Chapter 1383 Broken Engagement 32
Chapter 1383 Breaking off the Engagement 32
"Bah, my Taohua is only 19 years old, still young. I want to stay for two more years." Zhang Erniu looked down on her and said, "I'm not like you. You favor boys over girls and don't treat your daughter as a human being. She's only 16 years old, not even an adult, and you sent her away to exchange for betrothal money. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."
"It's none of your business. She's my daughter. I can do whatever I want with her."
Cao Xiulan couldn't win the argument, so she started to beat her.
Zhang Erniu was not afraid of fighting. She rolled up her sleeves and was ready to fight, but Cao Xiulan was afraid.
She glared at Zhang Erniu fiercely and ran away in fear.
Zhang Erniu was stunned for a moment, then slapped her thigh and laughed, "Sun Jianye, your wife is a coward."
Sun Jianye's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it.
In the afternoon, Yuanchun had another fruitful harvest.
Seeing that Zhang Erniu had not picked up much today, Yuanchun grabbed a two-pound large sea eel and threw it into her bucket, "Aunt Erniu, fry it and give it to my uncle to eat with wine tonight."
"Haha, then I'll thank you on behalf of your uncle." Zhang Erniu was very happy. "The tide is about to recede. I'll go pick up some more."
"Aunt Erniu, there are a lot of people this way, go this way."
Yuanchun used her mental power to scan the area and knew there was seafood to pick up. She guided Zhang Erniu and they caught several large crabs and octopuses. Zhang Erniu was so happy that she kept praising her for her good luck.
Yuanchun said modestly, "It was all coincidence."
"Aunt Erniu, the tide is coming, we have to go up."
"Oh, I'm busy picking up things." Zhang Erniu was reluctant to leave.
But the tide rose too quickly, and soon it reached the calf. Zhang Erniu didn't dare to stay any longer, so she picked up the wooden bucket and trotted ashore.
In the evening, Yuanchun enjoyed a seafood feast and then went into the space to sleep.
In the middle of the night, she, Zhang Erniu, and Zhang Erniu's daughter Taohua went out to catch fish again, and all three of them had a great harvest.
The next day was the weekend, and Yuanchun did not go up the mountain to chop firewood. Instead, she took two buckets of seafood and boarded a boat to the county town to find Shen Yuandong.
But when they were getting off the boat, the two siblings met.
Shen Yuandong said happily, "Sister, I was just about to go back to the village. I got my salary yesterday, and I bought a pound of crispy cakes and a pound of pork head for you to eat."
"Let's not go to the village. Come on, I'll take you to a good place."
Yuanchun dragged him away from the dock.
Shen Yuandong said distressedly, "I just bought the boat ticket."
"Give it to me. I'll go back and sit there tomorrow."
People in their town have to pass through a fork in the sea to go to the county town. It takes four or five hours to walk in a detour, but it only takes twenty minutes by boat, and a boat ticket costs twenty cents.
In order to save time, many people choose to take a boat.
There is no date on the ticket, so you can take the boat any day after buying the ticket.
But there are also many people who get up early and walk to the county town in order to save a few cents.
Yuanchun brought Shen Yuandong to her newly bought house. Shen Yuandong was shocked, "Sister, when did you buy a house?"
Yuanchun smiled and said, "I bought it when I came to the county last time."
"Sister, where did you get the money?"
Yuanchun's eyes flickered. "It's Dad's pension. I never used it because I wanted to buy a house for you to marry."
Shen Yuandong was stunned. "Didn't you spend that money on my mother's medical treatment?"
"My mother was sick and it only cost a hundred dollars, but my father's pension is a thousand dollars."
"Then... before that, you..."
Shen Yuandong wanted to ask why his sister didn't pay his tuition before and why she went to school to kneel down to the teacher. Moreover, the family was rich, so why did his sister drop out of school and live such a hard life?