Chapter 27: Already Engaged
Editor: Atlas Studios
The matchmaker looked at the eloquent old widow in front of her in surprise. She never knew that this old widow could speak so well.
Wang Yong's mother was crafty and mean and her neighbors did not like her. After a long time, they called her old widow behind her back.
Actually, she would not be unhappy even if they called her old widow to her face. After all, she felt that it was a good thing for everyone to be afraid of her.
Without waiting for Qiao Mei to speak, the old widow looked at Qiao Qiang and continued asking, "Uncle Qiao, I heard that your monthly retirement salary is 50 dollars?"
During this time, everyone's salary was open information. No one was afraid of others knowing about it, so there was nothing to hide.
Qiao Qiang froze for a moment before nodding. "Yes, it's 50 dollars."
Did this mean that these people were interested in his retirement salary?
In his opinion, it was not a big deal for them to be interested in his salary. After all, it was a blind date and each party was looking for a benefit from the other party.
He glanced at his granddaughter. Perhaps only he knew how good his granddaughter was. He would not be surprised if outsiders looked down on her and only wanted his money.
After all, in the past no one even eyed his money.
The old widow's eyes lit up.
Based on 50 dollars a month, that would mean 500 to 600 dollars a year? Their family had not even saved 100 dollars over the past decades. Not only that, they still owed their village more than ten dollars every year.
The old widow looked at Qiao Mei and her eyes flashed with surprise.
This was a treasure basin. With a few hundred dollars a year to subsidize the family's expenses, even if it was only a few months, it was enough to alleviate her family's debt.
Even if she had to snatch it by force, she must get this treasure basin.
"Uncle Qiao, what do you think of our family? We came here personally today to show how much we value the union between our families."
The old widow looked steadily at Qiao Qiang and said, "What about this? Let's have lunch today and consider the matter between the two of them settled. Tonight, she will return to Datian Village with us to be the Wang family daughter-in-law."
"Don't worry, we Wang family will treat her well!"
As long as you don't die, we won't treat her badly.
It's a few hundred dollars a year at stake. Even if they had to put the Black Bear Spirit on a pedestal, they had to get the money.
Hearing this, Qiao Qiang and Qiao Mei were stunned.
Qiao Qiang did not expect that this granddaughter, whom he had been worried about in the past, would be able to get married so quickly.
And Qiao Mei really did not expect it at all. In the matter of a few days, she was once again asked for her hand in marriage. This romance luck was so much better than in her other life.
What a surprise!
"You guys are too late. My granddaughter is already engaged to someone else," Qiao Qiang suddenly said.
Everyone in the room was stunned. She was engaged?
"Engaged to which family?" the old widow hurriedly asked.
"You don't have to worry about that," Qiao Qiang replied.
Given that Xia Zhe was not back yet, he did not dare to be too open about it.
On the other hand, the old widow misunderstood it. She felt that Qiao Qiang was just making excuses, how could he look down on her son just like that?
The old widow glared at Qiao Mei fiercely and felt indignant. How ungrateful of her. Given her dark and fat appearance, she still wanted to act all high and mighty?
"Oh grandfather of hers, if there's anything you're not satisfied about, just say it." Other than money, their family could agree to anything.
"My Mei Mei really already has in-laws, You will know when they get engaged in a while." Qiao Qiang stood up and prepared to send the guests off.
Both of their attitudes were firm.
After what he said, the people in the room felt they had to maintain some self-respect. Just as the old widow was about to say something, the matchmaker and Wang Yong stood up and quickly walked out.
The old widow had no choice but to follow.
Chapter 28: Carrot and Stick
Editor: Atlas Studios
Qiao Mei took a few perfunctory steps to send them off. Before they even left the courtyard, she went back to prepare dinner.
She took out the meat that her grandfather had bought a few days ago to prepare stewed meat tonight. It had already been a few days and it would spoil if they did not eat it soon.
