Walking into a cesspit, the best evil widow wants to stand up

Niuhuang Village

It's another morning, and it's particularly cold today. It's drizzling and windy, and people are shivering from the cold.

In a low adobe house, there was a woman in her 50s, wearing a red shirt and green pants, with a big red silk flower in her hair. She was obviously a matchmaker.

Sitting on a chair in the main room, he was lobbying a couple desperately.

"Brother, I am doing this for Liu Hong's own good. The other party is willing to pay ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and also give five bags of rice and five bags of flour.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Hong is my niece and I wanted her to marry into a good family, I would have found someone else for the marriage."

"His father, this matter~"

The woman opposite looked at the man beside her hesitantly.

"Let us think about it again!" The man frowned, picked up the pipe in his hand, took a deep puff, and then blew out a big smoke ring.

"Cough cough cough~"

The strong smell of smoke immediately made Matchmaker Li cough.

Matchmaker Li covered her nose and said, "Fifth brother, think about it again. If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again. You have to think it over carefully. I will come back in two days!" After that, Matchmaker Li walked out.

This couple is none other than Liu Xing’s father Liu Yin and mother Chen. Matchmaker Li is acting as a matchmaker for Liu Xing’s younger sister Liu Hong.

The cattle butcher in the next village is a widower. He slaughters pigs all year round and has some money. He is in his 30s. His wife died of illness half a year ago, leaving behind two children. The older one is almost twelve years old and the younger one is eight years old.

The butcher Niu asked Matchmaker Li to help him find a young and beautiful woman to be the stepmother of his child. He was willing to give a betrothal gift of ten taels of silver and promised to give her two taels of silver after the marriage was completed.

The butcher had a bad temper and his wife had been beaten many times in the past. Matchmaker Li knew this, but she put in a lot of effort to earn the two pieces of silver.

Matchmaker Li then thought of Liu Hong, who lived next door to her mother's family. According to seniority, Liu Hong was her cousin.

Liu Hong is only 16 years old, young and beautiful. It is said that her sister Liu Xing committed a crime some time ago and was sentenced to exile.

The old couple only have two daughters. Now they don’t know whether Liu Xing is dead or alive. Of course, they don’t want their daughters to marry a widower, but the other party is willing to pay ten taels of silver.

Liu Yin couldn't help but feel a little moved. The betrothal gift given by an ordinary farmer's family was at most three or four taels of silver, but now, the other party actually offered ten taels of silver.

"Old woman, I think this marriage is okay. The other party is a butcher. If Liu Hong marries him, she will have pork to eat every meal. Her life will not be bad." Liu Yun took a deep puff of his cigarette and said while puffing out smoke.

"But, our Liu Hong will be a stepmother if she goes there~" Chen said hesitantly.

It is not easy to be a stepmother. Besides, the other party's child is so old, just a few years younger than Liu Hong.

"What are you afraid of?"

Liu Yin stared, "It's better to have a ready-made one. You don't have to give birth to one yourself. The baby is already this big, and you still have to call her mother."

"I don't agree!" A girl in a plain cotton coat walked in angrily. This was Liu Hong. She had been eavesdropping at the door since Matchmaker Li came in.

Liu Yin was still thinking about it, but when she heard Liu Hong's violent reaction, she realized that she was eavesdropping outside and became furious.

Liu Yin said sullenly, "You have to agree to this, whether you agree or not. Besides, after your sister did that, who would dare to come to our house?"

“Although the butcher is a widower, his family has no worries about food and clothing, and it’s better if he’s older, because he will care for his wife and understand her needs.

She even offered a betrothal gift of ten taels of silver. These days, if you ask your neighbors, you will find that every girl gets married with a betrothal gift of three or four taels of silver. You should be content with that!"

"Hong'er~" Chen also tried to persuade.

"Anyway, I don't agree!" Liu Hong said angrily, "Isn't it just ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift? I can just find anyone to marry!"

"Ah!"

Liu Yin sneered: "Okay, you've grown up, haven't you? If you can find someone who is willing to give you ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift, I agree to marry you to him."

"Dad, do you keep your word?" Liu Hong looked at Liu Yin seriously.

"Of course what Dad says counts!"

"Okay, you wait!" Liu Hong turned and walked out.

"Hong'er, where are you going? Come back here!" Chen slapped her thigh anxiously and looked at Liu Yin and said, "Oh~ Dad, what's going on? Hong'er wouldn't do anything stupid, would he?"

In Chen's impression, the younger daughter Liu Hong was more obedient and sensible than the older daughter Liu Xing. She never talked back, but she actually dared to talk back to her father today, which surprised Chen.

"Don't worry about what she will do!" Liu Yin disagreed with Liu Hong's words. He felt that what Liu Hong said was just angry words, and he would have to come back obediently when the time came.

……

Zeng Fan was awakened by hunger early in the morning. The quilt was thin and he was cold and hungry. Zeng Fan touched his hungry stomach, sighed, and sat up.

It feels really bad to be penniless. Even the dog will dislike me if I stay at home for a few more days.

Ever since he was beaten up by Manager Zhao, he hid at home for a while and didn't dare to go out. Gradually, he was disliked by his elder and younger sisters-in-law, who mocked him day by day.

Mother Feng was also in a difficult position being caught in the middle, and she also advised Zeng Fan to find a job as soon as possible.

Zeng Fan knew that it must be the eldest and second sisters-in-law who gave their mother the cold shoulder. The eldest and second sisters-in-law had not been kind to him during this period.

He always speaks with thorns. He implies that he is just a freeloader. Zeng Fan also went out for a while, but couldn't find a suitable job.

Heyang County was not a big city to begin with, and Shopkeeper Zhao was slandering him everywhere. When many shop owners heard the name Zeng Fan, they waved their hands and asked him to leave.

Zeng Fan ran into obstacles everywhere and had no choice but to return home in disgrace. Seeing him coming back, the elder and second sisters-in-law started to criticize him day after day, but Zeng Fan pretended not to hear them.

Anyway, he had made up his mind. When the meal was cooked, he got up and ate. They couldn't do anything to him anyway.

But these past few days, the eldest and second sisters-in-law cooked very little, and there were not many dishes. I only had half a bowl of brown rice porridge. The amount of rice was pitifully small, and the amount of water was so much that I could look in the mirror, but it was not enough to fill me up.

But there was only half a bowl of porridge, and when I looked around the pot and saw that there was nothing left, I could only put the bowl down and complain that my sister-in-law didn't cook enough.

It would have been better if Zeng Fan hadn't said anything. If he did, it would have been like stirring up a hornet's nest. The eldest sister-in-law started to scold him, "Old Third, don't you know that we can barely make ends meet.

In a while, we will all have to go out to beg for food. You have hands and feet, but you don't want to go out to earn money? You still want to eat dry meals at home and compete with your nephew for food!

Look at your elder and second brothers, who go to the docks every day to move goods, working themselves to death to support a whole family for just two dollars. "

"Here it comes again, here it comes again!"

Listening to his sister-in-law's nagging, Zeng Fan felt overwhelmed. He knew that his sister-in-law could nag all day long.

"My dear eldest brother's wife, please say less." Feng advised kindly.

It would have been fine if Feng hadn't said anything, but when her sister-in-law Mei started to cry again, "Mother, it's okay for us to eat less, but you see Ping'er and Tong'er are still growing, how can they go hungry every meal?

Our head of the family works so hard outside just to ensure that we can have enough food to eat, but you see the third son, a grown man, is idle at home, just sitting around and waiting for food to come to him. If this continues, I want to split up the family!"

After Mei finished speaking, she nudged Liu, the second wife, with her elbow and winked at her.