Chapter 2: Buying Things
When Wei Cheng woke up, he remembered that he had to go back to the village to work in the fields every day.
He remembered that he was allocated two mu of paddy fields and one mu of dry land, and when he went back to work in the village, he even planted the land allocated to his elder brother.
Wei Cheng was speechless.
They all separated but he still helped to farm their lands. The original owner is still a very honest person.
It is true that good people are bullied by others.
He has not done farming for more than ten years, and even if he has memories, he does not want to go farming, he wants to return to his old doings, and do business, if he relies on farming, he can not achieve financial freedom until he is old.
As for the fields in the village, he’ll think about it first.
Wei Cheng went shopping, and he went directly to the market, he also needed basic necessities such as oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and rice grains, so he needed to buy them as well. The most important thing was to change all his clothes, and the bed quilts at home.
Wei Cheng entered the clothes store, which was filled with ordinary fabric, the most coarse cloth, suitable for countrymen to buy, but also cheap and affordable, he wore ragged clothes to come in, and the shop attendant also smiled to welcome customers, after all, the market was for the countrymen who come to buy things, there will really be no people from the county town who come here.
Even if there are small rich families who come to buy slaves, the market is full of peasant things picked and made by the countrymen themselves, except for fixed small shops, and where the prices are more affordable than in the county town- the slaves of the big households in the county will not come to buy, and they will not even dislike stepping further
The shop sells ready-made clothes, and Wei Cheng didn’t come here to bargain. He directly asked the price of a set of rough clothes, ranging from a dozen to fifty or sixty yuan, and quilts were more expensive, costing more than a hundred yuan.
He bought three sets of ready-made clothes and a quilt, which cost more than two hundred yuan.
The attendant in the shop also gave him a discount- it is rare to meet a big customer. This month’s commission is definitely more than a dozen yuan, and he can also buy some meat for his family members.
The attendant in the shop smiled brightly, nodded respectfully, bowed his waist and wrapped the bag, and then sent Wei Cheng out the door.
Watching Wei Cheng go away in the background, the attendant thought to himself, he’s misjudged this shabby appearance, the clothes are white from washing, the sleeves and corners are frayed, and there are patches on his body, but he is so rich.
After this experience, the attendant in the shop will treat every customer who comes to buy clothes more seriously. Later, his service attitude and equal treatment made some poor people look for the attendant in the shop after they settled down and got rich.
After buying clothes, Wei Cheng went to buy oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. His parents’ store sells groceries, and it seems that they also have oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. However, it seems that his elder brother and sister-in-law are watching the store, if he meets his sister-in-law, he will definitely see his sister-in-law’s condescending face, and he took advantage of the separation of the family.
Wei Cheng decided to go to another store to buy and since it was not in the same place anyway, so he was not afraid to be accidentally seen.
He bought oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and meat, and then he went to buy some vegetables and brought home these things in bags, and when he got home, he was inevitably pointed at by neighbors and gossiped behind his back.
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Qinghe Village
The Zhou family, who had gone on a blind date with Wei Cheng- Zhou Wu had the idea of promising her own nephew because if she found a wife for Wei Cheng, his mother promised to give her thank-you money.
A few hundred yuan is big money but she doesn’t like Wei Cheng’s poor appearance. When she took her daughter on the blind date, she also inquired about Wei Cheng’s family background. They had a house and a shop in the county, and there are houses in the countryside with a few acres of paddy fields.
She was very happy for such a good partner. If he met her daughter, her daughter would marry in the county, and she would have a lot of face. The other family also opened a grocery store, and when they become in-laws then when they usually went shopping, so there would be a discount.
It never occurred to her that Wei Cheng had no share with the houses and grocery stores in the county town, and she was assigned a countryman with long, dull mud legs and shabby clothes, how could she marry her daughter to him?
Her spoiled daughter is going to marry a rich man.
But when she got angry, Wei Cheng’s mother proposed that if she introduced someone to come for a blind date and it was successful, she would give her a few hundred yuan as a thank you, and she thought of the unmarried ger of her second brother’s family.
A ger who can’t get married, a poor man who can’t get a wife.
After thinking about it, Zhou Wu went to his nephew’s house.
