Chapter 12: Marrying a Wife for One Tael of Silver

Li Xinyue, who had been lost in the mountains for a whole morning, saw three people communicating in the distance, so she intended to go up and ask for directions. She didn't expect the other party to actually know the original owner.

After searching for Jiang Jinshi's name in her memory, it appeared in her mind.

Because they hadn't spoken in her impression, Li Xinyue didn't know how to address the other party.

Just when Li Xinyue was thinking about how to open her mouth to be more in line with the original owner's persona, Jiang Jinshi pointed to the intersection back to the village and said.

"If you want to go back, go this way."

Li Xinyue nodded and thanked him before leaving. In the palm of her hand that Jiang Jinshi couldn't see, a small bottle of anti-wolf spray quietly disappeared.

Jiang Jinshi didn't care. In his impression, "Li Zhaodi" was just a fellow villager who was silent and only knew how to work.

Walking here should be to go up the mountain to cut firewood and get lost. After all, this place was still some distance from the village.

Throwing this matter to the back of his mind, Jiang Jinshi took Luo Feng and his sister and walked toward the direction of entering the city.

At the same time, Li Changjiu's family of four came to Jiang Jinshi's house. Seeing the dilapidated house, Li Changjiu was somewhat disgusted.

He didn't expect that the first family to come to the door after he put out the wind was one of the poorest families in the village.

But thinking about it, it wasn't him marrying over, and it had nothing to do with him anyway.

Mother Liu, who originally had the idea of finding a wife for Jiang Jinshi last night, was all smiles when she heard the news this morning.

To her, this was like sending a pillow when she was sleepy, so she entrusted Jiang Cai to come to the door to talk about it.

Jiang Cai didn't refuse either. For the villagers, being a matchmaker was a good deed, so he patted his chest and agreed.

When Jiang Cai expressed his intention at Li Changjiu's house, he finally drank the water poured by the other party.

According to reason, after both sides agreed, the next step would be betrothal (proposing), betrothal gifts (sending betrothal gifts), and welcoming the bride (marrying the bride).

But Li Changjiu's family was unexpectedly anxious, indicating that they needed to settle this matter immediately. No wedding was held, and there was no dowry for "Li Zhaodi." After receiving one tael of silver, they immediately found the village head as a witness to sign the marriage contract.

This left Jiang Cai stunned. He hadn't handled such a process before!

So he immediately indicated that he would reply to Liu Yu. Li Changjiu's family was afraid that the cooked duck would fly away, so after totaling, they went together.

Mother Liu was also somewhat puzzled looking at Li Changjiu's family. Fortunately, Jiang Li had hidden the grain under the bed early in the morning.

Li Changjiu looked around and took the lead: "Sister! I heard you want to find a wife for your Little Ten?"

Mother Liu first expressed her apology that she couldn't get out of bed, and after greeting Jiang Li to pour water for everyone, she responded.

"Yes! I heard some news this morning and had some thoughts, but I didn't know if it was true, so I entrusted Jiang Cai to come to the door to nag."

After getting the response, Li Changjiu nodded with satisfaction, so he poured out his thoughts.

This left Mother Liu stunned. Although Zhaodi wasn't the other party's biological daughter, as an uncle, he shouldn't be like this!

Such behavior was no different from those human traffickers, only one side was marrying as a wife, and the other side was selling as a slave.

Seeing Mother Liu somewhat hesitant, Li Changjiu's father, Li Guang, took the initiative to attack.

"To tell you the truth! The year is not good now, the family really doesn't have extra grain to raise an idle person. We have taken care of her for so many years, which is enough!"

Mother Liu secretly cursed this old shameless thing in her heart. Everyone in the village knew that Li Zhaodi did more work than a cow and ate less than a chicken. How could he have the face to say such words?

Of course, Mother Liu was still very polite on the surface, and she didn't hesitate anymore, intending to settle the matter, so as not to have her son lose money and ask for money when he came back at night.

