CHAPTER 242: CHAPTER 242: ER ZHUZI

"By the way, what’s going on with you, girl? Didn’t you just come back a few days ago? Why are you back again?" Cuihua’s mother, after her initial excitement, suddenly changed her expression, "You better not be running back here to slack off, huh? That’s not acceptable. It’s hard enough to find someone willing to take you in and feed you every meal. If you can’t even stay there, I don’t think anyone will be able to afford to take care of you in the future!"

Gu Nian looked embarrassed.

She knew she wasn’t very noticeable, but isn’t it a bit too much that no one has noticed her existence by now?

It was Cuihua’s younger brother who first noticed her, which finally led Cuihua’s mother to see Gu Nian’s presence.

For Gu Nian, naturally, there was a warm welcome.

Especially after finding out that Gu Nian was here this time to ask her son to go and help work at her place, she was so happy she couldn’t close her mouth.

Cuihua’s mother started to complain while holding onto Cuihua, "Just the other day, I went to the village to find someone to arrange a marriage for your younger brother, and as soon as I spoke, they sneered at our family’s poverty. If your brother has a job, see who dares to look down on him again in the future!"

Cuihua wasn’t very good at comforting people, so from start to finish, it was just her mother talking while she simply listened, occasionally chiming in with a sentence.

It seemed like Cuihua’s mother just wanted someone to vent to and didn’t really need anyone to respond.

Cuihua’s father and her younger brother were not home; there was a house being built in the village, and they had gone to help. Although there was no pay, they would get a meal, which could save a lot of food for the family.

Maybe seeing Gu Nian as a kid, Cuihua’s mother thought she didn’t understand anything, so she didn’t hold back her words, speaking as she pleased, with a tone full of complaints.

Gu Nian actually wanted to say a sentence, that it wasn’t strange for people to look down on their poverty.

Because their family was indeed unusually poor.

Marriages were arranged by matchmakers with parents’ approval, and most unmarried couples hadn’t even met before marriage.

So, without love as a foundation, who would want to marry into a poor family and not choose a wealthy one to enjoy life?

Moreover, their family was not only poor, but also had a lot of kids, and a new bride might not even have her own room after getting married.

This condition could be considered as poor by today’s standards, right?

Cuihua’s second brother, Er Zhuzi, was soon called back with his dad.

At first glance, Gu Nian thought this young man looked particularly honest.

Indeed, just as Cuihua said, he was a simple and honest person.

After Cuihua explained the situation, his dad didn’t even think twice and immediately pushed Er Zhuzi forward, "We really found a good family. Originally, we just wanted to find a place for your sister to eat, but unexpectedly it also brought a good job for your brother!"

A young man not afraid of hard work, gets food, and lodging, and earns 800 coins a month, where else could you find such a good deal?

So, when Gu Nian and Cuihua left, Er Zhuzi also joined them on the ox cart.

Such straightforwardness made Gu Nian a bit unaccustomed.

After they had left the village quite a distance, Cuihua mumbled, "Why did mom suddenly become so naggy?" Even though she had become a lot closer, which made her feel strange, she remembered that her mother used to be loud and always picked on her.

Er Zhuzi awkwardly scratched his head, "It’s all my fault. When they proposed the other day, the person didn’t like me and said some demeaning things, which made mom angry, and she’s been in a bad mood these days."