The Li family's plan to plot against Qin Xiaoxiao required taking great risks, but plotting against Hu Qingqing was easy.

Hu Qingqing and Li Zhao had given each other gifts, and the people at Zhangji Roast Duck had also met Hu Qingqing, and the shopkeeper was a relative of Li’s mother. With these physical witnesses, even if the real Li Zhao ran away, Hu Qingqing still had an affair with Li Zhao.

It became an irrefutable fact.

When the time comes, the Li family will use Li Zhao's household registration and birth date to get married to the Hu family. In fact, the person who actually goes to marry Hu Qingqing is Li Ming, a rotten man who eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles.

In this way, Hu Qingqing really fell into the Li family's fire pit, and it will be difficult for her to climb out in this life.

"The plagued thing, it was his fault to deceive the Li family, and he actually hired someone to pretend to be Xiaoxiao. He has a bad reputation as Xiaoxiao! If that girl can agree, she must not be from a good family!"

Lin Qiuniang was so angry that she couldn't help but grab Qin Shan and cursed: "It's all your fault. If you hadn't been blind and fell in love with such a liar, what happened today wouldn't have happened!"

She didn't know about Hu Qingqing and Li Zhao, so she didn't know that she had misunderstood Hu Qingqing and scolded her niece.

Qin Shan was already very upset, but he felt even more uncomfortable when his wife scolded him. But in front of his second wife, he needed to maintain the dignity of the head of the family, so he widened his eyes and retorted: "Can this be all my fault? Didn't you nod your head back then?

Already?"

Seeing that her husband was still quibbling, Lin Qiuniang's anger went straight to the top of her head, and she used Zhao Cao'er's usual tricks on him, and bitterly pinched his waist.

Qin Shan's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth to hold back the scream, leaving only a pair of eyes to stare at her stubbornly, expressing his indignation at Lin Qiuniang's unreasonable trouble.

"Father, mother, please stop arguing. Even grandpa was deceived by Li Zhao's appearance. The only blame is that he is too cunning." Qin Xiaoxiao quickly spoke out to persuade her, not wanting her parents to get into trouble over this matter.

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"Humph, my daughter is sensible." Qin Shan found the steps and climbed down the slope, hinting to his wife to let go quickly. He could no longer bear it.

Lin Qiuniang glared at him, but she still gave him face and quietly withdrew her hand: "If Xiaoxiao hadn't seen something wrong and asked you and the matchmaker to reject Li Zhao, I don't know how this matter would have ended."

Qin Shan lowered his head and remained silent. He would no longer feel regret for not being able to recruit Li Zhao.

"Okay, the Li family has received the fate they deserve. This matter ends here. We are not allowed to mention it again in the future." Mr. Qin spoke again, feeling equally worried that he could not see Li Zhao's true face clearly and almost gave birth to his granddaughter.

Annoyed by attracting a bad wolf.

No matter what Li Zhao's difficulties were, it was true that he deceived his granddaughter and almost ruined his granddaughter's reputation. He was not a kind person.

"By the way, Dad, you haven't told me what happened to the Li family yet? How did the county magistrate judge him?" Zhao Cao'er asked impatiently. This was what she was most concerned about.

"Second brother? You tell me." Mr. Qin was tired and didn't want to talk much. He poured himself a cup of tea and let Qin Chuan do the talking.

"Those two guys who snickered and laughed at the baby were sentenced to ten years in prison, and they went to the stone quarry outside the city every day." Qin Chuan smiled with a smile on his face, quite a bit of gloating: "I heard that the two of them haven't yet.

My daughter-in-law, I am afraid that in ten years she will have to become a stepfather and raise grandchildren for others."

This was exactly what Qin Xiaoxiao expected. Everyone felt particularly relieved and urged him to continue.

"Two old men were dishonest. They still argued in court that they had admitted the wrong person. They were beaten more than ten times before they told the truth."

Qin Chuan thought of Father Li's face and Mother Li's face, and his hands and feet began to itch again: "Is this crime of ruining a girl's reputation a big or small crime? Since they failed to succeed, they were sentenced to three years? Slap once a day."

Is this punishment too light for everyone? Qin Shan slammed the table and cursed: "It is obvious that two old immortals are the masterminds, but the sentence is lighter than that of two thieves? Is this even fair?"

