In that case, it would be better not to get married and just stay at home to live a carefree life. With three capable daughters on either side, there's no need to worry about not being able to support yourself.
Chen Caocao didn't care about this at all. "My daughter knows needlework, and so do I. Even if no one knows it, it doesn't matter. We can buy ready-made clothes. We can afford to buy clothes."
The Zhou family repeatedly assured that they wouldn't mind Song Kang's rough manners or lack of needlework skills; they valued Song Kang as a person, which put Song's mother at ease.
Before they knew it, it was the sixth day of the seventh lunar month. The second wife's family returned to the village. Zhou Dafa's wedding had to be held in the village. Before they bought a house in the town, the second wife's family had built several new houses in the village, which were quite far from the old house. They would stay in the new houses when they occasionally returned to the village, and naturally, the wedding would also be held in the new houses.
This morning, Zhou Dafa rode a tall horse and two oxcarts, rushing to Qiaotou Village to fetch his bride.
When Xingxing and the others got up, the bride had already been welcomed back, and the entire Zhou family had arrived, even though the second, third, and fourth wives had made quite a scene back then.
However, the second wife and her husband were too honest by nature, so they didn't usually have much contact. But for happy occasions like weddings and housewarmings, the three families would still interact.
The eldest son's family doesn't like the third and fourth sons' families. They'll pretend not to see them when they see them and won't even bother to greet them.
Zhong Mailian and Zhang Cui stirred up trouble in front of the two elders, saying that the eldest branch of the family had become successful and looked down on them. They even ignored them when they saw them. It was really too much.
Old Mrs. Zhou was about to say something, but Old Mr. Zhou glared at her.
The latter said in a low voice, "What can we do if it's too much? We two old folks still have to take ten taels of silver from the eldest son's family every year. The eldest son said long ago that the ten taels of silver is just to buy peace and quiet. Once we two old folks take this silver, we can't go to the eldest son's family to cause trouble anymore, otherwise they won't give us a single copper coin in the future."
"Don't even think about using those old tricks to cause trouble again. It's useless and will only bring trouble. The eldest son's daughter is the biological daughter of a high-ranking official in the capital. We ordinary people can't compete with her. You might end up not even knowing how you were killed. So if you want to live longer, don't do anything reckless."
After finishing speaking, Old Zhou closed his eyes and remained silent. In the past, he would sometimes impulsively think of causing trouble at the eldest son's house. The words he had just heard were spoken by his eldest son. Thinking back to the time when his whole family went to jail, if he were caught and imprisoned again, Old Zhou felt that he would be ready to die.
He wanted to live a few more years, so he came to terms with it and stopped causing trouble for the first wife's family over his two youngest sons. He just wanted to live out the rest of his days peacefully. The first wife's annual tributes were already more than enough; greed knows no bounds. If you don't want to die, don't court death.
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