HLnovel Chapter 82 I'll also help you arrange your granddaughter's marriage.
Chapter 82 I'll also help you arrange your granddaughter's marriage.
Zhang Caixia knew that her marriage to Zhao Feng was off, and Zhao Feng must have known as well.
So, he's here to settle scores with her too?
Zhao Taohua sneered inwardly. She had worked very hard to earn that one or two taels of silver, as three groups of people had come to cause her trouble.
However, seeing that Zhao Feng didn't come in immediately, he must have overheard what Zhang Caixia had just said.
Since that's the case, she'll give Zhao Feng a big gift, so she won't have to argue with that idiot again later.
Zhao Taohua looked at the furious Zhang Caixia and asked, "If my cousin still marries you, but only gives you five taels as a bride price instead of fifteen, would you still marry him?"
"Marry me? For just five taels, how could I possibly marry you?"
She's already sixteen this year. If she only asked for a five-tael bride price, her marriage wouldn't have been delayed until now.
Matchmakers usually come to a girl's house to propose marriage as soon as she turns fifteen, not necessarily waiting until she officially comes of age.
Zhang Caixia said angrily, "Your cousin is as thin as a bamboo pole. He'd probably be blown away by the wind!"
If he hadn't been willing to offer a dowry of fifteen taels, I wouldn't have agreed to marry him.
He has an ordinary appearance; you wouldn't notice him in a crowd.
He has absolutely no sense of consideration for others, only cares about himself. I'm afraid I'll suffer terribly living with him..."
Zhang Caixia got more and more excited as she talked, completely unaware of Zhao Taohua's subtly upturned lips.
When Grandma Sun finally caught up with Zhao Feng and arrived at the Zhao family's gate, she found that Zhao Feng was standing at the gate and had not gone in.
Although Grandma Sun was a little puzzled, she was finally relieved that she hadn't gone in to look for peach blossoms.
She grabbed Zhao Feng's arm and urged, "My dear grandson, come home with Grandma!"
At this moment, Zhang Caixia, who was in the main room, was stunned when she heard Grandma Sun's voice. She turned around and saw Zhao Feng standing at the gate of the courtyard.
"!!!"
Zhang Caixia's eyes widened in fright.
She felt a little scared and guilty, and she didn't know how long Zhao Feng had been standing there or how much he had just heard.
"Brother Feng, you've come to Peach Blossom Sister's house?"
Zhang Caixia forced an awkward smile and greeted Zhao Feng, but she didn't receive a warm response from him.
Zhao Feng said to Grandma Sun in a deep voice, "Grandma, I will listen to you. You have the final say on your granddaughter-in-law."
After saying that, Zhao Feng turned around and walked straight towards the Zhao family's old house.
Upon hearing Zhao Feng's words, Old Lady Sun's face lit up with a smile, and she readily agreed:
"Okay, Grandma will definitely ask Matchmaker You to find you a polite and virtuous daughter-in-law!"
Hearing what the grandmother and grandson were saying, Zhang Caixia hurriedly chased after them.
"Brother Feng, Brother Feng! You said you would marry me..."
Zhang Caixia stopped Zhao Feng and demanded an explanation.
Although Zhao Feng has many shortcomings, Zhao Family Village is now in good economic condition, so if she marries into the village, she will definitely have a good life in the future.
Zhao Feng looked at her with complicated eyes: "Didn't you just say that I'm as skinny as a bamboo pole? That I'm so ordinary-looking you wouldn't be able to find me in a crowd, and that you'd suffer terribly if you lived with me?"
"Since that's the case, why bother finding someone strong, good-looking, and considerate? I, Zhao Feng, am not fortunate enough to have that kind of luck!"
After finishing his sentence, Zhao Feng walked straight past Zhang Caixia and strode away.
When Grandma Sun saw that Zhao Feng was no longer infatuated with Zhang Caixia, she was so happy that she wanted to go home immediately and set off firecrackers. She quickly followed Zhao Feng's steps.
She thought to herself that when she got home she would bring a red envelope and go to the matchmaker, You, to ask her to find a virtuous and well-mannered wife for her grandson!
Zhao Taohua and Durian Spirit leaned against the courtyard gate to watch the commotion, when they saw Zhang Caixia pouting and stomping her feet in place.
Seeing Zhang Caixia like this, the Durian Spirit secretly rejoiced: Serves her right!
Suddenly, Zhang Caixia seemed to sense their gazes, turned her head to look at them, and charged towards them aggressively.
