Outside the Yun family's home.
Granny Hu, along with her daughter and daughter-in-law, huddled by the wall, shivering from the cold.
Deep into the night, with heavy dew, and in the late autumn season.
Gusts of cold wind blew against the faces of the three women, making them appear even more forlorn and helpless, evoking pity.
The flatbread in Granny Hu's arms had long gone cold.
She tore off a piece and shared it with Jin Huaihua and Hu Xier, "Here, have a bite!"
"Mom, sob sob sob..."
Hu Xier burst into tears, throwing herself into her mother's embrace, "Sob, I, I miss Daddy and big brother, sob! ~"
Hearing her cry, Granny Hu's heart also ached.
She stroked her daughter's head and sighed, "The dead cannot be brought back to life. Xiao Quan and the old man are gone, and this old woman doesn't have many days left either!"
Jin Huaihua heard this and quickly gestured with her hands, signaling her mother-in-law and sister-in-law not to be discouraged.
"Mom, why did you insist on sending me and my sister-in-law to the Yun family?"
Finding work in the county town, washing dishes, serving as a maid or servant, could all provide a way to survive.
Why did they have to cry their hearts out in front of the Yun family's door?
Jin Huaihua didn't quite understand either.
She and her sister-in-law were both nimble.
They weren't at the point of starving to death on the streets.
However, since she couldn't speak, and feared her mother-in-law's blame, she silently shed tears.
"Don't underestimate the Yun family. Except for the second daughter-in-law, everyone else in their family is promising."
"Especially that youngest daughter, she's very capable. I heard she drove away the rat plague in Dashui Village!"
"Working in the county town isn't a long-term solution for you two."
"If you can stay with the Yun family to help out, as maids, or become concubines to the eldest or second son, you won't have to suffer with me!"
Granny Hu advised earnestly, her weathered, mottled face filled with melancholy and anxiety.
Seeing the attitudes of Madam Gu and Old Man Yun today, this matter might be difficult.
Jin Huaihua and Hu Xier exchanged glances and lowered their heads in silence.
The two men in the family were gone.
They had to listen to their mother's arrangements for everything.
The next morning.
Little Xi Tian hadn't woken up yet when she heard a deafening cry from outside the main gate.
Immediately after, the discussions of villagers, in twos and threes, also erupted.
"Oh my, Sister-in-law Hu, what are you doing kneeling here?"
"That's right, Hu Daquan and Hu Xiaoquan were bitten to death by wolves, why are you crying and mourning at the Yun family's door?"
"Aren't you afraid Er Man will shoot you to death with his darts? You're so brave to mourn at the home of the wolf-slaying hero!"
"......"
Little Xi Tian blinked her eyes, quickly put on her clothes, got out of bed, and ran to the main gate with a 'pitter-patter'.
The Yun family had already come out, their faces grim as they glared at the mother and three daughters on the ground.
Liu Cuirong was so angry she was about to explode, pointing at Granny Hu and scolding, "Old woman, why are you still haunting us?"
"We gave you flatbread yesterday, and you're still crying endlessly. Believe it or not, I'll report you to the authorities and send you all to prison!"
As the saying goes, a drop of kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring.
Were the three of them repaying the Yun family like this?
Granny Hu cried for a while, wiped the tears from her face, and looked up at Yun Erman.
"Hero, you have a broad mind and are a true man, capable of tolerating everything. You can accommodate all things."
"Huaihua is knowledgeable and filial to her in-laws, and she is also virtuous and capable!"
"Keep her by your side, she will surely give you a healthy baby girl!"
Yun Erman, who was completely bewildered: "......"
Good heavens, she wanted Jin Huaihua to be his concubine!
One Liu Cuirong was already enough for him to handle. Taking another wife would be the death of him!
Yun Erman refused outright, "I don't want her, give her to whoever you want!"
Liu Cuirong heard this, her heart warmed, and she smiled with a face full of blooming peach blossoms.
Husband, you're so good!
Having her, who understood his needs, was enough.
Taking another concubine would only bring more trouble.
Madam Gu frowned, "Sister Hu, I already said yesterday that the Yun family does not take in outsiders."
"You kneel at my door, crying and shouting, and even offering my son as a concubine, what are your intentions?"
"Exactly!" Aunt Zhang glared at Granny Hu with disdain, "Although your daughter-in-law isn't old, she's been married before!"
"Besides, Erman has no intention of taking a concubine. You should go cry somewhere else! ~"
Other women in the village also started speaking up for Madam Gu.
"Sister-in-law Hu, are you trying to get your daughter-in-law and daughter into the Yun family just because the Old Yun family is doing better?"
"You know, this is called getting something for nothing!"
Huang Xiangyun also said, "Pah, how shameful. Your own man is dead, and you come to the Yun family to make a scene. If you don't feel ashamed, they find it unlucky!"
Madam Gu had very good relationships with the people of Dashui Village.
She maintained good neighborly relations and never forgot to send some of the delicious food she had.
Moreover, she was literate, and the women always came to her to read letters from home.
Granny Hu pursed her lips. Having gained no advantage from Yun Erman, she shifted her gaze to Yun Daman.
Although his skin was dark, he was very handsome.
His muscular body was strong and upright, and his eight-foot stature was imposing.
It wouldn't be bad for Huaihua to be his concubine.
Yun Daman: "......"
Is this old woman selling her daughter-in-law?
After being rejected by his second brother, why was she looking at him with shining eyes?
Zhao Guihua felt like she was facing a great enemy, wishing she could beat them out with a broom.
Does this Granny Hu have any shame?
"No, don't look at me, I don't want her! ~"
Before Zhao Guihua could get angry, Yun Daman waved his hand and directly refused.
Granny Hu pulled Jin Huaihua forward and pleaded, "Daman, take a good look. Although Huaihua can't speak, she's not ugly!"
Isn't she much better than your original wife?
Huaihua has looks and a good figure.
She is capable of working, bearing children, farming, chopping wood, and cooking, she can do it all.
Why bother revolving around the original wife?
"Huaihua is nineteen years old, young and energetic, why don't you... just take her, okay?" Granny Hu pleaded again.
Yun Daman frowned, pulled Zhao Guihua's hand, "Are you deaf? I said I don't want her! If you want to give her to someone, give her to my dad!"
Old Man Yun: "???"
Madam Gu: "......"
You unfilial son!
You actually want to find a stepmother?
Has your brain been flooded with too much rain?
Little Xi Tian covered her mouth and giggled, "Hee hee hee."
Big brother, oh big brother, if you don't want her, don't want her, but don't push her onto Dad!
Aren't you afraid Mom will be jealous!
Oh my, she was about to laugh herself to death...
Zhao Guihua pinched Yun Daman hard and gave him a sideways glance, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Yun Daman chuckled foolishly and scratched his head.
He just misspoke for a moment, he didn't mean anything else!
But the speaker was unintentional, yet the listener took it to heart.
Granny Hu pondered for a moment, then her eyes rolled, and she swept her gaze towards Old Man Yun.
He was the backbone and pillar of the Old Yun family. The fact that he could lead the entire family to flee here showed some capability.
Old Man Yun: "......"
Who am I, where am I?
Little Xi Tian wiped away her tears of laughter.
Oh my, Dad, you're really thinking ahead with this move...