Chapter 20 Mo Chunxiang is jealous
Sun was so angry that her eyes widened and her face was full of doubt. "One tael of silver for betrothal? You are crazy about money! My nephew doesn't even need one tael of silver to buy a wife!"
Han raised her chin proudly, "That's it! Is there anything wrong with everyone saying that I don't like her nephew?"
The villagers all nodded in agreement. Apart from anything else, just based on the betrothal gift, everyone would know what to choose.
Han was more confident with everyone's support. "The Shen family is willing to give so many things to marry our Xiaotai, which shows that they value her! If there was really something wrong with our Xiaotai, how could they give so many betrothal gifts? Only some people are so jealous that they are crazy and talk nonsense. Be careful or your tongue will be pulled out!"
"You..." Sun was so angry that her chest heaved violently and she almost fainted.
Huang secretly winked at Han and said, "That's enough! It's not a big deal in the first place, so stop talking and go away!"
As a result of this incident, the news that Shen Yi had chosen to marry Su Tai for a large sum of money spread.
Mo Chunxiang had just been engaged to Xiong Kai, and was happily making clothes with Guan in the yard. A woman came back from Dongmen Village to buy water. When she saw the mother and daughter, she immediately gossiped loudly outside the fenced yard, "Mother of Chunxiang, have you heard? The Chen Yi who was engaged to your Chunxiang is now engaged to a girl from the Su family in Dongmen Village, the same one who ended the engagement with Xiong Kai."
Guan and Mo Chunxiang looked at each other, hurried forward, and shook their heads repeatedly, "When did it happen?"
The woman was a little disappointed. "You really don't know! I heard that the Shen family gave the Su family a betrothal gift of one or two taels of silver, as well as materials, fish, rabbit meat, and food! You said the Shen family was poor, but I don't think it's poor! You must have made a mistake!"
Guan's face tightened, and she couldn't even pretend to smile, "I think you heard it wrong! Shen Yi has no father or mother, how could he come up with so many things! I guess he is talking nonsense!"
The woman began to doubt and murmured to herself, "That might be... That's not right! If the Shen family didn't give so much betrothal gifts, how could the Su family reject other marriage proposals and choose the Shen family? This doesn't make sense!"
Guan's face became increasingly ugly.
The woman just wanted to watch the fun, and when she saw that Guan was about to get angry, she ran away immediately.
As soon as the person left, Mo Chunxiang suddenly lifted the basin basket on her legs with a ferocious look on her face.
Guan was so frightened that she turned around suddenly and ran over to pick up the things on the ground. "Why are you so angry? It was you who wanted to cancel the marriage, and you chose Xiong Kai yourself. Now you are unhappy because of a few gossips from others?"
"Mom! What the Shen family is doing is clearly a slap in my face! If Shen Yi wants to get engaged, then just get engaged. Why do they want to make it known to everyone?" Mo Chunxiang bit her lip in annoyance.
Although she didn't think she was wrong, it was indeed dishonorable to cancel the engagement. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to get married quietly? Also, Shen Yi gave so much betrothal gifts to a fool, but her betrothal gift was not even half of the fool's. Why?
Guan was also annoyed, and complained: “I thought Shen Ping was so righteous, and the son he gave birth to was probably similar, but I didn’t expect him to be petty and vindictive. Fortunately, the marriage is over, otherwise you would have married a poor man and had to endure his cowardice, which would have broken my heart!
In my opinion, you should not go out during this period of time, so as not to be upset by those gossips. Just stay at home and prepare for your marriage happily, and live a good life with Xiong Kai in the future. We are from the same village, and you have your father and brothers to help you. Your life will definitely be better than that silly girl from the Su family."
These words really touched Mo Chunxiang's heart. She shook her head proudly and stopped being so petty.
In the blink of an eye, it was the time for autumn harvest. This year, there was not even a bushel of decent grain in the surrounding area. Only a handful of families could pay taxes. Even Mr. Ma in the town was wailing. Because Fufeng Township was the first to dig a well, its grain output was better than some other townships, and even the county magistrate noticed it.
In this situation, Mr. Ma had no way of protecting his food supply, so he could only ask the town official's son-in-law for help.
Su Changfu happened to be there too, and he watched a play.
"Mr. County Magistrate, if you want to collect my grain, you're going to want my life! Why should I pay more when others get nothing? I won't accept it!" Mr. Ma didn't dare to say a word outside, but he acted unscrupulously in front of Liu Tiechui.
Liu Tiechui silently watched his father-in-law throwing a tantrum, and said thoughtfully: "As far as I know, the county magistrate only collected a little more from each household. The Ma family is large and powerful, and has not yet been divided. At most, he can give a little more food, and it can also gain a good reputation. Why is my father-in-law so angry?"
"I..." Mr. Ma's eyes flickered and he shook his head stubbornly, "Anyway, giving more won't work!"
Liu Tiechui sneered twice, "I can't do anything if my father-in-law disagrees. The decree was issued by the county magistrate. You can go to the county government office to appeal for justice, or wait for the yamen runners to come to your door."
"You are still my, Ma Rencai's, son-in-law! You didn't help your own father-in-law when he was in trouble! I really regret marrying Yujie to you!" Mr. Ma started to bring up the past.
Liu Tiechui had a blank expression on his face, and Su Changfu knew at a glance that he was angry.
Just then Ma Yujie came over, "Hey! Dad is here! What did my husband do to make you so angry?"
"You've come at the right time! The county magistrate wants our family to pay more grain, but I can't possibly pay it. This matter must be resolved by Mr. Liu, otherwise I will not recognize him as my son-in-law!" Mr. Ma said fiercely.
Ma Yujie's voice suddenly became sharp, "Dad? Did I hear you right? You want to disobey the order of the county magistrate but want my husband to be the scapegoat? Why? My husband's future is not a future? His life is not a life? What did you say when my mother died? You will protect me and my elder brother and ensure that we brothers and sisters live in peace and happiness for the rest of our lives!
My life is going well now, but you want to ruin it. Are you worthy of my dead mother?"
Facing Ma Yujie's questioning, Ma Yuanwai's face turned pale and he was unable to refute. Finally, he sighed, "Dad didn't mean that! You also know that our family's fields are all in Fufeng Township, and your stepmother's brothers' fields are also there. It's okay for our family to pay a little more food, but they finally got some food, and they have to give away most of it. How can they live!"
Ma Yujie laughed angrily, "Dad! How come I didn't know you were so caring? You even care about other people's affairs! If you have this kind of concern, why don't you worry about your daughter and give me more money and food, instead of showing favoritism!"
"Don't mess around! The Liu family has everything they need, so why should your father worry about it?"
Asking him to give money and food is like asking for his life!
Ma Yujie's face immediately darkened. "Since you can't give me any benefits and you still want to ruin my good life now, don't blame me for being rude! Doesn't the Sang family not want to give so much food? I'm going to make them bleed!"
(End of this chapter)
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