Chapter 58 I Want to Get Married
"Okay, stop crying. For the sake of the child, I will talk to the third child about this matter. But you have bullied him a lot, I don't know if it will work." Wang Dafeng finally agreed impatiently.
"Thank you, grandma." Ding Xue immediately smiled.
Ten-year-old Ding Hao didn't think so much. He just thought that it was miserable that his family had no sweet potatoes, so he just cried along.
Wang Dafeng ignored Ding Xue, not even glancing at her eldest grandson, Ding Shan. Instead, she bent down and wiped away Ding Hao's tears. "You need to be a man. You can learn from your cousin Xiaodie in this regard. She's smart and brave, and she can teach you a lot."
Ding Hao was kindhearted and nodded instinctively: "I heard it, grandma."
Wang Dafeng sighed.
"I don't know if you've committed a sin or are just blessed, but your two families have children like Ding Hao and Ding Xiang. Maybe God just doesn't like you and sent them down to give you a chance to mend your ways!"
After saying this, Wang Dafeng turned and left.
This made Ding Rong and Zhu look at each other in bewilderment.
"What does the old woman mean by these words?"
"Who cares what she means? As long as she can plead for mercy in front of that bastard Lao San, that's all that matters."
"You, you, I get angry when you talk about this. How can you be so careless?" Zhu's thoughts returned to the main topic, and she was so angry that her whole body was shaking.
Their family had indeed prepared a lot of dry food since the day they set out to escape the famine, but no matter how much food they had, it was not enough for several children who were still eating long meals, and it seemed that the natural disaster was not over yet.
Therefore, the most important thing is to find a way to get some food. Now that such a good opportunity to dig sweet potatoes has been missed, how can one not be furious?
"Alright, alright, stop scolding me. Things have already happened. Let's see what happens next!" Ding Rong was annoyed by the woman's noise and simply went back to the inner room to sleep.
Because there were no sweet potatoes to dig, Ding Shan could only sulk and go back to his house to sleep. Ding Hao went to play with the children in the village.
Only Ding Xue stayed. She helped her mother up and sat her on a chair. "Mom, you see, it's useless to yell. My dad has never cared about your thoughts. Why don't you just wait and see what happens?"
"Wow, my life is so miserable. I married such a bastard. He has never loved me in his life." Facing her daughter, Zhu sobbed and spoke her true feelings.
Ding Xue thought for a moment and said, "Mom, don't cry. There's something I want to tell you."
"What?"
Because her daughter rarely talked to her so seriously, Zhu wiped her tears and listened to her attentively.
Ding Xue was still a little embarrassed, but she finally gritted her teeth and said, "It's like this. Last night, did you notice the two young masters of the Lu family?"
Zhu recalled, "I've noticed. The two young masters of the Lu family are truly outstanding. They're both good-looking and capable... Ah Xue, why are you asking this?"
"I……"
Ding Xue bit her lip. "Mom, you always told me that a woman should either marry a man who loves her or a rich man. So, if Young Master Lu is both loving and wealthy, wouldn't he be the best man?"
“…”
Mrs. Zhu was so frightened by her daughter's words that she was stunned!
She grew up in a poor family. After marrying into Aozi Village, she had hardly seen the outside world. She had no idea what the world was like, and her thoughts were trapped in the idea that "when my daughter grows up, she will marry into another village."
Suddenly, he realized that there was something else behind Ding Xue's words. She thought that she had taken a fancy to the young master of the Lu family. Naturally, he was shocked.
"Axue, you...you like the young master of the Lu family, but...but he is the young master, and his family is so rich." Zhu was so frightened that she started to stutter.
On the contrary, Ding Xueren was the brave one who comforted her: "So what if his family is rich? It is precisely because of their wealth that I dare to think this way. Because he is rich, no matter what he does, he can't marry a woman richer than his family. So am I not just right? In terms of age, whether it is the eldest or the second young master, I am willing. However, if it is the eldest young master, that would be even better!"
Her eyes flashed with Lu Chenhe's clear and handsome appearance. He was steady and solemn in his actions and words, and was full of nobility. If she could marry Lu Chenhe, she, Ding Xue, would be willing to die.
Zhu remained somewhat sober: "You are right, but compared to them, our family's conditions are like the stars in the sky compared to the dust on the ground. We can never reach them!"
"Don't think too much, mother. All I need now is someone to create the conditions for me and the young master of the Lu family to get to know each other and get along. Think about it, if I marry into the Lu family, our family will be worried about not having enough food to eat, and we will have to continue fleeing famine. I'm afraid that by then, the old woman and my third uncle's family will have to kneel down and beg us. Don't you like that feeling?"
These words hit Zhu right in the heart.
Putting everything else aside for now, just thinking about being able to become a relative of Mr. Lu would bring honor to the family in this life.
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Mrs. Zhu nodded repeatedly, even holding her daughter's face and looking at it again and again: "You are right, my daughter Axue is so beautiful, Master Lu will definitely like you."
"What are you talking about?"
Ding Rong, who had just been lying down for a while, got up to drink water.
He walked into the main hall and saw the mother and daughter seemed to be talking about a happy event. Could it be that the sweet potato issue had been resolved?
But when he asked this question, Ding Xue turned around and left with an embarrassed look on her face!
"Dad, please sit down."
Zhu quickly pulled the man to sit on a chair with a smile, and then told him what the mother and daughter had just talked about: "What do you think of Ah Xue's idea?"
Ding Rong was stunned: "..."
After a while, he slapped the table excitedly and said, "Great, great news! Oh my! Otherwise, I'd say it's not in vain that I love this girl. She has thought of ideas that we haven't thought of. It's really amazing!"
Thinking about having this relationship with the Lu family, Ding Rong's vanity began to swell, as if he could live a life of endless wealth and glory right now.
"We have to think of a way to get Ah Xue and Young Master Lu to meet."
But is there any good solution?
Mrs. Zhu slapped her forehead and said, "This sweet potato incident is a great opportunity. Our family went to ask Mr. Lu for help. On the surface, it was to ask for sweet potatoes, but in fact, it was to let Mr. Lu see Ding Xue. When they came to give away food last night, it was pitch black everywhere. Besides, without anyone to introduce them, they wouldn't have noticed Ding Xue. If we go alone today, they will definitely see her."
"Oh, or maybe God won't let me go?" Ding Rong smiled from ear to ear: "Quick, tell Xiaoxue to dress up, we'll go now."
(End of this chapter)
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