"I'm afraid... my grandmother will sell me off. Before... I overheard my grandmother and my aunt talking about selling your sister off, but, but..."

Jiang Zhi was puzzled. "We separated a long time ago. How dare she sell my sister? You are her granddaughter. How could she sell you?"

Jiang Xue just thought it was ridiculous: "Your mother is so fierce, how dare she do that?"

Jiang Zhi glanced at her and said, "After you moved out, my parents were controlled by her, and she wants to talk about my brother's marriage..."

Jiang Xue rolled her eyes and said, "Why would she sell you out for no reason?"

Jiang Zhi hesitated: "My aunt said to save up a dowry for her."

Jiang Xue laughed angrily and said, "You said you are not stupid, but Jiang Youfang is just trying to scare you! Tell your mother that no matter how much she values ​​your eldest brother, she probably won't be willing to exchange you for her daughter-in-law. Will she let that old woman sell her granddaughter to marry her daughter?"

Jiang Zhi sobbed: "Yes, yes, yes..."

Jiang Xue said impatiently: "But what? Tell me."

Jiang Zhi didn't say anything.

Jiang Xue narrowed her eyes, "Does anyone have any evidence against you?"

Jiang Zhi avoided his gaze.

Jiang Xue narrowed her eyes: "I should have asked you earlier, why did my sister go to the upper room to steal things? Is there anything you have to do with this?"

Jiang Zhi lowered his head and said nothing.

"Did you tell my sister that?"

Jiang Zhi just cried and shook her head without saying a word.

Jiang Xue pressed the question several more times, but still got no response.

But is there any need to ask? Jiang Zhi must have been involved.

"I'm so sorry that I still miss you!" Jiang Xue snatched the bun away angrily.

Jiang Zhi cried out of breath: "It was my aunt who asked me to ask your sister to go upstairs to steal things. If I didn't go, she would ask my grandmother to sell me."

"You——" Jiang Xue stamped her feet in anger, ignored him, turned around and ran home. Before running, she stuffed the bun back.

Jiang Zhi was dumbfounded. How could she have told everything? If Jiang Xue went home and told everyone, what would happen if the whole family came to settle accounts with her grandmother? Wouldn't her grandmother beat her to death?

Jiang Zhi shuddered and ran back home holding the bun.

With a bang, Jiang Zhi rushed in and threw herself into Li's arms, closing her eyes and crying with her mouth open. Afraid that Liu would hear her, she tried her best to suppress her crying, and her tears fell like a rainstorm. The scene was quiet and full of weirdness.

Li was panicking and hurriedly straightened her body: "Zhi'er, Zhi'er, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak?"

Jiang Zhi cried so hard that she started to hiccup.

Li's face turned pale and she hurried to calm her down.

Jiang Zhi sobbed, "Mom, mom, I'm fine."

Li was so angry that she slapped her on the back and said, "You want to scare me to death?"

Jiang Zhi couldn't stop her tears from falling: "Mom, I'm scared. I don't want to be sold."

"What are you saying? Why can't I understand you? Who said I want to sell you? Stop crying and explain it to me clearly."

After Li asked this question, her face fell. Was her family being plotted against again?

Jiang Zhi calmed himself down and explained the whole story.

Li was stunned when she heard this. She had only heard her daughter say that her mother-in-law wanted to sell Jiang Yue, but she didn't know what happened back then.

Li gnashed her teeth in hatred: "Silly girl? Aren't you being used as a pawn by Erlang?"

Jiang Zhi explained what she wanted to say, and she spoke fluently, "Mom, do you think Jiang Xue will ask her sister to settle the score? Will my grandmother sell me if she finds out? Mom, Jiang Yue is so scary. I get scared when I see her."

Li was also afraid of Jiang Yue, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "No. This is in the past after all, and we have separated. Looking at his family, they don't want to be involved with this side any longer..."

Jiang Youtian just came back from the fields. Hearing what the mother and daughter said, he suddenly felt something in his heart. The people who had to look at their faces to get enough food were suddenly separated, and their lives were getting better and better. Then he looked at his own family, which was in chaos and had been framed for a lot of bad things. He couldn't tell whether he was jealous or regretful.

Li poked Jiang Zhi's head with her finger and said, "What are you afraid of? Haven't you learned even a little from your mother? What does this have to do with you? It was your grandmother and aunt's bad idea, and we were implicated and suffered together. What's there to be afraid of when they come looking for us? Even if they report to the police, they will let the officials arrest those rotten-hearted people."

