Grandma Gu had three sons and one daughter. All the sons had attended school, but the eldest and the fourth sons decided to refuse to go to school after they had learned all the characters.
The eldest son loves farming, and when he sees a good harvest, he's even happier than on his wedding day.
The fourth brother became an apprentice of Master Yang, the village carpenter, when he was ten years old. He has been doing carpentry work ever since. Now he is eighteen, and will be nineteen next year. He graduated from his apprenticeship a couple of years ago.
He had always worked with Master Yang and never thought about starting his own business.
"Fourth Uncle, Grandma asked us to tell you to invite Grandpa Yang and his family over for dinner later." Only Fourth Uncle Gu was in the Yang family's courtyard. As his sister stepped forward, Gu Xin said.
"Yes, I know." Uncle Gu stopped what he was doing and smiled at his two nieces.
"Hey? Aren't these the two second daughters of the Gu family? They've come to see your fourth uncle! Tsk tsk, last time your eldest uncle said that there are now two second daughters and two third daughters in the family. How are we going to divide them up in the future?" At this moment, a girl dressed in coarse cloth and with her hair combed into a high ponytail came out of the house. She looked very neat.
This woman is Yang Xiaohuan, Master Yang's only daughter. She is already twenty years old this year and is still a virgin. She has been asking for a husband since she was fifteen, but she is still unmarried.
Every time a marriage proposal is finalized, something bad happens to the man—either he breaks his leg or he hits his head, and he ends up in bed for ten days or half a month.
This wouldn't have been a big deal, but Yang Xiaohuan's first fiancé got drunk and fell into the river and drowned. After that, whenever any of the fiancés who were supposed to marry her got into trouble, they would blame her.
After the engagement was broken off, the other party wouldn't encounter such bad luck again.
Over the past five years, I've been asked to marry six times, but each time it's been a disaster.
Rumors are circulating that she has a tough fate; she was born to kill her mother, and when she was three, she killed her brother. Now that she's of marriageable age, she's supposed to bring misfortune to men, so basically no one wants to marry her.
When the matchmaker mentioned her, the men who were more polite would make an excuse to decline, while the less polite ones would simply kick her out.
As for why Master Yang has always been fine and hasn't been affected by her, that's not actually the case. Master Yang isn't affected by her, but if you get involved with Master Yang, then you'll suffer.
When Yang Xiaohuan was four years old, her family arranged for her to marry a second wife. The marriage was arranged, but she hadn't conceived yet. One day, while doing housework at home, she was bitten by a poisonous snake and died.
Therefore, those who didn't believe in superstitions have now come to believe in them. Even though Master Yang prepared a generous dowry for Yang Xiaohuan, families with sons dared not approach her. Their sons' lives were still more important than the dowry.
“Aunt Xiaohuan, we are Xinxin and Sisi, not Erya!” Gu Xin corrected Yang Xiaohuan.
"Alright, Xinxin and Sisi. What are you doing here?" Yang Xiaohuan stepped forward with a smile, handed the water to Uncle Gu, and then led the two girls into the main room.
"Aunt Xiaohuan, Sisi and I are here to deliver a message to Fourth Uncle. We made something delicious at home, but Grandpa and Grandma couldn't leave, and my parents went to the county town, so we asked Fourth Uncle to invite Grandpa Yang and Aunt Xiaohuan to our house for dinner tonight!" Gu Xin explained.
"Oh! That's great! I ate the sausages made by the second wife's eldest daughter a few days ago, oh no, I ate your sister's sausages, and now I want some! Here, I bought some candy in town yesterday, take these!" Yang Xiaohuan led the people into her room, and each of them grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into their pockets.
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