Rebirth begins with an arranged marriage

Chapter 45 Let's Talk It Out

Hearing this, Grandma angrily turned her head away, refusing to look at him: "Can't you see for yourself whether it's true or not?"

Grandpa put down his pipe and said slowly, "Your mother told you, but you didn't believe her. She told me she was taking you to catch Widow Ma, but I didn't let her go."

"Back then, all you wanted to do was marry Widow Ma. You were so stubborn. You wouldn't believe anyone who told you the truth about Widow Ma. If anyone tried to stop you from being with Widow Ma, you would turn against them."

"There's another reason... Jia Laoyi's father was the production team leader, and Jia Laoyi became the village secretary. When the village distributed land, his family had more and better fields. No one in our village was as powerful as his family. If I really told you, you would go and argue, fight, and risk your life against Jia Laoyi. In the end, it would still be our family that suffers."

"If Widow Ma were really your wife, it would be brave of our family to fight to the death. But with your incompetent appearance, if our family were to fight to the death, the whole surrounding area would laugh at us as fools."

Uncle San's expression changed drastically as he listened to his parents' words.

After a long pause, she finally spoke, "Xiangju... doesn't seem like that kind of person."

However, she eventually wavered: "If that's really the case, I'll... I'll demand an explanation from her."

"What explanation do you want!" Grandpa and Grandma glared and scolded together, "Aren't you embarrassed enough already?"

Uncle San said aggrievedly, "I've been so good to her and the children, completely devoted to them. Why would she be with someone else? If this is true, wouldn't I be a victim of injustice?"

"Don't you think you're a victim now?" Grandpa frowned and said, "Go to the county the day after tomorrow and meet Teacher Xu, whom Huaiyi told you about. Whether it works or not, it's much better than someone like Widow Ma."

"If you really can't give up, go and keep watch in front of Widow Ma's house tomorrow and see if Old Jia goes in and comes out."

Third Uncle nodded and fell silent.

Seeing that he was still a bit upset, Grandpa reminded him again: "Have you thought this through? If you start arguing or fighting and make a big scene, and you get hurt, Teacher Xu won't like you."

"What people want is a stable life, not someone who causes trouble."

Uncle San nodded again, thinking to himself that Xiangju might not necessarily do that kind of thing... But when he thought about what if it were true, he felt anxious and upset. He thought of the female teacher in the city that Tang Huaiyi had introduced to him, and that made him feel much better.

Fortunately, Huaiyi introduced a better wife to her.

Otherwise, I'll bring a kitchen knife tomorrow. If they really bully us like this, I'll fight them.

After finishing his business, Uncle San, who was preoccupied with his own thoughts, left in a hurry, and Tang Huaiyi's family began to eat dinner.

Tang Huaiyi didn't eat anymore and went back to his room to lie down and rest.

After dinner, Tang Huai-ren and Tang Huai-li went inside to rest in the dark.

"Huaiyi, are you asleep?"

Tang Huai-ren suddenly spoke.

"Not yet, brother, what's up?" Tang Huaiyi asked.

"I'm asking you... Did you see the eldest sister of the Li family when you went to the Li family today?" Tang Huai-ren asked.

"Yes, I saw him," Tang Huaiyi said.

"What did she mean by that arranged marriage..." Tang Huai-ren asked again.

"Brother, are you in such a hurry to get married?" Tang Huaiyi asked.

"No, I'm not in a hurry, I just wanted to ask." Tang Huai-ren paused slightly as he spoke.

Tang Huaiyi then said, "Sister Xiufang doesn't really mean anything. It's hard to say what will happen if Li Xiujuan and I get into university a year from now."

"Now that our family is well-off, there's no need for arranged marriages or anything like that."

"You agree, right, brother?"

"Oh. I see..." Tang Huai-ren said, then fell silent for a while before asking with embarrassment, "Huai-yi, do you think, if our family doesn't arrange a marriage between our families, can I, like my third uncle, find a wife from the city and live in the city?"

Tang Huaili chuckled from the side: "Big brother, what good news are you thinking? Uncle is just lucky. Besides, even the female teacher in the city might not be interested in him."

"Where else can you find such a good deal?"

Tang Huai-ren was immediately enraged and kicked him in the darkness.

"Hey, big brother, why did you kick me? Wasn't I telling the truth?" Tang Huaili protested.

Tang Huai-ren was too ashamed to speak, and kicked him again in the darkness.

As an honest and simple young man, and the elder brother of Tang Huaiyi and Tang Huaili, he was already embarrassed to talk about getting married, and to be laughed at would make him lose face.

Tang Huaiyi couldn't help but laugh: "Third brother, it's no wonder your eldest brother kicked you. I wanted to kick you too."

"Why?" Tang Huaili asked, puzzled.

"My brother also wants to live a better life. What's wrong with that? If we rely on these few acres of land, our family will hardly ever eat meat in our entire lives. There's a lot of farm work, but the harvest isn't much," Tang Huaiyi said. "Once I get into university, I'll definitely find a way to help you all move to the city."

"Brother, you won't need to try your luck to marry a city girl; you'll be a city person yourself."

As soon as Tang Huaiyi said this, two laughs came from the darkness.

"If that's really the case, then that would be great," Tang Huai-ren said hopefully.

Tang Huaili joked, "Second brother, find me one too, so I can experience the good life in the city..."

Having spoken frankly, Tang Huaiyi felt much lighter.

He didn't want to be like his father, feeling guilty for delaying his brothers' marriage and still feeling indebted to his third uncle; nor did he want his eldest brother to harbor resentment because of this, thinking that Tang Huaiyi's reluctance to arrange a marriage had delayed his wedding.

Will we be able to move to the city in the future? Will you be able to help my older brother get married and live a good life?

For Tang Huaiyi right now, this is not a simple goal that can be taken for granted; he still needs to work hard, but he sees things more clearly and walks more steadily than others.

Not to mention, there are those birds...

In the middle of the night, after his elder brother and younger brother had fallen asleep, Tang Huaiyi got up and stood in the courtyard for a while, when an owl landed.

The crows still didn't come.

But before Tang Huaiyi could even get used to it, the owl had already followed him from the county high school to the Tang family, which really surprised Tang Huaiyi.

I had initially thought that the two crows had followed me into the county high school because of my orders, but now it seems that might not be the case.

After these birds "met" Tang Huaiyi, they knew where he was and followed him. It's unclear whether this was the birds' instinct or one of Tang Huaiyi's current methods of attracting birds.

In conclusion, this was indeed a good thing for Tang Huaiyi.

What can an owl do... like a crow searching for silver coins, that's not impossible, but right now Tang Huaiyi only has one Qianlong Tongbao coin.

Tang Huaiyi took out a Qianlong Tongbao coin and showed it to the owl: "If you see something like this, bring it back to me... Don't look for it in populated areas, look for it in deserted areas."

After giving the instructions, the owl cooed twice, as if in agreement.

Tang Huaiyi then remembered that owls could not only catch mice, but also rabbits.

"Could you catch me a rabbit tonight?"