Chapter 151 A Money-Losing Dump
The message was delivered personally by Liu Huazhi.
After several months of recuperation, her leg injury has fully recovered, and she can walk freely without any problems.
However, Liu Huazhi's condition was really not good. Her face, which used to be quite fair, was very haggard, and she looked as if she had aged several years.
Her once curvaceous figure has shrunk considerably, and her clothes are worn out and stained with indelible dirt.
Compared to his good condition before the Lunar New Year, he doesn't seem like the same person at all.
When Sheng An delivered food to the neighbor's yard, she saw Liu Huazhi squatting in the corner. She took a second look before confirming who she was.
Liu Huazhi seemed to be provoked by her gaze, tensing up like a startled snake, staring at Sheng An with a wary expression.
Sheng An frowned slightly, her face turning cold. "What are you doing here? Are you asking for a beating?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand as if to slap her.
Liu Huazhi reacted instinctively and quickly stepped back to a position three zhang away from Sheng An.
When she realized what was happening, a hint of annoyance flashed across her face, but it quickly turned into smugness: "I'm here to deliver good news. It's my wedding day with Brother Huaining in three days."
Early this morning, Liu Huazhi couldn't wait to come to Shengyuan, wanting to show off her happiness to Sheng An and let Sheng An witness her step by step towards wealth and glory.
To everyone's surprise, Sheng An's expression didn't change at all after hearing this, and her tone was as perfunctory as could be: "A fool paired with a scheming dog, that's pretty good."
Liu Huazhi roared in fury: "You're the idiot! You're the dog!"
Sheng An clicked his tongue twice: "This hit a nerve? Looks like you're quite self-aware, knowing that the idiot is insulting you."
Liu Huazhi was so angry that her expression twisted, and she clenched her fists as if she wanted to pounce on her and smash her head.
After enduring it for a long time, Liu Huazhi finally swallowed her anger: "I know you're jealous of me and can't stand that I married well. There's nothing I can do, my life is just better than yours."
In her past life, she lived longer than this jinx; in this life, with the advantage she's gained, she'll only live a better life than this jinx who's destined to die young.
Isn't that just good fortune?
Sheng An was speechless. He really wanted to take a piss and let this self-praising woman see her reflection, to see how she could have the nerve to say she was lucky.
Seeing that she remained silent, Liu Huazhi's face showed a smug look: "When I marry Brother Huaining, I will be your cousin-in-law. From now on, when you see me, you will have to call me sister-in-law."
Sheng An laughed in exasperation and immediately asked three questions in quick succession: "How much dowry did Xu Huaining give you when he wanted to marry you? How many loads of betrothal gifts did he give you? How many pieces of gold and silver jewelry did he give you?"
Seeing Liu Huazhi's expression change, she put on an exaggerated expression:
"No way, no way, you didn't even get a single penny as a bride price? So in your dear Huaining brother's eyes, you're just a worthless money-loser."
"Tsk tsk, not even a dowry, huh? Poor thing, all that effort to marry your dear Huaining, and he gets a wife for free without spending a penny. The Xu family is really lucky; a fool just walks right into their doorstep."
Liu Huazhi was dizzy from the constant barrage of offers from Sheng Anzuo, one a worthless woman and the other a complete jinx. She screamed like a madwoman, "Shut up, you jinx! Shut up! You're just another worthless woman with no dowry or betrothal gifts, what right do you have to laugh at me!"
Sheng An shook his head, looking at her with pity in his eyes:
“I’m not like you. Back then, my father-in-law was seriously ill and emptied the family’s savings. Jin Nian copied books day and night to raise enough for the betrothal money. My grandparents felt sorry for him and returned the betrothal money. Your brother Huai Ning’s parents are healthy and they don’t want to take a single penny for the betrothal money.”
The most important thing is comparison. Compared to Sheng An, Liu Huazhi was completely defeated in an instant.
She forced herself not to flee in a disheveled state, staring intently at Sheng An: "Huai Ning and I are truly in love, and we won't haggle over a little dowry. I will become a person of high status in the future, living a thousand times better than you!"
Sheng An picked at his ear, giving a perfunctory reply: "Then wait until you become a superior person, living a thousand times or ten thousand times better than me, before you come and show off in front of me."
Liu Huazhi choked until her face turned blue, but finally couldn't overcome her anxiety and fear, and turned to flee in panic.
Sheng An watched her fleeing figure and muttered to herself, "Every time she actively offers her face to be hit, could she be a masochistic pervert?"
If she hits him every time, wouldn't she be giving this woman a good beating?
Thinking of this, Sheng An's face darkened.
In the evening, Xu Jinnian returned to the small building, bringing with him not only the little donkey but also two large, glossy horses.
Sheng An was overjoyed and circled the two horses several times: "Where did these two horses come from? This is completely beyond my expectations!"
After the New Year, when Master Jiang started teaching, Xu Jinnian told his three classmates about buying horses and asked them to use their connections to help find two good horses.
As expected of the couple, Ye Yunhua, with the help of a relative, found two fine horses and delivered them to Qingzhou City this morning, which Xu Jinnian brought back.
Seeing Sheng An so happy, Xu Jinnian smiled and asked, "Want to give it a try?"
Sheng An was eager to try, but after looking at the dim sky, he had no choice but to give up: "When we have a day off, we'll go horseback riding in the countryside together."
She had learned to ride horses before the New Year, but since she wasn't familiar with the temperament of these two horses, she didn't dare to ride them directly and needed to practice her riding skills more.
Like a little tail, Sheng An followed Xu Jinnian to the stables and eagerly fed them hay.
Seeing that the two horses opened their mouths to eat and were adapting well to the new environment, she felt relieved.
On the way back to the small building, Sheng An mentioned that Xu Huaining and Liu Huazhi were getting married soon: "Xujiaba has been quite quiet these past few months, so they probably won't be so shameless as to come over and ask us and my aunt's family to give gifts."
Xu Jinnian shattered her illusions with a single sentence: "Xu Huaining came to see me this morning and invited us to his wedding banquet in three days."
Upon hearing this, Sheng An admired Xu Huaining's shamelessness: "No wonder he's such a scheming dog; not just anyone can fake that."
Xu Jinqing laughed: "He's been like this since he was a child. As long as he can benefit from it, he'll pretend that nothing ever happened."
Sheng An asked, "Have you hated him since you were little?"
Xu Jinnian shook his head: "I wouldn't say I hate it, I just ignore it at most."
He didn't have much contact with Xu Huaining when they were young, and after discovering that Xu was a hypocritical, cold, and selfish person, he could not have any deep interaction with him.
Since the two families' fathers had a strained relationship, he didn't need to worry about the fathers' relationship with this person.
Over the years, he and this person have kept to themselves, and he simply avoids giving him any reason to make mistakes.
"You're smart enough not to be fooled by this person."
Sheng An had never had a good impression of Xu Huaining, and couldn't help but praise her husband's quick wit: "It's a good thing you two don't have any feelings for each other, otherwise you would have to go to the wedding banquet in three days."
Speaking of the wedding banquet, she suddenly slapped her forehead: "Zhao Di and Da Kui's big day is in five days. I haven't prepared a gift for Zhao Di yet. I have to find some time to go to the bookstore tomorrow!"
But do bookstores sell erotic pictures?
Thinking to himself, Sheng An wanted to ask Xu Jinnian a question, but then he remembered the things that made him unable to resist at night, and was afraid that asking would provoke him, so he immediately shut his mouth and dared not ask.
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