The old widow, who had just walked out of the courtyard, turned around and saw her carrying half a catty of meat and throwing it into the pot. Her heart immediately ached.
Isn't this too extravagant?
"This big piece of meat looks to be half a catty, right? If you cut it two or three pieces at a time, you can have meat for a month. Won't that be great? This Qiao Mei is really too wasteful! I have to teach her!"
The matchmaker rolled her eyes and stopped her. "She hasn't even entered your house yet. It has nothing to do with you, don't go asking for a snub."
It would be really embarrassing to let this old widow go in and sprout nonsense. The marriage was not even cast in stone yet, so why did you care about how others ate meat?
This was too embarrassing.
The Wang family was indeed very poor. They did not have the money to buy piglets, even if they did, they did not have any food to feed them. Therefore, it had been a long time since they had eaten any meat.
Wang Yong was also craving for it, but he cared about his reputation, so he simply turned his head to avoid looking at the pork.
This Qiao Qiang doted on his granddaughter so much that he was willing to spend all his money on her. So this part of the rumors was true.
Besides, one could tell just by looking at Qiao Mei's figure.
The old widow turned her head back three times with every step she took. She kept muttering, "Too wasteful, this Qiao Mei is too wasteful!"
"Qiao Mei, we want her."
However, there was nothing they could do if the Qiao family refused to give in and was unwilling to let her marry into their family. It was really worrying.
"Yong Yong, what do you think we should do now?" As she turned her head to look back, she asked Wang Yong. In her heart, Wang Yong was the one who held absolute power in the family.
Wang Yong followed her gaze and turned his head to look at the courtyard behind him. They did not walk fast and by now, the fragrance of pork had already wafted out from the courtyard, making him gulp.
"If we can't do it today, then we come back tomorrow!" he said with a vicious look in his eyes.
A fat woman cannot be so particular. If they don't succeed, they will try again. If a soft approach cannot do it, they will do it by force. There will be a way to make this fat woman relent.
Besides, he had experience in hitting a woman in such a manner that she would suffer but be unable to talk about it.
Seeing how determined her son was, the old widow finally felt relieved and went home.
…
Qiao Mei did not take the marriage proposal to heart and went up the mountain again after dinner.
Now that the little piglets had been bought, she had to go up the mountain to get some food for them. The rice in the rice jar at home was not even enough for her grandfather and her. There was simply no food for the piglets!
Qiao Mei shouldered the carrying pole and went up the mountain along the village road. What she did not expect was that along the way, there were villagers who took the initiative to talk to her.
"Mei Mei, are you going up the mountain now?"
The auntie smiled and greeted her normally. Qiao Mei smiled and replied, "Yes, Auntie Sun. I'm going up the mountain to find some food for the pigs, otherwise the little piglets will go hungry."
"Going to the hot spring again?" Auntie Sun continued to ask.
"Yes!"
There was no other place to go except that area. The grass nearby had only just sprouted, and it was not even enough to fill two shovelfuls.
Auntie Sun seemed to want to say something when she heard that, but she only smiled and kept quiet.
Qiao Mei felt that it seemed a little strange.
But when she met the second person who took the initiative to talk to her, she understood what was happening.
"Qiao Mei, are you going up the mountain to the hot spring again?" This auntie was more straightforward. Without waiting for Qiao Mei's reply, she continued, "If you can still find pumpkins, can you come back and exchange them with my family? Other than green beans, my family also has red beans, soybeans and other things. If not, there's also some rice and potatoes, depending on what you want."
The auntie had stewed the pumpkin last night. The fragrant aroma filled the air when it was cooked, making her children cry out in anticipation, and it tasted a hundred times better than meat.
She would have gone to look for the pumpkins herself if not for the fact that the place at the back of the mountain was too far away from the village. It would take half a day to travel back and forth, in turn delaying her work in the village.
When Qiao Mei heard this, her eyes lit up. She was only just worried that there was not enough food at home.
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