novelraw Chapter 414 - 12: Seeking Wealth Amid Danger [Requesting Monthly Votes]
Chapter 414 - 12: Seeking Wealth Amid Danger [Requesting Monthly Votes]
Chapter 414: Chapter 12: Seeking Wealth Amid Danger [Requesting Monthly Votes]
Zhao Xiuhua was internally very dissatisfied.
——Following the army is out of the question.
If she follows the army, who will do the heavy work at home? Wouldn’t the money spent on marrying a wife be wasted? Such a strong labor force can earn one to two hundred a year, how could she go with Little Three and only care about their small family?
What a waste!
So Zhao Xiuhua’s smile deepened:
"In-laws, listen to me. I’m not blocking the young couple from meeting, but the key is that Little Three is leaving for the army tomorrow. At most, it’s just a rushed certificate, then a last-minute train ticket..."
"It’s inconvenient, to say the least, and housing arrangements over there are tricky. After all, no one expected the wedding to be set once we got back, right?"
"Listen to me, leave the kid with me first. We, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, can get familiar first, then Little He can go over once Little Three has arranged everything."
She said, pretending to be affectionate as she patted Old Mrs. Chu’s hand.
"Don’t worry, we’re from the same village. Don’t you know what kind of person I am? I definitely won’t mistreat our girl."
...
Old Mrs. Chu almost rolled her eyes.
What kind of person is Zhao Xiuhua?
She knew this very well in her heart!
But as long as this pestilence god isn’t sent away, they can’t be at peace, so no matter what, this point must never be yielded.
Both had their own thoughts, and the scene was once very tense, but Old Mrs. Chu feared the marriage would fall through and the pestilence god wouldn’t be sent away, so she was a bit less confident.
After a standoff, they could only settle for second best and discuss the bride price first.
She glanced at the pestilence god, who was idly sitting there playing with ants with a piece of grass, remembered how last night Little Three Chu Manduo was trampled under her feet, along with the three grandchildren beaten until they screamed and ended up losing two yuan...
Old Mrs. Chu silently made up her mind!
She sighed and said, "My dear, I really can’t bear to part with Little He. In a family with four boys, she’s the only girl. She’s my precious. I’ve been teaching her diligently since she was little, just afraid she’ll suffer in the future."
...
Zhao Xiuhua responded with a smiling face, but cursed in her heart.
Damn you, Old Mrs. Chu, you want to raise the price, huh!
Doesn’t everyone know your four lazy bags are depending on the hard-working girl to earn desperately?
In her thinking, she even found a sense of moral superiority—after all, she, Zhao Xiuhua, although taking money, never made her own son work desperately.
But she couldn’t say it like that.
According to the routine, the next step was to bring up the bride price.
Zhao Xiuhua was very reluctant about the 88 yuan agreed upon yesterday, but at this moment, there was no other way. You can’t catch a wolf without giving up a child, so 88 it is.
But who knew, when it comes to taking advantage, there’s always someone better!
Old Mrs. Chu’s appetite clearly couldn’t be filled with 88.
She quoted a price straightforwardly: "How about this? Your Little Three is capable and promising. I don’t need the three major items, just 200 yuan will do."
The implication was as if they were truly being very generous.
Zhao Xiuhua almost spat out a mouthful of saliva!
Two hundred yuan!
Is this like being stuffed in the heart with cow dung?
Two hundred yuan could easily marry a celestial being!
And look at Old Chu Family’s wild girl, 200?!
Pah, you old hag, you can actually utter this!
...
The matter of money really took a toll on Zhao Xiuhua’s nerves, to the point that she was almost losing all reason and absolutely couldn’t agree.
However, despite wanting to send the pestilence god away, Old Mrs. Chu’s weak spot was also money. At this moment, she gritted her teeth, speaking like she was wronged:
"It was your Little Three who took advantage of our girl first, holding and touching her in front of so many people..."
"Discussing marriage, saying there’s no time for a proper wedding, not holding a wedding... Does that look like a proper marriage? Our Little He has suffered a great grievance here."
"How old is Little He? She’s in her prime, and I really can’t bear it... Is 200 yuan too much? It’s just about three-fourths of your Little Three’s annual salary, and our Little He could earn it in a year!"
"If I keep her for a few more years, we don’t lack this money in our family!"
However, the work points from the commune can’t all be converted into money—that’s one point.
Another point... Ah, everyone just wants to quickly send her away!
...
Having said that much, Old Mrs. Chu was completely shameless and could cry quite openly when needed.
Zhao Xiuhua originally didn’t want to agree.
She clenched her teeth and even decided to find another match, but just then, she suddenly saw Shi Suifeng stand up, his expression relaxed and he was about to say something, suddenly thinking of the 888 yuan he mentioned last night, and she shuddered all over!