Chapter 44 – Husband (2)

Su Xiaoxiao smiled faintly: “I’m still your own niece. 20 taels of silver as the bride price, unless you let the eldest cousin come, otherwise no negotiation!”

“You……”

Mrs. Huang became furious.

Just an ugly and fat silly girl, actually dare to think of her xiucai1 son!

1Xiucai (秀才) : a person who has passed the county level imperial exam / scholar.

The toad wants to eat swan meat!2

2The toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom): It is a metaphor for people who have no self-knowledge and are bent on finding things that are impossible to obtain.

Pooh!3

3Pooh : to spit (in contempt)

Su Xiaoxiao said: “Auntie is unwilling? Ergou, send off the guests.”

“Yes!”

Su Ergou, who was hiding and eavesdropping in the backyard, ran out without saying a word, then he turned back to his sister when he walked halfway and whispered, “Jie4, how to send off?”

4Jie (姐): older sister

Wu Xiaoxiao : “……”

Women always turned over their faces very quickly, especially Mrs. Huang, who had always looked down on the Su family. Seeing that Su Pangya was serious, she was too lazy to pretend to be good tempered again!

She stood up, then she pointed at Su Xiaoxiao’s nose and said, “I let Erlang5 marry you because I pity you! You are already so fat and stupid! Then you are also greedy for food and lazy to work! Your reputation is already so bad! On the day of the wedding, the groom left you and ran away! The villagers around are all watching you as jokes! Do you really think that there is someone who will want you?”

5Erlang (二郎) : Lang meaning is gentlemen or a youth, it is usually used to call someone (man) who is more familiar or intimate with them, they usually will also add the ranking of that man, for example this called Erlang, because he is the second son in that family.

Chen Feng frowned.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at Chen Feng aside and said, “Uncle, do you also think so too?”

Chen Feng frowned more tightly: “Daya, although your aunt’s words are harsh, what she said is also the fact. If your family can’t give that much for the bride price, you can also give us less.”

Mrs. Huang almost screamed subconsciously: “Can’t give less! If they give less, what should we do with Dalang’s6 marriage?”

6Dalang (大郎) : Lang meaning is gentlemen or a youth, it is usually used to call someone (man) who is more familiar or intimate with them, they usually will also add the ranking of that man, for example this called Dalang, because he is the first son in that family.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled: “It turns out that my aunt is already making a marriage arrangement for my eldest cousin. Uncle, aunt is going to sell the illegitimate son and use the money that she earned from the bride price to let the eldest son marry a wife? This wishful thinking is really good, but unfortunately I, Su Daya, won’t do it!”

The Su family was so noisy that many villagers were attracted to come and watch at the door.

Mrs. He, the second daughter-in-law of Liu Shan’s family next door, came here the earliest and heard the most.

“The Chen family came to talk about marriage for their son.”

She took the responsibility for explaining the scene to others, “And they still want 20 taels of silver for the bride price.”

“To be a live-in son-in-law.”

“Yes.”

“It is not the scholar son, it’s the second child! The one who was born from a concubine outside! Yes! He is the son with a blind right eye!”

The bad rumors about the Chen family had already been spreading all over the neighborhood for a long time ago.

It could be said that Su Pangya’s current market situation was already so bad that marrying a blind illegitimate son could be considered to be a good match, as a broken pot and a rotten stove, which were suitable for each other.

But the Chen family actually dared to open their mouths to ask for 20 taels of silver as the bride price, which was really shameless.

Sun Ergua shouted, “Pangya! I will give my son to be your live-in son-in-law! You just have to give me 2 taels, it’s enough!”

Mrs. He stared at him and said, “Go go go! Where did your son come from?”

Everyone laughed.

Mrs. Huang’s complexion became ugly. How could it be possible for her to not know that an illegitimate son was not worth 20 taels of silver?

It was just that the three Su family members had always been responsive to the Chen family’s requests. No matter how arrogant this girl was outside, she could only be obedient in front of her. 

Today, she felt like that girl had changed and became a different person, she became so stubborn and wouldn’t listen to others’ suggestions!

It was also her fault that she didn’t know that they had saved 20 taels of silver in their hands before! If she knew, she would have come and taken the money away!

There were more and more villagers who came and watched around, and it wouldn’t be good for her to make an unreasonable scene again. So she forced out a smile and said: “Daya, auntie is also doing this for your own good. You can only have a good life in the future if you marry your second cousin.”

Su Xiaoxiao said, “Auntie, I already have a husband.”

Mrs. Huang chuckled and said, “I don’t believe it! If you have the ability, just ask him to come out!”