Rebirth begins with an arranged marriage

Chapter 10 is truly awesome.

"What are you doing?"

Tang Huaiyi immediately turned around, clutched the grain sack, and looked warily at the newcomer.

The man laughed, "Well done, Huaiyi, you came to the county in a carriage? Even your third uncle couldn't get a carriage; I walked all morning. You're quite the pampered one!"

It turned out to be Tang Huaiyi's third uncle, Tang Zhengcai.

Tang Huaiyi finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Third Uncle, it's you! You scared me half to death. Someone even stole my grain."

"What brings you to the county so early in the morning?"

Tang Zhengcai chuckled: "I've come to buy some things."

"I was feeling a bit tight on money, but seeing you here means I have just enough."

I'm here, is this enough?

Tang Huaiyi was taken aback: "Third Uncle, are you kidding me?"

"This is my school food allowance; my family worked so hard to scrape together this. I can't give it to you."

Tang Zhengcai waved his hand: "Don't worry, don't worry, I don't necessarily need your food. You need to bring money with you to school, right? Lend it to me first, and I'll pay you back another day."

"Third Uncle, what are you saying?"

After Tang Huaiyi met Song Siyuan's parents, his good mood suddenly turned sour because they spoke very kindly to him.

"Do you think you don't know whether my family is rich or not? Didn't we lend all our money to you to find a wife? If it weren't for you finding a wife, how could I not afford to go to school?"

"Don't tell me my family is too poor to give me money. Even if I had money now, it's for my school fees, not for you."

"Hey!" Tang Zhengcai glared at Tang Huaiyi, who was speaking rudely. "How dare you talk to your third uncle like that!"

Tang Huaiyi chuckled, picked up the grain, and headed towards the school.

It's pointless to say these things to him.

The father felt indebted to his third uncle, but Tang Huaiyi never had such thoughts.

In the future, we may help if we can, but now that he is trying to stop Tang Huaiyi from studying and taking the college entrance exam, we absolutely cannot agree to it. Tang Huaiyi has already managed to change the minds of his own parents, let alone his third uncle who just asks for money.

Tang Zhengcai followed Tang Huaiyi, constantly saying, "Your dad got married and now has a big family, while I'm still a bachelor. What's wrong with me finding a wife?"

"Let me tell you, your dad got married because the elders in the family were biased, and he took advantage of me! Now your whole family has sons and daughters and is living a good life, while I'm all alone. Who am I supposed to ask for money when I'm short of cash?"

"What's wrong with asking you for a little money?"

"I'm going to live in your house and have you take care of me in my old age. You ask your dad if he dares to say a word against it? If he dares to say a word against it, I'll call all the Tangs here, and I'll say it in front of everyone, so they'll never be able to hold their heads up high again!"

Seeing that he was going on and on and getting more and more outrageous, Tang Huaiyi stopped and said, "Third Uncle, stop talking nonsense."

"What exactly do you need the money for? It's not going to be for Widow Ma's money again, is it?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhengcai's attention was finally diverted. He first scolded Tang Huaiyi, "How can you talk like that? That's your Aunt Ma. From now on, you have to call her Third Aunt."

Tang Huaiyi felt disgusted just listening to it, especially knowing that his third uncle had invested countless amounts of money and grain but still couldn't marry her. This widow Ma was simply a bottomless pit.

What my third uncle, a 35-year-old bachelor, did would be called being a simp in later generations.

"What exactly are you going to buy for her?"

Tang Zhengcai explained, "She actually knows that I'm good to her. She said that no one else can treat her as well as I do, but she has to consider her daughter and son."

"I'm trying to make her son and daughter happy, aren't I?"

"A few days ago, her son wanted to eat braised pork, so I bought some. They were so happy and even asked me to have a piece too."

"Yesterday, her daughter said she wanted to wear 'Dacron,' so I came here today. I'm just worried that I'm a little short on money, so I'm asking you to lend me some."

Tang Huaiyi was furious when he heard this: So the reason I couldn't go to school was because the money my family lent you for your wedding turned into braised pork and "Dacron"?

What if you actually marry her? What's the point of being a happy simp?

You spend money to buy braised pork, and someone gives you a piece, and you're satisfied?

"Third Uncle, what you're doing isn't right..."

"What's wrong?" Tang Zhengcai glared. "You still don't want to lend me money?"

Tang Huaiyi certainly wouldn't lend him money, and he didn't like him either, but when he said it out loud, it wasn't so straightforward.

"Third Uncle, if you can get married, our whole family will be happy; it's a good thing. The problem is, what you're doing right now is wrong. Widow Ma is just playing you," Tang Huaiyi said. "A piece of polyester fabric costs at least ten or twenty yuan. What will you get after buying it? Just for her to say a few nice words?"

Tang Zhengcai, who was initially furious, suddenly forgot his anger and perked up after hearing Tang Huaiyi's analysis of Widow Ma's situation: "She not only said a few kind words, she also remembered me..."

Tang Huaiyi listened speechlessly: "What good is that? Can they be your husband?"

Tang Zhengcai blushed slightly: "Then we have to wait until her daughter and son agree before we can get married and register our marriage..."

Tang Huaiyi thought to himself, "Sure enough, when someone is completely taken advantage of, they can't gain anything at all."

"If she's willing, she can convince the child herself; if she's not willing, it's no use trying to convince the child..."

"She's willing," Tang Zhengcai said bluntly.

Tang Huaiyi raised an eyebrow: "You two, are you done yet?"

Tang Zhengcai looked uneasy, rubbing his thigh with his hand: "Didn't I tell you? That has to wait until the wedding... What are you asking, you little kid?"

"Did you kiss? Did you hug?" Tang Huaiyi asked again.

Tang Zhengcai shook his head.

"Did you hold hands?"

Tang Zhengcai thought hard for a moment, then said happily, "Last winter, the ground was icy, and she slipped. I reached out and pulled her up, so that counts as holding hands..."

What a shit!

Tang Huaiyi couldn't help but give Tang Zhengcai a thumbs up.

Those sycophants are truly amazing... In this situation, they're willing to borrow money and food to throw themselves into it.

This third uncle was simply blinded by his desire for a wife.

Tang Zhengcai thought Tang Huaiyi was praising him by giving him a thumbs up, and chuckled, "It's only right. Her husband died young, and she has no one to rely on. If I don't help her, who will?"

Tang Huaiyi had an idea in mind. He thought that he would definitely not be able to get back a single penny of the money that his family had lent to his third uncle through normal means.

It seems that this is the only way we can try right now.

Tang Huaiyi said earnestly, "Third Uncle, I actually thought about finding you a divorced female teacher in the county and introducing you to her."

"Now that you're so infatuated with Widow Ma, I can't really say anything about it."

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhengcai's eyes widened again: "Wait, Huaiyi, what did you say?"

"Could you introduce me to a female teacher in the city?"

"Isn't she pretty? How old is she?"

Seeing his reaction, Tang Huaiyi thought to himself, "Just as I expected."

Uncle San may not be willing to be a simp; he's just an older bachelor who's desperately wanting a woman and has no other choice but to frantically grasp at any sliver of hope. If he had another option, he might not be so devoted to Widow Ma.