Chapter 118 Chapter 118 Chen heard...
When Chen heard this, her eyes lit up. Yes, why hadn't she thought of finding a son-in-law for her daughter? It's just...
Chen glanced at her mother-in-law and father-in-law. Deep down, she agreed with the idea of marrying a son-in-law. After all, her family was no longer as financially strapped as before, and they were fully capable of finding a son-in-law for their daughters. After all, if possible, she didn't want her daughters to suffer in other people's homes.
Take her for example, she was lucky enough to marry into a family with good parents-in-law, but her third and fourth sisters were not so lucky. Over the years, she had heard her third and fourth sisters tell her about the bad things about their in-laws more than once, especially her fourth sister. The Sun family she married into had two younger sisters-in-law, which meant she had three mothers-in-law before she got married. Life was so difficult at that time. Fortunately, her younger sisters-in-law got married and she gave birth to a son, and her life got better.
But for those who haven't had a son yet, life is tough. Like my good friend, Mrs. Mo, she's been urged to have another son recently. Even though she's earned a lot of money for the family over the years at Su's Restaurant, her husband still feels ashamed in the village without a son. He completely ignores her, noting that she's nearly 40 and already a grandfather, and constantly nags her for a son...
In short, it is very difficult to meet a good in-law family and a good husband, not to mention that in this era, the most important requirement of the in-laws for the woman is that she must give birth to a son. Chen was reluctant to let her daughter suffer that. She had already regretted what happened to Daya, and she didn't want the same thing to happen to the fourth and fifth daughters. That would be more painful than having her heart cut out.
However, this matter still needs to be discussed. She doesn't know what her mother-in-law and father-in-law think. What if they think it's not okay? After all, she has never heard of her son wanting to marry a daughter-in-law since she was a child.
Just then, Mrs. Wu brought some tea and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about? It's so lively."
"Auntie, we are talking about finding a son-in-law for your A Tao and A Li." The second aunt threw the melon seed shell in her hand on the ground and joked in a nonsensical manner.
"That's great, if you have a suitable young man, keep an eye on him." Mrs. Wu responded. In fact, she had just heard all these words, and her heart was a little moved. She had been tortured by her mother-in-law for many years and felt deeply touched. If she could take a son-in-law, it should be great, right? At least they watched and there was no trouble. But even if she took a son-in-law, she had to take it slowly and not rush. She didn't want to find someone with too many thoughts, and finally let the wolf into the house.
Here, Chen Erniang put away her smile and said seriously, "Aunt, I take what you said seriously."
"It must be true. If there is someone with good character, then of course it's acceptable." Mrs. Wu replied.
Chen Erniang immediately responded, "Of course."
When the other people present heard the conversation between the two, they felt a little moved and began to wonder if their sons and nephews had any suitable successors.
Needless to say, everyone's minds were in turmoil for a moment.
However, the biggest news today was that the Su family bought a house in the county. After today, almost everyone in the village knew about it. Although they knew that the Su family must have made a lot of money by opening a food shop in the county, it was still shocking to hear that the Su family had settled down in the county. Those families who looked down on the Su family in the past now regretted not having a good relationship with the Su family. Otherwise, they could have let their daughters work in the Su Li food shop to earn money, just like the Huang family, the village chief's family, and the Jiang family who came later. Over the years, they have watched several families live better and better, and the Jiang family and the Huang family have even built new houses, which is really enviable.
However, even though they wanted to curry favor with the Su family now, they had no chance. They only came back to visit the graves during the Qingming Festival and other festivals, so it was useless to curry favor with them.
However, the one who regretted the most was Liu. When the relationship between the two families was good, she did not allow her husband to get close to the Su family. Now that she knew that the Su family had made money and settled down in the county, her eyes were red with jealousy. At the same time, she could not help feeling a little regretful. If she had not stopped her husband from helping Su Daya to ask for a dowry, could she and her daughter also go there to work now?
However, this thought only lasted for a moment, and soon she felt that it was all the Su family's fault. She cursed the sky and the earth and smashed bowls and pots at home.
In addition to Liu, there was also Lan. After hearing that the Su family had bought a house in the county, she learned that her sister-in-law Lu was also planning to buy a house in the county. She instantly felt terrible. She didn't understand why everyone could buy a house in the county but she couldn't. At the same time, she was extremely jealous. After having dinner at her parents-in-law's house, she went back on the pretext of feeling unwell.
After returning home, she looked at her daughter embroidering in the house, and thought about how she had refused to get married all these years. She was furious, but she couldn't push her too far, otherwise she would threaten to jump into the river...
"Xiu Xiu Xiu, I asked you to go out for dinner, why didn't you go? You just hid at home all day, doing the same thing." Lan deliberately opened the door with force, making a loud noise.
However, the woman inside only glanced at her mother and then rudely retorted, "Go find whoever offended you, don't take it out on me."
"You..." Lan, whose heart was touched, rushed forward and was about to throw away the sewing basket in front of the woman, but Fangcao's next words made her stop in her tracks.
"Throw it away. It's just three taels of silver. I'm sure mother won't care about this little bit of money."
