Transmigrated Farmgirl's Scheme to Get Rich - Chapter 164
Mo Ling tied up the donkey, and smiled at him coldly, “Even if I get rid of the donkey, the horse won’t fall into your hands. If we really gave it to you, Xiuying would borrow it constantly.”
Mo Feng froze for a moment, because Mo Ling was right. Yesterday, Xiuying urged him to let them borrow the horse, saying that the two families will help each other cultivate land in the future. They’ll share their workers and their animals between the families.
After a pause, he gritted his teeth and said, “If you dare to use horses and carts as dowry, I will make it impossible for you to dowry!”
When girls get married off in the countryside, it is usually their brothers who give the dowry. Mo Feng looked pretty good, so he could still put on a relatively convincing persona if he spoke less. But if he intended to make trouble, it would be unsightly, but Mo Yan couldn’t just let him do whatever he wanted, or he would get worse.
Mo Yan replied lightly, “Sending the dowry is the same with or without you, but if you want to marry Xiuying, build a new house, and buy property, don’t even think about taking a single dollar from me. You’ll have to earn your own money.”
Mo Feng also wants to make money, but it was too troublesome, he couldn’t!
“I don’t care, I just want to marry Xiuying. Mum, ask a matchmaker to talk about marriage!”
Ms. Liang came out from the kitchen, “Why are you in a hurry? I want to be more cautious. If we let them see that we are impatient, then we won’t be able to ask for a good bride price.”
Mo Ling echoed, “Mother is right about this, we can’t recklessly push forward.”
“But Xiuying said that a matchmaker has already come to propose engagement, and the other family’s conditions are better than ours. If she hadn’t vehemently resisted, her mother would’ve agreed to it!”
Mo Ling smiled and said, “You even believed that? She must’ve lied to you to deliberately make you anxious.”
“But what if it’s true!”
Ms. Liang sighed and said, “It’s all misfortune, maybe it sprung from previous lifes! I’ll ask someone to ask around.”
This time, Mo Ling and Mo Feng asked simultaneously, “Who are you asking?”
The corners of Ms. Liang’s lips raised secretly, “Mr. Cao, he’s reliable and familiar with both of our families, so he won’t deceive either of us.”
No one could say anything about Mr. Cao. After all, he is much more reliable than a professional matchmaker.
Ms. Liang’s cough medicine had almost been completely used up again, so she wanted to go to Mr. Cao’s at night to ask him to become a matchmaker while simultaneously getting the medicine by the way. Mo Yan hadn’t seen Zhao’er in a few days, so also wanted to go.
After dinner, the two went to Mr. Cao’s house together. At the gate of his house, Mo Yan knocked and called for Zhao’er.
Zhao’er happily replied, “Sister!” while running to open the gate and let them in.
When Mr. Cao saw Ms. Liang, he smiled slightly and said, “I was just telling Zhao’er that your medicine was about to be used up. Come in and I’ll take a pulse!”
Mr. Cao let them into the in-home clinic. Just as he was about to take Ms. Liang’s pulse, Zhao’er rushed forward and said, “Sir, it’s just a peaceful pulse. Let me do it!”
Ms. Liang put her wrist on a small pillow, and Zhao’er stretched out his small fingers to rest on her artery. After feeling it for a while, he said solemnly, “The pulse is stringy, unfocused, and long. Godmother seems to have hyperactivity of her liver yang energy.”
After Zhao’er removed his fingers, Mr. Cao came over, took her pulse and nodded, “Zhao’er is right, your liver has too much yang energy.”
Ms. Liang cast a glance at Mo Yan beside her, “It’s all because those disobedient children make me angry. It’s because of them that I have something to ask you today.”
“What’s the matter?”
“My Feng’er has taken a fancy to Xiuying from the Li family. You’re familiar with our two families, so I want you to be a matchmaker and help me find out their family’s intentions.”
Mr. Cao wrote the prescription for Ms. Liang, while Zhao’er watched it carefully.
