Lingjia Village, thatched house.
Miss Wang Yu was hanging bed sheets in the yard. The sheets, which were patched on top of each other, were washed very cleanly. The dilapidated yard was also cleaned very neatly. It was obvious that she was a clean and hardworking girl.
Wang Yu saw the carriage parked outside. She thought it was a lobbyist from Anjia Village and stood in the yard with an unhappy look on her face.
As soon as Ke Xin entered the yard, she saw the angry Wang Yu. She raised her eyebrows silently: "But Miss Wang Yu?"
Wang Yu raised his eyebrows slightly: "It's me, who are you?"
"I am Jiang Shan's biological sister, Jiang Kexin."
This name is well-known. I had heard of it before the New Year. She is the only female village chief in Jinping Town's history. She said, "You are not here for Jiang Shan's affairs, are you?"
"Yes, can we chat?" Ke Xin said, but fearing she would be rejected, she added, "Just treat it as chatting with a new friend."
"You don't want to have one more enemy instead of one more friend, do you?"
Wang Yu shook his head. Even if the marriage couldn't take place, at least they couldn't become enemies.
"I'm sorry, my house is too shabby to host guests. Let's talk outside."
The thatched house was low and it was pitch black inside when viewed from the door. It looked very depressing. It would be better to be outside where it was bright and warm in the sun.
Wang Yu brought a stool and poured a bowl of water for Ke Xin, and she sat on the small stool opposite Ke Xin.
"I'm sorry, my family is not well off and we don't have tea or sugar water."
Ke Xin hummed, "My family used to be just as simple as this, but I didn't think it was shameful. Instead, it gave me the ambition to change my family's life."
Wang Yu was surprised and looked up at Ke Xin: "Ambition?"
"But no matter how high a woman's ambition is, it cannot be recognized."
"Once you get married, you have to take care of your husband and children. During the day, you'll be around the stove, and at night, you'll be around the kang, taking care of your husband, your children, or your parents-in-law. Even if you have great ambitions, you can't realize them."
Ke Xin looked at Wang Yu, whose eyes were clear but whose character was proud. At this moment, she realized that the girl in front of her was not as submissive as she had imagined.
On the contrary, she has some tempers that are very similar to mine.
"Taking care of the family and being filial are what we should do as children, but this doesn't conflict with ambition."
After Ke Xin finished speaking, she asked again, "You don't really want to get married, is it because you're afraid that your family will restrict your freedom?"
Wang Yu nodded. "You are very smart, unlike those people. I also know that you started your own business to change your family's situation. It was also from that time that the villagers hoped that you would become the village chief. You are an ambitious woman."
Ke Xin smiled: "So, when my mother, my father and my grandfather came to propose marriage, you didn't agree. It's not just because you were afraid that your father would have no one to take care of him, but once he got married, there would be no place for you to show your talents!"
Wang Yuyang smiled and admitted generously: "So, I am willing to talk to you."
"So how do you feel about my brother?"
Wang Yu thought about it carefully and replied naively, "He's... a nice guy. He helps me with my work and speaks for me."
"Putting everything aside, are you willing to marry my second brother?"
Put everything aside?
She nodded without hesitation: "Of course."
Hearing these two words, Ke Xin smiled. She thought she would put a lot of effort into convincing Wang Yu and his father this time, but it seemed that it would be completely useless.
She said, "I can assure you that if you marry my second brother, my family will absolutely not limit your ambitions. You can use whatever abilities you have. Even if you don't marry my second brother, as long as you have ideas and direction, I will still help you unconditionally. It's not for anything else, but because we are both women."
There are very few women who want to make a name for themselves like her. She is just lucky, has a space, and has a rich husband. But Wang Yu has nothing. She has a lot of passion, but as a girl, she will run into obstacles whenever she goes out to do something.
Wang Yu couldn't believe it: "Really?"
"Seriously!" she replied to Wang Yu firmly.
The yard became quiet. Wang Yu sat on a stool thinking. Ke Xin did not disturb her. Instead, she went into the house to visit Wang Yu's father, Wang Zhihe.
The old man was lying on the bed, skinny and thin. When he saw someone coming, he struggled to get up from the bed, but was stopped by Ke Xin.
"Uncle Wang, just lie down."
Wang Zhihe responded twice: "You are..."
"I am the younger sister of Jiang Shan from Anjia Village. I came here to see you and to ask about your marriage plan for my second brother and Miss Wang."
Speaking of this, Wang Zhihe became excited again and struggled to sit up. "Alas, I fully support this marriage, but you can see my body is like this. If my child gets married, I... I don't want to die."
Wang Zhihe spoke the truest words from his heart, but Ke Xin understood that most people are selfish when facing death.
"But asking me to marry after my daughter... there's no such thing here. My spine would be broken, so I want Wang Yu to find a wife who can marry into the family."
After hearing this, Ke Xin looked at Wang Zhihe intently and spoke with a hint of sarcasm: "Uncle Wang, I'm afraid your spine must have been broken after your son kicked you out and severed ties with you!"
Your son doesn't want you anymore, yet you still want to use a girl as a fig leaf?
After Ke Xin said this ruthlessly, Wang Zhihe's face stiffened for a moment, and then Ke Xin said, "You are afraid of death, that's the truth, but you also want my second brother to marry into the family."
Ke Xin smiled at Wang Zhihe and said, "Even if you don't want my second brother to marry into the family, then I would like to ask you... the house belongs to the village, and you and your daughter don't have two taels of silver. If you want a man to marry into the family, do you have a betrothal gift? Do you have a house? How many acres of good farmland?"
She smiled and once again exposed Wang Zhihe's lies: "It costs more money to recruit a son-in-law than to marry a wife. You can't recruit a son-in-law with twenty taels each. The first time my mother asked the matchmaker for a marriage, Miss Wang didn't agree because she couldn't bear to part with you."
"Then my parents came again. You saw clearly that my second brother was interested in Wang Yu, so you used the excuse of marrying into the family to block my parents. You were just trying to take a gamble."
"Not only is it to prevent my second brother from marrying into the family, but it's also to prevent my parents from watching him suffer after he does. They will definitely help him. Then you can enjoy a good life, right?"
"Of course, if you lose the bet, you won't be at fault. After all, your daughter is still with you and will at least support you. If one day you squeeze Wang Yu to the point of having nothing left, you will choose to sell her without hesitation, or marry her off and collect some money."
After hearing this, Wang Zhihe no longer avoided looking at me, nor pretended to be sick. He said, "You little girl are much better than your father."
"I originally wanted to marry Wang Yu, but I hesitated when it came to asking for the bride price. Who knew your mother thought I wouldn't marry my daughter off? After hearing that, I had no choice but to go along with it..."
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