Chapter 36 Qin Dahai Divorces His Wife
"Dad, how did you find this place?" Qin Dahai smiled awkwardly.
Old Man Qin glanced at the woman on the recliner and snorted.
"Why, even though your father is here, he can't come in and sit for a while?" Old man Qin said with a sullen look on his face.
"You're overthinking it. Come in, Xiaohong, and get daddy a glass of water." As he said this, he nodded at the woman on the recliner.
The girl named Xiaohong sat up, called out "Dad" and went into the house to get some water.
Qin Dahai quickly welcomed Old Man Qin into the house, and Xiaohong also brought over the tea.
Xiaohong was also tactful. She said she was going to cook and went into the backyard kitchen.
When Old Man Qin saw Xiaohong walking away, he told Qin Dahai about the three Liu family members being imprisoned. Qin Dahai was shocked.
"Your younger brother asked me to come to you to save him. Now I have no choice but to ask you for help. Do you have any way to get him out?" Old man Qin started smoking his pipe again. It had been a habit for decades and he couldn't change it.
"Dad, you think too highly of me. I am just an ordinary citizen, how can I be compared to the county magistrate? How can I have the connections to get him out?" Qin Dahai hated this younger brother the most. He used to sneak out of the academy to eat and drink at Wangxianlou, and he had to pay for it himself. Now that he is in prison, he hopes that he will never come out. How could he save her?
Old man Qin knew that his eldest son would not be willing to save his younger son from prison.
"Your younger brother asked me to bring you a message. He said that on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, you would have helped him." Old man Qin stood up, delivered the message, and prepared to leave.
"Give me a hundred taels of silver first." Old man Qin extended his hand to Qin Dahai.
"Dad, where can I get one hundred taels of silver?" Qin Dahai was anxious.
"You stole two hundred taels of silver from Wangxian Tower, and your boss wants to report to the police. What do you think if I tell him your whereabouts..." After hearing this, Qin Dahai's face turned pale and he pressed his hands down, signaling his father not to say anything more.
Qin Dahai entered the room, took out a hundred taels of silver and stuffed it into Old Man Qin's hand.
Old Man Qin quickly put away the banknotes and was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he looked around the house.
"Dad, don't think about this house. We rent it for two taels of silver a month. We plan to return the house after Xiaohong is born and then go back to Shitou Village."
"Since you're renting a house, there's no need to waste money. Go and return the house now and come back to Shitou Village with me today." Old man Qin is actually a very selfish person. It's impossible for me to farm and eat bran in the countryside while you eat meat and live in a good house in the city.
Qin Dahai didn't dare to disobey his father at this critical juncture. He had figured out his father's temper. The more you disobey him, the more he would find fault with you.
Qin Dahai went to the kitchen and explained something to Xiaohong. Fortunately, Xiaohong listened to him. Although she was reluctant, she still followed his instructions and cleaned up after dinner.
After finishing his meal, Old Man Qin rested in this courtyard. Qin Dahai also went out to find connections to get Qin Wen and his mother out.
Qin Dahai still had some connections in the town over the years. He used his connections to talk to the county government's legal advisor and paid a tribute of fifty taels of silver before he was able to bring Qin Wen and Liu back.
As for Mei, he didn't want her to come out and disturb the world of two people between him and Xiaohong. Qin Dahai went directly to the cell and scolded Mei, accusing her of being vicious, intolerant of her niece, and murderous for money. He threw a divorce letter to Mei and strode away.
Qin Dahai asked the landlord to cancel the room, rented an ox cart, and returned to Shitou Village with his luggage.
It was two days later when Qin Zhi found out about this. She felt as sick as if she had eaten a fly. Everyone felt sorry for her. She was beaten with 20 sticks before she succeeded in her lawsuit, but she was taken back after only one night in prison.
After Shen Changzhou learned about this, he just narrowed his eyes and paused for a moment. This is very good. Only when they come back will he have the opportunity to meet these top-notch people.
At the Qin family's house, Mrs. Liu has been lying in bed for two days. It's not that she's feeling unwell, but she feels that she suffered in prison, and she wants to show off when she comes back.
Qin Erzhu goes out to work in the fields early in the morning and comes back late at night, and there is no one working at home.
Everyone pushed Xiao Hong out to cook. Poor Xiao Hong had to cook for the whole family with a big belly, and was scolded by Liu from time to time. However, Xiao Hong was not a naive person coming from that kind of place. She would whisper in Qin Dahai's ear every night. Qin Dahai got angry with Liu several times because of this.
Ever since Qin Lian found out that her father had divorced her mother, she believed that it was Xiaohong who was causing the discord between them, so every time she looked at Xiaohong she looked as if there was a knife hidden in her eyes.
So now even the three meals a day are a matter of you pushing me and me pushing you.
The most pitiful one was Qin Erzhu, who went out early and came back late every day without a meal. When he was hungry, he either ate a raw cucumber or picked some wild berries on the ridges of the fields.
However, Qin Erzhu was not going to endure it.
"Dad, I won't go to the fields starting tomorrow." Qin Erzhu said and went back to the house, not caring what his parents were scolding behind his back.
Qin Zhi spent the past few days lying in bed. The twenty beatings almost took her life.
Shen and Shen Changzhou were also asked to stay in bed and rest. Three members of the family were injured. Thanks to Qin Zhen who ran around and took care of one after another.
But this skin injury heals quickly.
After a few days, Qin Zhi was able to jump around again, Shen Changzhou became much more agile, and Shen Shi was also more energetic.
Shen Changzhou and Shen Shi discussed returning to Shenjia Village in two days to pay homage to their parents.
Qin Zhi released a wild boar from the space, killed it, chopped some meat, made dumplings with meat filling, stewed a big pot of pork rib soup, and fried two vegetarian dishes.
The family had a delicious meal. Shen Changzhou was very satisfied with the meal and praised Qin Zhi's cooking skills.
Qin Erzhu was still hungry today, but he went directly to the vegetable garden and picked some cucumbers for his meal.
This really stirred up a hornet's nest. Liu bared her teeth and scolded Qin Erzhu. Qin Erzhu looked at these people who had hurt his wife and children, and he was no longer tolerant of them. He would sit at the table if everyone else sat at the table, and he would not work if everyone else didn't work.
Old man Qin felt mixed emotions as he looked at this room full of good-for-nothing descendants.
At night, everything was quiet. A dark shadow sneaked into Lao Qin's house, but came out quickly.
When it was daybreak, Qin Erzhu did not go to the fields like he used to. He went to bed when it was time to sleep. In all these years, he had never slept in for a single day.
"Ah..." a cry for help was heard.
"Hair, who shaved my hair?" Another voice came out of Qin Wen's mouth.
There was a lot of commotion in the morning but nothing was found out. But when Old Man Qin found out that they had become bald, he looked at them with gloomy eyes.
Liu was really furious early in the morning.