"How about... we meet and get to know each other?" Mrs. Qiao's gaze shifted to Mr. Qiao's face.
Qiao Qingnian pursed his lips. "It's true that he's reached the age where he should get married. This matter can't be delayed. Let's let Zhishu meet him."
As long as a person is sensible and reasonable, there's no need to worry about their appearance.
Qiao Zhili pursed his lips and glanced at Yang Shi. Why wasn't this his mother's style? Why did she find such a person for his brother? Not only was he six years older, but he also had a birthmark on his face.
Although we don't have a house or land now, we still have a place to live. We're not at the point of sleeping on the streets, so why would we need to find a girl like that?
If you really intend to get married, even if you find a girl to marry, it will just mean one more person and one more mouth to feed.
Such a warm and kind family as that aunt's, they already have so many mouths to feed, so what difference would one more person make? Once she's married into the family, they can still live comfortably, even better than ordinary farmers.
In a situation like this, one should marry a better person, not someone like this, right?
My little cousin found such a big house in this red city, isn't it so that they can live here comfortably and spaciously?
My little cousin had no intention of kicking them out; she probably meant for them to stay there for a long time, otherwise she wouldn't have prepared such a house.
Moreover, even with these families living there, there was no overcrowding at all; on the contrary, there was still plenty of empty courtyard space.
There would be more than enough room for a few more families to stay.
Although he lost his house and land, his life was getting better and better. So why is it that his chances of getting married are getting worse and worse?
What was his mother thinking? Why did she suddenly decide to marry her brother a girl like that?
"Mother, our family doesn't deserve to marry a woman like this, does it?" Before Qiao Zhishu could even speak, Qiao Zhili was already somewhat dissatisfied.
Yang glared at Qiao Zhili and said, "You talk too much. Do you even have the right to speak? Shut up. Your brother hasn't even said anything yet. Who are you to stand up for him?"
After speaking with her hands tucked in her pockets, Yang turned to look at Qiao Zhishu beside her.
"Eldest brother, what are you thinking? Do you want to meet this girl? Anyway, our family's situation is what it is, as you can see. Everything we eat, live in, drink, and use comes from your aunt's family, not ours. We can't expect your aunt's family to support us for the rest of our lives, can we?"
Even if your aunt's family is willing to take care of me, I'm not willing to trouble them for the rest of my life.
Even so, our Qiao family owes your aunt's family a debt we can never repay in our lifetime. What an immense debt of gratitude!
I've been thinking, after you get married, the entire Qiao family can pool our money and build a few houses outside so you can move out. It's not good to keep troubling your aunt's family like this.”
Qiao Zhishu then looked up, nodded, and spoke.
“What Mother says makes sense, then let’s see how it goes.”
Mr. and Mrs. Qiao looked at their eldest daughter-in-law, who had suddenly changed her personality, in astonishment.
Move out?
We're living here so well, and the whole family gets along so well, why would we want to move out?
“No, Zhao Di, this is about getting our eldest grandson married, how did it turn into moving out? When did you say we were moving out? I didn’t know that.” Qiao’s mother stared blankly at Qiao’s father, thinking it was his idea in private.
But Qiao Qingnian was also stunned; this was clearly not his idea.
Qiao Qingnian rationally felt that what his eldest daughter-in-law said was right; it was impossible for him to live at his daughter's house for the rest of his life.
But deep down I don't really want to move out. I've gotten used to living here for a while now, and every day when I have nothing to do, I play chess and drink tea with the two old brothers from the An family.
When I'm alone, I can read books, practice my calligraphy, and play with the birds.
He only started enjoying this comfortable retirement life after moving to his daughter's house.
If we move out, where will we get the money to buy books? Where will we get the money to buy brushes, ink, and paper to practice calligraphy? Where will we get the money to raise birds?
His little granddaughter just got him two parrots a few days ago; they can even talk like people, and he's really fascinated by them.
Staying at my daughter's house means I'll eat and drink well, have no worries about food or clothing, and never feel cold or freezing.
If they move out, how can it be as comfortable as living at his daughter's house?
Not only is it lively and bustling here, but every day is also very fulfilling. Even after he left, he still hadn't finished reading all the books his little granddaughter had bought for him.
After a long silence, Qiao Qingnian finally managed to utter this sentence.
"Let's postpone the move-out thing for now."
Mrs. Qiao hurriedly followed suit.
"Ah, right, let's hold off for now. There's no rush to move out. Look at your second brother's wife and daughter, they're living in Jincheng Commercial Street now, and they're busy making money too."
This money isn't something you can easily come up with in a short time, and besides, I didn't even tell your second and third younger siblings about it.
"Let's talk about this properly when the whole family is together."
Yang could naturally tell that no one in the family wanted to move out, so she wasn't surprised to hear her parents-in-law say that.
Following her in-laws' lead, she readily agreed.
"Alright, let's put the moving aside for now and talk about the wedding. Since you're willing, let's set a date to meet. If you think it's a good idea, let's finalize the marriage as soon as possible and get things going."
Qiao Zhishu pursed her lips and nodded without saying a word.
Qiao Zhili opened his mouth, glanced at Yang Shi, and then at Qiao Zhishu. What on earth happened to his mother? What was wrong with her? How did she end up doing this?
But even his grandparents didn't say anything, so as the younger one, he really had no right to speak up.
Frustrated until the party ended, leaving only Qiao Zhishu, Qiao Zhili finally snapped.
"Brother, why did you agree to this?"
Qiao Zhishu looked up at Qiao Zhili with a calm expression and said, "What our mother said is right. None of this belongs to us. We are just staying here temporarily. We are a family with nothing. If we want to get married, we are lucky if we can find someone to marry."
"No, how can you only look at what's right under your nose? You're being too shallow. Our dad has his own job now, and he can earn quite a bit each month. When we save up some money, we can build a house outside."
And then there's my younger sister. She's working for my younger cousin now, and she must have earned at least a hundred taels of silver. That's enough to buy a small house outside, let alone build one. Our family is living a very comfortable life.
I dare say that our mother definitely has a lot of money in her hands. The money that my little sister earns from embroidery all goes to our mother.
I don't think my mother would do something like this; she must be possessed.
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