Yang Haiyan knew that the Qin family were all open-minded, especially Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin, who knew everything clearly in their minds. So when facing such an old man, she would not play any tricks and said frankly: "To be honest with you, Grandma, I have asked Aunt Lian to inform Mother. I thought that with Mother, my biological sister, here, it would be inconvenient for a nephew's wife to entertain her uncle."
Grandma Qin said: "You did the right thing."
Military camp field
It was just past noon, Qin's mother was resting, the thirty soldiers had already finished their meal, and the maid sent by Yang Haiyan and the maid she hired were cleaning.
In fact, there were only two people helping, and Qin's mother was busy, one person washing vegetables, one person washing dishes, and just giving instructions when cooking. However, although there were 30 soldiers eating, there were only two dishes and one soup. The meals were ordered by Yang Haiyan before, one meat, one vegetable and one soup for each meal. It seemed that three dishes were a lot, but in fact, they were not much.
This meal is like rice with toppings, with a layer of vegetables on top of the lunch box, a few pieces of meat, and a bowl of egg drop soup. When there is no meat, scrambled eggs will be served. Anyway, vegetables are provided at every meal, even if there is less, they will be given. Therefore, the soldiers are active in training, working, and feeding chickens, ducks, and pigs every day, because these are their rations.
These soldiers ate better than at home, so they were very grateful to General Qin and very loyal.
“Madam…Madam…” Nanny Lian called out as she got off the carriage.
Mother Qin was resting. When she heard Nanny Lian's voice, she came out of the house. Mother Qin had been a peasant woman all her life, but she didn't realize that she was a noble lady. She said that she still liked the life of a peasant woman. She was uncomfortable with everything being done according to rules. For her, living in the general's mansion was not as comfortable as living in the military camp. Next to the military camp was the countryside. Some women would pass by here when they went to the stream to wash clothes. Some of them knew Mother Qin and would come over to chat with her. She was very comfortable.
Of course, those who came to chat were also because the family members were soldiers under Qin Fang, and everyone knew that this person was General Qin's mother, so they came. Some came to make friends, and some came without any other ulterior motives. Regardless of the purpose, at least Qin's mother was still quite lively.
Mother Qin was still very enthusiastic about Aunt Lian. She knew that her daughter-in-law valued her, so she gave Aunt Lian face: "Aunt Lian, why are you here?"
Nanny Lian bowed to Qin's mother first, then said, "Madam, the lady in charge asked me to come here. There are guests in the mansion. They are the general's third uncle and cousin. The cousin is called Tadpole. The lady in charge said that Xu's third uncle misses his sister, so she asked you to come over."
Hearing what Aunt Lian said, Mother Qin's face immediately darkened. Her daughter-in-law's words were polite. Only she knew whether her third brother missed her as a sister. She didn't expect that her third brother's wife would not give up and even persuaded her third brother to follow her here with Tadpole. When she thought of this, Mother Qin felt as sick as if she had eaten rat shit.
It was impossible for Si Ya to marry Tadpole. Mother Qin grew up in the countryside and had seen shameless practices in the countryside, such as locking boys and girls together. Even if they had done nothing wrong, the girls' innocence would be ruined. When she thought that the third sister-in-law might have ulterior motives, she became worried about Si Ya. She immediately said, "Let's go. I'll go back with you right now." She rushed into the house, told the maid some things, and left with Nanny Lian.
On the way, Qin's mother also asked Aunt Lian about some things. When she learned that Tadpole had fainted at the gate of the general's mansion, she became even more disgusted with Qin San's aunt's behavior. Was she really sending her nephew to die? Given that the third brother and his nephew had never traveled far, how dare they let them come here on the road? It was a blessing for God to be able to beg here.
When Qin's mother arrived at the general's mansion, Tadpole had also woken up. Uncle Qin and Tadpole had already taken a bath, changed into clean clothes and were eating. Uncle Qin's clothes were guard uniforms, and Tadpole's clothes were Qin Shoucheng's. It was not that Yang Haiyan was unwilling to give Uncle Qin good clothes. The guard uniforms were also brand new. Although they were made of ordinary material, they were much better than the clothes worn by farmers in the fields. The main reason was that there happened to be clothes in the guard uniforms that were suitable for Uncle Qin's height, so he was given them to wear first.
Uncle Qin San didn't have any thoughts about this. He just wore the clothes, and they were new, so he was quite happy.
In this brief contact, Yang Haiyan already knew the character of Uncle Qin San, a simple-minded man. She also knew what they were doing here, because it was Aunt Qin San who bewitched them to come here and let Uncle Qin San follow Qin Fang to develop.
Speaking of which, Yang Haiyan is also hard to describe. Uncle Qin is a simple-minded person, like a spoiled giant baby, but he has one advantage over ordinary giant babies, that is, he doesn't have any scheming.
Tadpole drank the rice porridge and said, "Cousin, I haven't eaten for several days. My father begs for food every day, but what he gets is not enough for me to eat."
