Speaking of Li Yang's mother, Wang Lan was also full of anger, as she had been tricked by that family back then.
“I ran into him by the roadside as soon as I entered the village. He even rolled his eyes at me. I spit on him. It’s a good thing you didn’t marry into that family.”
"It's all in the past." Lu Yu continued sewing shoe soles. Looking back on the days that she used to feel like the sky was falling, it seemed like nothing at all. There was no hurdle that couldn't be overcome.
“My neighbor is a gossip who likes to talk about everyday things. Whenever she has free time, she comes to my house to sit and chat with me. A few days ago, she said that Li Yang is currently looking at a girl in Tanshui Village.”
The girl is still working as an embroiderer in the small boat's embroidery shop, but I heard she's a very opinionated girl, and the two families haven't finalized the engagement yet.
Wang Langao raised her head and said, "The embroiderers in the embroidery tower are highly sought after now. The village chief's doorstep is almost worn out, all coming to propose marriage to Wang Yehong."
Two matchmakers came to our door yesterday alone; I heard one was from Zhao Family Village and the other was the accountant from a restaurant in the county town.
Lu Yu was surprised, "Even a literate accountant in the county town is hiring a matchmaker to propose marriage?"
People who can read are always considered superior to those who toil in the fields. In the past, few girls from Wangjia Village could win the favor of scholars in the county town.
“Yes, now many people in the county know about Wangjia Village.” Wang Lan’s eyes were full of smiles.
“I heard from Zhao Yong that the magistrate also gave Xiao Zhou a stone with words written on it by the magistrate himself. Our family is blessed.”
The mother and daughter chatted under the tree, while Li Yang's family was in an uproar.
As soon as Li Guizhi got home, she would smash chopsticks. She couldn't bear to smash bowls, though. She would just break one and be done with it, since it would cost money to buy new ones. As for chopsticks, she would just pick them up and wash them if she broke them.
She was furious. Why was that brat Lu Yu living such a good life while her son's marriage was still undecided?
"Eldest daughter, what did your aunt say? Does that woman agree to marry into the family?"
The eldest son's wife silently picked up her chopsticks, turned her back, and rolled her eyes.
It was all the mother-in-law's fault. She wanted to marry Li Yao, who came from a poor family, thinking she would be easy to control and could act like a mother-in-law. But the girl had a fiery temper and argued with Li Guizhi.
Li Guizhi felt she had lost face and made a huge scene, driving the girl to jump into the river. Later, she married someone far away.
Later, when it came to Lu Yu, I don't know what her mother-in-law was thinking, she ruined the marriage again.
This period has been incredibly stressful. She didn't dare confront her mother-in-law directly, so she could only offer words of comfort, saying, "I'll go ask her tomorrow."
No one expected Li Yang's marriage to be so complicated. Back then, Li Yang was one of the best-looking young men in Lijiaba.
His family owns a house and land, and is considered a middle-class family in Lijiaba. Unexpectedly, he is almost twenty years old now, and among his peers, only his father is still unmarried.
The kids next door who grew up with him can all call him "Dad" now.
Li Yang's father sat at the table, eating steamed buns and drinking sauerkraut and bean soup. "What's wrong with you? You throw your chopsticks as soon as you get back."
Li Guizhi spat at Lu Yu beside her, "I ran into that little bitch Lu Yu's mother on the way back. What bad luck."
Li Yang silently stopped eating. His second brother-in-law, Li Ji, was still delivering milk to the Lu family. In fact, he had always known about the Lu family's situation and had heard that they had built a new textile factory.
Now, people from all around are planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms. The Lu family is getting richer and richer, and even the county magistrate has bestowed upon them stones. And what about him?
It's becoming a laughing stock in Lijiaba!
Li Guizhi was still vehemently complaining, "That Lu Yu is some kind of scourge. I heard she's been married for half a year and hasn't left the house much. She needs to be waited on hand and foot every day. Doctor Li has no manners whatsoever as a father-in-law. He's being treated like dirt by his new daughter-in-law..."
Li Yang suddenly slammed his hand on the table, his face darkening. "Mother, stop talking. If it weren't for you interfering, Lu Yu and I would have been married long ago. It's all your fault."
Li Guizhi was like a duck with its neck being choked, unable to utter a complete sentence.
After a long pause, she stammered an explanation, "I... I was just afraid that the Lu family was rich, and that little slut would marry into the family and put you in a bad position, so I thought I'd deflate her arrogance. Who knew that the Lu family was so promiscuous? On one hand, they were interested in you, and on the other hand, they were seeing other people."
“My son, the girl I’ve chosen this time is excellent. She has a big, round bottom and is guaranteed to give birth to a son.”
"That little slut Lu Yu might really be infertile, otherwise why hasn't she conceived at all after being married for six months?"
Li Yang's expression softened slightly. "I don't like women who are too fat. I need to see what they look like before deciding whether to marry them or not. When can we meet?
Li Guizhi was delighted, "Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say, let your sister-in-law make the arrangements."
Li Yang's sister-in-law rolled her eyes so hard they almost cramped up. Tanshui Village was in the suburbs of the county town, not much different from the county town itself. In that village, which family with a daughter wasn't being eyed by countless matchmakers?
Besides, my aunt and niece worked as embroiderers in the embroidery shop last year and could earn two taels of silver a month. They were good enough for even the unmarried men in the county town.
Compared to people from the county town, Li Yang has no advantage whatsoever, yet he shamelessly says that whether or not to marry her is a matter for later, as if the girl can't live without him.
“Mother-in-law, that girl is only fifteen years old this year, and she may not get married until next year or the year after.”
Nobody's stupid. Everyone wants a monthly wage of two taels of silver. Naturally, the girl's family wouldn't want to marry off a girl who can earn money too early, since they would earn twenty-four taels of silver a year later.
Li Guizhi glared at her, "Eldest daughter-in-law, it was you who said your aunt's family had a girl like that, which is why we thought about getting to know her. What do you mean by saying this now?"
Li Yang's sister-in-law was helpless and wished she could slap herself twice for what she had done back then.
At the beginning of this year, when visiting relatives, my aunt was showing off her niece. She overheard her and, in a moment of impulsiveness, told Li Guizhi about it, thinking of playing matchmaker. As a result, the girl stayed in her boudoir every day and never came to see anyone.
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