our marriage. Before I left, my mother specifically reminded me that I should accompany you back home today."
Thinking of all the things Xu Qingye had just bought, Song Yuntang realized it belatedly.
"So you bought so many things just now, are you going to accompany me back home?"
It just so happened that she wanted to go back and talk to Zhao about Song Jinsheng's marriage, so it wouldn't hurt to make a trip.
Xu Qingye hummed, "In this world, blood ties cannot be severed. The Song family is your mother's family after all. They also sent us off on our wedding day. It's only logical that we should go there."
Song Yuntang nodded. "I don't have any objection to returning to one's parents' home. Before the wedding, my mother even gave me five taels of silver as a dowry. Even though she may be a confused person, she's not completely indifferent to me. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have thought there was a custom of returning to one's parents' home."
There are already a lot of things going on during this period.
It was her first time getting married, and if no one reminded her, she really wouldn't understand.
Fortunately, Jiang remembered.
Since we are going back to Rongshu Village, we might as well take some food with us.
Before her second brother went back to recuperate, Zhao had seen the food in his house. She didn't want him to be accused of forgetting her parents' home because she was living a good life. At least she had given it to him, and she would have nothing to say in the future.
But I don't want to listen to her nagging anymore.
As long as the Song family doesn't ask for things endlessly, she can give them some appropriate benefits. The rest depends on them themselves, and they should do what they can.
Thinking of this, she asked Fang Tianci to help her carry a bag of rice from the granary and put it on the mule cart.
Fang Tianci dusted off his hands, looked at Song Yuntang and said, "Miss, the owner of the grain and oil shop sent a letter this morning saying that they have collected 200 dan of brown rice."
Song Yuntang nodded, "I understand. I'll go to the grain and oil shop to collect food when I'm free."
The owner of the grain and oil shop was quite fast.
The letter arrived in just one day.
"Well, girl, I'll be busy first." Fang Tianci pointed to the shed not far away.
"Go ahead." Song Yuntang looked at Song Jinsheng, who was helping out with some light tasks in the wooden shed. "Brother, we're going back to Rongshu Village. Will you come with us?"
Song Jinsheng looked at her, stretched his neck and said, "I won't go. I still have to help out here."
"Okay then, let's go."
After Song Yuntang finished speaking, he climbed onto the mule cart, and he and Xu Qingye sat on each side, driving the mule cart back to Rongshu Village.
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