Zhao Taohua immediately stood up straight, her gaze instantly turning cold.
Could it be that Zhang Caixia, seeing that she couldn't do anything about Zhao Feng and Old Lady Sun, wanted to take her anger out on her?
Sure enough, the next moment, she heard Zhang Caixia yell at her:
"Zhao Taohua, you bitch, it's all your fault..."
"Durian demon, go up there and stink her to death!"
"Yes, Sister Zhao~~"
Durian spirit had long disliked her; she really thought she was something special, daring to cause trouble at the Zhao family's house!
Zhao Taohua quickly set up a shield for herself to avoid being overwhelmed by the stench released by the durian essence.
The durian spirit strode towards Zhang Caixia, and in an instant, the durian flower pinned in her hair suddenly bloomed.
Zhang Caixia was cursing and swearing when she suddenly smelled a foul stench and immediately gagged: "Ugh!"
However, as soon as she opened her mouth, she felt the stench go straight to her stomach.
She looked at the five or six-year-old girl in front of her in horror: What kind of child is this? Why does she smell so bad?
Zhang Caixia covered her nose and ran away quickly, keeping a safe distance from the durian spirit!
The durian spirit raised its fist at her and warned, "If you come again, I'll make you stink to death!"
Seeing this, Zhang Caixia quickly turned her head away, no longer looking at the durian spirit, wishing she had a pair of wind-fire wheels under her feet so she could run faster.
The durian spirit laughed heartily at her disheveled appearance, then closed the durian flower and went home with Zhao Taohua.
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When Grandma Sun arrived at Matchmaker You's house and explained her purpose, Matchmaker You's expression was not very good.
She had almost finalized the marriage between Zhao Feng and Zhang Caixia when Old Lady Sun suddenly changed her mind.
Now that Grandma Sun has a lot of income from her family's medicinal herb fields, she can stand up straight as well.
She said, "Sister You, back then, my Lianhua and Yang Fengshou were almost married, but the Yang family backed out. Didn't you later introduce Jiang Yanqiu's daughter to Yang Fengshou?"
The matchmaker was speechless at Old Lady Sun's words, and her face turned somewhat ugly, but it was indeed the truth.
After giving her a slap, Grandma Sun immediately offered a sweet treat, handing over a red envelope she had prepared beforehand.
"Miss You, please take this red envelope. It's been a lot of work. Please help my grandson find a proper and virtuous girl."
Grandma Sun said in a kind and gentle voice.
When the matchmaker saw the red envelope, she lightly weighed it in her hand and estimated that there were about ten large coins inside.
Today, Zhao Family Village has transformed from a poor village into a wealthy one, and Grandma Sun has become much more generous with her money.
Immediately, Matchmaker You smiled and agreed: "Xiao Feng is a good boy, tall and handsome, and the eldest grandson of your Zhao family. He should marry a virtuous woman so that the family can prosper in the future."
People like Zhang Caixia are all looks, but they don't know their own worth and keep dreaming of a dowry of fifteen taels of silver every day.
In all these surrounding villages, which family is like the Zhang family?
Even the girls in town don't ask for fifteen taels of silver as a bride price.
Matchmaker You shook her head as she spoke.
She felt that after Zhang Caixia missed out on Zhao Feng, this sucker, no one would be willing to offer fifteen taels of silver as a bride price again.
Let alone fifteen taels, even the ten taels she mentioned earlier, no one in the surrounding villages would be willing to pay that much.
Nobody's money grows on trees!
Zhang Caixia is already sixteen this year; if she delays any longer, she'll become an old maid.
As they were talking, the matchmaker suddenly remembered something and asked, "Sister Sun, do you have two granddaughters who are fifteen this year?"
"You mean Peach Blossom and Apricot Blossom? Peach Blossom's birthday is earlier, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, while Apricot Blossom doesn't reach the age of marriage until the tenth day of the ninth lunar month."
Upon hearing this, Matchmaker You smiled and said, "It's only a matter of a few months. We should arrange the marriage as soon as possible so that when you come of age, you can get married directly."
Look at Zhang Caixia, she's not in a hurry at all. She's already sixteen, and if she waits until she's seventeen next year, people will still hesitate to give her five taels of silver as a bride price.
In my opinion, this time I will not only help you with the marriage of your Xiaofeng, but also the marriages of your two granddaughters, Taohua and Xinghua.
Sister Sun, just wait for my good news! Don't forget me at the wedding banquet!