Chapter 193 Marriage? Or Taking a Son-in-Law?
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Li Shiyue thought that her teasing remark to Li Qiutian would make her see Li Qiutian's blushing cheeks.
To everyone's surprise, Li Qiutian remained expressionless and even nodded slightly to Li Shiyue to indicate that she already knew about the matter.
"How did you know, sister?"
I only found out about this after I went back and my mother told me about it.
My elder sister went up the mountain with me that day; could it be that my aunt told her?
Li Qiutian raised her hand to adjust her straw hat, making her view in front of her wider, and then she turned her head and winked at Li Shiyue: "Do I need Mother to tell me this?"
Summer is not the kind of person who can hold her tongue.
I'm just taking a bath in the kitchen, and she's already whispering these things to me by the window.
"So it was Sister Xia who told you, I knew it! I wondered how you knew."
"Sister, what are your thoughts?"
Just then, a gust of wind blew by, ruffling the stray hairs at Li Qiutian's temples. She raised her hand to smooth her hair, tucking the stray hairs behind her ear. "I told you long ago, I'm going to have a son-in-law marry into my wife's family."
The matchmaker came to our house to tell my mother that I should get married.
How can this possibly work?
The matchmaker was from Qingsong Town. She came to the Li family to ask for the eldest son of a carpenter in town to marry Li Qiutian.
This carpenter was not the one Li Shiyue had found to help make the seed drill and the curved plow.
Although she hadn't inquired in detail, Li's mother told Li Shiyue at the time, "Your aunt didn't really intend to leave your sister in the family to marry into another family. If it's a good family over there, it would be a good thing for her to marry into it."
Just listening to what the matchmaker said made us realize that something was wrong.
That carpenter's family must not have much wealth; the eldest son is over twenty and still unmarried.
The matchmaker said she would give a betrothal gift, but she didn't say how much she would give.
It was also said that the carpenter's entire family had gone to work for the general.
Your aunt and I were wondering if the carpenter had heard from someone else that our family had some connection with the General, and that's why he's trying to get our daughter's hand in marriage through this roundabout way.
With a worried expression, Li's mother held Li Shiyue's hand and continued to say, "If what your aunt and I suspect is true, then we absolutely cannot let your older sister marry into that family."
It's not that she's interested in your older sister, but rather that she's interested in our family's power.
That's why your aunt refused to let you go, saying she had no sons in the family and wanted to find a husband for your older sister.
Now that the news of this arranged marriage has spread, it will be really difficult for your sister to find a husband in the future.
Which capable man would be willing to marry into his wife's family and become a live-in son-in-law?
When Li Shiyue heard her mother's worried words, she immediately smiled. She raised her hand to smooth out her mother's furrowed brows, and facing her mother's reproachful gaze, Li Shiyue said to her mother, "Mother, what is there to worry about?"
Our family owns a paper mill and a paper shop, we have money, and I have a voice in the village;
"My sister has reliable relatives," Li Shiyue indicated to her mother that these "reliable relatives" were herself. She puffed out her chest and said, "My sister also has money. She's only eighteen, and she still has to worry about not finding a suitable man to come home to."
The women of Andong don't need to worry about marriage at all; according to their mothers and aunts, there simply isn't a suitable person for them.
Since that's the case, from now on, we'll follow Sister's wishes. If Sister wants to get married, then we'll prepare a good dowry for her with great fanfare and send her off happily!
If my sister is really determined to have a son-in-law marry into the family, then she should find someone easy to control, hire him, and support him.
With my sister's strength and money, she won't suffer any losses or be wronged, whether she gets married or takes a husband into her family. That's enough!
Why should Mother and Aunt worry about this?
Originally, Li's mother was worried about Li Qiutian's marriage, but after Li Shiyue's explanation, she strangely felt that what Li Shiyue said made perfect sense.
"Yes, your sister has money, relatives, and strength. Why should she worry about not finding a good man?"
After hearing what Li Shiyue said, Li's mother went to find Zheng Meiniang, and the two of them started talking about it. The more they talked, the more they felt that it made sense!
Therefore, when Li Shiyue teased Li Qiutian, she was actually trying to say to her: "Sister, what I told Mother was the truth."
My sister has no worries about getting married, nor does she have to worry about finding a husband to marry into her family.
If you, sister, wish to find a son-in-law to live with you now, just spread the word, and many families with many sons will surely come knocking. Then you can simply choose the one you like.”
"Haha," Li Qiutian laughed loudly, amused by Li Shiyue's words.
"I find it funny just thinking about the scenario you described. It would really become a spectacle."
After laughing, Li Qiutian spoke seriously to Li Shiyue: "I still want to find a husband for my wife, Shiyue." Li Qiutian turned to look at Li Shiyue beside her, "Just like you are worried about your aunt and Shitou, there are only your mother and Xia Tian at home. If I get married, how can I feel at ease?"
My father hasn't been found yet, so how could I possibly be in the mood to look for a son-in-law?
Let's wait a little longer, just a little longer.
While Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian were chatting about whether it was a matter of getting married or taking in a son-in-law, Qin Tao and Li Shigui, who were following behind their carriage, were also chatting.
Qin Tao took out a cloth and wiped the sweat from her forehead. She hadn't thought about wearing a straw hat when she went out because she wanted to look good.
"Brother Gui, hurry up and wipe it off."
Li Shigui took the cloth and wiped his face a couple of times. He looked at the two carriages that were almost out of sight ahead, and then, when he handed the cloth back to Qin Tao, he said to her, "Mother, it looks like they're going to send paper into the prefectural city again."
Qin Tao naturally saw the wooden crates being pulled on the truck.
The fact that Li Shiyue led a group of people to build a paper mill and also opened a shop in the prefectural city had already spread throughout Liujiatun within the past month or so.
Even though Qin Tao intentionally avoided associating with the people of Li Family Village, she pushed all the necessary interactions onto Li Shigui.
But when you go to the river to wash clothes or something, you always hear the old women and daughters-in-law of other people talking about these things. Even if you don't want to know, you just find out by listening.
Furthermore, due to Li Shiyue's influence, the ancestral hall has recently become a place where women can enter to worship and visit graves.
In this respect, Qin Tao admired Li Shiyue quite a bit. She thought Li Shiyue was really impressive for daring to draw her knife against the clan elders and for fighting against injustice.
However, she also knew about the complicated relationship between her family and Li Shiyue's family, and that everything Li Shiyue did had nothing to do with their family anymore.
“Brother Gui, her home is her home, and our home is our home.”
Your sister is about to give birth. If you finish your studies and pass the imperial examination at the lowest level, it would be best if you could become a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the lowest level of the imperial examinations). Then our family can live in the prefectural city.
At that time, our family had no further connection with Liujiatun.
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