Chapter 85 Cancel the Engagement

Carpenter Cai and his mother were shocked again.

Seeing that they were silent, Xiaowu was a little timid: "Sister, brother-in-law, can you give us some water?"

"Oh, come on, sit down quickly." Cai's mother quickly turned around and went into the back room to serve tea.

He just picked up the teapot, thought about it, put it down again, went directly to the kitchen to scoop a bucket of cold water, and brought it out:

"Come on, drink some water."

Several kids took the water and started drinking it.

"Thank you, brother-in-law, thank you, aunt." Hu Xiaosi and others thanked him politely, "Wow, this water tastes so good."

"It's sweeter than the one we have at home." said Hu Xiaosan.

"Next time we sell firewood, we'll have a place to drink water when we're thirsty."

After hearing this, Carpenter Cai became as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Cai's mother thought that since she was already here, she might as well ask, "Don't you have two older brothers? Why don't they come to sell firewood?"

Hu Xiaosi pouted: "Brother is busy sleeping!"

Carpenter Cai and his mother were startled again. This... was actually true! Oh my God!

Carpenter Cai was so angry that he stood up immediately, turned around and sat in a corner, continuing to polish his chair, too lazy to pay attention to his brothers-in-law.

Unexpectedly, Hu Xiaosan, Xiaosi and others all had their eyes lit up and gathered over to watch.

Carpenter Cai looked unhappy: "What are you doing here? Why don't you go back after drinking the water?"

"Yes, yes, come back soon, your brother-in-law is busy, haha." Cai's mother tried hard to maintain a smile.

Hu Xiaosan said, "I...I want to watch my brother-in-law do the work. I like woodworking."

“I like it too!”

"Me too!"

Little five, little six, and little seven all raised their hands.

Hu Xiaosi said: "My mother said that after my sister and brother-in-law get married, we should come and learn carpentry from you. Then we can become craftsmen in the future!"

Carpenter Cai and his mother's faces changed.

Cai's mother smiled with a fake smile: "Your sister... I don't have time to teach my son. Besides, don't you have to be busy with farm work? Oh, and your brother who can't get up also needs someone to take care of him."

Hu Xiaosi said, "It's okay! We can bring our brothers over. They won't cause any trouble, we just need a place to sleep."

Cai's mother stumbled and nearly fell to her death.

Carpenter Cai was about to get angry when Hu Xiaosi said, "It's getting late. Thank you, brother-in-law, thank you, aunt. We'll go home first."

After saying that, they lined up and left.

Carpenter Cai was choked to the point of turning blue in the face. When the men disappeared, Carpenter Cai could no longer endure it and roared:

"What the hell! Mother, I can't bear it! Twenty taels! If she doesn't give birth to a son in the future, we will be at a huge loss."

"Even if she really gave birth to a son, so what? Other women can't give birth to one, right?"

"She also brought a bunch of burdens with her. Two of them are useless and the rest are still so young. Do they need my help in the future?"

"Even if they don't need me to support them, how can I not give them something when they come to ask for money? They come to me to drink water today, but they have to eat our food tomorrow?"

"Why do you want to learn carpentry from me? Why should I teach them? I don't even teach my own cousin and uncle, so why should I teach them?"

"No! Absolutely not. I want to cancel the engagement! I want to cancel the engagement!"

Cai's mother also saw it clearly: "Yes, cancel the engagement! Cancel it! I will go find Matchmaker Huang right away and ask her to cancel the engagement!"

After saying that, Cai's mother turned and walked out.

Carpenter Cai quickly closed the door and caught up with Cai's mother.

Matchmaker Huang’s house was not far from the carpenter’s shop, and they arrived there in a short while.

Matchmaker Huang happened to be at home. She had just arranged a marriage and was grinning from ear to ear.

"Matchmaker Huang." Cai's mother and son came running over in a hurry.

"Oh, it's Carpenter Cai and you guys. What...well, what's the matter?" Matchmaker Huang stopped smiling when she saw that the two men looked unhappy. She felt very nervous.

Carpenter Cai shouted, "You must go to Qinghe Village right now and cancel the marriage for me. Also, you must get back the one or two taels of silver that I paid for the deposit!"

Matchmaker Huang frowned, "What? You just got engaged yesterday, and you're calling it off today? Everything was fine, what happened? Sit down quickly, we can discuss everything."

Carpenter Cai was not willing to sit down at all. He started to curse and said that Hu Xiuxiu was not a good girl with a lucky life and good fortune who was guaranteed to give birth to a son, but was clearly a big hell.

Then he poured out everything he had just learned.

Matchmaker Huang was also very angry at this time: "Calm down, calm down. Didn't I tell you before that she has several younger brothers..."

"But didn't you say that the two people who should be the most responsible for the door are lazy bastards who only know how to sleep?"

"I don't know about this either... At that time, I asked Xiuxiu's mother about her children, and she said that her eldest and second sons were not at home and were busy in the county town. I also asked people in Qinghe Village."

"People in Qinghe Village said that they hadn't seen them in the past few years. I thought they were really busy in the county. How could I know...they were sleeping at home!"

And he slept in a way that even his fellow villagers had never seen! What a talent!

"As for those mistresses... they are really well-behaved. I didn't lie to you. Calm down and sit down. I'll bring you some water."

"No, we don't want to drink." Cai's mother said sullenly, "You should cancel the engagement right now. We don't agree to this marriage!"

After quarreling with the Cai mother and son for a few more times, Matchmaker Huang had no more tricks left and had to pack up her things and set off for Qinghe Village.