She didn't dare to go back behind Du Yunnian, but walked around the village again, thinking that the people in this village could afford fifteen taels of silver, and finally shook her head.

In this village, except for the two heads of the Du family and the Li Zhengzhang family, no one can take out fifteen taels of spare money as a dowry at once.

At the beginning, Meng Qiang's family wanted to marry Du Fangfei, and the dowry promised to the Niu family was only five taels of silver, plus five acres of dry land. And their family is also a solid family in this village.

It's not the village, it's the county? Could it be that Du Yunnian wants to sell Du Fangfei to the county?

Thinking of this, Du Jinning felt extremely irritable.

Her strength is too weak now, and when she encounters this kind of thing, she can only prevent offenses, not attack. Du Yunnian didn't say it herself, she couldn't stab this matter in front of Du Chensheng and the Niu family.

Although now Du Chensheng takes a fancy to her qualifications and wants to ease the relationship with her and send her to study. But when it comes to Du Yunnian, who knows which side the balance in his heart will tilt towards? If the Niu family wants to take out fifteen taels of silver to pay off the gambling debt, it is even more impossible. That woman, for a few taels of silver and a few acres of early land, can she sell her granddaughter, can she still be expected to choose family affection in the face of money and family affection?

After waiting outside the door for a while, he felt that it was almost over, and Du Jinning entered the door. This time I entered the door, and I almost collided with Du Fanghui, who was about to come out to find someone.

"Brother Ning, where have you been? My mother is going to die in a hurry. Du Fanghui shouted.

Du Jinning pulled her into the courtyard, and then said, "I'll go to Lizheng's house to find Brother Zhang." ”

At this time, Chen also heard the sound and came out of the house. Seeing that Du Jinning was safe and sound, she was immediately relieved.

Du Fangling, who came out with her, complained: "Brother Ning, where are you going in the future, I might as well tell everyone, so that everyone won't worry about you." ”

"I'm sorry, mother, I'll tell you first when I go out in the future." Du Jinning didn't argue with her and apologized directly to Chen.

Seeing that the door curtain in the upper room moved, Chen hurriedly pulled Du Jinning back to the house, turned his head and said to Du Fangling: "In the past, no one cared about where your brother went, except for us. We're not at home, so where is she going and who is she going to tell her? You can't go to the field and talk to us first, and then go back to the village to Lizheng's house, right? ”

Du Fangling pouted: "Mother, you are used to her." With a shake of her hand, she went back to her own room.

Du Jinning was anxious, too lazy to pay attention to Du Fangling, and wanted to find a place to talk to the Chen family about Du Yunnian. But the two small rooms were so close that what was being done here could be heard over there. She didn't necessarily have to guard against a few sisters, but she didn't want Du Fangfei to know that she was worried.

She had to talk to Chen Shi first: "Why don't you go and help the second aunt?" ”

Since eating Chen's cooking that night, Du Chensheng has intended to let Chen's cook. However, considering the difficulty of letting Yao's work in the field, and the fear that Chen's would not be willing to go to the field anymore after doing the kitchen work, Niu decided to maintain the status quo and only let the mother and daughter of the third room go to the kitchen to help.

And Chen and Du Fangfei are used to doing things, where are they used to coming back from work, sitting in the house and waiting for food, but letting others work in the kitchen? So there is no need for Niu's to say, they also took the initiative to help.

But today they all sat here peacefully, and did not go to the kitchen.

Chen smiled faintly: "Probably your second aunt prevented me from robbing her kitchen work, so she didn't let us in today, and drove us out." ”

Du Jinning also knew it when he heard it.

Yao's fear that Chan had robbed her of her good errand was one reason, and preventing her from stealing food in the kitchen was another. In this ancient period where the living conditions were not good and the material was scarce, it was not easy to raise fat and strong, but Yao and Du Jinshou were chubby, which shows how much oil and water Yao picked in the kitchen.

After saying these two words of gossip, she pulled Chen's sleeve, leaned close to her ear, and said that Du Yunnian owed gambling debts outside, and she was worried that Du Yunnian would calculate Du Fangfei's marriage again.

Chen was taken aback and said hurriedly: "What can I do about this?" ”

"Mother, you didn't help the eldest sister's relatives?" Du Jinning stared at Chen and asked.

In ancient times, as long as the family was thinking about their daughter, they would start to think about her relatives when their daughter was thirteen years old, so that when the daughter got married when she was sixteen, she would have three years to choose calmly, so that she would not choose the wrong family because she was too hasty.

Although the situation of the original third room was not very good, Chen is a mother who cares about her children, and she will not think about Du Fangfei's family affairs.

When Chen heard this, he immediately stood up, pulled his legs and walked out.

Du Jinning knew that this was not the place to talk, and when he saw Chen going out, he hurriedly followed.

The old couple of the Niu family shrank in the house because it was cold outside; Yao is busy in the kitchen. Chen's mother and daughter went out one after the other, but they didn't see it.

"What are you doing with you? It's cold outside, hurry back. Chen walked a few steps out of the courtyard gate, only to find that Du Jinning had followed, and hurriedly wanted to drive her back.

"Mother, you come this way with me." Du Jinning didn't say a word, and pulled her to the east of the village. There are fields over there, and there are no people, so it's a good place to talk.

During this time, Du Jinning was like the backbone of Xiao Sanfang, she made up her mind about everything, and it turned out that she handled it very well.

Seeing this, Chen didn't say much, and followed her to the east of the village.

By this time it was completely dark, with only a faint moonlight. Du Jinning didn't dare to go far, and walked a little farther away from the house in the east of the village, so he said to Chen: "Mother, who are you going to find?" ”

"Do you remember the Sun family under the big locust tree in the west of the village?" Chan said.

Du Jinning frowned and thought for a while, and finally searched for the situation of the Sun family in his memory.

The Sun family is the poorest family in this Peach Blossom Village. The head of the family, Sun Dazhu'er, broke his leg in an accident seven or eight years ago and collapsed on the bed, and the aunt of the Sun family is a medicine jar, taking medicine all the year round, and can't do anything. This old couple was able to give birth to two, and they gave birth to ten children, and they stood six. The eldest is 22 years old, and the youngest is only 5 years old this year.

The eldest Sun Gui is a man, he should have married in his early years, and his parents are dragged down by the family, and there are younger brothers and sisters below, and the family is so poor that it clangs, which woman is willing to marry into his family? So Sun Gui is now an old bachelor.

Du Jinning was taken aback and asked Chen, "Do you want to marry the eldest sister to Sun Gui?" ”

A teardrop flowed out of Chen's eyes, and she choked up: "I don't want to, how can I give up?" Your eldest sister has followed me all these years, but she has suffered a lot, and I don't want her to get married and live a hard life. ”

She wiped away a handful of tears: "But what can be done? You have seen Meng Qiang's family affairs, and now your second uncle is here again. Where can this peasant family marry a daughter-in-law who can afford a dowry of fifteen taels? There is only one possibility, that is, to sell your eldest sister, and the sale is definitely not a good person. Rather than this, it is better to marry Sun Gui. After all, he has hands and feet, and he is also diligent and honest. If it weren't for his father and younger siblings, why wouldn't he have gotten married so far? ”