Everyone else nodded, thinking that the county magistrate was too incompetent to judge cases? How could he convince the public with such a sentence?

"This case is not decided by the county magistrate alone. The case file needs to be reported to the Ministry of Punishment afterwards? The Ministry of Punishments will review it. If the sentence is severe and the Ministry of Punishment sees it, it will think that the county magistrate is incompetent and will not judge the case. This will affect the county magistrate.

This year’s performance appraisal.”

Qin Xiaoxiao explained in detail, but felt that the sentence was reasonable: "The county magistrate has already taken risks by imposing this sentence. I'm afraid it's for the sake of my third uncle. We can't ask for more."

After everyone heard this, their resentment towards the county magistrate disappeared and they said, "Then you really can't blame me. If you want to blame it, blame the person who wrote the criminal law. It's all because of his random writing that this happened."

Qin Xiaoxiao was helpless, but knew that there were some things that they might not be able to understand even if they were explained, so he simply didn't say anything more.

Except for the two thieves and Li's father and Li's mother, the remaining ten or so people were deceived by Li's father and Li's mother. They did not maliciously want to ruin Qin Xiaoxiao's reputation, so the county magistrate ordered someone to beat them twenty times.

Let go.

Don't look at the fact that 20 bullets is not much. If you really fight it for less than a month, it will not get better. If you don't take care of it properly, you can easily become disabled. It will cost you a lot of money to seek medical advice.

For those who are not from a wealthy family, this is more painful than having them go to jail. I believe they will not be so easily deceived and help others do evil in the future.

After dinner, Mr. Qin went back to his room to rest.

Qin Xiaoxiao washed the dishes and went into the room quietly. Seeing that her grandfather's eyes were closed, she thought that her grandfather had fallen asleep and was going to leave quietly until her grandfather woke up tomorrow morning.

"What are you doing sneakily?"

Mr. Qin suddenly spoke, and Qin Xiaoxiao, who had already put his hand on the doorknob, was startled: "Master, grandpa, you are not asleep yet!"

Mr. Qin sat up, picked up the outer shirt and put it on his body: "What are you doing with me?"

Qin Xiaoxiao hurriedly came over, picked up the backbeater on the table and started beating her grandfather: "Nothing, I just want to talk to grandpa."

Mr. Qin raised his eyelids and glanced at her, humming: "If you show your courtesy for nothing, nothing good will come of it."

"Grandpa, I really want to talk to you, and I promise I won't make you angry, really!" Qin Xiaoxiao knew clearly that her grandfather was still angry about his previous concealment of sister Qingqing and Li Zhao, and told him with a flattering look on his face.

The old man made a promise.

Mr. Qin reluctantly believed it and turned around so that she could hit his back: "Stop talking, I'll listen."

Qin Xiaoxiao thought about her words for a while and then said cautiously: "Grandpa, Sister Qingqing doesn't know that Li Zhao used her to deceive the Li family. The matter has been resolved. Otherwise, it's better not to tell Sister Qingqing the truth."

Mr. Qin opened his eyes, stared at her and asked, "You will learn a lesson if you learn from it. There is nothing wrong with letting her learn a lesson."

Qin Xiaoxiao knew what her grandfather said made sense, but she couldn't bear to be hit again by her emotionally hurt cousin, so she explained: "Sister Qingqing broke up with Li Zhao before the incident happened, and now Li Zhao has gone somewhere.

It is unlikely that I will come back to Sister Qingqing in the future. If I tell Sister Qingqing the truth, she will definitely not be able to let go. She may also want to ask Li Zhao to find out what happened. This..."

Mr. Qin shook his head: "Xiaoxiao, people have to go through too many ups and downs in this life. These children's affairs are nothing at all. There is no need for you to protect Qingqing so tightly. It's time for her to grow up.

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After that, he rubbed his granddaughter's head: "The same goes for you. When you were young, adults would rush in front of you and block you if anything happened. But you have to know that the little seedlings that have been growing under the big trees will not

There will be a day when I will be successful."

Qin Xiaoxiao was persuaded and chose to listen to Mr. Qin's words and tell Hu Qingqing the whole story.