Zhou Wu, who never came to the house and disliked her poor family, came to the house. Mother Zhou was enthusiastically pulled into the house by Zhou Wu and it was a really strange sight for Mother Zhou to see.
She was vigilant in her heart, her sister-in-law, who usually looks arrogant and looks down on her family, why is she looking so good today?
Zhou Wu directly explained the purpose of coming here. She wanted to introduce someone to Mother Zhou’s ger, and she even told the other party that he had a house in the county town, and fields in the countryside, and his family had a shop in the suburbs of the county town. They lived a happy, prosperous life.
Mother Zhou doesn’t believe Zhou Wu’s hype. She remembers that the person Zhou Wu said seemed to be her family’s Zhou Lanlan’s previous blind date, she’d been bragging a lot and when something is told, the whole village will know.
When they came back later, they didn’t mention it again.
When the villagers saw it, they all said that the other party must have looked down on Zhou Lanlan. They said behind their backs that Zhou Lanlan was in a hurry to find a rich husband but others didn’t want her. Zhou Wu would definitely not allow others to slander her family’s Zhou Lanlan, as it would ruin Zhou Lanlan’s reputation, she scolded others saying that her Zhou Lanlan could not look at a small family in the county, and Zhou Lanlan was going to marry a rich family and live a life of a young mistress.
Mother Zhou listened to her bragging, she didn’t believe that if the other party was really so good, Zhou Wu would let her ger go.
“Sister-in-law, why doesn’t your Lanlan want such a good match?” Mother Zhou asked.
Zhou Wu’s mask suddenly cracked, and her eyes dodged with guilt, but thinking of the Zhou’s ger, Zhou Yuan, who was not wanted by anyone, who was not good-looking, and who was not married at the age of eighteen, he became an older ger. If she was willing to introduce a man to Zhou Yuan, the Zhou family should thank her.
“Sister-in-law, a blind date is just a date to see one another. The Wei family’s family background is not bad, and Wei Cheng is not bad either. Lanlan is just not ready and waiting for the right time. Besides, it has already been so long yet your ger has yet to marry, if you don’t do so now it would be your ger’s turn to be cheap. Besides, even if he’s average in appearance, his family background is good. Before when people came to your house to propose marriage, it was because the man was ugly, or the family was poor, or they had poor character. Your ger is considered an old ger, if I introduce someone to you, why are you still afraid that I will deceive you?!”
Mother Zhou thought for a while, but she was still worried and asked: “Will the other party marry a ger?”
Regarding this point, Mrs. Zhou Wu hesitated…
A ger is not easy to marry, he is not petite and feminine, and it is even more difficult to marry a tall and not feminine ger like Zhou Yuan.
Gers are not as good as women, and they can only have one child most of the time, and there is no sense of gentleness and consideration like those from women. Dajing dynasty’s gers only account for a small part of the population. A ger needs two taels of silver to marry but a girl needs at least five taels of silver.
It’s better to be born into a family that doesn’t dislike gers, but it’s hard to be born into a family that dislikes gers, which is more costly than giving birth to a girl.
How can Zhou Fajiang’s family be like this, she gave birth to a ger named Zhou Yuan, so it’s okay cause she doesn’t dislike him, and she loves him very much. His three elder brothers do the hard work in the field, while he will do some non-tiring work at home.
Whether Wei Cheng likes gers Zhou Wu dare not guarantee it. Although Wei Cheng is poorer, he is also a native of the county, so he might not like gers. No, Zhou Wu is not telling the truth for the sake of a few hundred yuans that would be given to her in thanks.
“Sister-in-law, don’t worry, if the other party doesn’t want to marry gers, I won’t come here. I still think it’s troublesome and I don’t want you to agree immediately. I just want to make an appointment with you to meet up first.” When they meet, she won’t necessarily know that Wei Cheng is poor, and when the time comes, she knows that the Zhou family won’t know about his situation, and in the end, if they marry, she’ll profit from it.
Mother Zhou was a little relieved and thought to herself, it’s okay to go and have a look, but the appearance is generally not a big thing, but she is afraid that the man might have a poor character, she will not send her ger to suffer for the sake of marrying him off.
Mother Zhou could only be so cautious as she had encountered it before, and she didn’t believe in being fussy, but she couldn’t see that Zhou Wu, who was not a good person, would be so kind to introduce someone good to her ger.
