Chapter 276: Chapter 270 Want to Take Soone_1 Chapter 276: Chapter 270 Want to Take Soone_1 Lin Qing ntioned that, apart from the few in the Zhao Family’s old ho, Zhao Erhu didn’t have any other brothers. There was no need to inquire about the affairs of the Zhao Family’s old ho—just calling Li Xiaoi over to ask would clear things up. Indeed, it was Zhao Xing who had spoken for the marriage, and the intended bride was the Chen Family girl from the sa village as her, the one Lin Qing ntioned.
“Sister-in-law, what’s wrong? Is there a problem?” Seeing that Lin Yue had specifically called her over to ask about this matter, Li Xiaoi was sure there was so issue.
“Nothing much, just overheard that Zhao Xing is getting married, so I called you to ask about it.”
“So that’s what it is. Sister-in-law, you don’t know, that girl from the Chen Family is really sothing. They say her bride price must be eight taels of silver, or she won’t marry in. Wei Family’s old witch was unwilling, but I don’t know what kind of spell Zhao Xing was under—he insists on marrying the Chen Family girl. My mother-in-law favors her own, seeing her eldest son so set on it, she didn’t hesitate to propose marriage. My own bride price was only five taels of silver. It’s so unfair. I want to see what sort of fine lady Zhao Xing is bringing ho to rit such a hefty bride price. Could she possibly be prettier than you, sister-in-law?”
Li Xiaoi was the kind who spoke without thinking. Upon Lin Yue’s questioning, she just rattled off everything she knew, not forgetting to complain about the Wei Family in the process.
“What are you talking about? Why compare her with !” Lin Yue was already displeased with being compared to others, let alone such a girl from the Chen Family with that kind of reputation. If she were compared to her, wouldn’t that lower her own status? Of course, there were so things that she couldn’t tell Li Xiaoi, otherwise, with that girl’s mouth, if she carelessly let sothing slip, the whole village would know, and where would that leave any secrecy?
“That’s true. Originally your bride price was fifteen taels of silver, sister-in-law. Even that Chen Family girl didn’t get as much as you, surely she can’t be as beautiful as you.” Li Xiaoi nodded thoughtfully.
Lin Yue was sowhat speechless. This girl, how could her mind be so straightforward? Everyone in the village nearly knew under what circumstances she had married Zhao Erhu. Li Xiaoi still brought it up so indiscreetly in front of her. No wonder people said she easily offended others. Had she been the petty type, she would definitely have gotten angry.
“Sorry, sister-in-law, I didn’t an anything else, just saying that woman definitely can’t compare to you.” After speaking, Li Xiaoi then realized there was sothing inappropriate in her words and hastily apologized, fearing that Lin Yue might get angry.
“Oh, I forgot to ntion, that girl is also from Shanglin Village, sa as you, sister-in-law.” The reason Li Xiaoi compared the girl with Lin Yue was also because they ca from the sa village, subconsciously making a comparison between them.
However, in Li Xiaoi’s mind, Lin Yue was an exceptional being, believing everything about Lin Yue to be superior. Naturally, the girl couldn’t compare. In fact, she hadn’t even seen the girl’s face; when they went to see her, Wei Family brought Jin Family instead, afraid that Li Xiaoi would cause a scene, although indeed Li Xiaoi harbored a bit of that intention.
After chatting for a while longer, Li Xiaoi returned to the Zhao Family’s old ho. With Zhao Xing getting married, there was an abundance of work at ho, and she couldn’t be completely lazy.
Having confird that Zhao Xing was indeed the unlucky guy her brother had ntioned, Lin Yue felt no obligation to divulge this to the people of the Zhao Family’s old ho. Not to ntion her relations with the Zhao Family’s old ho, with a man like Zhao Xing, if he were to truly marry a good woman, Lin Yue would feel sorry for that girl. Now that Zhao Xing was marrying the Chen Family girl, with neither being comndable, wasn’t it just perfect for them to be together? Why bother breaking up their marriage? Besides, even if she went now to tell Wei Family’s mother and son, they wouldn’t believe her words. It was better not to play the villain unnecessarily.
Lin Yue, though she had already made up her mind, did not forget to go and speak to Zhao Erhu. So details between husband and wife still need to be taken care of; this is conducive to a harmonious marital relationship and also minimizes misunderstandings and conflicts.
Upon hearing what Lin Yue said, Zhao Erhu replied directly, “That’s the Wei Family mother and son’s business, we should not interfere. Isn’t Wei very capable? When the daughter-in-law joins the family, she will naturally find a way to deal with her. Let’s not ddle in their affairs unnecessarily.”
Such a response was exactly what Lin Yue had in mind. Rembering what Li Xiaoi had shared, Lin Yue asked, “Erhu, I heard from Li Xiaoi that it was Zhao Xing who insisted on marrying the girl from the Chen Family. Do you think he has seen that girl from the Chen Family and found her beautiful, which is why he’s so adamant about it?” Lin Yue, being a woman, naturally had a gossipy side and was curious about the reasons for Zhao Xing’s insistence on marrying the girl from the Chen Family.
Zhao Erhu’s eyes darkened upon hearing Lin Yue’s question. Recollecting the few tis Zhao Xing had seen his wife, he always appeared infatuated, clearly harboring affectionate feelings. Given that the girl from the Chen Family was also from Shanglin Village, Erhu could guess what Zhao Xing was thinking and scoffed inwardly, “No matter how beautiful, she cannot compare to my wife. Zhao Xing certainly doesn’t have my good fortune to marry soone as beautiful and virtuous as my wife.”
“Am I really beautiful and virtuous?” Lin Yue asked with a giggle, feeling quite flattered by the complint.
Seeing Lin Yue react this way, Zhao Erhu knew exactly what Niuniu was thinking and generously praised, “Of course, my wife is the most beautiful.”
Over at Zhao Xing’s side, although Wei had already set the date with the Chen Family and even sent the betrothal gifts, just waiting for the day to fetch the bride, Zhao Xing couldn’t contain himself when he thought of the graceful figure he had seen outside the courtyard. He sneakily made his way to Shanglin Village again.
Having been there once before, Zhao Xing easily found his way to the Chen Family’s courtyard. It seed no one was around, and after a short while, the girl he had seen in the courtyard last ti ca out of the house. Zhao Xing’s eyes lit up with excitent, thinking that since he had already been betrothed to the girl from the Chen Family, and the wedding was imminent, it wouldn’t be a big deal to et. As long as no one knew, he could use the ti before the wedding to deepen the relationship with his future wife.
Zhao Xing looked around to make sure there were no other people in the courtyard, then went to knock on the door.
Mrs. Chen found it odd, as their family, due to the younger sister’s unclean hands, was mostly shunned by the village. Who would be knocking at this ti? Mrs. Chen wondered as she hurried to the door and opened it, only to see a strange man at the threshold, staring at her with a goofy smile. She frowned imdiately, thinking, what kind of rogue runs to her ho in broad daylight?
“Husband, co quick! There’s a rogue at our door!” Mrs. Chen yelled at the top of her lungs.
Zhao Xing panicked at Mrs. Chen’s reaction, “No, wait, miss, don’t shout. I’m your fiancé, Zhao Xing from Zhao Family Village. I ca specially to find you.”
Zhao Xing hastily tried to explain, but Mrs. Chen wasn’t listening at all. Inside the house, Chen Jiaxing, hearing Mrs. Chen’s shouts, had already co out with a wooden stick, ready to drive the intruder off. Zhao Xing had no choice but to run off quickly, completely oblivious to anything being amiss.
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