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Zhao Qingqing? What was he doing here on such a cold day?
Ji Qian stretched out his head and watched Zhao Qingqing’s back walk away. He didn’t stop him, but followed Zhao Qingqing curiously. As they said, shady actions meant shady business. Ji Qian, who was experienced in having affairs, felt like Zhao Qingqing had a secret.
The mountain wind blew hard. From time to time, a few dry and hard leaves weren’t able to withstand the wind. They fell helplessly like a brick and mixed with the soil on the ground. The wind blew his eyes on both sides, causing him to be stiff and cold. There seemed to be a rumbling roar echoing in his ears.
Ji Qian secretly followed behind Zhao Qingqing, only to see the other party heading to a more hidden area. Strange, he didn’t grow up in Jade Creek Village, so how was he so familiar with the nearby mountains? A suspicion rose in his heart. Ji Qian had a guess. He was familiar with things like this. He’d experienced it himself, after all. Then naturally…
He followed him all the way until he met up with an unknown man. The two acted very familiar with each other, meaning their relationship wasn’t simple. Haha, Ji Qian became very happy, and he couldn’t even feel the cold wind around him anymore. It suddenly felt like he was surrounded by spring flowers…
Ji Qian’s handsome face bloomed with a smile. He had to hold back his laughter. It was too unbearable. He knew that he wasn’t wrong. His cousin’s wife was having an affair with someone else. He just knew it. How could such a beautiful Shuang’er like a silly fool like Ji Ya. At home, this Shuang’er would also make eyes at him. A Shuang’er full of thoughts like him…tsk tsk. The child in his belly might not be Ji Ya’s…
He was happy to see someone in a worse situation than him. The depression in his heart disappeared in an instant. Even if Song Qiao’er was ugly and rude, at least she didn’t cheat on him and only thought of him. Ji Qian was handsome, and he was liked by countless girls and Shuang’ers since he was a child. But what about Ji Ya? How did he have the courage to show off in front of him?
Ji Qian was better than Ji Ya. Thinking about what that bastard Ji Ya said to him a few days ago, it was such a huge turnaround.
Hmph. That blockhead, Ji Ya, had the face to show off in front of him. “Qian-ge, although I’m not as good-looking as you or as smart as our other cousins, I’m honest. Look, I was able to marry Qingqing. Don’t the old folks have a saying? Silly people have dumb luck. Qingqing treats me so well. He has a good temper and is diligent. He also mends my clothes…”
“Cousin, I think you should live a good life with Qiao’er. Although sister-in-law is a bit fat, and her arm is as big as your thigh, and she can’t cook or clean… How can a woman look like that? It’s because we live in the village and haven’t experienced much yet. My Qingqing isn’t like that…”
Ji Ya, who originally didn’t have a sense of existence in the Ji family, seemed to have grown a backbone after marrying Zhao Qingqing. His mouth worked well now. He thought that he was “superior” than him. He provoked Ji Qian everyday by being all lovey-dovey with his wife. Ji Qian hated him so much his teeth were itching.
See if he’d dare show affection in front of her again in the future or talk about the relationship between husband and wife. Ji Qian had a sinister smile on his face. He looked back at the men having an affair and decided to give them space so that they would act even more reckless. He raised his foot and was about to leave when a voice came from behind—
“Ah’Cheng, let’s elope!” Zhao Qingqing looked into the man’s eye and said firmly.
The man named Ah’Cheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He looked like he was in a difficult situation. “That… Qingqing, I like you. I was able to hold a funeral for my grandmother thanks to you…but…”
Liu Cheng, otherwise known as Ah’Cheng, and Zhao Qingqing were childhood sweethearts, but he had an old and frail grandmother who was over 80 years old. The Zhao family wasn’t willing to let their Shuang’er marry a man who lived in a thatched hut and didn’t have a stable life. But Ah’Cheng was handsome and treated Zhao Qingqing like his precious baby. If Zhao Qingqing said to go east, he wouldn’t dare to go west. Zhao Qingqing liked that he obeyed him. The two had done everything together, but after that was revealed, the Zhao family quickly married Zhao Qingqing off.
Because of this incident, Liu Cheng’s grandmother was angry and passed away soon after. Liu Cheng was so poor that he couldn’t even afford a coffin, but Zhao Qingqing, who had already married Zhao Qingqing by that time, helped him…
“Qingqing, I’lm willing to do anything for you… I do everything you say… But, you’re already married to Ji Ya. Is it really okay for us to do this? Besides, you’re even pregnant…”
“I really can’t stand Ji Ya.” When he first married Ji Ya, Zhao Qingqing accepted it and resigned himself to this life. But Ji Ya was both ugly, stupid, and a male chauvinist. He wanted Zhao Qingqing to serve him in front of the entire Ji family everyday. Whatever he said, Zhao Qingqing had to do. He loved to act and loved publicizing their affection to the entire Jade Creek Village. He would always say that Zhao Qingqing had a good judge of character and fell in love with Ji Ya at first sight, and that Zhao Qingqing wanted to marry him even without a dowry.
