20demayo Chapter 10 The best aunt
Chapter 10 The best aunt
While helping Qian Xiaofeng load the truck, Qin Yingxue exchanged a remote control device from her spatial storage. As long as the target was marked and the time was set, the device would automatically store the locked target in her spatial storage at the designated time without requiring manual operation.
It's easy to operate, but the price is also very attractive, requiring one million yuan.
Seeing that another box of gold and silver jewelry was missing from the storage space, Qin Yingxue clenched her fists. She had to speed up her efforts to make money.
After watching Qian Xiaofeng leave, Fang Xiaoye seemed to wake from a dream and hurriedly went to make lunch.
At noon, members of the Qin family who had gone to the fields returned one after another.
Fang Xiaoye couldn't hide her excitement and recounted in detail how Qian Xiaofeng had come to buy loach and eel. Then she took out 58 yuan from her pocket.
Upon seeing the stack of money, the Qin family members exchanged bewildered glances, then looked at Qin Yingxue with expressions of shock.
Qin Dahe took a breath and asked excitedly, "Little sister, it really can be sold for money! Will your friend still buy it?"
"I'll take it, I'll take as much as you can," Qin Yingxue nodded.
The three Qin brothers were thrilled and couldn't wait to go to the fields.
Qin Jiasheng took a puff of his pipe and said, "Take your time, let's finish our meal first."
The Qin brothers forced themselves to calm down, but they still ate the meal absentmindedly.
After finishing their meal and clearing away the dishes, even Qin Dajiang, who was usually the most composed, couldn't help but speak up: "Dad, my sister's friend is going to catch loaches. My second and third brothers and I will go catch some during our lunch break, as long as we can catch a few."
The whole family worked hard in the fields. He and his second and third brothers all earned the full twelve work points. His father was old, but he could still get ten work points. His mother and the other women in the family earned relatively fewer, eight work points each. The whole family worked hard all year round in the fields to make a living. Apart from the family's food rations, they could only get a hundred or so yuan.
This was because all three brothers in the family were strong laborers, while many people in the village couldn't even fill their stomachs.
Earning 58 yuan in one night is like a windfall.
"You guys go ahead! I'll go find your uncle." Qin Jiasheng took out a pipe from his pocket and slowly walked outside.
The Qin brothers already knew what their father was thinking.
If they have a way to make money, they won't keep it all to themselves; they always think about helping the villagers.
Besides, my uncle is the production team leader. As long as I tell him, my family won't have to get involved, which saves a lot of trouble.
Seeing Qin Dajiang and the other two carrying large wooden buckets and heading outside, Qin Yingxue hadn't even had a chance to speak when she saw Zhou Lanhua and Fang Xiaoye finishing washing the dishes and also carrying their buckets, ready to leave. She silently shut her mouth.
Well then! I reckon the whole village will be out by tonight. The Qin family has got the upper hand, so let's catch as many as we can!
Even if there are plenty of loaches and eels in the fields, with the entire village mobilized, it's estimated that they won't be able to catch them in two days.
"Girl, come here." After coaxing the two little ones to sleep, Li Hehua beckoned to Qin Yingxue with a mysterious look on her face.
Qin Yingxue walked over slowly, and Li Hehua affectionately took Qin Yingxue's hand and led her into the house.
Qin Yingxue stiffened for a moment, then quickly relaxed.
Li Hehua opened an old wooden box. It had no carved patterns on it, but it was polished to a shine, and the paint on the edges was worn.
Li Hehua took out a copper lock to open the box and took out an object wrapped in red cloth.
There were three layers upon layers before a delicate, round jade bracelet was finally revealed inside.
The lustrous sheen was unlike that of ordinary jade, which surprised Qin Yingxue slightly.
It's hard to believe that the Qin family, who couldn't even solve their basic needs for food and clothing, had such a wealth of resources.
“This was given to me by your maternal grandmother when I got married. Now that you’re all grown up, I can entrust it to you with peace of mind.” A gentle smile appeared on Li Hehua’s haggard face as she took Qin Yingxue’s hand and was about to put the jade bracelet on her wrist.
Qin Yingxue subconsciously pulled her hand back.
Li Hehua held Qin Yingxue's hand tightly, as if she knew what Qin Yingxue was worried about, and explained softly, "Our Li family passes on the tradition to daughters only. In this world, it is not easy to be born a woman. It is only right that she wears a bracelet."
Qin Yingxue stared blankly at Li Hehua.
This is not something an ordinary peasant woman would say.
"The size is just right, it suits you perfectly."
Li Hehua lifted Qin Yingxue's wrist, but before her smile could fully bloom, a boisterous voice came from outside: "Second sister-in-law, we both have the same surname, Qin. We're all connected by blood. We can't let you have all this great news to yourself. You can't keep it all to yourself..."
The sharp, piercing sound made Qin Yingxue feel displeased, and she couldn't help but frown.
Li Hehua patted Qin Yingxue's wrist: "Don't be afraid, it's your third aunt. She likes to take advantage of others, and she must know that we have connections to buy loaches, so she came to question us. You stay inside, I'll go and deal with her."
After Li Hehua finished speaking, she got up and walked outside.
Qin Yingxue stared blankly at the jade bracelet on her wrist for a long time. Just as she took the bracelet off and put it into her space, she suddenly heard a muffled sound coming from outside.
Qin Yingxue panicked and hurriedly ran out.
Just then, they saw a short, thin woman with her chest stuffed full, holding a basket with a dozen or so eggs in her hand, pushing and shoving Li Hehua as she tried to slip away.
Li Hehua blocked her way, her face pale with anxiety: "Third sister-in-law, these eggs are what our family has been saving for a month to nourish Yingxue. Our daughter has only been home for eighteen years, and we farmers don't have much to offer, only these eggs..."
"Second sister-in-law, I heard that Qin Yingxue's adoptive parents are from the city and have been pampered since childhood. They wouldn't even look at these few eggs. My period is half a month late, and I might be carrying the Qin family's little golden grandson. These few eggs are just what I need to replenish my strength. Besides, your family has made quite a bit of money from catching and selling loaches, so a few eggs won't make a difference..."
After Tian Xiaohua finished speaking, she tried to slip away from Li Hehua.
Li Hehua knew that Tian Xiaohua was a scoundrel, and that she wouldn't leave without taking something from her every time she came.
But there were only these eggs in the house, and if they were taken away, the daughter would have nothing to eat. In her anxiety, she went forward to try to snatch the basket from Tian Xiaohua's hand.
But Tian Xiaohua was as slippery as a fish, easily slipping away from Li Hehua's grasp. She curled her lip, her face full of disdain: "Second sister-in-law is such a blockhead. She gives eggs to her daughter, who just came home and is a money-losing burden. I don't know what she's thinking."
Isn't it better to eat it yourself...?
Just thinking about how these dozen or so eggs could feed her for several meals made Tian Xiaohua's mouth water.
She was about to run outside excitedly when a stick as thick as an arm suddenly struck her arm.
Tian Xiaohua winced in pain and released her grip, letting out a sharp cry of pain: "Who...who hit me...my egg..."
Qin Yingxue easily snatched the basket and handed it to Li Hehua, who had followed her.