Zhao Guihua originally hoped that Jinbao would study hard and, like Jinwen and the others, pass the imperial examinations and bring honor to the family.

In this way, when she sees her short-lived husband a hundred years later, she will be able to hold her head high.

Unfortunately, Jinbao was a disappointing child. He was not born with the brains for studying and after several years in school, he did not make any name for himself.

Even though Zhao Guihua was unwilling, she had no choice but to give up.

Fortunately, although he is not good at studying, he is quite smart.

He was arranged by the clan to follow the elders to travel around the country doing business for several years.

It has broadened my horizons and I can now stand on my own.

Now, seeing that he has reached the age to get married, Zhao Guihua wants him to settle down, get married early, and give her some fat grandsons. If he can give her a fat granddaughter, that would be even better.

So, Jinbao returned to Cangwu Town half a year ago.

After he came back, Zhao Guihua immediately arranged several blind dates for him, all of whom were people she favored and were honest and kind.

But Jinbao didn't know what was going on. He either didn't want to go, or pretended to be deaf and dumb when he went, or he just said directly that he didn't like it and it was inappropriate.

After several attempts, Zhao Guihua also saw the signs.

I guess he already has someone in his heart.

She was not a strong mother. From childhood to adulthood, she tried her best to follow his wishes as long as it was not excessive.

Seeing that he had no appetite and was absent-minded all day long, he looked like he was deeply in love with his lover.

Zhao Guihua didn't want to push him too hard, so she stopped arranging blind dates for him.

She only asked which family the girl was from and she would send someone to inquire about the girl. If the girl was a good one, she would happily arrange marriages with three matchmakers and six betrothals and welcome her into the house with a sedan chair carried by eight people.

But Jinbao shook his head and refused to mention who his ideal person was.

Seeing that he was unwilling to say, Zhao Guihua could do nothing but worry.

Until one day three months later, he suddenly changed his behavior and came back to her excitedly and told her to find a matchmaker to help propose marriage. His sweetheart moved her family from hundreds of miles away to Cangwu Town for him.

Only then did Zhao Guihua know that the girl he loved was named Dongmei, and was from Qiannan.

Wu Dongmei's parents are still alive. She has two older brothers. The eldest brother is married and has three daughters and one son.

The second brother did not have a family yet, but he had a wide network of contacts. Jinbao got to know him first, and after a few interactions, he somehow fell in love with his sister.

The reason why he didn't tell Zhao Guihua who his crush was before.

Because there is no point in saying it.

Zhao Guihua is the only son of an old man, and she had already made it clear that she hoped he would marry a local girl with a clean family background and whom she knew well.

Obviously, the Wu family does not meet this condition.

Although he was a little cunning to outsiders, he was very filial to his mother who raised him with great difficulty.

Therefore, I would rather be ruthless and cut off the roots of my feelings than to tell it out loud and add to my mother's troubles.

Fortunately, after he came back, he was valued by his clan and was sent to the newly built bicycle factory to supervise production.

He devotes himself to his work every day and keeps himself busy.

Only when you are busy will you have no time to think about anything else.

This trick really worked, and gradually, he got used to and fell in love with this job.

I have almost forgotten that short-lived love.

But three months after he came back, he didn't expect that the Wu family would give him a huge surprise.

For him, they actually brought their families and moved to Cangwu Town.

He was deeply shocked and personally rented a house for them. After settling them down, he returned home excitedly and asked Zhao Guihua to ask a matchmaker to come and propose marriage.

When Zhao Guihua heard him say that the Chen family had come from afar to find him with their entire family, she felt something was strange.

But since his son liked it so much, he had no choice but to agree.

But the necessary procedures must be followed. There are rules within the tribe to prevent people with bad intentions from destroying the unity of the tribe.

Whenever a young person in the tribe finds his or her ideal partner, he or she must obtain the consent of the elders in the tribe before discussing marriage.

Over the years, many of his friends who grew up with him in the tribe have followed this rule, and Jinbao is no exception.

He was confident that his gentle, kind, hardworking and virtuous Dongmei would pass the test of the clan.

Naturally, the elders in the clan would not be careless towards such a stranger whose background they did not know.

In addition to examining her character, we also need to investigate her family background.

So they suppressed his engagement and sent people to Qiannan to find out the details of the Chen family.

Although they were not engaged yet, Jinbao was certain that their marriage was a sure thing.

Every now and then, large and small packages of things were sent to the Chen family.

At first, Zhao Guihua turned a blind eye to her silly son's behavior. After all, their family was not short of money for gifts.

Until one day Jinbao asked her hesitantly for 30,000 taels of silver notes, and she was shocked.

After repeated questioning, he explained that the Chen family of ten people were squeezed into a small rented two-story house, which was too crowded, so he wanted to buy them a bigger new house.

It is buying, not renting. With the continuous development of Cangwu Town, it has become the most prosperous place in Yinzhou.

It also caused its real estate prices to soar.

It can almost be said that every inch of land is worth a lot of money.

No wonder he asked for thirty thousand taels right away.

For Zhao Guihua, who had been accustomed to a hard life since childhood, even though she was now worth a million, she was extremely reluctant to take out 30,000 taels of silver to buy a house for her future daughter-in-law's family who had not even started dating yet.

Nor did her money come from the strong wind.

Even though the people of Cangwu Town are now living a prosperous life, a dowry of one hundred taels for marrying a wife is still extremely high.

What's more, even the clan leader or village chief's family spent less than three thousand taels on marrying a daughter-in-law and holding a wedding banquet, and the betrothal gifts given were all taken back by the bride as a dowry.

What sin had she committed to give birth to such a brainless prodigal son?

If she really gave him the thirty thousand taels, his dead father would probably lift the lid of his coffin and come out to scold her for being stupid.

Seeing that Zhao Guihua didn't give him money, Jin Bao got angry and had a big fight with her and then ran away.

He hasn't been seen for half a month.

Later I heard from others that they saw him going out with a woman.

She secretly went to take a look at the address provided by an outsider.

I saw with my own eyes my silly son and a little white flower-like girl bidding farewell to each other in front of a house with deep affection.

The woman was petite, with average features except for her pair of pitiful eyes. She gave off an aura of pity.

To be honest, she disliked the woman the first time she saw her.

Especially after seeing her son walking away, the look in her eyes when she looked at Jinbao was full of calculation.

Out of woman's intuition, she realized that this man was not as simple as he seemed. She also approached Jinbao with a purpose.

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