It is too difficult for poor families to get married. If two families happen to have children, then in order to continue their bloodline, they will use the "change of relatives" method to let their sons marry the daughter of the other family.

In this way, even if you have a daughter-in-law, you don’t have to worry about the bride price. You also call it “to be more kinship”.

Some girls are full of filial piety and friendly brothers, so they willingly exchange their wives for their brothers or younger brothers; some girls are dissatisfied with their parents' preferences or look down on their husbands who are changing their relatives, and are unwilling to marry and are unwilling to be in a life of slums.

"Picking up" Hu Qingqing's family's surname is Zeng, but the third situation is that the Zeng family's younger sister originally had a sweetheart who was talking about marriage, but her sweetheart was also poor and could not afford the bride price of six taels of silver that Zeng's mother asked for, so the marriage between the two families was put on hold.

Without the bride price, her elder brother Zeng Da couldn't marry a wife. Seeing that the brother and sister were getting older, Zeng's mother began to change the bride. After searching for the matchmaker, she really found the Liu family who also wanted to change the bride.

Liu Qiaoqiao, a girl from the Liu family, had no objection to the exchange of brides, but Zeng Xiaomei was different. She was dissatisfied with Zeng's mother not treating her as a human being, and she already had a lover, so when the two families got engaged, she packed up her burden and elopeed with her lover.

When Zeng Xiaomei ran away, how could the Zeng family and Liu family change their relatives? The Zeng family's mother and son were anxious and became angry. These days, they looked for Zeng Xiaomei everywhere and secretly asked their relatives to look around, but they didn't even see a shadow.

Seeing that tomorrow is the day for the two families to get engaged, the Zeng family is going to give up changing their kinship with the Liu family. Unexpectedly, on the way to find her sister, Zeng Da and her cousin happened to meet Hu Qingqing who ran away from home.

Zeng Da likes the gentle and lovely Liu Qiaoqiao very much. In addition, fortune tellers say that Liu Qiaoqiaowang's family is in his dreams. He dreams of marrying her. Seeing Hu Qingqing alone, he was so angry that he shouted from the side of his courage. As soon as he had a plan with his cousin, he knocked Hu Qingqing out and kidnapped him back, tied it up and threw it into the cellar.

"This girl is alone on the road, and there is no shortage of money and baggage on the road. She is not allowed to elope with her lover like your girl." Zeng's mother smacked her lips, and she was extremely disdainful in her words: "All of them are lowly embryos. Good life, but you have to make trouble with these things!"

Zeng Da rubbed his hands, and was slutty and excited during his conversation: "She looks a little better than Qiaoqiao, it's really a cheaper thing for my brother-in-law."

When Zeng's mother heard this, she didn't know her son's little thoughts. She squinted her eyes and said, "You are not allowed to touch her. Who knows whether this little slut is still a clean body! Qiaoqiao is different. She is a good girl who can promote our family. It's better to exchange for a little slut for her."

Zeng Da was just talking about the beauty. When he heard Zeng's mother's words, he said proudly: "Mom, I'm not stupid. I robbed this bitch and I will definitely not be happy to live a good life with me. Maybe I will run away one day. Switching her to the Liu family as a wife will give the Liu family a headache. Anyway, our family is clean, and I will settle the accounts for your son!"

Zeng's mother laughed again, squinted her eyes and praised: "My son is just smart! The marriage between the two families on both sides has been settled, and my mother will urge the Liu family to hold the marriage as soon as possible, so as to avoid the long nights and dreams!"

Zeng Da was also planning to do this, staring at the cellar under his feet and said, "Before doing business, let this little man stay below, but it was getting colder this day. My mother still asked her to have a broken quilt to prevent her from being frozen to death. We can't explain to the Liu family."

Zeng's mother nodded and agreed, but she was still not very stable: "The Liu family has seen your little sister. This little slut is not the same as your little sister. During the day, people can't see others, but at night, they have to lift the veil and enter the bridal chamber. When the Liu family knows that our family has changed, they will definitely make trouble with our family."

Zeng Da snorted coldly from his nose, and his already fierce face looked worse and worse: "What are you afraid of? If you pay homage to heaven and earth, what else can they do? If you really want to go to our house to make trouble, we can also say that they lost their little sister and asked them to compensate us!"

Zeng's mother thought about it and felt it was inappropriate. He touched the silver in his pocket, and a little sadness appeared on his face: "Don't have a conflict with the Liu family. Their family is powerful. If we orphans and widows cannot resist, we can only pay them two taels of silver and expose this matter."

