Chapter 72: Preparation 2/2

Until today, he had only just begun to see the cruelty of reality.

Fang Jinniang had almost died!

This morning, when Fang Jinniang brought him back home, she was actually making a desperate gamble, seeking a way out? But he knew nothing, just laughing foolishly!

Jin Xiaoshu had been feeling uneasy all along. He hadn’t expected that when he returned home, he would hear his own aunt orchestrating things against Fang Jinniang!

Jin Xiaoshu looked coldly at his aunt and said, “Aunt, you can’t just say anything you want!”

Jin Xiaoye added, “Aunt, I heard that you insisted on marrying my uncle in the past. Could it be that you were looking for a new home?”

“You… you…” Aunt Jin was furious.

At this moment, Jin Xiaoshu looked at his unnoticeable parents and said, “Dad, Mom, I want to marry Miss Fang.”

“Okay, okay.” Jin Dajiang nodded repeatedly, and Jin’s mother had no objections.

“It’s settled then. Grandma, I remember that when our younger generation gets married, the family will provide ten taels of silver? Can you give it to me? I’ll go find someone to arrange everything.” Jin Xiaoshu looked at Grandma Jin.

Originally, he hadn’t thought about handling this marriage himself. Among his peers in the village, marriages were mostly arranged by the elders.

But after Li Qingzhi’s reminder, he started to think more.

His grandmother was getting old. If the family handled the marriage, it was likely that his aunt would take charge in the end.

There was no way around it; his mother was used to listening to others.

His aunt didn’t like him, nor did she like Fang Jinniang. Who knows what she might do in the end?

Fang Jinniang was already very pitiful, with nowhere else to go. He couldn’t let her suffer in his home!

“Who arranges marriages personally?” Grandma Jin was unhappy. If she handled this matter well, she could make a lot of money from it.

Jin Xiaoshu said, “I’ll have my parents oversee it, so Auntie doesn’t need to bother.”

“Are you sure you want to marry that Fang Jinniang?” Grandma Jin, seeing Jin Xiaoshu acting like he was going to make the decision himself, became unhappy again.

Jin Xiaoye said, “Why? If you don’t let Xiaoshu marry her, aren’t you afraid the Fang family will come knocking at our door?”

That was definitely something to be afraid of.

The members of the Jin family looked at each other. They felt they had to go through with the marriage.

What else could they do? If the Fang family came knocking, the reputation of the Jin family would be tarnished!

Jin Xiaoshu wasn’t obedient either; he definitely wouldn’t want to marry someone else!

Of course, there was another point… Fang Jinniang’s conditions were more than enough to match Jin Xiaoshu.

In the shortest time possible, Grandma Jin sent away Jiang Chunfeng and Jin Moli’s cousin.

The two young girls looked at each other, feeling regretful.

The villagers thought the chubby girl was pretty, but as for men… they thought a tall, strong one was more attractive.

Jin Xiaoshu was already tall, and he looked sturdy. His attitude of wanting to handle the marriage himself was different from other men of his age, which made him especially likable.

Unfortunately, Jin Xiaoshu was going to marry a girl from the city!

The two dissatisfied girls left.

On the other hand, Grandma Jin took out ten taels of silver from the family’s savings for Jin Xiaoshu. “This money is all your uncle’s contribution to the family…”

Jin Xiaoshu had heard his grandmother say such things many times.

Indeed, his uncle earned a lot. He contributed a full guan of silver to the family every month, but they had over ten acres of land, most of which was cultivated by his father. Even now, half of it is still cultivated by his father.

Each acre of land could produce at least two taels of silver a year. With all this land, why hadn’t his grandmother mentioned it?

If his father didn’t work on the farm and did something else, he could earn a lot of money!

Even if his father rented land from others to farm, with so much land, they could easily support their family, and his mother wouldn’t have to work so hard.

There were only a few people in their family!

“Grandma, if you think Uncle is losing out, then let’s split the family.” Jin Xiaoshu said.

“What nonsense are you talking about! Why would we split the family?” Grandma Jin said. “Staying together can also allow your uncle to support you.”

“I don’t want to burden my uncle.” Jin Xiaoshu said. He didn’t feel that his uncle had been supporting them. It was true that his uncle contributed money to the family, but their family didn’t do much work.

And the money his uncle contributed to the family, they didn’t even use!

Even these ten taels of silver… The dowry that Li Qingzhi gave to his sister was kept by his grandmother.

Grandma Jin was furious and drove Jin Xiaoshu away.

Jin Xiaoshu didn’t stay; he went straight to Jin Xiaoye: “Sister, the silver I stored with you…”

Jin Xiaoshu hadn’t been rowing for long, but he earned quite a bit. Especially in the past month, he had earned a lot by helping to sell goods.

In total, he had saved over six taels of silver. Jin Xiaoye rounded it up to seven taels and said, “I promised to give you a gold ring before. Wait a moment, I’ll go get it for you.”

Before, Zhu Qian had given Jin Xiaoye a pair of twisted silver bracelets, a gold ring, two gold earrings, and a gold necklace.

At that time, Jin Xiaoye discussed it with Li Qingzhi and said that when Jin Xiaoshu got married, she wanted to give him a silver bracelet. However, Li Qingzhi insisted on giving him a gold ring instead.

The value of the gold ring far exceeded that of the silver bracelets, which touched Jin Xiaoye. She thought Li Qingzhi was very good to her.

But in reality… Li Qingzhi just didn’t want Jin Xiaoye to wear a ring given to her by someone else.

And after becoming wealthy, Li Qingzhi didn’t care much about these material possessions.

“Sister, you’re really kind.” Jin Xiaoshu was very grateful.

“As long as you know I’m good to you!” Jin Xiaoye said.

She was good to Jin Xiaoshu because Jin Xiaoshu was also good to her. If Jin Xiaoshu was like Fang Jinniang’s brother, a selfish person, she wouldn’t give him an extra penny!

With the money in hand, Jin Xiaoshu asked Jin Xiaoye how to proceed with the marriage.

As a married woman, Jin Xiaoye naturally knew how to handle marriage affairs when someone in the village got married. She told Jin Xiaoshu what preparations needed to be made and said they should go to the blind fortune-teller in the neighboring village.

Finally, Jin Xiaoye said, “That’s about it. Tomorrow, talk to Jinniang and confirm what to do.”

“Okay.” Jin Xiaoshu agreed.