Chapter 136: Big Enough Face
Afraid that Cao Wenxing might discover something, she immediately lowered her head.
Cao Wenxing said, "When you meet your parents, I don't need to remind you what you should and shouldn't say."
Yang Lian'er nodded.
Seeing that she was still obedient, Cao Wenxing softened his tone: "It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Besides, I only took a concubine. As long as you are obedient and filial to my parents, my family will naturally not treat you unfairly."
"I see."
Yang Lian'er lowered her head, still wearing the same velvet and cotton wedding dress, but her mood was completely different from the day she got married.
She originally thought that she would marry into a wealthy family and her life would get better and better. However, she did not expect that on the wedding night, after completing all the procedures, there was a knock on the door in the middle of the night.
I don’t know what the mother-in-law said to her husband. He just told her to go to bed first, then he put on his clothes and went out.
The mother-in-law simply said a few words of comfort and left.
It was the most important and happy day of her life, but her husband left in the middle of the night.
She persuaded herself in her heart that it was the bridal chamber after all, otherwise she would probably want to go home overnight.
She stayed awake until dawn, then Cao Wenxing went home. After accompanying her to offer tea to her parents-in-law, her mother-in-law kept her alone to talk.
Only then did she know that Cao Wenxing had been keeping a woman he redeemed from a brothel. The woman became pregnant, and he was afraid that it would be embarrassing if it got out, so he was anxious to marry a wife as soon as possible and then let the woman in.
When the child is born, if it is a boy, he will be raised under her name.
The Cao family had few male descendants, and Cao Wenxing's first son must not be known to anyone as being born to a prostitute.
She also found out about it from hearing neighbors gossip while she was sorting goods in the shop.
People in the town had long known about Cao Wenxing's affair with the brothel girl, so no one in the town wanted to marry the girls. That's why their family asked a matchmaker to go to the countryside to look for one, otherwise it would be impossible for them to fall in love with a village girl.
And among the girls Cao Wenxing had seen, she was the one with the most satisfactory appearance.
She didn't know what to feel for a moment. She thought that because she was beautiful, good at embroidery, gentle and sensible, the Cao family had good taste in choosing her.
But now it has become the case that the Cao family has lowered their requirements and is looking for someone in the countryside who is easier to control.
She's already married, it's too late for her to regret.
She didn't want to tell her family so as not to worry them.
The only advantage of this marriage was that the Cao family had some financial resources since the betrothal gift was ten taels of silver. She did not have to work in the fields or live in the wind and sun.
All I have to do is wash clothes, cook, and help organize the goods in the shop.
Kaoshan Village
At the dinner table, Mrs. Ma rarely smiled at Li Shuangshuang, and even picked up two pieces of eggs with her chopsticks for her, Da Niu and Er Niu.
Liu Jinbao from the first wife's house was immediately unhappy: "Grandma, how can you let this unlucky guy and two girls eat eggs? They are mine."
Liu Jinbao's mother, Ma, immediately pulled him aside and reminded him, "What are you talking about? That's your second aunt, and those two are your sisters. Don't do that."
When Liu Jinbao saw his grandparents and mother winking at him, he shut up obediently.
Ma Pozi said gently: "Second brother, I heard that the Li family in your village is building a house, and the wages are 30 cents a day. You can go back to your mother's house and talk to the Li family to let your father-in-law, Jincai, and you and your wife go to work. No matter what, you can earn more than going to the county town, and it is close to home. I will help you take care of the eldest and second girls, so you can rest assured.
You have such a good relationship with the girl from the Li family. When she married into Kaoshan Village, you helped her a lot. It's not too much for them to give our people a few more coins for the work. You can just ask the Li family to give 130 coins a day for four people."
"Yes, Shuangshuang, go and talk to him. When I earn my wages, I will buy you some cloth to make new clothes."
Liu Zhaocai also softened his attitude and picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and gave it to her.
His lover, Widow Chen, has been pestering him to buy her a silver hairpin recently. He asked his mother for money, but she refused, so he had to find a way on his own.
If he could go to work for the Li family, he and Li Shuangshuang would earn 60 cents a day, give 20 cents to his mother, and have 40 cents left, which is more than one or two taels of silver a month.
Work for a month and buy a plain hairpin worth more than one or two taels to give to the little goblin to stop her from pestering you.
Li Shuangshuang felt amused, how shameless he was.
These days, my mother-in-law always asks me to go back to her parents' home and spend more time with Yueyue.
It's nothing more than seeing others making money and wanting to get some benefits from it.
She had heard that even in Daohua Village, only one person from a family went to work for the Li family, but they wanted four people to go all of a sudden.
What a bold idea.
If she went to Yueyue to talk about this, Yueyue might let one of her family members go because of their past friendship.
But she didn't want to cause trouble for Yueyue because the Liu family was not worth it.
Li Shuangshuang raised her head and said, "Mom, I went back to Daohua Village to ask around. The Li family went to the county town to hire a construction team. There are 20 to 30 people on that construction team. Together with the people in the village, there are dozens of people in total. There is no shortage of people, otherwise I would have gone to Uncle Dashan to recommend someone from our family.
Besides, Uncle Dashan's family handed this matter over to the village chief, and the person was chosen by the village chief, so I have no right to go to the village chief to talk to him."
"Isn't the village chief also from your Li family? You are not qualified to talk to the village chief, so let your parents talk to the village chief. With more people, the house can be built sooner."
Li Shuangshuang had no choice but to agree to go: "Mom and Dad, I can go and talk to them, but don't hold out hope. After all, in our village, only one person can go from each family. In my family, only my eldest brother went. If it doesn't work out, don't blame me."
"Don't blame you. Your parents know that as long as you go and say it, the Li family will give you this face." Ma Pozi's words were forcing her.
Li Shuangshuang sighed inwardly, she knew
In the afternoon, she took the children back to Li's house and returned to Kaoshan Village when it was almost dark.
He just said that he had looked for it, but they didn’t need anyone.
Liu Zhaocai scolded her for being useless and went out to live with his old lover.
Mrs. Ma scolded her and didn't let them eat dinner that night.
"This unlucky star is really useless. That Li is also cold-hearted. He is unwilling to do such a small thing."
Old man Liu frowned: "Okay, if you don't want me to go, then don't go. It's not like her family is the only one that can work. Just go to sleep."
Mrs. Ma was very angry. Since the Li family didn't allow their family members to work, they had no chance of getting any good results.
In the dark room, Li Shuangshuang hugged her two children tightly.
She no longer expected her husband to be good to her and her child, she just wanted to raise her daughter well.
The next day, Mrs. Ma went to Gao's house early in the morning.
When Mrs. Cui heard this, she was shocked: "What did you say? Li's chicken that doesn't lay eggs is actually doing business?"
"Yes, some time ago, my second son's wife's mother came to our village to collect duck eggs and mung beans for the Li family. I specifically asked around and found out that their family was doing business with the Zuixianju Restaurant in the town and also with the restaurant in the county. They made a lot of money and are now building new houses..."
Mrs. Ma told the story again, and Mrs. Cui's eyes almost popped out of her head.
When Ding Hong and Liu Ruyun heard this, they were also very excited.
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