Tch. How shameless! Saying that to everyone. Zhao Qingqing had a smile on his face but felt disgusted.
Some time ago, he said he wanted to do business with his older brother. He even said that he could earn dozens of taels of silver a month, which made Zhao Qingqing’s heart bloom with eagerness. He thought that it didn’t matter if he was stupid, it was good to have money. But what was the result? He ran back in disgrace. Why was Zhao Qingqing so unlucky to have married such a scam of a man? Compared to Ji Ya, he would rather be with Ah’Cheng.
At least Ah’Cheng listened to everything he said.
“Can you bear to let our child recognize another man as his father? You don’t know how annoying that Ji Ya is. The money he used to marry me was given by his cousin. Do you know how messy the Ji family is? They actually want me to give my child to that lazy cripple, Ji Qian…”
“Ji Qian?”
“Yeah, him. The one who hooked up with a married woman and was beaten up by the husband. According to the doctor, he’s not a man anymore. He can’t have children, so they want to pass our child to him…”
“That…but if we elope, where would we go? We don’t have any money either…”
“Don’t worry. I know where Grandma Ji keeps the money she saves. Let me tell you…”
Ji Qian, who had his leg raised and was about to leave, felt like he heard thunder when he heard this.
After Lin Lixuan and Ger Yan slipped out, Zhao Liniang was left in the Ji residence feeling extremely depressed. She looked at the group of chickens and ducks that she raised. She was unable to vent her frustration. Those two bratty children. She cursed Lin Lixuan in her heart and added Ger Yan in along the way.
Zhao Liniang was very angry. She decided to go to the county town to sell the chickens and ducks. To make things easier, she rushed the little donkey to the county town. Ger Qiu was busy in the shop, so she gave him a simple greeting, then sat alone on a chair and sulked. She couldn’t figure out why her child didn’t want to go to the academy. He obviously grabbed his book to write when he was home. But in an instant, everything was different.
Even if Zhao Liniang didn’t take the initiative to sell anything, when the others saw the two cages of fat and strong poultry beside her, many people came up to Zhao Liniang and asked for the price. Although Zhao Liniang came to sell livestock, her heart wasn’t in it. She wasn’t willing to bargain with anyone. She wasn’t willing to sell her hard work.
18 wen a catty, no bargaining.
“Why is it so expensive?” A middle-aged woman wearing a headscarf asked for the price and was speechless. Normal poultry were only 10 wen a catty. This was almost twice as much. A rooster was about four to five catty, and it would cost nearly 100 wen to buy one. She decided to go to the market and take a look.
That was the price. They could take it or leave it.
“Can you give me a discount? 15 wen a catty, and I’ll buy two.”
“No. There’s not even a single wen discount.” Zhao Liniang sat there with her arms crossed, uninterested. It didn’t matter what others said, she wouldn’t give a single wen discount.
Zhao Liniang’s heart wasn’t in selling chicken. She just came here to relax. She had a straight face. With an attitude like this, she thought she wouldn’t be able to sell a single chicken. Unexpectedly, less than an hour later, the two cages of chickens she’d brought were all sold. There wasn’t a single one left.
The people beside her saw her selling chickens without giving a single wen discount. It didn’t matter how much they bought, she didn’t give them a discount. She was fixed on the price. It didn’t matter how expensive it was, people still came to buy them. It showed just how good the poultry was. The coat color of the big rooster really was good looking. The cockscomb was bright and erect. They should also buy one…
The middle-aged women who had thought it was too expensive went to look elsewhere but returned after seeing a few other options. After seeing such good poultry, she couldn’t bear to buy a bad one. Sigh. It was almost the new year. It was fine even if it was a bit more expensive… God, it was a good thing she came back early or else there wouldn’t have been a single one left.
“I’m not selling this one…”
“Sell it to me. Just sell it to me. I was the first one to ask for the price…”
Zhao Liniang held the over one tael of silver in her hand. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. The little things she had worked so hard to raise for these past few months sold like this. They didn’t even look back at her while they were being taken away. Those ungrateful things, just like her son…
“Ger Qiu, say… Do people actually buy poultry when it’s this expensive?”