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With just this sentence, Lan put down the things in her hands. You know, her daughter's embroidery skills are far better than hers now. The embroidery shops in the county like to ask her to embroider quilts and pillowcases for weddings, and the price they pay is higher than hers. She also hopes that her daughter can earn more money to support her brother's college entrance examination, so naturally she dare not really throw her things away.
But she felt really aggrieved if she didn't throw her away. She thought her daughter must have a bad temper, otherwise how could she have changed from being such a well-behaved, obedient and sensible person to being so rebellious, disobedient and stubborn now.
...I've lost my temper!
Fangcao didn't care what her mother Lan thought, and focused on embroidering her wedding dress. In her heart, she imagined the scene of her brother Qinghe returning and marrying her in the wedding dress she had embroidered. Over the years, Fangcao lived on this thought. Although there was still no news about her brother Qinghe, and many people said he had died in the war, she didn't believe it. She always firmly believed that her brother Qinghe would return safely and marry her...
A happy and peaceful smile spread across Fangcao's face, but she still did not stop sewing.
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Let’s not talk about the village for now, and go back to the Su family. Ever since she heard the idea of marrying into the family that day, Chen actually discussed it with Mrs. Wu and Old Man Su, and they thought it was feasible.
Chen immediately found the matchmaker again and told her about this. The matchmaker was also surprised. It was the first time she heard that marrying a daughter would become recruiting a son-in-law. However, she was in this line of work and naturally had no objection to this. However, based on the principle that they both had daughters, she still told them what she had seen over the years, and then said,
"It's not impossible, but it has been said since ancient times that recruiting a son-in-law is a trick. You must think carefully about it."
After hearing these stories, Chen was shocked and began to waver. Why was there something wrong with everything?
It’s so difficult to find a good son-in-law!
"What's wrong with mother? Are you unhappy?" Su Tao asked while eating the pork jerky that Su Li had recently made. This made Su Li not know how to answer. She couldn't say that it was because of the matter of finding a son-in-law for her, right?
Even if I told her, Fourth Sister wouldn't understand. But that's normal. When she was 17, she didn't know anything. She spent all day thinking about how to save money to travel with friends during the summer vacation. She never thought about getting married.
I guess the fourth sister is the same. Su Li even thinks that the fourth sister probably has no idea about getting married at all. She just feels that she should get married too because she sees others getting married. She still has a childish mentality.
"I don't know, maybe it's just too hot."
"It's really hot. Oh, by the way, Fifth Sister, Second Brother Wang just came again and brought over a pheasant today." Su Tao became more excited when she talked about this. Ever since everyone knew that Second Brother Wang liked the eldest sister a year ago, Second Brother Wang has been sending game to the shop almost every now and then. He has been doing this for a year straight, but the eldest sister never gave in, so Second Brother Wang kept sending it, tsk tsk...
"What did the eldest sister say?" Su Li fiddled with the abacus, feeling a little curious. To be honest, she really didn't expect that Wang Erge actually liked the eldest sister. She was surprised when she found out, but soon she felt that there seemed to be clues a long time ago. The most obvious one was that Wang Erge always looked shy when looking at the eldest sister. For example, Wang Erge always stuttered when talking to the eldest sister, as if he was different from other people.
"It's the same for elder sister. Just let Brother Wang take it back." Su Tao said disapprovingly.
Su Li felt a little emotional after hearing this. To be honest, Su Li could feel that her eldest sister was not indifferent to Second Brother Wang, but she was carrying too many things in her heart, which made her dare not take that step and dare not give her heart to others. Su Li also understood this, so Second Brother Wang could only suffer.
However, Su Li supports the two of them being together. She feels that it would be a good thing if the eldest sister really gets together with Wang Erge. After all, Wang Erge is a really good person. Although he looks big and strong, he is very careful and meticulous in doing things. Of course, the most important thing is that he has been devoted to the eldest sister over the years and has truly loved her. Everyone can see this clearly, including Su Li.
This also includes the eldest sister Su Hong.
In the front yard, after seeing Wang Ergou off, Su Hong didn't move for a long time. She just stared at the flowers and plants in the yard in a daze until Su Li came to her.
"Big sister."
"What's wrong, Fifth Sister?"
Su Li was a little worried, "Nothing, I just wanted to ask...are you okay?"
She saw her elder sister not moving and thought something was wrong, so she came over to ask.
Su Hong was stunned for a moment, "It's okay..."
Then she hesitated again and said, "Fifth sister, tell me, what's so good about me?"
ah! ?
Su Li didn't expect her elder sister to ask this question. What's good about it? There are so many good things that I can't even count them.
"Sister, you have a good personality. You are gentle, attentive, and a great cook. You are also very beautiful. Not only that, you can also make money. Sister, what's so good about you?!"
Su Hong didn't expect that she was so good in her sister's eyes. Her face flushed with shame. "I, I'm not as good as you say..."
"You have!" Su Li said with certainty.
Su Hong was still unsure and hesitated, "But... I've been married..."
"What's wrong with being married? Being married doesn't mean you've killed anyone!"
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