Jiang Cai immediately went to invite the village head. This news soon spread throughout Da Jiang Cun.

There had been no happy events in Da Jiang Cun in recent years, so the bored villagers all gathered at the door of Jiang Jinshi's house to watch the excitement.

The news naturally reached the ears of Jiang Jinshi's big uncle and second uncle's families.

Jiang Jinshi's big uncle, Jiang Fu, said with dissatisfaction: "Heh! Have money to find a wife for that straw bag Jiang Jinshi, but no money to honor your parents?"

"It seems we have to go to the door to talk about it. It won't do if everyone is as unfilial as them." Jiang Jinshi's second uncle, Jiang Gui, was also full of anger.

The two hit it off, preparing to go to the door to teach their sister-in-law and nephew about "filial piety."

Mother Liu, who was completely unaware of the situation, was happily receiving the village head. Even though her legs were inconvenient, she still got out of bed and found a wooden stick to support herself, and spent five wen to invite the old scholar in the village to write a marriage contract.

Li Changjiu's family was uninterested in this, only wanting to get their one tael of silver and leave.

After the marriage contract was written, the village head read it aloud in front of the villagers, letting the onlookers have some participation.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Changjiu hurriedly opened his mouth to ask for that one tael of silver. Mother Liu didn't have the idea of defaulting on the debt and reached out to take out the money. Li Changjiu was about to reach out to take it, but saw Mother Liu holding the silver and asking.

"It's been so long, why haven't I seen Zhaodi?"

Once these words came out, Li Changjiu stammered and didn't know how to answer.

"This... she... this......"

Li Guang took a puff of the dry pipe and walked in front of Li Changjiu.

"Zhaodi, that girl, went up the mountain to cut firewood. I'll call her to bring the firewood she cut over later. After all, she is now your Jiang family's person, the firewood she cuts is naturally not for us."

It's not that people are old and refined, hinting that the marriage contract has been written, Li Zhaodi is already your Jiang family's person, don't think about defaulting.

Thinking that her own son wasn't at home at the moment, Mother Liu didn't think much and paid the money readily.

The bride and groom weren't present for this happy event, and everyone felt somewhat bored, preparing to leave.

Jiang Fu and Jiang Gui, who were rushing, finally arrived at this moment. Before entering the small courtyard, they started shouting.

"Yo! It's my nephew's happy day, why didn't the sister-in-law notify us brothers?"

Hearing this, everyone stopped their steps in unison. Seeing that it was the Jiang Fu and Jiang Gui brothers, the expressions on their faces instantly became wonderful.

After looking at each other, they could all see a sentence in everyone's eyes.

Don't leave first, there's a good show to watch!

Liu Yu looked at the sound, and after seeing the Jiang Fu and Jiang Gui brothers, her face became ugly, no longer having the previous joy.

But she still squeezed out a smile and said: "This matter was a bit urgent, I was going to inform you after preparing."

Jiang Li looked at the two, her small face pouting and somewhat flushed, all her dislike written on her face.

Jiang Fu was too lazy to talk nonsense and went straight to the point.

"Sister-in-law has silver to find a wife for her nephew, this is a good thing, but no money to honor her parents-in-law... Heh! I'm afraid it's not appropriate!"

Before Liu Yu could respond, Jiang Gui immediately took over the conversation.

"As far as I know, sister-in-law's family has no source of income. This money must be my third brother's pension money. Sister-in-law threatened to die before, and then said the money had been spent!

Now it seems!

It's nothing but an excuse to not honor her parents-in-law!"

Mother Liu's hand holding the wooden stick was shaking at this moment, and her whole face was somewhat flushed with anger.

Li Changjiu originally wanted to eat melon on the side, but his father Li Guang secretly pulled several people and left quietly.

Clearly, these two big uncles of Jiang Jinshi were here for money, but the silver that reached his house wouldn't be returned. It was better to go home first.

...... ===== CHAPTER 13 =====

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