Quick Wear: Cannon Fodder

"what's up?"

"My family has decided to build a new house for you. Are you willing?" Ye Laoer was very angry before he met Ye Zhiqiu, but when he really saw Ye Zhiqiu, he suddenly lost his courage and spoke politely and hesitantly.

Ye Zhiqiu raised her eyebrows. There was such a good thing. It seemed that the Ye family was not completely bad. The abandonment of the original owner before was just human nature. She was naturally happy to live in the new house, but she didn't know what she had to pay for it. She didn't intend to be as stupid as the original owner and let her family order her around.

Ye Erniu explained with a guilty conscience: "You don't have to do anything. As long as you don't break anything in the study, and you eat with my family in the future, it's only natural for me to ask you to do some work. It's not a big price to pay."

The family has not been divided, so even he has to work honestly, let alone a grandchild. Anyone who doesn't want to work can just get out of the house.

Ye Zhiqiu had no intention of working, but she agreed verbally first, wanting to see how the Ye family was going to order her around.

Seeing that she agreed smoothly, Ye Lao Er was relieved. He was still worried that she would fight him if they didn't agree, which would not only get him beaten, but also make him lose face. He told the good news to Ye's grandfather, and the other people in the family were relieved. They were really worried that the girl would not listen to his advice and make a big fuss, which would make outsiders laugh at her.

Grandfather Ye was also a smart man. Seeing that Ye Zhiqiu had stopped making trouble, he immediately began to express his goodwill through actions. That night, Ye Zhiqiu didn't have to cook. She just had to wait and eat the ready-made food.

Unfortunately, she was too happy too early. Even though the Ye family was well off, the food was average. After the escape, the food was even worse. The cooking skills of the women in the Ye family were also not good, and the already unpalatable food became even worse.

The rice was a combination of all kinds of coarse grains, and it was watery. The vegetables were all kinds of wild vegetables, old and bitter. The only edible ones were the vegetables she grew in the backyard. She took a bite of the vegetables with chopsticks and realized that she had made this judgment too early. The vegetables were boiled in water, without oil or salt, and were almost good enough to feed pigs. They were worse than the worst diet meal she had ever eaten in her previous life.

There was food in the space, and Ye Zhiqiu didn't intend to wrong herself. She put down her bowl and chopsticks after eating two bites, ignoring the looks of others at the table. She just couldn't stand the hardship, and there was no need to cover it up. The Ye family couldn't do anything to her.

Seriously speaking, this task was almost completed. If it didn't work out, she would just leave. The world is so big that she could go anywhere. In the era without surveillance, she had the confidence.

As soon as she sat down at the table, Ye Laoer poured the leftovers in her bowl into his own bowl, and he could eat another bowl.

Grandfather Ye frowned, but didn't say anything. He just decided in his heart to find a matchmaker as soon as possible.

The next morning, just after dawn, the original owner's mother called her to get up and have breakfast. She knew that the villagers got up early, but she didn't expect to have breakfast so early. After yesterday's meal, she had no hope for the Ye family's breakfast, but she couldn't continue to sleep after being woken up, so she went to take a look.

"What is this? Wild vegetables? And this porridge, not to mention that it's so bright that you can see your reflection in it, there's not even a grain of rice in it."

Ye Lao Er glared at her and said, "What do you want? Don't you know the situation at home? Your brother doesn't even have money to study, and he still wants to eat well. If you have the ability, go get some food."

He now regretted his family's arrangement. It would be better for her to get married earlier. The silly girl could also get married, but the gift would be less. The disaster had just ended, and many families lost their wives during the escape. They needed to marry another one. Maybe the silly girl could be sold for a high price at this time.

Grandfather Ye disagreed. Why sell it at a low price when you can sell it at a high price? It was already difficult for the family to support several children in their studies. If they really wanted to take the imperial examinations in the future, the whole family would not be able to support them and would need help from relatives. It was very important to have a rich son-in-law at this time.

He is the head of the family, he has the final say, just to speed up the pace of marriage. The Ye family had good ideas, but they found that marriage was not easy to discuss when they contacted the matchmaker.

When the drought ended, many families with fewer people wanted to marry again, but they couldn't afford the high price. How could a wealthy family lose a daughter-in-law during the famine? Many families whose daughters-in-law died didn't know whether to throw them away or sell them.

On the one hand, they couldn't afford the money, and on the other hand, they disliked the original owner's reputation as a fool. Even if the matchmaker repeatedly assured them that the foolishness was cured, they didn't really believe it. They had never heard of a foolishness being cured on its own. Even if it was cured, they were worried that the child they would have in the future would be born to a fool.

After receiving feedback from the matchmaker, Grandfather Ye gritted his teeth and gave the matchmaker a bigger red envelope. He did not ask for anything else except one thing, which was that the man could not have any obvious defects, and the higher the bride price, the better.

The matchmaker had seen a lot of things like this and didn't think there was anything wrong with Grandpa Ye. After raising a daughter, what was wrong with wanting a high bride price? Moreover, she had also secretly looked at the granddaughter of the Ye family and found that she had changed a lot after she recovered from her mental illness. Her face was still the same, but she didn't look like a country girl at all.

In order to get the matchmaker's red envelope, she must find a good match for the girl from the Ye family, and she can also get a big red envelope from the man. In the eyes of the matchmaker, Ye Zhiqiu is a good resource, and she must marry high to avoid a bad reputation.

Money is motivation, and the matchmaker also tried her best to promote Ye Zhiqiu. In her mouth, her previous mental illness became a affliction deliberately bestowed by God, otherwise how could things get better after the disaster? The most important thing is that the girl of the Ye family can read, which is a blessing from God.

Really smart big families would not take such unclear rumors to heart and would just treat them as fun. However, some small landlords in the countryside like such rumors very much. Who doesn't want to marry a blessed daughter-in-law into their family?

The Ye family can send their children and grandchildren to school, so their conditions are not too bad. In addition, the fact that the Ye family's daughters can read and write makes them much better than the small families in the county. Girls from ordinary families in the county cannot read and write, and even the ladies of wealthy families are not all literate. There are also those who are blind and cannot read.

Several small landlords were interested in Ye Zhiqiu, but they disliked the high betrothal gift from the Ye family, so they hoped that the matchmaker could find a way to reduce the betrothal gift. Any reduction would be the matchmaker's credit, and she could get half of the commission.

This move puts the matchmaker in a dilemma. She wants the money, but doesn't want to ruin her reputation. It was the Ye family who came to her first. If she takes the man's money to suppress the Ye family, no one will dare to come to her for matchmaking if the news gets out.

This is the bowl of livelihood, passed down from her great-grandmother to her generation, and after several generations, it will be passed down to her daughter-in-law in the future. Forget it, she can't lose the big picture for the small, and can't ruin the future of her children and grandchildren. She should honestly choose a good son-in-law for the Ye family, so that people will look up to her when the news spreads.

Having made the decision, the matchmaker brought the small landlord who offered the highest bid to the Ye family and let them check each other out for themselves. If they liked the one, they could proceed to the next step. If not, they could move on to the next one. They had already missed the big red envelope, so they couldn't miss out on the benefits from the Ye family again.