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Zhang Guilan, seeing this, made a scene in the courtyard again, ignoring everything, and was laughed at by everyone once more.
In the end, she was exhausted and, having been stimulated, fainted again.
Su Xingfa and his son were used to this, so they only gave her half a bowl of sugar water to drink.
Soon, she slowly woke up.
Zhang Guilan, regaining consciousness, looked towards Su Yi’s room, her teeth grinding in anger.
“Lao Su, this daughter is a real jinx. As long as she’s here, I won’t have a single day of peace. I think we should get rid of her as soon as possible!”
Su Xingfa was puzzled. “You mean have her move her household registration to the army?”
Zhang Guilan spat, “Bah, don’t even think about it! Why should she have it so easy?”
After a moment’s thought, she spoke. “Let her get married. The matchmaker just said the other family is also waiting for a dowry to get a wife. Why don’t we marry Su Yi off to them? That way, wouldn’t all the problems be solved? And we can get rid of that deadbeat girl!”
Su Xingfa was taken aback. “You mean a swap marriage? But if the villagers find out, they’ll point fingers at us. Didn’t you hear the matchmaker? That son is a good-for-nothing scoundrel, otherwise he wouldn’t be so old and still unmarried.”
Zhang Guilan scoffed. “That’s exactly the point! If he was a good one, I wouldn’t be willing to marry her off. As for reputation, who cares about that anymore? Are we afraid of being laughed at now?”
Su Xingfa pondered for a moment, hesitant.
It wasn’t that he was reluctant to part with his daughter, but he had spent his whole life caring about his reputation.
Suddenly, overnight, he became the laughingstock of the whole village.
If he then allowed his children to engage in a swap marriage, he might never be able to hold his head up again.
Seeing this, Zhang Guilan urged, “Are you going to let Erqiang stay at home and never marry?”
Her words left Su Xingfa speechless. In the end, he nodded. “Fine, but keep it quiet. Don’t let the whole village know.”
Seeing him agree, Zhang Guilan didn’t say anything more, but quickly nodded in agreement.
She thought about going to find the matchmaker tomorrow, and felt a little relieved.
With that, she endured her hunger and went to sleep.
As the two were talking, Su Yi happened to pass by on her way to the bathroom.
She quietly hid under the window and overheard their scheme.
After listening to their plan, Su Yi’s worldview was once again reshaped by them.
Could there be parents more vicious than them in the world?
After the shock subsided, Su Yi suddenly had an idea.
Since they wanted to switch the marriage, and they didn’t dare to make a big fuss about it,
Why not pretend to be unaware and play along with their plan. Wait until they had everything settled, and then expose the whole thing.
Not only would she let the whole village know, but she would also make a scene in town and in the county.
She would report these inhuman parents.
Then she could use this opportunity to sever ties with this family and move her household registration.
Even if they were shameless, they wouldn’t be able to ignore Su Dahai’s job in the city.
They wouldn’t be able to ignore the opinions of their acquired in-laws in the city.
Thinking about this, Su Yi felt much better.
However, she didn’t know that her marriage wasn’t only being discussed by her own parents tonight.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Qin family were also concerned.
Bai Ruolin had been looking for an opportunity to talk to her mother-in-law about this for the past two days.
It just so happened that Qin Yunfeng was having dinner at someone else’s house tonight, and his mother mentioned at the dinner table that the marriage of the second daughter of the Su family had fallen through.
Qin’s mother was in high spirits.
Bai Ruolin seized the opportunity and started to persuade her, “Mom, I think Su Yi is quite pitiful in the Su family. Now the Su family is in a mess, and no one is helping her arrange her marriage. Why don’t you help her see if there are any suitable relatives?”
Qin’s mother snorted in disdain, “You’re so kind-hearted. What does it matter to us that the Su family is in trouble? I don’t have the time to arrange her marriage.”
Bai Ruolin curled her lips, “Mom, that’s not what I meant. Actually, I have a selfish motive—”
“Think about it. If Su Yi doesn’t get married, she’ll definitely have to go back to the army with us after the New Year. As long as she’s in the army, she’ll be clinging to Yunfeng. And we’ll be misunderstood by others in the army.”
Concerned about her son’s future, Qin’s mother finally started to think about it.
Thinking that Su Yi was quite a good-looking girl, if they could really make it happen,
She could also get a favor from her relatives, and maybe get some benefits.
She began to ponder, “There’s no one who’s about her age, but I have a distant cousin. He met Su Yi when he came here before, and he’s been pining after her ever since. But my cousin’s wife died last year, and he has a son. There’s a big age difference.”
Bai Ruolin’s eyes lit up. That’s right, in her previous life, Su Yi married that old man.
Later, because her family was in debt, he disliked Su Yi’s poor health and sold her to the mountains.
This time around, Su Yi should marry him.
Thinking about this, Bai Ruolin immediately began to flatter her mother-in-law, “Mom, older men are more caring. With the Su family’s current situation, what else can they pick from?”
“As long as we give a generous dowry, her parents will definitely agree happily.”
Qin’s mother also nodded repeatedly, “You’re right. My cousin’s family is quite well off. The Su family is lucky. If I wasn’t afraid that she would hinder my son’s future, I wouldn’t even want to mention it to her.”
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law made up their minds.
They decided to invite the cousin over to the wedding banquet the day after tomorrow, so he could meet Su Yi in person.
They would discuss the rest later.
Bai Ruolin also thought that Su Yi wouldn’t agree if they went directly to her, so she thought it would be better to invite him to the wedding banquet first.
Then they could find a chance to make it a done deal, and Su Yi wouldn’t have a choice but to agree.
“But the Su family has broken off with us now. Will they come to the wedding banquet?”
Qin’s mother snorted coldly, “The Su family hasn’t seen meat in days. We’re going to kill a pig that day. As long as I lower my pride and ask them, they’ll definitely come running.”
Bai Ruolin, hearing this, finally felt relieved, “That’s good.”
Since Qin Yunfeng wasn’t home today, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law rarely didn’t fight over him.
They talked more and more intimately.
Qin’s mother also took Bai Ruolin’s hand and started to complain, “Your father-in-law died young. It wasn’t easy for me to raise Yunfeng and his siblings alone. My happiness for the rest of my life depends entirely on you.”
Bai Ruolin had heard these words hundreds of times in her previous life.
Her ears were calloused.
She couldn’t help but roll her eyes in her heart, “Mom, look at what you’re saying. Yunfeng is your only son, and we will definitely be filial to you.”
Qin’s mother was overjoyed, “With your words, I feel at ease. When can we go see you at your army?”