roccoschili Chapter 192 Is Lu Jiangting really going to marry Widow Fang?
Chapter 192 Is Lu Jiangting really going to marry Widow Fang?
After dinner, I helped clean up, tidy the room, and prepare for my older brother's wedding.
Ye Lian took the opportunity to spread the word that Lu Jiangting was going to marry Fang Qing.
They were still very busy the next day.
Their own tables and chairs weren't enough for their guests, so they had to borrow some from their neighbors.
The eldest brother and Lin Ping borrowed tables and chairs from various households and carried them back.
There weren't enough bowls and chopsticks, so Lin Yuyao went with Ye Lian to borrow bowls, chopsticks, pots, pans, and other utensils from the Hakka people.
My father is killing chickens and ducks, one per table, and he's going to kill more than a dozen of each.
In addition, they also had to pluck the feathers and gut the animal, making it a huge undertaking.
They were all raised by our own family. My dad shoveled chicken and duck droppings for a year, and was suffocated by them for a year. Finally, he killed them by his own hands.
"Ugh." After killing all the chickens and ducks, Lin Dawei rubbed his back and sighed, "I'm finally free. I don't have to shovel poop anymore."
Ye Lian said, "I won't shovel it these few days. After the New Year, I'll buy some chicks and ducklings to feed them in March."
Lin Dawei's expression changed. "Why do we still need to raise them?"
"Of course, now that the eldest brother is married, his wife might have to go through postpartum confinement next year. Don't you need to eat chicken during postpartum confinement?"
"They can't eat many of them, so there's no need to raise so many."
"Yes, Yuyao already has a boyfriend, and she might get married next year. Although we're marrying off a daughter, we don't need to have such a grand wedding, but we should still have a few tables."
Lin Dawei: "..."
"Alright, I have to shovel poop for another year."
"It's probably not just a year. If Yuyao gets married next year and has a baby the year after, she'll be in postpartum confinement..."
"Stop, stop, stop, we'll talk about it later, we'll talk about it later."
If she keeps talking, her youngest son will be getting married soon, and his wife will be in confinement after childbirth. When will this ever end?
The second sister-in-law from the neighboring courtyard brought over some dried cowpeas. "I was thinking you'd need them tomorrow, so I brought them over first to save you the trouble of making a trip to my house tomorrow."
Ye Lian wiped her hands casually on her apron a few times and said with a smile, "Oh, Second Sister-in-law, thank you so much. It's too much trouble for you to make this trip."
"Don't mention it. It's just a short walk. I'll need your help with my family's affairs next year."
After exchanging pleasantries, the two started talking about Lu Jiangting's family.
"Hey, is that Lu family lad really going to marry Widow Fang?"
"No doubt about it, I heard they're just one step away from getting their marriage certificate."
"Military marriages are very troublesome. I heard that when your Yuyao wanted to marry him, all sorts of messy reports took more than half a year to process?"
"That's right, that's how it is."
"If that's the case, then they started doing it six months ago."
"That's for sure."
"Oh my, your Yuyao almost became a cuckold."
Ye Lian: "..."
"I told you, something was off about those two. He's never been this attentive to his brother's wife. There must be something going on between them for him to favor that mother and son so much. Look, now that your Yuyao has broken off her engagement with him, he's naturally married Widow Fang. Those two have probably been hooking up for a long time. They should be arrested and charged with indecent assault."
Ye Lian said, "Oh dear, you can't say that carelessly. Second sister-in-law, don't tell anyone else. If it gets to Lu Jiangting's parents' ears, they'll come after me again."
"Don't worry, I don't go around telling everyone. Even if they come looking for me, it's me who told them, it has nothing to do with you."
When she said not to talk nonsense, she meant not to shout it from a loudspeaker in public, but to do it secretly, quietly, and pass it on from one person to another.
Soon the news reached Lu Jiangting's parents.
This is a shameful matter, and it's difficult to bring it up.
Finally, it was Lu Cong's sister-in-law from the next room who came to their house to find out what was going on.
Taking advantage of her age and seniority, if she doesn't speak up about such a disgraceful thing, who will?
When the old woman arrived at the Lu family home leaning on her cane, Lu Cong and his wife were discussing the same matter.
The two stopped talking when they saw someone coming.
"Sister-in-law, what brings you here? You seem to be on your feet again."
The old woman raised her cane and said, "My legs aren't very strong, but I still have this stick. Lu Cong, let me ask you, is your Jiang Ting going to marry that widow?"
The two were already troubled by this matter when they heard this statement yesterday, which made them very angry.
I called to verify this morning, and to my surprise, my son stammered and said it was true.
The two were so angry that they slapped their thighs.
He thought to himself that even if he couldn't marry Lin Yuyao, he couldn't marry a widow.
Didn't he say he found a rich girl from the city?
What? Even the young lady doesn't want him anymore?
"I do not know."
After much deliberation, I've decided to postpone admitting either of these decisions.
They would never accept Fang Qing as their daughter-in-law. They decided that after the New Year, the old man would go to Nancheng to persuade Jiang Ting.
This marriage can't go through; we must persuade him to call it off.
"You don't know?"
"Yes, we don't know. We're afraid it's a mistake. Sister-in-law, people just can't stand to see our Jiang Ting doing well, and they're always talking badly about him. Please don't believe them."
"Hmph, since it's just a rumor, let's go to the brigade together now and call Jiang Ting to ask him why that girl from the Lin family brought this news back."
Their expressions changed.
"What? Didn't you say it was all nonsense? You don't dare to call and verify it?"
"This..." stumped them.
"Hmph, just by looking at you, I know it's true. Jiang Ting is so foolish. He's the most outstanding child in our whole family. How could you agree to let him marry a widow with a son? Our ancestors would be furious."
The two men simply cried out that they were innocent.
“How could we have agreed to that? That brat called us last month, saying he was going to marry Yuyao next year, that they had made up, and that we shouldn’t worry. But then we heard he was going to marry Fang Qing, and I was so scared that I immediately called him to ask. Sister-in-law, we only just found out that he really is going to marry Widow Fang.”
"Huh? You guys just found out too?" The other person looked surprised.
"Yes, that brat, I don't know what's wrong with him, he actually wants to marry a widow, and a widow with a son at that, and that widow is even a few years older than him. If word gets out, he'll be laughed at. Forget about our ancestors, we'll be furious."
"Foolish, foolish!" The old woman stamped her foot angrily and said, "Although the Lin family girl is not a good match for Jiang Ting, the two families have been talking about this for so many years. We can't break off the engagement just because Jiang Ting has become successful. Marrying her is reasonable, right?"
"Yes Yes."
"No matter what, you should never marry a widow with a child. Oh my, I think that widow Fang is a vixen in disguise, she's bewitched Jiang Ting into a fool. Otherwise, if he had to choose between the Lin family girl and the widow Fang, any normal person would choose the Lin family girl."