The sky was overcast and it looked like it was going to rain, and the branches of the trees on the distant hill were still bare and did not grow new leaves.

Just after the New Year, the small mountain village is still filled with a festive atmosphere, children play on the trail in twos and threes, and from time to time a firecracker "boom" breaks the tranquility of the small mountain village.

In the distance, Qin Hongxing was running wildly on the ridge in a blue-gray linen jacket, and not far behind her, there were five or six stout men chasing her.

Faintly, you can still hear the men's shouts "Stop", "You stop for me." ”

Qin Hongxing glanced back at the few men who were gradually approaching, the steps on her feet were faster, and she ran to the river, got on the boat, and when the boat left the waterfront, she stopped holding the bamboo pole, and shouted at the few men who were so tired that she leaned forward and leaned back: "Go back and tell your family, I, Qin Hongxing, will not marry him as a concubine even if I don't marry in this life." After speaking, he directly propped up the boat to the other side of the river.

Several men on the other side of the river stomped their feet angrily when they saw the people they got their hands running away like this.

Qin Hongxing tied the boat and ran straight home, her family lived in this village, halfway up the mountain, they all said that they relied on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water, and her family of more than a dozen people relied on the river outside the village to survive.

Before she got home, a young boy of about sixteen or seventeen years old came out of the straw stack on the side of the road, the young man was wearing a navy blue jacket and was looking at her with a smile on his face, his eyes were still looking up and down from time to time, and he couldn't help but joke: "Hongxing heard that grandma tricked you out and sold you to that Li Yuanwai in the town, why did you come back." ”

The person who spoke was none other than her Qin Hongxing's cousin Qin Lianqing, who usually took it as the joy of life to squeeze her and tease her.

She glanced at Qin Lianqing directly and complained: "Come on, did you already know that grandma wanted to sell me?" ”

Except for the little aunt Jiang, the rest of the people in this family looked at her as a thorn in the flesh, and they wanted to drive her out of the Qin family as soon as possible, but her grandmother Lian didn't know where she knew that Li Yuanwai in the town wanted to marry a concubine, and she didn't know when the two secretly Chen Cang hit it off, today Lian actually deceived her under the pretext of rushing to the market, fortunately, she was smart and noticed something was wrong when she wanted to enter Li Yuanwai's house, and directly left Lian's family and ran back from the town in one go.

If it weren't for the oil on the soles of his feet, he would have run fast, and he might have been tied up in the Li family by now.

Qin Lianqing smiled and approached Qin Hongxing and said, "Except for the little aunt, the rest of the people know it, but looking at your appearance, it doesn't seem to be a loss, by the way, grandma." As he spoke, he looked in the direction outside the village.

Qin Hongxing was annoyed in her heart, didn't this family just look at the death of her father and mother and was easy to bully at a young age, she angrily smashed her fist directly on Qin Lianqing's shoulder and said angrily: "In vain, I usually hide from you the bad things you do, and you don't know to notify me if there is such a thing." ”

The relationship between her and Qin Lianqing is not very good, but she can be regarded as able to say a few words in the Qin family.

Qin Lianqing didn't dare to fight back after being punched by Qin Hongxing, and after Qin Hongxing followed his father out fishing and fell into the water three months ago, the whole person's temperament changed greatly, and the little girl who could be bullied by anyone at home before now dared to go to the house to uncover the tiles and set fire to the house as long as something was wrong, so that none of the people in the family dared to be tough on Qin Hongxing, so they could only coax and tease.

He felt that his shoulder hurt as if he had been hit by a small hammer, and couldn't help grinning and rubbing his shoulder: "Hongxing, it hurts so much to beat someone, aren't I telling you, aren't you afraid that grandma will come back and tie you up to Li Yuanwai's house, I heard my mother say that grandma has already received two taels of silver from Li Yuanwai, and you have been sold to Li Yuanwai." ”

Qin Hongxing shrugged her shoulders and didn't care: "She said to sell it, I don't agree with this matter, you think it counts, no, I have to go back and pack my things and run away." ”

She also hardened her mouth, and knew that if the Lian family really took it upon herself to sell her to Li Yuanwai, it was not something she could resist, after all, this family really didn't have her share in speaking.

Walk! She directly decided that there was no one left here, and there was a place to keep people, but now she herself has space to be around, and the young women of the new era who have crossed over can still starve to death by themselves.

The Qin family is very poor, it can be said that it is the kind of poverty that cannot make ends meet, a family of more than a dozen people needs a lot of food to eat and drink, not to mention that there are lazy people at home, so they can't eat and drink enough, she has never eaten a full meal in the three months since she came here, and even the clothes she wore during the New Year were the leftover clothes worn by her cousin Qin Hongmian, that is, the jacket of the linen cloth on her body.

As soon as she returned home, she began to pack her baggage, and the eldest aunt Gou Shi stood at the door just to see the excitement, but how did she know that she saw Qin Hongxing packing up her things, and she looked like she was about to escape, and suddenly roared: "Qin Hongxing, what are you going to do." ”

If you want to say that the person she likes the most in this family is probably her eldest aunt Gou, Gou is Qin Lianqing's mother-in-law, usually lazy and lazy, and likes to steal food, she will say anything else, she will not do anything else.

She also only has a change of clothes, and she is about to go out after simply packing up.

Gou Shi directly stretched out his hand to block the door: "Little girl, I'll talk to you, do you want to run away when you pack your things." ”

Qin Lianqing followed back, and saw that his mother was in trouble, Qin Hongxing hurriedly pulled away Gou Shi and said: "Mother, you don't care about this matter, Hongxing can leave if you want to go, what are you doing here." ”

As soon as Gou Shi heard that Qin Hongxing was really leaving, she was suddenly furious, thinking that Bai Huahua's silver had already arrived, and she was actually going to fly away, so she could stop there.

Immediately raised his voice for fear that people outside would not hear: "What? You actually want to leave, don't even think about it, you have sold yourself to Li Yuanwai, and now you are Li Yuanwai's person. ”

Qin Hongxing was most annoyed by Gou's, when she woke up, she was bullied by Gou's a lot, she did a lot of bold things in the past two months to deter Gou's, but she didn't expect that Gou's would be in her way now.

She sneered and took a few steps back and retreated directly to the side of the bed, and then she didn't know where she found a fire to ignite, and then pulled a handful of grain grass from the bottom of the bed to make a gesture.

said gloomily: "Since you don't want me to go, then I'll set fire to myself, anyway, it's better to marry that dead old man, it's better to die than to die, so I might as well die happily so that I can keep my reputation." ”

Gou was so frightened by Qin Hongxing's audacity that he screamed again and again: "The little girl is about to extinguish the fire, what if you burn down the house." ”

This thatched house is the easiest to be set on fire, not to mention that because the house in the house is limited, there are three beds in this house, and there is no cabinet in the house, so the clothes are piled on the bed, if it is really ignited, it will all burn out.

Qin Hongxing's eyes were sharp, she raised her head and hung the burden on her shoulders around her neck before she asked resolutely, "Then do you want to continue to block the door, or do you want me to stay?" ”