Traveling through famine: The space peasant girl

When the old man heard that she was engaged, he clenched his dry palms impatiently, and you could see the blue veins throbbing on them. Originally, she wanted to send Wang Shiyu directly to Zhou Qingyun's bed so that she would have a better way to negotiate. After all, the two of them were childhood sweethearts. Zhou Qingyun might not have had that idea at the time, but when they were in Jizhou City at that time, Zhou Qingyun looked at Wang Shiyu's expression and knew that he definitely had feelings for this child, but why didn't he care?

But now, Wang Shiyu is actually engaged, and Zhou Qingyun must know about it. I really can't stand Zhou Qingyun's methods. This trick probably won't work for the time being. I really don't know what Mo Ruru is thinking. Why does she arrange a marriage for the child so early? I have to find a way to ruin this marriage.

But Zhou Qingyun is now the tallest tree she can climb. The old man even wants to rely on Wang Shiyu's nepotism to get close to Zhou Qingyun so that he can speak up when he has something to say.

"How come you're engaged so early? Don't people usually get engaged after they reach the age of 15? You have to investigate the family carefully and don't be deceived. For a girl, getting married is like a second life. Do you want grandpa to help you find someone?"

Wang Shiyu looked at the old man in silence, watching him talk big, but she didn't say anything else. The main reason was that she was not as thick-skinned as the old man, so Wang Shiyu shut up and didn't even want to say a word. It was so embarrassing.

After the old man said this, he saw that Wang Shiyu didn't want to talk, so he knew that in Wang Shiyu's heart, she probably already knew what he wanted to do, and even understood his plan. This kid is really smart, and she really has the brain of the Zhou family. If this is the case, then why should he hide it anymore?

"Xiao Yu, you should know about grandpa's family affairs, so he wants you and Yun'er to get along well. After all, you have known each other since childhood, and you should still be in a relationship now. From the way that child has looked at you since childhood, you know that he has feelings for you. Even an old man like me can see it, and I don't believe that someone as smart as you can't see it.

"Yun'er is a smart kid who has a noble status. If you follow him, your mother and you will have someone to rely on for the rest of your life and will no longer be bullied. If you fight for your life and give birth to Yun'er's eldest son, your life will be smooth sailing. Why would you follow a person with no status and waste your life in vain?"

Listening to the old man's words, Wang Shiyu really wanted to sneer at him. The abacus beads he was calculating fell on her face. What was the difference between this and directly asking her for fame? Bullshit, her relationship with Zhou Qingyun was not even five degrees of mourning. Was she crazy?

"Grandpa, you don't have to worry about my affairs. After all, when my parents divorced, they directly awarded my brother and me to my mother. As for our marriage, grandpa naturally has no say. Everything depends on my mother's wishes. Since my mother has already taken a fancy to him, he must have his own advantages. She can't marry into a family like my mother did before.

My mother has suffered for so many years, so she naturally doesn't want her daughter to continue to suffer. So if Grandpa has this idea, it is better to take good care of Dad and let him have two more daughters. I guess people at that time all love colors, so Grandpa's idea can be more easily realized. Besides, I have no interest in deformed children born by close relatives. If there is nothing else, I will leave first, Grandpa, you go ahead and do your work. "

After saying that, he left the market directly. The old man hurriedly called Wang Yizhui, who was selling fish on the other side, to come over and take care of the stall. He then followed Wang Shiyu directly, wanting to see where they lived now. As long as he found where they lived, it would be easy to deal with them, so it would be much easier to control them. He didn't believe that the Zhou family would let go of someone they cared about so easily, so he had to find where they lived first before he could implement the next plan.

As for the following behind, Wang Shiyu naturally guessed that it was impossible for a man as deep-minded as the old man to give up a ready-made chess piece, even a chess piece that could be directly controlled.

As they walked forward, even Aunt Niu felt someone was watching them from behind. She winked at Wang Shiyu, indicating that there was someone behind her. Wang Shiyu continued to walk forward without changing her expression. When she passed a jewelry shop, she went straight in.

This is a place that specializes in selling gold and silver jewelry. The interior of the shop is very nicely decorated and there are a constant stream of people. After entering the shop, Wang Shiyu did not stop and walked directly to the back. There is a small door at the back, which is a small door specially opened by this silver shop. Some people do not like to go through the main door, so they will come in directly through the small door.

After Wang Shiyu led Aunt Niu out of the small door, they changed direction and walked directly towards home. The direction they were walking in was completely different from their home. Their home was in the east of the city, and now they were walking towards the north of the city. Anyway, they decided to just take a walk today, and it would be best if they could make the people behind them faint. As for danger, she was not worried, after all, she had at least two groups of people protecting her, so she didn't worry about her own safety at all.

She wandered around all the way here, and after quickly returning home, she closed the door and finally breathed a sigh of relief. How could she be so unlucky to run into the old man whom she hadn't seen for five years? She thought they were two parallel lines that would never meet again in this life. She had already thought about it. After the old man passed away, she would go to pay her respects, but that would be limited to paying her respects.

Over the years, the old man has become very gloomy due to his frustration, and even his body is not as strong as before. He used to be very strong because of practicing martial arts and doing farm work, but five years ago, perhaps because all his hopes were shattered, the old man became increasingly thin.

I don't know how he managed to exchange the jade bracelet in his hand for silver, but he actually got more than 800 taels of silver. This meant that the Wang family lived a pretty good life on Qiong Island, but they were a little harsh on their two daughters-in-law.

Together with the copper coins earned from fishing every day, it was enough to maintain basic daily life. Although he could not enjoy the big fish and meat, he could eat meat every few days. However, because the old man had too little money, he deducted some points from his family members and they rarely had meat.

Zhang Xiuli, who is more than seven months pregnant, has not eaten meat for more than a month. Her already weak body has become even weaker due to lack of nutrition. When she was washing clothes, she felt dizzy.

Some grains were planted in the surrounding area, which were barely enough for the family to eat half full. It was impossible to get enough to eat. The current grain output per acre of land is only one or two stones, and land tax has to be paid. The only good thing here may be that there is no need to perform corvee labor, and there is a shortage of people who work and farm.

After paying taxes, the remaining food has to be eaten mixed with some bran to barely survive until the next year. However, the people here basically all rely on the resources in the sea. They will not starve to death, but it is impossible to have enough to eat.

Every morning after Zhang Xiuli and Zhou Guichun finish their housework at home, they need to carry baskets to the coast to pick up shells and small fish and shrimps that come down when the tide recedes. These are their main source of food. If they pick up too little, they will go hungry at night. If they want to have enough to eat, they have to pick up more.

If they picked up some good quality ones, the old man would not let them eat them directly, because he would sell them for money, and the money would not improve their lives, but would be ruthlessly collected by the old man.

The old man had asked the people guarding the city. After knowing that Wang Shiyu had settled in Jizhou City, he still wandered around Jizhou City as usual, wanting to find out where Wang Shiyu and the others lived. In the past five years, whenever he came here, he would ask people for news.

Even if he didn't find out, he would continue to inquire without giving up. After all, Wang Shiyu was the old man's only hope now.