It wasn't just her, Zhou Chengkang was also quite surprised, "This money is for you to repay the debt. If you pay it back earlier, no one will rush you, so don't worry about it."
No matter how good the relationship is, if money is involved, it will actually hurt the relationship. Zhou's mother owed her money for more than a year, and she would definitely feel uncomfortable. Sometimes the words are mixed with guns and sticks, and this side has to bear it.
After a pause, he added, "Qing He also agreed to this."
Zhou's mother sighed, "I know. But I can't accept the money. You can't feel sorry for me, so I will point out you to help. I gave birth to four sons, and you are not the only one. If you want to take it, each of them must pay for it." Give me."
The rain outside was getting heavier, Zhou's mother lowered her voice, "Actually, I have already paid off those debts. You don't have to worry about me, my fifth sister and I can still live together."
That's good.
It would be much better to have no debt and just make some food to make ends meet. After Liu Zhou's mother finished her meal, she took two more steamed buns for her to take back. This way, Fifth Sister didn't have to cook.
Before leaving, Zhou's mother thought of something, "Fifth sister said that her marriage will be postponed, and said that you think so too."
Li Qinghe agreed, "Yes, she's still young anyway. It's totally fine to discuss marriage now next year."
Zhou's mother was thoughtful, seeing that the rain outside was light, she waved her hands and said, "There is no need to send it away with such heavy rain. I am relieved that you are well."
After speaking, he plunged into the rain curtain.
The rain continued for half a month, and in the winter months, there was still snow mixed in. This year's winter seems to have come earlier, and it is extraordinarily cold. The two of them took care of the chickens after feeding the fish every day. At the end of October, the chicks came out of their shells one after another. The weather was too cold. Li Qinghe also specially lit a brazier for them. A few hens brought their chicks every day. Squatting next to the brazier, not going anywhere, fewer deaths.
Rhubarb's leg injury gradually healed, and he was still a little lame at first, but he seemed to be back to normal these days, which proved that Zhou Chengkang succeeded in grafting the leg bone. The days of the two were peaceful, and after the weather turned cold, Mother Zhou didn't come over very often.
In the afternoon of that day, someone knocked on the door again. The rain stopped in the morning, and it was still cold outside. It was Zhou Chengkang who opened the door, but the person who brought in was surprisingly Qian.
Qian's body was bloated, and she seemed a little uncomfortable, "Qing He, I have something to ask you."
Li Qinghe raised his eyebrows. Needless to say, he knew that he was asking Zhao Wanwan. He hadn't come to ask for so long, so he thought she could really hold her breath.
"You said you saw Wanwan, how is she doing now?" After finishing the sentence, she lowered her head again, "I might...be a little too much before, so don't worry about it like me."
Just get angry again, but as long as she and Li Fu live together, Li Qinghe won't care about it, and it's her father who makes troubles in the end, so why bother
"I did see her." Li Qinghe said frankly, "I don't know how she is doing."
Qian frowned, "I asked her father to give her money, and he said that she is doing well."
So, did Qian believe what Zhao Tianfu said
Li Qinghe was speechless, and said after a while, "At that time, I asked her casually if she had seen her father, and Wanwan said that she had never seen her father since arriving at Li's house."
"Impossible." Qian quickly denied.
It was cold outside, and Li Qinghe was making clothes recently. She picked up her needlework again, and said indifferently, "It's fine if you don't believe it, and there is no need to ask me."
Qian choked for a moment, but she still had to ask, after all, the clothes she brought back were indeed Zhao Wanwan's stitches, which must have touched her, but she didn't want to believe that Zhao Tianfu had lied to her. These days, she has been wanting to come and ask, but she dare not come to ask, if Wanwan's life is not what Zhao Tianfu said, what would it be like? "Then tell me, where did you meet her? Did you see Yanxi?"
Li Qinghe didn't answer, but asked curiously, "What did Wanwan's father say?"
Qian Shi bit her lip, and said in a low voice, "It is said that Yan Xi has no concubines, no one to take care of his daily life, Wanwan helps him cook and do laundry, and even goes to the bookstore to help clean when he is free, but there is not enough money..."
This is really too much, Li Qinghe couldn't help asking, "He won't say that he will help you bring money to Wanwan in the future, right?"
Qian's silence was regarded as tacit consent. After a while, I said, "So you said that you met Wanwan, and she made clothes for me, so I was a little suspicious. If she really did, why didn't her father bring it back to me? I thought again, it might be Wanwan. Wan also didn't want her father to see me too often, so I asked you to help me."
Therefore, Qian's automatically filled in the unreasonable parts.
She was a little depressed, and Li Qinghe didn't want to be fooled anymore. Although Zhao Tianfu cheated Qian, in the end the money was still taken out of Li Fu's pocket. After rounding it up, it was her father who cheated. I couldn't bear it anymore, and said immediately, " It was a coincidence that I met Wanwan, we sent fish to the county overnight, and after selling out, we found an inn to stay in, and my body was full of fishy smell, so I asked the guy to deliver hot water, and the one who delivered the hot water..."
Qian Shi covered her mouth with her hand, her eyes were full of astonishment, and she asked cautiously, "Is it Wan Wan?"