Uncle Qin San heard his son say this, he wanted to hide his head under the table, and blushed to explain: "This... the money we brought with us has been spent." The main reason is that they didn't know that Yunxiang County was so far away, and the money they prepared was not enough. If he had known it was so far, he would never have come.
"Bah, you've really grown up. You brought your son here to beg for food. Why don't you take your head to the pawn shop to exchange it for money?" Qin's mother came in, cursing loudly.
Uncle Qin San knew that his eldest sister had come without seeing anyone. He subconsciously shrank his neck. Who was Uncle Qin San afraid of the most? It was undoubtedly his eldest sister. Because he and his eldest sister were both loved by their parents, so when his eldest sister taught him a lesson, his parents would not help him. Therefore, Uncle Qin San was most afraid of his eldest sister.
Uncle Qin San didn't even drink the porridge, and looked at Mother Qin timidly: "Sister...sister is here?"
Tadpole was also afraid of this aunt. Every time the aunt went to their house, she would always give him a lecture, so every time the aunt came, he would run away to play. This time he came to his cousin's house, mainly because his mother said that he could eat meat every day at his cousin's house, and also said that if he married his cousin Si Ya, he would not have to do any work in the future, and could just lie at home and eat meat every day, and have someone to serve him. He didn't care whether he was served or not. He didn't have to work at home, and what he liked was to eat meat every day, so he followed his father here.
Yes, imagination is beautiful, but reality is terrible. Facing my aunt is the most terrible thing. "Aunt... Aunt..." Tadpole and my father looked at Qin's mother timidly.
Mother Qin looked at her brother and nephew, and was furious. Although they had changed into new clothes, Mother Qin still didn't like them. She sat down at the dining table and said, "Third brother, why are you here?"
Uncle Qin San swallowed his saliva and said, "This... this kid's mother said that we two have no future in the countryside, so we came out to try our luck, so we came to Afang. We thought... we thought that since Afang is here, we can at least take care of him." Uncle Qin San was so scared that he directly exposed Aunt Qin San. He couldn't remember what he had planned before coming here.
But Qin's mother didn't believe it: "What else did your wife say to you? Is she planning to take advantage of Si Ya?"
Uncle Qin San didn't say anything, even though his wife said so.
But Uncle Qin San didn't say anything, so Tadpole dared to say, "Aunt, your mother said that you should let Si Ya be your wife."
Mother Qin pouted, "She is dreaming." However, she did not disparage her brother's wife in front of her nephew. After all, she was her nephew's biological mother. "Let me ask you, do you know what it means to be a daughter-in-law?"
Tadpole immediately said, "I know. It's just to give birth to children for you, and to earn money to support me."
"Bah..." Mother Qin almost burst into a curse, "In our family, it is not reasonable for girls to earn money for boys. In our family, your aunt is supported by your uncle's money, and your cousin's wife is supported by your cousin's money. If you want Si Ya to be your wife, you have to earn money to support her."
Tadpole thought this was too complicated: "But I don't know how to make money, and my mother didn't tell me that either."
Uncle Qin San listened quietly. As long as the eldest sister didn't target him, he didn't care how she taught his son a lesson.
Mother Qin said, "Eat quickly. After you finish eating, follow me back and I will tell you how to make money."
Yang Haiyan was a little surprised, she looked at Qin's mother.
Mother Qin smiled at her and said, "Yanyan, let's go to another place and talk to you."
Yang Haiyan stood up: "Okay."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked out of the hall and went to a quiet place. Mother Qin did not keep them in suspense and said directly: "Yanyan, Fang's third uncle is a fool, and Tadpole is also a lazy person. I don't want to embarrass my mother's family. If this is someone else's family, I would even look at them with disdain, but this is my mother's family, so I have to say it.
You probably don't know that after the news of Afang's story spread back to my hometown, we held a buffet when we came. I told you about this, but I didn't tell you what happened later. At that time, Tadpole's mother came to me and wanted to let Si Ya and Tadpole get married. So whether it was selfishness or power, with the current situation of our family, she really didn't like Tadpole. Even if she wanted to help her mother's family, she could give some money to Afang's grandparents every year, but she couldn't let her daughter marry over.
I originally thought that if I rejected this matter, everything would be fine, but I didn't know that Tadpole's mother was so worried that she actually asked Afang's uncle and Tadpole to come. "Ah..." At this point, Qin's mother sighed. Her cruel third brother's wife didn't even think about whether her third brother could get to Yunxiang County safely with his ability
Fortunately, they arrived safely, even though they had to beg for food all the way. Thinking of this, Mother Qin was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Yang Haiyan said: "Don't worry, mother. Even if Third Uncle is unreliable, for Tadpole, we have arrived safely."
Mother Qin shook her head: "I'm not worried about you, I'm worried about Afang's grandparents. But I'm going to take them to the fields in the military camp."