Chapter 12: Seeing Each Other
Now Shulan is no longer the child bride who was exchanged for a bag of grain in the book, so naturally she has nothing to do with Liu Fu's family.
The Liu family has five grandchildren, one son and two granddaughters. Although Shuyu and Shulan were not born from the same mother, they are the only two girls in the Liu family, so naturally they have a good relationship.
Besides, Shulan loved her younger sister Shubo very much and would share everything with Shubo. Shubo was not a hard-hearted person and treated Shulan the same way. She would often feed Shubo.
Shulan grew up much better in the Liu family than in the Liu family. After all, she was a granddaughter in the Liu family and a child bride in the Liu family.
No matter how nice Liu's parents were to Shulan, they only made sure she didn't go hungry. It was nothing like at Liu's house, where she had grandparents looking after her, parents loving her, brothers protecting her, and a sister who was very close to her.
The Liu family was well off, and when Shulan was 15, someone came to propose marriage. Aunt Liu felt that her daughter was still young, so she waited until now to meet the man.
As for the Liu family, without Shulan as their child bride, there would naturally be other people to take their place. Previously, Liu's parents asked someone to go to Liu's house, hoping to marry Shulan to Liu Fu.
After all, the Liu family was well off, and they had given out grain in exchange for a daughter-in-law during a disaster, so they were well-off in the countryside. Aunt Liu was not someone who sought to curry favor with powerful men, so she thought the Liu family was well off and was about to agree, but was ruined by Shu.
Shu didn't want her cousin Shulan to step into the Liu family's pond again. Liu Fu seemed okay now, but who knows if he would go crazy and run away one day. What would her cousin do then?
Shu did not do anything, but told Aunt Liu that Liu Fu liked his child bride, and Aunt Liu was naturally not happy about it.
Shu did not wrongly accuse Liu Fu. The child bride of the Liu family was no pushover. Not only did she have Liu's eldest brother firmly in her arms, she had also had sex with him a long time ago, and she also hooked up with Liu Fu. Although she didn't have a real relationship with Liu Fu, there was some ambiguity between them.
The relationship between Shulan and the Liu family ended here, there was no more. Shu also did not intend to retaliate against the Liu family. As long as the eldest brother of the Liu family was not dead, the Liu family's child bride was not an easy person to deal with, and the Liu family would naturally have no good life.
As for whether Liu Fu would go to the army again in the future, she had no idea. Now Liu's parents did not force him to marry his sister-in-law.
Just think about these things and don't worry about them. Her life is good now and there is no need to waste time on unimportant people. Just live in the present and live your own life well.
When she got home, she put away the backpack, put the pig grass aside, carefully packed up her herbs and dried them, and later took them to the city to exchange them for money.
Grandma Liu Shulan saw that she was packing, so she didn't disturb her. Ever since Shulan went to junior high school, she knew that some medicinal herbs could be exchanged for money at the purchasing station in the county town, so she often brought some back.
Naturally, the Liu family would not miss this opportunity to make money, so they asked Shu to teach them how to identify common medicinal herbs. So when they had nothing to do, the Liu family also liked to go to the mountains to pick some medicinal herbs and bring them back for Shu to exchange with them.
Seeing this, Grandma Liu was not too stingy, so she asked them to hand over half of their income from collecting herbs, and each family could keep the rest. After all, the children were grown up, and she still wanted to leave some for her two sons.
After dinner, Grandma Liu said to Uncle Liu's family, "I found a boyfriend for Shulan. He lives in Shizimo Village next door, not far from our home, and is only an hour's walk away. There are brothers in the family, and it's the youngest one. The matchmaker said he's a good guy, honest and capable. I thought about it and think he's okay. What do you two think? If he's okay, I'll arrange a meeting."
"Mom, let's arrange a meeting. I believe in your judgment." Aunt Liu didn't say this to Uncle Liu. Her mother-in-law was really powerful. Since her mother-in-law thought it was terrible, she had nothing to say. It was impossible for her to harm her own child.
"Okay, then the day after tomorrow. I'll tell the matchmaker tomorrow."
When Shulan heard that her parents and grandma had confirmed the birth of the child, she lowered her head shyly, half expectant and half shy. All her friends got married at the age of 16, and her family loved her so much that they waited until now.
Shulan was like an older sister to Shu, but she was still a 17-year-old girl and would definitely be shy when talking about marriage.
When Shu heard her grandmother say that they would see the fortune teller the day after tomorrow, she postponed the idea of going to the city. She knew that Shulan would not dare to do so and would definitely have to do a thorough check to ensure that Shulan would not be entrusted to the wrong person.
Early in the morning, Grandma Liu ordered the family to clean the yard and made preparations in a hurry.
Shubo went to Shulan's room, pulled Shulan up, asked her to change into the floral dress she had prepared, then combed Shulan's long hair to one side, braided it and put it on her shoulders, and put a wild flower she had just picked from the mountains in her braid.
Shu looked at her masterpiece. Not bad. Shulan was good-looking when she was young. Now that she was dressed up, she was even more beautiful.
Shulan was also very surprised when she saw herself in the mirror. How could a girl not like to be coquettish, especially when she was meeting someone today.
"Thank you, Baobao. I never knew I was so pretty! You bought the skirt, right? I'll give you the money later!"
"No, I bought it for you when I saw you were about to go on a blind date. Look, my sister is so beautiful, she must be so beautiful that she will be fascinated by her."
When Shulan heard her sister's teasing, she felt extremely shy and did not intend to give her money, because she knew Shu would not take it and there would be plenty of opportunities to compensate her sister in the future.
Shulan was indeed dazzled by her boyfriend. He had never taken his eyes off her since he met her. His mother was also quite satisfied with this daughter-in-law. He has a good family background, looks good, is educated and has even finished junior high school, which is perfect.
Shu also carefully looked at her future cousin's family. She was good-looking, the youngest in the family, loved by her parents, had good sense, and was not rigid in character. She was a good match for her cousin.
His parents were not bad either, with kind personalities, and they favored the youngest child. Now that the youngest child was about to become her cousin, she naturally had no objection.
Naturally, Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu were also interested in her, and they quickly got married. Nowadays, as long as two people fall in love with each other, they are not far from getting married. It is not like in the past, when they would just date for several years.
The wedding date has been set. They will get married after the autumn harvest. Grandma Liu also said that half of the betrothal gift will be given to Shulan to take back, and she will also prepare a dowry.
My cousin 꽬's family was also satisfied. The daughter-in-law not only brought back half of the betrothal gift, but also a dowry. They were the first family in the nearby village to do so.
Shu Lan was relieved to see that her cousin's marriage was settled. Shu Lan had completely bid farewell to her original fate. Shu Lan was no longer worried that Liu Fu would bother her cousin again.
Before, Liu Fu's marriage with the Liu family failed, and he still wanted to pester Shu Lan. After Shu Lan found out, she took advantage of Liu Fu's drunkenness to beat him up. Liu Fu kept saying that he fell because of being drunk, and he was bedridden for two months before he recovered.
Shulan was originally good-looking. Originally, according to fate, Shulan had grown up well when she was barely able to get enough to eat in the Liu family, otherwise why would Liu Fu have thought of her? Now that she is being taken care of by Shulan from the Liu family, her skin and figure have improved by more than half. Liu Fu would definitely not die and let such a good candidate for a daughter-in-law pass by.
Before, Shu뀞 only thought that Liu Fu was an ungrateful scum who abandoned his wife and children and was unfilial to his parents. After this incident, Shu뀞 added a label to her: narcissism is a disease, and arrogance is a poison.
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