Because of the series of incidents that happened to the second house, after scolding her daughter, Li started arguing with Jiang Youtian.

"Look, you still say your mother is good, but she is bent on forcing that family to break up, and our family is in turmoil. But it's all because of your mother's 'goodness', and you guys are not implicated."

Jiang Youtian's face was not good. After all, they were his own mother and sister, so he had to defend them and said, "Okay, stop talking. Keep some."

Li sneered, "You are still protecting her. Did she leave her for us? Didn't you hear what Zhi said? She wanted to sell her granddaughter to exchange for her daughter's dowry. Jiang Youtian, you are still proud that you are your mother's eldest son? Why didn't she get the money to subsidize you and marry your eldest son?"

Jiang Youtian didn't say anything.

Li's temper grew rapidly, and she blurted out all the words that she had only dared to mutter in her heart before: "Your mother only cares about her youngest son and daughter. If they are in line, it's the second son, the grandson of that family. People in our family don't care about them. Our son is not a son, and our grandson is not a grandson. He does the most work. How much money have you seen her give you?"

"It's all because of your troublesome sister. How come she's still unmarried? She's already 18 and still causing trouble for her family. Our family has been given a bad reputation because of her, and have you ever heard her say a good thing about me? She's an ungrateful woman, and she lets my daughter take the blame behind her back. Humph, how can she be so vicious? She does evil things herself and still wants to have a good reputation, and puts the blame on others..."

As Li was cursing, she suddenly saw the children staring at her without blinking, so she stopped in time. But she hadn't vented her anger yet, and said hastily, "At worst, we can split up the family, and I won't serve you anymore."

Jiang Youtian was anxious: "Don't even think about splitting up the family."

Li regretted it the moment she said it: "I was just in a hurry and spoke too quickly. Our two sons haven't married yet. Even if we separate the family, we have to wait for our daughters-in-law to come in."

Jiang Youtian was thinking about something else: "Dividing the family? Don't even think about it. Look at all the problems that have happened in the family. What losses have the third branch suffered? Who did the family sell the land to every year? Do you know how the third branch squandered money outside by relying on studying? How much of the land should be given to my eldest son? If the family is divided, there will be no place for our family here in the future."

Li asked hesitantly, "His father, tell me, can his third uncle pass the exam?"

If you pass the examination and become a scholar, your family won't have to pay land tax, and you'll be able to keep a lot of grain every year, and it's all good grain.

Jiang Youtian thought: "I don't know either. If he passes the exam, that's good. If he doesn't, he has to spit it out. Our Changshun and Changli should both find a husband. The betrothal gifts should be paid by the public, so as not to delay our family affairs."

Jiang Zhi listened for a long time and understood a lot. Hesitantly, he took out two buns.

"Dad, Mom, this is what Jiang Xue gave me. Give it to your brothers."

The two looked at each other, wondering why the other party was giving buns to her daughter again.

Li the fox took the bitten bun and said, "Does she have any ulterior motives?"

He broke the bun a little and said in surprise, "There's still oil residue inside. His family is really rich."

Jiang Youtian felt sad: "How can it not be developed? The house is so spacious, and there is such a large piece of land."

Li looked at Jiang Zhi, who was about to drool, and divided the buns into four portions. She said, "You guys eat them, and don't go out."

She was afraid that there was something fishy about the fish last time, so her sister-in-law took all the advantage. Jiang Youfang is also greedy. She ate candied fruit and became so gluttonous, but she still can't change her greed! She should get married quickly.

Jiang Youtian called Jiang Zhi over and told her, "From now on, if Jiang Xue asks you to play, you go."

Jiang Zhi was a little confused, but still nodded obediently.

Li asked, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Youtian said: "Although Jiang Xue is usually like a firecracker, he is actually as soft-hearted as his father. He knows to come and see Zhier. Alas, they are getting better and better after they were separated. Who knows, we may need to ask for help from them in the future."

Li immediately frowned: "After all the trouble, I don't have the face to beg..."

Jiang Youtian leaned on the kang and said, "Adult matters should not involve children."

Li was not optimistic, as her own children had bullied the other four people before, especially the fool Jiang Yue.

"Okay, okay, I've finally finished harvesting this field today. Let me take a break."

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