Chapter 178 Failure
Manbao watched the matchmaker and the Yao family walk away, then turned and ran back to the main house to find her mother, "Mom, will she be my fourth sister-in-law from now on?"
Zhou Silang, who also returned to the house, pricked up his ears to listen.
Qian looked up and glanced at the fourth child's expression, then asked her, "Do you like her?"
Manbao scratched his head and said, "It's not me who's marrying a wife, do I have to like her?"
Qian nodded, looked at Zhou Silang, and asked, "What about you? Do you like it?"
Zhou Silang blushed and said, "I'll listen to my mother."
Qian thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid this marriage won't work out."
The redness on Zhou Silang's face faded. He raised his head and looked at his mother, almost on the verge of tears. He pursed his lips and asked, "Does their family dislike me?"
Fang just asked about gambling.
"No," Qian didn't want to explain too much, but when she saw Zhou Silang's bad face, she knew he was thinking something else, so she explained, "I just think you two are not suitable."
She said, "That child is so obedient."
Zhou Silang blinked and asked, "Isn't it good to be obedient?"
Qian glared at him and said, "I'm looking for a daughter-in-law, not a servant. Why should I be obedient? You're weak-willed and impulsive. I need someone with sense to manage you. This girl is too shy and listens too much to her mother. I'm afraid she'll have to listen to you after she gets married. So you two aren't suitable."
Zhou Silang suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He stammered, "But, but I think being obedient is good too..."
Under Qian's gaze, Zhou Silang's voice became increasingly low, until it was barely audible. "Okay, I'll listen to you, mother."
Is there any other choice but to listen to him?
Zhou Silang felt that he had worked in vain today, so he went back to his room to change Zhou Wulang's clothes and said, "It's so difficult to find a wife."
Manbao found it very interesting, "Fourth brother, you must invite me to your next blind date."
Zhou Silang, however, was somewhat disheartened. He said, "It's like being picked at on a chopping board. It's not fun at all."
He was quite looking forward to it before people came. After all, he was getting married and the thought of it made him excited. But today, he was first looked at by Fang's sharp eyes, and then was asked all kinds of questions. He was already a little annoyed.
"They know my situation, so why do they have to ask me again in front of me?"
"It depends on whether you are a good person or not," Manbao said with some regret, "Actually, Sister Yao is really pretty."
Knowing that this marriage could not be successful, Zhou Silang's face finally subsided. He said objectively, "That's it."
Over the past year, he has made many trips to the county town, and he has met many people while selling things. Of course, he has seen many beautiful girls, and of course some of them are prettier than Miss Yao.
Since they were not destined to be together, there was no need to appreciate such beauty, so he quickly put her aside and began to encourage Manbao, "Manbao, today is the winter solstice, shouldn't we stew some mutton at home?"
Manbao swallowed his saliva and said, "Mom said to kill a chicken today."
"Big sister's noodles are delicious. You can use mutton as a topping. Chop it up into small pieces, cook it with the sauce, and then pour it over the noodles..."
Manbao's mouth was watering rapidly. She jumped off their bed and ran to the main room. She took her money box from Koko and looked at the only twenty-three coins left inside with a lingering feeling. In the end, she took it all out and ran to give it to Zhou Silang, saying, "Fourth brother, go buy some now. I'll ask my eldest sister to make noodles. We'll have noodles for lunch."
Zhou Silang took the money with a smile, dug into his purse, took out seven coins and put them in. "Fourth brother, you don't have much money, so I can only add seven coins. Wait, I'll go buy some meat."
Zhou Silang's money was all earned from the five cents that Qian gave him every day when he went to the county town to sell things. He saved one or two cents every day, and now his savings are actually a little more than Manbao's, but he would not tell Manbao.
Zhou Silang called Lao Wu and Lao Liu together, and the three of them ran towards Dali Village. The big market was in Dali Village, and they could definitely buy mutton there.
Manbao ran to Zhou Xi to ask for dough to make noodles. When Qian asked, she knew that it was Zhou Silang's idea.
She couldn't help but say to Zhou Xi: "Even so, do I dare to marry him off to a young wife like that?"
Zhou Xi couldn't help but laugh. While agreeing with Manbao, "I'll do it later," he said, "This kid is too careless. We're looking for a date for him, but he only thinks about eating."
Qian sighed, "If he weren't so old, it would be even harder for him to find a wife if he stayed. I really want to wait two years before arranging him a marriage. His three older brothers were already able to support half of the family when they were fifteen or sixteen, and they were sensible at an early age. The fifth one also looks very promising, so why is he so worrying?"
On this side, the Zhou family felt that the Yao family was not suitable, and on the other side, the Fang family of Zhou Dahong also felt that the two families were not suitable.
After leaving Zhou's house, they did not go back to the village immediately, but returned to Zhou Dahong's house. Fang first dealt with the matchmaker and then asked about her daughter's meeting with Zhou Silang, mainly asking what they did outside and what they said.
Yao noticed that her sister-in-law didn't seem very satisfied with Zhou Silang, so she said, "Mrs. Zhou Jin is a straightforward person. If you don't want to, just tell the matchmaker directly. Of course, it's only when you like each other that it counts. My daughter is not very old, so you can just take your time to find someone."
Fang hesitated for a long time, but finally nodded, "Okay, I'll talk to the matchmaker and ask her to look for someone else."
Yao couldn't help but be curious. "What do you dislike about Zhou Si? I think his mother is right. He has changed this year. In fact, the kid only gambled that one time."
"I know, he's okay, but his family..." Fang glanced at her daughter who was sitting next to her with her head bowed, and whispered, "There are too many people."
Yao was surprised. "It's not good to have more people. With a thriving population, who in the village would dare to bully them?"
"That's outside, what if it's inside?" Fang said, "Let's not talk about anything else. They have six brothers, so there will be six sisters-in-law in the future. My daughter is shy, and I won't be able to face it when I marry into the family. I don't know how I'll be bullied."
Yao laughed, "If this were any other messy family, you'd be right to worry like this, but you don't have to worry about it in Old Zhou's family. Don't look at my sister-in-law who is sick now, she is the head of their family, and she has always been fair. Just look at how she treated her three previous daughters-in-law and you'll know. My niece won't suffer any loss at home after marrying in."
Yao said, "As for the future, if my sister-in-law... then the Zhou family will definitely have to split up. After all, there are six brothers. Without their parents, it's not convenient for them to live together. When the time comes, won't the children be the ones to make the decisions themselves?"
"This is one of the reasons why I don't want to," Fang whispered, "Look at her health. She needs to take medicine every day. How much money will it cost to have a patient in the family?"
Yao glanced at her and stopped talking.
(End of this chapter)
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