"I asked my acquaintances in the government office to find out. Originally, I could pay a sum of money to redeem it, and I had to go over to the village to provide a guarantee."

"But when he made a scene in the prison and got into a fight with a jailer, the situation became serious."

"Now you can't be released on bail unless you pay one hundred taels of silver. Otherwise, you can only stay in jail for a period of time and then be released when the sentence is over."

After Yang Ruoqing came back, she told Xiaoqin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"You want one hundred taels of silver?" Xiaoqin asked in surprise.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, raised the tea beside her and took a sip, "One hundred taels, not even a penny less, and my father has to go over and sign and pledge as guarantor."

Xiaoqin's face turned pale, and she looked at the old woman beside her, "Mom, our family can't get the one hundred taels even by selling pots and iron."

"Even if my relatives try to sell iron, I'm afraid they won't be able to get it together. The Chinese New Year will be in just over a month. Look at this..."

Grandma Xiaoqin looked confused and panicked.

The old woman murmured: "Even if we can borrow one hundred taels of silver, we can't afford to pay it back!"

The old woman looked at the two granddaughters beside her. The two children looked innocent, each holding a piece of sugar cookie and eating it with gusto.

It’s freezing cold and the Chinese New Year is coming, so we can’t let our children suffer!

"There is no other way but to let him stay in jail now." The old woman gritted her teeth and made up her mind.

Xiaoqin lowered her head and hugged the two children with her arms, feeling secretly happy in her heart.

I hope it's best for him to stay in prison and never be released.

The old woman spoke again in a trembling voice: "Girl Qing, thank you for helping us go to the county seat to inquire about this. Madam, I rely on my old age and want to ask you for something..."

"Auntie, tell me, I will never refuse anything I can do." Yang Ruoqing said.

The old woman said: "It's freezing cold today, and it's probably extremely cold in the prison. I'm worried that he'll freeze in there. It would be bad if there were three long and two short."

"Can you please help me bring some clothes in?" she asked.

Yang Ruoqing nodded and said, "Okay, I will run for you again tomorrow."

The old woman dug around for a while before she took out three pennies and said, "I still have a dozen eggs at home. I'll pack them up when I get back. You can help me take them to the prison tomorrow."

"Give it to the jailer who is guarding it. The villagers don't have anything good, so I just ask them to take care of my man..."

Yang Ruoqing nodded again.

The next day, Yang Ruoqing went to the county restaurant to finish the accounts and went to the county government office. When she came back, she brought back a piece of news for Xiaoqin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"The people in the yamen have said that all these prisoners will be sent to work in a quarry over there. If they behave well, they will be released early."

"You can go home in as little as one year or as little as three months," she said.

Hearing this, the old woman's eyes showed a faint light.

"I hope he has suffered this loss, can perform well in the quarry, and strive to go home and reunite as soon as possible!" she said.

Yang Ruoqing nodded.

Xiaoqin was thinking in her mind, it could be at least three months, well, when he comes back, it will be the beginning of next spring.

As long as you can be clean for a while, that's enough. At worst, you'll have to think of something later.

The old woman wiped away her tears and went back. Here, Yang Ruoqing gave the more than twenty eggs to Xiaoqin: "I didn't give these eggs to the jailer, you take them to the children."

Xiaoqin nodded, took the basket, and couldn't help but ask Yang Ruoqing: "Do you have to work in the quarry for at least three months?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "Yes."

Xiaoqin asked again: "What kind of place is the quarry? What do they do?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "Do you know where the stones on this construction site came from? They were quarried from the mountains."

"Why are bricklayers and carpenters not paid as much as masons? It's because masons are the most tiring and hardworking. They have to go up the mountain to quarry stones and polish the stones, so the wages are the highest."

After hearing what Yang Ruoqing said, Xiaoqin understood.

Quarrying is hard work, and my father-in-law was sent to do hard labor.

"My father-in-law has never suffered much in his life. If he can completely wake up by going back to do hard work, then he will truly be an Amitabha." Xiaoqin said.

Yang Ruoqing twitched her lips.

Even if his own son was struck to death by lightning, it could not awaken his sense of responsibility. How could a few months of hard work wake him up?

She wouldn't believe it even to death.

It's like watching a variety show in the past life. There is one program that makes people speechless.

Let the little emperors in the city exchange their lifestyles with children from impoverished mountainous areas for a week.

The little emperors in the city who have been pampered for more than ten years suddenly become sensible when they go to the countryside just because they see the new father in the countryside running several miles of mountain roads to buy meat for him, and the mother in the countryside sewing clothes for him and so on. I understand?

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Then when you return to the city, you will be able to understand your parents’ good intentions?

From now on, the rebellious little emperor can immediately transform into a good boy with twenty-four filial piety?

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Yang Ruoqing does not believe it anyway.

Because this person's character and behavioral habits are not developed overnight, it is a deep-rooted thing.

To change, it takes time, a long, long time.

People like Wangfu are almost hopeless.

"Whether your father-in-law can change or not, at least for these three months, you can sleep peacefully." Yang Ruoqing said to Xiaoqin.

Xiaoqin nodded, "Then I'll go clean it up and move back today."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Okay, I'll help you and send you three home later."

Wangfu's matter has come to an end for the time being, and Xiaoqin can finally come to the construction site to cook happily every day again.

The people in the village, after discussing the topic about Wangfu for several days, also shifted their attention.

Because it’s the twelfth lunar month, every household has to start preparing for the New Year.

Busy year, busy year, this is how the twelfth lunar month comes every year.

Yang Ruoqing had taken care of the restaurant business and other business matters. Next, she concentrated on staying at home to prepare for the New Year.

The Sun family moved into their new house on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. In the past two days, Luo Fengtang has been busy helping the Sun family move.

The date was set for the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, but most of the furniture at home had been moved to the new house before.

Wait until the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to hold a ceremony to officially move in.

Yang Ruoqing is busy preparing gifts. Her husband's family has moved into a new house, and she has to prepare a housewarming gift.

Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang discussed this housewarming ceremony and drew up a list:

Two potted green pine plants are placed in the yard, and one is placed in the central hall of the main room.

A complete set of blue and white porcelain tea sets,

A mural in Dajie's study and a pair of four treasures in the study.
Chapter completed!