Liu declined, but Jiang Bai forced it on her.
"You absolutely must accept this."
"As you know about my relationship with Aunt Qiu's family, I have no elders to rely on now, and no one can help me with this important life event. So I can only ask you to have pity on me and help me with some arrangements."
Jiang Bai completely ignored the group of people at the old house; given what they had done, they were not worthy of being her elders.
Judging from the tone of her voice, and fearing she might have guessed wrong, Liu could only ask in a low voice, "What kind of help do you want me to provide?"
"I really want to ask you, sir, to act as my matchmaker and help me find a husband."
Clang
"Third Grandmother".
Jiang Bai quickly helped Liu Shi, who had fallen to the ground, up.
Liu held her hand tightly, got up and looked into the courtyard. Everyone in the family had gone out, and there was no one else outside. However, she still closed the door of the main room, leaving only a small crack to let in a little light.
"Third Grandmother, what are you doing?"
"Da Ya, tell Third Grandmother the truth, are you really sure you want to take a son-in-law?"
Jiang Bai found her thieving manner very strange and subconsciously nodded.
“Da Ya, don’t think Third Aunt is being nosy. If you marry into the family, ninety percent of the grain will go into the clan granary. In previous years, it was fine, but this year the master is not doing well. The river is almost dry, and there is still almost a month until the autumn harvest!”
“If this grain goes into the clan granary, when everyone is short of food, I’m afraid we won’t be able to count the amount of grain that Awen ate.”
"And if your grandparents really run out of food, you can ask the clan chief to give the grain that was reserved for Awen to honor his elders. Would the clan chief refuse to give it to them?"
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