On this day, dark clouds covered the sky. Hu Qingqing, who knew the truth, said nothing. After forcibly sending away the worried Qin Xiaoxiao, she locked herself in the room for three days and three nights, no matter how Qin Guihua and Liujin screamed.

No door opened.

If they hadn't seen her lying on the bed through the crack in the window, the mother and son would have almost broken down the door with an axe.

"What's wrong with your sister? What's wrong with your sister? I'm so anxious!" Qin Guihua was so anxious that she asked at a loss what she could do to her son, who always followed her daughter every step of the way.

"I, I don't know, maybe I had a quarrel with my cousin, so don't ask any more questions." Liujin said perfunctorily, very irritably, telling her not to think about it: "When my sister comes out, she and I will go to grandpa's house.

Find your cousin and let them reconcile."

He knew in his heart that his sister's behavior must be related to the wild men outside, but he couldn't tell her. If his mother knew about it, it would definitely not end well.

On the morning of the fourth day, Hu Qingqing finally opened the door. Liujin was the first to pounce on her, hugging her and crying: "Sister, when I grow up, I will be very, very good to you. I will bully anyone who dares to bully you."

Don’t worry about who you’re going to beat to death!”

Hu Qingqing had not had a drop of water for three days and three nights. She was so haggard that she seemed to be able to fly like a kite when the wind blew. She was unable to break away from her brother's thin arms and smiled weakly: "Okay, what you said

, sister remembers it."

Liu Jin nodded heavily and choked with sobs: "Don't be sad, I will find you the best man in the world to be your husband. If he dares to make you cry, I will beat him until you cry!"

These childish and serious words made Hu Qingqing, who was about to shed tears, cry again: "She is as thin as a monkey. She yells to beat others every day. With such a small body, she can beat anyone."

Liujin raised his head, wiped his eyes vigorously, and said in a vow: "Just wait, I will eat more and drink more and work hard to grow stronger, and become very, very powerful!"

Hu Qingqing touched his head and smiled with tears in her eyes: "Sister, wait."

After cleaning up, she sat at the table and slowly ate the six kilograms of porridge and rice she had left. After regaining some strength, she changed her clothes and went out.

He was still worried about Liu Jin, and didn't even care about the dishes and chopsticks. He quietly dropped them behind her, fearing that his sister would get distracted and do something stupid.

Hu Qingqing noticed it and did not chase him back, but slowly walked to Qin's house.

Qin Xiaoxiao was also thinking about her and hadn't slept well these past few days. When she saw her skinny cousin, her nose felt sore and her eyes turned red: "Sister Qingqing..."

"Okay, I won't cry anymore, so don't cry either." Hu Qingqing held her hand and smiled calmly: "It's not a hurdle that I can't overcome. I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't know if she had really figured it out, or if she just said that because she didn't want to worry herself. At the moment, he could only take it as what she said was the truth: "Yeah, if you're good, I won't cry."

Hu Qingqing smiled again, but the light that once made people's hearts flutter was gone.

This time she didn't stay long at Qin's house, and went back with Liu Jin after lunch.

During this period, Mr. Qin called her outside alone to talk for a while. No one knew what the grandfather and grandson said. But after the siblings left, Mr. Qin said to Qin Xiaoxiao: "If you have nothing to do on weekdays, you can go find her more often."

If your cousin talks to you, I'm worried that she'll get into trouble."

Qin Xiaoxiao's heart sank and he nodded: "Grandpa, I understand."

By the end of September, all the winter wheat has been planted, and the work in the fields for the year is finally over.

The villagers couldn't rest, so the men brought their poles and ropes to the city to do part-time work, hoping to earn back the family's food, salt, sauce and vinegar money for the new year; the women began to sew and mend, taking apart the worn-out clothes that could no longer be worn, and adding some

Old people put on new clothes made of rags and stuff for the children to wear; the old people also went to the mountains together to collect firewood, so that they could survive the coming cold winter warmly.

Apart from going to Hujia Village to play with Hu Qingqing, Qin Xiaoxiao spent most of her time fishing. Because the cold winter was coming, the black raccoons needed to consume a lot of food to grow meat and fur, even the kittens in the village were no exception.

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To be continued...