Song Qin did not believe what her eyes saw.
Song Ming’s daughter-in-law didn’t want the silver ticket, they had only been raising Hua’er for a few days, and whispered, “We don’t want it, Gu keep it for Hua’er to buy food.”
Song Ming’s forehead was sweating with anxiety, hesitantly extending his hand again, retracting it, extending it again, and retracting it again.
Song Qin looked at him and slapped the silver ticket into his hand, “Take it.”
Song Ming immediately clenched his hand and quickly put it behind his back, “I’ll go to the village chief and make a note.”
With that, he was about to walk out.
“Wait.”
Song Ming stopped his feet.
Song Qin got up, “I’ll go with you to tell your mother, lest she doesn’t want to and she makes a scene when the village chief comes.”
Thinking about that temper of his mother’s own was still a real possibility, and Song Ming clutched the silver ticket tighter and tighter.
“Let’s go.”
As the three of them walked near Song Ming’s courtyard, they heard curses coming from them, “You money-losing b*****d! You money-loser! If it weren’t for you, my Lian’er wouldn’t have died, and I wouldn’t even have a daughter who gives money and things in the future. How dare you cry, see if I don’t beat you to death!”
Song Qin immediately quickened her pace and entered the house, snatched the broom out of Song Gua’s hand and tossed it aside, and took Hua’er into her arms, “Didn’t I tell you to treat this child well?
When Song Qin gave her the silver in the morning, she had indeed instructed her to do so, and Song Gua had responded.
Now that Song Gua’s mother had seen her beating Hua’er, she was afraid that Song Qin would take the silver back. ……”
“Since you don’t like this child so much, I’ll take it away.”
The crying stopped for a moment.
“Sister, you, what did you say?”
“I said I’m taking the baby away to save you from getting angry when you see her.”
“No!”
Song Gua jumped up, “She is Lian’er’s only flesh and blood, how can you take her away, I have to raise Jean even if I am poor and tired.”
“Don’t give me that line, tell me, how much silver do you want?”
“Five ……”
Song Gua’s stretched out five fingers, just as she said the word five, she felt it was less and flipped it over, “One hundred taels.”
“Mother!”
Before Song Qin could say anything, Song Ming hurriedly pulled Song Gua’s hand, “Haven’t you always thought this girl was an eyesore? Wouldn’t it be better if Auntie led her away.”
“Go away!”
Song Gua glowered at him, this was a good opportunity to make some money, she knew Song Qin’s family and had no problem coming up with a hundred taels of silver.
“What are you dreaming of? I’ve asked Ming’er, the boy has only been with you for three days, so it won’t cost you a hundred taels, I’ll give you one tael.”
I’ll give you one tael.” “No, after Lian’er’s death, this child is my memento, one tael will never do.”
“No, I don’t want it.”
Song Qin looked like she was about to walk out, Song Ming hurriedly stopped her, “Auntie, Auntie have something to say, have something to say.”
Song Qin stood still again.
Song Ming pulled Song Gua outside, “Mother, if you want me to tell you to let Auntie take this girl away, and we don’t have to care about her, how good is that?”
“You’re silly ……”
Song Gua’s mother poked him in the head with hatred, “Your aunt must have other plans to take this girl away, we have to ask for more silver while we can.”
Song Ming quietly touched the silver tickets in his arms and continued to persuade, “But I see that aunt really didn’t want it just now, you don’t want the basket to be empty.”
Song Gua also saw that Song Qin really didn’t want it anymore, “Then tell me, how much do you want?”
Song Ming touched the silver ticket in his arms again, “It’s best if you don’t want it.”
“You useless thing!”
Song Gua scolded him in anger and lifted her feet to go inside, but Song Ming pulled her back again, “When I gave the house keys to the tooth company that day, I did inquire, Lian’er’s house is worth twenty to thirty taels of silver, let Gu take this girl away, the silver from the sale of the house will be ours.”
“Really?”
Song Ming was busy nodding, “Really, the people in the dental office also said that the house is in a good location, so maybe it will be sold in a few days.”
Song Gua’s eyes rolled around several times before she pushed him away and walked inside, “One price, you can just give fifty taels.”
Song Qin lifted her feet and walked out, not turning back no matter how much Song Ming pulled her.
“Forty taels!”
Song Qin acted as if she hadn’t heard.
“Thirty taels!”
Seeing that Song Qin had already walked out of the courtyard and turned that way, Song Gua chased after her with her little feet turned up, “Twenty taels, no less, consider it relief for us.”
“That’s more like it.”
Song Qin finally stopped, “I can give you the silver, but we have to find an intermediary to make a note, from now on that girl is our family and has nothing to do with you, you can’t ask us for money again for any reason.”
“Okay, okay, okay, just listen to sister.”
Song Gua’s pulled her towards the house, “Ming’er, you go and call the village chief to come and make a note.”
Song Ming drew his legs and ran towards the village chief’s house.
Song Gua pulled Song Qin into the house and sat her down on the bed, waving her hand to shoo Song Ming’s daughter-in-law, “Go, go, go, take this girl out.”
Song Ming’s daughter-in-law took Hua’er back.
Song Gua poured water for Song Qin and brought her snacks, “Sister, give me the silver cheque first, and I’ll print the handprint after the village chief makes the note.”
“What’s the hurry? I’ll give it to you after you’ve made your fingerprints.”
“No, Sister, you don’t know that Song Ming, the unfilial son, is now turning his elbows to the outside and doesn’t agree with me at all. If you give me the silver cheque when he returns, he will have to give me half of it.”
“Don’t worry, he wouldn’t dare!”
Song Ming quickly called the village chief to come over.
The village people had seen what kind of life Hua’er had been living here these past few days.
The village headman was very happy that Song Qin was able to take the child away and without saying a word, he gave them a written note and had each side put their handprints on it.
Song Qin took out a 20 tael silver cheque in front of the village headman and gave it to Song Gua’s. Song Gua immediately went back to the house and took a bundle out and stuffed it into Song Qin’s arms, without even looking at Hua’er.
When Song Qin returned with the bundle and Hua’er, Zheng Wen and his wife were waiting at the door. When they saw Hua’er following them, Zheng Wen’s daughter-in-law quickly greeted her, squatted down and hugged her tightly.
“There, there, from now on it’s your daughter, hug her as much as you want, now go home first, boil some hot water and wash the child, look what the child has been tortured into.”
Zheng Wen’s daughter-in-law carried Hua’er into the courtyard, boiled hot water herself and let Zheng Wen carry it into the bathing room while she led Hua’er in.
