"Well, Zhou Meifa brought me there. I just looked from afar at the girl's doorstep for a few moments," said Tan Shi.

I went to inquire about that woman from Baojia Village this afternoon. She is diligent, hardworking, and has siblings who all get along well, unlike the three fat useless girls we have...

Seeing Lao Yang's displeased look, Tan Shi knew she had digressed again and closed her mouth.

“Okay, strike while the iron is hot! Let's have Zhou Matchmaker go and propose as soon as possible!” Old Yang made his decision right away.

Old Yang and Tan had just finished discussing the matter of Yang Huazhou when Yang Huaming burst into the room, followed by Liu, who was visibly pregnant.

"Father, Mother, Elder Brother and they have brought back three piglets! They are feeding them in the backyard right now!"

“What? You caught three at once? Where did the third room's money come from!” Old Yang was astonished.

Lao Yangtou knows the market price of piglets very well. Three piglets would probably fetch three or four hundred wen!

Where does the money come from?

Selling tofu? Or selling land?

“I don't know where my third brother and the others got their money. Right now, Lao Wu and Yongjin are watching over there!” Yang Huaming said loudly.

"They don't have pigpens, so where would they put all those piglets? They must be planning to take over our pigpen! That won't do!" Tan said, her face etched with anxiety.

Old Yang got up and waved his hand: "Let's go take a look!"

The main force surged and flowed into the backyard.

The backyard area.

Yang Ruqing and Mrs. Sun have already moved the three little pigs into the newly built pigpen.

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The pig trough was brought over by Luo Tiejiang, a heavy stone as long as an adult's arm, for Luofengtang's family to haul.

A groove was carved in the middle, just the right size to hold food.

Yang Ruqing listened to Luofengtang say that their family used to raise pigs, but in recent years, people haven't been able to eat enough, so they haven't raised them anymore.

However, the pig trough for feeding pigs is still there, and it comes in handy again today.

When Lao Yangtou and Tan Shi arrived, Old Sun and Da Niu were still there, all gathered outside the pigpen watching.

In the pigpen, Yang Ruqing was carrying a wooden bucket and bending over to use a gourd ladle to scoop the prepared pig feed from the bucket into the feeding trough.

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Considering that these three little piglets are still young, their teeth, stomachs, and digestive systems are not yet fully mature.

Yang Ruqing cooked the pig food for them, it was very soft and mushy, almost like a semi-liquid.

With readily available bean dregs at home, I mixed in some cabbage stalks, and also added a bit of porridge and rice soup into it.

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These days, with such dietary standards, not even pigs could eat this! Let alone humans!

As soon as the pig feed was scooped into the trough, the three little pigs were attracted by the smell and rushed to the edge of the trough, shoving their snouts in and eating ravenously.

"...pitter patter pitter patter..."

The three little pigs’ ears drooped, and their three tiny tails wagged happily behind them.

Yang Ruqing's eyes lit up with joy as she added more food to the bowl and couldn't help but gently tap the little piggy who loved to steal food with her ladle.

"Why are you being so stingy? Share some with your older and younger brothers!"

"Hehehe..."

Lao Sun and the others were all amused by Yang Ruqing's words.

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In the midst of laughter, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.

"Third daughter-in-law, where did you get so many piglets? Tell me the truth, didn't you sell the farmland? The Yang family's farmland can't be sold!"

Lao Yang pushed through the crowd and walked over, his eyes fixed directly on Mrs. Sun.

Sun shi was stunned for a moment, then shook her head.

"Father, how could we possibly sell them? Those fields are our lifeline. They provide for our food and clothing! How could we give them up?" Mrs. Sun said.

“Didn’t you sell them? Then how did you guys get money to catch so many piglets? Raising them costs money too, you know!”

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Old Yang's face was full of suspicion, as if he wouldn't rest until he got to the bottom of things.

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Old Sun took over and said, "Brother, we know you're worried about those fields. The fields are the foundation for our farmers, aren't they? But the children haven't misled you. We really didn't sell the land!"

Old Yang didn't speak, his eyes darting back and forth between the three pigs happily eating in the pigpen. His expression was complex.

Yang Ruqing scooped the last ladle of pig feed into the trough and stood up, smiling at Lao Yangtou.

"Grandfather, we've planted rapeseed in our fields. How do we sell it?"

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“But we still have two acres of rice paddies, don't we!” Old Yang still looked skeptical.

Yang Ruqing twitched the corner of her mouth: "Grandfather, let me just say this, the few acres of land you allocated to us are far and isolated. Irrigation is inconvenient, let alone selling them. Even if we lease them to others, they wouldn't be interested!"

Lao Yang's face immediately turned sour when he heard this.

Those fields, they were the apple of his eye!

At the edge, Yang Huaming hurriedly jumped out to help, pointing at Yang Ruqing and saying, "Fatty, what do you mean? You dislike those few acres of land? Well then, if you come back, we'll see you drinking the north wind!"

Yang Ruqing rolled her eyes at Yang Huaming: "What we get from the third house belongs to us. There's no need to return it! Even if we were to sell it, you wouldn't have any say in the matter!"

"What?" Old Yang's head shot up, his weathered face twitching violently.

So, you really sold it?

Yang Ruqing was also drunk, how could she explain it no matter what?

"Yes, sold!" she said.

Old Yang's legs went weak, and he almost slipped. Yang Huazhou grabbed him just in time.

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"Father, Third Sister-in-law and Qing'er explained it clearly, we didn't sell it! Why don't you believe us?" Yang Huazhou said helplessly. Please note that I removed the unnecessary "<<<<<" and ">>>>>" from your input before translating. Let me know if you have any other text you'd like translated!

"Where did they get so much money to raise so many piglets?" Lao Yangtou asked stubbornly.

Yang Huazhou looked embarrassed.

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To be honest, he wasn't quite sure.

“Father, this is the path that Third Brother and his sister-in-law have taken. It's not right for us to inquire so intensely about their family background, isn't it?” Yang Huazhou said.

Lao Yangtou still wouldn't speak, it seemed like this matter would become a burden on his heart if it wasn't solved.

The fourth son, Yang Huaming, chimed in again: "Even if we split the family, our father is still the head of the Lao Yang family. We have a right to ask about the unclear origins of the money from the third house! If we don't get to the bottom of it, what if the people from the third house later amass ill-gotten gains and harm the entire Lao Yang family?"

Liu shi chimed in from the side: "That's right, today we must make the third house account for their actions and where their money came from!"

The aggressive words reached the ears of Lao Sun and Daniu on the border, one by one their brows furrowed.

Sun's face was full of helplessness, and her eyes turned to Yang Ruqing for help.

Yang Ruqing snorted coldly, "Oh, oh, all of you stop with the pretentious act. To be frank, aren't you just puzzled?"

"What do you think, with us three families leaving our homes empty-handed, both adults and children will be left starving, then we'll have to come begging for scraps from you?"

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