At the Shen family home, Old Mrs. Shen brought out her best tea to brew.
Shi Murou sipped her tea while looking around the room.
Although it's nothing compared to the Shi family, it's quite good within the village.
The Shen family showered Shi Murou with concern and inquiries, then inquired about her birth date and the family's situation.
Shi Murou gave a perfunctory answer, without going into too much detail.
Although she and Shen Lianghao were together, these people were still strangers to her.
Moreover, if they were to get married, it would be Shen Liang who would become her son-in-law; she could not possibly marry into this family.
Seeing that Shi Murou was losing patience, Old Lady Shen began to press the corner of her eye and sighed.
“Those three acres of paddy fields were excellent, and they were just taken over by the Qiao family. If our Shen family had even half the wealth of the Shi family, we wouldn’t care about this.”
"Yes, from now on we'll have to buy our food from the street. Doing business already has costs, and now this is another expense." Madam Liu sighed as well.
Shi Murou waved her hand generously: "It's just three acres of paddy fields, right? As long as you don't mind the distance, I'll have my father give you thirty acres when we get home."
So she didn't understand why they had argued so much over three acres of paddy fields.
Thirty acres?!
The Shen family couldn't believe their ears.
"Miss Shi, you said thirty mu, are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" Shen Xiu asked cautiously.
"What, you think it's not enough?" Shi Murou was not happy.
"No, no, thirty mu, then thank you very much, Miss Shi." Shen Xiu's voice trembled slightly.
"Alas, we shouldn't have accepted it. Miss Shi is so kind; to refuse would be disrespectful to her," Old Lady Shen quickly added.
"Then it's settled. Just wait for my news," Shi Murou said.
Old Mrs. Shen pressed her wildly beating heart and asked tentatively, "Now that Miss Shi has come here, your family must know about Miss Shi and Shen Liang, right?"
"I understand. My father said that Shen Liang is a promising talent."
The Shen family members exchanged glances.
"Well, I wonder if we could find a time to meet and properly finalize this marriage?"
Old Mrs. Shen also knew that Old Master Shi had served as an official in the prefecture, so it was not appropriate to disturb him rashly. The two families were of vastly different social standing, and he had to personally invite them.
"I'll go back and tell them. My parents will arrange it for me."
Shi Murou was actually unsure, because her grandfather and father had not yet agreed.
She also wanted to marry Shen Liang as soon as possible, but her family wouldn't agree, so what could she do?
She came here to persuade the family that had arranged the marriage to back down; nothing else is even close to being finalized.
So the Shen family members kept asking her all sorts of questions, both openly and subtly, which made her feel uncomfortable, and she didn't want to stay any longer.
Shi Murou made up an excuse to leave, and the Shen family could not persuade her to stay. They could only watch as Shi Murou's carriage drove further and further away.
"Miss Shi, please be careful on the road," Old Mrs. Shen said in a drawn-out tone, offering her heartfelt advice.
The Shen family looked at each other with delight, fearing that the marriage would be settled and the thirty acres of land would be theirs in less than two days.
"Little girl." A voice came from outside the Qiao family. It was Shi Murou.
Shi Murou got off the carriage, stood at the door, and peered inside.
Qiao Lian'er came out.
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