The Zhang Clan was at her wits' end, as it seemed the family was nearing financial ruin. Yet neither the eldest daughter nor the youngest son had ever experienced hardship, and forcing them to eat porridge made of gruel might just tear the house apart.
After much consideration, the Zhang Clan contemplated selling their current house.
Tao Qin vehemently opposed the idea as soon as she heard about it.
Selling the house in the county town could provide them with some money, but where would they live afterward? The only option would be to return to Tao Family Village in the countryside.
That place was rundown and impoverished, with roads covered in chicken and duck droppings, without a decent spot to step on. The village girls were filthy and rustic. Tao Qin was strongly against the idea of living there in the future. She had moved to the county town after only a few years of birth, and whenever she returned home for the holidays, even those brief moments felt like torture.
