The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

Zhao Qiao'e put down her chopsticks and looked at Song Yuntang in a negotiating tone.

"Tang'er, I've thought about it. It's not a good thing that that bastard from the Huang family is always thinking about you. Just to be on the safe side, I'll ask a matchmaker to find you a family a little further away tomorrow, okay? We can settle the marriage first. As long as the person is considerate, even if they don't become rich, it should be no problem for you to live a stable life."

If Song Yuntang had not undergone some changes in the past few days, she would not have dared to persuade her like this.

Song Yuntang shook his head without thinking.

"I don't want to casually entrust the rest of my life to someone I don't know well. Don't worry about Huang Heyu's affairs. Mr. Xu said he would help me settle it."

"Mr. Xu?" Zhuzi said bluntly, "He doesn't seem like someone who would meddle in other people's business."

Song Jinsheng clicked his tongue and glared at him.

Seeing this, Zhuzi retracted his head again.

"After lunch today, I went to see Mr. Xu. Coincidentally, I can treat his illness. We agreed that I would treat him and he would help me settle the matter with Huang Heyu." She looked at Zhao Qiao'e, "So, mother, don't worry about my marriage. I'll eventually find the right one."

If it really doesn't work out, then don't get married.

But she didn't dare to say the last sentence.

"Mr. Xu is a steady man. He'll definitely do what he says. But we can't be sure that Huang Heyu won't resort to dirty tricks against you behind your back." Zhao Qiao'e looked at Song Yuntang, worry in her eyes. "Mother still thinks that the safest thing is for Tang'er to get married smoothly. You're already sixteen, so even without Huang Heyu, you should still consider marriage."

Song Jinbao nodded aside, "Your mother is right."

Song Yuntang pursed his lips and said, "Second brother hasn't even gotten married yet, why should I be in such a hurry?"

"How can it be the same?" Zhao Qiao'e said earnestly, "If our family had money, your second brother would have married a long time ago. Now there's nothing we can do about it, right? If it weren't for the Huang Heyu incident, I would have wanted you to stay home for another year or two to spend more time with me and your father."

Song Yuntang said lightly, "Oh."

"Don't you have to prepare a dowry when marrying off your daughter? Since you have no money, there's no need to worry about it."

Zhao Qiao'e had thought of this a long time ago.

"Our family has had a lot of expenses over the years, and I still have a few taels of silver left. I'll keep some for household expenses, and give the rest to your in-laws." She looked at Song Jinsheng with an apologetic look on her face. "But if this happens, Jinsheng's marriage will have to be postponed for another year or two."

Song Jinsheng didn't care, "I'm fine, just take care of my sister first."

But in fact, he was reluctant to let his sister get married at this critical juncture. He felt that his sister had just begun to accept this family and get more familiar with him as her brother. If his sister got married, they would not have so many opportunities to spend time together in the future.

When Song Yuntang talked about the dowry, his original intention was not for the money at home, but simply because he had not considered getting married yet and wanted Zhao Qiao'e to give up.

Now the mother and son were singing the same tune, leaving her speechless.

"In that case, I have one condition."

"What are the conditions?" Zhao Qiao'e asked.

"Before the marriage is finalized, I must at least meet the other party and get to know him/her better. And you cannot make a decision for me without my permission." Song Yuntang looked at her seriously. "If you can't meet this condition, I would rather not marry."

Zhao Qiao'e nodded happily to this.

"That's for sure. Since you're the one getting married, I naturally have to please you."

Little did she know that this promise would almost make her worry about turning her hair white for a period of time.

Song Yuntang nodded and looked in the direction of Song Jinbao with his clear eyes.

"Dad, can we use the wood stored in the beams of the pigpen?"

Song Jinbao still felt strange when he heard Song Yuntang calling him dad again.

He looked confused.

"What do you want the wood for?"

The wood was left over from building the current mud brick and tile house when the family split up five years ago. Since the wood was in good condition, I wanted to save it first. It wouldn't take up much space if I put it on the beams, and it would be perfect for using when I expand to build two more rooms in the future.

However, the two younger sons were not yet old enough to have their own rooms, and the family was not well off financially, so they had never started.

Song Jinsheng rushed over to say before Song Yuntang, "Dad, don't ask yet, it's definitely a surprise."

After hearing what Song Jinsheng said, Song Jinbao nodded after a slight hesitation.

"Okay, you guys can do it yourselves. At worst, when you add to the house later, I can go to the mountains to chop wood."

After finalizing this matter, Song Yuntang fumigated some mugwort in the room and then went out to wash up. He was not full in the first place, so he had to go to sleep before the food in his stomach was completely digested. Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable to sleep on an empty stomach.

……

The next day, Song Jinsheng called Song Mazi to his home early in the morning. With the help of Song Jinbao and Song Jinyuan, they quickly took down the wood needed for the waterwheel from the beams.

After several people delivered the wood to Song Mazi's house on a cart, they went home and each picked up a bucket of water to go to the fields.

Now that we have the wood, we can start making the waterwheel first. Tung oil can be said to be the biggest expense for the waterwheel, but there is no rush. It will be the same if we go to buy it in ten days, or we can directly ask Song Mazi to buy it for us, and she will pay for it then.

After what happened yesterday, Song Yuntang didn't dare to go to the mountains alone, but she couldn't sit still at home without any entertainment.

Lying on the bed, she thought about it. The conditions here were limited. It was empty in the deserted mountains, but Huang Heyu was watching her closely from behind, which really affected her performance.

Suddenly, the voices of Liu and her next-door neighbor's sister-in-law Tian were heard outside the door.

"Xiangyun, your belly is over four months old, how come you don't look pregnant at all? Is there something wrong with the baby?"

Liu touched her lower abdomen and smiled gently.

"That shouldn't be the case. Jinyuan even got me some medicine from town. I've been feeling much better after taking it these past few days."

Tian held her six-month-old son, who was already fast asleep, in her arms. She glanced at Song Yuntang's room with a strange expression and whispered, "The medicine he prescribed for you, wasn't it prescribed by your little sister-in-law who knows nothing?"

Hearing this, the smile on Liu's face disappeared.

"Don't talk about her like that."

Tian glanced at her sideways. "You're so bold, you dare to take the medicine she prescribed. I heard she went to see Mr. Xu yesterday. I've never heard she can treat illnesses before. If something goes wrong, wouldn't it hurt people? It's a good thing Mr. Xu has a good temper."

Liu shook her head, "I believe Tang'er won't harm me."

I have been with Song Yuntang for such a long time, but I have never seen her hurt anyone.

In the past, she did have the temper of a young lady from a wealthy family, but there was nothing she could do about it. After being a daughter of Mr. Lin's family for more than ten years, it was normal that she couldn't get over it all of a sudden. But recently, she seemed to have changed a little and was not as aloof as before.