Ugly girl only wants to farm

Meng Xiuzhi looked at Li Sanniang beside her and told her her plan.

“Sister-in-law, you watched Chunyu grow up from a young age. She has always been obedient and filial. I thought that our family has been working hard in the fields for generations, and it is not easy to have someone as good as Jiuhe who can study. So her father and I thought about finding a scholar for Chunyu so that she would not have to work as hard as I do in the future.”

After she finished speaking, her eyes were still slightly red, which Xu Chaoyan could see clearly. She pinched her thigh hard before she could squeeze out those two tears.

As luck would have it, Jiu Dong accidentally knocked several pairs of chopsticks off the table. Xu Chaoyan was closest and witnessed this dramatic scene. Meng Xiuzhi was even better at acting than her; she could rival Meng Laoyao in acting skills.

Who exactly is this family? They're the worst of the worst. She must divorce them as soon as possible and leave this place of trouble. Living with these people again is probably because she's afraid she won't be able to control herself and might beat them all up someday. Their greedy faces are disgusting. Her aunt was just waiting for this all along.

Grandmother Meng nodded, whether from the touch of sadness or something else, she hugged her daughter and her voice choked with emotion: "Daughter, you have suffered so much all these years. If it weren't for supporting your elder brother's education, I wouldn't have married you off to the next village and used that dowry money to support your elder brother's education. I am so sorry for you."

If you still don't understand after hearing this, this mother and daughter are playing the emotional card again. It's all for their benefit.

Li San Niang felt very helpless at this moment. Because of this matter, for the past ten years or so, whenever her aunt came back and liked her daughter's clothes, she would just ask for them back. Over the years, she had taken a lot of things from her family, and if she wanted to return them, she would have already paid them back.

The mother and daughter embraced and wept bitterly, putting on a melodramatic act for a long time without anyone saying a word. When they couldn't continue, they roughly wiped their eyes with their sleeves, making their eyes even redder.

“Jiuhe, my dear wife, did you hear that? Your aunt married your lame uncle so that your father could go to school. Now is the perfect time for you to repay them. Don’t be an ungrateful person.” Grandmother spoke with deep affection.

Xu Chaoyan looked bewildered. Her father-in-law had been studying and taking the imperial examinations back then, which had nothing to do with her. Why was she being blamed for this? Why was she trying to take her dowry again? These women were always eyeing her clothes and money. Couldn't they do something else?

"Mother, please don't say that to me. As a daughter of the Meng family, it's only right that I do my part for the family. As long as my elder brother is doing well, that's all that matters." Meng Xiuzhi forced out a few more tears.

Watching the mother and daughter sing in unison, Xu Chaoyan couldn't bear it any longer. She desperately wanted to leave this place of trouble and asked if they could stop dragging her into it.

Seeing that the conversation had gone on for a while, Grandmother continued, "Ninth Sister-in-law, when your husband comes back, give him a few words of advice. Don't forget the kindness of your aunt's family."

Meng Xiuzhi sniffed: "Yes, Jiuhe and his wife, you ask around for your aunt in front of your nephew. See if there are any men in the school with good family backgrounds, decent looks, and grades below your husband's. Pick a good family for your cousin."

See? So all that going around in circles was to find a good match for his cousin. She sighed inwardly for a long time, "I don't know that man well, it's no use asking me. Shouldn't he be the one to talk to me about this?"

She was quite helpless; why did all these things have to bother her?

When her aunt saw her face covered in pustules, she couldn't swallow her anger. Her nephew was such a handsome and talented man, and this ugly woman had gotten him for free. It wasn't like she was only doing this because her family was somewhat wealthy. She was determined to ruin the marriage.

She had originally planned to arrange a marriage between herself and her brother, making Chunyu the scholar's wife, but who knew that this woman would succeed in getting her? She really looked down on her.

For the sake of her daughter's future well-being, she had no choice but to swallow her pride and fawn over them.

“Ninth and his wife, why don’t you say something?”

Meng Jiuxia happened to come out of the kitchen at this moment. When she saw the timid look on the trumpet flower's face, she was very displeased. How could she be so petty? She was scared like a quail after just a few words.

My aunt really doesn't know what she was thinking. How could those people at the school possibly look down on her daughter? There's no way they would marry someone who can't even read.

Those who were preparing to take the imperial examinations for the lowest degree (xiucai) or even the highest degree (juren) would look down on my aunt's family. Besides, my aunt's Chunyu was quite robust and had slightly dark skin, but he was very good at working.

Seeing that neither her daughter-in-law nor her granddaughter-in-law said anything, the grandmother was also a little unhappy. She had watched her granddaughter Chunyu grow up since she was a child, and apart from Taohua, Chunyu was the one she loved the most. She would always save some of the best food for her.

"Third Aunt, why aren't you saying anything? She's your own niece, are you really willing to let her spend her future days scrambling for food in a ditch?" Grandmother frowned.

Li San Niang twitched her lips a few times: "Let's wait until Jiu He comes back to talk about this. You see, we don't know anything about the school, so there's no point in saying anything more here."

"Sister-in-law, are you unwilling to help us? I suggested that Chunyu and Jiuhe get engaged before, but you were unwilling, and this woman took advantage of us and got a good deal. Now you want to see my daughter make a fool of herself again?"

Li San Niang said softly, "I didn't have that kind of thought."

Her sister-in-law had indeed mentioned wanting to strengthen their family ties through marriage. Since the tuition fees her family had received for their education were used as dowry for her sister-in-law's marriage, her family had always agreed to any request from her sister-in-law's family over the years, except for this one matter.

So her sister-in-law was always somewhat dissatisfied with her, and there was nothing she could do if her son didn't agree.

“Aunt, why are you in such a hurry? Chunyu’s strength is the envy of so many people. There are probably so many matchmakers that they’ll wear down your door. Just go back and wait.” Meng Jiuxia stood up for her mother. She was furious to see her aunt bullying her like that.

Aunt slammed her hand on the table with a "smack." She had overestimated herself. The slap made her hand hurt, and it turned quite red.

"What are you interrupting for, you little brat? What nonsense are you spouting? My Chunyu has no strength at all. She's as delicate as a gust of wind. What good is it for her to marry into this village? She'll be living off God every day, destined to be a lowly person for life."

Xu Chaoyan muttered to herself, "This aunt is really ambitious but has a fragile life. What are her own conditions? She should have some self-awareness. All she wants to do is get something for nothing and try to change her fate by getting married. It's not realistic at all."