Farming and reading family

Chen Qing looks a little dull, but he is not a wavering person. Once he makes a decision, he will not change it.

Jiang didn't expect that her eldest son, who had always been obedient, would be so determined. She looked at him with some unfamiliarity.

"I just came to talk to my parents." Chen Qing said and left.

He came to inform his parents, not to discuss it with them.

Gao E was also very surprised. This elder brother was just not good at speaking, not without his own opinions.

"Hey, you..." Jiang wanted to call Chen Qing.

Yang followed without hesitation.

Gao E and Lei looked at each other and both felt that they were overthinking.

When Chen Fansheng saw his eldest son like this, he got up angrily and went back to the house.

Jiang stood there with a melancholy look on her face.

"This is a good thing." Gao E looked at Jiang.

It would be best if Chen Yuning's mother stepped in to help with the breakup of the engagement with the Song family, so she had to think of how to drag her mother-in-law into it.

When Jiang heard Gao E say this, she glanced at her, very dissatisfied, but said nothing.

"A blessed person will not enter an unlucky door. If our Chen family really marries such a relative, not only will it be bad for Yu Ning, it will also cause trouble for us in the future." Gao E analyzed.

Jiang hesitated to speak. She really didn't see any trouble. She just felt that if the marriage was called off, it would be a disgrace for the Chen family.

"Did the Song family bring any token of trust when they proposed marriage?" Gao E continued to ask, knowing that her mother-in-law still did not approve of this matter.

Jiang thought for a moment and said, "But since he brought two boxes of snacks and a basket of eggs, the exchange of engagement letters between the two families has been finalized."

"Is the Geng Tie still there?" Gao E asked immediately.

"It's still there." Jiang took it out to look at it today.

If it weren't for Mrs. Zhu's harsh words, Mrs. Lei would have fought with her. Today, the Song family would have successfully broken off the engagement, and the engagement letter would have been taken back by the Song family.

"Since the engagement letter is still there, our Chen family will take the initiative to cancel the engagement." Gao E said directly.

Jiang was stunned. She felt that this would make others think that the Chen family was unreasonable.

"The Song family was the first to go back on their word, so our Chen family must show our attitude and let people know that we are not easy to bully." Gao E persuaded.

"Yes!" Lei was excited.

Jiang hesitated. She felt that they were all from the same village and there was no point in anyone bullying anyone.

Gao E saw that Jiang still refused to give in. "Mother-in-law almost beat Yu Ning to death. Now Yu Ning wants to cancel the engagement, but Mother-in-law won't agree. I'm afraid I'm really going to lose my granddaughter."

Jiang's eyes flickered: "Second daughter-in-law, Duokui is already ten years old now. He will be getting married in a few years. You should think it through."

"What does mother-in-law mean by this? If Yu Ning doesn't marry into the Song family, will our Kui'er still be unable to find a wife?" Gao E sneered. "If she is really such a confused and ungrateful woman, she is not worthy of entering the Chen family."

Her words seemed to have a double meaning, but Jiang couldn't refute it.

"Yu Ning is a member of our family and has done nothing wrong. Why should she be treated badly by such a family?" Gao E said forcefully, "If my husband goes to high school in the future, this will be a stain on him."

Chen Ke cleared his throat awkwardly but did not refute.

Gao E brought up Chen Ke's future as a high school graduate, and Jiang immediately backed off. She looked at Chen Ke questioningly, "Is that really the case?"

Chen Ke had no choice but to respond: "Our Chen family doesn't have to be the Song family."

Jiang thought about it and said, "Then let's do as you say." She looked tired.

"But if we go to cancel the engagement tomorrow, mother will have to go there." Gao E suggested, "Then we just need to hand over the engagement letter to the Song family."

Jiang nodded helplessly.

After explaining the matter clearly, Gao E and the others left together.

Lei turned her head and saw that her mother-in-law had already turned and gone into the inner room, so she immediately pulled her second sister-in-law into her own room.

"My second sister-in-law is the one who found a way. She actually persuaded my mother." Lei was excited.

"I just have something to tell you." Gao E laughed.

Asking her mother-in-law to come forward is just to have an elder to provide support. The real work still has to be done by the Lei family, and the sister-in-law can no longer be relied upon.

"Just tell me if you have anything to say, sister-in-law." Lei patted her chest and promised.

"When we break off the engagement with the Song family, we must do it openly, with reasons and evidence, and it must be known to everyone. Otherwise, it would be bad if the Song family really framed Yu Ning and ruined her reputation." Gao E analyzed.

"Yes, yes, yes." Lei nodded. "I think so too, but what should I do?"

Gao E said slowly, "You'd better take more people to Bashang Village tomorrow. Don't go into the Song family. Just go to the Song family's door and explain clearly that the Song family wanted to marry you back then, but now they don't want to pay the bride price."

"Remember, don't get angry, don't argue with the Song family, and don't get physical. Just explain the situation clearly, reject the engagement letter, and say that our Chen family doesn't marry into a family like that."

"Wait until the engagement letter is given to the Song family. As soon as the Song family goes to discuss the marriage, something bad will happen to Yu Ning." Gao E smiled slyly.

"Ah?" Lei didn't understand what the last sentence meant.

Chen Jie understood: "Second sister-in-law wants others to suspect that Song Jun is unlucky in marriage?"

Lei suddenly looked at her second sister-in-law.

"You can't say that. What others think is their business." Gao E reminded.

"I understand, I understand." Lei winked at Gao E.

After telling this matter to Mrs. Lei, Gao E and Chen Ke went home together.

It was dark and the night was cold. Gao E accidentally slipped while walking.

Chen Ke immediately supported her: "Be careful."

Gao E was also scared by herself and broke out in a cold sweat. She was a little distracted while thinking about something just now.

"Thank you." She said and was about to pull her arm back.

"I'll hold you." Chen Ke didn't let go of Gao E. "Thank you for worrying about Yu Ning."

"We are all family, why worry about us?" Gao E had no choice but to let Chen Ke support her. "Now that our courtyard wall is up, I plan to buy more food and make more smoked fish."

Chen Ke nodded: "Just buy whatever you think the family needs."

"Well...it's getting cold, so let's buy some cloth and make some clothes for everyone in the family." Gao E said tentatively.

In fact, the original owner had a lot of clothes, and there was a lot of cloth in her dowry.

But those were just used by the original owner to keep up appearances, and not much was consumed over the years.

But the four children were rather shabby, their clothes were just thin layers.

"Okay." Chen Ke would not treat his wife and children unfairly.

I thought to myself that I had to catch more crickets quickly. As long as they were of good quality, it would be a windfall.

"But let's keep a low profile on buying food. It's not good for the villagers to ask all kinds of questions." Chen Ke suggested in a low voice.

"Well, from now on, come back after dark to buy food." Gao E also knew that the villagers would spread strange stories when they saw something.

Early the next morning, Chen Jie came to borrow a carriage. Lei had already called several women in the village who were on good terms with her, and the group went to Baotou Village in a mighty manner.

Chen Yuning was still a little depressed, but much better than before, and she didn't ask her family how to break off the engagement.

After breakfast, Chen Ke took his three sons to catch crickets. Gao E turned out all the clothes of the original owner to see if they could be made into something else.