Chapter 32 You are very presumptuous!
The heavy snow fell, stirring up the cold.
Hui Niang didn't know what to do and didn't say anything for a long time.
Wei Shouzhong was honest and kind, but he had an idea. He spoke out.
"With Alang in this state, which good girl would be willing to marry him? Unless we are willing to pay more for the betrothal gift. But you know the situation at home, how can we afford it."
"Comparatively speaking, we can still afford one or two taels of silver if we grit our teeth."
Hui Niang frowned tightly: "But the money we have is to be saved for Alang's medical treatment. Getting married can be delayed, but medical treatment cannot wait."
She even worried all night that the money was far from enough.
Wei Shouzhong comforted his wife.
"Now that I have been allocated land, after the spring planting, when the farm affairs are properly dealt with, I will go to the county dock to move goods. I don't have much skills, but I have strength. I heard that they are recruiting miners in the west. I will go and ask about
it later." When Hui Niang heard this, she was anxious: "No, the mines treat people like animals. Don't you know how many people died last year?" "
If something happens to you, what will happen to me and Alang?"
"Listen to me first, I haven't gone yet."
He would not gamble his life unless it was absolutely necessary.
Wei Shouzhong: "My uncle and the others also said last time that if we are short of money, they are willing to lend us some money."
"Besides, we are not in a hurry to settle down today. We must first see if those girls are good and willing to live a stable life."
These words comforted Hui Niang and calmed her mood a little.
"I think it's safer for us to buy from a matchmaker. Not to mention others, just look at my stepmother's sister-in-law. Isn't it rare for her family to come to her house to ask for money? It's hard to find a reasonable relative."
Those girls are different.
They were sold by their families and they were completely cut off from each other.
At this point, Wei Shouzhong sighed deeply.
"There is something I have been hiding from you."
"Before, our kitchen was leaking, and several tiles from the eaves fell off."
They fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.
After they cleaned it up, they turned around and threw it into the corner.
Wei Shouzhong said in a heavy tone: "But Alang picked it up when we weren't paying attention."
"I saw him gesture twice with my own eyes, and then cut his neck."
The tip of the tile was sharp. If he hadn't stopped it in time, who knows what would have happened!
Wei Shouzhong was afraid!
He replaced the tile with a smooth stone.
But Wei Zhao drooped his eyelids, without joy or sadness, and there was no life in his black eyes. It was as if he had cut his throat and blood splattered, but that was all.
Even... after the tile was taken away, Wei Zhao was indifferent.
He was not obsessed. He
didn't care about anything, including life and death.
But even so, Wei Shouzhong became more and more flustered, fear surged up, and cold sweat soaked his back.
He could only tremble his voice.
["Alang, you can't."]
But the old father was worried again. Seeing that Wei Zhao disliked the stone, he had to grind the sharp edge of the tile flat and let Wei Zhao play with it.
But Wei Zhao was not satisfied, because she didn't know where he threw the stone and tile.
Hui Niang's face was pale. Just listening to Wei Shouzhong's words, she was still scared.
Wei Shouzhong closed his eyes: "Hui Niang, we are old, how many years can we accompany him? We can't watch him all the time."
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Inside the house.
Yu Tingwan was really angry! After all, she was really poor!
But the little girl didn't understand how Wei Shen had the nerve to say such a thing. He is going to drag his parents down!
Yu Tingwan frowned and distanced herself from him: "You are very presumptuous."
Wei Zhao was sullen.
There was no conversation for a while, and the room was silent.
When Hui Niang came back, her eyes were slightly red and she was particularly absent-minded.
Wei Shouzhong went out for a while. Not long after, he led a group of people in.
The leader was a shrewd woman who looked around as soon as she entered the yard. Behind her followed a group of timid girls, all of whom were pale and thin, and covered in dirt.
Yu Tingwan was wondering when she saw Hui Niang approaching Wei Shen.
"Don't worry, Alang, mother will definitely pick a good wife for you."
Hui Niang said to Wei Zhao in a gentle voice: "But the wife will live with you, and mother is afraid that you will not like the one she picked later. Alang, do you want to go out and take a look?"
Seeing that Wei Zhaoxin didn't speak, Hui Niang was used to it.
She had to discuss with him in a soft voice.
"Then Alang, tell me, what kind of girl do you like?"
Yu Tingwan wanted to say it.
She knew.
Wei Shen likes white ones!
But she held back.
Some inappropriate pictures appeared in front of her, and the little girl felt a little uncomfortable.
Wei Zhao didn't know how many times he had heard such words.
Shun Guogong said it before his death.
【“Guizhi, you have established your career, it’s time to get married.”】
Lady Shunguogong also said so.
【“My mother likes Princess Yong’an the most in Shangjing, and she is also interested in you. What do you think?”】
【“If you are interested, my mother will get the job done for you. If you are not interested, my mother will pick again.”】
At a dinner party, the current emperor even said that he could choose any of the famous ladies in Shangjing. However,
Wei Zhao devoted himself to the military camp.
Now he is not thinking about the military camp.
After Hui Niang left, Yu Tingwan was thoughtful.
She could understand that with Wei Shen’s mouth, not to mention Hui Niang, even she was worried that Wei Shen would not be able to find a wife.
The little girl looked at Wei Zhao, particularly confused.
“How can you not care about such a big happy event?”
Wei Zhao:…
He is not Wei Shen.
What does it have to do with him?
The couple was entertaining people outside. Hui Niang moved a stool out and poured hot water for each of them.
Wei Shouzhong sat at the door of Wei Zhao's house, where he could listen to the conversations in the yard and pay attention to the people in the house.
The woman was well-dressed, with a look of annoyance between her brows. She drank a sip of hot water, and her frozen body was somewhat relieved.
There was a layer of fatigue in her eyes. She was the most eloquent in this business, and she spoke to Hui Niang.
"My surname is Chen, and everyone around me calls me Chen Po. I heard from Brother Wei that his family wanted to see the girls, so I brought people here."
"Don't worry, sister, they are all from decent families."
"If I hadn't been short of money because of something, and if I hadn't encountered this horrible weather, I would never have been in a hurry to sell them. If you raise these girls and send them to the south, let alone one or two taels, even ten taels will be willing to buy them. You can be considered to have picked up a bargain."
"I am a straightforward person. As long as you pay enough money, I will keep the girls and give you the indentures."
After that, she sternly said to the girls behind her: "Come forward and let me see them!"
Along the way, the girls were most afraid of Chen Po. Upon hearing this, he hurried forward tremblingly.
Hui Niang saw it and felt sorry for him.
"Don't be afraid. This kind of thing depends on your consent. If you don't want to, I won't force you."
She asked them to sit down again.
"There are not so many rules. Don't be restrained."
"This is the condition of my family. You can see it. Parents always have selfish motives. My son Alang is not in good health. I want to find someone with a good temper who can take care of him."
(End of this chapter)
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