Zeng Daxiang's eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to say, "Mom, I've counted all those silvers, there are three taels in total. The most valuable one should be the gold bracelet. I don't know how much silver it can be."

Zeng's mother had never even worn silver jewelry, so how could she know how much the gold bracelet was worth. She carefully took out the silver and jewelry in her pocket and placed it on the torn dining table one by one, with unconcealed greed in her eyes: "I saw a gold bracelet on the wrist of the village chief's wife before. I heard that it could be worth two taels of silver. This one was much thicker than hers and more refined. It should be worth four taels, right?"

Siliang? Zeng Da swallowed his saliva and had a thought in his mind: "Mom, two silver hairpins are left, you will be the one with a clever one. We will sell this gold bracelet. We will just repair the house and add some items. We will live more comfortably."

Zeng's mother touched the gold bracelet and was very reluctant to leave: "Why would you sell the silver hairpin and let's keep the gold bracelet as a family heirloom?"

Zeng Da shook his head: "Mom, our family is so poor that there are many places to spend money. These few taels of silver and two silver hairpins are not useful. Besides, this gold bracelet is too eye-catching and cannot be worn if it is kept. It is boring to hide it at home. It is better to sell it for silver."

Zeng's mother felt that what her son said made sense, so she finally agreed: "Sure, I will sell it to the city in two days. You can also handle the house repair work. Buy what you should buy and find someone. It is best to do it before you and Qiaoqiao get married."

"Well, I understand, don't worry if I do my business!"

“…”

The conversation between the mother and son clearly reached Hu Qingqing's ears in the cellar. She suddenly collapsed and started to cry.

Last night, she experienced the insults and insults of Hu Biantou and the other three. She impulsively wanted to escape from the Hu family and run to a place they would never find.

Just when she packed her bag, what she wanted to do most was to find Li Zhao and let him explain to herself. As long as he admitted that he was lying to her from beginning to end, she would be able to give up completely and live a stable life in the future and never miss him again.

She originally had a good plan, so she went to the city to hire a car to walk north and left Le'an's territory, and then thought about how to go next, but she never expected to meet a villain on the way and actually knocked her out and kidnapped her away.

At the moment, she had no idea where she was. It was even more terrifying to escape from this cellar with her hands and feet tied up.

"Wrong, I was wrong..." Hu Qingqing regretted it even more and she burst into tears even more when she thought that she was likely to be used by the Zeng family's mother and son to exchange for a marriage name and marry a man she had never seen before.

After crying for a while, Hu Qingqing was also tired of crying. She bent her knees and rubbed her tears, and gradually calmed down: No, she had to find a way to escape, and she would never be allowed to mercy on this vicious mother and son!

Now the mother and son are very alert to her and will not let her go out before the wedding if nothing unexpected happens. What she has to do now is not to resist or fight them head-on, but to find a way to make them believe that she has accepted her fate and go out of this cellar first so that she has a chance to get out of the trap.

Hu Qingqing thought of various feasible methods and gradually became clearer. Not long after, a preliminary feasible plan slowly took shape, which made her feel a little more at ease.

As night fell, the Qin family, who had searched for most of the day in the city, still couldn't find Hu Qingqing. They were almost sure that Hu Qingqing had left Le'an, headed south or north.

As for the east and west, they had never thought that to go in these two directions, they needed to pass through endless mountains. The more dangerous the terrain was, the more unexpected dangers were filled with. These two directions were usually to go south or north.

Even if Hu Qingqing ignored these two directions, no coachman dared to take this job.

"Dad, it's getting dark. I can only rest in the city tonight. Let's see how Xiaoxiao is going on tomorrow." Qin Chuan ran for a day, his legs were sore and painful, and he really didn't have the energy to inquire about it, so he suggested to Mr. Qin.

Today, they not only guarded the city gate, but also asked about the car shop, inn and even shops along the street. No one had seen Hu Qingqing, so it would be meaningless to continue looking for it.

Mr. Qin looked at the sky, then looked at his little daughter who was crying while covering her mouth, and said to the others: "Go to the inn first, and wait until Xiaoxiao comes back."

The others had no objection and walked towards the largest inn in the city. This was what they had agreed with Qin Xiaoxiao before so that she could find her.

When the group saw the sign hanging in the inn from afar, they unexpectedly saw Qin Xiaoxiao and Jing Heng standing under the sign. They knew that Jing Heng must have agreed to help, and everyone felt a little more at ease and walked over quickly.

