Actually, that’s not what she had in mind.
She couldn’t possibly be with three men at the same time, and she had no romantic feelings for her second brother.
She planned to build a new house with a larger courtyard and more rooms so that in the future it could be divided into two separate households. Then, her second and third brothers could each marry and live in the new house.
As for her… She would move back to the old house with her fourth brother.
Xiao Yishan and Xiao Qinghe saw the smile on Qingyue’s face and didn’t suspect anything.
However, Yuchuan, who was smarter than them, caught a glimpse of doubt in her eyes, as if he could guess her thoughts.
But some things couldn’t go as she wished.
“That’s a good idea,” said Yuchuan with a bright smile. “There’s a large vacant land not far from our house. It would be a good place to build a new house.”
Xiao Yishan hesitated, “That piece of land is indeed wide, but there are many stones and a small earth slope, which makes it less desirable. Otherwise, it would have been bought by someone else already.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Yuchuan waved his hand. “Once I recover, I can level the small earth slope and move the stones away in about ten days or so.”
“That works. Tomorrow, I’ll go to the village chief’s house and ask how much it will cost to buy that empty land.”
Qingyue knew the empty land they were talking about was not far from the house, “Alright, after we finish building our new house, we can use the remaining money to buy more fields.”
If a farmer didn’t own fields, he wouldn’t be able to find a wife, no matter how handsome he looked. Fields were the lifeblood of farmers.
At night, the three men in the Xiao’s master bedroom were all asleep.
Qingyue returned to her secondary bedroom and slept soundly.
Suddenly, the little mixed-haired dog curled up in one corner of the bed perked its ears and rushed towards the door.
The door was only slightly ajar, and the clever dog stood on its hind legs, using its paw to hook and scratch at the door crack until the door opened. Its small body slipped out and started barking furiously at the person sneaking into the yard, “Woof! Woof!”
After just a few barks, the ferocious dog charged towards the intruder, attempting to bite them.
“Ah!” A woman’s thick voice screamed in pain. Surprisingly, it was Ailiu.
Ailiu forcefully flung the dog away and yelled, “You damn dog, you bit me again! I’ll kill you!”
Of course, she didn’t want to leave empty-handed and came back to ‘take something’ with her. Originally, she wanted to steal the horse, as well as some dried fish, meat, and chickens from the courtyard…
She wanted to take everything she could!
Those more than two hundred taels of silver should also belong to her. The people in the Xiao family had no conscience. If she didn’t take their things, she would feel unworthy to herself!
Things didn’t go as planned; she was discovered by the dog as soon as she entered the courtyard. She didn’t even know where the money was hidden…
As soon as the three men in the master bedroom heard the commotion, Yuchuan and Dashan rushed out only wearing their pants, without even bothering to put on their clothes.
Knowing that if she was caught, she would be beaten to death, Ailiu hurriedly tried to escape by crawling and rolling on the ground.
The fierce little dog chased after her. As she fled the courtyard, she slammed the courtyard door shut, trapping the dog inside.
Ailiu had been accustomed to doing farm work at her husband’s family, so she was quite strong. Plus, it was dark outside. As she ran and hid, Yuchuan and Dashan easily found her with the help of the dog…
After a while, when Yuchuan and Dashan returned with the dog, only Qinghe was in the yard.
“Where’s our wife?” Both men asked almost simultaneously.