Chapter 1041: The Man Comes Riding on a Bamboo Horse (3)
Chapter 1041: The Man Comes Riding on a Bamboo Horse (3)
She had originally thought about reminding him that Xiao Jianlu was a child whom she had taken care of for many years. However, after taking a look at him, Yue Niang immediately gave up the idea - there was no misunderstanding at all, Xiao Jianlu clearly knew about this matter himself.
Well! I am just an ordinary ignorant woman, she knows nothing.
She neither took the money nor signed the marriage certificate, so anything that happened could not be blamed on Yue Niang.
There is just an inexplicable excitement in my heart.
Hehe! It seems that her "good husband" will be like herself, without a son in the future!
Just as Yue Niang was about to leave the yard, she heard Xiao Gencai ask, "Isn't three days too rushed? Even though we've received financial support from our in-laws, it still takes time to buy a house and prepare for the wedding."
"Buying a house?" Matchmaker Wang asked in confusion, "What does buying a house have to do with a wedding?"
Xiao Gencai immediately became unhappy after hearing this: "Our Xiao family is poor, but this wedding still has to be held in our house. I know Miss Yuan is delicate, but once she enters our Xiao family, she is my Xiao family wife. Some of her temper still needs to be changed."
Matchmaker Wang seemed to understand suddenly. She laughed contemptuously and said, "Old man Xiao, just because I call you Master Xiao, do you really think you are a rich man from a wealthy family?
What do you mean by marrying a daughter-in-law? Have you ever looked at the ancestral grave of your Xiao family to see if there is a wisp of green smoke? Have you ever seen a family marrying a wife and the woman gives money to the man?
This is clearly a betrothal gift to get your son to be a son-in-law!"
"What? Marrying into the wife's family?" Xiao Gencai's eyes widened in disbelief. "Impossible! Master Yuan and I clearly agreed yesterday that his daughter is..."
what is it then!
Xiao Gencai then remembered that Master Yuan had not mentioned the word "marry" from beginning to end yesterday.
But he still didn't give up. He took the marriage certificate and wanted to check the situation, muttering to himself: "No, we have the marriage certificate. We signed the marriage certificate. It also says that the Yuan family gave us money."
"Right! Haven't you already received the money?" Matchmaker Wang sneered. "I'd rather call you Master Xiao. Look how calm Master Xiao is. He must know the situation. Instead of this, why don't you ask him?"
The sedan bearer behind Matchmaker Wang reminded, "Ning family, red seal!"
"Okay, I have finished my work. You guys can discuss it carefully. Anyway, the Yuan family will come to pick someone up in three days." Matchmaker Wang quickly got on the sedan chair and asked the bearer to take her to the place she had agreed to meet with Matchmaker Zhao.
Seeing that everyone had left, Xiao Gencai quickly went to pull his son Xiao Jianlu and said, "Son, you've seen the marriage certificate, how come you didn't notice this?"
"How could I not know!" Xiao Jianlu said as he put the marriage certificate into the wooden box. After a moment of hesitation, he took out all the silver from the box. Of course, he kept the gold ingots. "Father, after three days, I will belong to someone else's family. Please take care of yourself."
"Why, why on earth?" Xiao Gencai didn't understand. "I've raised you for so many years. I'm your father. How could you team up with others to deceive me?"
"Haha! I lied to you!" Xiao Jianlu laughed bitterly, "I didn't lie to you, I just sold myself. To be honest, I can only blame my father for being too arrogant. You sent me to a private school to learn to read and write.
It’s hard to say whether learning is good or not! But my ambition has become quite wild. I used to think that as long as I worked hard, I could get everything I wanted.
But father, do you know? My background is not worthy of my ambition. No matter how well I study, I can never become an official, because I am not even qualified to participate in the township.
"I want to make a name for myself. I can't bear this hardship for even a day." Xiao Jianlu had tears in his eyes, but they never fell. "Father, this silver severing our father-son relationship, please take care of yourself from now on."
After saying that, he carried the wooden box and walked into the landlord's storage room which he had cleaned out yesterday.
It turned out that Xiao Jianlu had already made preparations. He was just waiting for the matchmaker to come to his house today, and then he would move to the utility room to stay there for a few days. Before leaving the Yuan family, the Yuan family's housekeeper had already told Xiao Jianlu privately that the marriage would definitely take place within five days after the engagement.
Looking at his son's back, Xiao Gencai knelt on the ground holding the silver and cried, "What sin have I committed? What will I do when I am old? I don't have a son anymore!"
Yue Niang: My dear husband! What are you talking about? You signed the marriage certificate, so where did your son come from? Didn't you sell your son together? Welcome to the ranks of the future lonely elderly.
Of course Yue Niang is different from Xiao Gencai because she is rich, very rich!
The landlord was not at home when this happened. This morning when she was buying groceries, she heard that the little girl from the Ning family was going to get engaged to the little boy from the Xue family.
Moreover, it is said that the Xue family spent a lot of money on the betrothal gift, after all, they had dealt with the Ning family for several years.
The Ning family's current house was bought with her help, so after putting the basket at home, she went to watch the fun around the Ning family.
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