Her ger’s marriage has always been her worry. She was able to find people to introduce slowly in the first two years, but later on, she became more anxious, and someone wanted to plot against her ger.
The matchmaker came to the door to talk about matchmaking, and she also said that there was a man in the neighboring village, whose family population was simple, and the family was poor before and did not marry a ger until now. They had been thinking about the ger of the Zhou family.
When the Zhou family encountered such a good thing, they originally wanted to agree, but after all, they hadn’t known the man clearly before, so they should understand it properly first. The matchmaker also said that it should be understood. That man, as the matchmaker said, is a long-term man who endures hardships and can stand hard work.
If she hadn’t met her mother’s sister, who happened to be married to that village, and happened to be the neighbor of the man’s family, and secretly told her that the man had hidden diseases and would beat people when he drank, this matter was not said to the outside world, and she had only overheard it.
How can that work, the Zhou family later rejected the marriage and also rejected the matchmaker from that household.
“Sister, I can’t make up my mind about this matter. I will give you an answer after the head of the family comes back to discuss it.” Mother Zhou didn’t agree directly. A ger’s marriage is a big deal. After all, she wanted to know more about the man’s character. It is impossible to just wantonly marry her ger to others.
“Auntie, I agree with this matter, I ask Auntie to arrange a time.”
Zhou Yuan, who had been standing at the door eavesdropping, came in. He had just returned from planting vegetables in the field when an aunt in the village told him that his aunt hurried to his house. His family took out something to honor their grandparents, and he worried that his mother would suffer, so he hurried home.
As soon as he entered the small courtyard, he heard the loud voice of his eldest aunt, who turned out to be introducing someone to him.
Although he doesn’t know what the eldest aunt’s heart lies, she must be lobbying for it because she has some gains in it, and it’s just a meeting.
The eldest sister-in-law at home secretly said that he would not marry, that he would eat and drink for nothing at home, and that there were too many people in the family that they could not have a good meal. There are too many children in the family, and it is almost impossible to live on. If he gets married, they will have more room to breathe but he is just refusing to marry.
If he gets married, the family will not have to provide for him, and maybe they can still eat a meal with meat.
Zhou Yuan also overheard a few sisters-in-law chatting behind his back. Most of what was said was his elder sister-in-law’s. The second sister-in-law was thoughtful but smart and didn’t dare to say more. The third sister-in-law was calculating and hoped that he would marry early but didn’t say so out loud.
Zhou Yuan also didn’t want his parents to worry about his marriage all day long. If someone introduces a blind date, it doesn’t matter for him to go and see.
Although Zhou Yuan’s temperament is docile, his stubborn side will be revealed when he insists on it. Mother Zhou refused, but Zhou Yuan agreed. His eldest aunt took the opportunity to say “Zhou-ger, it’s decided then, aunt will tell the other party to make an appointment.”
Mother Zhou couldn’t stop her, so Zhou Wu left in a hurry.
At night, this incident caused the Zhou family to be silent for a while.
Father Zhou and the three elder brothers of the Zhou family objected on the spot.
Their eldest aunt was so kind to introduce people, she must have taken advantage of others.
The people Zhou Lanlan despises are definitely tricky.
But even if they don’t agree, Zhou Yuan already agreed- Zhou Wu is difficult and unreasonable, and she will definitely not let him go if he refuses.
In the end, Father Zhou said, he’ll just take a look, and if the other party is not suitable, just refuse.
Zhou Yuan’s three sisters-in-law secretly rejoiced.
On Wei Cheng’s side, he had a good meal, which included soup, meat, and vegetables, to celebrate his new life. He sneezed and rubbed his nose while eating.
Someone must be talking about him behind his back.
But he didn’t know that someone has arranged a blind date for him again.
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Zhou Yuan and Wei Cheng will meet soon! ☆ヾ(*´▽｀)ﾉ
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I dislike all the sister in laws. Maybe I just lucked out with mine, she’s super sweet and caring.
Thanks for the chapters <3
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Ugh, what a horrible and greedy person she is! ><
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thank you for the chapter 🙂
The sister in are funny. One person determines whether they eat meat or not? Oh ok