Chapter 94: Marriage
The affairs of the Liu and Zhang families made Qingshui Village lively for a while.
It is difficult to inquire about what is happening in the government office, but the Liu family is still in the village, and there has not been a divorce in the village for many years. Now that there is nothing to do at the end of the year, people come to the Liu family one after another to inquire about the matter.
After all, they have a son and a daughter, and they couldn't live together right after the separation. It was obviously not because of the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Old Lady Liu was so annoyed by these people that her head was about to explode. She wanted to throw dirty water on the Gu family, but they had just been tied up in shackles and Gu Mingda was still at home. She didn't dare to say anything and could only throw things around at home all day long. She looked at Liu Erni with eyes that were not eyes and nose that were not a nose.
The divorce was because Liu Erni stole money from her husband's family to support her own family.
But Liu Lao Niang still wanted to scold him: "You can't even manage a man, how could I give birth to such a useless daughter like you! Now your brother has lost his wife too!"
Liu Erni always seemed to be lowering her head when facing her mother's family. Even if she was right, she dared not refute her mother's words. After all, after years of brainwashing at home, her biggest mistake as a daughter was not helping her brother live a good life.
Liu Erni had only stayed at her parents' home for a few days and had eaten a few bites of food, but her parents couldn't stand it anymore.
"Mom, it's not a good thing for our second sister to stay at home all day. She is still young and can have children. It would be better to find a good family for her." Liu Yaoer said quietly.
Of course, Old Lady Liu would not keep raising her unlucky daughter forever, she was also thinking about this.
"Have you found a good family for her?" asked Old Lady Liu.
Families that raise a girl who supports her brother basically don't treat their daughters as human beings.
"There is a family in Hengshan Village who is willing to pay fifteen taels." Liu Yaoer said softly.
Old Lady Liu was shocked and said, "Oh my God, how could you be so generous? Ten taels of silver is enough to marry a virgin girl, why did you choose your second sister?"
Liu Yaoer said: "There are too many brothers in the family, and it is impossible for everyone to find a wife, so this is the only way."
A word suddenly popped up in Liu Laonian’s mind: sharing wife.
In the countryside, it may take a family more than ten years to save enough money for a betrothal gift in order to find a wife for their son.
In particularly remote and isolated villages, they would come up with such a barbaric practice as "sharing wives": several brothers would marry a common wife.
Any family that loves their daughter a little bit will not let their daughter become a shared wife.
"How many brothers does he have?" asked Mrs. Liu.
"Five brothers."
Mrs. Liu frowned slightly and said, "This is too much."
Liu Yaoer was afraid that this plan would fail, so he quickly said, "Brothers are more willing to pay more money, otherwise who would be willing to spend 15 taels of silver to marry an abandoned woman?"
Even though Gu Laosan chose to divorce rather than divorce her in order to save Liu Erni's face, life was difficult for women in this world, and in the eyes of outsiders, Liu Erni was still only known as an "abandoned woman."
The Liu family never felt sorry for their daughters, and Old Lady Liu's hesitation was not because she was reluctant to give up her daughter: "Five brothers, fifteen taels of silver is not enough, we have to pay more."
When Liu Yaoer heard that the money could go up further, she was overjoyed, and then she remembered the purpose of her visit today: "Mother, I don't know if my second sister is happy about it. What if she is not happy?"
Old Lady Liu's face turned serious and she said, "Why should she be unhappy? She has ruined our family!"
When Liu Yaoer heard his mother say this, he felt that the outcome was set. He was the youngest son in the family and the only one who was not married. He had originally received thirty taels of silver from the Gu family, and he was happily going to marry the little girl from the Xu family in the neighboring village.
The daughter of the Xu family is beautiful, and the betrothal gift is high, thirty taels of silver, which is beyond the reach of most rural families.
"Mother, with the fifteen taels of silver from my second sister, and if you add some money from our family, it will be enough for me to marry Xu." Liu Yaoer said excitedly.
However, Mrs. Liu did not agree on the spot.
The reason why he was willing to marry his son to Xu was because the thirty taels of silver were provided by the Gu family and were all earned for free.
Now that there is no sucker, if she really takes out the family savings to raise money, her son and daughter-in-law will definitely have a huge quarrel.
"Ten taels of silver are enough to marry a virgin girl. Youngest brother, you'd better concentrate. The daughter of the Xu family is as beautiful as a fairy. You should forget about it." Old Lady Liu interrupted Liu Yaoer's sweet dream on the spot.
The Gu family has also become lively in the past two days.
In the past, the villagers did not know the inside story of the Gu family's division. Now that the divorce has come to light, everyone knows that Mr. Gu got thirty taels of silver after the division of the family.
"Aunt, if you don't feel sorry for your third child, you should also feel sorry for the other two children. How can they lose their mother when they are so young? Let me tell you, although the eldest sister of the Li family is a little older, she is an honest person and not the kind of person who is mean to children!"
The matchmaker was talking so much that she was about to say something, but Old Lady Gu kept frowning.
"If you don't like the eldest sister of the Li family, you can look at other families. However, they are younger and prettier, and the betrothal gifts they ask for are higher." said the matchmaker.
Mrs. Gu nodded and asked, "Are there any other girls?"
The matchmaker said, "I have told you all the suitable girls in the surrounding area. If you don't choose carefully, there will be some who are not so suitable."
"What does it mean to be not so suitable?" asked Mrs. Gu.
The matchmaker said, "Either she's extremely pretty, like the one from the Xu family in the next village, who's as pretty as a fairy. The betrothal gift should be at least thirty taels."
"Or maybe it's the girl from the cripple family in your village. She has a big birthmark on her face, is ugly, old and not very good."
Old Lady Gu was startled when she heard this and asked, "I heard that his daughter has been engaged, isn't she?"
The matchmaker threw away her handkerchief and said, "It's a failure! The man's family decided on the marriage but then regretted it. They just couldn't get over it. They thought it was too ugly."
Old Mrs. Gu had an idea in her mind and said to the matchmaker, "Let me think about it again."
The matchmaker made a living by the matchmaking money. Hearing this, she said, "Take your time to think about it. When you have made up your mind, you must come to me. I will make sure that your third son's marriage is beautiful!"
Originally, there was no need to rush Gu Laosan's marriage, but Gu Laotai would move to the county after the New Year. She was afraid that Gu Laosan would make a mistake and marry another troublemaker, so she was in a hurry to choose a person first.
After Gu Laosan experienced what happened with Liu Erni, he was very depressed for a while. As a grown man, it was overwhelming for him to take care of two children. He didn't have any big requirements for his new daughter-in-law, as long as she was truly good to the two children.
Old Mrs. Gu looked at her daughters-in-law and after looking around, she felt that Zhang Yunniang was the best. She was good-looking, had a good temper, and even better character.
Old Mrs. Gu was not a hypocritical person. At the dinner table at home that night, she spoke directly: "Although the girl of the cripple family has a big birthmark on her face, they are from the same village and know each other well. Her parents are both very good people, so I think the girl will have a good temper and character."
But all her persuasions were in vain, and Gu Lao San said directly: "Mom, I will listen to you, and your choice will definitely not be wrong."
Among the three daughters-in-law, only Zhang Yuniang was chosen by Grandma Gu herself.
When Niuniu heard this, she suddenly said, "Is Third Uncle going to marry Sister Cui'er? I like Sister Cui'er!"
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