Capítulo 1334: Chapter 1334: Mutou’s Marriage Proposal

At this moment, the Wang Family Old House.

Ever since Lady Lin heard about Song Chongjin and Wang Yongzhu returning home in glory, she was filled with regret and fear, hiding in her room, too afraid to go out.

Every day, she would only listen closely to the noises outside.

Upon hearing the news in the house opposite, Wang Yongzhen was also dumbfounded.

She never expected her sister to have such fortune, and suddenly she was filled with endless regret.

Now she had fallen out with her mother’s family, and was still allowed to live in this old house with her son only because of the deceased Wang Laozhu.

This year, seeing that Mutou is not young anymore, with the land rented last year left by Wang Yongzhu, and his occasional work as an apprentice, now he can barely make a few pieces of furniture.

Country folks don’t mind so much; as long as it’s solid and durable. Mutou is honest in his work, never cutting corners, and charges even less than others. People in the village, for the sake of the Wang Family’s face, would come to Mutou for any carpentry needs.

After a year, they could earn two large coins.

Life was fairly manageable, plus the bit of silver Wang Yongzhen was holding on to, she was contemplating proposing a marriage for Mutou.

With Mutou’s conditions, there were indeed a few families interested in him for being honest and decent, although his mother wasn’t very likable, his uncle’s family was well-off, and his aunt was even married to a graduate.

So they expressed their intentions, showing willingness to consider the match.

In this rural area, any stir is known by everyone.

Soon, the Wang Family heard about Wang Yongzhen’s plans to propose a match for Mutou.

Wang Yonggui immediately came to the door, straightforwardly stating that the house was just lent to them temporarily, and since Mutou was planning to get married, as a member of the Sun Family, how could he get married in the Wang Family’s house? Wouldn’t people laugh at them if word got out?

So he told Wang Yongzhen and Mutou to either pay to buy the Wang Family’s house or go build a house outside on their own.

Though they were uncles, they had already done their utmost duty; there was no reason for them to provide a house for the nephew to get married as well.

Upon hearing this, Wang Yongzhen cried and wailed, saying that Wang Yonggui and his brothers were forcing them to die, how could they have the money to buy a house? The little silver they had was only enough for a bride; after buying the house, how could they have money for a bride?

Without uncle’s help, they were leaving Mutou with no descendants, weren’t they?

Was Wang Yonggui someone who was easy to reason with?

He immediately retorted, it was agreed upon at the start, this house was lent to them for more than a year without asking for a penny, what more did they want?

They were uncles, not parents! If the parents weren’t caring, how could the uncles be expected to care?

Have money to get a bride, no money, then stay single! Isn’t that how everyone in the countryside lives? If blame had to be placed, blame it on their own parents’ lack of ability! Don’t blame the uncles!

Since that was the case, the old house wouldn’t be sold to them either, after all, it was the Wang Family’s ancestral home, meant for their own children’s future.

Leaving a word, if Mutou wanted to get married, he should move out immediately!

Otherwise, with Wang Yongzhen’s nature, she might not think about leaving once married, and in the future, would she expect Mutou starting a family and having kids, and for generations, to come, they would live in the Wang Family old house without moving out?

Wang Yongzhen never thought her own brothers would be so unfeeling, she knew, if the real Wang Family wanted to drive them away, they really couldn’t stay.

She was instantly filled with anxiety!

When Mutou returned, she grabbed Mutou and cried, crying about her sad fate, crying about how Wang Laozhu died early and couldn’t stand up for her, crying about how heartless the Wang Family was for not valuing family ties, and crying over how Mutou couldn’t get a bride.

Mutou remained silent for half a day before saying that they were originally just borrowing this place to stay, the uncle also made sense, how could one get married in a borrowed house from their uncle?

The uncles had already helped a lot, families with worse conditions wouldn’t even get this much help from their real dads, what more could they ask for?

He advised Wang Yongzhen to stop crying, to temporarily put off the marriage proposal; otherwise, once they bought a house with the silver they had, nothing would be left for a wedding.

Better to save for a few more years and discuss it later.

In the countryside, there are many like this, poor families unable to afford a bride, aren’t they all just enduring?

If really unable, then go to the mountains and buy a bride.

However, now that the Wang Family’s mountain goods business was doing well, and the mountain people knew to sell their goods to the Wang Family, the price was fair.

There were fewer selling their daughters.

Buying a bride was difficult too.

Wang Yongzhen was heartbroken, knowing that as long as the Wang Family Brothers didn’t relent, it couldn’t happen.

After crying at home for a few days, her eyes swollen from sorrow, she went to find the matchmaker, hinting and stating that the marriage couldn’t go ahead for the moment.

The matchmaker was shocked, the match had been going well, how could it not work out? She was waiting to receive her matchmaker’s fee.

Wang Yongzhen held onto the matchmaker, crying and telling Wang Yonggui’s words, lamenting openly and in secret, saying the Wang Family didn’t consider family ties, accusing them of forcing Mutou to remain single!

The matchmaker wasn’t a fool, who would dare offend the Wang Family now?

Besides, the Wang Family wasn’t in the wrong! As uncles, they had already done well!

The land rental to them was the least, almost like giving it to them for free, not to mention introducing a carpenter master for Mutou to learn skills.

Amongst countryside folks without connections, even a father wouldn’t go to such lengths, what more could be expected?

You weren’t born from the same womb, and your son isn’t their son, how could you expect them to give you the Wang Family Old House?

You’re a daughter married out, your son carries the Sun surname, not Wang!

No family does such a thing!

The matchmaker said a few comforting words on the surface but inwardly despised Wang Yongzhen, thinking she was a fool.

Relieved as well, thankful the marriage didn’t go through, otherwise, with such a mother-in-law, marrying in would be troubling.

She quickly went to withdraw the proposal with the girl’s family.

The girl’s family was puzzled, hadn’t it been going well? How did it abruptly fall through?

Upon the matchmaker’s stammering explanation, the girl’s family finally understood, patting their chest, feeling relieved.

They originally thought that the house Mutou and his family stayed in was given to them by the Wang Family.

Thinking, not to mention anything else, just that old house, although lived in by an abandoned Lady Lin, how long could she stay? Eventually, the sons of Lady Lin must come to take her back.

By then, wouldn’t the house belong to their daughter?

In the countryside, which girl’s marriage wasn’t crowded with in-laws, big and small, sharing one place? Having a separate room was already good enough.

If marrying Mutou, without saying more, having a house belonging to the young couple, even with a mother-in-law, was already more spacious.

Not to mention the three wealthy uncles of the Wang Family, and an outstanding aunt who was a graduate’s wife; even a little bit of help from them would benefit the young couple greatly.

Unexpectedly, the house was only lent to them; they needed to move out to get married?

Forget the house, the implication was that Mutou’s relationship with his uncle’s family wasn’t strong, making future help unlikely.

An orphan and widow without a house, brothers, or even family support, who would be crazy to marry their daughter to him?

This wouldn’t be marriage, this would be charity!

Every family’s daughter was raised with hard work, how could they willingly throw them into a pit of fire?

The girl’s family elders, upon learning this news, wished they could immediately go light two incense sticks for Wang Yonggui. Without his exposing the truth, they might still have been kept in the dark.

If foolishly marrying their daughter over, it’d be too late for regrets!