"You...you'll never be able to get a wife if you keep going like this," Zhang Yuan said, trembling.
"It doesn't matter." Ning Hong suddenly looked up at Zhang Yuan. "Hey, you just called me 'Brother Ning,' do you want to marry me?"
"Me?" Yes, she was, but she was also afraid. What if what this guy said was true? How sad she would be.
But what if he can correct it?
Zhang Yuan suddenly found herself unable to refuse.
"You really want to marry me?" Ning Hong suddenly smiled. "If you really want to marry me, I will marry you, but my family doesn't have much money and can't give much in dowry."
"What do you mean? Such a big house, such good food, and no dowry?" Chen Damei was unhappy when she heard there was no dowry.
Without a bride price, how is she going to find a wife for her son?
"A bride price is definitely necessary..."
"Auntie, I've heard that these days, as long as you give me some food, you can bring a woman home. Here's a bag of grains for you, why don't you let your daughter marry me?"
Upon hearing his words, Zhang Yuan's cheeks immediately turned red.
It seems he still has a good impression of her; otherwise, why would he say such a thing?
"A bag of mixed grains?" Chen Damei began to consider. "How big?"
"Hey, Hongze, you..." Are you really going to marry Zhang Yuan? If you marry this woman, it's like marrying their whole family. You can't do anything foolish.
"Don't worry." Ning Hong winked at An's mother. "It's so big, think it through quickly. More people means more labor, so I can save money to build a house for my sister in a shorter time."
One sentence struck the Zhang family like a bolt from the blue, leaving them utterly devastated.
It's actually true.
"Cousin, your brother-in-law is really funny. He's still thinking about his sister at a time like this?"
If it's all about settling down, what's the point of them marrying into that family?
Even though Zhang Yuan had a slight liking for Ning Hongze, she didn't want to say much at the moment.
"Let's go inside and take a look at the house first," Zhang Shun said first.
Living in such a nice brick house, why... is there nothing in the guest rooms?
"Is this a storage room?"
“It’s a guest room,” Ning Hong emphasized.
His big house has many empty rooms, truly empty rooms.
There was nothing inside, not even a bed. The only bed was in Ning Hongze's room.
"Where is your room?" Zhang Yuan suddenly asked.
“Where?” Ning Hong pointed to a dark red door.
Chen Damei and the other three looked at each other in bewilderment, and then rushed into his room in a swarm.
“Hongze?” Mother An frowned immediately.
"Don't worry, let them go in and take a look. There's nothing inside anyway," Ning Hong said with a smile. It was just that there was a bed and a table in the room, unlike the other rooms.
Sure enough, a moment later all four of them came out at the same time, their faces looking extremely grim.
"Ning Hongze, what do you mean by this?"
"What?"
"You have no money at all."
“When did I ever say I was rich?” Ning Hong looked at them with a half-smile. “That’s because you think I’m rich and want to marry me. I’ve never said I was rich.”
"You... malted milk powder, pastries, weren't those all gifts you gave to Ning Xiaoyu?" A family must be well-off to be able to give so many things.
“It’s true that I sent it, but isn’t it only natural for me to get something for my sister?” Ning Hong raised an eyebrow. “I’m a grown man, why would I need to eat anything fancy? I can just give it to my sister.”
"But you'll have a wife and kids someday too. Don't you want to leave something for your wife and kids?"
"Leave what? It's nothing." Ning Hong shrugged indifferently, perfectly embodying the image of a good-for-nothing.
"So what you just said was true? You really plan to build a house for Ning Xiaoyu?"
"Of course it's true. I didn't give my daughter Xiaoyu any dowry when she left home. I saw it myself. Other girls always have their own dowry when they leave home."
Ning Hong paused for a moment, then said, "But it doesn't matter, I will make it up to her slowly, starting with one house."
An's mother found it amusing to listen from the side.
This brother-in-law is getting better and better at talking, almost making her unable to hold back. Putting aside everything else, just take the things that Xiaoyu brought when she got married, they were the best in the whole village.
Which other family would be willing to buy so many nice things for their daughter?
However, Chen Damei and her family were unaware of this.
They still believed that what Ning Hongze said was true.
I immediately gave up on the idea, especially when I stayed there that night and ate only whole grains; I regretted it even more.
If I had known, they should have stayed at Anjia instead; the four of them could have squeezed in.
Although An Jia also eats coarse grains, at least they are cooked and some other things are added. Who knows, there might even be minced meat in them!
Ning Hong didn't care what they were thinking.
He was eating a steamed bun in his hand. Of course, even if Chen Damei and her family were shameless, they wouldn't dare to barge into his house, especially since he was in his own room.
Although Ning Hongze's house had many rooms, these rooms were completely unfurnished, and the four of them ended up crammed together.
There isn't even a bed; that's really going too far.
Chen Damei and Zhang Yuan discussed it all night and finally decided to go back to the An family. If they continued to live in the Ning family, they were afraid their lives would be in danger.
They didn't starve to death; they froze to death.
"Zhang Yuan, why don't you stay?"
"I don't want to." Before, she thought he was a rich man. Not that he was extremely rich, but as long as he could feed and clothe her, that would be enough. That's all that people ask for these days.
Who knew this person was actually quite capable, but the problem is that he used all his abilities on his younger sister, Xiaoyu.
Thinking about that can of malted milk powder from yesterday made Zhang Yuan feel a little upset. She had never drunk malted milk powder before.
And then there were those pastries; just thinking about the taste of those foods made Zhang Yuan swallow hard.
"You idiot!" Chen Damei scolded softly. "The fact that he managed to get this food under these circumstances proves he's a capable person with his own connections!"
“What good are connections if he can’t find a way? He only cares about his sister. If I stay with him, I’ll starve to death sooner or later.” Just thinking about how he said he would marry a wife and then expect her to help support his sister makes Zhang Yuan feel extremely uncomfortable.
How can there be such a person in this world?
"Why don't you secretly follow him and see how he got these things? If possible, we can follow him and do the same."
"This is too dangerous. Why don't we let Dad or my brother do it?"
No matter how you look at it, it shouldn't be a girl doing something like this.
"How can you be so selfish? When it's dangerous, are you only thinking about pushing your brother and father into the fray?"
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