Chapter 103: Matchmakers should just live their lives honestly and practically.
"Whose daughter are you... how dare you speak so boldly?" Li Sandi's face turned red at this moment. His face was still wet with tears, but he had never heard such bold words in his life.
Wang Ruozhu said, "How about I become your wife?"
“I don’t have many family members. After I get married, I will cut all ties with my family.”
"I have no family to rely on."
Li San Di was surprised.
“My parents are divorced. My mother doesn’t want me, and my father also doesn’t want me after he was sent to a farm. Now they want to sell me to someone else for money. I’m not willing to accept that. I want to choose my own person, so I chose you.”
Wang Ruozhu: "If you're willing to marry me, I'll marry you, and we'll live a good life together from now on."
Li Sandi subconsciously said, "But I've already demolished the house where I got married, so I can't get a wife."
Wang Ruozhu: "This kang (heated brick bed) is still in good condition and hasn't been dismantled. After spring, we can build a mud house and live here after we get married. Later, we'll save money to build a brick house."
Wang Ruozhu didn't mind living in a mud house. For her, having a place to shelter from the wind and rain was enough. Besides, the Li family hadn't gone too far; they still had the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove). Building a mud house in the spring was fine, except for not being very respectable.
Moreover, this heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) is made of red bricks.
Li San Di was dumbfounded: "You really want to marry me?"
His face was flushed. Apart from Zhang Xiaoyue, he had never been in contact with any other girls. He was rather honest-looking and had a rough appearance. He wasn't as good-looking as his two older brothers, and he wasn't good-natured either.
I met Zhang Xiaoyue through a matchmaker.
He was worried that he wouldn't be able to get married after this incident, but now he can get married again.
It was truly a case of things taking an unexpected turn for the better.
Wang Ruozhu: "If you don't mind me, I won't mind you either."
Li Sandi swallowed hard, feeling like a pie had fallen from the sky. Suddenly, a beautiful young woman appeared and said she wanted to marry him, which was unbelievable. "...You, you're really not a female ghost?"
Wang Ruozhu: "...I'm not."
"I have body temperature."
"If you want to know about my past, I'll tell you everything."
Before dawn, the two sat amidst the collapsed ruins and began to talk.
When Qin Xiangxiang woke up, she felt incredibly comfortable. Sleeping on the heated kang at night was so comfortable, it was warm and cozy, and she even felt a little hot. Why didn't they have such a good thing in the south?
Of course, winters in the south aren't too cold either.
Li Jianzhi brought her a bowl of hot corn porridge. Qin Xiangxiang glanced at the time and said, "I slept for quite a while."
"Yeah, and you also missed out on a juicy piece of gossip."
Qin Xiangxiang: "?"
"My third brother is getting married again."
Qin Xiangxiang was shocked: "???? Zhang Xiaoyue is willing to marry him? They're still together?"
"No, another one came."
Li Jianzhi told Qin Xiangxiang about Wang Ruozhu's situation, and Qin Xiangxiang sighed, "She's a person with a tragic fate."
Li Jianzhi: "I asked around and found out that what Wang Ruozhu said was true. The farm there said that she is usually a hardworking and capable woman, but she was held back by her family."
"It's not her fault for having such irresponsible parents."
"He's good-looking and very smart."
Qin Xiangxiang felt a little sorry for Wang Ruozhu after hearing about her experience. A teacher-student relationship ended up being rejected by her parents. Was it really Wang Ruozhu's fault?
When Wu Xueyan heard about Wang Ruozhu, she also felt that the girl was quite pitiful.
It's not impossible for her to marry her youngest son.
"If you're willing to get married, you can just live a good life together. I don't need you to serve me any more."
Wu Xueyan: "We'll rebuild the house next spring before getting married. We don't have much money at home, but if we save up, we can build a smaller house."
Wu Xueyan did not regret demolishing the house. Continuing to entangle with the Zhang family would only lead to worse consequences, so it was better to break it off. She had no regrets at all.
Li San Di said, "Mom, Ruo Zhu and I have discussed it. Next spring, I will find someone to build an adobe house. We can just build the house with mud and straw and live in it. The old kang (heated brick bed) can still be used."
"We'll support each other through life and slowly save up to build a brick house."
After listening to Wang Ruozhu's words all night, Li Sandi felt relieved. He couldn't compare to his two older brothers, but he was content to live a good life in the village. He would have a wife and children, a warm bed, and a simple, ordinary life. There was no need to compare himself to others.
He has food to eat, clothes to wear, a wife, and children to have in the future, so he has nothing to complain about.
Moreover... since Wang Ruozhu has severed ties with his parents, he doesn't have to worry about his future father-in-law and mother-in-law saying that he is not as successful as his older brother.
After thinking it over, Li Sandi realized that marrying Wang Ruozhu was a good idea.
As for love, love can't put food on the table. Making the most of the present moment is more important than anything else.
Wu Xueyan nodded: "Okay, you can have your own plans. After you get married, I won't touch the work points you two earn or the money you make from raising pigs. You can keep them yourselves. How much money you can save and what kind of house you can build is up to you."
