Free Web NovelChapter 465: Chapter 461: The Speaker Is Unintentional, The Listener Is Intentional
A thought sparked in Sun Yeshu’s mind.
The Leng Family was much better off than the Chen Family; they were the wealthiest household in the Qingshan Team. Their courtyard walls were properly built, not like the simple fences other families had.
Sun Yeshu was about to say something, but her mother spoke first.
"If only you could marry into the Leng Family. Unfortunately, all their daughters-in-law are city girls. They wouldn’t even consider anyone from the village."
It wasn’t that the Leng Family had no daughters-in-law from the countryside. The second and third sons’ wives were both from villages. It was just that back then, the family was only moderately well-off, so they had accepted wives from the countryside.
Now, several members of the Leng Family were factory workers. When people had tried to find a match for Leng Qingtian, several village girls were suggested, but he wasn’t interested in any of them.
Gradually, the rumor spread that they were looking for a city girl for him.
Even though Leng Qingtian himself didn’t have a factory job, his brothers were successful and well-connected. They could probably arrange a city job for him at any time.
So everyone just assumed that the Leng Family’s youngest son was destined to marry someone from the city.
Hearing this only made Sun Yeshu more tempted.
"Mom, what would you think if I married Leng Qingtian?"
Auntie Sun was taken aback and shook her head. "I don’t think that would work. The Leng Family’s youngest son has very high standards. The matchmaker who tried to find a match for him told me they only want a girl from the city."
But Sun Yeshu’s face was full of confidence.
"Mom, it didn’t work for the others because they aren’t pretty. I’m different. I’m so beautiful, maybe he’ll be willing to make an exception for me!"
Auntie Sun was tempted too.
’My daughter is beautiful,’ she thought. ’Maybe there’s a real chance.’
Sun Yeshu continued, "Mom, if I marry into the Leng Family and have a good life, I’ll be in a much better position to take care of you. If I marry a poor man and we spend every day worrying about where our next meal is coming from, how could I possibly take care of you?"
"Even if I wanted to take care of you, I couldn’t if I don’t have any money."
Auntie Sun weighed the two outcomes. ’No, my daughter has to marry well,’ she thought. ’Haven’t I pampered her since she was a little girl, all in the hope that she would marry into a good family and take care of me in my old age?’
With that, Auntie Sun was convinced.
"I’ll ask around about this. Just be patient."
Sun Yeshu broke into a smile. At the prospect of marrying Leng Qingtian, the humiliation she had suffered earlier that day suddenly seemed unimportant.
The two of them continued on their way.
In the distance, a few women were pointing in their direction, chattering away with strange smirks on their faces.
The sight instantly reminded the mother and daughter of their embarrassing behavior from earlier. They averted their gazes and hurried inside their house.
Sun Yeshu felt utterly humiliated and burst into tears of frustration.
’So it wasn’t unimportant after all,’ she realized. ’I just hadn’t run into anyone gossiping about me yet.’
The people at the educated youth quarters were unaware of what was happening in the village. They were still helping Yun Hao clean up his new courtyard.
The village chief had chosen this courtyard himself, making sure it was a good distance away from his own home.
This was to prevent Xu Wenwan from running back to her parents’ home every other day after she got married.
Since it was far away and rather remote, news of the commotion in the village hadn’t reached them.
The young men had gone to help, only returning in the evening as the young women were preparing dinner.
Someone asked a casual question, and Hu Ziqiang answered.
"Yun Hao went to the village chief’s house to formally propose. The wedding is set for the eleventh of this month—that’s in three days—so we’re rushing to help get everything ready."
Everyone was stunned.
The news was a complete shock to them; they hadn’t heard a single thing about it. However, they quickly recovered and offered their congratulations.
The only exception was Li Hongmei. She stood frozen to the spot, completely dumbfounded and unable to move for a long time.
