Chapter 944: Now Women Don't Worry About Getting Married

August 7th.

9 a. m.

Zhou Kun's home.

"Kid, I think we should accept their terms. You're already thirty this year; if we keep delaying, it'll get harder to talk about a wife later…"

Zhou Kun's mother Wang Yanlin frowned as she spoke.

Zhou Kun's father Zhou Qishan sat nearby, smoking, and remained silent.

Zhou Kun shook his head, "Mom, they're being unreasonable—they want a 200,000 bride price, plus a house in the city, and a car.

We can come up with the 200,000, and we could buy a cheaper car, but the down payment for the house would have to be borrowed.

Our land is small; I calculated that it would take at least five years to repay the loan.

I don't mind those things, but she has a past, so we must be cautious.

If she later divorces me, we'd have to split these in half.

Lai Qing has been married before, just no children; after divorcing her ex‑husband she got 200,000, so I'm a bit worried.

If she bolts later, she'll leave our family with a pile of bad debts—what a mess!

"You're getting older; you should set aside some money for retirement!"

"Kid, you make sense; I don't know why you're in such a hurry!"

Zhou Qishan nodded.

Wang Yanlin glared at her husband Zhou Qishan, "These days it's hard to say anything anywhere; the old promises, we haven't even heard a word after meeting.

Now this family is straightforward—just give the money and they'll marry; I like that simplicity.

You haven't even married yet, and you're already thinking about divorce; what are you daydreaming about?

When you're married and have a child, the other side's heart will be set, and you'll live a good life."

Zhou Kun frowned, "The matter of having a child isn't up to me; if you pick that foreign‑looking one, she won't be a wife for a proper life."

……

"This guy Zhou Kun does have a sense of what's going on!"

Lin Jingru said in the Sichuan dialect.

Lin Chang'e said, "He also has filial piety, knows how to consider Mom Lao Hei, truly the one I chose."

Lin Jingru said, "He's just not handsome enough, under 1.7 m tall, and his skin is a bit dark."

Lin Shiyi glanced at the family in Yuan Zi, "Most men in the world are like this.

However, the regional conditions here are good; it's abundant in the medicinal herb Ophiopogon, so a household can earn several tens of thousands a year.

If the farmers are idle and go out to work, after expenses they can still save seventy to eighty thousand a year.

Of course, this is because Guo Jia's economic situation has improved in recent years, providing such earning opportunities…"

Lin Shiyi made a quick assessment.

Lin Baobao said, "No wonder he claims he can produce a 200,000 bride price and also buy a car; that means the household has at least 300,000 in savings.

If only we had bought a house last year! We could have paid in full.

Now the house prices have almost doubled compared to last year."

Although the appearance of Enhancers has changed the world, the overall development remains unchanged.

The four talked, but the situation in Yuan Zi was not developing as they expected.

It turned out that the one running the household was Wang Yanlin.

In Shuchuan, many families are headed by women.

Although Zhou Qishan and his son Zhou Kun opposed, in the end Wang Yanlin made the decision.

Zhou Qishan fell silent.

He only had the right to voice opposition, but no power to enforce it.

As for Zhou Kun, though somewhat reluctant, after his mother lectured him, he finally agreed.

In a way, Zhou Kun still harbored hope.

He's been single for thirty years; apart from seeing it in movies, he's never even held a girl's hand!

The matter was settled like that.

Wang Yanlin immediately picked up her phone and called the matchmaker.

After a few words, she hung up with a smiling face.

Then the three of them began preparing to receive the bride's side.

"Let's go! There's nothing to see here; let's head to Lai Qing's house and take a look!"

Lin Jingru said.

Lin Shiyi nodded, retrieved the small drone he had released, and closed his laptop.

The four walked for a few minutes and got into a sedan.

The car quickly drove out of the village.

Not far from the Zhou family's village, there was a river.

Across the river lay another township.

The two families were over twenty kilometers apart.

Compared with the Zhou family, Lai's area had far poorer conditions.

Because Lai's house was built by the roadside, the neighboring houses were far apart, making it inconvenient to park the car nearby.

With a hundred‑meter gap, Lin Shiyi asked the driver to stop the car.

Then he opened the window and released the micro‑drone.

A drone the size of a honeybee buzzed and flew into the Lai family's Yuan Zi.

Inside the Yuan Zi, a dozen or so people were sitting around playing mahjong.

From the video and audio transmitted by the drone, they quickly identified who Lai Qing was.

Because someone among the people in the Yuan Zi was talking about Lai Qing.

Lai Qing held a handful of sunflower seeds, and when the topic of a blind date came up, she was not shy at all,

because she had long been an Old Si Ji.

"The kid from the Zhou family is decent, honest, and their region has good conditions; just planting Maidong each year brings in tens of thousands of income.

After marriage, during the off‑season you can live in the city and find some work; the two of you will still earn at least several thousand yuan.

When it's time to harvest Maidong, the couple returns home to help…."

A middle‑aged woman, clearly the matchmaker, smiled brightly as she spoke to Lai Qing.

Lai Qing remained silent.

When the matchmaker finished, a woman playing mahjong laughed, "Sister Li, you think well, but look at whether Qingqing is someone who can earn a living!"

She left for work right after middle school, and over the years, what she's experienced out there, you wouldn't even understand.

The way Qingqing dresses herself, who wouldn't call her a beauty?

Her only flaw is that she's divorced, and her reputation is a bit unsavory.

But she hasn't had any children!

These days, which young couple dates without living together?

It's just a short‑term relationship; asking for a 200,000‑yuan bride price from the Zhou family is reasonable.

Lai Qing finally spoke, "As long as their family meets my conditions, there's no problem with this."

The matchmaker smiled.

If this marriage goes through, she can receive a red envelope of over three thousand yuan.

…

"I think these two aren't suitable for each other."

Lin Jingru said lightly.

Lin Baobao nodded, "I agree; you can tell at a glance that this woman is lazy and not fit for a household."

Lin Chang'e said, "Since we've come, this matter can't happen."

Lin Shiyi rolled his eyes.

"Let's go; there's nothing left to watch."

Lin Chang'e continued.

She was in a hurry to launch her own plan.

Lin Jingru suggested, "Since we have nothing to do today, let's wait a bit longer! Maybe we'll see something even more exciting."

Lin Baobao nodded, "I agree; we have nothing to do lately, so being idle is fine. I suddenly think this kind of thing is quite fun."

…

Around noon, the mahjong table finally dispersed.

The woman who had been at the mahjong table went into a room with Lai Qing, and they started talking.

They talked about nothing more than that a woman should treat herself well, and a man is merely a tool for earning money to support the family.

If the future life doesn't work out, they can simply divorce.

Anyway, women aren't worried about marriage now.

The mahjong woman gave another example: a woman with a child, almost thirty, was favored by a boss in his twenties, and was being pampered…

"She means Aunt Han, right? The big boss is dad!?"

Lin Chang'e widened her eyes and said.