In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 41 - In a Big Forest, There are All Kinds of Birds_1

Chapter 41: Chapter 41 - In a Big Forest, There are All Kinds of Birds_1

Old Qin broke into a cold sweat and gave Su Pan’er a forced smile, a look of guilt on his face.

"Since we are splitting the stove, what needs to be given, will be given. It is currently the spring plowing season and there’s not much grain left in the house. Go to your mother later and collect a month’s worth of rations, as well as some things to use at home..."

Upon the splitting of the stove, lacking even a single kitchen utility would make dining challenging.

"What? You’re giving out rations too? In your dreams!"

Mrs. Qin-Li wanted to shout, but her injured mouth, inflicted by Su Pan’er, ached whenever she tried to speak.

Old Man Qin raised his eyelids, glared at Mrs. Qin-Li, and continued.

"As for those few mu of barren fields... It’s spring plowing season, and the third brother isn’t familiar with farming and can’t work the fields. We won’t be dividing the farmland. The Qin family has ten mu of woodland near the back of the village filled with many fruit trees. We will let the third brother take care of those."

Su Pan’er frowned involuntarily. Not even a single mu of farmland would be divided?

No one else at home said anything, except Qin Yu, who was in a panic!

"Father! That so-called woodland is nothing more than a wasteland, everyone knows that! Apart from a few fruit trees, nothing else is produced there. The third brother doesn’t even have half a mu of farmland. How do you expect him to survive?"

Land here was divided into different grades. The worst, barren hills, could be bought for about 50-100 copper coins per mu, while woodland could cost 200-500 copper coins per mu.

When Old Qin’s use of wasteland as woodland was pointed out by his eldest son, his face turned beet red.

"Wasn’t a month’s worth of rations already provided? When the autumn harvest comes, a market stone of grains should be given. Which family in the village has surplus grain now? You can go and ask anyone."

Now was a time of scarcity; no family had excess grains.

Su Pan’er quietly glanced at the silent Qin Yi and couldn’t help but laugh to herself.

A market stone of grain is approximately 120 catties. After dividing it, she and Qin Yi would have to survive on these 120 catties of grain?

That wasn’t the main point!

The crucial point was that they had only been given a month’s worth of rations, and it was currently late spring. The ration was expected to last till the autumn harvest season... even if they were only eating one grain of rice at a time, it would not suffice, would it?

Her father-in-law was truly a master of calculation!

Before Su Pan’er could say anything, the old Clan Leader, who was sitting on the main seat with his dry smoking pipe, spoke first.

Tapping his dry smoking pipe gently on the armrest of the chair, he said, "Young Mister Qin! You’re not young anymore, and although no two people are the same, as parents we should strive for fairness. Qin Yi is also a young man I saw growing up, who’s now unwell. The grain you have allocated... isn’t it too little?"

Despite the Clan elder’s gentle tone and deliberate softening of his voice, Old Qin’s face flushed with embarrassment, and he lowered his head in shame.

"How about... giving half a month’s worth of rations more?"

There was a note of uncertainty in his words. As much as he wanted to give more grains, he was in quite a quandary, for...

Mrs. Qin-Chen had taken advantage of the situation to squeeze in front of the crowd after hiding out of sight due to the earlier dispute. She did a quick bow to the old Clan Leader and spoke softly.

"Clan Leader! My husband, the head of our Qin family’s second branch, is not in the county city, so could this small woman represent the second branch and say a few words?"

The clan leader’s eyes quickly flashed a surprised look, his hand holding the dry smoking pipe faltered, and he coughed heavily twice.

"Speak!"

The clan elder next to him even wore a contemptuous expression.

Men were discussing important matters, what business did this woman have barging in to speak?

She had learnt the family rules but was going against them like a dog!

The shining light in Mrs. Qin-Chen’s astute eyes ceaselessly flickered: "Leader, we previously used up our savings of ten taels of silver for Third Brother’s treatment. On top of that, my father-in-law and mother-in-law couldn’t bear to see Third Brother suffering and sold off several Mu of fertile fields. All the millet and grain at home were also sold out. Now, the only food at home is just a bit of coarse grain. Although I know that Third Brother’s room is in hard times and I wish to give them more food, but, but ..."

She hesitated, paused for a while before continuing: "Thus, Clan Leader please understand, it’s not our unwillingness to give more, it’s just that... we simply can’t afford it."

Meanwhile, she pretended to wipe non-existent tears with her kerchief during her speech.

Right now, her elder brother-in-law Qin Yu is honest and easy to deal with, her sister-in-law Qin Yueshi is easy to handle. The fourth brother is still young and studying. As long as she gets the third room to back off, when the two old people passed away, wouldn’t all belongings within and outside Qin family be hers?

With thoughts of such a plan in her mind, she naturally leaned towards Old Man Qin in her speech.

Qin Wan’er, standing nearby, was anxiously gripping her sleeve until she was about to twist the fabric. Upon hearing the words, a gleam of joy flashed in her eyes. She quickly interjected: "The entire Qin family’s property has been squandered by him alone! When dividing the family, Dad, don’t forget the debt of 15 taels of silver owed outside! If they want to split and move out, they must repay this silver debt themselves! Don’t expect us to pick up the tab."

What a joke!

Thinking of those ten taels of silver, Qin Wan’er felt a stomach full of grievances. Initially, when Qin Yi’s disease needed money for treatment, no matter how much Mrs. Qin-Li kicked up a fuss, threatening suicide, it could not change Old Man Qin’s decision who had resolutely brought out the ten taels of silver. In the end, even the good fields and grain at home were sold, but Qin Yi’s condition showed no improvement.

Qin Wan’er can never forget what her mother had secretly told her. That silver was meant to be her dowry!

She wished she could swallow him alive!

Why bother treating a tuberculosis patient? Better to die early and reincarnate, saving others the trouble!

Surprise flickered in Qin Yi’s eyes!

He looked at Qin Wan’er, somewhat surprised, and his eyes gradually darkened. Biting his lip, he clenched his fists, and glanced at Su Pan’er who still hadn’t spoken.

Su Pan’er raised her eyes and glanced at Qin Wan’er, smirking in her heart.

"Well, well, well, Is this what they call sibling affection? I’m really enlightened today! The moment they get a chance, they hasten to shit on others. If this happens in public, what it would look like in private. Tsk, tsk! There are really people this shameless in the world"

This comment made Qin Wan’er’s face change instantly! Her teeth grinded loudly, and she stomped her foot in fury!

"You damn fool! It’s you who is shameless! On your wedding night, you shook the marriage bed to pieces, seducing even a tuberculosis patient. Your noise was so loud that even people far away could hear it. Tell me now, who is the shameless one?"

In comparison to Qin Wan’er’s fury, Su Pan’er looked calm and composed.

"An unmarried girl likes to eavesdrop on her brother and sister-in-law’s private matters! Today, I understood that there are indeed all sorts of strange things in this world!"

Everyone present was thoroughly entertained by Su Pan’er’s remarks.

If this statement spreads out and ruins her reputation, then Qin Wan’er might have no chance of getting married.

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