Chapter 457 The Lingering Ghost
The second brother chuckled, "See, we think the same thing."
“It’s different. In my opinion, I should find someone young. Nothing else matters, as long as he’s good-looking and has a good figure. My mother has been a widow for more than ten years. Besides, don’t all rich women like to keep male lovers?”
At this point, the fourth son slapped his thigh, "Now I finally understand why Mother wouldn't agree to Lord Xie's proposal. Mother just wants to find someone younger. I finally know what to do!"
The second son felt this was inappropriate and was afraid he would get beaten.
"Didn't you say before that your mother didn't want to find someone? You all discussed it, so don't blame me if you get beaten up. Let's just talk about it privately, don't take it seriously."
The fourth brother rubbed his thigh. “You don’t understand. Women are all hypocritical. Mother used to be frugal and thrifty. She was afraid people would talk about her wearing an earring. Now she dresses nicely, wears so many bracelets and bangles, and her hairpins are very exquisite. It shows that Mother also wants to be loved.”
He spoke with an air of nonchalance, "After all, a mother is only human. She can't exactly tell the truth in front of her sons. Elders value face, and besides, who doesn't like young and handsome men?"
The second son seemed to be deep in thought.
“But Mother wants to cultivate herself. She may be determined to become a nun and follow a Taoist priest. Lord Xie has encountered this situation, but he can’t predict what will happen next. But if you are determined to introduce her to someone, you might break your leg.”
The fourth brother disagreed, always feeling that this matter could be handled without interfering with either of them.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I definitely won't brazenly bring someone to my mother and foolishly say, 'Look, here's the man I found for you.' I'm not that stupid."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Hehe, a honey trap, a chance encounter."
The second son said gently, "You don't want Mother to become a nun, do you?"
The fourth son's face fell. "Who wants to watch their mother become a nun at such a young age? Mother said she wants to go to the south, but it's not safe for a man to be away from home, let alone a woman."
"Doesn't Mother have a Taoist priest?"
The fourth brother sighed, "Can a senior brother be treated the same as his own man? They can't be inseparable and stick together all the time. Cultivators pay great attention to the separation of men and women."
The second brother nodded. "It's up to you. You can look for someone if you want, but I need to check them out first. Don't let them be too young."
"Of course." As he thought about it, the fourth brother became inexplicably excited.
*
Song Chunxue was taken into the fort by the Taoist priest, who then went back up the mountain, saying that he couldn't keep the patriarch waiting for even a stick of incense.
Seeing the two dogs rushing over enthusiastically, sniffing and rubbing against her, Song Chunxue thought that she should bring one of them with her next time she went out.
She cleaned her room inside and out before leaning back in her recliner, eating the flatbread made by Mulan and drinking the tea in the can, feeling quite content.
But soon she heard someone coming from outside the gate, and two dogs barking at the door.
Curious, Song Chunxue went closer to the door to listen.
"This is the Jiang family. Her mother is a widow who gave birth to four sons, all of whom are very capable. Two of them are still unmarried. The third son in the middle is still studying at Taolin Academy. He is handsome and has an extraordinary bearing. Even if he stops studying in the future, this fort and all that land will be his."
The people outside spoke as quickly as sparrows, as if they knew more about Song Chunxue than she did herself.
"I heard that because his third son didn't go to school before he was ten, he started herding sheep to support his older brothers' education. Later, his brothers were all disappointing and didn't know what was good for them. In a fit of anger, his mother left all the good things in the house to the third son. You've heard of Yao Man's newly opened Fortune Inn, right?"
"Of course it's impressive, but what does it have to do with her?"
"Half of it belongs to that old woman. Yao Man was beaten by her lover, and after he found out that she was having an affair, he took back all the money he had given her. It was the old woman from the Jiang family who put up the money to open the inn together, and it makes a lot of money every day."
"Oh, really? Then I've come to the right place. I was thinking of marrying my daughter to him because I heard his second son got promoted and will be working in the Jincheng government office. But now it seems that the third son is the better choice."
Listening to their chatter, Song Chunxue cursed inwardly: You're the old woman, your whole family are old women.
Her voice sounded much older than hers, yet she called her an old woman. She really doesn't know how to speak properly.
"Knock knock knock, knock knock knock".
Then, someone started knocking on the door again.
"Woof woof woof, woof woof woof!"
Just then, the voice of Tian's big moth came from outside, "Stop knocking, they haven't come back yet, there's only the dog guarding the house."
They were still talking animatedly, but she had no interest in knowing.
Song Chunxue cursed and turned to go back into the house.
"Damn it, you're the dog! Your ancestors for eighteen generations were all dogs!"
She tossed herself into the recliner, cursed a few times to feel better, and then continued to leisurely drink her tea.
Just as she had finished eating and drinking and was preparing to cut some chives to make chive dumplings, she heard the sound of the courtyard gate opening.
The faint sound of a woman crying could still be heard.
Song Chunxue hurriedly went out of the house and saw Mulan standing at the door, crying and talking to the people outside.
People outside were pushing the door, trying to squeeze in.
"Aren't you guys being annoying? Aren't you afraid they'll unleash their dogs and bite you? Who would throw away their dignity just to play matchmaker?"
Is that Mei Yang's voice?
“We’ve been waiting all morning. We’re all guests, what’s wrong with us coming in for a drink of water? It’s not like we made Sanwa’s wife cry…”
Hearing them fuss as if they'd stirred up a hornet's nest, Song Chunxue instantly became angry.
"What are you doing? My daughter-in-law won't let you in. She's already crying, what more do you want?"
It's easy to guess that Mulan cried because someone was eager to become Sanwa's concubine right in front of her.
As soon as she spoke, the people outside stopped pushing the door. Mulan's hand didn't stop, and she fell forward onto the door panel.
"Waaaaah..."
At this moment, Mulan cried even harder.
Mei Yang appeared at the door. "Sister Song is home. I thought no one was home."
He turned to look at the others at the door. “These people are so annoying. For some reason, these past two days, as soon as they found out that Mulan was Sanwa’s wife, they came to the shop and said they wanted to recognize Mulan as their older sister and serve Sanwa with her in the future. They came again today, and Mulan cried. I was afraid that someone would bully her, so I brought her along.”
"Now that you're back, I won't bother you any longer. I'll go back to minding the shop," Mei Yang said, turning and leaving.
"Wait a minute." Song Chunxue stepped out the door. "Don't go yet. I need to find out who these blind fools are who are more concerned about their child's marriage than I am, their own mother. My Jiang family doesn't take concubines, and we don't act like dogs!"
She coldly swept her gaze over the person who was about to speak, and saw the Tian family's moth fluttering through the gate before slamming the door shut.
"Don't be angry, your daughter-in-law was crying when she came back, it wasn't us..."
"Please leave. I don't care about my son's marriage. Once you're out of this door, you can kneel down and beg him to marry your daughter, just don't come to my house to propose marriage. If there's a next time, I'll set my dogs on fire."
"Woof woof woof, woof woof!"
Two dogs stood on either side of Song Chunxue, barking so loudly that they spat out their saliva.
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