Li Qinghe nodded, "At that time, she said she was very busy and had no time to talk to me. I didn't find her after that, but when we left the next day, she appeared again and asked me to bring you the burden." She paused , said, "Also, I didn't see my brother-in-law, because I once suggested that she work as a helper in the county, where the wages are higher, and she can be with her brother-in-law. But she didn't agree, saying that it would damage my brother-in-law's reputation. When I saw her delivering water, I couldn't help asking... She meant that she didn't live with her brother-in-law, but lived in an inn, saying that no one knew about their relationship... "
Qian Shi was so angry that she pinched the hem of her clothes tightly, and asked eagerly, "So did he take a concubine?"
Li Qinghe spread his hands, "It's not easy for me to ask."
She is an older sister who has a mediocre relationship. If she asks her brother-in-law if he has a concubine, he might think she is joking.
Qian took a few deep breaths, "Thank you." After finishing speaking, she turned around and went out, staggering a bit, holding on to the door before she stood still.
In the winter months, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the chickens have to eat a lot of food every day. Originally, Li Qinghe planned to catch all the roosters and sell them during the Chinese New Year, but seeing the big pot of food he was feeding every day, he didn't want to feed them anymore. The man picked a day, kept two roosters with good coats, and caught all the rest of the roosters and sold them in the town.
Ordinary people don't buy roosters, so she sent them directly to a restaurant, exchanged them for more than a tael of silver, and then bought some grain to bring back.
The fish in the pond were a bit big, and she wasn't in a hurry, she just waited to fish them out and sell them when the Chinese New Year was about to come.
When the twelfth lunar month came, all the scholars who had gone to study in the county came back, including Hu Yanxi and Qian Laiwen, but not Zhao Wanwan.
At this time, Qian became anxious and ran to Qian's house to ask his younger brother what was going on.
It didn't matter to Li Qinghe whether these scholars came back, but Li Fu came over personally and said that on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Hu Yanxi came to visit specially and asked them both to go back.
Well, it's not that he misses his daughter, it's largely because of Hu Yanxi's visit, he has to prepare all the meat and vegetables, and it's his selfishness to bring his daughter and son-in-law a little. What's more, there are more people and more lively.
When the day came, the two left quite late. She thought that if Zhou Chengkang chatted with Li Fu and Hu Yanxi after they left early, it wouldn't be like that if she put it aside and listened. If they weren't in that room, they could only go to the kitchen helped.
However, Li Qinghe didn't want to help out in the kitchen, and he had to be alone with Qian Shi when he went to the kitchen. The relationship between the two of them was not up to that point.
Therefore, when the two of them arrived, it was time for lunch, and the food had already been prepared. Li Fu stood in the yard and looked this way. When he saw the two of them, he quickly opened the door, "Why are you here so late? You promised yesterday." Okay, I thought you forgot."
"The chicken is hatching." Li Qinghe said casually.
Li Fu was surprised, "You can still hatch chickens?"
"Learn it." Li Qinghe smiled. When he entered the door, he saw Qian Shi holding the bowls and chopsticks, and also went into the kitchen to help serve the food. Qian Shi even smiled at her.
During the meal, Li Fu was very happy, talking about this year's harvest, and asked Hu Yanxi about next year's county examination.
The county examination is taken once a year, and it takes three years to get up. Hu Yanxi is a scholar, even if he drinks alcohol, he is polite, "I don't know, if you do your best, you will have no regrets."
During the period, when Li Qinghe went into the kitchen to add food, Zhou Chengkang also went out to get some air, and then Qian Shi also came out, "Chengkang, can you ask me if Yan Xi has a concubine?"
Zhou Chengkang was a little surprised, but he still complied. Except for him, no one in the family really had a good time talking about it.
Qian Shi stood outside under the eaves, pricking up his ears to listen.
Knowing that he went in to ask this, Li Qinghe would actually be embarrassed if he was in front of him, so she didn't go in, and followed him to stand under the eaves.
Inside, Zhou Chengkang asked mysteriously in a low voice, "I heard that my brother-in-law will enjoy the blessings of equal people, is there such a thing?"
After a long while, there was Hu Yanxi's voice, "There is no such thing. Outsiders like to speculate about Fengyue. If you don't believe me, you can ask uncle."
Regardless of whether it is true or not, it is impossible to ask Qian Laiwen, because he was the one who said it.
Qian was obviously relieved, whether it was true or not, if Hu Yanxi dared to admit it, it proved that it hadn't been put on the surface, and before he breathed a sigh of relief, another person came outside, "Sister Qian's family , you should go back and have a look, your father fell and he will die."
Qian's complexion changed drastically, and he ran out, "Why did you fall? Where did you fall? Is it serious? Do you want to call a doctor..."
While asking, the two ran away.
Several people in the room came out, and Zhou Chengkang asked suspiciously, "Why did my son fall after he came back after he was fine for half a year?"
This is also what Li Qinghe couldn't figure out.
When something like this happened, they couldn't eat anymore, and Li Fu confiscated all the food on the table, locked the door and took them to Qian's house.
It was almost the same as the last time when Mother Qian disappeared. There were many people standing in the yard. The difference was that Youshi was solemn and was saying something loudly, "I saw it with my own eyes. He pushed people."
"You bastard!" Someone grieved.
"But what is he trying to do?" Puzzled.
Some people sighed, "It's better to raise a dog than to raise a child."
After listening to the surrounding discussion, I realized that Qian's father fell down because Qian Laiwen helped him to go out, and then pushed him, just in time for Youshi who came to deliver a change of clothes to see with his own eyes.
"I didn't say some things, actually..." You Shi paused, "The last time my mother disappeared, when I cleaned up my grooming, I found flesh and blood in my mother's nails, as if she had scratched someone..."