She turned twenty when she became a widow last year. Does that mean that after her twentieth birthday, she can remain a widow in her husband's family and not remarry?
“Being a widow is different from being divorced. When you are divorced, you go back to your husband’s home and become a young woman, but when you are a widow, you stay in your husband’s home and are a member of his family.”
If you have a marriage certificate at the government office, you are considered married and naturally do not need to go through a formal marriage ceremony.
Another point is that if a divorced woman is over thirty years old, she does not need to remarry.
Chi Yu remained silent for a while, then looked at her other silent brothers and sisters-in-law and said:
"If the government can assign wives to people who haven't married by the time they reach marriageable age, then why do people in our village still need to exchange wives or spend money to buy wives?"
Why not just wait until they reach a certain age and let the government assign them wives?
Chi Dahu said, "A good girl is sought after by many families!"
If a woman is still unmarried by the age of twenty, either there's something wrong with her family or there's something wrong with the woman herself.
Who would want a wife like that? Even if you're desperate for a partner, you wouldn't want one like that.
In our village, someone was once assigned a wife like that.
You might remember Xiaoyu; she's from Liu Qingshan's house at the end of the village.
Upon hearing Liu Qingshan's name, Chi Yu thought for a moment and then said, "His wife was assigned to him by the government?"
Liu Qingshan's wife, Huang Cuihua, is a well-known figure in the village.
Liu Qingshan's mother died when he was a child. And his father died when he was sixteen.
As for his siblings, they either died young or perished in accidents while hunting.
In the end, he was the only one left in the house.
He wasn't a very good hunter, but he was hardworking, and his wife, Huang Cuihua, was also a diligent person.
These two people could have easily made a good life together, or even made it better.
But the problem lies with his wife, Huang Cuihua.
Whenever her family had rice, flour, or anything of good quality, Huang Cuihua would always try her best to bring it back to her parents' home.
At first, Liu Qingshan was very angry and started cursing, which made Huang Cuihua cry.
She cried because her family had raised her with great difficulty, she cried because her brothers had no food or drink, and she cried because she wanted to be filial to her parents and make their lives better.
Liu Qingshan endured it because it was not easy for him to find a wife, and because he had no parents.
However, this forbearance only resulted in Huang Cuihua becoming even more ruthless.
Later, he got angry and tried hitting and scolding, but it didn't work.
The worst time was when he broke Huang Cuihua's leg.
But she was willing to drag herself along on one leg, just to take advantage of Liu Qingshan's inattention and send the things back to her parents' home.
Anyway, the result is that these two are both in their thirties, have no children, and are dirt poor.
Now Huang Cuihua is single-mindedly focused on having her brothers' children take care of her in her old age and see her off in her final days.
So the situation escalated even further. They practically wanted Liu Qingshan to go back to her parents' home and serve them like a slave.
Chi Yu knew that most of the wives in Chijia'ao, except for those who were married in exchange marriages, had little contact with their maternal families.
Aside from a few exceptions, Liu Qingshan's wife was the most outstanding among them.
Could it be that those few were all assigned by the government?
Thinking this way, she asked the question.
To everyone's surprise, the brothers and sisters-in-law all nodded in agreement.
Chen Xiaomai even stated frankly: "Amu is seventeen this year, and at the latest twenty, I will definitely find him a wife."
"We can't afford, and we dare not accept, what the government has allocated."
Upon hearing this, Chi Yu glanced at Chi Mu, who was scratching his head and chuckling, before looking at Qin Mu.
If the government decides to assign her a husband when she turns twenty, she would rather choose someone to live with before then.
Even if it's a marriage of convenience, it doesn't matter!
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