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Chapter 27: Failing to Sell His Daughter-in-Law Leads to Tricking His Own Daughter!
The sky was not yet fully light; only the eastern mountain peaks were tinged with a pale, fish-belly white.
Qin Rushan woke up early on the wooden bed in the Qin family home.
He didn't move, but turned to the side, using the faint light coming in through the window to stare at the woman in his arms.
Li Xianglian slept restlessly, her brows constantly furrowed.
Qin Rushan reached out and brushed the stray hairs that were scattered on her cheeks behind her ears, his touch so light it was unlike that of a rough man who could chop wood with one hand.
"Well……"
Xianglian groggily hummed, her eyelids fluttered, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she was startled by the stubble on his face.
"Awake?" Qin Rushan's voice was hoarse, the sound of someone who had been holding back his anger all night and then forcibly suppressing it.
Just as Xianglian was about to move, a tingling and numb sensation shot through her inner thigh.
Although they didn't actually have sex last night, the man's body had so many hard bumps that it hurt all over her body from rubbing against them.
"What time is it?"
She sat up, clutching the blanket, her voice weak.
"It's almost five o'clock, and the dogs in the village have started barking."
Qin Rushan rolled out of bed, quickly pulled on his pants, and said, "I have to hurry back, or I might run into the early bird collecting manure."
Xianglian didn't dare to delay. If she were caught in Qin's bed, all her scheming that night would be wasted, and she would be branded a "loose woman."
"Slower."
Qin Rushan climbed out the window first, stood at the base of the wall, and reached out to hold onto the wooden ladder that had been set up earlier. "I've wrapped the ladder with hemp rope around my feet, so it won't make a sound. Make sure you step firmly before you get down."
Xianglian climbed the ladder to the top of the wall. The wall was only two meters high, but at this moment it became an insurmountable chasm that would separate the two of them.
She sat on the top of the wall and glanced back.
Qin Rushan tilted his head back, his usually fierce face expressionless, but one hand gripped the ladder handrail tightly, his fingernails turning white from digging.
"Go back." He waved his hand. "Remember, no matter what happens today, even if the sky falls, don't panic. As long as I'm alive, no one in the Red Star Brigade can touch you."
With a firm resolve, Xianglian nodded heavily, then crouched down and slid down the ladder into the Zhao family's backyard.
She quickly took off Qin Rushan's shirt and hid it deep in the haystack, then made herself a little messy before lying back down on the tattered straw mat, closing her eyes to rest and wait for the show to begin.
Not long after, a commotion came from the main house.
Aunt Zhao got out of bed humming an unknown tune. The three hundred and fifty yuan from last night was still warm in her pocket, making her feel like she was walking on air.
"You brat, the sun's already high in the sky, why aren't you up and cooking!"
Standing in the courtyard, Aunt Zhao habitually yelled at the woodshed.
But soon, as if she remembered something, she suddenly covered her mouth, and a knowing yet sinister smile appeared on her old face.
Oh dear, I forgot, that money-losing item was sold last night!
Aunt Zhao rolled her eyes, cleared her throat, ruffled her hair, and smeared some soot from the bottom of a pot on her face, instantly transforming from a mean-spirited old woman into a pitiful old woman who had suffered a blow.
She ran out of the courtyard and headed straight for the loudspeaker and well under the big locust tree at the village entrance.
This is the time when villagers come out to fetch water and work in the fields; it's when there are the most people.
"Damn it! What a misfortune for our family!"
Aunt Zhao plopped down on the ground, slapping her thigh and beginning to wail. Her shrill, piercing cries instantly drew the attention of everyone around. "My shameless daughter-in-law has run away! She's run off with some other man!"
"What? Zhao Gang's wife ran away?"
"Really? Xianglian usually seems like a very honest girl."
"You can know a person's face but not their heart. I knew Zhao Gang hadn't come back for years; how could a young wife like her stay?"
The villagers gathered in a circle, pointing and whispering among themselves.
Outside the crowd, Liu Chunhua, wearing a Dacron floral shirt and cracking sunflower seeds, grinned from ear to ear upon hearing this.
"Bah! I told you long ago that Li Xianglian was no good!"
Liu Chunhua spat the sunflower seed shells from her mouth onto the ground, glanced at the crowd with her almond-shaped eyes, and said with a smug look on her face, "She pretends to be a pure white lotus flower all day, bowing her head to men, but it's all an act! Behind the scenes, she does this kind of shameful thing, eloping with some random man? Doesn't she worry about rotting on the road?"
She was so happy, even more so than if she had eaten meat dumplings during the Lunar New Year. She wished she could set off two strings of firecrackers under the big locust tree to celebrate.
That annoying vixen is finally gone!
Without Li Xianglian, that seductive slut, where else could Qin Rushan's eyes look?
Isn't it just the meat in Liu Chunhua's bowl?
In this entire region, besides her being the daughter of the village secretary, who else could be worthy of Qin Rushan's muscular physique?
Although the man had a fierce reputation and was rumored to have some problems in that area, he was undeniably handsome, had no in-laws to take care of him, and had a large sum of demobilization pay in his hands.
Once she's inside, isn't she the one who decides her life?
Then we'll take him to a big hospital in the city for a checkup. If he gets better, won't we treat him like a precious treasure?
"That's good, the trash went into the garbage dump on its own, saving other people's hands from getting dirty."
Liu Chunhua tidied her sideburns, looked at her reflection in a puddle by the roadside, and then pinched her cheeks hard twice, bringing out a rosy glow that made her look even more charming.
"Roushan must know by now that that slut has run away, and he's probably heartbroken and embarrassed."
She swayed her hips, swinging her long, black braid, ignoring the chaos in the Zhao family's courtyard, and turned to walk towards the Qin family's house. Her steps were hurried and unrestrained, and her mind was racing with calculations.
At this point, you should go to Qin Rushan's door and cook him a hot meal, then coax him with kind words...
Men are most vulnerable at this time, I refuse to believe I can't win over this tough guy!
Seeing that there were more people, Aunt Zhao acted even more enthusiastically, and tears would come easily, with snot and tears streaming down her face.
"I slept like a log last night, and when I woke up this morning, the woodshed door was wide open, and she was nowhere to be seen! She even took the little money Gangzi sent back! What kind of sin has she committed! Gangzi is still out working to support the family, and this slut is cheating on him at home, and now she's eloped with someone! It's utterly shameful!"
Aunt Zhao cried with great emotion, vividly portraying a mother-in-law who was bullied by a wicked daughter-in-law and whose family scandals were exposed.
Among the crowd were a few people who didn't get along with the Zhao family. At this moment, they could only sigh along with them. After all, in this era, it was a serious crime for a woman to elope with someone.
Sun Laowai, mingling in the crowd, chimed in with a shifty look on his face: "Last night I think I saw a dark figure climb over the back wall of the Zhao family's house. It looked like a man! Tsk tsk, so that's what happened!"
This confirms the charge of "eloping".