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It was the eleventh lunar month, and everyone had nothing to do.
Wang Dalang had met three girls from three families.
But he was not satisfied with any of them.
The girl from the first family was already in her twenties. It was said that she was delayed by the death of an elder in her family. She was not recommended by a matchmaker. Instead, someone had spread the news that the girl was very capable and could take on big responsibilities.
They did not mention the girl’s age. They only said that she was diligent and honest.
In the end, when Madam Feng went over and saw the girl, she almost called her sister.
Even if she was in his twenties, she looked too old.
She looked even older than her sister-in-law, Liu Shi!
There was no need to mention the second family. The girl looked decent and her family was quite well-off. However, her mother asked for 100 taels of silver as a marital gift.
When Old Madam Wang heard this, she sneered and asked, “Which official’s daughter is she? Does she also need to be served after marriage?”
At the third family, the girl was good-looking and came from a rich family. Her family was even a local landlord.
Their family did not have any betrothal requests. Their only request was for Wang Dalang to stay in their house for a few years and produce two heirs to take their family’s surname. Then, they would see if he should return to the Wang family.
This family’s ambition was really great.
Not only Old Madam Wang, but even the rest of the Wang family were speechless.
The Wang family was honest, but not stupid. Wasn’t this bullying them?
It did not make sense. When their family was poor in the past, they could still find normal girls willing to marry into their family. Now that their family was in a better position and had some confidence, they instead attracted more monsters.
They really didn’t have high expectations. It didn’t matter if the girl’s family was rich or not. As long as she was kind, honest, and diligent, it was enough.
Even if she was diligent, they did not need her to work in the fields. It was fine as long as she could uphold her status as the eldest granddaughter-in-law.
Even this was not attainable.
Madam Feng began to worry. “Why don’t I go back to my family’s side and ask around? I’ll tell them to hide the current status of our family first. We’ll try to look for a suitable candidate by pretending that Dalang is an ordinary poor boy.”
Girls from poor families were usually more dutiful because it took a lot of effort to survive. They were naturally more diligent.
Old Madam Wang waved her hand. “There’s no hurry. There are also a few families in town. They’ve also asked me previously about this matter. In a few days, I’ll go to town to take a look.”
After seeing three girls in a row, Old Madam Wang felt a little disdainful. If not for the fact that there were no girls of the right age in Hu Family Village, Old Madam Wang would actually prefer a girl from the village.
After moving constantly in the wilderness for so many years, she had seen all kinds of people. Only the Hu Family Village had people with a sense of righteousness from top to bottom.
The small occasional problems were not a big deal.
Old Wang said, “It’s not that troublesome. I’ll take Dalang to the streets to look around in a few days. If there are any girl that seems unmarried and looks pleasing to the eye, I’ll ask-”
In the end, before the others could express their opinions, Little Ah Yu said, “Grandpa, isn’t that a beggar?”
Picking a girl on the street was something that a gentleman would not do.
Old man Wang: “…”
Thinking about it carefully, it was true.
He thought about his four sons. When they got married, they only looked at the girls that were arranged for them. The boys were all so shy that they took the first girl that was available without looking at other options.
When it came to his grandson, it suddenly became so difficult. Old man Wang felt that it was too troublesome.
“I think it’s because fate hasn’t arrived yet. You can’t rush it. Marriage is an important matter of a lifetime. Dalang isn’t too old yet. Let’s take our time to search,” Madam Ma said kindly.
Hence, after a few more days, the eleventh lunar month came to an end and the twelfth lunar month arrived.
Hu Family Village began to slaughter the pigs for the new year.