Jian Ning was talking with Tian and the others in the courtyard. Chang and Cui knew that their two families were really related this time, and they were happy for them. As they were talking excitedly, Jian Ning heard Erniu and Sanniu calling Sixth Uncle. She turned around and saw Sixth Uncle coming, and hurried over.
When she came over and saw Lao Liu with a sad face, she quickly blocked Tian and the others' sight with her body and took Lao Liu to her room. "What's going on? Did you fail to reach an agreement with them?"
"Fourth sister-in-law, I'm afraid this marriage won't be successful."
After saying that, Lao Liu couldn't stop crying and started to flow down.
"Look at you, you're talking about getting married, but you're still talking nonsense. If your fourth brother sees you, he'll kick you. Tell me what's going on."
Jian Ning handed over the handkerchief. Lao Liu took it and wiped his tears carelessly. He told the whole story. Jian Ning shook her head and said, "I've seen people with poor spleen function, but I've never seen anyone as poor as this!"
"Fourth sister-in-law, don't be embarrassed. At worst, I won't get married in this life!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? My little sixth son has found a girl he likes. Sister-in-law will find a way for you. It's just two taels of silver. You can take it back to them later and Sister-in-law will pay for it. But there's one thing you have to do. Don't be nice to them when you take it back. Tell them that you've given them the silver and asked them to send a matchmaker to propose marriage. Since they've taken the money, they have to prepare gifts. No matter how much they give, don't say a word. Sister-in-law will add to it for you."
"I don't want to give it to you!" Lao Liu turned his body to one side, "I want to recognize these parents too!"
"Don't say those angry words. If you deny it now, others will only say that Miss Xiaoyu is not good and is causing unrest in the family before she even gets married. Just go along with them first. After you get married, you can settle down in the county and not live with them. Then there will be less anger."
"What a coincidence! Your fourth brother wants to send Dabao to study in the county. I'm thinking of buying or renting a small house in the county. Please help me find out tomorrow. Once a house is bought, you two can live there first. We'll send Dabao there in the second half of the year."
"Dabao is studying in the county. With you taking care of him, your fourth brother and I can rest assured."
"Fourth sister-in-law..." Lao Liu didn't know what to say, and his eyes were red again.
"Hurry up and give me back your gold beans. I haven't finished talking yet. Go back and give them the money and ask them when they will send a matchmaker to propose marriage. I'm sure they won't be willing to spend the money for the journey. No one would be willing to go to the county on foot. Most likely, your mother will push the matter to your eldest brother. Just prepare some gifts and ask him to send your eldest sister-in-law to go."
"That's something my mother would do."
"Just agree to whatever he says. If they push this onto your eldest brother, he'll be busy farming and won't have time to go, so he'll definitely let your sister-in-law go. Just tell her quietly to give you the things and go back to your parents' home to rest for a day. Then say you took them back to the county and asked the owner of your store to run the trip for you. Then just say it was your sister-in-law who went, and that's it."
"That's a good idea. My sister-in-law will definitely like it. She won't have to run errands, and she can go back to her parents' home and rest for a day."
"Fourth sister-in-law, you really have a way."
Jian Ning pulled her handkerchief over, "Are you smiling now? I'll go get you some money, you can go out happily with it and talk to your aunt for a while before you leave. You came here before and didn't even bother to say hello to her. You can't handle anything."
The sixth brother stood up and bowed deeply to Jian Ning, "Fourth sister-in-law is right. I will pay attention to it in the future and never lose my manners so easily again."
Jian Ning opened the money box and took out two hundred coins for him. He took it and thanked Jian Ning, put it in his arms, and went out to talk with Tian. Chang Cui Gu and the brothers Ding Yang and Ding Jian teased him for a while before he went home.
When Lao Liu entered his yard, Meng was just coming out of the toilet, hugging the hem of her cotton-padded jacket with both hands, tying her belt as she walked with her belly bulging. Seeing him come in, she immediately chased him for money, "Don't even think about entering my house or eating a single bite of my food if you don't hand over the money."
"Mother, do you still consider me your son? If one day I really can't get anything to eat outside, won't I even have a place to stay when I return home? Will there be no share for me when the family is divided?"
Mrs. Meng was about to jump up and down again. If her belt hadn't been tied properly, she would have jumped up and down for fear of her pants falling off. "So you came back from the dead to claim your belongings. Let me tell you straight, your father and I have thought it through. We've divided the property and each of us will take care of our own lives. Who cares about us two old men?"
After tying her belt, Mrs. Meng pointed at his nose and said, "We have to think about ourselves now. The little money you've brought back in the past few years has all been used to support the family. If you want to find a wife, just ask those families for money. Don't ask me and your father. You're so good at making money that you don't even care about me and your father. Don't even think about us giving you a penny, let alone a share of your house and land. Just dream on!"
She glared at Lao Liu with a curse, and turned to go into the house, but Lao Liu stopped her, "You don't want these two hundred dollars anymore? If you don't want them, I'll take them back."
When Meng saw the money, her eyes lit up. She jumped over and snatched it away with one hand. Her movements were so agile that she didn't look like an old woman who was almost sixty years old at all.
"You still have some conscience."
Mrs. Meng went into the house, and Lao Liu followed her in. Lao Ding had breakfast and went to work in the fields. Mrs. Meng locked the money in the chest of drawers, hung up the key, sat cross-legged, closed her eyes and rested, without even mentioning the matter of preparing gifts or asking a matchmaker to come and propose marriage.
She didn't mention it, but Lao Liu did.
"What's the hurry?" She opened her triangular eyes and squinted, "What's the matter with you never seeing a woman in your eight lifetimes? Wait until your father comes back from the fields."
"It's not like they're in such a rush to propose marriage today. Is it possible that their daughter can't get married? Or is it that they haven't met a man yet and can't wait to get married?"
"Junk."
"What are you saying, mother?" Lao Liu suddenly asked loudly.
Meng glanced at him and said nothing. She was used to talking, but when she casually called Lao Liu a ragtag piece of shit, she got furious. If she hadn't given him the money because of him, Meng would have spit in his face.
It was really weird. The two, four, and six of her brothers only had their wives in their eyes. Although the third brother was also controlled by Gao, he would still punch Gao if he made her angry. Thinking that Old Ding would sometimes call her a piece of trash when he was so angry, Meng was even more bothered by the sixth brother's high-pitched tone towards her just now.
She always loved to talk about past events, and immediately she straightened her back and started to scold Lao Liu. She then turned her scolding to Tian Xiaoyu, a person she had never even met before. "I don't know what kind of vixen with a golden rim is this. Before you even set foot in my house, you've already instigated you to steal money and speak in high-sounding terms in front of me. In my opinion, you're a disaster, and you can't keep me. I'll find you a better one tomorrow."
When Meng said this, Liu heard it in the yard. If Liu heard it, it meant that everyone in the village heard it, and Tian was naturally no exception.
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