Chapter 234: Fortunately, the Old Lady is a Fair Person

Qiu Family Great-Grandmother heard these words and understood at once; this marriage was eight out of ten likely to succeed, and her heart rejoiced greatly: "Those words are indeed true. That child Xia Qiu has a gentle temper; if Little Jing marries in, the two of them will surely get along well."

Qiu Mu's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, now settled down. She did not expect a plate of sweet melon to make things go so smoothly, and she felt even more satisfied with her eldest daughter-in-law.

Originally, that Miss had already taken a liking to Xia Qiu's younger brother-in-law, Qiu Shaocheng, but his mother felt that since the Qiu family had not yet divided the household, and the eldest branch still had a troublesome daughter-in-law named Zhang Shanmei, she was somewhat dissatisfied with this match.

Coming over today to see each other was also to gauge the Qiu family's attitude.

At this moment, Qiu Family Great-Grandmother spoke up to state her position: "Little Jing's mother, I know what you are worried about. After Shaocheng gets married, we will divide the household. After all, my two grandsons are already grandfathers themselves; it truly is not suitable for such a large family to still be stirring the same pot together."

Upon hearing these words, An Xiaojing's mother's face lit up with joy: "You are truly open-minded."

Qiu Family Great-Grandmother waved her hand and said: "I am old and can no longer manage things; besides, children and grandchildren have their own blessings."

With the matter settled, the matchmaker and the An family mother and daughter did not stay any longer. They agreed that the Qiu family would come to propose in three days, and then they left.

After seeing them off, Qiu Family Eldest Uncle's Wife looked at Qiu Great-Grandmother: "Grandma, did you just say that we will divide the household once Shaocheng gets married?"

Qiu Great-Grandmother looked at her: "Yes. You are all grandparents yourselves now; it is time for you to manage your own households. I, this old woman, should enjoy a few days of peace and happiness."

"But my Shaohe has not yet been matched."

Qiu Great-Grandmother knew what she was going to say and cut her off directly: "Your Shaocheng has not been matched, but doesn't the second branch still have a Shaomei? One unmarried person per family; that is very fair."

Qiu Family Eldest Uncle's Wife said: "Shaohe is a boy, and Shaomei is a girl. One spends money to take a wife, the other receives a bride price; can these be the same?"

Qiu Family Great-Grandmother directly exposed her small scheming: "You have taken two daughters-in-law into the house, and the second branch will also take two daughters-in-law into the house; is that not very fair? Moreover, the bride price from the second branch's Sister Shaolan was not taken away in full. If there is any blame, it can only be that you gave birth entirely to sons."

Qiu Family Eldest Uncle's Wife had nothing to say this time. After all, when the second branch's Sister Shaolan got married, the groom's family had indeed only taken away part of the bride price, leaving the rest behind in the home.

Seeing that the old lady did not favor the eldest sister-in-law, Qiu Mu felt much more comfortable. Years ago, when the eldest sister-in-law's first child was a son and her own first child was a daughter, the eldest sister-in-law had not spared any opportunity to mock her. Later, when they both had two sons in a row, the eldest sister-in-law finally stopped making sour remarks.

She never expected such thoughts to arise again today; she was probably still hoping the common fund would pay for her youngest son's wedding expenses. She was truly good at calculating. Fortunately, the old lady is a fair person.

After speaking with her own older sister for a while, Chuxue prepared to leave: "Sister, stay away from your second cousin's wife in the future."

Xia Qiu knew her younger sister was doing this for her own good: "I know."

As the two sisters came out of the room, they saw Qiu Shaofeng running into the courtyard.

Xia Qiu saw he was running with sweat all over his head: "Why have you come back?"

Qiu Shaofeng looked at Chuxue: "I heard my sister-in-law had arrived, so I came back to see."

Xia Qiu smiled all over her face: "Chuxue brought me quite a few apricots; there are enough for me to eat for several days. You don't need to run up the mountain right after work anymore. Besides, the date for the family's heated greenhouse has been set for the sixth day of the month."

Hearing these words, Qiu Shaofeng also smiled: "Then we will go there earlier when the time comes; I can also help run back and forth."

After speaking, he looked at his sister-in-law again: "Chuxue, you have really helped me a great deal. Your sister has been craving something sour these past few days, but I ran several times and only found a few apricots. I was originally planning to go deeper after work today to see if I could find an apricot tree."

(End of this chapter)