After writing the prescription and handing it over to him to dispense the medicine, Mr. Cao said, “I’m not very eloquent, and I’ve never been a matchmaker before. Why don’t you ask Government Official Wu for help?”
“What’s important in marriage is being honest with each other, and I think you can facilitate that. You don’t need to be eloquent.”
“Alright then. When Ms. Li comes over tomorrow, I’ll ask her for you.”
“I’ll come to pick up the medicine tomorrow and listen to her reply.”
Zhao’er stepped on a stool and took the medicine from the medicine cabinet, while Mo Yan helped put it down.
After all the medicinal materials were prepared, they were all weighed before they were mixed together. The scum and dust were removed, before they were put into the medicine mill and crushed little by little.
Zhao’er crushed the medicine as he said, “Godmother, don’t worry, your medicine will be made into pills by tomorrow, so there won’t be any delays.”
Mrs. Liang and Mr. Cao praised Zhao’er, and Mo Yan handed him two salted duck eggs, “I came over in a hurry today, so only brought this.”
Zhao’er reached out to take them, and said with smiling eyes, “Thank you sister, thank you godmother.”
Mo Yan patted Zhao’er’s head, “Zhao’er, you’re so good!”
After leaving Mr. Cao’s house, Mo Yan couldn’t help but try to persuade Ms. Liang, “Mother, look at Zhao’er! How old is he, but he’s so sensible…”
Knowing what she was going to say next, Ms. Liang stopped her and said, “I know, but what can I do about it? Even if he’s a disappointment, he’s still your brother, you can’t just ignore him in the future!”
Mo Yan actually hoped that she could get married soon, just so she could leave this family as soon as possible.
Ms. Li still went to Mr. Cao’s to cook every day, so she saw that the stable was empty and when she asked Daqiang, she found out Mo Yan had bought the red bay horse. On the pretext of coming to buy salted duck eggs, she told Ms. Liang about this.
She had just entered Mr. Cao’s house that day, and Mr. Cao came out of his clinic to talk to her, “Ms. Li, someone asked me to say a few words to you.”
Ms. Li thought of Mrs. Liang at once, but pretended to be oblivious and asked, “What’s the matter?”
It was the first time Mr. Cao had been a matchmaker, so he didn’t know where to start. After thinking for a while, he said, “Yesterday, Ms. Liang came to get medicine, and told me that she thought your Xiuying was a good person. She wanted her to be wed to Mo Feng, and wanted me to find out your opinion.”
Ms. Li had already made plans in her heart, but pretended to be surprised, “Mo Feng, the one that can neither work nor study? He has no business, and his family has no land. If my daughter marries them, what will they live off?”
The question was not unreasonable, and Mr. Cao said, “Then I’ll answer her and say you don’t want a marriage to occur.”
Mr. Cao really wasn’t matchmaking material. He didn’t even attempt to persuade her.
Ms. Li’s communication skills were far better than his, and she shifted gears, “However, life is improved with patience. Us people from the countryside aren’t from rich or noble families, so must rely on our diligence. Ms. Liang is a good person; she’s capable and raised three children by herself. Her two daughters are also good. Everyone in the village knows her elder daughter is hardworking, and even her frail younger daughter has started a business and made money, but her son is fifteen and has no source of income.”
This time, Mr. Cao had picked up on what she was saying. Ms. Li was satisfied with the Mo family, but she thought Mo Feng was too incompetent for not running a business.
“Don’t the men here all rely on farming, delivering parcels and working for a living? Isn’t it the same for your son? I heard that he is about to get married.”
“But can Mo Feng do this? We are not outsiders, so I won’t beat around the bush. You can tell her that I have no problem with their family, but her son doesn’t have a business. I can’t let my daughter suffer in her married life. Therefore, her family is required to build them a new house, and give a bride price of twenty silver taels. None of the traditional things for a dowry can be missed out either.”
Post-translation notes: At the very least, Mo Feng and Ms. Liang are going down no matter what, right? Right?