Wu Xueyan has no worries now. All three of her sons are married, and although her youngest daughter is a widow, she heard that she works in a textile factory and earns fifty or sixty yuan a month, so she is at ease.
A monthly salary of fifty or sixty yuan is more reliable than any good man!
Li San Di: "Mom, although I can't give my eldest brother as much money as he does in a month, I can still help with chores like chopping wood and carrying water at home."
Wu Xueyan: "It's settled. From now on, let's live a good life."
While Li San Di and Wang Ruo Zhu decided to get married, the Zhang family urged Zhang Xiao Yue, who was unwilling to come and mediate. Zhang Xiao Yue was still putting on a bad face, after all, Li San Di used to listen to her and do whatever she asked.
Her family scolded her for being as stupid as a pig, but this third brother of Li was also stupid. He was told to go ask his eldest brother for it, and he actually did!
“Li Jianping is an honest man. If you say some nice things to him, he will soften up.”
Zhang Mancang, accompanied by his younger sister Zhang Xiaoyue, brought some unsold sugar cakes from the supply and marketing cooperative to the Li family to apologize.
After a night of anxiety, Zhang Mancang was now confident. He knew that Li Sandi was easy to fool, and he hadn't seen many women. He could easily win him over with a few sweet words from his sister.
"Hey Zhang, what are you doing in our village with your sister again?"
Some villagers, who were squatting in a corner sheltering from the wind and basking in the sun, watched the brother and sister with schadenfreude.
Zhang Mancang: "I went to the Li family to apologize. They were too hot-tempered. Jianping and my Xiaoyue had such a good relationship, and they were just one step away from getting married. Look at the mess this has made, and it's even during the New Year."
I advise you not to go!
"He found a new wife today, she's quite beautiful."
The thing in Zhang Mancang's hand fell to the ground. "What?"
"Since your marriage proposal was called off, several matchmakers came to the Li family today to propose marriage. Do you think they still want to marry into your family? Dream on!"
The old man who was speaking also clicked his tongue in amazement. This stupid kid Li Jianping's good days have come. After what happened yesterday, everyone knows that the marriage between the third son of the Li family and the daughter of the Zhang family has fallen apart... and that it was because the Zhang family made an exorbitant demand for the eldest brother of the Li family's watch.
Everyone was initially surprised:
"A watch, a watch that costs over a hundred, that's not excessive."
"Pah! That's 'Old Li's business.' It's an imported watch, a watch like that costs over a thousand yuan, and she still has the nerve to ask for it!"
"Wow!!"
...
The news spread quickly and quickly, reaching every corner of the village overnight. At that time, the villagers had no other forms of entertainment or leisure, so they talked about it enthusiastically.
The villagers in the surrounding villages all knew about this, and many families with daughters began to have designs on it. Li Laosan looked honest, and his older brother, who was a military officer, was capable and could afford a watch worth thousands of yuan. It would be very prestigious to be related to such a person!
Her brother's family is well-off, so after she marries him, she won't have to worry about her in-laws being sick and not being able to afford medical treatment, and she won't be living with her two other sisters-in-law... Li Jianping is simply a son-in-law you couldn't find even with a lantern.
Many families, thinking of their daughters' future, began to act on the whim, sending matchmakers to their homes early in the morning to introduce potential partners to Li Sandi.
Li Sandi was dumbfounded. Several matchmakers surrounded him, saying they wanted to introduce him to girls. He said to Tiezhu, who lived next door, "I've already demolished my house, why do so many people want to marry me?"
He cried all night yesterday, afraid he wouldn't be able to get a wife!
He used to think he wasn't good enough for Zhang Xiaoyue.
Tiezhu: "Thanks to your brother's watch! Thanks to Zhang Xiaoyue's family, everyone around knows that you have an older brother who wears a thousand-yuan imported watch."
Li San Di: "That's because my eldest brother and sister-in-law are well-off, it's not my money."
Tie Zhu chuckled: "At least your two older brothers won't come back to fight you for that little patch of land."
"In families with many brothers who are all good-for-nothings, how could you possibly get a good pot of rice?"
Li San Di thought about it and agreed.
Wang Ruozhu was a little uneasy after seeing so many matchmakers coming to her door. Fortunately, these matchmakers did not come early in the morning, but one after another at noon. However, she was afraid that the Li family would change their minds.
Li Sandi assured Wang Ruozhu, "Don't worry, I said I'd marry you, so I will."
Although Wang Ruozhu comes from a complicated family, she is well-educated and reasonable. Both of her parents have at least a vocational school education, and her father was once a teacher. The family has many books, so she knows more than others.
Li Sandi felt that he had made a good deal by marrying a cultured wife, and that he could encourage his children to study hard in the future, even if they joined the army or became workers, they should become skilled soldiers and skilled workers.
Moreover, it was a good thing for Wang Ruozhu to sever ties with her family. After the Zhang Xiaoyue incident, Li Sandi was quite afraid that his wife's family would be powerful and demand this and that from him.
Just live a down-to-earth life.
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