"Grandpa!" Qin Xiaoxiao and Jing Heng also saw them and hurriedly came forward, wanting to ask but dare not ask.

Mr. Qin saw his granddaughter's thoughts and shook his head slightly: "I have asked all of you, but Qingqing's whereabouts should be gone." After that, he looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with inquiries in his eyes.

Qin Xiaoxiao's heart sank and whispered: "The people from the Princess' Mansion have already guarded the important roads going south and north, and there is no news yet."

Jing Heng, who was standing by, analyzed: "There will be news tomorrow morning at the latest. If they never stop people in the next two days, maybe they are still under the jurisdiction of Le'an."

The grandparents and grandchildren looked at each other and saw something wrong from each other.

Qin Xiaoxiao suppressed his panic and immediately said, "Grandpa, Brother Li and I will be waiting for news in the city tomorrow. You and my father and I will go to several nearby villages to inquire, especially along the road leading to Hujia Village to see if we can find anything."

Mr. Qin said in a deep voice: "Do as you said."

After hearing this, the others understood what the grandparents and grandchildren thought.

Now no one knows where Hu Qingqing has gone, so he should be prepared for both ways. If she was really kidnapped halfway, they might find clues in time, but it would be hard to say if they delayed for a long time.

The group entered the inn and closed the door to discuss which villages to go to tomorrow. Once the person was intercepted by a certain village, how should he inquire about it so that he would not alarm the enemy.

After discussion, the crowd dispersed exhausted and went to bed without even washing their hands and feet.

The next morning, Mr. Qin and others left the inn after breakfast.

Qin Xiaoxiao asked Jing Heng to stay in the inn and wait for news. She went straight to the only shop on the corner of the street that operated population transactions, claiming to buy a few maids who were fifteen or sixteen years old and had a matching horoscope for her.

Seeing that she was very dignified and dressed in high quality, the shopkeeper thought that a big business had come, so he hurriedly took her to the backyard to select the existing young girl.

Qin Xiaoxiao looked at it and then looked, but naturally he didn't pick the right one. So he gave the shopkeeper a reward of 200 ounces, so he kept it for him when he met this old maid.

The shopkeeper got the benefits and agreed with a smile. A 15 or 16-year-old maid is not as popular as a 7 or 8-year-old girl. It is not difficult for him to intercept a few.

Before this was over, Qin Xiaoxiao went to Yinlou to have a friendship with the pawnshop and asked them to keep the good things first. This time, she did not hesitate to make Qin He famous.

Fortunately, there are not many big names in Le'an. Qin He, the title of the top six-yuan scholar, is very intimidating. Even her niece is highly valued by the store owner, and she responded to her request without hesitation.

After running all morning, Qin Xiaoxiao was very tired. She didn't rest and hurried back to the inn to see if there was any good news.

"Xiaoxiao, Liujin said this is Qingqing's shoes." Old Master Qin had been waiting for her for a long time. When he saw someone, he took out a cloth shoes. This was what they found on the way to the city.

Qin Xiaoxiao quickly took the shoes, looked over and over again: "Yes, this is Sister Qingqing's shoes, she made them by herself!"

After saying that, she asked anxiously: "Grandpa, where did you pick up shoes? Have you found other objects or traces?"

Mr. Qin's face looked very bad, and two vertical patterns on his eyebrows were faintly visible: "It was found near Wangzi Cliff, less than three miles from the mountain pass, and there were no other objects or traces."

Qin Xiaoxiao held her shoes tightly and said with a pale face: "Yi Qingqing's feet, it should be around 3 o'clock in the Si hour. Most of the people who appeared there during this period were people who went to the market."

People who go to the market usually get up very early, and they are afraid of meeting wild animals or falling rocks, they will travel together. In the case of a large number of people, it is unlikely that they will reach an agreement to force Sister Qingqing to abduct, which is too risky.

In this way, would the person who abducted her betrayer who wandered to Le'an to commit the crime? If it were really a betrayer, it would be unlikely that they would deal with Sister Qingqing on the spot, and they would definitely take the person elsewhere to sell it.

"It is not easy to kidnap a living person. I will gather some people to secretly visit all the villages under Le'an, and you will find them soon." Jing Heng comforted Qin Xiaoxiao and stopped her from thinking about it.

Qin Xiaoxiao took a breath and said apologetically: "Brother Li, I'll bother you this time."

Jing Heng shook his head and ordered Shi Tou to mobilize the main force who was looking for people here.
Chapter completed!