Nongmen eldest sister: Farming and opening shops

Chapter 9
Lin Qinghe kept waving her arms, chopping down with the machete one after another, and the thick branches fell down beside her. After chopping for a while, she didn't stop to take a breath until she felt tired.

Lin Qingsong was beside her, tidying up the cut branches, ready to carry them home in a while.

She didn't help to clean up together, but raised her eyes to survey the surrounding terrain. After looking at it for a while, she chose a place and squatted down to take a closer look.

"Sister, what are you doing?"

"I see there are traces of small animals' activities here. When we leave in a while, set a trap here." Whether you can catch the prey depends on your luck.

Setting traps was easy for their siblings, and it didn't take much trouble at all.

"There are not many people coming here, why not set up a few more." Lin Qingsong suggested.

On the back mountain side, except for their family who often come to chop firewood, other people in the village don't come here very often, so there is no need to worry about accidentally hurting people when setting traps.

Lin Qinghe nodded: "Yes."

Lin Qingsong rubbed his fists and started to work.

When it got dark, the siblings packed up firewood and went home.

When they walked to the gate of the courtyard, they saw a slender figure, who seemed to be waiting for them to come back.

Lin Qingsong, who was walking in front, took a look and said hello: "Brother Zhengping, you are here!"

"Hey, you guys are going to chop firewood!" Zhao Zhengping skipped Lin Qingsong in front, and looked at Lin Qinghe who was carrying a large bundle of firewood behind him.

"Qinghe, such a big bundle of firewood weighs so much, why don't you carry it back twice, what if it hits your waist?"

That being said, he didn't see him stepping forward to help, Lin Qinghe pouted secretly, not really wanting to wait for someone to help, stepped over in two or three steps, and threw the firewood into the yard.

"It's getting late, are you here at this time for something?" She asked unhurriedly.

"I do have something to tell you." He looked up at the brothers and sisters of the Lin family, and then said, "Let's talk outside."

Lin Qinghe also turned her head to look at her younger siblings. Of course, they all knew about her relationship with Zhao Zhengping. When they saw Zhao Zhengping in the village, they would always call him brother.

"Okay, let's talk outside then."

Lifting her feet, she walked out of the gate of the courtyard. Zhao Zhengping took a step slower and came out after her.

After walking about ten steps away, she stopped and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it here."

Thinking back to what she said when I met Qian Shi before, and looking at Zhao Zhengping now looking for her, I have some idea in my heart.

Zhao Zhengping met her clear eyes, full of words in his heart, and now he didn't know how to speak.

"Why don't you say it? Isn't it hard to speak?" Lin Qinghe asked.

"Ahem, no." Zhao Zhengping coughed twice, and then said, "That's right, my mother came home today and told me a lot, she talked about you..."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and lowered his eyes: "She said that you go to the county town to sell firewood, and showing your face like this is not what a daughter's family should be, and it's too tiring, and it's easy to get tired. Heirs are not good."

This is really a long-term idea, Lin Qinghe took a breath, and said in a gentle tone: "I went to the county town to sell firewood, there is nothing I can do, my father is gone, my mother remarried, and the burden of the family falls on For me, if I don’t want to make money, the whole family will not be able to eat.”

"Can't you think of other ways? Besides, your mother is just remarried, and she is still your mother. I think about it. You should be softer and go to the Wang family to ask for it. The Wang family has a good life, and I must be willing to help. .”

"The life of the Wang family is well-off, but they earned it themselves. No one can force them to help someone. Moreover, the nature of the Wang family is not lenient at all. Even if I ask, they may look at it For my mother's sake, if I help once and twice, can I still help for a lifetime?"

It's better to ask for help than to ask for yourself. You can't rely on anyone, you still have to think of your own way.

Zhao Zhengping frowned: "Qinghe, you are too stubborn."

"It's better to be strong than weak." Lin Qinghe smiled slightly.

Seeing that she couldn't be persuaded, Zhao Zhengping gritted his teeth and said, "Qinghe, this is not acceptable. My mother told me today that she wants to divorce. I don't want to divorce at all, so I came to you to discuss it."

"Discuss what?"

"Discuss how to keep our marriage. My mother thinks that your younger brothers and sisters...you will get married in two or three years. Do you want to continue to support them after you get married? No husband's family is willing My mother doesn't want me to be burdened by raising younger siblings from my natal family."

He made it clear, but in fact, there is really no such reason, let the husband's family help raise the siblings of the mother's family, and they are not very old, when will they be raised, and they will still be raised by the Lin family people.

Hearing this, Lin Qinghe asked calmly, "Then what do you mean?"

"What I mean is, you send a few younger siblings to your mother. She is your mother. It is right to raise the children, so that you will not be burdened. I can also persuade my mother not to divorce her. I You can also marry you earlier, and then you will be from our Zhao family, and the affairs of the Lin family will have nothing to do with you."

Lin Qinghe listened to his words carefully, and then sneered: "I don't think you know your mother as well as I do. She stopped me from saying that before, and I understood her meaning very well."

She raised her head and looked at Zhao Zhengping. He was a 15-year-old boy with a thin body. He had never done farm work before.

"Your mother doesn't just despise my brothers and sisters as burdens. She also despises my family's poverty. When my father was there, the family lived well. Now that my father is gone, the family has no income. I can only sit and eat, no matter how big the family is. I have to be poor, not to mention that our family doesn’t have anything left.”

Mrs. Qian should be very clear that Mrs. Su took away all the valuables at home, that's why she was so impatient and wanted to get rid of her.

Seeing that she spoke bluntly, Zhao Zhengping felt a little uncomfortable on his face. After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth to defend Qian.

"Her old man has also suffered too much, so she cares so much. Don't worry about it. Parents have always made decisions about children's marriage. I can't be unfilial. Qinghe, think about it carefully, don't you really want to Retire from me? You must know that a woman who resigns from her marriage is not easy to find someone else, which is not good for you."

"Compared to letting me leave my younger brothers and sisters behind, I don't think marriage is that important. If you want to divorce, then do so. I have no objection."

The Qian family undoubtedly dislikes the poor and loves the rich. As for Zhao Zhengping, he is not a responsible man. Marrying into such a family will not make life easier. Therefore, retiring the engagement is a good thing, and she will never disagree.

(End of this chapter)