Xia Qianqian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She stepped forward to help Qin wipe her tears and said softly, "Mom, I didn't ruin the family. The money is still there!"
"I don't believe it. Even though I have poor eyesight, I can still spot the enamel hand warmer. We can't afford such a thing even if we spend all our money!"
"Mom, the money is all here!" Xia Qianqian helplessly took the silver out of her arms and let Qin touch it.
"It's really still there?" Qin was stunned. She stroked the silver again and again, unable to let it go.
"Well, I only bought some meat, so I didn't want to spend it lavishly."
"Didn't buy it? Where did the enamel hand warmer come from?" Qin asked curiously.
Xia Qianqian hesitated for a moment and said, "The person who bought the tiles gave me these as gifts because he saw that I was freezing."
"So good?" Qin was even more puzzled. "Qianqian, who did you sell the tiles to?"
"Sell it to a rich man." Xia Qianqian smiled and didn't say it was the Gu family, for fear that Qin would worry. After all, Gu Changsheng was notorious for being stupid.
Qin was not stupid, and asked sensitively: "The richest family in Pingning Town is the Gu family. You are not going to sell tiles to the stupid son of the landlord, are you?"
Xia Qianqian's smile froze, and she laughed, "No, why would I go find that idiot?"
"Well, we are poor but have high aspirations. We have finally escaped from the clutches of the devil, so we have to stay away from him. No matter what, mother will not let you marry a fool as a concubine."
Xia Qianqian was even more embarrassed. Did she have ambition? No!
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As dusk fell, snow began to fall outside again. The rich aroma of meat drifted out of the thatched cottage and drifted farther away with the wind.
Xia Dinghai and Xia Dingfeng came back from selling tiles. They smelled the aroma of meat and felt hungry: "What a delicious meat smell! It's not even New Year yet, who's stewing meat?"
"Come to think of it, we haven't had braised pork in a long time. Let me talk to mom tomorrow and ask her to buy two pounds of meat to stew." Xia Dingfeng was so greedy that he kept swallowing his saliva.
Other families can afford meat, so why can't they? The Xia family is a wealthy family in Yangliu Village!
Xia Dinghai glared at this lazy brother and said, "It's free to smell the meat, so hurry up and smell it a few more times."
Xia Dingfeng: “…”
"We have so many mouths to feed in our family, and two pounds of meat is gone in one meal. Let's wait until the New Year." Xia Dinghai rejected the third brother's opinion, "Xia Qianqian just extorted thirty taels of silver, and the public account is tight. If you really want to eat, just buy it yourself."
Xia Dingfeng was reluctant to pay out of his own pocket to treat his whole family to meat, so he touched his nose awkwardly and continued to swallow his saliva as he smelled the aroma of meat in the cold wind.
The skinny horse pulled the cart and creaked as it passed by the thatched house. Xia Dingfeng suddenly reined in the horse and pointed at the thatched house: "Second brother, it's Xia Qianqian eating meat."
"Impossible?" Xia Dinghai was extremely surprised.
"You smell it, the aroma of meat is coming from her house."
Xia Dinghai sniffed hard and indeed, the aroma of meat wafted from the thatched hut. He instantly felt unbalanced: He extorted money from the Xia family to eat meat. Is this fair
"Brother, let's go take a look." Xia Dingfeng was greedy. He had never smelled such a delicious meat before. After all, Qin was his sister-in-law. If his brother-in-law came to ask for a meal, she should give it to him, right
Xia Dinghai kicked Xia Dingfeng and said, "Can you be a little more ambitious? I'll make you jealous to death."
"If you're not greedy, go home first." Xia Dingfeng jumped off the carriage and ran towards the thatched house.
Xia Dinghai was so angry that he rode his horse back home: "You are so shameless. You have thrown away your dignity just to eat meat. With Xia Qianqian's temper, it's a wonder you can get her!"
(End of this chapter)