Chapter 36: I Also Want Three Turns and One Sound

After hearing such an important piece of news from Zhou Guiyun, how could they not rush over to the second branch of the Jiang family to share it?

You see, the marriage between the Han family and Jiang family originally belonged to the second branch, so of course, they had to go over and check out their reaction!

Soon, the daughter-in-law of the Jiang family heard about the hefty bride price from the Han family and rushed back home to report, “Mother, big news, big news!”

“What’s all this fuss about? What big news?” Sun Shi, who had just finished mending her grandson’s clothes, snapped in response.

Jiang Shuliu (Second Uncle Jiang) and his son were not at home; they had gone up the mountain to gather firewood.

“Three turns and one sound, and the Han family prepared three turns and one sound for Jiang Qian!” Shuliu’s wife said excitedly, panting heavily.

Upon hearing this, Sun Shi was stunned. After processing it, she reacted in disbelief. “You’re saying the Han family’s bride price for Jiang Qian includes three turns and one sound?”

Sun Shi hadn’t been leaving the house much these past few days—nothing special, just feeling upset.

But the news still managed to reach her ears. Shuliu’s wife continued, “It’s true! The old lady herself said it. The bride price is one hundred; brand-new, forty-eight-legged furniture costs two hundred, and the three turns and one sound are four hundred. The Han family spent seven hundred in total on Jiang Qian’s marriage, and that doesn’t even include the costs for the five tables they’re preparing! I heard the cost per table is about twenty yuan, so five tables add up to another hundred yuan. The Han family is putting in a lot for this marriage!”

Upon hearing this, Sun Shi was stunned. She stopped what she was doing and immediately lay down on the bed.

“Three turns and one sound; there isn’t another one like it in the whole ten miles or eight villages, but this son-in-law was originally ours!” Shuliu’s wife came in, still murmuring. She was so envious, truly envious! No wonder people say Jiang Qian is such a lucky cousin—this kind of spectacle, she had never even heard of it in her twenty-plus years of life!

Three turns and one sound, that’s three turns and one sound!

Sun Shi didn’t speak, but her insides were full of regret, and at that moment, her regret reached its peak.

She should have been ruthless back then and forced her daughter to have an abortion!

Without anyone knowing, she could have had the child aborted and then remarried just the same. At that time, with a little trickery—getting a fake certificate, sealing off the house—wouldn’t they have gotten away with it all?

But now, it was too late to say anything!

Jiang Yue also received the news.

It was the same girl from the village, Jiang Shuihua, who came to tell her.

When Jiang Yue heard the news, she was taken aback. “Is it true?”

This wasn’t in the original story, was it?

After Han Shiguo returned home, he married her according to their marriage agreement. Three days after the wedding, he took her to join the army.

There was no mention of three turns and one sound. According to the marriage contract, the fifty gifts and thirty-six legs that had been returned were no longer in the picture.

“How could it be fake? Your aunt said it herself!” Jiang Shuihua was brimming with envy. “Do you think Jiang Qian is just born lucky? No one in ten villages can match her bridal gifts!”

Her admiration was evident, and the village was already talking—no other family would be able to surpass Jiang Qian’s bridal gifts in the next decade!

Jiang Yue couldn’t help but sneer.

She more or less understood what was going on.

In the original story, she married Han Shiguo because of a parental arrangement and the matchmaker’s efforts. Han Shiguo probably never had any real feelings for her. He married her simply to fulfill the marriage contract.

But now, things were different. After Han Shiguo returned, Jiang Qian was someone he had chosen for himself.

The last time, when she saw the two of them coming back from their date in the city, their faces were glowing with smiles. Without a doubt, it was clear that he was very happy with Jiang Qian.

Because it was someone he genuinely liked, that was why he was willing to spend such a large sum on her!

Thinking about this, Jiang Yue let out a cold snort in her heart, but on the surface, she appeared indifferent. “Good fortune is good fortune. I wish her well.”

She was someone from the future. Although “three turns and one ring” were extraordinary in this era, what did she care about such things?

For someone like her, who had seen the brilliant world of the future, it was unthinkable to treat a bicycle as a luxury car or a radio and sewing machine as treasures.

She couldn’t care less about such junk and trinkets!

As for things like the “thirty-six legs” becoming “forty-eight legs”—she was completely indifferent.

Moreover, Han Shiguo was destined to be sacrificed. Jiang Qian was happily smiling now, but in the future, she’d be crying her eyes out!

Just thinking about this made Jiang Yue feel much better!

Jiang Shuihua, hearing Jiang Yue’s words, was truly taken aback. She looked at her, “You don’t regret it?”

There was no regret, but there was some disappointment. After all, Han Shiguo’s external conditions were so good; he was indeed a handsome man, a true heartthrob.

Jiang Yue thought this in her heart but smiled faintly on the outside. “I was the one who willingly called off the marriage. No one forced me. So, what’s there to regret?”

However, Jiang Yue still brought it up to Wang Hesong when she was off work.

Wang Hesong was stunned. “Three-turn one-sound?”

“That’s right,” Jiang Yue looked at him. “It’s clear that Han Shiguo is satisfied with Jiang Qian!”

Wang Hesong thought to himself, If Jiang Qian is really that good, then of course the rough soldier would be happy to marry such a woman. He must have earned this in his past life!

But such a rough man definitely wouldn’t know how to be gentle and considerate!

Jiang Qian marrying him would end up with her suffering some grievances!

“No, I need to find some time to talk to Jiang Qian about this!”

“You don’t have anything to say?” Jiang Yue asked.

She wasn’t just telling him this to let him know that Han Shiguo and Jiang Qian were a perfect match but also because she didn’t want to be outshone!

Although she didn’t care about the so-called Three Turns and One Sound and those trinkets, as she’d said before, if Jiang Qian had it, she wanted it too!

Wang Hesong wasn’t paying attention for a moment. “What?”

Jiang Yue frowned and said, “I want a three-turn, one-sound one too!”

Wang Hesong was stunned for a moment, sizing her up before asking, “Are you out of your mind? Do you know how much a Three Turns and One Sound costs?”

“I don’t care; I want it!” Jiang Yue couldn’t help but say. “If you don’t get me the Three Turns and One Sound, then you don’t value me! And don’t try to hide it from me. I know you were planning to buy a sewing machine as part of the betrothal gift!”

There was indeed a part like this in the original story. Although Jiang Qian’s marriage to Wang Hesong wasn’t as grand as her marriage to Han Shiguo, it was still notable in their area.

Because of the sewing machine, it had already become a big deal.

“That sewing machine has already been bought, right? You just need to add a bicycle, a radio, and a watch!”Jiang Yue looked at him, insisting.

Wang Hesong furrowed his brows, “What are you thinking? Don’t talk about the Three Turns and One Sound. My mom even returned the sewing machine that was originally reserved!” This was something he couldn’t hide, so he told Jiang Yue directly.

The sewing machine had originally been ordered by his mother to use as part of the betrothal for Jiang Qian.

But now that the person to be married had changed, his mother returned the sewing machine and decided to just offer some gift money. Who needed a sewing machine?

When he said this, Jiang Yue immediately exploded, “What do you mean? What’s your mother trying to do?”