Super rare beast girl, run away! The emperor's uncle is coming!
Chapter 23 Borrowing Money from the Patriarch
Liu Shi also realized that things were getting out of control at this time, and hurried to Liu Shi's side, took her hand and began to persuade her:
"Hey, Yunshuang, don't blame me for speaking harshly just now. We have been working hard all our lives, and everyone has used a ladle to touch the edge of the pot. Even if your mother-in-law is not very good, she still raised Shusheng.
For Shusheng's sake, you can't act rashly. What's the point of severing ties? You orphans and widows without your family's protection are like rootless duckweed. Qingchen will have to marry and have children in the future, right?
After Liu finished speaking, Old Lady Xu's green eyes rolled twice, and then she sat down on the ground, slapping her thighs and starting to cry.
"Shusheng! My son! How can I, your mother, survive here if you leave so early?"
A gleam of light flashed in Old Lady Xu's lowered eyes. She knew what that bitch Liu was worried about, and she felt secretly delighted.
Everyone frowned when they heard her crying. This Xu was really speechless.
Qu Jingyao called Liu softly: "Mother..."
Liu turned her head, forced a smile, and patted the back of her daughter's hand soothingly:
"Qingchen, Yaoyao, don't blame me. It's my own fault that I'm incompetent."
Liu Shi was worried about the impact on the two children after the breakup, and since both of them were at the age of getting married...
"Mom, don't say that. We are all fine now, aren't we?" Qu Qingchen and his sister looked at Liu worriedly.
Seeing that her attitude had softened, Liu raised the corners of her lips and smiled as she comforted the mother and son, trying to smooth things over:
"Qingchen and Yaoyao are both good children. Yunshuang, your best days are still ahead of you. Why bother to dwell on this? Don't you agree? Okay, let me help persuade your mother-in-law to go back."
Mrs. Liu had just been appeased when Mrs. Xu started making a fuss again, crying and shouting that her two sons had been drafted into labor service, and the family owed a debt to the Wu family, and their second branch had to help pay it back, otherwise they would go to the county magistrate to sue them and see if she would still want to arrange marriages for her two children in the future.
Qu Huaer also began to cry at this time. She was an innocent victim. If her second sister-in-law didn't help them, she would have no way to survive.
Her reputation is ruined. Does her second sister-in-law want to watch her die?
When the people around heard what the mother and daughter said, a sigh flashed across their faces. Qu Huaer was really unlucky, and it was not so easy to get into the Wu family.
Qu Jingyao hugged Liu's arm and comforted her with a slight smile on his lips.
"Mom, we still have to clean up the house later, don't worry about other things."
"Yaoyao, are you really so cruel? Even if your aunt and your grandmother have done a thousand wrong things and have already received the retribution they deserve, are you really unwilling to help us?" As soon as Qu Huaer said this, she knew which master had given the instructions behind this.
She raised the corners of her lips slightly and glanced at everyone present. When her eyes fell on the faces of Qu Hongsen and his wife, she found that our good patriarch subconsciously turned his head away.
Qu Jingyao's eyes suddenly turned cold, and a sarcastic smile appeared on her face.
"Are you trying to morally blackmail my mother? How dare you stand here and say this? Haven't my parents paid enough for your greedy family over the years?"
Old Lady Xu took two steps forward without caring about anything, pointed her finger at Qu Jingyao and started to curse:
"What do you know, little bitch? I worked so hard to raise him, shouldn't he pay back? Now your mother is still the daughter-in-law of the Qu family, what's wrong with asking her to share the burden? I didn't ask her to pay it all back."
At this time, Old Lady Xu was sure that Liu would not dare to sever ties with their Qu family for the sake of her two children.
Liu's eyes, filled with anger, glanced at every member of the Qu family present. They all turned their heads away, and no one spoke a word to help her and her son. Suddenly, she laughed out loud, looking up at herself:
"Hahaha...you guys are really a family of hypocritical greedy people, always trying to squeeze others dry to satisfy your greed. Fine, fine!"
Qu Qingchen looked at his mother, whose eyes were filled with despair, and felt extremely distressed. He clenched his fists and shouted at them, "We won't pay a penny. Just give up on this idea."
Old Lady Xu's wrinkled face trembled, her cloudy eyes were filled with calculation, and she pointed at Liu arrogantly:
"As long as you remain my wife, you must pay this money. Otherwise, I will make a scene that will spread throughout the surrounding villages and tell everyone that you and your son are so unfilial to the elderly. I will force them to death and see how their reputation will be ruined. How can they hold their heads up high in the future?"
Liu staggered in anger. Qu Jingyao quickly reached out to support her and asked her with concern. Liu's eyes turned red and she shed tears helplessly.
Aunt Cui Lian pulled her husband's sleeve angrily and said, "Why don't you say anything? Do you really want to watch them and their son being forced to death?"
The village head felt the pain in his waist, his mouth twitched as he tried to comfort his wife. Then he turned around and put on a cold face:
"Alright, Chief Qu, are you not going to care about this matter? Are you really going to watch them being forced to death? Do you still want to maintain the reputation of your Qu family?"
The village chief looked straight into Qu Hongsen's sinister eyes. This old man had been pretending to be stupid all this time. Let's see what shameful words he would say now.
Qu Jingyao saw the village head confronting the clan leader. She had heard from her mother before that the Qu family often caused problems for the village head by relying on their large numbers, and that the Qu family had been replacing the village head's position over the years.
She knelt down in front of Qu Hongsen with a plop. She was disgusted just a second ago, but now she was completely different. Her eyes were filled with mist and sorrow as she grabbed Qu Hongsen's trouser legs.
"Grandpa, clan leader, Yaoyao knows that mother is not an unfilial person, but we are an orphan and a widow, and we were just kicked out of the house yesterday. Where did we get the money? Grandpa, clan leader, you will definitely help us, right?"
Qu Hongsen looked at Qu Jingyao, who was hanging down at the bottom of her trouser legs, and his face suddenly darkened. But when he saw the eyes of the people around him, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Then he gently persuaded Qu Jingyao, saying that he would definitely help their family and asked her to get up first.
Seeing her prey had fallen into the trap, Qu Jingyao quickly added fuel to the fire, sobbing aggrievedly: "Grandpa Clan Leader, I have done my best to save you. You are the most virtuous and upright person. You will definitely help us, right? And Grandma Clan Leader will also agree, right?"
There was no way Liu would ruin her old man's plan at this moment. She nodded repeatedly, narrowed her eyes slightly, and walked forward to help Qu Jingyao up.
"Yaoyao, be good. Grandma and your clan leader, Grandpa, will help you. Don't worry."
"Then the clan leader, please lend us some money so we can give it to grandma. That way she won't go around complaining about my mother being unfilial. My brother and I will pay her back even if we have to sell our bodies."
Qu Jingyao rubbed her knees and moved forward twice, forcing Qu Hongsen and his wife to take two steps back and look at her in surprise.
They never thought that this damn girl was waiting for them here. Just now she...
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