Ma Ergouzi knew that his family had an unmarried daughter, and that she was 25 years old and could not be delayed any longer, so he informed them and asked them to tell matchmaker Yuan that his daughter was only 18 years old this year...

The people of the Ma family nodded and agreed immediately.

They all had the surname Ma, and they were all within the fifth degree of mourning.

Ma Ergouzi, the most promising man in the family, would never harm them.

Thinking of Gu Yanzhang's family, they now had plenty of money, and they could afford the betrothal money and so on. Moreover, after getting this relative, their Ma family could also have a relationship with Huang, the head of the police in the government office, so they happily agreed to this marriage.

And Gu Yanzhang was also a thoughtful person.

He knew that the importance of the eldest son's wife and the second son's wife were different.

Therefore, there should be some distinction.

He also spent a lot of thought when giving the betrothal money to the Ma family.

Knowing that his family would be particularly concerned about face, he did not give five taels of silver as he had done before. Instead, he gave a basket of copper plates.

Five taels of silver is almost as much as five thousand copper plates.

This basket of money is almost more than ten kilograms.

In another basket, he put more than ten kilograms of pickled cabbage and a wild duck weighing several kilograms. A kilogram of pig heart and liver... and ten kilograms of sorghum. In this way, the Ma family also had face.

And those people in the Ma family were just as Gu Yanzhang had expected.

Amid the envious and jealous eyes of fellow villagers, after receiving the betrothal money from the Gu family, they smiled from ear to ear.

The next day after receiving the money, they hurried to Tongzhen and ordered a batch of earth bricks from the Jiang family.

Five thousand copper plates of money could build two new houses.

But if they were more frugal, and made the walls of the house lower and the foundation higher, they could actually build three rooms by squeezing them together.

His family of nearly 40 men and women now lived in three thatched houses, which had long been out of room.

If they had money, the head of his family would have wanted to build eight or ten new houses at once.

In just one month, with the efforts of all the members of the Ma family, the grandfather of the daughter of the Ma family built three new houses.

Not only did he spend all the five thousand coins, but he also sold the wild duck weighing several kilograms and pig offal to make money.

After the three new houses were built, the men of the Ma family said that Daya had married well, that Daya was very lucky, that Daya had found a good master and a good family...

Ma Daya smiled happily when she heard this.

However, when she thought of her family members repeatedly reminding her not to tell anyone that she was 25 years old, she sighed with a heavy heart.

She could keep this secret.

But she really couldn't guarantee that those people in the family could keep it a secret.

Besides, the people in the village actually knew how old she was this year.

Ma Daya was very clear at this moment that her family could keep a secret for a while, but not forever. Thinking that there was still more than half a month before her official wedding, Ma Daya often couldn't sleep at night.

Her family had four generations living together. Her grandfather had four sons. Her father was the eldest.

Now that there were three new rooms in the house, her family finally had space to live.

She now sleeps in a new room with her parents, brothers and sisters.

However, her parents and brothers sleep on the bed, while she and her two sisters sleep on the straw on the ground.

People in the same room basically know whether they fart or grind their teeth at night. After hearing Ma Daya sighing for so long, her father got angry with her that night.

"Why are you sighing? Be careful not to sigh away your good fortune!"

Ma Daya frowned and said bitterly, "Dad, do you think the people in the Gu family know my real age?"

"And that matchmaker Yuan, isn't she the smartest? Her sister helped mother deliver my brothers decades ago... I don't believe they don't know my birth date."

Ma Daya's father kicked her after hearing this.

"You are a loser. You can't handle such a small thing?"

"Let me tell you, we have informed Matchmaker Yuan about this matter! Matchmaker Yuan owed our family a favor."

If his family had not sold a few daughters to her, and she had given those daughters to the county magistrate at that time, how could Matchmaker Yuan live a comfortable life now?

Thinking of the relationship, Ma Daya's father yelled at her in a bad temper, "Da Ya, I tell you, after you get married, you must give birth to several sons. If one child doesn't work, try for a second child. If the second child doesn't work, try for a third child. If you give birth to three daughters in a row, you have to be careful in the future and kill the ones you gave birth to before... Otherwise, the people in Chenjia Village and Gujiagang will think that the daughters of our Ma family can only give birth to daughters."

"Da Ya, if you can't give birth to a son, you will see how I will punish you in the future!"

Ma Daya has not had a good day in the past 25 years.

Under the harsh treatment of her parents and the bullying of her brothers, she has long been raised to be a person who does not fight back, does not talk back, and accepts everything.

She used to have several sisters, whose tempers are very different from hers. She is very similar to her father and brothers. She dares to go against the elders in the family. She has never been very obedient.

Later, her sisters were beaten to death by her grandfather, father, brothers and cousins.

Thinking of the tragic deaths of her sisters, their heads were bleeding, their lifeless eyes were staring, and they were pressed under the mountain by more than ten big rocks without even a piece of clothing... Ma Daya shuddered reflexively.

Under the stare of her father, she quickly hummed.

Afterwards, Ma Daya couldn't help but whispered, "Dad, after I get married, do my two younger sisters have to find a husband?"

Her father heard this and slapped her in the face, "You shameless bitch, is this your business?!"

Her mother saw this and started to scold her, "What's wrong with you? Why are you talking so much today?"

"Your father has been working hard all day, and he finally has a chance to rest, but you make noise and keep him awake. How can you be so unfilial?"

After saying this, her mother grabbed her father's arm and said, "Father, I told you that we can only rely on our son to support us in our old age. These girls are just discarded water, born to get married. They are all unreliable."

Ma Daya, who was sleeping on the ground, heard this and kowtowed to them to admit her mistakes amid the sneers of her brothers...

At her age, she actually understood what her parents were doing.

They must be worried that after she found a good family, she would become independent and no longer listen to them...