CHAPTER 1304: CHAPTER 666: OVERWHELMED WITH ANGER

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"No bride price? Then what are her family’s requirements?" Old Master Lian paused slightly and asked.

In this era, the code of conduct was still strict. However, common folk, especially tenant farmers, weren’t too fussy about it. They lived by working the land and didn’t have the time or energy for pretentiousness. Survival was always the top priority.

Of course, there were still differences when it came to each specific family.

Luo Xiaoyan lost her husband, but her life had to go on, and she still shouldered the heavy burden of a large family. To survive, she could only marry again. In Luo Xiaoyan’s situation, societal judgment was generally more lenient. First, her ties with her husband’s family were loose; even if there were people on that side, they were unwilling to support her and her daughter. Secondly, Luo Xiaoyan had given birth to a daughter.

Without family support and no son to promise future care, she could only remarry.

This was the situation of the Luo Family.

On the other hand, for the Lian Family, even though Old Master Lian didn’t publicly express it, he still internally disdained remarriage and divorce. The reason he agreed so readily to Erlang and Luo Xiaoyan’s marriage was that he had come to terms with many things over the past half year. He also understood the current state of the old house.

It was difficult for Erlang to marry a good woman again. Erlang had a daughter from a separated marriage, and Luo Xiaoyan was a widow with a daughter; their circumstances seemed relatively suitable.

Bringing Luo Xiaoyan into the family meant only raising another girl, something Old Master Lian didn’t mind. Actually, as long as a woman was capable, many families wouldn’t mind.

The children of tenant farmers were raised roughly; it just meant an extra bowl at the dining table. When the young girl grew up, they could find her a family to marry into, and the dowry wasn’t something to fight over. At least they’d gain another set of relatives in the future.

Old Master Lian agreed so readily to the marriage for another reason. Even if Erlang wasn’t in a hurry, he was. In Old Master Lian’s belief, for someone like Erlang, the sooner the remarriage, the better. It was okay to marry late, but for a man with a child to remain a bachelor was unacceptable.

Old Master Lian wanted to hear what the Luo Family’s demands were, and the Lian Manman family was also eager to know. In cases like Erlang and Luo Xiaoyan, it’s not uncommon for there to be no bride price. After all, the Lian Family would have to support the young girl. It was just uncertain what else the Luo Family might demand.

"The Luo Family..., it’s like this, after we marry, we’ll still live in Luo Family Village," Erlang said.

"What?" Lady He exploded again.

"That Old Luo family has such nerve! A poor hole like that wants to take in my son!" Lian Shouyi cursed in anger.

Old Master Lian said nothing, but it was obvious he was also shocked, displaying an expression of disbelief.

"It’s not being taken in," Erlang quickly explained, "it’s just living at her place. Her situation requires her to stay put, and I can lend a hand when I go there."

"The Old Luo family is dreaming," Lian Shouyi’s face flushed with anger. "Erlang, how could you fall into their trap? They’re going to treat you like a workhorse, making you do the long haul for their family."

"Her first husband died from working too hard for her family. Why on earth would you choose such suffering willingly?" Lady He said.

Lian Manman didn’t know the Luo Family people, so she didn’t know what they were really like. However, from what Erlang said, it did seem like the Luo Family was benefitting. On the surface, being taken in made the man seem lesser, but the woman’s family’s assets would be inherited by him and his descendants. Now with the Luo Family like this, Erlang going there meant there was no property to inherit. He would have to work to support that large family with Luo Xiaoyan.

Luo Xiaoyan’s husband died so early; maybe he wasn’t in good health to begin with. Given the Luo Family and Luo Xiaoyan’s circumstances, finding a good man was indeed difficult.

"...If I stay at home, I’ll occupy housing and cost them food for two more people. I, I don’t want anything; in the future, I’ll rely on my two hands to eat. I’ll take Er Niuniu with me as well," Erlang stammered.

He expressed his thoughts clearly, though he was a bit stuttery.

Everyone in the room was somewhat astonished.

Erlang intended to leave with nothing!

"You leaving with nothing is unacceptable; was raising you sons all for nothing?" Lian Shouyi bellowed in anger.

Was it really for nothing? Didn’t you sell Sanlang for a good price? Lian Manman thought quietly. Although Erlang was giving up the Lian family’s assets, he couldn’t, like Sanlang, bring more benefits to Lian Shouyi and Lady He.